The World War and What was Behind It by Louis P. Benezet

oohraaaaoorahhh#

guy at the mike pretty oooohrahhh too.

wheee

Either God wasn't listening to Ratzinger or someone padded the election.

Looking good Janeane!

WHAT!!!!!
On ABC's "This Week" yesterday, Senator Biden, a Democrat of Delaware, said *Democrats should compromise* "and say to them that...we'll let a number" of the seven judges "go through, the two most extreme not to go through, and put off this vote and compromise."
Democrats might be willing to compromise if Republicans drop the handful of the most objectionable choices, Richard Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters in Washington.

HaH!

i tell you!

for sheer excitement

theres nothing like a buncha

lil pissed off bugs lookin for you!

Looking good Janeane!

Posted by: Chubby_Bubba, Rajah of Bhong at April 25, 2005 08:04 PM

Yeah, that Annie Duke look really agrees with her.

Two new diaries...

Equality Ohio
The Religious Right in Ohio Politics

theres nothing like a buncha

lil pissed off bugs lookin for you!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:05 PM

What some kids do for fun...sheesh.

The Theocracy Watch Filibuster links page:

http://www.theocracywatch.org/filibuster.htm

Oodles of good info you can use!

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot retain it long."

-Abraham Lincoln

Bush Worried about Saudi Fragilities
By Philippe Gélie
Le Figaro

Monday 25 April 2004

Since Ariel Sharon's visit two weeks ago, the Crawford ranch is in the process of changing its function within the Presidential arsenal. While offering the eyes of the world a favorable treatment reserved for the most distinguished visitors, his retreat in Texas also allows George W. Bush to conduct a "quiet diplomacy" in which pressures can be all the more direct for being exercised in an informal and private setting.

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince should be testing that experience today. On the menu of his discussions with the American president are several tense subjects: the rise in oil prices, the struggle against Islamic terrorism, and the rhythm of reforms in the Kingdom.

The first case is likely to be the most urgent, with an escalation of prices at the pump (by over 50 cents a gallon in a year). If George W. Bush's reelection is no longer threatened by consumer disgruntlement, his popularity quotient feels the impact, having fallen to 44% in the latest polls. Riyadh, which supplies only 15% of American imports, has already made an effort by increasing its production in March to 155,000 barrels/a day and by holding out the prospect of further increases in production. Bush, "concerned," even as he admits he doesn't have a "silver bullet," will not fail to remind the Saudi leader of his promise.

However, a partner this important and complicated is not to be rushed. Involved in the democratization of the Middle East, the American president will have to reiterate his encouragement of the House of Saud's timid process of opening up. In his State of the Union speech in February, Bush had called upon Riyadh to "demonstrate leadership in the region by expanding the people's role in the determination of their future." The recent elections to local councils, which notably excluded women, are not cited as an example in Washington, but the White House insists on the right of each country to advance "at its own pace."

LINK

>> The rapture is not the end of the world. The rapture is the sound of the republicans being kicked out of Washington.
Posted by: Bjorn at April 25, 2005 06:57 PM

Bjorn has such a great way with words. I love his imagery.

L@L,

Just put him in the Ghia. I'm pulling it anyway.

Posted by: Crank "Doing Rusty's Jokes For Him" Bait at April 25, 2005 07:52 PM

Damn, crankie....the old man JUST got out of the hospital. And you wanna put 'em into the Ghia? *snark*

Senator Patrick Leahy
Senate Floor Remarks
On Republicans’ Exploitation of Faith in Judicial Nominations
April 22, 2005

. . . Dividing the American people along religious lines is wrong. Smearing political opponents as “anti-faith” is despicable. Apparently some will stop at nothing and stump to any level. No scurrilous charge is too coarse; no baseless accusation is too outlandish. When a few of us attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II in Rome as part of the official Senate delegation recently, Democrats – but not Republicans -- were castigated for not being present in Washington. When we explain in public session the basis on which we have decided to oppose a nomination that we do not feel merits a lifetime appointment to the federal bench, the judicial activism we have catalogued about the nomination is ignored and we are smeared as “anti” this or “anti” that.

