LiveBlog for Tuesday, August 11, 2009
• Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY) calls in at 6:05am Pacific to talk about health care reform and the town hall meetings.
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver, former President John F. Kennedy’s sister and founder of The Special Olympics, has died. The 88-year-old Shriver had been hospitalized in Massachusetts since last week. Members of her extended family had gathered at her bedside at Cape Cod Hospital in Barnstable.
• President Obama said yesterday that the United States remains Mexico’s partner in the fight against drug cartels, despite some calls in the U.S. to delay counter-narcotics aid because of alleged human rights violations by Mexican soldiers. Mexican President Felipe Calderon reaffirmed his commitment to transparency and human rights in his offensive against the cartels.
• President Obama yesterday praised the spirited debate over his health care plan and predicted “sensible and reasoned arguments” would ultimately prevail in Congress. Obama faces a potentially boisterous health care reform town hall in New Hampshire today.
• South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) broke state law when he charged taxpayers for more expensive business and first-class flights, according to the chairman of the legislative committee investigating Sanford’s international travel. State Sen. David Thomas (R) said that is an impeachable offense.
Tags: Barack Obama, David Thomas, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Felipe Calderon, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Crowley, Mark Sanford
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Gooood morning all!
Vacation started today, yet I’m up an hour earlier than usual. Go figure.
Good morning, trojanrabbit! Howdy to all!
Must be something in the atmosphere… I awoke at 4AM, an hour earlier than normal, too. I’m just passing thru again. All day meeting today, Wed and Thurs. In serious need of some vaca.
Anyone want to wager on whether Sanford gets impeached? I’ll say that all he’ll get is a censure. I’m guessing the IOKIYAR (It’s OK If You’re A Republican) rule is in play. Although, I doubt he has much of a political future past his present term as Gov.
I’ll catch the show on the Stephcast. Have a great day!
Glad you stopped by, shaf.
Back to lying in bed after getting up and feeding the fur-babies earlier. Guess I’ll head outside and set up the “listening post” in a few. Looks steamy out there.
Good morning Paul and shaf.
I’m thinking of Maria Shriver this morning, because I’ve heard her talk about her relationship with her mother and how close they were. They talked on the phone every day. Her mother was a powerful suport to her daughter.
I figure it is tough today for Teddy, too.
My prayerful thoughts go out to the entire family.
I just walked my dog, Paul, and it is steamy out there.
5
Hi Carol
I guess if I’m not going to do anything but lie around it won’t be too bad. The backyard gets all its sun in the morning.
Gonna get up now, back in a few.
VoteVets.org endorses Joe Sestak for the Senate in Pennsylvania, who is running against Spector in the primary.
“My husband is not secretary of state, I am,” she snapped. “I am not going to be channeling my husband.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/10/clinton-on-question-for-m_n_255814.html
can’t seem to get to the Green 960 site this morning.
I keep hearing Dylan’s song about Hurricane Carter when I read about the rw tools and the health care debate, which describes what a bag job his conviction was.
“and the newspapers, they went along for the ride”
and seeing in my mind, those silly protestors in Florida saying stop the recount, when it was SO obvious they were plants. But the media didn’t question it, went along for the ride, and look what happened.
If it happened then, it could happen now.
The one-two punch to kill reform –
That’s the pessimistic side. On the other hand, it’s a new day.
another thought,
Rush looks like someone (Dorothy?) threw a bucket of water on him.
You’re right Carol, it is steamy out here.
Couldn’t get the Green 960 stream up, so I went to KTLK instead. Feeding that through my AM transmitter so I can listen on a real radio outside. The radio itself is about as old as Mama is….
Good morning all!
SAINT NICHOLAS / GREEN HORNET
thank you carol, for the link about secreatary clinton and the medial meme tectonics. that story is practically ripped from timeless headlines. congo, an area that civilization left behind, and china, a slightly more twisted bitter old man version of IMF exploitation strategies, are occupied by primates which can and shall conflate their concerns in ways yet to be determined. amazingly, when IMF or saudi or chi-com overlords are doing the investing, the geek chorus is deafeningly silent about the disproportionate controls woven into the bargain. rather, the meme of the hour is scream and holler that any moves toward restoring access to actual medical care in the U.S. (for the taxes already charged) will cause …. ummm …. loss of medical care. — this is just the sort of thing that has instigated me into writing an encyclopedium of memes. a hundred thousand years down the road, or seven hundred thousand, or a million or more (inshallah), the memes that “qualified” for legislative discourse will effectively slander and libel the reputations of all ordinary people.
since most people everywhere are so much smarter than the selected political “debates”, it is necessary to defense of our reputations, to enter this fact clearly and repeatedly into the historical record. – - – and with that, it must/shall be tott in history, that legalism, while legitimate in certain contexts, is not much of a template for discerning what’s happening in any given culture.
one simple convenient resoundingly clear example: the SOVIET UNION, legalistic apartheid based on declared religion (the upper caste had to declare themselves non-religionists). once the soviet top-heavy socio-economic legalistic layer collapsed, there sat in plain sight, russia, the world’s largest collection of devout christian primates.
repugnicans tend to presume they corner the market in non-legalistic behavior, and certainly, they often do in matters of personal convenience. of course, there are plenty of saint nicholas types in all times and places, who shall strike with what countermeasures are necessary. world war 2 is so huge as to get its own chapter in any major compression of human social history …. and so is the berlin airlift.
- now, regarding the links on the article about secretary clinton and meme tectonics (post 8), as anybody at the kato institute could tell you, one of the links in that article, sarah palin’s “death panel” actually sounds pretty cool. seems like the sort of instrumentation the green hornet may have had in the car. good moanin’
Hi Danielle. Feeling better this morning? A belated congrats to you!
10: obvious that they’re plants? – i went and interviewed the black guy who sits in the audience at all the repugnican functions, and he insists that it’s all genuine. so there.
11: yeah, about that whole rush-becomin-a-bucket-of-diarrherun phenomenon…. having been tipped off that the whole “democrats = nazis” claim somehow got out of the bag, in typically brilliant form, rush ran off, paint-roller in motion, to this corner: “HITLER WAS A LEFTIST”.
(said yes, deliberately, and yes, em-FAT-ically)
too easy. i’m sitting this one out. kids, have at it. i swear they guy has the best line-up of secret sources ever.
TR- yes, a bit more alert this morning… still tired, but much better than yesterday…
you can tell danielle is feeling a lot better when you see how gaily the dear woman is crawling on sunshine.
Good morning, live blogospherians!
I would imagine Hillary might be a little put off by that question. I don’t imagine Hillary walking around wearing a bracelet that says, “WWBD.”
19… pub crawling on sunshine maybe… LOL
Danielle, one of these days, you’ll find out there is something better in life than getting drunk…and when you do let me know what it is!
Yay Mama
It’s Miller Time!
