I see you Jim. In the camera eye.

Competency sat.

Focus, focus.

*Click.

Neat posters, -b. (last thread)

*

ImPeaches, gang!

Peace

Sorry, War Dog. I don't fit into your employee slot. I retired from dealing with assholes when I sold my company.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:11 PM

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If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product..

Ya must be a liberal...

Finally, we get the resurrection of "I know that!"

Posted by not sam at December 19, 2005 10:14 PM

Yep, that's the one that stuck me hard.

He obviously doesn't listen to Majority Report Radio, or he wouldn't have resurected that very very very bad phrase.

If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product..

Ya must be a liberal...

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:18 PM

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Some people use their mouths.

Other people use their hands.

The rest of us use our brains.

If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product..

Ya must be a liberal...

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:18 PM

I do both...very fucking well, thank you very much.

Check the nic, wingnut.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:21 PM

Some of us use all that

AND

and a spiked feather.

Some people use their mouths.

Other people use their hands.

The rest of us use our brains.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:21 PM

================================================

Bean Counters...

Replaced by the computer...

If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product..

Ya must be a liberal...

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:18 PM

Well aren't we being pompous tonight. Bloated head.

With an attitude like that WD, you couldn't sell me anything, and haven't sold me on anything.

quit being a twat waffle with us, wado

You know better...

With an attitude like that WD, you couldn't sell me anything, and haven't sold me on anything.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:24 PM

Kinda reminds me of a car salesman.

Yeah, that's it, a car salesman.

Yeah, that's it, a car salesman.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:25 PM

It's The World According to War Dog

The rest of us don't have lives.

Kinda reminds me of a car salesman.

Yeah, that's it, a car salesman.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:25 PM

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I many customers just like you Toni..

Your easy..!!!

The rest of us don't have lives.

Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at December 19, 2005 10:27 PM

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Sure you do..

Professional Blogger..!!!

The Perfect Being

Jesus H. Christ

or Wado?

Take your pick

Kinda reminds me of a car salesman.

Yeah, that's it, a car salesman.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:25 PM

What's wrong with a car salesmen?

You got something against custodians too?

who else sucks???? T?

Sure you do..

Professional Blogger..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:29 PM

MRR hasn't sent my check for over 30 days now. Should I add interest?

The Perfect Being

Jesus H. Christ

or Wado?

Take your pick

Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at December 19, 2005 10:30 PM

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I would tell ya..

But it got John Lennon in too much trouble..!

Bean Counters...

Replaced by the computer...

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:22 PM

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That's funny. Math is my weak suit.

Your true colors are shining through, pal.

The Myth of the Different War by Larry C. Johnson

George W. Bush may have been a mediocre student in college, but he clearly mastered Orwell's works, especially 1984 and Animal Farm. How else to explain his reliance on repeating catch phrases that are misleading and, at times, outright false, while trying to shape and mold American public opinion to support his policies?

Previously Bush juxtaposed the phrase "9-11" with Saddam and convinced a majority of Americans that Hussein was somehow involved in the attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center towers. Even though there was no truth to the charge, the President, even to this day, continues to use the 9-11 attack to justify the war in Iraq.

Now we are confronted with a new phrase,"the war on terror is a different kind of war and must be fought outside the normal conventions of war". This rational is being offered up to the American people by the President, along with Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld and other Republican mouthpieces to justify violations of habeas corpus, torture and wiretaps outside the FISA process.

So, how is this war different?

Let's start with casualties. While terrorism is a threat it does not begin to compare with real war. Fewer than 10,000 people have died in that last four years from international terrorist attacks. During the same period of time in World War Two more than 52 million people perished. How about the Korean war? More than 55,000 UN troops died there during a four year period. North Korean and Chinese losses were much higher.

So, let me see if I have this logic straight--we justify violating the conventions of war in order to fight an uncoventional threat that has not come close to killing the number of people who died in the so-called conventional wars?

Well, we must admit that the enemy is sneaky and does not congregate in mass formations like conventional armies. That is true. But this fact calls into question the President's claim that in contrast to the Clinton Administration, who relied upon law enforcement and intelligence tools, he is going to use military pow

That's funny. Math is my weak suit.

Your true colors are shining through, pal.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:33 PM

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Me..??

Are you sure you ever had a job?

Or is all this more pretend..?

If you feel something move down there, it's just the bird.

Everybody's heard that the Bird is a weirdo.

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:35 PM

I've had a hand and I've had a job.

I've gotten a hand and I've gotten a job.

...but I never got a hand-job.

You know, a hand-job.

Working as a "hand Model" like George.

You know, George.

He used all those gestures to communicate, instead of words?

They all took pictures while he did it?

You know... "Can't stand'ja?"

Costanza?

Is it IMPEACHMENT yet?!

YES!!!

And the San Francisco station here is airing basketball....

Posted by: Don't you know about the bird? at December 19, 2005 10:39 PM

Bird, Bird, Bird

The Bird Is The Word

Looks like Bush is playing with half a deck.

Must be part of his plan...

25 Saddam's top officials released in Iraq

You know... "Can't stand'ja?"

Costanza?

Posted by: Akaka Bill at December 19, 2005 10:40 PM

Ya know what -B hates? :)

I have to umm...sleep now...Good Night Blog! xoxo

The Bird Is The Word

Posted by: Akaka Bill at December 19, 2005 10:42 PM

Ok.

Posted by: A. at December 19, 2005 10:43 PM

If I don't, I'm sure i can just look it up on the blog.

It's all in there somewhere.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,3605,1671164,00.html

Posted by: Akaka Bill at December 19, 2005 10:45 PM

Only until it self-destructs on January 1st...at least that's what I read somewhere.... :)

Posted by: Don't you know about the bird? at December 19, 2005 10:44 PM

Computer.

Congressman calls for Bush impeachment

U.S. Rep. John Lewis said Monday in a radio interview that President Bush should be impeached if he broke the law in authorizing spying on Americans.

The Democratic senator from Georgia told WAOK-AM he would sign a bill of impeachment if one was drawn up and that the House of Representatives should consider such a move.

Lewis is among several Democrats who have voiced discontent with Sunday night's television speech, where Bush asked Americans to continue to support the Iraq War. Lewis is the first major House figure to suggest impeaching Bush.

"Its a very serious charge, but he violated the law," said Lewis, a former civil rights leader. "The president should abide by the law. He deliberately, systematically violated the law. He is not King, he is president."

"Its a very serious charge, but he violated the law," said Lewis, a former civil rights leader. "The president should abide by the law. He deliberately, systematically violated the law. He is not King, he is president."

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at December 19, 2005 10:47 PM

War Dog has that on his List of Looney Shiny Things.

Until War Dog gives the ''go'', there will be no impeachment.

Posted by: A. at December 19, 2005 10:46 PM

They'll be gone to digital heaven soon.

I many customers just like you Toni..

Your easy..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:27 PM

Keep thinking that way WD. I like it when people underestimate me.

I'm not easy, nor am I cheap.

But a blowhard is a blowhard, is a blowhard, WD.
Car Salesman. "Have I got a deal for you"!! Or even better, a mortgage broker. Double talk.

This color will attract more attention!! But it is a premium color and it cost a little more. How much more? Well, lets see! 9000 pieces @ .03. But it will attract more attention.

Are you sure you ever had a job?

Or is all this more pretend..?

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:35 PM

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

I have supported myself all of my life excepting a few stints working for others.

The only reason that I know the printing business is because a very old friend, now dead, asked me to help him out one day and it stretched into many.

It's pretty simple; the printing business. It's just another automated manufacturing process.

As always, experience counts for a lot...but a bright boy can know it well enough in six months to be bored with it.

Jimi Hendrix, studio version of Machine Gun

http://www.dadalux.com/machinegun.mp3

Midnight Lightning

http://www.dadalux.com/midnightfront.jpg

Nadler Demands Appointment of Special Counsel to Investigate Illegal Eavesdropping Operation

"Neither the President himself, nor anyone else in the White House can authorize an
order to spy on Americans without a warrant”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today demanded that Attorney General Gonzales appoint a special counsel to investigate the President’s apparent violation of law in asking the National Security Agency to eavesdrop, without warrants, on Americans’ international phone calls.

In a letter to the Attorney General, Nadler pointed to the language in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that prohibits electronic surveillance without warrant of any communication “to which a United States person is a party.”

“The President’s speech Saturday indicates clearly that he no longer considers himself subject to the laws he is sworn to uphold,” Congressman Nadler wrote. “It is unconscionable that the President would authorize the NSA to spy on Americans without legal authority, in violation of the Constitution and of the law – and that he states brazenly that he will continue to do so.”

The Republican-controlled Congress has repeatedly proven its unwillingness to investigate the Administration’s actions. The appointment of a special counsel would put the fact-finding mission in independent, unbiased hands. “Only in this way can we hold the President accountable and protect American liberties,” Nadler wrote.

The full text of Congressman Nadler’s letter to

Attorney General Gonzales follows:

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at December 19, 2005 10:42 PM

u got no sense of theatre

[repost]

THE CHINESE LAUGH AT WAR-DOG

after more than $200 billion

countless lives

bush releases 25 of saddam's top officials

*

and where's bin laden, blow-dog

fetch boy

(chop-chop)

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:56 PM

forget about war-dog

the chinese are laughing at him

he's the joke of beijing

they call him bush wipes his arse with the war-on-dog

*

(true story)

It's pretty simple; the printing business. It's just another automated manufacturing process.

As always, experience counts for a lot...but a bright boy can know it well enough in six months to be bored with it.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 10:56 PM

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Automated..??

Glad to hear you are doin so well...

Nothin I like better than a guy smart enough to beat the system..

Congratulations..

Enjoy your Tax Cuts..

You earned them..!!

This color will attract more attention!! But it is a premium color and it cost a little more. How much more? Well, lets see! 9000 pieces @ .03. But it will attract more attention.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:54 PM

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You would have enjoyed seeing me in the room when conversations like the one above were taking place.

"What do you think, Mr. Bait?"

"The color is fine. The grammar sucks."

Pentagon's Intelligence Authority Widens
Fact Sheet Details Secretive Agency's Growth From Focus on Policy to Counterterrorism

By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 19, 2005; Page A10

The Pentagon's newest counterterrorism agency, charged with protecting military facilities and personnel wherever they are, is carrying out intelligence collection, analysis and operations within the United States and abroad, according to a Pentagon fact sheet on the Counterintelligence Field Activity, or CIFA, provided to The Washington Post.

CIFA is a three-year-old agency whose size and budget remain secret. It has grown from an agency that coordinated policy and oversaw the counterintelligence activities of units within the military services and Pentagon agencies to an analytic and operational organization with nine directorates and ever-widening authority.

LINK

Posted by: air-ono at December 19, 2005 11:02 PM

omfg...

:)

Democrats plan sharp rebuke of pre-war intelligence, Iraq war in massive new congressional report

House Judiciary Committee Democrats, spearheaded by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), are set to release possibly the sharpest congressional critique to date surrounding Iraq

The report, titled "The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution and Coverups in the Iraq War," is slotted to be made available to the public Tuesday.

I'll bet this jerks a knot in y'all's tail.