I thank the many religious leaders who have come forward this week to uphold America’s great traditions of respecting faith, honoring faith and, ensuring that the constitutional prohibition against any religious test for public office be strictly observed. Christian leaders from a variety of denominations, Muslim leaders and Jewish leaders have joined together to reject these disgraceful and polarizing efforts of a few partisans injecting religion in the discussion of judicial nominations. They have publicly denounced the efforts of the religious demagogues making slanderous charges in a win-at-all-costs bid to rile the passions and further divide Americans from one another. I am grateful for their voices. We need less division, not more. We need to work together more not less.

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200504/042205.html

(Joseph Biden is a weak pinhead - what a surprise that HE would want to compromise)

religious exttreamists are so important to understanding how the takeover has happened..there really needs to be more awareness on our side...(ona all sides) of who makes it happen and how.

This is a lot of what the SCLC did back in the 60's that worked so well.

WA Criswell. anyone know that name?

Notice the prominence of Lousville, KY, and the SBC seminary there.

http://www.baptiststandard.com/2002/1_14/pages/criswell_timeline.html

and if ya dont know the SCLC...then ya really are starting at sqare one.

Sorry to see the American media doing such a poor job on "informing" the public with the information needed for democracy to succeed.

Sybiotic drug realtionship with a govt? Providing guns and such and trafficing drugs??

Are we sure he isn't CIA?

...but bare with me...

Posted by: Chubby_Bubba, Nudist Rajah of Bhong at April 25, 2005 07:58 PM

Jeneane, what does your button have on it in the photo with the trash can sinatras?

Hey, maybe I can open for The Thrashcan Sinatras, with this lill' bit by moi, next gig?

Nayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, but have read/listen anywho.

    The     Awful     Facts

[Transcript of an audio recording]

*clap of thunder followed by a background ghostly robotic music*

“Myriad moons ago, in the land of Pharaoh, there came to power a Being of wondrous propensities.
He was called Amenhotep IV. Amemhotep IV envisioned, and then implemented, a monumental and unsurpassed addition to culture. Amenhotep IV was the first to have a society introduced to the theology of a one-god religion. Yes, Amenhotep IV institutionalized monotheism, a religion of one god.

This was a true monotheism, not the polytheism that Judaism, Christianity and Islam, each usually having at least two gods ~ the one all-benevolent, the other all-evil ~ have been for hundreds and hundreds of years.
Yes, Amenhotep proclaimed the Aten, the Sun God, as the only god in all the universe; he even changed his name to reflect this new devotional imagery.

No prosaic Pharaoh was he, the works of Egyptian art were advanced to a vastly, almost impressionist, beautiful form.
Of course when a vast change comes many resist it. After all, the feebleminded peasants were content to have had their religion spoonfeed to them by, less than astute, ancestors.
The established priests didn’t want one-god concepts cutting into their lucrative, wholly unholy, business.

Nevertheless, the Pharaohs were considered gods in their own right.
Ergo, any opposition to the new religion was wee and reserved. But the only people to sincerely embrace Amenhotep’s religion were the upperclass, very well educated members of his governmental theocratic oligarchy. This was no small number, the ancient Egyptian government was a vast institution.

Not terribly long after Amenhotep’s demise the priests and peasants of the polytheist deities were once again able to gain political power.
They began a systematic, and extremely well financed, program of wiping any trace of the reign of Amenhotep IV from the face of the Earth. His name, original as well as his new, were obli

that was wierd. staring at a completely empty blog, knowing I could be first,if I could think of something to say....and I froze up. Could think NOTHING

Let's play Guess What's On Jeneane's Button in the above Photo.

Remember, the repugs will make a "deal", a compromise, with the Dems, and, then, once they get what they wont, they will break the deal and the Dems will get nothing!

NO!! lol luv those brits

I LOVE THIS!!

Ann Taylor--why did they hire her to do the investigation...

the

granville green

smoke infusion saved my ass!

MY COMPLIMENTS TO BART!

worked pretty good!

with beneficial

side effects!

If George Bush was wrong and Jesus disguised himself as a Democrat, would Bush be justified in killing him?

It has been reported widely that George W. Bush was a cheerleader during his college days. Many male cheerleaders are known to be pecker puffers. It begs the question....did George W. Bush puff peckers during his college days at Andover? Is it Bush himself that Gannon was fucking on his secret trips into the White House?