20: thoe secretly, hillary as is curious as the rest of us as to what barabbas would do.
22… lol… of course there’s better things, but I have a SMS title to live up to: “Official Militant Left-Wing Drunkin Irish Girl Of The Stephanie Miller Show”….
22: free-basing gasoline. after that, everything else just seems so tame.
It’s hard to shout down a web site.
26: and let us not neglect the cuban aspect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b5CKSqlz60
In fact, how do you shout down a web site? Use all caps?
28: therefore, i recommend exiling the offending website to cyberia.
Regarding health care: WWJD? He’d deny care if the people coming to him were actually sick. The blind bump into walls, the lame fall down…
29… Where do you find this stuff… but yes, I neglected to include the cuban element in my title… do you think I should ask Steph for a revision to “Official Militant Left-Wing Drunkin CUBAN-Irish Girl of the Stephanie Miller Show”???
30: “I’LL BUST ALL CAPS ON YO ASS – DONT MAKE ME COME OVER THERE – I’LL OPEN UP A LINE OF BUONAROTTI VIRUS !”
33
Why not? Do you know of any other Militant Left-Wing Drunkin CUBAN-Irish girls?
#34 It’s comments like that that will make me miss this place in ten days.
32: and the ever popular gladiator alternative: lepers playing hockey for their lives.
33: steph is a chick of such great vision, that…. why not ? go for it.
hit and run today, I’ve got a thing.
‘Shit and Religion all stinking together’ — Ezra Pound
Thanks for the info yesterday on the ‘Christian Reconstructionist’
movement. The C street freaks go together with Dreadful Sara and
her Dominionist whackjob Fundie weirdos. I thought McCain and
the Rethugs just screwed up when they picked that white trash
moron. Now I see it was deliberate. She was exactly what they
wanted. They all practice the Devil’s Christianity
you can use that.
I will try to check in later, otherwise see you tomorrow
35… you never know… there could be gangs of them lying around to attack Bill O’Riley with the packs of marauding lesbians…
That’s IT! Republicans are hard of hearing. They thought when Obama said, “end of life,” he was saying, “ending life.”
35: must you make sport of that particular harem ? – i was just a boyscout. i didnt know any better.
We’ll miss ya’ Mark…
#40 If O’Reilly were attacked by a pack of marauding lesbians, he’d probably be thinking, “Wow! This is HOT!”
40
But you’d be the first to apply. Let someone else be the non-cuban version.
44: bill would be lucky to get maudian lesbians.
45: would that be the girl WITHOUT a cigar ?
does it really weigh THAT much ?
44 / 45 / 46- He’d just use it as a reason to run the b-roll of boobs in the back round… “You see, these evil, pinko, commie, lesbians, wanted to attack me… (plays it again) you see…(and again)…just disgusting…(again)…evil…”
Some RWNJ on Fark compared insuring pre-existing health conditions to insuring a car after it got in an accident.
The level of stupid just burns there.
Therefore we shall rise and call the right wing talkshows and lie to get on and when we get on we will listen to the lies they are sure to say when we are on hold. Then when we get our turn. We shall call them bald faced liars tell them why and tell them what the truth about the matter is.
51… everyone get your phones ready for the plethera of hilarious ring tones to follow…
#51 And by the time you say it, you’ll get the dump button.
49: you cant blame bill for being a bit nervous. we had a few of his hijinks scripted for the first season of the “rick santorum and one hot dog in the shower” videos, but bill wants to do shenanigans instead of hijinks. said it’s just a more comfortable fit for somebody who’s irish.
Isn’t fortunate that Peter Coyote didn’t have his life-altering experience while looking at a rabbit?
Mornin’ blog!
55 lol
54… “I’m going to pistol whip the next idiot that says shenanigans”- (Super Troopers)
55: at least he was feeling a rabbit. – hmmm… i wonder if i should change my name to “flombagel”.
55/59: …. or perhaps “a whole plethora of flombagels”.
60… what about “Pack of Marauding Flombagels”
OMG we might kill the Health “Insurance” industry if it has competition.
No problem with killing the auto industry.
Or the electronics industry.
Or the textile industry…..
61: “bea arthur ! outstanding !” – airheads
62… isn’t their whole argument always to promote competition… apparently just not real competition…
62: and then we have these ridiculous government-controlled aircraft inspectors. – a huge revenue opportunity being kept away from private industry.
53 You blurt it out not loudly but convincingly as soon as you are on. Don’t sound confrontational just state the facts as you know them.
63… I seriously did not need that mental image… I remember why that name came up in that movie… I think i just threw up in my mouth a little…
Obese Texas inmate hides guns in his flabs of fat http://bit.ly/kQXl8
68… I SAW THAT TOO!!!!
#66 One problem: seven second delay. They can dump you as soon as you hit the air.
A little off-topic but I don’t think anything will ever be done about outsourcing until lawyers can be outsourced. Sit in the courtroom and be defended by your lawyer from Bangalore….
70: just use big words. bookend the message with a kind greeting for sean. it works every time.
72.. Good idea… if they can’t figure out what you’re saying you’ll probably get more air time…
Rachel Maddow had a great comment on the “Who, me?” Republicans last night. Say something outrageous and then call for moderation after you’ve ramped it up.
71: nothing is off-topic ! – was it off-topic when germaine and tito bombed pearl harbor ?
#72 You’re right. Big words will work every time. They can’t dump you until they look them up in the dictionary.
How the hell did this Dick get in the Clinton Administration?
I knew something was wrong, I haven’t gotten a junk mail from Dickie in at least 3 weeks.
Hiya, Bloggoes!
not much to say, just passing through. Love you all, though. (I think it never hurts to say that…)
Hello all. How’s it going?
74: in the old model, the world was divided into people who believ we need less trigs, and people who believe we need more trigs, not less. – well i would like to boldly expand our selection of available paradigms: i say, let us preserve our level of triggance where it now stands for it it is not too hot and not too cold, but just right !
I think, at least on the live blog, we should start refering to the % of Americans that are moving from pro-healthcare to anti-healthcare the “Stupid Margin”- Thus, we can just refer to it as “The stupid margin is 6% today”
Encouraged by their ability to disrupt a week’s worth of town hall meetings on health care, Republican organizers have secured the services of a Hollywood casting director to conduct a nationwide talent search for angry assholes.
Carol Foyler, who has stocked numerous Hollywood films with angry mobs for crowd scenes, says that she is looking for people who are “willing to shout and scream and get red in the face with no provocation.”
Saying that her current assignment was a “challenging” one, Ms. Foyler said finding “angry, out-of-control assholes” is harder than it looks: “You really have to tip your hat to Fox for finding Glenn Beck.”
One possible source of assholes, Republican organizers said, is the burgeoning movement of so-called “Birthers,” who today openly questioned the existence of President Barack Obama.