Suck it up, folks. :-)

Overall, 47 percent of Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll now approve of George W. Bush's work in office

This color will attract more attention!! But it is a premium color and it cost a little more. How much more? Well, lets see! 9000 pieces @ .03. But it will attract more attention.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 10:54 PM

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Ha ha ha..

Are you kiddin..

You would not even ask the price Toni..

You might not even remember your own name...!!!

surveillance operations snare war-dog's operation

(he's a strapping young man)

*

[NB: it's a rudey, so take ur chances]

Yes, automation.

Unless you print with carved linoleum on a wood block and fold by hand?

A press is automated machinery. A folder is automated machinery. A binder is automated machinery.

Have you ever seen a plastic bag production line?

How about a golf ball factory?

It's all the same: hydraulics, air, conveyance, electric motors.

Automation.

Thus the image of the insurgents had been transformed from "anti-Iraqi forces" to "nationalists".

Automation.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 11:12 PM

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Ha ha ha..

I believe you when you say you never ran a press..

Your laser printer is automated..

Better stick with that..!!!

You would not even ask the price Toni..

You might not even remember your own name...!!!

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:08 PM

Think what you will, but you are still a car salesman.

Your laser printer is automated..

Better stick with that..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:14 PM

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I don't own a laser printer.

You might look up "automation" some day (you will find it in the engineering section).

Incoherent

As Kos points out, Gonzalez is incoherent:

Gonzales says it was okay to spy on Americans without authorization because the war resolution gave them that power. But when asked why they didn't ask for specific congressional authorization, he says, well, Congress wouldn't have given them that power.

Perhaps we should've paid closer attention to Bush's earlier civics lesson for us all:

The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.

Shorter Bush & Gonzales:

We make the laws.

LINK

A.

wait until...

THE BALLAD OF -B & JANEANE

they'll be some great pix

Think what you will, but you are still a car salesman.

Posted by: toniD at December 19, 2005 11:15 PM

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If I were sellin buckboards..

You would be shopin for a horse the next day..

Poll: Iraq speeches, election don't help Bush

CNN -- President Bush's approval ratings do not appear to have changed significantly, despite a number of recent speeches he's given to shore up public support for the war in Iraq and its historic elections on Thursday.

A CNN/USA Today Gallup poll conducted over the weekend found his approval rating stood at 41 percent, while more than half, or 56 percent, disapprove of how the president is handling his job. A majority, or 52 percent, say it was a mistake to send troops to Iraq, and 61 percent say they disapprove of how he is handling Iraq specifically. The margin of error was plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Thom Hartmann is LIGHT YEARS AHEAD of Sam & Janeane.

HE SHOULD TAKE OVER THIS TIME SLOT PERMANENTLY.

Move Sam & Janeane to the overnight graveyard shift (after Mike Malloy and before Mark Riley).

Posted by: Ralph at December 19, 2005 09:15 PM

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Thom is great, but Sam is pretty good too - definitely the "most improved player" on AAR.

AAR is syndicating Thoms show during Al's time slot. I think they are going to replace the Franken show with Thom when Al returns to Minnesota to run for the Senate.

You might look up "automation" some day (you will find it in the engineering section).

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 11:17 PM

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I could spend hours watchin you try to get a press to feed paper..

Not printing...

Just tryin to get paper in the stacker..

Earle may bite back on Rottweiler ad

I could spend hours watchin you try to get a press to feed paper..

Not printing...

Just tryin to get paper in the stacker..

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:22 PM

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You truly believe that that "skill" is something more than any other blue collar skill?

You believe that it is special? Above and beyond the grasp of the average monkey?

You have spent a lifetime closeted with ink and you do not know that an entire world of talent exists.

Some of it exceeds your own.

(By the way, if the machine performs more than one function, it is automated. The big tip-off is that the machine must be timed.)

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:22 PM

wotta commie-pinko laughing stock

grow ur hair, fuckface

or flee to kuwait, traitor boy

Spending bill would cut welfare, child measures Mon Dec 19, 6:56 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Spending cuts passed by the House of Representatives on Monday and tentatively set for Senate action on Wednesday would save $1.6 billion over five years, in part by pressuring states to slash welfare rolls.

The legislation, supported by most Republicans and opposed by most Democrats, revises the landmark 1996 welfare reform law after years of partisan stalemate.

Under the plan, each state would be required to get half of people now on its welfare rolls working by fiscal 2007 or face cuts in their federal block grants for welfare.

Backers of the measure say that while the 1996 law slashed welfare rolls from about 5 million to about 2 million, more needs to be done to get people working and independent.

Critics such as Mark Greenberg, a welfare expert at the Center for Law and Social Policy, say that to meet the 50 percent work requirement, states might find ways to disqualify vulnerable families from welfare, especially those who would have the most obstacles to work such as poor education or family illness.

The measure, part of the House-Senate spending compromise, would add $1 billion for child-care subsidies.

But critics point out that the Congressional Budget Office itself has said changing state work requirements would require $8 billion in child-care money. Many states already have waiting lists for child care for the working poor.

The bill also would provide $500 million for marriage promotion and $250 million for programs promoting responsible fatherhood.

$500 million to promote marriage?

in the meantime.....

SHELL'S LOOKING LANGUID

MRS. MICKEY & BIBI, CHEW GUM

& WILLOW WRITES A BOOK ABOUT HER MARRIAGE

Senator says she's asked for opinions on Bush impeachment

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has become the first in the Senate to raise consideration of impeachment of President George W. Bush for authorizing spying on Americans without warrants

In a release issued this evening, Boxer said she's asked "four presidential scholars" for their opinion on impeachment after former White Housel counsel John Dean -- made famous by his role in revealing the Watergate tapes -- asserted that President Bush had 'admitted' to an 'impeachable offense.'

Boxer isn't the first congressmember today to float the word. Earlier today, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) said Bush should be impeached if he broke the law in the spying program. The liberal California senator has tangled with Bush before -- earlier this year, she challenged the president's Ohio electoral votes.

Boxer's statement:

You have spent a lifetime closeted with ink and you do not know that an entire world of talent exists.

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Ha ha ha..

After ya get tired of tryin to feed the press..

We will clean you up ..

Put a suit on ya..

And take ya to meet a execs at fortune 500 companies..

You can talk to them about your golf game..

And stocks dealings..

Then maybe lunch at the club..

It will easy..

Right???

//MRS. MICKEY & BIBI, CHEW GUM//

hmmm...

not really chewing gum

It will easy..

Right???

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:33 PM

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

Easier than teaching compassion to you.

After ya get tired of tryin to feed the press..

We will clean you up ..

Put a suit on ya..

And take ya to meet a execs at fortune 500 companies..

You can talk to them about your golf game..

And stocks dealings..

Then maybe lunch at the club..

It will easy..

Right???

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:33 PM

Ihope you don't TALK to Fortune 500 companies the way you WRITE.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 11:36 PM

for get about him

he's a chinese laughing stock

& surveillance caught him having sex with a car

*

(those are his good points)

Vermont governor wants troops home - Amid serious casualties, he urges pullout plan

"Governor James H. Douglas of Vermont, a Republican whose state has lost more soldiers per capita in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other in the United States, said last week that the Bush administration and Congress should prepare a withdrawal plan to bring troops home from Iraq.

''I certainly hope and pray that the Congress and the administration will work together to design an exit strategy and bring our troops home as soon as possible," Douglas said in a telephone interview on Friday."

Easier than teaching compassion to you.

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 19, 2005 11:36 PM

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Better yet..

Over lunch..

We can tell them about your plan to have Bin Laden arrested by the UN..

Or how we can stop terrorism by sending teenage girls to teach them how to sew..

Or whatever you want the volunteers to do..

You'll have to explain that one again..

By the end of the day we will have a briefcase full of orders..

I just know it..!!!

Standoff over ANWR
By Jonathan Allen

Senate Republicans prepared a targeted version of the so-called “nuclear option” yesterday as they tried to ensure adoption of a defense-spending conference report that includes a controversial provision opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling.

The tactic promises to make the consensus-based Senate temporarily resemble the majority-dominated House.

The ANWR provision leaves the measure open to a point of order because it runs afoul of Senate Rule 28, which requires that conference reports contain only provisions that were included in either the House- or Senate-passed versions of the bill.

The president of the Senate, who rules on parliamentary questions, would be expected to uphold the point of order. But Republican leaders plan to appeal that ruling, allowing 51 senators — rather than the 60-vote majority typically needed to waive points of order — to allow the ANWR provision to stand.

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), the chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and the chief proponent of ANWR drilling, included a provision to ensure that the precedent set by the move would not become permanent. Under that language, the Senate would revert the precedent that existed at the start of the 109th Congress.

It is possible that Stevens, who is president pro tempore of the Senate, could preside over the proceedings on a point of order, according to Amy Call, spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.

Though it would be short-lived, the parliamentary maneuver is similar to the “nuclear option” Frist has threatened to employ to circumvent Rule 22, which requires a supermajority for cloture, to win confirmation for judicial nominees.

It was unclear whether Democrats would filibuster to block consideration of the conference report before a point of order is raised.

LINK

Or we can go in and talk about worker rights and ethics and outsourcing.

Or we can go in and talk about worker rights and ethics and outsourcing.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:43 PM

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Indeed we would..

If we want to sell to the union..

We would cry a river...!!

Regular Ono

Fried Ono

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:43 PM

u're a great addition to the blog, mr. bobby

http://www.artistsgarden.com/collection/images/Anticipation.jpg

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:44 PM

How can you be so callous toward your fellow Americans. Have you no dignity?

Planted PR Stories Not News to Military - U.S. officials in Iraq knew that a contractor was paying local papers.

"U.S. military officials in Iraq were fully aware that a Pentagon contractor regularly paid Iraqi newspapers to publish positive stories about the war, and made it clear that none of the stories should be traced to the United States, according to several current and former employees of Lincoln Group, the Washington-based contractor. Discretion was the key.

"In contrast to assertions by military officials in Baghdad and Washington, interviews and Lincoln Group documents show that the information campaign waged over the last year was designed to cloak any connection to the U.S. military."

Posted by: Anonymous at December 19, 2005 11:46 PM

i doubt it

*

(leave it to the pros, honey)

How can you be so callous toward your fellow Americans. Have you no dignity?

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:48 PM

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We make the country run..

Do you have a job bobby..??

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:49 PM

You are destroying the country, and selling your soul, and stepping on people's backs. God will not forgive you. You are going to go to hell. Have fun.

You are destroying the country, and selling your soul, and stepping on people's backs. God will not forgive you. You are going to go to hell. Have fun.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:52 PM

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Get a job Bobby..

Then come back and talk to me..

Russell D. Feingold - Once-Lone Foe of Patriot Act Has Company

That question was asked earlier. We've had discussions with members of Congress, certain members of Congress, about whether or not we could get an amendment to FISA, and we were advised that that was not likely to be -- that was not something we could likely get, certainly not without jeopardizing the existence of the program, and therefore, killing the program. And that -- and so a decision was made that because we felt that the authorities were there, that we should continue moving forward with this program.