Senator Patrick Leahy
Senate Floor Remarks
On Republicans’ Exploitation of Faith in Judicial Nominations
April 22, 2005

. . . I share the disappointment of the more than 400 religious leaders who have written Senator Frist urging him “to repudiate those who misuse religious for political purposes and who impugn the faith of any who disagree with them.” All of us need to, as these religious leaders put it, “repudiate the message of divisiveness and religious manipulation.” The Reverend Dr. C. Weldon Gaddy, President of The Interfaith Alliance, also recently wrote to Senator Frist to warn against transforming “religion by baptizing it as a disciple of partisan politics.” Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, reminded Senator Frist: “Religious liberty has flourished in our nation precisely because Americans have been steadfast in their commitment against sowing religious discord as means to achieve political success.”

I also thank the distinguished leader of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, for his statement. Rabbi Saperstein notes that with respect to the upcoming broadcast in which Senator Frist will be lending his support:

“The telecast is scheduled to take place on the second night of the Passover holiday, when Jews around the world gather together to celebrate our religious freedom. It was in part for exactly such freedom that we fled Egypt. It was in part for exactly such freedom that so many of us came to this great land. And it is in very large part because of exactly such freedom that we and our neighbors have built a nation uniquely welcoming to people of faith—of all faiths.”

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200504/042205.html

Now THAT, my friends, is Judeo-Christian unification on an issue!

(cont.)

His name, original as well as his new, were obliterated from temple, obelisk, monument and papyrus.
The polytheist re-writers of history were very efficient, but not 100% so. Monotheism’s followers were also persecuted.
To even utter the former Pharaoh’s name was a crime punishable by a sound thrashing or even death!
Thus, these believes in a single god, who used to end all prayers by speaking the new name Amenhotep had chosen, reverted back to ending their supernally aimed beseeching with the words - “Freed From Doubt by Amenhotep.”

But this was also seen as a blasphemous act by the ancient polytheistic spin-doctors. So, they needed to conclude their prayers, to their singular god, with another sound of solemn ratification.
And that way soon became the word - - - AMEN !

Moreover, those who descended from Amenhotep’s followers, though many changes have been made to their religion over the long years, became know as.....the Jews.

*music now becomes the gospel classic “Amen” with a satirical lyrical redo*

Amen
Hotep
Amen hotep amen
Groovin’ with his sweety
her name was Nefertiti
amen hotep amen
real style down by the Nile
a pile of pâté crocodile
amen hotep hotep

{ fin }
[To hear this work and “Jesus Christ the Facts” (The history of how Ovid created the Jesus of Nazareth/Christ character) check the URL.]

http://www.ic-musicmedia.com/artist_pages/songpage.php?mp3id=83390

Enquiring minds want to know, Walter...

(cont.)

His name, original as well as his new, were obliterated from temple, obelisk, monument and papyrus.
The polytheist re-writers of history were very efficient, but not 100% so. Monotheism’s followers were also persecuted.
To even utter the former Pharaoh’s name was a crime punishable by a sound thrashing or even death!
Thus, these believes in a single god, who used to end all prayers by speaking the new name Amenhotep had chosen, reverted back to ending their supernally aimed beseeching with the words - “Freed From Doubt by Amenhotep.”

But this was also seen as a blasphemous act by the ancient polytheistic spin-doctors. So, they needed to conclude their prayers, to their singular god, with another sound of solemn ratification.
And that way soon became the word - - - AMEN !

Moreover, those who descended from Amenhotep’s followers, though many changes have been made to their religion over the long years, became know as.....the Jews.

*music now becomes the gospel classic “Amen” with a satirical lyrical redo*

Amen
Hotep
Amen hotep amen
Groovin’ with his sweety
her name was Nefertiti
amen hotep amen
real style down by the Nile
a pile of pâté crocodile
amen hotep hotep

{ fin }
[To hear this work and “Jesus Christ the Facts” (The history of how Ovid created the Jesus of Nazareth/Christ character) check the URL.]

http://www.ic-musicmedia.com/artist_pages/songpage.php?mp3id=83390

Senator Patrick Leahy
Senate Floor Remarks
On Republicans’ Exploitation of Faith in Judicial Nominations
April 22, 2005

. . . I share the disappointment of the more than 400 religious leaders who have written Senator Frist urging him “to repudiate those who misuse religious for political purposes and who impugn the faith of any who disagree with them.” All of us need to, as these religious leaders put it, “repudiate the message of divisiveness and religious manipulation.” The Reverend Dr. C. Weldon Gaddy, President of The Interfaith Alliance, also recently wrote to Senator Frist to warn against transforming “religion by baptizing it as a disciple of partisan politics.” Abraham Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, reminded Senator Frist: “Religious liberty has flourished in our nation precisely because Americans have been steadfast in their commitment against sowing religious discord as means to achieve political success.”