“We need proof that Barack Obama exists,” said Birther leader Orly Taitz. “In my mind he’s about as real as a unicorn.”
While most Americans still believe that President Obama exists, a new poll shows that most self-described Birthers agree with the statement, “Barack Obama is not a real person and is probably just a hologram or something.”
In other news, the Taliban denied that their leader had been killed, claiming that his Twitter account was down.
Ryan O’Neal apologized for hitting on his own daughter, saying that he would do the honorable thing like Woody Allen and marry her.
Paula Abdul, discussing her plans with reporters, said reality was not in her future.
79: DAMN, that hurt !!!! crap ! crikey, that’s gonna leave a scar.
70 Their listeners will wonder why. Just keep talking don’t swear put them in their place and hang up. Thats where my efforts are going to be. Put up the good fight. They are disrupting townhall meetings so I’ll disrupt their propaganda outlet.
by Dale Y The Green Guy
August 10, 2009
We have some good news for those who frequent a particular brothel in Germany. If the patrons arrive by bicycle or show proof of public transportation, they will receive a 5 Euro discount (or $7.00 at the time of this writing) for a standard 70 Euro-45 minute session with an employee. And if that makes you scratch your head or chuckle a bit, consider this.
It is estimated that between three and five brand new people daily take advantage of this rebate, and automobile issues like traffic congestion and parking problems have all but been eliminated. Not to mention, with business growing due to the discount, both the management the girls are happy too! It puts a smile on everyone’s face both before and after.
Not to be outdone, consider what the former Madam to the Stars, Heidi Fleiss has in the works. She is in the process of constructing an eco-brothel in Nevada, next to the Laundromat she owns called “Dirty Laundry.”
Fleiss’ venture will be going to be built as a stud farm for woman participants, a resort of sorts that will be run on wind power, and will cater to those that want bachelorette or birthday parties, perhaps a manicure or pedicure.
Although being green may not be the biggest drawing point for a place like this, it may certainly appeal to those who want a little fun in the sun while relaxing in a place with a lower carbon footprint. The facility will be good for some piece of mind and good for a piece of sustainable asset that only a green brothel can provide.
If there is one thing to be gained by all of this (besides a little bit of the obvious) it is the fact that in the farthest reaches of human consciousness, even when participating in the world’s oldest profession, eco-friendly change is happening in every step and every business, no matter what moral character it might reverberate. It’s all around us, everywhere, and although it may certainly be making all of us scratch our heads at this one, this does prove that being green has gotten into every niche of our society, from the oldest to the newest professions out there, Because Action speaks louder than words!
Someone PLEASE TELL MOMMA & THE MOOKS THAT DICK MORRIS IS “SNOTTY BOY!”
80: we’re up to considering “sarah palin, miss congeniality”.
prognosis: she doesnt.
79
Definitely doesn’t hurt. Always glad to see you here.
80
Morning, spiffy!
RW idiot
If it was going “over budget” they’d just keep spending. They were all set to stop until more money was appropriated.
Caller: dumb as a box of rocks.
Did anyone see Julie & Julia? One of the things I loved about that movie (among many) is the way lefty politics got in there. (Paul was a victim of the McCarthy witch hunts.) It was a reminder for me that however obnoxious the right/left dichotomy is now, it has been worse in the past.
Someone PLEASE TELL MOMMA & THE MOOKS THAT DICK MORRIS IS “SNOTTY BOY!”
83: excellent update. – of course, i was perturbed to find that osama bin laden likes woody allen as much as i do. – it makes your flesh crawl. it’s like finding out you have something in common with newt gingrich. i’m not going to bother reading any more twitters.
I sincerely hope the energy drink industry has replace tinnitus.
Good morning bloggoes…
This time tomorrow I hope to be on a plane to Florida, listening to the show on XM radio…
“If you’re like the rest of us, you may feel trapped”
96 — PJ — What’s with us? I’m flying to Levelland, TX (well, actually Lubbock) for Labor Day Weekend.
The caller has a great idea. Just mentioning Jesus to these screamers might thwack them over the head a bit. It’s a good idea.
86: well, well, one more award that al gore may yet be attaining…. an award for “sustainability”.
good morning
Hiya, Cindy!
I agree with Steph. I just got a Tweet from a CNN anchor asking our comments on how Hillary got cranky yesterday. That’s News? She’s an older lady who just flew 18 hours to visit a country. She was tired and cranky. But that’s news??
As Rachel said last night: “Who, me?”
Morning Cindy!
Blame Canada!
Execute Terrance and Phillip!!
#92—Didn’t see it but glad it got good attendance and I’m hoping to see it soon
99–Our minister TRIED that very approach in his sermon a few weeks ago and got shouted down by a right-wing tool from the choir.
Apparently, Jesus DOES want a co-pay … and he doesn’t like them immy-grints and doesn’t want ‘em to have access to health care.
Paul — You know what made me sad? When Robin Williams sang “Blame Canada” at the Oscars.
103… that mainly pisses me off because if it was a guy, they’d say he was direct and authoritative… but she’s just bitchy, right??? Gim’me a break… half the guys I know are bitchier than I am…
SCARY CANADIANS: kathryn dawn lang / john candy / dan aykroyd / mike meyers / the white guy with the black dad better wake up.
#109 Must have been that time of month…oh, wait….
Real News: If you go to http://www.congress.org and put in your zip code it will tell you who your reps are. THEN you can sign up for a newsletter that tells you how they vote on certain issues.
You’ll get an email once a week telling you what’s going on with your reps. That’s a great service.
it’s called WARRRGARRRBL
109: of course, one of those guys suddenly got a lot less bitchy (perhaps it’s called an attitude adjustment), after he started wearing only “montecore”.
Mama used to roll her hair
Back before the central air
We’d sit outside and watch the stars at night
She’d tell me to make a wish
I’d wish we both could fly
Don’t think she’s seen the sky
Since we got the satellite dish and
I can hear the marching band
Doin’ the best they can
They’re playing “Smoke on the Water”, “Joy to the World”
I’ve paid off all my debts
Got some change left over yet and I’m
Gettin’ on a whisper jet
I’m gonna fly as far as I can get from
Levelland
#109—so true. Bill went off on Chris Wallace and we all cheered. If Hillary ever went off on anyone, reporter, citizen, Obama, like that everyone would make a big stink over it because it’s just not feminine.
Women must always be peaceful, pretty and serene even while suffering.
US Immigration policy should be – kick out all the stupid people!!!
1. Palin
2. Limpballs
3. Hannity
4. all prostitute toe suckers
113: private conejo, why did you join my beloved corps? – you dont scare me. work on it !
Instead of saying, “that’s simply not true,” why not say, “that’s a flat-out lie.”
110 don’t forget Jim Carrey
But if we had single payer, abortions would be covered, wouldn’t they?
What’s wrong with that?
