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March 17, 2006
AMERICAN MORALITY HAS BEEN STAINED
Zbigniew Brzezinski (via Think Progress, via Atrios):
The war has proven to be prohibitively costly. American leadership, in all of its dimensions, has been damaged. American morality has been stained – in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. American legitimacy has been undermined – by unilateral decisions. American credibility – particularly the case for the war, has been shattered. Leadership depends on morality, legitimacy, credibility. The economic costs of the war are escalating into hundreds of billions of dollars. More importantly, American casualties are in the thousands, with more than tens of thousands maimed. We are not even counting Iraqi casualties; we prefer not to know what they are.
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Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 03:26 PM
Isn't it sad that we have to remind peeps of our own recent history? Americans have an attention span of 15 minutes, it is said.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:28 PM
and what were the lessons of Viet Nam? you know, about fighting other peoples wars.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:30 PM
I wonder how much that adds up to in Los Angeles
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:22 PM
Thats why Bush wants to give Amnesty to the Mexicans.
Cheap Cheap labor, can impose laws because they were illegal aliens, to say not raise there min. wage, or not require employers to provide benefits.
Hell the latinos on the farms still buy from the company store. Like in the Robber barron days.
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:30 PM
Hey Eb, what did you just say?
I am totally not even reading the blog any more.
I just stare at the letters.#
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:31 PM
Isn't it sad that we have to remind peeps of our own recent history? Americans have an attention span of 15 minutes, it is said.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 03:28 PM
Real Sad. And you know, I am 25.
And trying to reach 30 40 and 50 year olds, And teaching them shit they didn't even know about their time period let alone now.
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:32 PM
Anything but full scale war will fail.
Containment=Nam, Failed
Iraq=Occupation, Failed
Afganistan=Semi Occupation, installed Gov., Failed
Afganistan-Soviet Invasion for occupation, Failed
WW2=Just Full Scale War on two fronts.
Japs, Success Nazis, Success
Iran would be a failure as would China and N. Korea.
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:35 PM
I just stare at the letters.#
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:31 PM
it gets this way. information overload. take two aspirin and call me in the morning.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:39 PM
So What were we talking about?
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:41 PM
I just stare at the letters.#
Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:31 PM
it gets this way. information overload. take two aspirin and call me in the morning.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 03:39 PM
? #
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:42 PM
WaDO still around?
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:43 PM
SLow Blog WTF
Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:44 PM
Yeh, its pretty slow when WaDo doesn't even spam.#
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:45 PM
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Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:42 PM
$$$$$ !!!!!
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Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:46 PM
It's off to work time and run errands. Wado is reviewing his next round of blabber. And also re-reading his wartime comic books.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:48 PM
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Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:42 PM
$$$$$ !!!!!
(^^)
(((((0))))))
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 03:46 PM
I hope your cat is okay. That's horrible.#
Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:49 PM
No, the morons are still trying to post on the last thread probably and can't figure out why they keep getting
"Comments Not Allowed on this Entry."
*snark*
Okay, back to work I go.
ciao~
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at March 17, 2006 3:50 PM
Iran Oil Bourse opening delayed
March 16, 2006 – In the last six months, the Muckraker Report has published numerous articles pertaining to Iran Oil Bourse and the impact that it could have on the stability of the U.S. dollar. The Iran Oil Bourse is intended to be the third exchange in the world in which global oil transactions are processed. Currently, all oil transactions are processed either by the New York Mercantile Exchange or the International Petroleum Exchange. All oil transactions processed through these two exchanges are done so with U.S. dollars. The Iran Oil Bourse is scheduled to process its oil transactions with euros.
All indications suggested that the Iran Oil Bourse was scheduled to open on March 20, 2006, but according to John Partridge, Investment Reporter for the Globe and Mail, the Iranian Oil Exchange is now unlikely to begin till at least midyear.[1] Quoting Mohammad Asemipur, special advisor on the project to Iran’s Oil Minister, in regard to the opening of the Iran Oil Bourse, Partridge wrote that Asemipur said, “In the middle of 2006, we are able to start the bourse.” Asemipur went on to say, “The plan is to trade petrochemical products first, with a crude oil contract coming last, a rollout that likely will take three years.”
The speculation by the Muckraker Report and many other economic theorists has been that if the world were to be able to purchase oil with euros instead of dollars and enough oil-consuming countries opted out of the dollar in favor of the euro, then the value of the dollar would be vulnerable to a significant devaluation. With the Iran nuclear threat rhetoric rising in unison with the approaching Iran Oil Bourse, it is not unreasonable to consider that the two topics are somehow connected. However, by suggesting that the sudden interest in Iran’s 30 year old, once U.S. sponsored nuclear power program, might be aggravated not by enriched uranium capabilities but by a overextended U.S. dollar that is only sustainable by faith in its purchasing power or by bullets, and such speculations are labeled as conspiracy theories, and discounted as if conspiracies have never proven to be factual.