I also thank the distinguished leader of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Rabbi David Saperstein, for his statement. Rabbi Saperstein notes that with respect to the upcoming broadcast in which Senator Frist will be lending his support:

“The telecast is scheduled to take place on the second night of the Passover holiday, when Jews around the world gather together to celebrate our religious freedom. It was in part for exactly such freedom that we fled Egypt. It was in part for exactly such freedom that so many of us came to this great land. And it is in very large part because of exactly such freedom that we and our neighbors have built a nation uniquely welcoming to people of faith—of all faiths.”

http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200504/042205.html

Now THAT, my friends, is Judeo-Christian unification on an issue!

Remember, the repugs will make a "deal", a compromise, with the Dems, and, then, once they get what they wont, they will break the deal and the Dems will get nothing!

Posted by: Lefftee

Remember when AARP "compromised" w/ the Bush Co. re: perscription bill--we know how they repaid AARP (Hate the troops/love gay marriage)

"The rapture is not the end of the world. The rapture is the sound of the republicans being kicked out of Washington." --Bjorn

Some believe it's the spectacle of the ground opening up and demons reaching out and dragging the Republicans screaming into the pit of Hades, and choirs of angels singing in celebration of divine justice long-denied.

theres nothing like a buncha

lil pissed off bugs lookin for you!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:05 PM

You didn't pay for those Hari Krishna flowers, either?

Did anyone see Bill Maher on Friday?? I wanted to shoot Scarborough in the head!!! UGG He is so annoying. He talks w/ this tone like "I'm being totally reasonable but really if you listen to the words I'm saying I'm not being reasonable at all"

"Remember when AARP "compromised" w/ the Bush Co. re: perscription bill--we know how they repaid AARP (Hate the troops/love gay marriage)"

Posted by: Eli at April 25, 2005 08:12 PM

Eli, You got that right.

Gotta go. Good night everyone. Happy blogging! It's been a pleasure, as always.

Oh yes indeed! It would be interesting to see if the evangelicals would stick with Bush if it comes out that Jeff Gannon has been fucking Bush in his ass.

Democrats compromising with the Republicans is tantamount to Chamberlain compromising with Hitler.

Damn but I hate those vichy democrats...someone ought to get on their asses...

theres nothing like a buncha

lil pissed off bugs lookin for you!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:05 PM

--------------------------------------------

There's an expression, "Don't stir up a hornets' nest."

Ever heard it?

I'm sure Mr. Gannon would get on their asses.

Insurgents attack Iraqi oil pumps after day of deadly attacks

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Insurgents in Iraq have unleashed another attack on the country's oil facilities.

An official with Iraq's Northern Oil Company says attackers have blown up pumps used for domestic supplies near Kirkuk. No injuries are reported.

Two militant attacks yesterday killed at least 29 people in Baghdad and Tikrit.

In the Baghdad attack, a second suicide car bomber drove into a crowd of people rushing to help the victims of an earlier blast.

The New York Times reports that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Vice President Dick Cheney are growing frustrated by the political deadlock in Iraq, They're pushing top Kurdish and Shiite politicians to come together and form a new government.

LINK

Yeah, that Annie Duke look really agrees with her.

Posted by: Rusty at April 25, 2005 08:05 PM

Annie Duke? I think its more like Patty Lane!

But then again, I have always had a fetish for Patty Duke

Remembering Humanitarian Aid Worker & Activist Marla Ruzicka

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/21/1418206

(A life well lived)

Don't dems ever get tired of bending over? Don't they? EVER?

