From FactCheck.org ... Since Bush took office, the middle-income group has declined by 1.2 percentage points , and now constitutes less than 45% of all households.

At the same time, households with less than $25,000 in income have grown by 1.5 percentage points, and now make up 29% of all households. So a large number of households have slipped out of the middle group and into the lower-income range over the past three years.

And .....

Falling Into Poverty

Another indication that the middle class continued to shrink in 2003 is the increase in the number and percentage of persons living in poverty. According to the Census Bureau, the number of people living below the official poverty line grew by 1.3 million in 2003, to 35.9 million. That's nearly 4.3 million more poor persons than when Bush took office , an increase of nearly 14%.

Furthermore, that process did not stop in 2003 despite the resumption of job growth in September and 4.4% growth in the economy as measured by Gross Domestic Product. The middle-income group lost 0.4 percentage points in 2003.

The upper-income group -- those with income over $75,000 a year -- has also suffered since Bush took office, declining by 0.4 percentage points over three years. However, upper-income households bounced back a bit last year, by two-tenths of a percentage point, and now are back at just over 26% of all households.

So by this measure, the "middle class" continued to shrink in 2003 , and while some "middle class" households moved to the upper-income group, a larger proportion moved down.

Blog has spelling errors.

Pay attention to the details.

Tell DURBIN HE IS "ON NOTICE" REGARDING HIS SUPPORT OF TAMMY DUCKWORTH!!!

I realise he is only supporting this militarist, pro-life Democrat because he thinks its 'good' politics!

WELL HE iS WRONG!!! Cegelis for Congress!

Click my name! Give money to the Non-Meat Puppet candidate! Give money to the REAL LIBERAL!

SHAME ON YOU DICK! Paul Simon would be ashamed!

hey crank bait.

i want to groom a manager. :)

the show is on.

have a good show Sam and Josh!

The employee who is being given a job from the goodness of the owners heart?

HaHaHaHaHaHa........

Thats pretty bad Wado...

DICK DURBIN! 6th DIstrict Democrats are FURIOUS A NON-RESIDENT is running IN A RACE THAT ALREADY HAS 2 DEMOCRATS RUNNING!!

TAMMY DUCKWORTH IS A TOOL!

Oh, those compassionate conservatives .... poor Mrs. Boitalito I say

----

"Crooks and Liars has video up of compassionate conservative caring hubby Samuel Alito leaving yesterday's hearing. And leaving Mrs. Kodak Moment to fend for herself in the crowd.

Never mind that Republican Lindsey Graham made her cry. Never mind this has clearly been stressful on her and the rest of the family. Never mind that she's left back there to take care of the kids, the in-laws and the sister while Sammy gladhands his way through the crowd.

She got that sympathetic headline for him to start the day yesterday, so she can just fend for herself. Classy."
posted by ReddHedd @ 10:54 AM

http://firedoglake.blogspot.com/

The American middle class is making less than it used to. But then again, so is almost everyone else. Even the highest-income U.S. households made less money in 2004 than they did five years earlier.

And a fine site to watch the economy by ... OligopolyWatch.com

SUPPORT THE CANDIDATE PAUL SIMON SUPPORTS (from heaven, i'm in touch!)

PAUL SIMON SUPPORTS CHRISTINE CEGELIS

Click my name!

Hello I am trying to figure out where to post a story about my father in law a kansas school teacher of 30+ years who is being forced to resign today by the extreme right wing of the kansas school board.

THANK YOU MR. CHAVEZ

I want to take a second to talk a little bit more the rock bands who support me.

Look.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is much like our public buildings in DC. They are really owned by the people. So when you hear it's the president's house so to speak, much like I heard Jesse Ventura say once...

You should understand this is the property of the people.

A museum is very much like a public building.

So when my "friends" get inducted, you should understand one of the biggest reasons...

...since obviously I do carry a vote...

Is activism.

So much like in the business world, where a lobbyist is somebody who pays attention...

Or in the entertainment business, where a salesman in marketing stays involved...

I'm doing the very same thing.

If you don't like it.

There's an expression.

Write somebody.

Try to spell right, but it's not completely necessary in all circumstances.

Bathroom Stall Graffitti being maybe one instance...