-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

U.S. pundits bash 'retarded cousin' Canada

http://www.thestar.com

(leave it to the pros, honey)

Posted by: air-ono at December 19, 2005 11:49 PM

Kiss my ass Phono.

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:53 PM

What is your point? You act like I have never worked.

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:44 PM

How can you be so callous toward your fellow Americans. Have you no dignity?

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:48 PM

He has no soul

Raise your hand if you have a job.

What is your point? You act like I have never worked.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:54 PM

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Do you have a job now?

//Have you [war-doggie] no dignity?//

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:48 PM

have u not seen the picture that surveillance took of him, on his 1st day at the al-qaeda training camp in mexico

it shows him in lingerie, attempting to blow up a car

(they laughed at him)

(the chinese laugh at him)

(now we laugh at him)

so no, bob, he doesn't.

not a scrap!

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 11:55 PM

No sir. Where are you going with this?

Posted by: Honey at December 19, 2005 11:54 PM

if u're a girl

no problems

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:57 PM

it's subterfuge, bob

he's not worth engaging in debate

No sir. Where are you going with this?

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 19, 2005 11:57 PM

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No job?

Have you been the the milatary?

Iraqi Democracy Sullied by Bush
Posted December 19th, 2005 at 12:00 pm by Trish
Having George W. Bush explain democracy to the Iraqis is a lot like a man writing a book about pregnancy, which has itself been equated to taking your car to a mechanic who doesn’t drive. In each case, basic facts and concepts are not in dispute. What is lost, however, is a deeper understanding of the spirit of the thing, a knowledge that the costs along the way make reaching the final goal even sweeter.

For George Bush, democracy requires no sacrifices, no trade-offs.

True democracy requires leaders who refrain from tyranny, but Bush has given himself a free pass. True democracy requires a marketplace of ideas, but the only members of the public Bush meets have been screened and validated to agree with him. True democracy requires the consent of the governed but Bush neither asks our permission nor heeds our protests.

If I were an Iraqi and was taking my view of democracy from what I’ve seen so far, I would think that in a democracy, the government uses propaganda to lie about the news and distort public opinion. I would think elections are rigged so that the right people can vote and the right people can win office. I would think torture is used on the state’s enemies. I would think democracy is exactly the same as dictatorship. And for George Bush, it probably is.

What we have here are not the wrong students, we have the wrong teacher. George Bush can no more be the instrument for spreading democracy than a cat can spread understanding of fish – and all the cat knows about fish is how to get fat off them.

http://www.pensitoreview.com/2005/12/19/iraqi-democracy-tainted-by-bush/

Have you been the the milatary?

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 12:00 AM

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Have you ever been in a school?

How about an English class?

Posted by: air-ono at December 19, 2005 11:57 PM

: )

No sir. I am a college student, Bio/Ed. major, who both worked and went to school, but decided to take a semester off after my Father's death.

Have you ever been in a school?

How about an English class?

Posted by: Crank Bait at December 20, 2005 12:01 AM

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Sorry Crank..

I am billing while bloggin..

Rather get the billing right..

: )

Jimi - Trashman

http://www.dadalux.com/trashman.mp3

Listen to this one, bob

That's some good Rock n Roll

No sir. I am a college student, Bio/Ed. major, who both worked and went to school, but decided to take a semester off after my Father's death.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 20, 2005 12:01 AM

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Why, you lazy sack of shit.

You should be loading a sheet press like a real man.

Posted by: Honey at December 20, 2005 12:01 AM

whoa!

our spike won't be happy posting his pic as me

This one too. This one has words.

http://www.dadalux.com/midnightlightning.mp3

Here is an issue that affects me personally. Working part time 25-30 hrs. a week, and going to school full-time. Yet no health or dental coverage.

Crank, WD has time to ask Bob questions while he is billing but waits awhile to answer you. He knows your info already, need to get the info from Bob. For his files. For his book.

Or he may be collecting info to sell it, maybe to a government agency. Who knows.

Bankruptcy law backfires on credit card issuers

Most of those exec types just suck the life blood out of society. They make minimal contribution. They are like parasites that have infultrated the structure.

Here is an issue that affects me personally. Working part time 25-30 hrs. a week, and going to school full-time. Yet no health or dental coverage.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 20, 2005 12:06 AM

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Join the club.

Who the hell has health coverage? And dental? Puleez, that's a luxury!

Jay Rockefeller's 2003 Private Letter To Cheney Saying He Could Not Endorse Spying On Americans.

Read the letter here

our spike won't be happy posting his pic as me

Posted by: air-ono at December 20, 2005 12:04 AM

Erase it then.

No one wants an unhappy spike on their hands.

Bush’s Snoopgate
The president was so desperate to kill The New York Times’ eavesdropping story, he summoned the paper’s editor and publisher to the Oval Office. But it wasn’t just out of concern about national security.

WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
By Jonathan Alter
Newsweek
Updated: 6:17 p.m. ET Dec. 19, 2005
Dec. 19, 2005 - Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption and political intrigue to big issues like security versus liberty and the reasonable bounds of presidential power. President Bush came out swinging on Snoopgate—he made it seem as if those who didn’t agree with him wanted to leave us vulnerable to Al Qaeda—but it will not work. We’re seeing clearly now that Bush thought 9/11 gave him license to act like a dictator, or in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

No wonder Bush was so desperate that The New York Times not publish its story on the National Security Agency eavesdropping on American citizens without a warrant, in what lawyers outside the administration say is a clear violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. I learned this week that on December 6, Bush summoned Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office in a futile attempt to talk them out of running the story. The Times will not comment on the meeting,
but one can only imagine the president’s desperation.

LINK

Hear my Train

http://www.dadalux.com/hearmytrain.mp3

And I see it happening every day. For instance. Ormet Aluminum is going under. My pops worked there 30 yrs. Due to imports etc. The Ohio Valley used to be prime steel manufacturing area. Now nothing. Wheeling Pittsburgh steel repeatedly files bankruptcy.

They did just open one of the biggest Wal Marts in the country though. Down in Moundsville. Will create 300 or so, poverty level service jobs.

Our government is a fucking joke. And the whole world is laughing at us.

in his own mind, no doubt, like Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Posted by: toniD at December 20, 2005 12:14 AM

FDR...

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 20, 2005 12:22 AM

Or

Our government is laughing at us.

And the whole world is a fucking joke.

Strike deadline passes in NY transit labor dispute

16 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A strike deadline passed on Tuesday without immediate word of a walkout threatened by the union that operates New York's bus and subway system.

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Negotiations between the Transport Workers Union and the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) broke off about an hour before 12:01 a.m. , when the union had said its 34,000 members would strike if no contract agreement was reached.

An MTA spokesman said the union rejected its most recent offer, paving the way for what could be the first strike in 25 years of the transit system that carries 7 million passengers daily.

China revises 2004 GDP up by 16.8 percent

hour, 43 minutes ago

BEIJING (AFP) - China revised its 2004 gross domestic product ( GDP) up by 283.6 billion dollars or 16.8 percent, an unprecedented move that analysts say could re-write the world's economic pecking order.

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"Preliminary estimation using results from the economic census indicates that China's GDP for the year 2004 was 15,987.8 billion yuan (1.97 trillion dollars) at current prices, representing an increase of 2,300 billion yuan (283.6 billion dollars) or 16.8 percent over the preliminary estimated figure using regular annual statistical data," the National Bureau of Statistics said.

Our government is a fucking joke. And the whole world is laughing at us.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 20, 2005 12:22 AM

The Official Seal of the U.S. Republican Party...

http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/w/g/republican_seal_cuffs.jpg

Night all

Later

Good night toniD

Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at December 20, 2005 12:14 AM

Rockefeller is my Senator. I am going to write him regarding Bush's felony. I have never written my congressman before. I'll go ahead and write Byrd as well. I recommend everyone else write their congressmen also.

Robert Moyzis and his colleagues at the University of California, Irvine, US, searched for instances of linkage disequilibrium in a collection of 1.6 million SNPs scattered across all the human chromosomes. They then looked carefully at the instances they found to distinguish the consequences of natural selection from other phenomena, such as random inversions of chunks of DNA, which can disrupt normal genetic reshuffling.

This analysis suggested that around 1800 genes, or roughly 7% of the total in the human genome, have changed under the influence of natural selection within the past 50,000 years. A second analysis using a second SNP database gave similar results. That is roughly the same proportion of genes that were altered in maize when humans domesticated it from its wild ancestors.
“Domesticated” humans

Moyzis speculates that we may have similarly “domesticated” ourselves with the emergence of modern civilisation.

“One of the major things that has happened in the last 50,000 years is the development of culture,” he says. “By so radically and rapidly changing our environment through our culture, we’ve put new kinds of selection [pressures] on ourselves.”

Genes that aid protein metabolism – perhaps related to a change in diet with the dawn of agriculture – turn up unusually often in Moyzis’s list of recently selected genes. So do genes involved in resisting infections, which would be important in a species settling into more densely populated villages where diseases would spread more easily. Other selected genes include those involved in brain function, which could be important in the development of culture.

But the details of any such sweeping survey of the genome should be treated with caution, geneticists warn. Now that Moyzis has made a start on studying how the influence of modern human culture is written in our genes, other teams can see if similar results are produced by other analytical techniques, such as comparing human and chimp genomes.

Played some of Zappa's Chunga's Revenge, another great album in the FZ catalog....

Six charged with The Scream theft

Six people have been charged in Oslo in connection with the theft of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream.
The masterpiece, along with another work, Madonna, was taken in a daylight raid on the Norwegian capital's Munch Museum in August 2004.

Doris Kearns Goodwin is babbling on Charlie Rose. It doesn't take much intelligence to become a pundit, eh?

The Scream...a masterwork...

Trade can 'export' CO2 emissions

New research from the US shows that trade can significantly affect emissions of greenhouse gases.

Researchers found that US imports of goods from China cause a greater production of carbon dioxide than if the goods were made in the US.

Rockefeller is my Senator. I am going to write him regarding Bush's felony. I have never written my congressman before. I'll go ahead and write Byrd as well. I recommend everyone else write their congressmen also.

Posted by: Bob26003 at December 20, 2005 12:37 AM

Hang in there Bob26003 in WV.

I'm in Brooklyn, NY.

YOU CAN FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES CONTACT INFORMATION AT THE LINKS BELOW:

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

http://www.house.gov/

http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

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"John Coltrane_Complete Impulse Studio 3.04_ALS #2 - Resolution" 07:22

http://www.blackmusicamerica.com/channels2002/jazz/coltrane1.ram

After Downing Street

"The Scream", yeah, it sums up the way that politics today makes me feel.

Boy, I hope they dont mess this blog up. I hope they keep our suggestions in mind. The simplicity of this blog is what makes it great. I think the best ideas I came across were for an article and link archive, a search function, and an ignore function. To do much more than this, I believe would just make things cumbersome. I visited Randi's blog, looked around, got overwhelmed, then left.

Does anyone know a good website in which I can view art from the different periods.

It really doesn't matter what period the art is from, Bob. As long as it reaches you, so to speak.

Personally, I like Salvador Dali the best.

I don't know any websites off hand...