---------------------------------

U.S. Senate Democrats Seek Compromise on Bush Judicial Nominees

April 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senate Democratic leaders said they may be willing to allow Senate votes on some of President George W. Bush's seven disputed judicial nominees to avoid a showdown that threatens to stymie legislation.

Democrats might be willing to compromise if Republicans drop the handful of the most objectionable choices, Richard Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, told reporters in Washington.

``I would rather dance than fight. I want to do everything I can to avoid this,'' Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said in an interview on CNN.

http://tinyurl.com/7tc2e

eya rusty

"She Who Must Be Obeyed"

made a formal request to have

a Hornets nest as big as a basketball

removed today, and i did'nt want to kill em all...

Bernaise? Isn't that a cream sauce? Not that I'd know anything about French cuisine or stuff like 'dat.

"Some believe it's the spectacle of the ground opening up and demons reaching out and dragging the Republicans screaming into the pit of Hades, and choirs of angels singing in celebration of divine justice long-denied."

Posted by: Pandemia at April 25, 2005 08:12 PM

Great image. It reminds me of the sceen in the movey, Ghost. Love it.

God is a big, muscular white guy with a beard floating around in the sky.

God has balls and a human brain. So he can be persuaded to give you presents if you nag him frequently. Why he has balls I don't know. Do you suppose God has a mistress?

'Gnight CMinCA

I think the ancients came up with such crazy religions (and some really good ideas - check out the Big Bang theories of Ancient Egypt) because they were doing great drugs. Or were doing them in a way that sharpened their intellects.

Mushrooms, poison hemlock (Nostradamus), etc.

Few in U.S. Living Healthy Lifestyles
By Steven Reinberg
HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- Even though everybody seems to know what a healthy lifestyle is, very few actually live it, a new study contends.

Those who don't smoke, eat five servings of fruits and vegetables daily, exercise regularly and maintain a normal weight account for only 3 percent of the adult population in the United States, according to the report in the April 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

"We looked at national representative data for 2000," said study co-author Mathew J. Reeves, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Michigan State University. "We wanted to see the proportion of adults that met the definition for a healthy lifestyle."

In their study, Reeves and his colleague Ann P. Rafferty, from the Michigan Department of Community Health, collected data on 153,805 adults from all over the country. The data came from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, which is an annual survey of the nation's health.

shut up shut up janeane!!!

we love ya, but you gotta stop preaching dimestore psych. already!!!

jesus fucking christ, I don't know what happened to you in LA, but you're beginning to lose me. Maj Rep. is my favorite show but you're really turning me off when you go on on and on with the same bullshit. Comment on FBI deliberitely invoking privacy rights for Osama Bin Forgotten- via Jucdicial Watch. IT came out on Friday. I have not heard anyone, anyone discuss it on AAR or else where.

Move On will ya??

John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4 is legendary for being rigorous as you heard him on that tape you played. Our mainstream media has no one like him. He's great and hosts Today on BBC Radio 4 mornings (1am-4am eastern US time). http://bbc.co.uk/radio4

If you want to see God!!!!!!

LOOK IN THE MIRROR

"why are we always looking up?"

"why do we need an interpreter?"

There's an expression, "Don't stir up a hornets' nest."

Ever heard it?

i recall hearing it....

so i got em stoned instead (hee hee!)

did you know that a fully pissed off hornet

can get out of a hvy duty trash bag in about two minutes?

NO MEANS NO ON REJECTED JUDGES

aww gee guys . . . you haven't mentioned our URL on the air in what seems like the longest time. we are doing a major mobilization in support of the right to filibuster:

http://www.usalone.com

our one click form at The People's Email Network sends your personal message directly to all your members of Congress at once. we generated almost 10,000 messages (each to two senators) in opposition to Bolton and may have been a factor (more backbone on our side, more pause on the other). thankfully it was enough to carry the day.

you of course understand the whole POINT of that Justice Sunday circus was to generate messages to Congress. let's see their call to action and raise them one better. our form returns a results page after the one click with the phone and fax numbers of your senators too. it does everything!

http://www.usalone.com

let the other side do their call to action and let Congress hear mostly opposition in response. please help. EVERYBODY speak out now. post the link above everywhere you can to everyone you know.

peace,

The Pen

Thank you for saying that Janeane...Why do these people believe in this unseen god? Richard Dawkins said it's a disease that is contagious because the people who seem to have the same religious beliefs are all from the same geographical areas.