War Dog,

I repeat: I do not know when a revolt would occur nor do I know what form it would take.

I only know that history teaches us that when the disparity between the rich and the poor is great and enough time passes, the shit hits the fan.

Perhaps the revolt will be an Information Technology hack? Perhaps you will not be able to access your money for several weeks?

I don't know. I only know that it is a much more prudent idea to raise the row boats up atop the same tide that raises the yachts.

War Dog did a hell of a job spamming the blog today. Dozens of posts....none with anything of substance. Why Sam and Josh allow this to continue is a mystery.

Go Arianna Huffington!

I love that ex-Republican!!

BEST INTERNET SITE BAR NONE!!

The Huffington Post rules!

Anyone that thinks that 10 year old children should be strip searched and that 20 year old kids should be sentenced to life in prison for smoking a little dope, should be shot. If you Americans weren't such two-faced pussies you would have a coup d'etat.

Hello I am trying to figure out where to post a story about my father in law a kansas school teacher of 30+ years who is being forced to resign today by the extreme right wing of the kansas school board.

Posted by: John Blackham at January 13, 2006 07:09 PM

here is a good place!

most trafficed politico place on the internet.

You have to wait a week to be able to post a diary though, after you login.

reverend Gotti ?....

Isnt he doing hard time ????? snark.

A Word to the Wifey: if you can't stand the heat, get back to the kitchen!

Click my name for a long list of George W. Bush's
accomplishments.

dear Sam,

you're doing a great job. please give out the tollfree numbers to call on Alito as much as you can get away with.

888-818-6641
888-355-3588

we won't stop sending personal message emails for the next two weeks at

http://www.nocrony.com

peace,

The PEN

hurrah, sam. do a little dance for us....

" Shut that closet door "

Thats what Alito said

i'm ***GLAD*** sam is callin Lindsay Graham outta his closet!!!!!

another fun fact: Bork's daughter sits on the board of the PNAC!!!!!

Oh my god.
I love you man, but please stop saying "A-lie-toe" and please say "A-lee-to"

- I haven't heard you guys lately, so I don't know if it is intentional, but it is making me crazy.

Attached is the news story about him if anyone wants to hear about the right wing persecuting good teachers.

http://www.mcphersonsentinel.com/articles/2006/01/13/news/news3.txt

hey crank bait.

i want to groom a manager. :)

Posted by: identity here at January 13, 2006 07:05 PM

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Rule #1--He must be good at counting.

Rule #2--He must be lousy at slight of hand.

Thanks pissed off commie. I signed up and sent an email to him. I hope he at least reads it.

The picture in my mind:

If it is r a b i d l y rightwing, Alyto loves it, no question asked. Mothing scholarly about that. Sort of like Jonah Goldberg.

oh, and since you are taking orders (teehee)
please tell Joy that I love her - she is driving to her mom's house and I lent her my XM radio so she can listen to you peeps.

Rule #1--He must be good at counting.

Rule #2--He must be lousy at slight of hand.

Posted by: Crank Bait at January 13, 2006 07:16 PM

what about the part where you eat fleas?

Ah... leeeeee..... toe....

spelled: Alito

Ah... leeeeee..... toe....

If you want to make a funny you could say "Elite-o", but A-lie-toe just hurts me.

" Shut that closet door "

Thats what Alito said

Posted by: red at January 13, 2006 07:13 PM

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Bingo!

JOSH, you lectured -B for spamming....so why is War Dog allowed to spam? Take a look at this afternoon's thread.

JOSH, you lectured -B for spamming....so why is War Dog allowed to spam? Take a look at this afternoon's thread.

Posted by: Pyramid Patchouli at January 13, 2006 07:20 PM

-B don't talk to other people .. he just talks to hisself. Until War Dog ...

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a massive stroke in the back of an ambulance while on an hourlong trip to a Jerusalem hospital, raising a host of questions about his treatment. Why wasn't he flown to the hospital or at least driven to one closer to his home? Did doctors take an unnecessary risk by treating him with blood thinners after he had a mild stroke two weeks ago? Did they wait too long to schedule a heart procedure designed to prevent another stroke?

And perhaps most important: Could political pressures have colored his treatment?