I like this blog because anyone can blog on it at anytime. I heard on Flanders's blog you get censored if you swear.

I prefer renaissance art. Madonna of the Meadow by Raphael strikes me.

You might want to start your search here Bob.

Well, off I go. Glad to have assisted.

Great Buildings. com

Piero di Madonna...that painting is seen in Tarkovsky's film Nostalghia.

Da Vinci's unfinished painting, The Adoration of the Magi, is used in Tarkovsky's film The Sacrifice.

Tarkovsky used Brugehel's Hunters in the Snow in Solaris.

I may have mispelled Brugehel....

Tarkovsky was quite fond of all things artistic....

Right now looking at Cathedrals. Amazing. The amount of time and skill.

Excellent point, Bob. The concentration, craftmanship, and time & skill that went into making the buildings is amazing.

I don't think we have the energy to make such great things today.

Or even the energy and intelligence and sensitivity to appreciate great art.

Thinking about DeMille's films, The Ten Commandments. It's so cheesy, melodramatic, and silly, yet, I love to watch it. It's never boring. It's beautifully shot, and the crowd scenes are superb. Those were all real extras, no CGI characters. Too often when one sees a battle scene nowadays, it doesn't mean anything, because you say to yourself "it's all done with computers", and you're right.

I remember watching The Return of the King, and not marveling at the battle scenes, because they were so obviously done with computers. Most of the fighters never existed.

Watching the Russian film version of War and Peace is amazing. Literally 100,000 extras fighting in the battle scenes. The film took nearly 5 years of active production to complete (not including 2 years of pre-production)....

hm?

Too often actors look completely lost when putting them in front of the green or blue screen, and filling it all in later. They need something to react to....

---( 8>

(squeek! got any cheez?)

Anonomouse....that's adorable....

2001 started shooting on December 29th, 1965. It wasn't completed until April of 1968.

-~--( 8>

(they got popcorn and jello under the counter!!!)

I liked anomouse better....

---( 8>

(shows up on G G's shoulder, curls up there)

Anothermouse! is the fat freddy of the mouse world. don't let him near your toothbrush...

Squeek, squeek squeek! )

I generally like longer films. I used to think a long running time meant a great film, but after seeing Meet Joe Black and Magnolia, my opinion changed.

I like mice...so damn cute.

Meece!!!!!

was wonderin why the doggers were watchin the monitor so intently...

hee hee!

ya they are cuties!

was working on a well the other day

and in the corner was a lil field mouse about 3 inches long.

i went about fixing the wiring and it went about

carrying lil bits of fluff around the corner.

bet it had a neat warm lil nest going...

The writers on Jimmy Kimmel are complete idiots....

It's amazing how juvenile some of their "comedy" is....

Hi, SJ....

eya GG!

i never watch TV

have no idea who those peeps are.

peeps seem pretty wrapped up in their fave shows.

i find mice more interesting.

I now have three residences and can't live in two of them. I am strung out over two states and several cities.

You're right, SJ. Some people become so damn obsessed by their fave shows. Like nothing else matters.

And most of what is on TV reeks anyway, so they're obsessed about crappy stuff as opposed to great stuff.

when my daughter was 3

we spent a summer living in a tree house in Bolinas California, on Agate beach.

she made frends with the brown mice there and use to giggle like crazy when she got them to take food off of her fingers. there were three of them that lived with us. (we were visiting them, they were the landlords)

I was almost knifed by a rat outside Pat O'Brian's in the French Quarter.

eya Spike!

saw Mrs Spike this AM!

that was a nice treat! ya i figgered

you'd be going thru musical houses down there...

bet that's frustrating as hell and expensive!

When I was young and we was poor. There used to be rats everywhere. I woke up with one on my chest. At night I would shoot them with a bb gun.

"I was almost knifed by a rat outside Pat O'Brian's in the French Quarter."

since the Hurricane?

eya B3

ya, they can be a horror story for peeps.

I like rats, too. Even though they can be a little moody at times....

The wife has way to much time on her hands since the end of finals. New Orleans has always had some pretty good size rats, not Baltimore/DC Big mind ya, but now we probably have mutant horse size man eaters spoiling for a fight. Send cats.

Was scary for me. I would be layin on the couch and just see a blur skit across the floor, and here em scratchin in the walls. They would knock over cups and stuff in the kitchen at night. Man that was crazy.

The New York Transit workers are striking. Good for them.

i can send jack russels...

NYC Transit is on strike

Where I grew up we had these huge flying German cockroaches. They would launch suicide missions from the ceiling. Real buzz kill.

Theres gonna be all kinds of critters in NO.

There maybe a lot of critters now, but give us a few months and enough roux and rice and we will take care of that quick enough.

Last time the transit workers struck it lasted for 11 days.

The saying 'power corrupts' is not fully accurate. Power attracts the already corrupted and those susceptible to corruption. Power atrracts the corrupted and the corruptable the way rotting meat attracts scavengers and insects... the way silica gel attracts moisture. Rotting meat will not attract herbivors. Silica gel will not attract oil. Nor will power attract then uncorrupted or the uncorruptable.

When one finds in the historical human record, instances where power in the hands of a few select individuals has benefitted a society at large... rest assured that history was written by the powerful.

-- Vokonae

Aside from subways, what all will cease to function in NY?

Vokonae was definitely onto something.

Rarely does a politician actually enter politics to "make a difference" or to "bring power to the people". They are out for power, pure and simple....

NC, where did it say they were definitely on strike?

The only people who should be elected or those who do not want to be. It should be done only out of a sense of duty and seen as a burden to be put down as soon as possibal.

"'Dear Lord,' by John Coltrane" Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes 07:52

http://murrayst.superb.net/sound/jalc/02_coltrane.rm

from KP

"The skiff builders of Pilar Street"

"The floor was laid with brown and blue tiles set alternately and in the middle of one of the blue tiles, at the edge of the fall of light, was some kind of creature from a seriously bad dream. The Bear did a quick mental check to insure that he was awake and decided that he unfortunately was. The four inch long beast fluffled its wings like a chicken and settled itself down into a squat and it and the Bear eyed each other balefully.

The hair all over the Bear's body started to stand out from his skin as the critter seemed to take offense and feinted towards him several inches with a clicking sound from its feet or toe nails, the Bear couldn't tell which, against the tiles. He thought it looked like some kind of giant beetle but the size of it...

He sat up and looked around for a weapon while trying not to lose eye contact with his malevolent looking visitor and spotted, then reached over the side of the bed and picked up, one of his Romeo Deck Slippers and let fly... and missed. In a rage the beast ran a couple of tile lengths towards him and launched, wings spread and whirring, directly at his head which put the fear into the Bear and he launched straight up and off the bed. The insect from hell landed on the bed like a fighter plane on a Carrier deck and seemed to get tangled in the bed clothes which gave the Bear time to grab up the towel he had fired into the corner after washing, and attack. The beast took several serious blows and even got airborne once again briefly but a stout heart and superior tactics won out and in the end he battered into submission the largest, most evil intentioned cockroach he had seen... to date.

He dumped the towel and corpse in the waste basket. He sat down to catch his breath. There would be no sleeping now, nor any sleep until he was thoroughly pissed and he thought he might look for two girls for the night... one to fuck and one to stand sentry duty. He could always change them off.

NC, where did it say they were definitely on strike?

Posted by: Goblin Girl at December 20, 2005 03:20 AM

CNN

Later -

Thanks, NC. Buena notte...

http://www.bstu.de/seiten_ausland/englisch/archiv_eng.htm

Good night, blog....

G'nite gang,

love!

congratulations to jacques rudolph of south africa for saving the match against us

he played magnificently & remained 102 not out

his brilliant innings was ably supported by the courageous justin kemp, who made 55 runs

they both displayed poise & incredible concentration

and both deserve these superlatives

Democracy..

Capitalism..

Freedom..

Afghanistan is step ahead of Iraq..

But Iraq will be there soon..

This is our best tool in the War on Terror..

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Afghanistan opens first parliament in three decades

MPs arrive for opening of Afghanistan`s parliament

Monday December 19, 2005 (2301 PST)

KABUL, December 20 (Online): Afghanistan opened its first session of parliament after three decades of war, in the final step of a transition to democracy launched when the Taliban were toppled four years ago.

Well look here..

And with 11 month until the elections..

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'Sharp rise' in Bush popularity

President Bush robustly defending the phone-tapping programme
US President George W Bush's popularity appears to have received a significant boost from last week's Iraq elections.
An opinion poll, carried out for ABC News and the Washington Post, shows his approval rating has risen to 47%, from an all-time low of 39% in November.

High voter turnout in Iraq and growing public confidence in Mr Bush's handling of national security and the economy led to the rise, the poll suggests.

It comes as Mr Bush faces mounting criticism over secret phone tapping.

The latest opinion poll shows his approval rating on Iraq has risen by 10% since early November to 46%. On the economy, his rating has jumped 11 points, to 47%, the Washington Post reports.

So ya wanna Impeach Your President..

Again..??

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Bush Says U.S. Spy Program Is Legal and Essential

By DAVID STOUT

Published: December 19, 2005

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 - President Bush offered a vigorous and detailed defense of his previously secret electronic-surveillance program today, calling it a legal and essential tool in the battle against terrorism and saying that whoever disclosed it had committed a "shameful act."

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At his last news conference of the year, the president rejected any suggestion that the surveillance program was symptomatic of unchecked power in the presidency.

Video Excerpts: Spying | Iraq

Transcript: President Bush's News Conference (December 19, 2005) Mr. Bush said the surveillance would continue, that it was being conducted under appropriate safeguards and that Congress had been kept informed about it. He rejected any suggestion that the surveillance program was symptomatic of unchecked power in the presidency.

Four people in the car...no exceptions...hmmm sounds like a mind game to sway thier opinion of the MTA Union. And it gives the city extra revenue by ticketing for offenders..

It is hard to believe folks thought Hillary was a Liberal...

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Hillary Clinton Unveils Her Anti-Gaming Law

05:30 PM, December 19th 2005 | News
by Jack The Ripper

Mrs. Clinton has wrote a bill meant to protect minors from all the sexuality and violence included into Mature-rated games. I sincerely doubt that those kids want to be protected from that, but that’s not the issue here, is it? Now, this poor excuse for a Senator comes forward once again and submits her project to the Congress, hoping it would be signed into law

Hillary is a Conservative..

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HILLARY SWINGING TO RIGHT?

Friday, December 16, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com

Apparently, Hillary Clinton's crossover to the right wing is still very much a continuing process. Not content with supporting the war on Iraq, and waffling a bit on both abortion-choice and gay marriage, the Senator from New York is now adding flag-burning to her list of campaign issues.

According to a column by Richard Cohen in the Washington Post, the former First Lady turned Presidential hopeful had come out foursquare against the right to burn a flag as a political statement of free expression. As Cohen notes, even Justice Anthony Scalia has made it clear that such actions are constitutionally protected speech, and may not be banned. However, he says, apparently Hillary wasn't there to hear that presentation. Instead, she is co-sponsoring with Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) a bill that would make flag burning illegal. Cohen acknowledges that there is no attempt to make this a constitutional amendment, and the bill is "written in a cutesy way that does not explicitly outlaw all flag burnings - just those intended to 'intimidate any person or group of persons.' That's a distinction without a difference to your average police officer. Not many cops belong to the ACLU."