I believe in Christian ETHICS but, like Jefferson, not in all the supernatural magic mumbo jumbo...He had the New Testament rewritten with out all that mumbo jumbo...

Jung's notion of the collective unconscious had to do with certain images and ideas that cut across all cultures -- he believed that they were all hardwired into our brains. But if you're interested in Freud-era crowd theory (i.e. the behavior of people when part of a crowd), check out Gustave LeBon's writings -- they're wacky and fascinating!

...but bare with me...

Posted by: Chubby_Bubba, Nudist Rajah of Bhong at April 25, 2005 07:58 PM

Posted by: Crank Bait at April 25, 2005 08:08 PM

ouch!!!

"Democrats compromising with the Republicans is tantamount to Chamberlain compromising with Hitler."

Posted by: Mirad at April 25, 2005 08:14 PM

Mirad, You got that right. excellent comparison.

John Humphrys on BBC Radio 4 is legendary for being rigorous as you heard him on that tape you played. Our mainstream media has no one like him. He's great and hosts Today on BBC Radio 4 mornings (1am-4am eastern US time). http://bbc.co.uk/radio4

Posted by: quantumspin at April 25, 2005 08:19 PM

But Jeremy Paxman at his hight is still the best.

Janeane, George Bush is proof there is a God.
I think?
He's so fucking evil, and if you believe in opposites, well, there you have it.

It's kinda of like an Alan Watts logic, I think

Somebody help me with this, throw me a bone please.

eya rusty

"She Who Must Be Obeyed"

made a formal request
Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:16 PM

You live with Lynndie English? I thought I saw you on top of the pyramid...

synchronicity & the collective unconscious Carl Jung

W definately nailed Kay Bailey before she was hutchinson...when she was a " reporter' for WFAA in dallas. look at the frontline documentary for proof.

maybe W just likes screwing the press.
Gannon/Guckart

(yes, she's wrong on carl young....she should ask for her money back from the university she attended)

back to Criswell...and Louisville...there are WAY too many connections that don't get mentioned by anyone as to how this monster was built...and who did it.

Rove and Ralph Reed and Lee Atwater were the spawn of a small group of people in the late 70's.

lil pissed off bugs lookin for you!

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:05 PM

JIM...did you get the hornets nest out?

Venezuela

Jung and the collective unconscious is about we as a human race have the same unconcious tools (animus, anima, etc.) and symbols (mandalas, crosses, etc.) in our being. Some misread that and think Jung suggests we are all psychically linked somehow or something like that. Not so much.

BTW, current brain studies suggest that maybe (big maybe) these symbols might be related to the test firing of the unborn eye's rods and cones. How freaky would that be?

They do overlap sure...That's exactly the problem isn't it...51% should not be allowed to rule the lives of the other 49% without some kind of compromize should they?

if that 51% can't convince 9% to switch sides on a nominee then perhaps that 49% shouldn't be saddled with an appointment that they didn't have any say in nominating shoudl they?

Posted by: Nobody at April 25, 2005 07:59 PM

_______

I find myself on somewhat unfamiliar ground, Nobs.

I agree with you.

In fact, if what I read earlier is true, i.e. that the rule used to state that a 67-33 majority was necessary (the rules of 1975 if I remember what was written a-right), I see no reason why the Dems can't push back harder and bolder and say why don't we just go back to the old rules?

Nuther words, why settle for arguing the Republican talking points? Reframe the debate and make them settle for the concession.

Take the fucking initiative for a change.

Now wouldn't that be a pleasant (and over-fucking-due) surprise?

[The Dems' nutsack is on hold at the library and it's about 25 years overdue by now.]

did you know that a fully pissed off hornet

can get out of a hvy duty trash bag in about two minutes?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:19 PM

---------------------------------------------

Probably had the munchies.

Did he fly to the Quik-Trip?

Posted by: Eli at April 25, 2005 08:12 PM

Remember when Kennedy, et al compromised with Dumbya & the pukes on NCLB? In exchange for an ever-increasing funding level the Dems backed-off. When NCLB was passed, the pukes fucked 'em on the funding & to this day still haven't made good on it.