*yawn

jesus !

hes aliar so LIE... A-LIE-TO

Wil is Josh?

I want to thank Arianna Huffington for having a truly innovative and small 'd' democratic blog.

First of all, the star power she has assembled is extraordinary. I LOVE IT! Fantastic writing. Case in point the original reporting "Murtha Smear Campaign". Murtha. Scheer. Shearer. On and On....Players, movers and shakers.

Secondly, the format is the best I have seen. Kos, Escaton have a thing to learn from it. It just like a newspaper WITH A GIGANTIC FRONT PAGE. I like that. Very digestable. Easily navigated.

Third, I LOVE ARGUING WITH REAL CONSERVATIVES! Its the best you arent ALL DEMOCRAT or CENSORED like Democratic Underground.. Its okay to call a neocon a dickhead... Its part of arguing...

THE BEST SITE FOR NEWS.. The Huffington Post.

Is this not the biggest failure of a President in American history? Bush could have sat on his hands for 5 years and been more successful. Now he's been down to the Gulf promising money to rebuild the Coast. He has spent all the money destroying and rebuilding Iraq. Where is the money coming from? More national debt. What does this insidious moron have on his mind? I believe he's gone nuts, aside from just being a stupid jerkoff.

Wil is Josh?

Posted by: I was just wondering? at January 13, 2006 07:22 PM

No. Willow is herself.

but red, to people just signing on, it makes us sound stupid.

10 days ago Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader and Representative of California's 8th Congressional District, talked about her declassified letter she sent to the White House four years ago expressing concern about Bush's unlawful wiretapping.

Last night in the last hour, Sam Seder said he wasn't impressed by her skills.

Say no to censorship! War Dog is our only conservative... Let him stay

-B too!

but red, to people just signing on, it makes us sound stupid.

Posted by: freshlaundry at January 13, 2006 07:24 PM

listen for RAPE-PUBLICAN, instead of republican

Sometimes I get the impression, Majority Report does more harm than good.

War Dog is our only conservative... Let him stay

Posted by: Tim the Democrat at January 13, 2006 07:25 PM

He should not be allowed to spam the blog. That shit should be out.

-B is testing his boundaries. How cute.

what about the part where you eat fleas?

Posted by: identity here at January 13, 2006 07:17 PM

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Did I venture outside of your vocabulary?

I apologize. No, that's too tough.

I'm sorry. Nope, still too complicated.

I made boo-boo.

Hey "Pissed off Commie"

Why dont you publish your email and call for Coups? Scared of the FBI?

Durbin is a zit! All of them blow!

red; I heard that! God, I thought he had something wrong with his tongue. Ok, I get it now.

Alito is a liar. He swore he would recuse himself on cases involving Vanguard. He broke that oath. He is unfit for office based on moral turpitude. Peace

Posted by: Pyramid Patchouli at January 13, 2006 07:20 PM

Sorry .. phone were ringing ... Until War Dog stops talking to others not really the same thing!

Cool nick by the way!!

Did I venture outside of your vocabulary?

I apologize. No, that's too tough.

I'm sorry. Nope, still too complicated.

I made boo-boo.

Posted by: Crank Bait at January 13, 2006 07:27 PM

sheesh. it was a joke.

blog beatin' time!

i could just hear in my head, "those demoCRAPS don't even know how to talk right"

Durbin is a zit! All of them blow!

Posted by: INCOMING at January 13, 2006 07:28 PM

Wasn't Durbins name on that list of slugs that took loot from Abramoff?

No. Willow is herself.

Posted by: Identity Here at January 13, 2006 07:23 PM

Most times!! : D - LOL!!!

I'll be sitting around by myself at night, working on my various projects...

...and I'll remember (see, I can spell Josh)...

And thoughts that went on during the show come to mind.

At the heat of the moment, sometimes I'm quick to react. These people are hardly on my rolodex or anything, but just for the record.

Thinking about things later, I don't thank Sam enough for his support. I certainly trust him more than Janeane. So Sam...

...thanks. You're a virtuous person.

Not always correct, a personality to say the least...but I do trust you.

I'd Just Like To Say Hello To My Uncle!

No Durbin is clean vis a vis Abramoff.