He cites a New York Times editorial that accused Clinton of "pandering" to the 70 percent of Americans who think outlawing flag burning is a dandy idea. However, Cohen declares this just represents Hillary reclaiming her own roots. He cites "one of her pals" as saying, "She is one of the most conservative friends I have," and proclaims that "Hillary Clinton is hardly anyone's stereotype of a liberal." His protestations to the contrary, however, there is little or no indication that she has suddenly become a conservative, either, and assaulting the First Amendment is not a positive step in that direction.

Everyone agrees Fish's Feb Pull-out is DOA..

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McCain says events in Iraq should decide any troop withdrawals

BRUCE SCHREINERAssociated PressLOUISVILLE, Ky. -

Sen. John McCain said Monday that events in Iraq should dictate any pullback of American forces, and warned that despite recent progress more U.S. casualties are likely in a sobering assessment of efforts to defeat a stubborn insurgency.

"It's going to be long and it's going to be hard," the Arizona Republican said while speaking at the University of Louisville. "And we're going to tragically see across the crawl on our television screens, 'Three Marines, two soldiers die' and it grieves all of us."

McCain, mixing public policy comments with a promotion of his latest book, also praised President Bush for outlining his Iraq policy in a series of recent speeches.
"I wish they had come much earlier," McCain said.

nothing provincial and/or dull about Mark Riley's show this morning

"Take 22nd to 7th and.."

"Really? I was going to take 42nd to 9th."

"Nah... 22nd to 7th or 5th to 18th.. but you might also go to..."

man...

~~~ events in Iraq should dictate any pullback of American forces ~~~

I agree.

Events like demonstrations and strikes by, say, 70% of Iraq's Shiite population.

That would be a hell of an event.

Adopt-A-Soldier Program..!!

Don't you think that would be a nice thing to do for Christmas..??

Oh, I do..!!

I think I will give Rush to some lucky soldier in Iraq..

That will make a Merry Christmas..!!

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Rush 24/7 Adopt-A-Soldier Program

Welcome to the Rush 24/7 Adopt-A-Soldier Program, where service members can register to receive a Rush 24/7 membership from a pool donated by Dittoheads.

Sponsors may adopt as many soldiers as they would like at a reduced price. Each adopted soldier will receive a complimentary, one year subscription to Rush 24/7
and the Limbaugh Letter.

I just got done watching James Carville and Laura Ingram on NBC.

I hit the mute button when Laura when talked.

What a way to start the day.

War Pooch.

The Blog.

Fruity Pebbles and Politics.

Er um...yea. So anyway, missed Jim's camera moves last night.

Just can't do everything here, alrighty then. So.

Y'all have a nice day.

I'm packing my bags.

Bye.

Events like demonstrations and strikes by, say, 70% of Iraq's Shiite population.

That would be a hell of an event.

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 07:27 AM

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It would be..

If it happened..

Your pal Juan Cole was predicting that a year ago..

So far he has been right about nothing..

They have majority control now..

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything." - Oscar Wilde

AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #41-05 dated 24 October 2005

Former members of the 9/11 Commission charged on 20 October that the FBI and other agencies have made little progress in key areas, putting the nation at greater risk of a successful terrorist attack, the Washington Post reported. link

The panel said that, among other things, the FBI needs to strengthen its intelligence analysis capabilities, slow down the rapid turnover of senior officials, and improve recruitment and training of agents and analysts.
The report also faulted intelligence agencies for continued confusion in sharing information with each other and said Congress had done little to streamline the labyrinth of committees that oversee homeland security issues.
Although the 10-member bipartisan commission was formally disbanded after issuing its report, its members reorganized as a private group, the 9/11 Public Discourse Project, to continue lobbying for improvements in the nation's intelligence and homeland security agencies.

~~~ Your pal Juan Cole was predicting that a year ago..

~~~ So far he has been right about nothing

How about Sistani predicting it.

He did.

Month before last.

Said he would fatwa Bush's ass unless the United States agreed to a withdrawal TIMETABLE.

AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes #41-05 dated 24 October 2005

Rep. Curt Weldon renewed his call for a new probe into what he says is a witch-hunt by DIA officials against 9/11 intelligence whistleblower Anthony Shaffer, UPI reported on 19 October. link

Weldon, who will be the keynote speaker at the AFIO Annual Awards Banquet on 29 October, said DIA had conducted a deliberate campaign of character assassination against Shaffer who had the Army rank of lieutenant colonel.
Shaffer has said that a DoD data-mining project, Able Danger, identified the ringleaders of the 9/11 attacks as linked to al-Qa’ida more than a year before the attacks.
Weldon said he had written to the DoD IG to ask for an immediate formal inquiry, with people testifying under oath.
Shaffer has been on administrative leave while minor allegations about expenses are investigated.
Weldon's move comes after Shaffer said that boxes of his personal effects, returned to him by the DIA earlier this month, contained both government property and classified documents.
Sending classified material through the mail is a felony, and much more serious than any of the minor, trumped up charges against Shaffer, Weldon said, adding, "I want the appropriate persons held accountable."

Weldon said that the DIA had now taken steps to fire Shaffer and that this was outrageous and scandalous. A DIA spokesman had no immediate comment.

Well I guess it is time to look at a few outcomes..

1. Afghanistan's Parliament is in place now..

2. Iraq's Parliament and Prime Minister have been elected..

3. Bush Poll numbers are on an upswing..

4. The Economy is Booming..

5. The Tax Cuts are in place..

6. A big fat juicy Christmas is right around the corner..

Sounds like a Happy Doggie Day to me..!!!

Hmm.

Sorry about those links. Not sure what happened there.

Copy and paste these.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102001927.html

www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051019-040108-6365r

Bush talked himself into a corner by saying there will be no timetable. And its Sistani's corner!

No worries!

It will become instead, an "event-driven schedule for redeployment".

Why do you think the Defense Intelligence Agency wants to smear a "whistleblower"?

Reason: This President had prior knowledge of 9/11.

~~~ 1. Afghanistan's Parliament is in place now ~~~

Good! Lets ask them to stop opium production!

~~~ 2. Iraq's Parliament and Prime Minister have been elected ~~~

Wrong. The Prime Minister seat is the first order of business for the newly elected Parliament. Get your facts straight. Details are important.

~~~ 3. Bush Poll numbers are on an upswing ~~~

As is the stock market. Lets see what happens this Spring.

~~~ 4. The Economy is Booming ~~~

Certain sectors are... mainly energy... which has meant a downswing for all other sectors. Look it up.

~~~ 5. The Tax Cuts are in place ~~~

Yay! So is the largest deficit in the history of the planet!

~~~ 6. A big fat juicy Christmas is right around the corner ~~~

Not so big, nor fat. You'll see.

He did.

Month before last.

Said he would fatwa Bush's ass unless the United States agreed to a withdrawal TIMETABLE.

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 07:40 AM

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I guess he might do that..

But we have never heard another word about it..

He seems to be doin quite will within the system..

The system he helped to create..

Each adopted soldier will receive a complimentary, one year subscription to Rush 24/7 and the Limbaugh Letter.

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 07:28 AM

Better yet, instead of giving money to Rush for his drug habit and legal defense fund send the money directly to a volunteer center near a military base.

Or, if you live near a base, you could become a volunteer driver for military families, wounded soldiers or veterans who need transportation to medical clinics.

We are having problems getting the much needed drivers in our area at the time because gas here is still 2.40 per gallon.

Because of lack of housing, many of our soldiers here have to commute from Syracuse, NY which is a two hour drive through one of the most dangerous snow areas in the nation.

If you gave money to Rush on the pretense of helping a soldier, War Dog, you are indeed a bigger sucker than I first thought.