Bump bumpbump bump bump. Wah wah.
hillary didn’t “go off” on a reporter but an ordinary citizen, I believe. And as it turned out, he was confused and meant to ask about Obama’s thinking, not Bill Clinton’s thinking. In a paternalistic society (she’s there to get the army to stop raping women as a part of warfare) it’s difficult to conceive that a woman’s ideas have any value and she was probably reacting to the implication she must get every day that she is just a mouthpiece for Bill, who is the defacto secretary of state.
from twitter
RT @markosm @LauraClawson: NBC producer asks Blue Hampshire blogger if he’ll be protesting Obama as a Republican. http://bit.ly/1Dnxgl
#117—-It’s not that they are stupid. It’s that they are mostly religion addicts. Maybe Dr. Drew could do a TV show about them and we could all help them go through recovery? If they did it on a TV show the Republicans might go for it since then they’d get paid for that.
123 &c. We don’t know what ration of crap she had just gotten in a meeting with some wonderfully enlightened African diplomat, either.
I think that the only way you can become a citizen, run for office, or get voting rights is to pass the naturalization tests. If you can’t, you don’t get the benefits of citizenship.
Good Morning Blog.
Happy 56th Hulk Hogan!
So tired of the Health Care Debate. Even this weekend I got that “how can the government be trusted . . . ” yatta-yatta from members of my family. Didn’t even try to dispute anything.
Getting Mike Malloy’s show online lately is like being in Kosovo tuning into RFE. Not good.
Hillary C just needs a nap. No biggie.
#119—yes, wouldn’t it ber nice if Obama could do that? But he can’t. He can’t say,
“That’s a lie.” If he does then the Right will use that against him forever: “He’s a hot head! He uses violent language! He’s a thug in his speech therefore, what can that be hiding in his heart!!!”
But Glenn Beck can say all manner of vile things and he’s just being a normal, angry White man.
that would eliminate people like George W. Bush and Spiro Agnew from the presidency or the line of succession.
It’s too early to make a sammich! schmear a bagel, maybe?
112, that’s very cool, I just signed up.
123: credit where credit is due: hillary gave the concise and necessary response for somebody simply in the shadow of great celebrity. people probably get to meet edie brickell and once they’re past the polite perfunctory questions about what became of the OLD bohemians, and how many things she’s now aware of, their faces light up and they start asking the juicy stuff, like how many times she’s been to scarborough fair. “ooohh ! is that real camelback ? – may i touch it ?”
112, also I see my blue dog congressman just voted against cap and trade. At least it passed without him.
129 that’s why presidents have “attack dogs”–usually the VP. Biden’s too nice a guy to do it, but he could have Emanuel saying they’re lies and tarring anyone who repeats them as facts as “liars.” He’d love the job, I’ll bet.
125: well, i just checked the unabridged dictionary… “religion addicts: see STUPID”
Just what Cheney and Bush wanted; older people are joining the Army ’cause they can’t find a job:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-older-recruits11-2009aug11,0,4342762.story
136—I guess I want precision.
Why are so many news articles referring to Eunice Kennedy Shriver as JFKs sister? She has another brother who is still alive – he’s just as famous and has done more as Senator of Massachusetts than JFK had the opportunity to do…My condolences go to Senator Ted Kennedy.
52/131: okay. the suspense is killing me.
i have to know.
just what IS a plethora ?
136 — 2. people with a hole in their soul, filling it with Jesus spackle or Allah paste.
Morning bloggers!
Democrats aren’t “regular citizens?”
137: okay, so i dont want to hear any bitching about how they failed to make things more green.
Good morning, MookenMasterBloggenators!
Wow, you guys are rockin’ n’ rollin’ already.
Sorry I’m late, I couldn’t sleep.. ;->
Good for Hillary! She’s not Bill
But Ted Kennedy isn’t a former President.
#125 religious addict=stupid
frigid beaver?
I’m sorry, I’m an uncle to a 5 year old and a 3 year old. Back at the Barnyard used to be standard viewing during babysitting! When I saw that brat Eugene “Snotty Boy” Beady tormenting those creatures and generally making himself despicable even to the farmer, and then I noticed that he resembles Dick Morris physically as well as personally, well I just have to say – MAKE THE CONNECTION! DICK MORRIS – SNOTTY BOY!
I din’t think Hillary’s response was that bad at all!
It was clearly no – get off my phone!
Uhh huh huh huh huhh..
Beaver. If what’s for dinner.
151 — it’s a little overwrought for the nation’s chief diplomat, though…
Never too old to trap beaver.
Outstanding.
AND they are mild…
wonderful flashback …. moderately exhibitionist partner …. riverbank, dont have to be outdoorsy …. steamboat full of tourists passes by …. a splendid time all around !
139—They do that to teach the younger readers some history.
http://www.cajuncookingrecipes.com/wildgamerecipes/wild_game_recipes_beaver_recipes.htm
George: sheesh, look at Morris’ yellow teeth! Toe jam, perhaps?
Ma, can we have The Beaver for dinner?
Larry, you just wait until your father comes home from Cincinnati.
TR, LSMFT!
#136 Well said.
#141 ditto
Sorry, I tried to send a picture.
156: “outstanding” ? – could i get my bea arthur glossy photos back soon please ?
154 – no duane it’s not
It’s a woman who is saying she should not be identified with her husband NOR does she need to check with him, get his approval or even care what he thinks – she is not subservient to him – many women take umbridge when posed a question like that, my mother is one.
good morning from camp luna linda –
where the planetarypeacemovement.org is practiced –
#154 Ever hear anything John Bolton had to say?
Or what about Chimpy McCoke Spoon; axis of evil, bring it on, etc…
161: you mean venus flytrap REALLY WAS larry mondello’s dad ?
167 169 — oy.
Republican Party is a complete disgrace nowadays. Disinformation and distraction is all they have left..
saw those HOLY MESSENGERS on stage together in KENT,WA –
saturday night with the MAGNETIC TRUTH –
best message came from STEPHANIE MILLER –
once those other 400 stations hear the HOLY TRUTHS –
they will continue to listen —
and from MIKE MALLOY — USA USA USA
170
Well, they never said WHY “Mr. Mondello” was always in Cincinnati.
I like Hillary. She’s taken an enormous amount of shit, and not all from the right wing. And she’s doing well as SOS.
Leave her alone, you bastard people!
175 — I like Hillary, too, just for the record.
#139, #158: Has anyone blamed Obama yet for the passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver?
Sen Susan Collins (R) of Maine is a co-sponsor of the Advanced Planning and Compassionate Car Act of 2009 which allows docs to be reimbursed.
She should stand up and tell these idiots on the right the truth or or resign because she lacks the leadership skills of a US Senator.
175—I agree. Leave her alone you bastard people! You’re lucky she’s even secretarying for you!