Unless he's head of the DSCC? Who's head of that? They got 400K Plus from his clients.

it's weird...local gun shops are always out of ammo any more...

Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government

President George W. Bush has signed executive orders giving him sole authority to impose martial law, suspend habeas corpus and ignore the Posse Comitatus Act that prohibits deployment of U.S. troops on American streets. This would give him absolute dictatorial power over the government with no checks and balances.

There's something else I wanted to say.

Sam I need to go into the liberal confessional.

My name is Will, I post on Daily Kos as Will The Organizer. I love the Majority Report and listen almost everyday.

A while back I called up the show as Dan the College Republican to play name that torture. All I can say is I go to a commuter college and I was pretty bored. Dan IS actually a college republican and is a friend of mine, I borrowed his persona and told him about it. He thought it was funny.

I tried to make the show interesting, and did not call as a prank caller trying to sabatoge the show.

I want to come clean so I can call back the show as myself. I have written a couple highly recommended diaries at Daily Kos in the past couple days on the subject of how filibustering Alito is a win for the democrats. I know if theres a groundswell of grassroots support we can have our senators filibuster until after the hearings on the FISA scandal. I have set up a web site FilibusterScalito.com to help with this.

You can read them here and here

Please forgive me Sam, I am a loyal listener and a young person who wants to work hard for the Democratic Party.

Posted by: freshlaundry at January 13, 2006 07:30 PM

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I wish I had your worries ...besides, Sam can say whatever he wants, its his show

ha. -b is supposed to be working on projects too. we procrastinate. why wouldn't you trust Janeane? I love that woman.

it's weird...local gun shops are always out of ammo any more...

Bush could seize absolute control of U.S. government

i wish !! id fight... those fucks are totally incompetent....he wouldnt last a month.

Uh oh!! There'e a new Will in town!! : D

Pentagon grilled over database on war critics

Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Thursday asked for answers on an obscure Pentagon agency that included reports on student anti-war protests and other peaceful civilian demonstrations in a database meant to detect terrorist activities.

(AP) — Two Illinois congressmen said Wednesday they would return campaign contributions tied to Jack Abramoff, joining a growing list of lawmakers dumping their political donations from the fallen lobbyist.

Abramoff, 46, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Miami to conspiracy and wire fraud charges in relation to the 2000 purchase of a gambling boat fleet. It came a day after he pleaded guilty to fraud, corruption and tax evasion in Washington as part of an agreement with prosecutors requiring him to cooperate in a broad corruption investigation into members of Congress.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said during an appearance in Chicago that his staff has found at least $8,000 in donations from Indian tribes affiliated with Abramoff. He said he would give the money to Indian charities.

the donations from indian tribes were from before abramoff was even involved with them. i guess they just dont want any ties that can even be misconstrued.

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said during an appearance in Chicago that his staff has found at least $8,000 in donations from Indian tribes affiliated with Abramoff. He said he would give the money to Indian charities.

Posted by: News From Home at January 13, 2006 07:36 PM

BINGO! I thought I saw that somewhere.

Judge Alito is a neo-con Trojan horse...once he is inside the supreme court walls...

Greetings!

Wil,

Thanks for the demographics. It all the more backs up the fact of what you see walking down the street, the new homeless and shoppers at Walmart.

God, has this country been fucked by Geoge W. Bush or what?

Repugnant-Phlegm Senators are worse than Ted Kennedy anyday, you fucking asshole calling on the line!

Gag Reflex

But just how far does the "Commander's" torture authority reach? To the crushing of an innocent child's testicles. So says John Yoo, the former deputy assistant attorney general who helped craft the official White House "torture memos" that justified any torture short of permanent maiming or death -- and even countenanced the latter if it was "unintentional." Yoo also helped devise the regime's crank philosophy of the "unitary executive" -- that is, dictatorship for a "war president." In response to a question at a public debate last month, Yoo declared that Bush could override any law or treaty and order his goons to crush the testicles of a prisoner's child in the name of "national security," commentator Andrew Sullivan reports.

Ted kennedy alcoholic???

but bush never drank in his life huh?

FUCKIN" A SAM!!!!!!!

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060113091809990024

Vampire Running For Minnesota Governor...Pledges To Personally Execute Murderers And Child Molesters...