~~~ He seems to be doin quite will within the system

~~~ The system he helped to create

Look at the platforms of the parties who won.

Timetable Timetable Timetable!

Outcome!

Biased Attorney General.

Director of FBI Freeh resigned almost immediately before 9/11 too.

Triumvirate. This was the provisions in the anti-terrorism law after Oklahoma City...the ACLU fought against - - and won.

Now we know why.

The US Marshals are the only law enforcement agency with the power to arrest the president.

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Note:

President George W. Bush's decision to eavesdrop on people within the United States was backed by the U.S. Congress' authorization of military force after the September 11, 2001, attacks, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (and Texan) said on Monday.

If you gave money to Rush on the pretense of helping a soldier, War Dog, you are indeed a bigger sucker than I first thought.

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 07:51 AM

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Rush is for the Troops in Iraq..

They love Rush..!!

He has lots of keen stuff on his website..

I already have a membership for myself..

Rush has the most popular show on radio..

The Iraqis are going to:

1. Boot us the hell out.

2. Become Iran's closest allies.

Great job Bush!

Not a political issue. An American issue.
A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE.

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House Judiciary Committee Democrats, spearheaded by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI), are set to release possibly the sharpest congressional critique of pre-war intelligence to date, surrounding Iraq.

Timetable Timetable Timetable!

Outcome!

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 07:51 AM

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Only thing left to do is kill off the insurgents and we can move on..

If they want us out..

All they have to do is enlist..

And that's what they are doin..

Our Founding Fathers created a government for us to give us great freedoms and rights. Fair trials, fair treatment and the ability to speak out against injustices. We have often held our heads high as representatives of all that is fair and good in the world, as a place sought to be lived in by so many. Things have changed.

Reports now flood the news of symptoms of those changes. Mistreatment of political prisoners. Slippery dealings of treatment and interrogation methods by referring to detainees as “enemy combatants” instead of prisoners of war. Invasions of privacy of our country’s citizens in so many ways, justified by the “war on terror.” News agencies and private citizens are denigrated as “unpatriotic” and not supportive of our troops when they voice opinions contrary to the administration’s view, all while the administration continues to cut benefits of our brave in uniform. The ends are being used to justify the means.

I remember well, as all of you do, the horror and fear brought on by the terrorist attacks. It is likely that more will occur someday. But we need to be very mindful: At what cost do we allow our government officials to attempt to prevent attacks? The actions of our government should never require an explanation or apology. If, through fear of the unknown, we allow all of our freedoms to be eroded and unjust treatment of those suspected, we have lost everything that we should be fighting for. We need to fight for our freedoms and for the rights of others if we are to again hold our heads high as the best place in the world to live.

The destruction of the freedoms and rights are the only way that the terrorists can truly win. Get angry and get loud. Write to your politicians today.

(letter writer to the Canton Repository)

War Dog, you are indeed a bigger sucker than I first thought.

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 07:51 AM

I already have a membership for myself..

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 07:56 AM

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My point, exactly, War Dog. Season's Greetings !

Tiki Tuesday Rules!!!!

Sure I gotta get up extra early to catch it...but it's worth it - everytime!!!!

My point, exactly, War Dog. Season's Greetings !

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 08:02 AM

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This is what the troops want..

XMAS FOR THE TROOPS

The winning parties in Iraq have also issued statement in SUPPORT of the insurgency!

So they're gonna enlist, all right!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I knew that our congress was losing control over the "torture administration", but I never would have believed that things could get this bad:

Eminem Music Allegedly Used As U.S. Torture Device

Now that Iraq is sovereign, Dog, how long before Iraq's government has control of Iraq's military.

Many of those newly elected are demanding that be immediate!

Outcome!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton was the Keynote Speaker at the annual ZOA Louis Brandeis Award Dinner on Sunday, December 11, 2005.

The ZOA is widely credited with leading the charge to expose and publicize the Palestinian Authority's violations of the Oslo accords and President Bush's "Road Map" plan.

ZOA speakers appear regularly on the TV and radio programs of the three major networks as well as of the cable TV leaders Fox News, MSNBC, and CNN.

Earlier this year, the ZOA brought more than 300 pro-Israel activists from around the country on its 2005 D.C. Mission to Washington. They met with Members of Congress and staff members to seek support for the Saudi Arabia Accountability Act and the Palestinian Arab Compliance Act, as well as resolutions against Hamas and other terrorist groups. They also spoke to lawmakers about the dangers of creating a Palestinian Arab state, as proposed by the Bush Road Map plan.

Amb. Bolton previously served as Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security as well as Assistant Secretary for International Organizational Affairs at the U.S. State Department, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice and General Counsel for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was the key player in repealing the U.N. Resolution stating that “Zionism is racism.” He is a graduate of Yale and Yale Law School.

The Zionist Organization of America

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 07:57 AM

I think those are solid analytical predictions which have some great potential for realization.

I think we will re-deploy to a more "mission efficient" asset configuration.

Will that invlolve a general draw down on troop levels, whether in a replacement by Iraqi or international forces? Most smart strategies I've heard of involve a troop draw down.

Will that be driven by Iraqi inner politics or our own political landscape? Some of each, probably, or as my buddy Wes says "a particle apiece."

Will that "force re-configuration" begin occurring by Feb? I think there is a very good chance of that, especially if the legal problems faced by Bu$hCo Inc continue to mount.

Once that force re-deployment begins to occur, will Iran and Iraq find common political ground?

Probably, but there are a lot of interested parties who stand to profit through peace in the region as well as those who might see profit through strife, so common political ground may be the best possible outcome.

Perhaps America should be interested in finding common political ground with both Iran and Iraq, as well.

I think Keith Olbermann gave Limbaugh a "Worst Person in the World" award for trying to exploit our troops for Christmas to the tune of $49.95 a head.

What's non-Christian Al Franken doing this week?

Green Chri$tma$ by Stan Freberg, Real Audio Stream.

From Mistletunes site:

"Stan belongs in the Christmas records' hall of fame for his Christmas novelty records of the 1950s. "Christmas Dragnet," a parody of the TV cop show, is from 1953 and itself was a sequel to Freberg's "St. George and the Dragonet," another Dragnet parody based on the legend of St. George and the Dragon. Freberg struck again with the below-mentioned "Nuttin' For Christmas," and in 1958 took a funny and effective stab at social commentary with "Green Christmas," in which Bob Cratchit, owner of a spice shop in Orange, N.J., turns down advertising advice from Scrooge, here presented as chairman of the board of Scrooge Chiat Day, or some such high-powered New York ad agency."

With Saddam out of the picture, Iraq and Iran can peacefully co-exist.... just not with the United States of America under Bush.

Will that "force re-configuration" begin occurring by Feb? I think there is a very good chance of that, especially if the legal problems faced by Bu$hCo Inc continue to mount.

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Well we sure won't have long to wait in order to find out if you are correct..

I guess they will not even have an government in place by Feb..

But nothin else you have there makes any sense why should that?

Not sure why everyone likes to communicate with War Pooch.

I never bother.

Well, anyway. There's some things to think about.

Not everyone goes to Press Secretary for talking point memos. I have to wash my body now.

Bye, once again.

-l8r

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The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today lead, and the Wall Street Journal tops its worldwide newsbox, with President Bush's surprise news conference on Monday morning where he strongly defended the program to spy on some Americans' international phone calls without a court order. Making a general case for provisions to fight terrorism, Bush urged the Senate to extend the Patriot Act and said "we cannot afford to be without this law for a single moment." Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers, along with some Republicans, on Capitol Hill questioned the legality of the government's eavesdropping.

The New York Times fronts the president's news conference, but leads with early results from the Iraqi elections. With two-thirds of the votes counted, it seems Iraqis once again elected their leaders based on ethnic divisions. The big winners were the religious groups, particularly the main Shiite coalition, while the secular group led by Ayad Allawi garnered little support. These early results could still change, particularly after the electoral commission investigates the 692 complaints of campaign violations and voter fraud.

President Bush defended the legality of the eavesdropping program and said it had "been effective in disrupting the enemy." He also criticized the leaking of the program, describing it as a "shameful act" and said he presumed the Justice Department has started investigating who might have been responsible for this information getting out to the public.

That gay weatherman always shows up at 6 and knocks Tiki off air...

Steve should just take Tuesdays off - hell there's some sort of transit strike, right?...he coulda called in a perfect excuse.

Tiki's good people - his brother Ronde is pretty cool as well.

con't

The president and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez defended the program from accusations that this was an example of unchecked executive power by saying that congressional leaders had been briefed on it several times. But those that received the briefings said that it did not constitute oversight because they were sworn to secrecy and their opinions were never considered. Sen. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) yesterday released a letter he sent to Vice President Cheney in 2003 in which he expressed concerns about the program. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said that he will hold hearings on the program.

All the papers mention, and the NYT emphasizes, that Bush and his aides defended the eavesdropping program by saying that he was permitted to carry out these actions after a Congressional resolution in 2001 gave him the power to use all necessary force against those responsible for the attacks on Sept. 11. Administration officials said that they chose to go around the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act because they feared that in many cases they did not have enough evidence to get a court's approval. These officials emphasized that the system was not designed to deal with the new realities of a war against terrorism and said it was inefficient.

In separate surveillance news, the NYT fronts, and the WP goes inside with, the release of papers that show counterterrorism agents at the FBI have investigated and monitored activist groups, such as PETA and Greenpeace. The documents, released as part of a lawsuit by the ACLU, show how FBI officials gained access to several of these groups by using informants.

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No New York City Mass Transit.

SUPPORT ORGANIZED LABOR!

Outcomes

The ends are being used to justify the means.

The letter writer to the Canton Repository, Fishgrease/Nobody.

Take a look.

Posted by: -B at December 20, 2005 08:02 AM

~~~ I guess they will not even have an government in place by Feb ~~~

You're contradicting yourself again.

You just said they had a Parliament and Prime Minister!