#160 Ivan Louise Hussain Biggin:
Yah know, if you were to watch Back at the Barnyard, you’d see how the Democrats could learn from how the denizens of the Barnyard handle their human problems! Harry Reid could use a few leadership lessons from Otis the bull!
177—-watch Glenn Beck today and wait for it.
167: this seems correct. people, please factor in the particulars of hillary’s exact vocal modulation parameters. – please factor in the setting. high volume was necessary. it does not come together to make pleasing intonations. PLUS the words were plainly deliberate and civil. this was an unfortunate clustering of sound quality elements trying to drown out what was definitely a necessary, thus dignified, response.
Well I have to go. Have a nice day everyone.
George, no doubt true. But I’m at the point where I’m ready to administer a swift kick in the ass to about 75% of Dem politicians. And a kick in the balls of all Repubs, including Michelle..
My patience has expired on these people.
174: well, it all fits. this would explain why larry mondello never ran for president, despite having an absolutely perfectly valid birth certificate in a baggie in his pocket, next to the apple. – the nation at that time, just wasnt ready for what we now have: a white guy with a black dad.
Bye spiffy.
Ooops, sorry Spiffy.. (was it something I said?)
Get it down to a coloring book for Asshole O’Reilly!
I thought BillyO said he was a smart guy
176: “just for the record” ? – her 8-tracks with merle haggard aint bad either.
Hello – they are already getting free service.
“Heart Attack”?!!?
I don’t think I’ve heard that song in 20 years! (And now I feel old…)
Ivan no it needs to be down to a Bob Book for BillyO
#123: so it was a mistranslation along the lines of “and what does the man of the house think?”
177: sean hannity, officially, is not saying;he’s only saying, when briefly touching on the fact that obama owns not 1, not 2, but FIVE albums by “the dead kennedys”.
I like cankles on my women. And a little cellulite. And some authoritism.
#160 Ivan Louise Hussain Biggin:
You are right about the teeth! What prostitute would put her feet into that?
#190 The prostitute probably felt that feet were the only viable alternative.
Hmmm…#198 should have said, #197.
Make the con yahoos change their screams to, “Don’t Taser me, lib!”
George, those teeth just beg for a little more enhancement of their yellow condition.. Add a little blood on the corners of the mouth as well. (I *cleaned* it up! I said BLOOD.)
I wonder how much time the average 50-something on facebook spends playing games.
#188 Ivan Louise Hussain Biggin:
Billo needs Dick, Jane and Timmy to take him through it!
202 — 10+ hours a week! Wait, maybe I’m wrong (I’m only 49 and a half years old!
)
I did that too with Rep McGovern
I think it’s shameful how the right wing axis of evil (hannity, beck, limbaugh) takes advantage of the white underclass. This could backfire on the right because without reform, in 4-6 years we may be forced to have a single payor plan because the number of people who don’t have insurance will outnumber those who do.
196… I’m thinking that prolly wouldn’t be the most effective pick up line..
i have a hunch the republicans are going to run with single-payer –
HR 676 — fits the BILL O’REILLY speil –
looking for a few page billto sign –
someone will add a funding amendment to HR 676 –
was it rumor?
pelosi has promised a vote on HR 676 ?
didn’t hear that saturday night
197: we have all kinds (often misconstrued as IT TAKES all kinds, but please remember, it does not). – there is a movie called “even hitler had a girlfriend”. in fact there are known to have been at least five. the house-keeping staff have related in interviews, that there was never any slight evidence of any sexual activity. but he did seem to genuinely like women and like being seen as partnered. – okay so, yes, i’m thinking exactly what you’re thinking – what’s the tally up to now on how many “partners” rush has been seen with ? – and how many millions have they cost so far ?
#195: speaking of which, never forget that it was Tipper Gore who put the Dead Kennedys out of business.
That was before your time, young whippersnappers.
Facts – these people believe in creationism. Fact is a four letter word to them.
195 — I always thought it was East Bay Ray
Euthanasia for Nootie. After taint removal with a garden tool. After being injected with Pain Heightener ™..
195 should have been 210
198: and yet, somehow, it worked out fine. sticking one’s toes into an 8-track can be fun… or even an merle haggard 8-track… heck, it’s even kind of fun sticking them into merle haggard.
That stupid Urologist was asking about the MA universal coverage plan, but the MA system uses all PRIVATE health insurance and the state subsidizes the premiums.
Totally NOT the same thing as a public option.
One mistake President Obama has made is that there is nobody in the administration with a medical background who can speak in a clear and concise way to the health care issues.
202: chill. i’ll be done soon. it’s only until i beat tetris.
Danielle, you know I love pain. Both giving and receiving it..
I want you to hurt me now, really bad..
Morning, all. I wonder what would have happened if two things were different in this health care debate.
Let’s say that Tom Daschle had paid his taxes and Ted Kennedy was healthy. Think we’d have gotten legislation passed by now?
As I told my sons about Swine flu next year – they were poo pooing all the percautions I was taken and I said to them
“look at this as if you are protecting me. I seem to get everything under the sun. You taking care protects me”
But also what about someone coughing all over your grapes, cherries, apples, lettuce etc AT THE GROCERY STORE
What if we make bumper stickers that say “100 million died from the black plauge… still don’t want national healthcare?”
I’d like to *strike* Mitch McChinless..
205: would you say you did it a plethora of times ?
#212: I don’t know – a joint effort?
219.. LOL… that may be more effective for some…
222
The knuckle-draggers would probably think it only affected black people.
207: for that matter, “i’m thinking” is a pick-up line that’s effective on me. this protected me from wasting my time on sarah palin.
I fear the movie “Idiocracy” was strangely prophetic..
219: danielle, why are you melting those ice caps ? that’s just gonna…. oh, i get it.
#198 LeftCenter:
She saw there was not much there!
P.S. I am active campaigning to give Dick Morris the nickname “Snotty Boy!” Watch Dick Morris! Get the “Barnyard” movies, see the show on Disney! You’ll find the same screech!The physical resemblance! The same nasty attitude! Dick – Snotty! They are dead ringers for one another! THEY ARE THE SAME PERSON!
I’ve been concerned about the future of this country ever since I learned many years ago that stupid people breed more than smart people.
Let’s face it, some of the people who are showing up at these meetings look like they need to be weighed on a cattle scale. Obesity and the complications from it such as diabetes and heart disease cost all of us in the form higher premiums. The red states have the highest rates of obesity and smoking and would benefit the most from a public option focused on prevention. But noooooo….the republicans call a shorter life span due to poor health freedom. Maybe cesession isn’t such a bad idea.
Hey, look…remember how the right wing nuts are poo pooing cash for clunkers.
The headline is Clunkers Drives Huge Jump in New Car Fuel Efficiency
And the article says that that’s before the full impact of the program was felt, since it’s July data. They’re saying wait until the August data comes in.
I think I found something to blog about tonight.