MINNEAPOLIS (Jan. 13) - Minnesota voters, who eight years ago elected a former professional wrestler as their governor, may find a self-proclaimed vampire on the ballot for the office this year.

"Politics is a cut-throat business," said Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, who said he plans to announce his bid for governor Friday on the ticket of the Vampyres, Witches and Pagans Party.

Like Jesse "The Body" Ventura, who was elected governor as an independent in 1998, the 41-year-old Sharkey once was a wrestler. He went by the nickname "The Unholiest of Kings: Tarantula" on obscure professional circuits.

"I'm a satanist who doesn't hate Jesus," Sharkey told Reuters. "I just hate God the Father."

However, he claims to respect all religions and if elected, will post "everything from the Ten Commandments to the Wicca Reed" in government buildings

meaning: the democrat donations. abramoff and delay would insist that when they dealt with someone that group was not allowed to donate to any democrat.

DAMN!! .. Ain't that about a bitch!!

Calif. Governor Has No Mercy for 75 Year Old Death Row Inmate

I send emails to congressman in other states all the time. What are you telling me? My emails are being ignored?

I don't have the time to deal with my own blog, or webpage.

I just don't. I know it's within my capacity, but I don't have the time.

So it's a matter of convenience for me to be here.

So...

It should be clearly demonstrated at this point after a whole year here...

That I'm not interested in the least, communicating with people.

It's not that I'm close-minded, or any other host of psycho-analysis, for instance a problem with dating...

It's just difficult to maintain a reasonable amount of seriousness in a community of like-minded individuals; when so much distraction, interference, and immaturity resides here.

Man, What is going on in that Closet?

f*in' traffic!

Evening fine blogger folk. :)

My My!! Arnie sure has picked up the taste for blood since Tookie .. huh!

ACHTUNG!

Rabid rightwinger on the phone.

Conservative talking point: make the issue Ed Kennedy.

What is the deal with that fucking closet?????

p :)

REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FOR CHOICE (RMC) OPPOSES JUDGE ALITO FOR SUPREME COURT

Excerpts from "The Nation" -

RMC is the largest pro-choice group in the Republican Party and has more influence than most moderate groups with GOP senators.

In addition to Specter, three other Republican senators -- Rhode Island's Lincoln Chafee, and Mainers Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe -- serve on the Republican Majority for Choice advisory council.

The question now is whether those senators were paying as close attention to Alito's testimony as the group they advise. Needless to say, the same goes for other senators, Republicans and Democrats, who claim to support a right to choose.

After all, as the Republican Majority for Choice noted, "The reality is that Judge Alito would not have to vote to overrule Roe in order to be the architect of the denial of a woman's right to choose. He could give lip service to respecting Roe while upholding the numerous legislative efforts to chip away at reproductive freedom. The cumulative result is that Roe v. Wade and its progeny are rendered meaningless."

LINKS:

http://www.gopchoice.org/index.asp

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?bid=1&pid=48938

Bush Sr. killed Kennedy's brother

I'm sorry, I left the closet door open to get rid of the moths

Its always ignore the issue... blame clinton or now blame kennedy...

Yhey try to take the moral highground to red herring the issue away, because they never have a cogent argument.

I wanted to log onto the blog so I could write

wtg Sam

"Ted Kennedy is an alcoholic, a philanderer, a murderer, blah blah"

"Yeah, thanks for calling..."

lol

-M.

Seder...

Bush Authorized Domestic Spying before 9/11

Which proves two things.
1. Bush wasn;t using "terror" as a reason to spyon Americans, and ...

2. Such intensive spying did not prevent 9-11 anyway.

God, has this country been fucked by Geoge W. Bush or what?

Posted by: MrMickey'sMom at January 13, 2006 07:38 PM

Yes .. and without benefit of lube I am sad to say!

That's all it is.

It's pretty simple.

I guess it's the same as e-mail, but I can verify the show got my message in the correct form.

Even if it's a public display.

It'll be up to them, whether they choose to read me or not.

I STAND CORRECTED vis a vis Durbin/Abramoff!

(8k is not an issue, esp for Durbin) IMO

Heres a question for everybody....

What are the Chances Bush tapped Cindy Sheehan this summer?