THAT'S how BushCo compromises! Biden & the other Dem "compromisers" have another agenda -- go along to get along!

Jung's notion of the collective unconscious had to do with certain images and ideas that cut across all cultures -- he believed that they were all hardwired into our brains.

Posted by: Juliet at April 25, 2005 08:20 PM

Archetypes. Jung was very much part of the Romantic cultural stream and was caught up with the Nazis.

When the dems fold like the spineless cowards they are, try to act surprised.

Okay?

Okay.

----------------------------

Nelson: Let's make a deal
By Alexander Bolton

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who is working on a bipartisan compromise to end the filibuster of judicial nominees, said he believes that his party’s practice of blocking confirmation votes on controversial nominees has put him and fellow Democratic centrists in politically difficult positions.

Nelson, who accepts recent comparisons between himself and former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.), a centrist Democratic dealmaker, suggested that a few Democrats in so-called red states might be relieved should the prospect of filibustering the president’s nominees be eliminated. He discussed his emerging role on judicial nominees during a luncheon interview with The Hill last week.

http://tinyurl.com/9d9gh

Janeane, I know the feeling.
I'm like a cab, I haven't been serviced in years either.

The global conciousness project

did you know that a fully pissed off hornet

can get out of a hvy duty trash bag in about two minutes?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:19 PM

I was going to ask how well that went. that well, huh?

I'm surprised the swelling has already gone down enough for you to see type and see they monitor.

did i say young?

jung jung

www.jungchicago.org/

one of the several institutes

-and the only thing I can say about God is that she's an underachiever

ya toni

had to try 3 times to get the

technique down. the bag was my first attempt...

"God is a big, muscular white guy with a beard floating around in the sky.

God has balls and a human brain. So he can be persuaded to give you presents if you nag him frequently. Why he has balls I don't know. Do you suppose God has a mistress?"

Posted by: Anonymous at April 25, 2005 08:18 PM

If he does have a mistress, could it be Mudda Nature?

Don't fall for Pascal's wager, Janeane. For all we know, there's a God who damns anyone who believes in him. You don't know that you're any better off by pretending to believe in him/her/it.

re: god to ease life

word on the street is a lot of the early christians died horrible deaths cuz of their faith. so... maybe they wasted themselves, but i wouldn't say they were doing it for the 'feelgood'.

but yeah, religion as an opiate, valid statement, i hear ya.

quantum consciousness, theories of - Theories which explore possible connections between quantum mechanical phenomena and consciousness.

archy types

veronica types

Janeane:

In New York this weekend, It was chilly.

I would guess that the landlord may have turned off the heat early, and the residents used the stove for warmth.

And the Lord said, "Rest, use no labor saving devices!"

"If he does have a mistress, could it be Mudda Nature?"

Damm, if so he's got to be pissed. We're in deep shit.

Leftee, Mirad, you've got it so right. What's this talk from Biden of compromise?!?! Let through some of the really bad ones as long as they aren't the very, VERY worst. That is why each and every one of us needs to SPEAK OUT NOW, so our members of Congress know just how MUCH opposition to what they are trying to do.

http://www.usalone.com

Sam, Janeane, how about a link? We are doing this for FREE. There is no charge for using our resource. We just want progressive causes to win. All we have to do is get serious about INTEGRATING calls to action into everything we do and the other side wouldn't have a prayer. we would be winning ALL battles right now. Every listener, every blog visitor, must be shown how easy it is to turn opposition in the heart into opposition in the halls of Congress.

peace,

The Pen

did you know that a fully pissed off hornet

can get out of a hvy duty trash bag in about two minutes?

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 08:19 PM

No, but I observed the same thing once with an acid-stoned former Goth girlfriend ...my own fault for not frisking her for her switchblade.

Whoa! The opium remark by Marx has once again been taken out of context. The real story is that Marx observed that capitalists had taken everything they could get from the working people. All they had left was their religion for comfort. That is the comparison between opium and religion. By the way, opium was legal and widespread in Marx's time.

Janeane does verbal gymnastics

even when I don't agree with her I like hearing her voice her opinions.

The Junkies who brought the heroin in Washington Heights had no idea they wre funding the rebels in Afghanistan.