222: it would have to afflict whites to get their attentio. back to the drawing board.
On the 2001 Dead Kennedys’ live album Mutiny on the Bay, during their song “M.T.V. – Get off the Air”, lead singer Jello Biafra tells the audience to “buy a homemade [record] instead, before the PMRC closes the stores down that sell ‘em”. Biafra had earlier been brought to trial on charges of “distributing harmful matter to minors” in an incident involving the 1985 Dead Kennedys’ album Frankenchrist, which featured an insert of H R Giger’s Penis Landscape and a parody sticker on the front cover reading:
“WARNING: The inside fold out to this record cover is a work of art by H.R. Giger that some people may find shocking, repulsive or offensive. Life can sometimes be that way.” (from wikipedia)
The Canadian caller said, “If you reject healthcare now, I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
That’s the problem — someone how the dumbest, most irrational among us have the most power in American politics.
Because, after all, autism has nothing to do with a medical condition.
Cynthia needs to friend US on face book
Well, I gotta run to a meeting.. hope to be back before show’s over.. if not, have a great day all!
Have you guys noticed that a lot of the right wing nut jobs are fat people? I mean, Limpdick is going to lecture us on being disciplined? Uh, yeah, because your fat ass is an example of good discipline.
Getting affording health care to conservatives gets all the same gratitude as taking the cat to the vet.
Like being stoned? Ohh, riiiight ……………………………………… stoned!
This caller sure has a sweet voice.
In America, the southern accent is either the height or the depth of sophistication.
Damn, if we could only label the Republican Party unproductive and inviable and take them all off their free government paid insurance for life..
OBAMARULES — AARP?? ads for PUBLIC OPTIONS — nothing more than a well promoted INSURANCE COMPANY!!! — of course they support a PUBLIC OPTION — it will be written by the LOBBYISTS and will keep PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE alive and well
People are generally happy with their health insurance until they have to actually use it.
this caller would really be helped by the bill – “cost-sharing” (deductibles, co-pays, etc. — everything other than premiums that the insured pays) is CAPPED at $5000 per year per individual and $10000 per year per family — for ALL insurance. Public, private, through the insurance exchange or otherwise.
Ugh!! That article by Rohm’s brother was talking about determining basic versus discretionary medical services.
either all services for all people which would be expensive and people would complain about having to pay for certain services for certain people
or basic services for all people with other care being considered discretionary.
Repubs do often have fat, white, quaking buttocks.. And that’s just on their face..
WALKENIZED canadian townhall thug:
“excuse me, eh, guess what, i’ve got some trousers, and the only prescription, which is one i’ve obtained because we have the very best health care system in the entire physical universe, not like the stalinist viet-cong crap back home in canada, is to put them on one leg at a time, and then to record gold records… only a few of which in any way involve prostitutes sticking their toes into merle haggard. the point is, back in canada, they made me wait two years with an uncomfortable hunk of metal in my ass. – and all i wanted was some theraflu. ….. eh.”
PJKOOL — OBAMA’S white house HEALTHCARE CONVERSATION was jammed with the MEDICALINSURANCE INDUSTRY — PNHP – physicians for a national health plan got in because of public outcry — PNHP member was OBAMA’S physician until he walked into the WHITEHOUSE
Translation: “They are liars.”
More cowbell!
#248 Section 122(c)(2)(B)
who was that that stephanie was reading?
#246 What are you talking about?
238: also too, autism is notoriously hard to identify, and may just be a label for people who are hardwired to be more practical than average, on a spectrum. think about it. i know plenty of people who are very hard to “tune back in” once they start talking. you probably know some too.
Same question as 256 — the columnist who decided to “step over that line”.
I quit. Quitting!!!!
I wasn’t a big Ed Schultz fan — especially when he was bashing Hillary — but I am really appreciating him now.
He’s calling it like it is with these goofball “just say no” protesters.
They are fools and idiots — just as stupid as people get.
241: you think letting hoodia do all the calorie-burning doesnt take discipline ? – you’re going to hurt jabaa’s feelings.
#236: madduane, we’re lucky we live in such an enlightened age. Nothing like that could ever happen today. Not even if Al and Tipper were to somehow get back in the white house … right?
OBAMARULES — right RHOM’S brother is OBAMA whitehouse medical advisor — boys from the hood — from PNHP i heard a 1st hand report of that WH converstation –
#252 Calm down. Obama always meets with people who have different opinions then he does. The people that think the same way he does don’t really need any more convincing.
I believe he met with the Congressional REpubliTARDS first.
OBAMARULES — call me CAMP — i don’t know my blog entry #
246, AARP is not funded by the insurance companies. Who told you that?
There is, however, an organization called 60 Plus, which Rachel Maddow exposed for the fraud that it is. They claim to be non-partisan but they are about as non-partisan as the Club for Growth or some other right wing nut job organization.
247: monty python actually predicted the modern healthcare set-up with a skit that had john cleese as the claims adjuster pointing out this clause right here which clearly states that you can not make any collection upon an actual claim.
257: I was also wondering.
You’re travelling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That’s the signpost up ahead – your next stop, the Deather Zone!
duh duh duh DUH!!
#236 Madduane: That’s why I say, “Long Live the Libraries! Long Live the Library System!”"
arggghh … I have to leave soon but I’d like my question answered … who was that Steph just read ?
I’ve even tweeted producer chris with that question
250: no fair downloading my bea arthur fantasies.
263 — I was reflecting earlier on how discourse in this country seems bad right now, but that it’s been really screwed up here for a long time. I think there was a study done by the War Department during WWI that figured out that people don’t really react to facts, they react to emotionally evocative images. Facts have taken a back seat ever since, and everybody who is serious about swaying people uses loaded information to get their way. Little fact-pebbles to create a beautiful (or horrific) fantasy world that suits their purposes. That’s why the truth doesn’t get you anywhere, people aren’t wired to deal with reality.
well, sean, you got a bit on your nose too.
246/267 — On a couple of occasions, Thom Hartmann has referred to AARP as, and I’m paraphrasing, “Nothing but an insurance company.”
Embarrassed to say the assertion tweaked my interest but not enough to research it.
#263 In other words, “You can’t HANDLE the truth!”
schwarzeniggah, please !
**urge to squeeze Sean Hannity’s hairy little helmet until his eyes bulge and he pops like the pus-filled human zit he is**
Join me?
I did it again, #273
random interjection…
my husband hoards power cords, co axle cables, and ethernet cords….
TONY — AARP is an insurance company!!!
261 Ron “McLovin”:
If they chant “just say no,” chant back simultaneously – “astroturf!” Same amount of syllables. It will cancel the other guy out!
281…actually, they get money from various insurance companies to sell insurance and give them a cut. They are not an insurance company.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, corporate money and all that, whatever.
AARP is a nonprofit. They do offer insurance, but it is offered through private insurance companies.