What is the deal with that fucking closet?????

p :)

Posted by: petemoon at January 13, 2006 07:40 PM

petey!!!!!!!

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said during an appearance in Chicago that his staff has found at least $8,000 in donations from Indian tribes affiliated with Abramoff. He said he would give the money to Indian charities.

Posted by: News From Home at January 13, 2006 07:36 PM

That sure went over everybody's head in here.

You're hammering them home, Sam. :)

You know..... the closet.

Lindsay, "I want to be fucked in the ass" Grahm from the squeal like a pig club!

BTW, shut up, -B

Students Denounce Pentagon Surveillance of Counter-Recruitment Activities:

http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/19173/index.php

The Problem with Presidential Signing Statements Their Use and Misuse by the Bush Administration

Rather than veto laws passed by Congress, Bush is using his signing statements to effectively nullify them as they relate to the executive branch. These statements, for him, function as directives to executive branch departments and agencies as to how they are to implement the relevant law.

Is it constitutional for a Vampire governor to 'personally execute' 'child molestors' and murderers?

Where does Alito stand on Vampire Executions?

Does the Governor actually drink the blood, or does he mix it with vodka first?

I dont know the number to call. but alot of these people calling in about the democrates being rough with Alito I dont think people get that senators are elected Supreme court judges are appointed to a lifetime position not a couple of years someone needs to get people to understand that

Berlin admits giving US bombing targets in Iraq

German MPs have called for a full inquiry into the allegations amid speculation about the future of Franz Walter Steinmeyer, Mrs Merkel's Social Democrat Foreign Minister, who was a senior government official during the Iraq war.

The reports of German-US intelligence co-operation, aired on Germany's ARD television channel, were confirmed by Berlin government sources and appeared to run directly counter to official German government policy on the war.

Citing a US government official, the TV channel said German intelligence officers in Baghdad had supplied information about a restaurant in the Mansur district of the city which the Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein, was said to have frequented on the eve of the US-led invasion. The US military bombed the building killing 12 people.

sheesh. it was a joke.

blog beatin' time!

Posted by: identity here at January 13, 2006 07:30 PM

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Sorry. I really am.

Weredog makes me jumpy.

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petemoon,

You fickle prankster, you.

did anyone test the pollen count for that day?

Walk over and hug her?

He'd take out the rod, and discipline her for not being HARD enough.

What's up with Alito and his old lady is that he is a fucking faggot and she is suffering for it!

Republican defense tactics --

Distraction : Look, a baby wolf!

Attack the messenger: Damn liberal media!

Projection: The democrats are trying to destroy our courts with 'activist' judges!

9/11 : Well, things are different since 9/11

Christianity: Baby jesus thinks you're wrong too. It says so in the bible.

Systemic: Both the democrats and the republicans are at fault! It's a culture of corruption!

Lie: Alito is an upstanding believer in the law and the constitution and won't muddy the waters with his own beliefs.

Testosterone: GW Bush Rules! DemoCRAPS suck! Fuck the towelheads.

*sigh*

So having said that.

Let me figure out if there's something I can write...with a sence of value.

Entertainment or otherwise.

By the way...

My impression is the Senator's impression...of Sam Seder's line of questioning...

Was the issue of abortion isn't going to be filibustered.

That's what he meant, just before he hung up.

When he said the "close" issues would be decided more to the right of O'Connor.

He's the second most powerful Democrat Senator on The Hill.

So it's not looking good.

Is it constitutional for a Vampire governor to 'personally execute' 'child molestors' and murderers?

Where does Alito stand on Vampire Executions?

Does the Governor actually drink the blood, or does he mix it with vodka first?

Posted by: Tim the Democrat at January 13, 2006 07:45 PM

Never said this here state weren't interesting politically!!!

Ain't been the same since Paul Wellstone died.

The Wiretappers That Couldn't Shoot Straight

If fictional terrorists concocted by Hollywood can figure out that the National Security Agency is listening to their every call, guess what? Real-life terrorists know this, too. So when a hyperventilating President Bush rants that the exposure of his warrant-free wiretapping in a newspaper is shameful and puts "our citizens at risk" by revealing our espionage playbook, you have to wonder what he is really trying to hide. Our enemies, as America has learned the hard way, are not morons. Even if Al Qaeda hasn't seen "Sleeper Cell" because it refuses to spring for pay cable, it has surely assumed from the get-go that the White House would ignore legal restraints on eavesdropping, just as it has on detainee jurisprudence and torture.