That's not a government?

~~~ Well we sure won't have long to wait in order to find out if you are correct ~~~

Two full months and more.

Long time.

This is what the troops want..

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 08:07 AM

You obviously have no idea of what the troops want. Our troops are much more intelligent than that that. In your ignorance, you sell them short. I talk to young and old military nearly every day I am at my home near Fort Drum, NY. Our military wants to believe that their job is valued. While they are here and they want decent housing for their families. While corporate leaches are gaining the financial benefits of the efforts and deaths of our soldiers, military communities struggle with ways to support needy military families. They want a salary they can live on and and a continuation rather than a reduction in their after service benefits. They also want to believe that there are good jobs other than minimum wage waiting for them after they serve. You claim that you served. I doubt that since I have never seen you write anything that proves you understand the military and what military families want.

I suggest you read the book, Home Fires Burning by Karen Houppert; Hardcover.

It is a good read about the struggle of Military and want they want and will help you in your claim that you are ex-military.

What else do they need?

Pencils with George W. Bush in gold letters on them?

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 08:11 AM

I'm sure this is your way of being an old fart, ala, "Hey, it's used as a torture device everywhere. Especially blaring out of my kids room while I try to read the paper."

...and it's funny, but I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of emminem (and Dr. Dre,) though I have previously complained about the world view conveyed by his lyrics on the blog.

They tell me emminem is good. He apparently participated in the last election as a Democratic supporter. Some people say his "misogyny" is just a gritty, realistic, street-level look at men and women.

I guess I haven't heard enough of his music to know, but I'm not impressed with what I have heard nor convinced of the "realism" supposedly reflected by his work.

'Course, I AM an old fart.

Anyway... I'm trying to be as supportive as I can muster for emminem cause no one deserves to have their work used as a torture device, NOR to be associated with the Bu$hCo administration.

Katie Couric: "In the 15 years I have done the Today show, this is definitely the weirdest show I've done."

Jim Carrey is wrecking the show. Excellent.

Now Bolivia is Commie!

Under Reagan, the number of Communist countries decreased.

Under Bush... they're a fucking fad! Everbody South of Mexico be wanting one!

We will soon have an Anti-American government in Iraq. They will soon be demanding that we leave; a perfect out for War Dog's President. The oil has been secured and long term contracts have been let that satisfy the Bush Cartel. It will soon be just a matter of keeping our troops visible in the area to ensure the fortunes of "Big Oil".

Suckers !

It's gonna be a good Fishy day!

China's Economy, Larger Than Thought, May Reach No. 4

Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- China's economy finally achieved its Great Leap Forward -- overnight.

The economy is 17 percent larger and growing faster than previous estimates, according to a year-long census released in Beijing today that revealed millions of previously unaccounted- for businesses. The findings may vault China three places on the list of the world's largest economies, to No. 4, ahead of the U.K.

The census, which added the equivalent of Austria's annual output to the world's fastest-growing major economy, underscores China's growing clout in global debates. It may also heighten U.S. and European efforts to convince China to let its currency appreciate, said Jim Walker, chief economist at CLSA Emerging Markets in Hong Kong.

``The fact that China will come out of this as presumably a much richer country will certainly invoke more political pressure'' to let the currency gain, Walker said.

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 08:18 AM

Hi, liar!

Record fine levied against former GOP candidate

BOSTON --A former candidate for lieutenant governor and one-time chairman of the state Republican Party has agreed to pay the largest campaign finance fine in state history, prosecutors said Monday.

Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts It's the second time James W. Rappaport has been fined for failing to fully disclose expenditures from his personal account during his failed 2002 run for lieutenant governor.

Rappaport, a real estate developer who lost the Republican nomination to Kerry Healey, has agreed to pay $60,000 in fines, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly, a Democratic candidate for governor.

Rappaport told The Boston Globe in its Tuesday editions that he decided to pay the fine because "it was easier to pay them the $60,000 than to continue paying lawyers. It's cheaper."

they're a fucking fad! Everbody South of Mexico be wanting one!

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 08:41 AM

Good point, Fishy. Before War Dog's president is back in hiding at Crawford, most of South America will be Commie like China who now owns us. While this Administration is screwing around trying to steal oil under the guise of creating democracy in a sand pit, real countries are shutting us out from the World.

☼☼ tuesday ~ blue self-existing monkey ☼☼

rhythmic moon 0.0.1.7

~ Nine at the beginning means: ~

Darkening of the light during flight.

He lowers his wings.

The superior man does not eat for three days

On his wanderings.

But he has somewhere to go.

The host has occasion to gossip about him.

If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product..

Ya must be a liberal...

Posted by: War Dog at December 19, 2005 10:18 PM

No that means you're a republican front company set up to funnel large sums into republican campaigns and then being paid back in taxpayer money...

The Shiite fundamentalist parties have won again. The secularists lost badly. Allawi and Chalabi are out of the game.

Man!

Can we fukin pick'em or what?

Chimp's "rebound in the polls" proves that my theory is correct-- Amerika as a whole is tainted. The odds that the Dems will make more than marginal gains during the '06 race are slim.

... and you know what? As George Carlin says, "I couldn't give a fuck... I'm now just an observer of the circus."

I'm out.

Those that want us out...

Religious Groups Take Early Lead in Iraqi Ballots

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 19 - Early voting results announced by Iraqi electoral officials on Monday, with nearly two-thirds of the ballots counted, indicated that religious groups, particularly the main Shiite coalition, had taken a commanding lead. The secular coalition led by Ayad Allawi, the former prime minister, had won only meager support in crucial provinces where it had expected to do well, including Baghdad.

The front-runner among Sunni Arab voters was a religious coalition whose leaders have advocated resistance to the American military and have demanded that President Bush set a timetable for withdrawing the American military from Iraq.

The preliminary results accounted for more than 90 percent of votes cast in 11 of Iraq's 18 provinces. About 7 million ballots have been counted, of an estimated turnout of 11 million in the vote on Thursday for a full, four-year government, electoral officials said.

Officials warned that the results could still change. The Iraqi electoral commission has received 692 complaints of campaign violations or voter fraud, at least 20 of which are considered potentially serious enough to "affect specific election results," said Adel al-Lami, the commission's chief electoral officer. Several candidates, including Mr. Allawi, have angrily accused the main Shiite coalition of underhanded tactics, such as tearing down posters and ordering police officers to campaign for it.

Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at December 20, 2005 08:52 AM

Except that there is no rebound...not a single other poll has recorded anything of the sort.

"Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat"...So if it wasn't put in front of the intelligence commitee who was it put in front of?...

Democrats Say They Never OK'd Wiretapping

WASHINGTON - Some Democrats say they never approved a domestic wiretapping program, undermining suggestions by President Bush and his senior advisers that the plan was fully vetted in a series of congressional briefings.

"I feel unable to fully evaluate, much less endorse, these activities," West Virginia Sen. Jay Rockefeller, the Senate Intelligence Committee's top Democrat, said in a handwritten letter to Vice President Dick Cheney in July 2003. "As you know, I am neither a technician nor an attorney."

Rockefeller is among a small group of congressional leaders who have received briefings on the administration's four-year-old program to eavesdrop — without warrants — on international calls and e-mails of Americans and others inside the United States with suspected ties to al-Qaida.

The government still would seek court approval to snoop on purely domestic communications, such as calls between New York and Los Angeles.

"Under Reagan, the number of Communist countries decreased.

"Under Bush... they're a fucking fad! Everbody South of Mexico be wanting one!

"Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 08:41 AM"

Who doesn't want this?

Aleksei Sitaro, "K zazhitochnoi kul'turnoi zhizni" (Toward a prosperous cultured life), 1934

Thanks RWiley!

And it is noticable that the very countries in our hemisphere going Commie are the ones with the most hydrocarbon resources! Bolivia has HUGE natural gas reservoirs, largely unproduced. Now those fields will be property of the Bolivian State.

Venezuela!

Lots of oil AND natural gas!

Go Bush!

The anti-Reagan!

Headlines next year.

Bolivians demand withdrawal timetable?

House GOP drops plan to split 9th Circuit

In the face of US Senate opposition, House Republicans have dropped a plan to split the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals.

House Republicans who contend the nation's largest federal appeals court has gotten too big to be effective had sought to attach legislation breaking it in two to a deficit-trimming bill.

Senators led by California Democrat Dianne Feinstein vowed to block the move if it made it to the Senate floor. The measure was left out when the bill passed the House early Monday. A Senate vote could come later in the day.

Opponents of splitting the 9th Circuit alleged political motives by Republicans annoyed by its rulings, including a 2002 opinion that declared the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional when recited in public schools.

Tis the season...

D'Iberville residents living in tents

4,000 in city left homeless by hurricane

D'IBERVILLE — Malcolm and Marge Fountain, aided by their grandson, cleared debris last week from their home site on Batia Street.

The only thing left is the front porch.

"You laugh to keep from crying," Marge Fountain said. "It's tough with the holidays coming up." More than three months after Hurricane Katrina, D'Iberville residents such as the Fountains are trying to put their lives back together.

"I hope the president and Congress will do something to help us," Lovelace said.

The next elections in Mexico will be interesting.

Morning boys!!

Been reading up blog.

Seems to me War Dog's posts are sounding more Desparate. Soft attacks on people and more questioning of the people on the blog.

Think about it. He is here all the time. Says he has a thriving business. He seems to have notes on all of us and brings up personal info on some.

I do not trust him. Devious way of getting info.

And why does he come to this blog? For amuzement? Maybe I am too suspicious but cautious is best policy.

"If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product.."

Over-simplifying it but, isn't that the description of the current "service" economy that the dog loves and is always ballyhooing?

Republicans learning the truth about each other?

US Senate overruled: Visa hike spiked

Washington, December 20: A Senate-passed measure to provide additional foreign worker visas in high-tech and specialty fields has been dropped from a budget bill, disappointing technology and manufacturing companies in search of skilled workers.

The Senate plan would have allowed 30,000 more of the popular H1-B visas each year and increased fees for those visas to help trim the budget deficit. Congress capped the six-year H-1B visas at 65,000 per year in 2004. The cap already has been reached for the fiscal year that began on October 1.

The Senate language also would have allowed 90,000 more employment-based green cards that offer permanent residency to skilled workers and added fees for those.

Critics contend the visas give foreigners high-level jobs that should go to American workers, and some Republicans in the House of Representatives opposed the plan, as a backdoor way to boost immigration.

Morning Toni!

The Plan!...eh?...Ya know I wonder about this...They don't want a secular government here...why would they want one there?...Makes it kind of hard to get that final battle going without the fundementalists running everything doesn't it?

US hopes of secular Iraqi state fade away

CONSERVATIVE religious parties have surged to a runaway lead in the counting of votes to appoint a government to run Iraq for the next four years.

With more than 60 per cent of votes tallied, Washington's hopes that the former prime minister Iyad Allawi might pull enough support to build a secular administration have faded dramatically.

Instead, a religious alliance is in the box seat. These parties are already imposing a strict religious code on daily life across swathes of the country and are closely aligned with neighbouring Iran, one of George Bush's "axis of evil" enemies.

The religious Shiites and the Kurdish parties have maintained their iron grip on the south and north respectively, but with 89 per cent of votes counted in the Baghdad melting pot, both Dr Allawi and his arch rival and one-time Pentagon darling, Ahmed Chalabi, face marginalisation.

Cat Chew!

Great pic!

"If ya can't sell..

And ya can't produce product.."

Over-simplifying it but, isn't that the description of the current "service" economy that the dog loves and is always ballyhooing?

Posted by: Cat Chew at December 20, 2005 09:05 AM

Ya but even that's not doing so hot...apparently in order to take turns washing each others socks we've actually gotta have socks first...

If they're smart, Allawi and Chalabi will leave the country. Word had it that Allawi was outside Iraq for the election itself and has not returned. No one has been able to locate Chalabi. Many think he is in Europe.

Socks for industry!

Don't know about all of you but my head is spinning with all that is happening. It's like the rage is building and I want something to happen to stop what is happening. Feel like my hands are tied.

I can barely watch cspan anymore. When a wingnut gets on the phone and starts spewing the venom of the right, I just want to hurl!!

Sorry having a bad day. This crap that is going on really gets to you after awhile.

According to the last poll numbers I saw DeLay would be trailing against a mailbox post if it decided to run against him...I wonder what he knows that we and his constituents don't?

DeLay to announce re-election bid today

Amid a criminal investigation into the use of campaign funds and poll numbers that show he is losing support within his own district, U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay will file for re-election today.

In an unusual move for his campaign, DeLay will file a petition to hold onto his seat instead of simply filing paperwork with the appropriate fee.

State law allows for the waiving a certain fees if the candidate can garner enough signatures on a petition to seek that office. In DeLay’s case, he would need 500 signatures from within the 22nd Congressional District to qualify. Campaign officials said Monday he has more than 1,000.

The signatures are designed to be a symbolic gesture for the embattled congressman, who was forced to step down as U.S. house majority leader after he was indicted in Travis County on a money-laundering charge stemming from an investigation into the use of corporate donations being funneled to state legislative candidates.

Scud Bush!

~~~ Ya but even that's not doing so hot... apparently in order to take turns washing each others socks we've actually gotta have socks first ~~~

THAT was excellent!

Sorry having a bad day. This crap that is going on really gets to you after awhile.

Posted by: toniD at December 20, 2005 09:15 AM

You are not alone.

They also want to believe that there are good jobs other than minimum wage waiting for them after they serve. You claim that you served. I doubt that since I have never seen you write anything that proves you understand the military and what military families want.

I suggest you read the book, Home Fires Burning by Karen Houppert; Hardcover.

It is a good read about the struggle of Military and want they want and will help you in your claim that you are ex-military.

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 08:32 AM

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I think is sent 2 Rush subscriptions..

The troops love Rush..

He supports the mission..

His positive message is jut what they want to hear..

Not some sad-sack we are gonna lose, all is lost foolishness..

G'morning, Fishgrease :) I love old poster art of all kinds, from pin-ups to propaganda and on...

When you are strong you must stand for the weak for they are always the first to suffer.

US Congress makes changes in Medicaid health for poor

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The spending bill approved by the House early on Monday and awaiting a Senate vote could increase the out-of-pocket costs of many of the poor people who rely on the joint federal-state program for their health care.

The legislation also tightens eligibility rules for long-term care. Medicaid pays for roughly half of nursing home bills.

The mostly Republican backers of the bill say the changes are necessary to preserve a financially beleaguered social program that has not been updated to keep up with the changes in U.S. health care.

Mostly Democratic critics say it shreds the health safety net for the most vulnerable Americans. The AARP is among the interest groups opposed to the health care legislation.

Roast the Pig Man Rush.

THAT was excellent!

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 09:17 AM

I've been paying attention to my peers and it's they that deserve the credit for it's they that are my teachers.

Morning boys!!

Seems to me War Dog's posts are sounding more Desparate. Soft attacks on people and more questioning of the people on the blog.

I do not trust him. Devious way of getting info.

And why does he come to this blog? For amuzement? Maybe I am too suspicious but cautious is best policy.

Posted by: toniD at December 20, 2005 09:05 AM

Morning tonie Deeeeeeee !

I agree about War Dog. He certainly is not what he says.

Thought Experiments

Assume that it is recognized that large, centralized nation-states threaten liberty and foment both war and terror, relative to nations characterized with more decentralized power structures. Surely this is the lesson of the 20th century, as well as this first decade of the 21st. Would it be moral to dismantle them?

Sunnis Challenge Early Iraqi Vote Returns

By JASON STRAZIUSO, Associated Press Writer
30 minutes ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arabs on Tuesday challenged partial returns from Iraq's parliamentary elections, calling them a "falsification of the will of the people" and saying evidence of fraud was abundant.