Cindy, here it is:
#278 Ivan Louise Hussain Biggin:
Will you “squeeze Ashley Wilkes out of his head” as well?
how does secretary of state bill clinton feel about that ?
What Tony said.
AARP is NOT an insurance company. They are a “nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people age 50 and over.”
They offer members information about insurance, finance, health living, auto insurance, etc… after they research companies to see which ones are ‘better’ for people over 50.
SCOTT — AARP offers discounts and health news + political lobbying — for members — selling insurance is theit motive — i buy life insurance from them — dropped my membership
URLs are apparently blocked . . . sheesh.
Go to WashingtonPost.com and search:
Republicans Propagating Falsehoods in Attacks on Health-Care Reform
If AARP is an insurance company, the premiums certainly are reasonable.
heather mills identifies with a guy who failed at boxing and switched careers ?
Gimmy Money.
There’s no business like SPARTA business.
sparta
wait a second – you mean dick morris is snotty boy ?
OK, now a test. I’m going to paste the URL w/o the usual prefix:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080603854.html?nav=emailpage
Also, SPARTA! you betcha
I figure AARP is right where it should be when the fringe elements on either side of the political spectrum hate it. The right hates it and says it’s got a liberal staff. The left hates it and says it takes corporate money and gets too much money from companies that sell insurance with its seal of approval.
To me, that means it’s right where it needs to be. If the fringe hates it, then it’s where it should be.
That’s what I want!
Now is the time for all good men to SPARTA!
Well, I’m off to work. See you all tomorrow.
Tony spartas unintentionally. Congrats, Tony.
How you like dem apples? Sparta with actual content and information! I am the king of all this land. Bring me the finest meats and cheeses!
Cool. The trick is to omit the http prefix and start with www.
What’s interesting is that the prefix is added.
SCOTT + TONY –
right!! a non-profit PR firm promoting FOR PROFIT –
Congrats, Tony!
Today’s Leonidas Cup® comes filled with beaver and gruyere.
WALKENIZED sponsor moment:
“this spartation was brott to you by the technological miracle that scientists everywhere like to refer to as “kellogg’s frosted flakes” – you think jackie gleason is great ? oh my god, wait until you get a load of these. it’s cereal. go buy a box. it’s like yummification on steroids.”
Tony! SPARTACUS. Congrats.
Speech, speech!
307…they use the money they get for allowing insurance companies to sell insurance with their name on it to do other things. Just because they’re non-profit doesn’t mean it doesn’t cost any money to run the organization.
Lots of organizations do that. You’re looking for a level of ideological purity that just doesn’t exist.
Is this Rachel Ray for Life Lock?
Ruh roh…Elizabeth Warren is saying that while the TARP may have stabilized the big banks, there are a lot of second tier banks that are going to be in big trouble.
305: umm…. danielle, what’s with the trail of gouda and brie with slices of oscar meyer olive loaf leading toward the penalty box ?
I wonder if there’s a muzak version of Freebird
Sometimes, as an AARP member, you can save money on automobile insurance. Older people are often more responsible drivers (until they get to a certain age).
Morning all! If a birther and a deather hook up, do they cancel each other out and vaporize?
317 Often they are one and the same, I think. It’s like Kirk in the TOS episode “The Enemy Within”
Tony, I don’t know if it’s necessarily about “purity”. I’m thinking “transparency”.
If they’re taking $$ from insurance companies, how can they render independent judgements?
Further, recall that they supported Dubya’s Medicare Drug Benefit Plan back in 2003. What was that about?
315: okay, this is perhaps not an “exact” match, but witness the miracle of stephy with her youthful wolfchild fro and feminine wiles wowing the crowd in this 1949 edition of “american idle”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IjxaZnhj34
#280: Good for him – sounds like my kind of guy.
317: just look at what goes on between birth and death (if you have a strong stomach). they just breed a bunch of penitentiary fodder, also known as “lifers”.
#319 I wouldn’t say they were whole-heartedly supportive, but they knew how important to senoirs it was to at least get something – something that will be fixed when Pres Obama’s health care security/insurance reform passes.
get a megaphone AND a spine Dems.
oh and it’s COCK Steph.
315 Yes Mam , front and center.
why is it always so difficult to entice “cock” out of stephy’s mouth ?
RURAL RADIO –
rush,limbaugh,hannity,ingrahm –
did you know DENNIS MILLER hosts a morning radio show? –
who will sell the progressive message to the RURALS? –
don’t count on NPR!!
Bill-O, put down that pipe and make MY pipe hard!
#327 I wouldn’t touch that with a ten-foot pole.
#323 just as long as their offsrping are sterile, like mules.
321: dont forget neil bush or michelle bachmann …. sometimes even anal abortions just somehow survive and start walking around.
315 — you “ma’ammed” me!
And with that, I must depart. It’s been fun bloggoes!
Buh Bye!
I hope Obama gets one of these mouth-breathers to come up on stage with him and schools them in front of everyone. That would be cool. They’d probably wet themselves.
333 I like that nu8mber.
335: a lethal mismatch sometimes can be fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02zpXmFEUaY
Why is Sean Hannity such a little douchebag?
319…keep in mind that seniors got access to more drugs under that plan. So, while it was expensive and cost the taxpayer a lot of money — more than it would if they allowed medicare to negotiate discounts — it did provide medicine to seniors.
That is in keeping with AARP’s goal.
Rusty don’t lose than number.. it’s the only one you’ve got.
By usin’ it you’ll feel better.
338
Because it makes him a very rich little douchebag?
338: abandoned by steppenwolf, and raised by oompah-loompahs.
338. because his giant head is where the douche is kept? Just guessin’.
Fun with Bacon
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/10/things-made-of-bacon-that_n_255601.html
338=337
343: no, thank you. last time i had fun with bacon, i got one of those six degree burns. that’s why i walk this way. not that i dont love aerosmith… i mean i would probably walk this way anyway, but just in case.
344
yeah, what happened, i thought it used to be 338.
I would pay a dollar to see little douchebag Hannity waterboarded..
The cowardly little shit.
Mama, mama, mama – chill, Obama’s got it baby.
Remember those Palin rallies – all those nutjobs? She lost – big time and blue dogs were voted in.
All those townhall deathers – even fewer then showed up at rallies – and we still have the votes.
Here’s your mantra: yes we can, yes we can or gonga-galonga (it’s one of my favorites)
346: well, which is it? how many trigs are we up to now?
347: i’ll need 87 cents of that deposited up front.
But, it’s not like emergency rooms are free. They bill you a FORTUNE if you use it.
If you are homeless or don’t care about your credit rating — you skip the bill.
But the average American gets screwed — either pay thousands of dollars or screw your credit rating.
… and this is the system that conservatives JUST LOVE!
quick kato, open up the death panel. get your hand on the trig and be ready.