SAM,

when he made his very first statement the first day he pushed his wife aside, too, ignored her, didn't want to touch her - which was v. obvious ... just to get to Senator Frist and his male buddies.

Posted by: Will The Organizer at January 13, 2006 07:33 PM

more than forgiven- it was a great call

hey, who wants to touch a crying woman...ech!!!

I was looking at the evening news coverage of the pandemonium (if not outright bruhaha) going on in pharmacies large and small all across this great land of ours in the wake of the "implementation" of the new Medicare drug "benefit" . . .

. . . and two thoughts arose . . .

1) If you look at how well that's going, "progress" in Iraq makes a hell of a lot more sense.

2) Hmm . . . pissed off seniors . . . aren't seniors the majority of voters in off-year elections?

p :)

p. . hiya Nobby!!!

Posted by: petemoon at January 13, 2006 07:40 PM

Oh. My. God.

Where HAVE you been? :D

Durbin is a pussy.

All Democrats are pussies, nay, traitors even. Because they refuse to take a stand against a lying, criminal administration and political party.
Alito lied. He flat out lied. And noone is doing a damn thing about.
Fuck the Democrats. They are about as useless as an asshole right here (pointing to my elbow).

PETE!!!! Oh my God!!!! HI!!!!!!! : )

How's it flyin'?? ; )

Music is better

pete moon??? any relation to that drummer pete best?

Hey, everyone, it's time to say "hi" to the NSA, who's just stopped by this blog, okay, my turn....

EAT ME!

pete moon??? any relation to that drummer pete best?

Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 07:51 PM

No! But, he is related to Pete Moss!

Don't pout, CB!!!

And, thanks for what may well be my new screen name. ;)

p :)

In an effort to cover his own butt...Hastert puts the thumbscrews to Ney...heheheheh...

Pressure mounts on scandal-linked congressman

Embattled Ohio Republican Bob Ney is in talks with House Speaker Dennis Hastert about resigning his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee, Capitol Hill sources told CNN Friday. Ney has been linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy, tax evasion and mail fraud charges earlier this month. The congressman has denied any wrongdoing.

Hiya Wil, GBC.

Keith Moon was my cousin.

The Moss was growing on the rock I was under.

p :)

US - 2214

UK - 98

Other - 103

Total - 2415

http://icasualties.org/oif/

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01/13/06 CENTCOM: HELICOPTER AIRCREW KILLED IN MOSUL (confirmed)

Two pilots died of injuries Jan. 13 when their OH-58D Kiowa helicopter went down in the city of Mosul just outside of Forward Operating Base Courage.

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01/13/06 Reuters: Car bomb kills two policemen in Baqubah

Two policemen were killed and five wounded when a car bomb struck their patrol in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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01/13/06 usmc.mil: Operation Hedgehog unearths insurgent arms caches

For four long, backbreaking days, Marine combat engineers and infantrymen unearthed cache after cache of insurgent ordnance and weaponry in and around Hit, Iraq during Operation Hedgehog.

Sam should get some interviews with some of the guys that Bush blew in college. That would be a smash. Pulitzer Prize winning interview.

2) Hmm . . . pissed off seniors . . . aren't seniors the majority of voters in off-year elections?

Posted by: petemoon at January 13, 2006 07:49 PM

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It only counts when they have their medications which, in many cases, will be 2007.

If the dim-o-crats don't filibuster this Alito character...the 2006 elections won't matter. But hey thier is a lot more of us than them...I think we as a whole can win a street fight against the neo-cons....

Crap .. I have to go now .. but it was SUPER NICE to see your nick here, Pete!!!! Boy!! It's very good to see you!! : )

See everyone later!!

Embattled Ohio Republican Bob Ney is in talks with House Speaker Dennis Hastert about resigning his chairmanship of the House Administration Committee, Capitol Hill sources told CNN Friday.

Hey, Nobody, This is the committee that was supposed to have taken up the bill introduced almost a YEAR ago on voter reform!