Iraq's election commission, meanwhile, said final results won't be ready before early January, instead of late December, in order to complete the investigation into various complaints. Commission official Farid Ayar said more than 1,000 complaints had been received, describing 20 as "very serious," but refusing to elaborate.

"We are studying all of them, we have two or three committees studying them. They are serious and they may change the results, but I don't think the complaints will make a big change in the overall result," he said.

Ayar noted there were more than 33,000 polling stations in Iraq 18 provinces, and "if we have a serious violation at four polling stations, that is not many voters."

Sunni Arab officials suggested Iraq's security and stability were at stake if their complaints about the Dec. 15 vote were not addressed. Officials concentrated their protests on results from Baghdad province, the biggest electoral district.

Election officials said the United Iraqi Alliance — a Shiite party — took about 59 percent of the vote from 89 percent of ballot boxes counted in Baghdad province. The Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front received about 19 percent, and the Iraqi National List headed by Ayad Allawi, a secular-minded Shiite, got about 14 percent.

LINK

~~~ I've been paying attention to my peers ~~~

Buncha goats?

Wardog is simply disinfo.

What's the big mystery?

Infowar.

Not some sad-sack we are gonna lose, all is lost foolishness..

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 09:18 AM

Again you display your ignorance and prove to me that you are not ex-military. The book I mentioned has nothing to do about winning or losing. It is a very good description of military life and what our soldiers and their families go through to contribute to our freedoms. You indeed are an ignorant pup.

Morning tonie Deeeeeeee !

I agree about War Dog. He certainly is not what he says.

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 09:23 AM

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http://www.liddyshow.us/

You libs need to listen to a bit of Gordon Liddy..

Ha ha ha..!!!!

Did you know he is Al's pal..

Ya gotta love that..

Liddy and Al know the troops...

You should follow your leaders...

Buncha goats?

Posted by: Fishgrease at December 20, 2005 09:25 AM

HAHAHA...sort of...

There is a differernce between what I consider friend and what I consider food...It's a fine line but it is a line none the less.

"You libs need to listen to a bit of Gordon Liddy.."

You mean the convict?

No...I think there's more than enough evidence of his lack of moral fiber for me to associate with him...

Two Newspapers Axe Conservative Columnist Caught Up in Payola Scandal

By E&P Staff

Published: December 19, 2005 2:23 PM ET

NEW YORK First, Copley News Service suspended Doug Bandow's syndicated column. Now two newspapers say they will no longer publish opinion pieces by another conservative commentator who has admitted taking payments from indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff to write opinion pieces favorable to Abramoff's clients.

Reuters reports that The Manchester Union Leader and the Washington Times both said they did not know that Peter Ferrara took payments for his pieces.

"Anybody who misrepresents or doesn't voluntarily reveal that they are being paid to write the article by an interested obviously has fallen below the standard that we would hold any published author to," Washington Times editorial page editor Tony Blankley told Reuters.

Ferrara told BusinessWeek Online last week that he takes payments from lobbyists "all the time" to write articles favorable to their clients and did not see anything wrong with that. He did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

Sellout

2005 May Be Remembered as Year of Torture and Rendition

Vermont governor wants troops home
Amid serious casualties, he urges pullout plan
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | December 19, 2005

Governor James H. Douglas of Vermont, a Republican whose state has lost more soldiers per capita in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other in the United States, said last week that the Bush administration and Congress should prepare a withdrawal plan to bring troops home from Iraq.

''I certainly hope and pray that the Congress and the administration will work together to design an exit strategy and bring our troops home as soon as possible," Douglas said in a telephone interview on Friday.

Douglas spoke as he welcomed 600 Vermont National Guard soldiers home from Kuwait, where they served for a year in support of the war. Several planes of soldiers landed in Burlington, where they were greeted by family, friends, and Christmas carols and patriotic songs played by a National Guard band.

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//The troops love Rush.. He supports the mission.. The troops love Rush.. He supports the mission.. The troops love Rush.. He supports the mission.. The troops love Rush.. He supports the mission..//

rush...

hmmm... isn't he that druggo draft dodger

whose utterances have been exposed countless times

& yet spider-eating cretins continue to believe his hogwash

*tsk-tsk*

anyway...

//The troops love Rush.. He supports the mission..//

"Posted by: toniD at December 20, 2005 09:15 AM"

"Posted by: Nobody at December 20, 2005 09:18 AM"

Definitely not alone.

Tis the season...

U.S. House Wraps Up Budget With Defense Plan, Spending Cuts

The U.S. House adjourned for the year after approving a $453 billion Department of Defense budget for fiscal 2006 and $39.7 billion in spending cuts over five years to benefit programs such as Medicaid and student loans.

Gotta get rid of those useless eaters, and make it impossible for kids to go to college so they’ll enlist.

Now this will really piss-off the Loonys..

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The number of electoral democracies around the world rose from 119 to 122 this year, setting a new record as freedom made inroads in the Middle East and Africa, an independent monitoring group said.

why do you never show your sources?

Gotta get rid of those useless eaters, and make it impossible for kids to go to college so they’ll enlist.

Posted by: Nobody at December 20, 2005 09:38 AM

They are allowing a takeover of our country. Keep us broke and uneducated and they create a surfdom again.

Posted by: Anonymous at December 20, 2005 09:27 AM

ya.

also he ain't an army of one

he's a horde of schmucks

one schmuck takes over from another & another

straight from the college republican production line

and all under the guise of the entity known as war-dog

Posted by: Nobody at December 20, 2005 09:41 AM

why do u think he sez "ya gotta love that" every chance he gets

to annoy!

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ya gotta love that

By his own admission, Rush was gulping illegal drugs to the extent that he had to go dry out.

After my recent knee replacement, I was taking two tabs of Rush's favorite drugs each day so that I could overcome the pain necessary to be able to do the physical therapy. I did this for nearly two months until I was able to ride my bicycle for an hour with reduced pain that I could handle.

During the that two months, I never would have driven and certainly was not in control while under the influence.

What scares me is that Rush was gulpping them by the dozens and then going on the Air and spewing hate that people like War Dog believes. Holy shit !

U.S. Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism

Figures Show Sharp Global Rise In Terrorism State Dept. Will Not Put Data in Report

Worldwide terrorism-related deaths on the rise

Worldwide terrorism-related deaths on the rise NBC News findings run counter to recent Bush administration claims

Rise of Domestic Terrorism and Its Relation to United States Armed Forces

RISE OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND ITS RELATION TO UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES by Steven Mack Presley Lieutenant Commander Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy C&SC Class 96 Research Paper

By his own admission, Rush was gulping illegal drugs to the extent that he had to go dry out.

After my recent knee replacement, I was taking two tabs of Rush's favorite drugs each day so that I could overcome the pain necessary to be able to do the physical therapy. I did this for nearly two months until I was able to ride my bicycle for an hour with reduced pain that I could handle.

During the that two months, I never would have driven and certainly was not in control while under the influence.

What scares me is that Rush was gulpping them by the dozens and then going on the Air and spewing hate that people like War Dog believes. Holy shit !

//from 119 to 122//

an increase of three

please mr. war-dog

who were those countries

Just heard Ed Koch on TV calling union officials "criminal" and transit strikers engaged in "illegality."

This morning Bloomberg called them "morally reprehensible."

These politicians make me sick. They don't care about regular people. I bet it backfires on them. They blame the transit union, but the transit union is just regular folks. It's these uncaring bureaucrats that are to blame. People having trouble getting to work today will cheer the strikers, and be pissed off at the city officials. People aren't stupid. They know the score.

They want to raise the age at which new employees become eligible for full pension from 55 to 62. Koch says "they want their pension at 55... everyone else has to wait till 65." Yeah, but "everybody else" isn't spending their days and nights down in the subway tunnels. What a bastard.

Union is standing up for future workers. I think that's pretty honorable of them.

Media is trying to spin it against the union. Bunch of creeps.

Massive fines on strikers. Threatening jail for strikers. Merry Christmas.

if i was in chicago, t.

i'd take you out for a burger & coke

: )

They are allowing a takeover of our country. Keep us broke and uneducated and they create a surfdom again.

Posted by: toniD at December 20, 2005 09:42 AM

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Ha ha ha ha..

You poor helpless little things..

Posted by: RWiley at December 20, 2005 09:46 AM

Oxycontin Addiction Treatment Side Effects

Oxcontin affects the mind and the body. When used medically to treat ... Effects are similar to heroin.

//Massive fines on strikers. Threatening jail for strikers. Merry Christmas.//

"ya gotta love that"

(right, dog)

You poor helpless little things..

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 09:52 AM

I'm none of the above and if you hurt the helpless I will hurt you...

I'm not alone either.

Ha ha ha ha..

You poor helpless little things..

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 09:52 AM

"ya gotta love that"

(right, dog)

despair tighens ur ugly scrotum

(right, dog)

The number of electoral democracies around the world rose from 119 to 122 this year, setting a new record as freedom made inroads in the Middle East and Africa, an independent monitoring group said.

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 09:39 AM

Again you display your ignorance. Many of the countries that hold elections are very much to the left and are socialistic bordering on commie. Many are not as smooth as the commies in China who are finding a way to bury us. Most of the Americas to the South of us are like that and are not necessarily our friends. While you are diverted by the fiasco in Iraq, the commies are going to sneak up and bite you in the ass.

Your are floundering and should think before you post, War Dog.

It doesn't matter how many loyalty oaths you require...There will always be a man on the inside...You're always gonig to be looking over your shoulders...

I'm none of the above and if you hurt the helpless I will hurt you...

I'm not alone either.

Posted by: Nobody at December 20, 2005 09:54 AM

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Well how is it that Bush can control you life so easily..??

Are you not a surf???

Meet Some Of The Victims In America's War - Collateral Damage ?

In a democratic society we are all responsible for the action of our government.

The dead bodies of two children lie inside the morgue of Baqouba hospital, Iraq, Monday, Nov. 21, 2005. U.S. forces mistakenly fired on a civilian vehicle outside of an American military base north of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least three people, including one child, a U.S. spokesman said. Five people returning from a relative's funeral, including three children, were killed and two others wounded, said Dr. Ahmed Fouad of the Baqouba city morgue. U.S. officials said they only knew of three deaths in the incident, including one child, and three others wounded. (AP Photo/Mohammed Adnan)

.. Effects are similar to heroin.

Posted by: Nobody at December 20, 2005 09:52 AM

Even though I am not an addictive personality, not even taking any alcohol during many years of my pilot days, I felt a withdrawal effective after the doctor had me quit taking the two a day.
Rush was certainly not of a proper mind, and I question anyone who would ditto what he has to say.

//Your are floundering and should think before you post, War Dog.//

as if he cares

he's immersed in the noble lie

and a paid liar

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"ya gotta love that"

(right, dog)

War Dog = Phidi, ono!

Xepies, enai phidi!

Well how is it that Bush can control you life so easily..??

Are you not a surf???

Posted by: War Dog at December 20, 2005 10:00 AM

The full power of the government?

It's spelled "serf"