347
How many days has it been since Tic-tac Head said he’d be waterboarded?
#353 I lost count when Olbermann quit counting after Mancow admitted it was torture.
351: i’ve heard book commercials about this. “get SCREWED by thom hartmann”
#351 They have a ton more overhead then a regular doctors office because they need to be equiped to handle anything and everything in multiples, plus they can’t turn anyone down or ask for payment up front like a doctors office can.
The Blue Dogs complain that their constituency are against health care reform.
Really? Against cheaper healthcare? Against healing sick children? Against making insurance companies do their jobs? Really?
More likely, the Blue Dogs aren’t bothering to explain it to their people.
Book him, Danno. Murder one.
Hannity could be waterboarded just by squeezing him til he drowns in his own fluids. EWWW. sorry ’bout that one.
356: are the green brothels equipped to handle everything in multiples?
#355 – great book!
Ah.. drown in a vat of whiskey.
Death, where is thy sting?
358: in europe, they call it “murder 1.6″ – check out the biggin brain on ivan ! – that’s right. because of the metric system.
#357 I just think they have a lot more Republicans in their districts, who probably didn’t show up to vote ’cause they were sick of Bush, and now are getting hammered by republican operatives with the lies and requests to call their reps and complain.
Obamarules,
I understand your point.
But I was infuriated when Bush said that emergency rooms are free healthcare.
They send you a huge bill and sic collection agents on you, if you don’t pay it.
355: yeah, it’s totally great !! – ooh, yeah, i mean hey, the book is really great too !
362: and for those who have ears, “sting, where is thy death ?”
one of Jack’s best:
“You can’t handle the truth!
Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns.
Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Lieutenant Weinberg? I have a greater responsibility than you can possibly fathom. You weep for Santiago, and you curse the Marines. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know – that Santiago’s death, while tragic, probably saved lives; and my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible
to you, saves lives.
You don’t want the truth because deep down in places you don’t talk about at parties, you want me on that wall – you need me on that wall.
We use words like “honor,” “code,” “loyalty.” We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punch line.
I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide and then questions the manner in which I provide it.
I would rather that you just said “thank you” and went on your way.
Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a weapon and stand the post. Either way, I don’t give a DAMN what you think you’re entitled to!”
-Colonel Jessup
#365 I agree. It’s wrong. That’s why it needs to be fixed. It would be so much better for everyone!
Natasha and Boris skit – Jimbo at his best.
My hero and mentor Jim Ward.
>> Obamarules says:
>> #357 I just think they have a lot more Republicans in their districts,
True, But in June, 50% of REPUBLICANS supported a public option. (http://tinyurl.com/lmm6wj)
Are these Blue Dogs claiming they can’t turn that to 51% with some good speeches? Did they even try?
That’s a long lead time Stephanie. What are the chances she gets double bumped?
368: animal mother definitely ran circles around this lame crap in “full metal jacket”: if i’m going to give my life in defense of a word, i would want that word to be “poontang”.
Did everyone catch the quote about Stephen Hawking on the blogs yesterday? In case you missed it, here it is:
“People such as scientist Stephen Hawking wouldn’t have a chance in the U.K., where the National Health Service would say the life of this brilliant man, because of his physical handicaps, is essentially worthless.”
Source: actual quote from How House Bill Runs Over Grandma By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, July 31, 2009 4:20 PM PT
Stephen Hawking has lived in the UK all his life and gets treatment for his ALS at an NHS hospital. Wow, I wonder what else IBD got wrong in their editorial! Moral of the story: never underestimate how often you are being lied to.
(links at http://horsesass.org/?p=18805 )
“Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.” – Stephen Hawking quoted in “The Science of Second-Guessing”, The New York Times (12 December 2004).
I just looked up. The sky is dark. May have to make a quick dash inside.
Poor Alberto….
I guess I believe that Blue Dogs oppose affordable health care because they get big money from big business.
“I’m in a conservative district” is just a lame excuse.
372/374: steph/hawking attempting to hump double-dutch with a jump-rope and chocolate ice cream…. the mind flips like an electric klein bottle.
There are even some community hospitals that contract their EM docs and reward them with bonuses for how much they bill out and get reimbursed. You can see how wrong that is too. It encourages docs to do more for people with insurance and less for those without who probably won’t pay their bills, regardless of what the patient actually needs.
All that crap about defensive medicine and worrying about getting sued is really overblown. It’s just what REpubliTARDS want.
Susan Collins (R-Beaver) sneezed and vaccine went away
376: in honor of the fact that the man purpose of albert gonzalez to the cheney administration is the token mexicanity, it’s “albert”.
PJ Squeezy Louise Hussein McFlavin,
That Hawking thing was hilarious.
It shows that Republicans are as stupid as Hawking is smart.
365…even if you accept the premise that emergency rooms are free health care for the uninsured, someone is paying for it.
And those people are the ones who have insurance. The hospitals pass on the costs to the people who do pay their bills. The insurance companies pass the costs of that on to the policy holders.
That means that even if you get health care paid for by your company, you’re paying for it. Every dollar they spend on health insurance is a dollar they can’t spend on wages.
Well, bye eMooks.
Write a letter to your leader, today!
#371 I agree. When they are told the calls coming into their offices are not in favor, they get spooked. Those who want it may not be making their voices heard as loudly.
boy for a deity, Jim sure is dumb at GTQ
Have a good day all!
has stephy been doing krugel exercises ?
So Sarah keeps muddying the water with her stupidity. Go to my site to see what I think about Sarah. It’s really worth the click. Sort of a Suess meets Mother Goose meets Sarah Palin thing.
Another lightning fast three hours. See you all tomorrow!
As for the doctors getting paid for every service they order, that’s another problem we have. We need to get rid of the fee for service system that we have for health care. Doctors have an incentive to prescribe more tests and treatments because they get paid for every one they do.
thank-youfor your consideration —
GRATEFULLY EVERYTHING CHANGES –
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Incredible stupidity not knowing that Hawking is a Brit. Just the sort of ignorant bullshit emitted continuously by the Repubican Party and instantly consumed by their stooges at the bottom of the food chain.
Gotta feel bad for Hillary. Once upon a time, what happened in Africa stayed in Africa (just ask the king of Belgium). Nowadays, you roll your eyes in Timbuktoo and your boss watches it on the youtubes on the plane in Guadalajara.
Bye all! Florida here I come!
Later, skaters. Oh, and if you’re interested in a piece I did on why it’s the fee for service system that needs to be addressed, check out my blog.
#383 Good point Tony. Obama said the same thing when he was here in Raleigh.
Hasta manana, amigas y amigos!
Don’t you ever change a thing.
L.
>> Tony says:
>> We need to get rid of the fee for service system that we have for health care.
HMO’s where supposed to fix that problem — or so the conservatives promised us.
Bye all! Fight the stupid!