Also, Dolittle is a majority member of this committee. So much for voting reform!

p. . hiya Nobby!!!

Posted by: petemoon at January 13, 2006 07:49 PM

Missed ya a lot big guy...Hope lifes been good to you while you've been away

Sam should get some interviews with some of the guys that Bush blew in college. That would be a smash. Pulitzer Prize winning interview.

Posted by: Pegleg Sqump at January 13, 2006 07:54 PM

John Kerry refuses to discuss this matter...

Shi'ite bloc short of Iraq parliament majority: source

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Islamist Shi'ite Alliance bloc will fall short of retaining its parliamentary majority after last month's election, according to an almost final tally of seats in the chamber obtained by Reuters on Friday.

With six of 275 seats yet to be allocated, the Alliance and their present Kurdish coalition partners were also one seat shy of the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution, figures provided by source at the Electoral Commission showed.

Final results are expected next week following a review of procedures by international observers responding to complaints of fraud by minority Sunni Arab and secular parties. No major change in the results from the December 15 vote is expected.

John Kerry refuses to discuss this matter...

Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 07:55 PM
Why? Has it been alleged that Keryy was one of the guys Bush blew?

Also, Dolittle is a majority member of this committee. So much for voting reform!

Posted by: MrMickey'sMom at January 13, 2006 07:55 PM

Ya I know...but when it comes to covering their own butts republicans might put on a great show of unity but the knives are coming out...

John Kerry refuses to discuss this matter...

Posted by: Anonymous at January 13, 2006 07:55 PM Why? Has it been alleged that Kerry was one of the guys Bush blew?

NSA's Web Site Rendered Inaccessible

WASHINGTON -- The Web site for the National Security Agency, which has been under scrutiny over domestic wiretaps it conducted without warrants, was inaccessible for more than seven hours Friday.

A spokesman, Don Weber, declined to say whether the site suffered an attack by hackers or a technical glitch. Speaking shortly after the site went back online, he said only that employees had worked to restore access.

"This condition would indicate to me that either the site is being overwhelmed with legitimate users or a (denial of service) attack," said Shawn White, the director for Keynote's external operations.

The NSA, known for eavesdropping and code breaking, also helps protect computer systems deemed vital to the nation's security, such as those involved in intelligence, cryptography and weapons.

Internet records indicate the NSA's Web site is contracted to Lingual Information System Technologies Inc. of Columbia, Md. An operator there said no executives were available to comment on the outage because they had left for the holiday weekend.

Hi

I need urgent Sam's E-Mail address

US missiles blamed for 18 deaths on Pakistan border

13 Jan 2006 13:05:50 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 (Reuters) - A Pakistani security official and residents of a border region said U.S. aircraft from Afghanistan killed 18 people, including women and children, when they fired missiles at pro-Taliban Islamists early on Friday. Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said up to 14 people had been killed in several blasts in the Bajaur tribal region but said he did not know the cause.

A U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan, Lieutenant-Colonel Jerry O'Hara, said there were no reports of U.S. forces operating in the area.

WOW!!!

That email-your-senator thingy is wicked fun!!!!

Here's my altered version of their message:

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Dear Senator Dole:
As your constituent, I'm writing to ask you to SUPPORT any attempt to filibuster President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito.

When the President fulfills his Constitutional duty to nominate a Supreme Court justice, it's the Senate's Constitutional duty to "advise and consent" on that nomination. The Senate must "block and obstruct" any nominee whose judicial philosophy is as dangerous for this nation as Judge Alito's.

At age 39, Judge Alito was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, and in his testimony at that hearing, he lied to Senators about his intention to recuse himself from cases in which he had a financial interest.

Together with his service as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and as a Justice Department lawyer arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Alito is one of the most radical neo-conservative, big government, pro-corporate monstrosities ever created by our judicial system.

Please, REJECT President Bush's nominee to U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Samuel Alito. This is one of the most important jobs that you have as a Senator -- and as your constituent, I'm going to be watching this VERY closely. Thank you.

Sincerely,
Peter Mooney

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p :)

poor Vampire Governor Guy...

His 'cape' needs some professional tailoring. I think he used curtains.

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