But Mohammad Naser, a 32-year-old Afghan "freedom fighter" and pointman for a multi-million-dollar heroin ring based in New York funneled profits from drug sales in upper Manhattan back to the resistance movement in the mountains of Afghanistan.

That was the Daily News lead of a story dated April, 27, 1992 titled, "Drug Sales aided Rebs."
By Robert Gearity
(Regans - freedom fighters.)

Today -

U.S. Arrests Reputed Afghan Drug Lord
Monday April 25, 2005 9:46 PM
By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4962290,00.html

NEW YORK (AP) - A reputed Afghan drug lord who authorities say operated with the protection of the Taliban has been captured and faces charges that he tried to smuggle more than $50 million worth of heroin into the United States, authorities said.

Bashir Noorzai, who is on the U.S. list of most-wanted drug kingpins, was in custody in New York and was awaiting arraignment later Monday on the charges. Prosecutors say the smuggling attempt involved about 1,100 pounds of heroin.

Authorities said he was arrested while traveling to the United States, but declined to give details. U.S. Attorney David Kelley also refused to comment on reports that the defendant has ties to the al-Qaida terrorist network.

``It's not something that's part of the case,'' Kelley said.

About the time of the story in 1992 was the discovery of the "Dirty 30". They were Corrupt cops operating in the 3-0 precient in Washington Heights in Manhattan and as I recall it was also about the same time Larry Davis was arrested after shooting 6 detectives who tried to kill him. He was dealing drugs for the cops up there.

A month earlier Manuel De Dios Unanue, The former editor of El Diario newspaper was killed execution style in Queens by a 17 year old, under the order of Jose Sanacruz Londono - A Colombian Drug Lord.

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at April 25, 2005 8:28 PM

From the depths of an armchair came a sigh of infinite sadness "Gimme a peach!" Harsh and hollow, the voice issued cavernously from a lantern-jawed American with blue cheeks. He was incongruously clad in a Greek dress, with sandals. It is difficult to find a philosophical reason for disliking the combination of this costume with a pronounced Chicago accent. But one does. He was Lavinia's brother; he wore the costume as an advertisement; it was part of the family game. As he himself would explain in confidence, it made people think he was a fool, which enabled him to pick their pockets while they were preoccupied with this amiable delusion.

"Who said peaches?" observed a second sleeper, a young Jewish artist of uncannily clever powers of observation.

--Moonchild chapter I, A Chinese God

Posted by: dadalux at April 25, 2005 8:30 PM

Religion is also a means of "social control" in that it sets rules of acceptable behavior. In its ideal form it does have a civilizing effect, but since people are involved it is often used for political purposes. One example of how religion can't affect a society is the "one issue" voter, he or she is told by their priest or pastor, etc. not to vote for any candidate who supports legal abortion. All other issues, including economic, are ignored. Social control.

Posted by: Jon at April 25, 2005 8:31 PM

But then again, I have always had a fetish for Patty Duke

Posted by: Chubby_Bubba, Rajah of Bhong at April 25, 2005 08:16 PM

I don't know...do you like her better as Patty or Kathy? ...I hear she can do both without her medication.

Posted by: Rusty at April 25, 2005 8:31 PM

Take the fucking initiative for a change.

Now wouldn't that be a pleasant (and over-fucking-due) surprise?

[The Dems' nutsack is on hold at the library and it's about 25 years overdue by now.]

Posted by: dr at April 25, 2005 08:22 PM

And I agree with that. The democrats should have every right to try to revert as the republicans have to try to progress.

Posted by: no name at April 25, 2005 8:31 PM

ya rusty

ya always got to check the

the 'software' and the stocking tops

fer hideouts. helps if you can calm em down first.

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at April 25, 2005 8:31 PM

hornets..

that was delay's true calling...he screwed up when he strayed.

they can fuck shit up
I'm a really shitty buddhist,, but ya hit em hard, ya hit em fast..and then ya run.

sometimes.....bug spray is a wonderfull thang

Posted by: dentext at April 25, 2005 8:31 PM

...but bare with me...

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ouch!!!

Posted by: Chubby_Bubba, Rajah of Bhong at April 25, 2005 08:20 PM

_________

ouch, yes, but coulda been worse, you know

you coulda said "bare in mind", which coulda got truly embare-assing

you barely got away from that bare-trap

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