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:51 PM WHats up witch you #? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:51 PM Heineken is good fuckin Beer. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:52 PM I hope your cat is okay. That's horrible.# Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:49 PM what happened to your Cat EB? do you think it was some sort of cia black op? or maybe there ws that Sadam/alquaida connection? Posted by: ۞ÇħűБъÿ¤ßűБъå۞ at March 17, 2006 3:53 PM Nothing, Bob. Im stranded in my house and it sucks! The car won't start. I am starting to get cabin fever. Its only been two days but I think I will Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:53 PM I hope your cat is okay. That's horrible.# Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:49 PM he won't eat his expensive gourmet cat food I just bought. Damn fickle cats!! Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 3:53 PM Oohh... Check it. Listening to Lenny Kravitz w. Clapton, Lenny Singing. Doin Jimmy's " All Along the Watchtower " Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:54 PM I hope your cat is okay. That's horrible.# Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:49 PM what happened to your Cat EB? do you think it was some sort of cia black op? or maybe there ws that Sadam/alquaida connection? Posted by: ۞ÇħűБъÿ¤ßűБъå۞ at March 17, 2006 03:53 PM Posted by: hahahahahahah# at March 17, 2006 3:55 PM The car won't start. I am starting to get cabin fever. Its only been two days but I think I will die soon. # Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:53 PM Chat with me, you got skype. Does you have a pc mic, or one one your monitor built in, like a lot of monitors? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:55 PM Wuts up wit you CB and EB? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 3:56 PM I don't do Skype. Well known that the black ops have their own Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:56 PM A case of the fake people. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 3:58 PM Sitting around in a chatroom when you are happy with the way things are going in your life is fine. Sitting around in a chatroom when you are unhappy is counter-productive...especially this chatroom. How did you arrive at this conclusion? Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:00 PM hey bob, you use opera, right? well indtead of having a whole different word file for the real player address, why not save it as a note in your ipera? just right click, choose `save as note' and from then on all yo need to do is select and copy the link, then select the address bar, right click and select the `paste and go' option. the great thing about the right click `insert notes' option is you can have a bunch of stuff stored there and ready to go. you could have one your html links...all sorts of stuff. Posted by: ۞ÇħűБъÿ¤ßűБъå۞ at March 17, 2006 4:00 PM --------------------------- --- - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Gas prices up 20%; no explanation, no interest, apparently from anyone; Twilight Time ------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Posted by: dubbalingus at March 17, 2006 4:00 PM BRB, Gonna grap another Beer. Gotta walke up the Street. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:01 PM There is no fake side of the blog Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:03 PM he won't eat his expensive gourmet cat food I just bought. Damn fickle cats!! Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 03:53 PM definitely something going on there...Has your cat ever traveled to Cuba or Venezuela? Posted by: ۞ÇħűБъÿ¤ßűБъå۞ at March 17, 2006 4:04 PM Take the poll on the left hand side of the screen: Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:04 PM -- ------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------- ------------------------------------ Is there anyone not totally smitten by Mia Brzezinski? ------------------------------------------------------- Would anyone seriously prefer Katy Couric or Bob Schiefer? --------------------- ------------------------------------------ Posted by: dubbalingus at March 17, 2006 4:06 PM Can't speak for anyone else, but I am real. I strive to be the realest person I can be without being looked at as crazy. # I do believe your full of it, anon. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:08 PM Two men were sitting next to each other at a bar. The other guy responds proudly, "Yes, that I am!" The first guy says, "So am I! And where about from Ireland might you be?" The other guy answers, "I'm from Dublin , I am." The first guy responds, "Sure and begora, and so am I! And what street did you live on in Dublin?" The other guy says, "A lovely little area it was, I lived on McCleary Street in the old central part of town." The first guy says, "Faith & it's a small world, so did I! So did I!! And to what school would you have been going?" The other guy answers, "Well now, I went to St. Mary's of course." The first guy gets really excited and says, "And so did I. Tell me, what year did you graduate?" The other guy answers, "Well, now, let's see, I graduated in 1964." The first guy exclaims, "The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same bar tonight. Can you believe it, I graduated from St. Mary's in 1964 my own self." About this time, Vicky walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. Brian, the bartender, walks over to Vicky, shaking his head & mutters, "It's going to be a long night tonight!!!!" Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:09 PM About this time, Vicky walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer. Brian, the bartender, walks over to Vicky, shaking his head & mutters, "It's going to be a long night tonight!!!!" Vicky asks, "Why do you say that, Brian?" "The Murphy twins are drunk again." Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 04:09 PM hahahahahahahahahahaha# Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:11 PM Cooking for your cat: Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:11 PM I'd like to admit to being real, but I'm starting to wonder.... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:11 PM --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- THE LIBERAL NEWS -- Dateline: Hanford, WA---- Concern for the Hanford Nuclear Dump Site on the Columbia River, concerning a potential terrorist target has mitigated recently. The Environmental President is doing such an effective job on his own of breaching and contaminating this dangerous radioactive dump site on our major navigable river, that any terrorist would surely be backing off, probably thinking, "Dammit! Dee Booshelites, zey doon batter dan vee doo in many lifetimes. Vee doo sumsing else, I reckon." -------------------------------------- -- --------------------- -------------------------------- Posted by: dubbalingus at March 17, 2006 4:12 PM Chubbs had a good idea of having the blog be read outloud with the language bar... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:13 PM Your real A., don't worry. # Where is Willow lately? Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:13 PM Working on her blogs I would say...but I'm not sure... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:15 PM Chubbs had a good idea of having the blog be read outloud with the language bar... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 04:13 PM Um. Thats sort of scary, actually. Especially with some of the trolls that get on here. Like that one who seemed to enjoy rape.# Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:16 PM I am back. Whats up A. Happy ST. Patrick's Day.....This is Great The Peeps on my steet are celebrating, lot o Irish I assume. Drinking and whatnot. Good Day. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:16 PM Are you off A. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:17 PM If she's real that is..... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:18 PM Good song someone should post: Hootie and the Blowfish: I get High Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:18 PM ALL I can post is Wu Tang and Underground Hip Hop. Yall want me to post a few tight joints? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:19 PM There is no fake side of the blog It's all fake Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 04:03 PM i don wanna cast aspersions, but u've got a one track mind. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:20 PM SLow Blog Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:20 PM She's real. :) # Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:23 PM One of the Greatest songs of All Time: Robert Plant: Song to the Siren; Album. Dreamland. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:24 PM In a dream, you dreamed about me........ Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:25 PM I am puzzled as a newborn baby. I am troubled as the tides, Should I stand amidst the breakers, Or should I lay with Death, my Bride. Swim to me sWim to me, Oh and come and let me unfold you. Here I am, Here I am....... Waiting to Hoooolllllld Yooouuuuuuu. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:27 PM Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd = The number 1 and 2 best groups of All Time. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:28 PM - - ------------------------------- - ----------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- THE LIBERAL NEWS -- Dateline: Wash.D.C. -- Pres. Bush is now ready to implement a new foreign and military policy to deal with potential enemies. Apparently, in a new document released yesterday, he will deal with any potential enemy by shooting first and asking questions later. ------------------------------------- It is aid to have been inspired by Veep Cheney's drunken quail shooting procedures. Dubbed the Shotgun Policy, it is already drawing high praise. Hurtling in headlong to emulate his master, Sen. Joe Lieberman, never one to sacrifice principal for political opportunism and expediency, is all ears to pry into into conversations of "potential terrorists" -- so, apparently Joe has developed a surefire method to conjure and divine the future actions of unprincipled scoundrels who are likely to .. well, actually, Joe has stepped through the Looking Glass apparently, and into a contemporaty, parallel universe, beyond conjecture: yes; a solid, 3-dimensional world that is not fantasy or flaky intelligence. Here we have, says Joe, potential terrorists who he has stamped and tattooed and marked with the Sign of the Beast. This is convenient, because all that remains to be done her is for Our Commander-in-thief to whisk them away to his Black Sites for rendering and processing. The Truth will come seeping out of the bones and hides as they surf the NeoCon waterboard of the Lord; down the tidewater of the Styx into the picturesque, styrofoam, oil slick of the Conservative Sunset -- how peaceful and serene; like a graveyard; just ignore those occasional sightings of body parts.... New Orleans all over again, Eh? ---------------- -------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: dubbalingus at March 17, 2006 4:30 PM I have LZ on now..you freak... Hope it knocks me into dreamland... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 4:30 PM I love you, Oooh Baby I love ya. I Oh Oh, Oh o o. Every Breath I take Oh Oh, Oh o o. Every movie I make I i i i i, You hurt me to my soul oh ooh woe Darling please Dont Go. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:31 PM WHat, Im listnin to Dire Maker now. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:31 PM So Why am I a freak A.? I may be nuts, But I am no Freak. Maybe in the sac. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:32 PM It's official....Tom Cruise is insane.... http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/2006/03/17/tom_cruise_has_no_sense_of_hum_1.html These Scientologists are just as bad as the fundamentalists.... Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 4:33 PM Two Words: Pink Floyd. Division Bell. High Hopes. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:34 PM No Really GG. Is he out the Closet Yet? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:34 PM Tea for One.... Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 4:35 PM Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:34 PM No, he's just insane....maybe the Scientologists have compromising photos... Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 4:36 PM Cruise is just on the good powder. The pure shit. wit da yellow tint. You see him jump around on Oprah. Yeah he was coked up. Yolenstein is good and if you got the loot. Hey, I would snort my ass off. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:37 PM Two Words: Pink Floyd. Division Bell. High Hopes. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:34 PM Is that album any good? Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 4:37 PM Care to take up my challenge to Bob and tell me WHAT SPECIFIC level the minimum wage should be set to? ...and why not $0.50 more than that? Posted by: Gare at March 17, 2006 03:06 PM How about even with Oregon's? ($7.25hr) Y'know...the second highest minimum wage in America. Y'know what else? Oregon's job growth is double the national average. Don't give us that crap about higher wages costing jobs. Oregonians know better. Posted by: Harold Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 04:37 PM Most of it is excellent. I also recomment Robert Plant's Dreamland. Highly. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:38 PM Wado is reviewing his next round of blabber. And also re-reading his wartime comic books. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 03:48 PM ---------------------------------------------- ---A Bait Comedy Vignette--- Characters: War Dog, a G.I. Joe doll, a Rush Limbaugh doll (fat version), a combo-generic dark-skinned male doll wearing a burnoose (named Ayatoldya). Setting: A suburban spa in a crowded Master Bathroom. Scene opens with the Limbaugh doll (wearing an Izod golf shirt) egging-on the G.I. Joe doll (wearing full desert camo and gear) to "interrogate" the Ayatoldya doll (wearing a worried look). War Dog does all of the voices. The Limbaugh doll sounds like Limbaugh. The G.I. Joe doll sounds like an overly-excited twenty-year old with a tenor voice. The Ayatoldya doll screams gibberish in a falsetto. All of the dolls are wet. The Limbaugh doll encourages the G.I. Joe doll to ask impossible questions of the Ayatoldya doll, like, "How much would YOU pay for Unleaded?" The Ayatoldya doll screams a burst of gibberish in his (War Dog's) falsetto. The G.I. Joe doll smacks his head all over the Ayatoldya doll while screaming, "I'm American! Speak English!" The Ayatoldya doll looks confused while the Limbaugh doll says, "Keep after him. I'll check in at the turn after the front nine." The Limbaugh doll motors-off in his golf cart. War Dog pauses to sip his grapefruit juice. ...to be continued. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 4:38 PM Sup Harolk my man.......... Whats new. Brother Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:39 PM Is that album any good? Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 04:37 PM It's ok. As good as the other post-Waters Pink Floyd stuff. The new Gilmour solo album is good, better than the last one, near as good as his first. They really need to reissue those first two albums. Posted by: Harold I cant read all that long shit Crank. And I want too. Fuck! Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:40 PM Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 04:40 PM Bullshit Waters is on that. He never left. It was the English accent fuck who sang on the wall. Not Waters. He was even there for Pulse. I have a live laser show on tape. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:41 PM Aaaah . Cowboy Junkies. Sweet Jane. Good One. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:42 PM Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:41 PM You ok, man? Posted by: Harold Hey Cranky! You should make that into a little film! Just get people to do the voices!# Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:44 PM Fine Harold, Just keep me thinkin, aight. Help a brotha out. I plan on callin in to a show. Malloy will let me through tonigh for sure. My phone fucked up last night. Did you hear him say hear comes Bob.j Ill give yall a hell a tight shout out too. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:44 PM CCR. Have you ever seen the Rain. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:45 PM He was even there for Pulse. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:41 PM Who are you talking about? I was there for Pulse. (Well close, I saw them on Aug. 2 '94, they recorded the Pulse album/videos exactly a month later.) Posted by: Harold I'm shitfaced! I'm pissin' green! Oh yeah....I got blown today! Posted by: Joe Tool at March 17, 2006 4:46 PM I'm all about the Pink Floyd. Still haven't seen the reunion show from Live 8 though. Posted by: Harold Roger Waters Harold. Yo, Joe. Ima gettin there myself. Listnin to Petty refugee. You still there A. SO whats new Harold, Whats on your brain? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:50 PM ANd post often people. I dont know bout yall, But I hate a slow Blog eh. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:51 PM Fuck, I feel like I am the glue holding this blog shindig together. Help me out peeps. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 4:53 PM So, ok. You heard the 'Final Cut'? That was Waters' last Pink Floyd thing, except for the Berlin 'Wall' show, which really wasn't a Pink Floyd thing at all, more of a celebrity rock opera. Then the reunion show, last year. From the recording sessions of the 'Final Cut', (1983)to the Live 8 show rehearsals (2005) Waters and Gilmour couldn't be made to say two words to each other. They literally didn't speak for 20 years. It was perhaps the fiercest 'grudge' in the music industry in recent memory. Posted by: Harold Do you know that a lot of the Rwanda survivors of genocide are living in a frickin' wildlife preserve? What the hell? What the fuck! I just heard that! # Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:58 PM Fuck, I feel like I am the glue holding this blog shindig together. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:53 PM God help us. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 4:59 PM Fucking Nazi UN. No, I am not kidding. They aren't do a damn thing to stop it. Fuck. They are living like animals! Everyone must think that is real funny. FUUUUUUUUUUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU Hell has places for people like that. Fucking Nazi's.# Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:01 PM Fuck, I feel like I am the glue holding this blog shindig together. Help me out peeps. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 04:53 PM You really need to get back to work on your life man. You know what I mean? Posted by: Bob's case worker at March 17, 2006 5:03 PM just heard that! # Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 04:58 PM... Where? ? Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:04 PM Hi bob you gotta be a hippy from the 70's to dig this blog, man. everyone's zoned out doin' their thing. The action gets going when the sun goes down and the show starts. otherwise, just groove on your own tunes... PS..if you see WaDo, tell him Saddam is calling for war against Bush. Saddam is alive and well and kicking. Ask Wado how did we get rid of Saddam? Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 5:05 PM Hell has places for people like that. Fucking Nazi's.# Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 05:01 PM Consider the alternative. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:05 PM ---A Bait Comedy Vignette--- (continued) War Dog flips the switch activating the spa jets. The water swirls and bubbles. Steam meanders upward. War Dog (using his left hand) motors Limbaugh in his golf cart along the lip of the spa. Limbaugh in his cart returns to the interrogation scene between the young G.I. Joe doll and the burnoose-clad Ayatoldya doll. Desert-spa sweat drips from them both. Golf-spa sweat drips from Limbaugh. The Limbaugh doll (to the G.I. Joe doll): "Thanks to nine mulligans, I'm even bogey for nine. This place is one, big sand trap. What has Mohammad, here, told ya?" G.I. Joe doll: "Hell, I don't know, I don't speak this shit. He keeps screaming something about Allah and his wife and daughter." The Limbaugh doll: "Keep after him. Tell him he can't have freedom and democracy until he tells you where the WMD's are stored." Ayatoldya doll: (More high-pitched gibberish awash in fear) The Limbaugh doll smacks the Ayatoldya doll with his mashie niblick and motors a lap around the lip of the spa, yelling back to the G.I. Joe doll, "I'll check back in after the back nine." The G.I. Joe doll jumps up and down on the Ayatoldya doll, screaming "Talk, godammit, so I can go home!" The Ayatoldya doll screams in pain. War Dog pauses to sip his grapefruit juice. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 5:07 PM "Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, said Thursday that given Mr. Bush's record, 'I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had.'" Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 5:09 PM ... Reid apologized profusely to Karl Rove and Chimp five seconds later I kid. Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 5:09 PM Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 05:09 PM More than that. He will go down as one of the worst leaders in History. Period. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 5:10 PM More than that. He will go down as one of the worst leaders in History. Period. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 05:10 PM unquestionably Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 5:11 PM Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 05:07 PM I figured if I could set the scene, you'd be able to elaborate. Not bad, it does have that comic book life about it. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 5:12 PM just heard that! # Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 04:58 PM... Where? ? Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 05:04 PM K-love. Christian station. Not the one that took over Air America btw. They are having a fund raiser. One of the musicians has made it their Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:15 PM Posted by: An Old Irish Blessing at March 17, 2006 5:16 PM 'I really do believe this man will go down as the worst president this country has ever had.'" Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 05:09 PM You do know that this statement is going on Wado's Shiny Things List, where it belongs as it goes over his head. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 5:16 PM funniest thread ever: IMDb's '40 Year Old Virgin's' 'Wanna Know How I know Yer Gay?' thread! Posted by: bibimimi~☆♪♪♪ ♡ at March 17, 2006 5:16 PM (Listening to Randi playing old Rush Limbaugh tapes...) This is hilarious. Posted by: I at March 17, 2006 5:17 PM This Lenny Kravits wit Clapton on Guitar version of ALl Along the Wactchtower is great Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 5:18 PM Happy St Patricks Day everyone! Hiya Bob, E.B., Crank, Michael, Harold and anyone else around on this friday afternoon. Jimmy you out there or did you get a fire under you to do a couple things? ;) Looks like they cut robotic liar murder & maiming lover weak dogs hours back or he is afraid of all the problems that he has. Posted by: Great American Patriot at March 17, 2006 5:19 PM Hey there Mimi! How are you. Hiya I Posted by: GreatAmericanPatriot at March 17, 2006 5:23 PM I figured if I could set the scene, you'd be able to elaborate. Not bad, it does have that comic book life about it. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 05:12 PM ---------------------------------------------- The post-spa back wax scene is in the works. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 5:25 PM Happy St Patrick’s Day to that Great American St. Patriot! Posted by: bibimimi~☆♪♪♪ ♡ at March 17, 2006 5:29 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister used a Saint Patrick's Day visit to hammer home to President George W. Bush concerns about secret CIA flights through his country and treatment of inmates at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern raised the issue of rendition, the controversial U.S. practice of moving terrorism suspects from one country to another, in White House talks on Friday, saying he had pressed for "more transparency". Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:32 PM WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ireland's prime minister used a Saint Patrick's Day visit to hammer home to President George W. Bush concerns about secret CIA flights through his country and treatment of inmates at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern raised the issue of rendition, the controversial U.S. practice of moving terrorism suspects from one country to another, in White House talks on Friday, saying he had pressed for "more transparency". Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 05:32 PM We can't have a more open system. Look. If we did than a lot of people would get confused about the 'torture' issue. Posted by: dear leader nazi ass at March 17, 2006 5:35 PM Some headlines from The Onion: Captor, Captive Have Different Senses Of Humor --------- Report: Many Jobs Lack Benefits To Cut --------- Conspiracy Theorist Has Elaborate Explanation For Why He's Single Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 5:39 PM Thanks Mimi! How is your St Paddys day? It is cold but clear & sunny by Chicago. We escaped a predicted few inches of snow yesterday and only got flurries that melted. Should be warmer tomorrow & this weekend. I'm on my second mug of coffee with a cherry walnut oatmeal cookie :P Posted by: GreatAmericanPatriot at March 17, 2006 5:42 PM (Listening to Randi playing old Rush Limbaugh tapes...) This is hilarious. Posted by: I at March 17, 2006 05:17 PM The live audience is ripping him apart! :) Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 5:42 PM Conspiracy Theorist Has Elaborate Explanation For Why He's Single Posted by: hahahahahahahah# at March 17, 2006 5:42 PM Happy St Patricks Day everyone! It's my miracle kitty's birthday! Odin is 7 years old, today! Posted by: Harold I'm on my second mug of coffee with a cherry walnut oatmeal cookie :P Posted by: GreatAmericanPatriot at March 17, 2006 05:42 PM suburban Philadelphia. i got a couple o' fingers o' Jameys waitin' for me at home. peace & love, GAP! Posted by: bibimimi~☆♪♪♪ ♡ at March 17, 2006 5:44 PM (Listening to Randi playing old Rush Limbaugh tapes...) This is hilarious. Posted by: I at March 17, 2006 05:17 PM The live audience is ripping him apart! :) They hate him - Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 5:44 PM Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:48 PM Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 5:51 PM I'm on my second mug of coffee with a cherry walnut oatmeal cookie :P Posted by: GreatAmericanPatriot at March 17, 2006 05:42 PM Posted by: Q. at March 17, 2006 5:55 PM I am back. so what is going on? What did I miss? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:02 PM Bill O'Reilly threatened a caller - he said, Fox security was going to hold him accountable for mentioning Keith Obermann's name... He said Fox security was going to, "pay him a visit"... Nuff' said... Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 6:03 PM Wonder what -B's crazy ass is doing on this St. Pattys day. I bet hes getting rowdy somewhere. Folks be like, "Damn, whats wrong with this boy." ? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:03 PM Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 06:03 PM Let Fox security come on my property without a warrant. They will get Fuuuuuccckkkkkked up majorly. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:04 PM Posted by: GreatAmericanPatriot at March 17, 2006 05:42 PM I'm not a fan of the walnut..but how do I get my hands on a cherry oatmeal cookie? I've never heard of that. Posted by: Q. at March 17, 2006 05:55 PM Hiya Q! These are Trader Joes brand cookies were from Trader Joes(traderjoes.com). They have stores over most of the US. They are Chunky Cherry Oatmeal Cookies. A chewy oatmeal cookie chock full of cherry chunks and walnuts. No preservatives & no artificial colors, 12 ounces. They have about 2 or 3 other types of cookies as well. All types of nuts are good for you as they contain essential nutrients & antioxidants. Also the fat in nuts is the good kind for you. Enjoy! :) :P Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 6:05 PM Let Fox security come on my property without a warrant. They will get Fuuuuuccckkkkkked up majorly. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:04 PM Fox security CANNOT get a warrent!!! Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 6:06 PM ahh, good ol' Trader Joe's. I've got some of their 'Black Rasberry-Lemonade' in the fridge. Posted by: Harold WASHINGTON, March 17 — A federal appeals court today overturned the Environmental Protection Agency's attempt to exempt power plants, refineries and other pollution sources from Clean Air Act rules that require them to install costly new pollution controls whenever they make changes that increase their emissions. Ruling in favor of a coalition of states and environmental advocacy groups, the court declared that the plain language of the act required a much stricter approach, as the Clinton administration had devised, and that only "a Humpty Dumpty" interpretation, as the court called the E.P.A.'s position, could construe the law otherwise. "We decline such a world view," said the unanimous decision of a three-judge panel that included Judge Janice Rogers Brown, a conservative appointed last summer by President Bush. Plaintiffs in the case — more than a dozen states, including New York and California, and a large group of environmental organizations — hailed the decision as one of the most important in years for environmental protection. The law governs more than 800 power plants around the country as well as 17,000 factories, refineries and chemical plants. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 6:09 PM Is this blog becoming more unhinged? It is a shame -B is not here. And Ono as well. I seems they were more normal than the baseline blogger that have replaced them. Posted by: Just asking at March 17, 2006 6:09 PM Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 06:06 PM Good, cause say hello to mr. Easton. Aluminum with the fat end. Or the axe handle. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:11 PM It is a shame -B is not here. Posted by: Just asking at March 17, 2006 06:09 PM Yeah, I miss the 20-posts long XBOX 360 ads. Or the cocktail recipies accented with just a bit o' conversation...with himself? Posted by: Harold Don't you read? SPOOKY. Posted by: Just telling at March 17, 2006 6:12 PM Posted by: Just asking at March 17, 2006 06:09 PM Like Me? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:13 PM ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!! My wife who cant stand me is beating me today so I cant be blogging the talking points bullshit on my target blogs. My fantasy love of George W Bush is fading as no one connected with him will reciprocate. Besides that I can hardly see, my diabetes is raging and my weight tires me out rapidly. Woah is me! I dont think I'll make it to 65 at this rate. Posted by: War Dog at March 17, 2006 6:14 PM Unhinged? nah, a new crew learning the ropes. anyone not here has their hands full and working. or goofing off stylishy like me. make a contribution or... Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 17, 2006 6:15 PM Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 06:11 PM Yo Harold, Im Gonna Call in to the Show..... What you think I should ask? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:15 PM On Scene: How Operation Swarmer Fizzled Four Black Hawk helicopters landed in a wheat field and dropped off a television crew, three photographers, three print reporters and three Iraqi government officials right into the middle of Operation Swarmer. Iraqi soldiers in newly painted humvees, green and red Iraqi flags stenciled on the tailgates, had just finished searching the farm populated by a half-dozen skinny cows and a woman kneading freshly risen dough and slapping it to the walls of a mud oven. The press, flown in from Baghdad to this agricultural gridiron northeast of Samarra, huddled around the Iraqi officials and U.S. Army commanders who explained that the "largest air assault since 2003" in Iraq using over 50 helicopters to put 1500 Iraqi and U.S. troops on the ground had netted 48 suspected insurgents, 17 of which had already been cleared and released. The area, explained the officials, has long been suspected of being used as a base for insurgents operating in and around Samarra, the city north of Baghdad where the bombing of a sacred shrine recently sparked a wave of sectarian violence. But contrary to what many many television networks erroneously reported, the operation was by no means the largest use of airpower since the start of the war. ("Air Assault" is a military term that refers specifically to transporting troops into an area.) In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. What’s more, there were no shots fired at all and the units had met no resistance, said the U.S. and Iraqi commanders. Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 6:15 PM The post-spa back wax scene is in the works. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 05:25 PM I await with baited breath. Please don't tell wado that any of this story was my idea. You deal with him on your own when he has his sissy fits. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 6:16 PM Jim, Your back. Like a fresh air and Sunshine. eh Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:16 PM back to what i was doing, yer doing fine gang. Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 17, 2006 6:17 PM Seen Ono Jimmer? He been awol for a while now and I wanna get the skype goin... Feel me Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:18 PM Hahahahaha... That was one of the best warped dog posts there is and the most real. - Violence Increases in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Muslim pilgrims' road to the holy city of Karbala was a highway of bullets and bombs for Shiites on Friday. Drive-by shootings and roadside and bus bombs killed or wounded 19 people, ratcheting up the sectarian tensions gripping Iraq. Security forces, including U.S. armored reinforcements, girded for more bloodshed leading up to Monday's Shiite holiday. And north of Baghdad, in the Sunni Triangle, a two-day-old operation involving 1,500 U.S. and Iraqi troops swept through an area near Samarra in search of insurgents. http://news.yahoo.com/fc/world/iraq - Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 6:18 PM It sure is amazing how the world is letting Saddam order the execution of Bush from his bully puppet trial. This is getting wild beyond belief. I wonder if Las Vegas is betting on who is going to win? anybody know the odds? Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 6:19 PM Just Shutup till you have something decent to say without having to cut and paste WaDo.... Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:19 PM Unhinged? nah, a new crew learning the ropes. anyone not here has their hands full and working. or goofing off stylishy like me. make a contribution or... Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 17, 2006 06:15 PM Followed by. Yo Harold, Im Gonna Call in to the Show..... What you think I should ask? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:15 PM Please ready the net. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 6:19 PM That Damn Jimmer, pops in then leaves. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:20 PM Yo Harold, Im Gonna Call in to the Show..... Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:15 PM Good luck wit' dat. I'd say try the last hour, with Crowley, but that might be time with the musical guests. So I dunno why I'm just figuring this out, but that whole St. Patrick's thing is just a big myth, right? The 'snakes' he drove outta town are just representations for non-believers, or pagans? I never know what to ask when I can get through, Bob. Posted by: Harold Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 06:20 PM Ima asd this Harold: If we get the House back and possibly the executive branch in 08. Will the Democrats stand up to the mil. ind. complex that Eisenhower warned of in his farewell speech, of which the ku da ta culminated with Kennedys murder. Ever since we have been at war and it is tied into the economy. Also, will they stand up to the special interest and corporate promoted free trade policies which are destroying America? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:24 PM Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 6:25 PM Hey there Toni! Did you see the 6th congressional district democratic primary debate with all 3 canditates on channel 11(pbs) Chicago Tonight show night before last? It was interesting and they were all very friendly to each other. One thing about that show is that it is repeated 2 or 3 times. - Hey there Jimmy! How are your bones moving this afternoon? What are you up to? - Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 6:25 PM Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 04:57 PM The Final Cut is one of my favorite Floyd albums.... Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 6:26 PM Oh Harold, BTW, SOrry man. But I dont know jack about St. Patrick. WIsh I did. Look on Wikipedia, and get back with the info. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:26 PM In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 06:15 PM ---------------------------------------------- I hate it when the cynic in me proves to be more accurate than the optimist in me. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 6:26 PM What do you think? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:24 PM Eh. Moot point. Housing bubble's gonna blow (not just a slow leak, anymore) around 90 days after the '06 elections. Right after the Dems take back at least one of the Houses of Congress. Posted by: Harold Please ready the net. Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 06:19 PM ---------------------------------------------- I loves me a good (and brief) pun. Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 6:28 PM Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 06:11 PM This is what -B would say. Janeane, St. Patrick's Day...you should drink again, but seeing as you failed me, I'll drink a thousand pints for ya. Playing Zeppelin. Damn E chords. Who stole my chocolate? Sam, you're such a Jew. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 6:29 PM Freaks! :) Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 6:29 PM Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 06:26 PM Cynicism is cool.... Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 17, 2006 6:30 PM Posted by: Harold at March 17, 2006 06:28 PM Yeah, they fuck it up , let the liberals fix it. Bush comes in with a surplus and just squanders it with no rewards gained. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:31 PM A. You Are Freaky Deaky. Library Lady! Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:32 PM Need More Beer. Fuck I only have half a xanax left and a Roach, a small roach. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:33 PM Listnin to "Comfortably Numb" Oh Yeah. Floyd Rules Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:34 PM Oh and I got half a xanax under my tongue now. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:34 PM "You can't handle the truth!" http://www.moviewavs.com/0058493028/WAVS/Movies/Few_Good_Men/truth1.wav Posted by: "NEWS CONSUMER" at March 17, 2006 6:35 PM I got more beer, I just gotta go fill my mug. BRB. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:35 PM From Wikipedia Patrick gathered many followers, including Saint Benignus, who would become his successor. His chief concerns were the raising up of native clergy, and abolishing Paganism, idolatry, and Sun-worship. Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, though post-glacial Ireland never actually had snakes; one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place, as shown for instance on coins minted in Gaul, or that it could have referred to beliefs such as Pelagianism, symbolized as "serpents." Posted by: Harold Bush comes in with a surplus and just squanders it with no rewards gained. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:31 PM Latest w bush deficit is 423 BILLON & RISING! Latest w bush MASSIVE MILTARY SPENDING JUST ON AFGANISTAN & IRAQ is a Whopping 9 BILLION A MONTH! - Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 6:35 PM Dear War Dog, A Veteran’s Letter to the President http://www.pierretristam.com/Bobst/Contributors/JD030806.htm Posted by: chIMPEACHer at March 17, 2006 6:36 PM You guys want to post some seriously dope wu shit? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:37 PM O'Reilly's declaration about Fox's security isn't just obtuse... it's utterly insane Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 17, 2006 6:37 PM I love the taste of xanax. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:37 PM Happy St Patricks day G.G. & A. ! How are you today? - Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 6:38 PM Latest w bush MASSIVE MILTARY SPENDING JUST ON AFGANISTAN & IRAQ is a Whopping 9 BILLION A MONTH! - Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 06:35 PM Yeah and now wit da opium money they can fund the real Jihad boys and buy shit from N. Korea. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:38 PM Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 06:35 PM Don't forget the maximum cap has been raised for the fourth time since Bush has been in office. Planning for the worst? Congress has approved an increase of the legal limit on federal borrowing to $8.97 trillion ! Posted by: Harold ALRIGHT HERE'S THE PLAN SEND OUT A WILDCAT DEMOCRAT THIS WEEKEND WHO IS GONNA PROMISE THESE CROOKED ASS BUSH&CO. REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS HE IS GONNA BRING UP CENSURE MOTION ON DICK CHENEY!!! AFTERALL, HE'S THE MAIN ONE STILL REPEATING ALL THESE LIES THAT KILLED OUR TROOPS AFTER 911 Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 6:41 PM Listnin to Staind. Fade. Acoustic. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:41 PM Well that song sucked. Changed to Temple of the Dog. Hungerstrike. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:42 PM In fact, there were no airstrikes and no leading insurgents were nabbed in an operation that some skeptical military analysts described as little more than a photo op. Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 06:15 PM ---------------------------------------------- I hate it when the cynic in me proves to be more accurate than the optimist in me. From what I've read, the entire operation was a Class-A clusterfuck...a total waste of time & resources. The poor neocons didn't get any live-fire shots, no captures, not a "suspected insurgent hideout" or IED factory... NOTHING! These are times when the MI types won't even show their faces or go out to get chow. But, you know, you ABSOLUTELY know -- despite the WH's assertions to the contrary -- that the entire op was a fucking PR stunt. And foo-foo has the unmitigated arrogance to use the label "bright, shiny things." Posted by: Liberal-at-large at March 17, 2006 6:44 PM There isn't a civil war but it sort of looks like it and the bombs and carnage resemble something close...but it's not civil. ================================ - - - - - - - - - - - - By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer March 17,2006 | BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The Muslim pilgrims' road to the holy city of Karbala was a highway of bullets and bombs for Shiites on Friday. Drive-by shootings and roadside and bus bombs killed or wounded 19 people, ratcheting up the sectarian tensions gripping Iraq. Security forces, including U.S. armored reinforcements, girded for more bloodshed leading up to Monday's Shiite holiday. And north of Baghdad, in the Sunni Triangle, a two-day-old operation involving 1,500 U.S. and Iraqi troops swept through an area near Samarra in search of insurgents. It was in Samarra that the insurgent bombing of a Shiite shrine last month ignited days of violence between Shiite and Sunni Muslims. More than 500 people died. Authorities had feared new attacks as tens of thousands of Shiites, many dressed in black and carrying religious banners, converge on Karbala, 50 miles south of the capital, for Monday's 40th and final day of mourning for Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. The U.S. military announced this week it was dispatching a fresh battalion of the 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, about 700 troops, to Iraq from its base in Kuwait to provide extra security for Shiite holy cities and Baghdad during this period. Friday's bloodshed in Baghdad began as groups of faithful, many of them parents with children in tow, trekked down city streets headed for the southbound highway to Karbala. At about 7:30 a.m., a BMW sedan driving alongside pilgrims in the western district of Adil opened fire, killing three young men and wounding two other people, police Lt. Thair Mahmoud said. Police later reported a second shooting, also in western Baghdad, in which men riding in a car fired on pilgrims near Um al-Tuboul Square, wounding three. ...and it goes on and on, you get the pic, huh?
Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 6:46 PM John Amato, from the video blog Crooks and Liars, with the latest political clips. Kevin Baker, writer, novelist, historian, on his new novel, "Striver's Row," about a young Malcolm X and Harlem in the 40's. It is the third in his "City of Fire" trilogy about New York, after "Dreamland," and "Paradise Alley." Duncan Sheik, singer, songwriter, composer, actor. His most recent album is White Limousine. He'll be playing live in-studio with: David Poe. His latest album is "Love is Red." Posted by: Blog Secretary at March 17, 2006 6:47 PM Found a great jam. Natalie Imbruglia. Torn. Unplugged. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:47 PM anyone for a Limerick contest tonite? There once was a boy from Yale Posted by: chIMPEACHer at March 17, 2006 6:47 PM Sup Chimpeacher? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:48 PM Posted by: GAP at March 17, 2006 06:38 PM Hungry for one of those cookies. :) Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 6:48 PM Posted by: Liberal-at-large at March 17, 2006 06:44 PM you and wado aren't reading the same comic books, I see. Well, he'll have a different story to be sure. Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 17, 2006 6:48 PM Did Randi play that old clip from the Pat Sajak show? Posted by: Meg at March 17, 2006 6:49 PM Almost time for the during-the-show-Freaks.... BBL..... Posted by: A. at March 17, 2006 6:52 PM Harold , Think I should call in now or wait till seven. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:53 PM Having puter problems again. The cpu my nephew gave me is loaded with viruses and adware and spyware. We have to clean HD and re-install op sys. Damn I hate computers lately!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 6:54 PM Around 6pm, Bob. That's when Bill Crowley comes on, for 'Open-Line Friday!' Posted by: Harold Sup Chimpeacher? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 06:48 PM... attempting to post a lim or two... Posted by: chIMPEACHer at March 17, 2006 6:57 PM Posted by: anonymous at March 17, 2006 6:57 PM attempting to post a lim or two... Posted by: chIMPEACHer at March 17, 2006 06:57 PM lim as in limrick? Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 6:58 PM Who were those guys?Agents posed as journalists before visitBy KAREN NELSONkarennelson2@aol.comThere was a whirlwind of activity in the days prior to President Bush's arrival at a home on the beach in Gautier last week, with government officials and Secret Service scouting a location and checking the neighborhood where Bush would stop. Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 7:00 PM Damn! Line is Busy..... Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 7:01 PM Harold, so what would that be 8 or 9 for me. I am EST. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 7:01 PM Although Patrick was not willing to abandon his vision of a Christian Ireland, he was getting desperate. He knew that because the strength of the people rested with the Druids, he had to get rid of them in order to get the people to listen to him. Patrick was not alone in his efforts. He had brought many people with him from Britain to establish the new religion. Patrick began to destroy the influence of the Druids by destroying the sacred sites of the people and building churches and monasteries where the Druids used to live and teach. Gradually, the might of the Druidic class was broken by a bitter campaign of attrition. Instead of hearing the teachings and advice of the Druids, the people began to hear the teachings of Rome. Because the Druids were the only ones who were taught to remember the history, with the Druids dead and their influence broken, the history was forgotten. Patrick won. By killing off the teachers and the wise ones, his own religion could be taught. For this mass conversion of a culture to Christianity, and for the killing of thousands of innocent people, Patrick was made a Saint by his church Posted by: bad patrick at March 17, 2006 7:02 PM I am EST. Posted by: Bob26003 at March 17, 2006 07:01 PM Oh yeah. W. Virginia. Posted by: Harold Posted by: anonymous at March 17, 2006 7:03 PM Court blocks EPA from easing pollution rules Friday, March 17, 2006; Posted: 6:38 p.m. EST (23:38 GMT) ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A federal appeals court blocked the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday from easing clean-air rules on aging power plants, refineries and factories, one of the regulatory changes that had been among the White House's environmental priorities. The rules, strongly supported by industry representatives, would have allowed older plants to modernize without having to install advanced pollution controls. The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington declared that the EPA rules violate the Clean Air Act and that only Congress can authorize such changes. Fourteen states and a number of cities, including New York; San Francisco, California; and Washington, had sued to block the change in 2003, saying it would allow more air pollution. Posted by: toniD at March 17, 2006 7:03 PM Posted by: anonymous at March 17, 2006 7:04 PM there once was a pres called shrub whose lines noone could dub his speech was unclear and caused others to fear but the corporatists gave him a club Posted by: chIMPEACHer at March 17, 2006 7:05 PM Secret sell-off plan The industry-favoured plan was pushed aside by a secret plan, drafted just before the invasion in 2003, which called for the sell-off of all of Iraq's oil fields. The new plan was crafted by neo-conservatives intent on using Iraq's oil to destroy the Opec cartel through massive increases in production above Opec quotas. The sell-off was given the green light in a secret meeting in London headed by Fadhil Chalabi shortly after the US entered Baghdad, according to Robert Ebel. Mr Ebel, a former Energy and CIA oil analyst, now a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, told Newsnight he flew to the London meeting at the request of the State Department. Mr Aljibury, once Ronald Reagan's "back-channel" to Saddam, claims that plans to sell off Iraq's oil, pushed by the US-installed Governing Council in 2003, helped instigate the insurgency and attacks on US and British occupying forces. Posted by: Anonymous Coward at March 17, 2006 7:06 PM The Lame marketing wing of the incompetent Goldberg sends out email every week promoting extremely Boring Web Cams! to entice people to subscribe to overpriced aar premium plus begging for expensive donations to become a "air america ass ociate", I'll just post a little of todays aar marketing email and leave out the ad paragraph for aar premium. ugh... Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:48:36 -0500 (EST) Subject: Chuck D, Steve Earle on the webcam Upcoming Air America Radio Events Air America Radio will be running a live free webcam from the VIP room inside the Hammerstein Ballroom from 6:30-11:30pm EST on Monday, March 20th. Try and catch a glimpse on the camera from the long list of celebs playing the show that include Michael Stipe, Rufus Wainwright and Bright Eyes. Also appearing are Air America Radio hosts Chuck D, Steve Earle and more. For those in the New York area, tickets are still available for the show. Bring Em Home Now! - March 20th Air America Premium Members will be able to watch full interviews with the performers on Tuesday. Check out Air America Premium for details. Musicians Duncan Sheik and David Poe join "The Majority Report" for an in studio performance on Friday at 9:22 EST. Check out the live VIDEO webcast at Air America Premium, Friday night. --------------------------------------------------------------- Leaving out the fact that getting a good webcam feed is frequently not possible, relying on overpriced podcast subscribtions & lame slow refresh webcams is obviously lame marketing. Goldberg is doing that rather than increase and improve the stations they already have. If they were doing something with podcasts, they should make podcasts with a little less commercials included available of all programs at a low bit rate. That would be a missed revenue stre
Posted by: Media Watcher at March 17, 2006 7:08 PM Top O'the Irish to ya! (In a Barry Fitzgerald sorta voice) Posted by: mudbug at March 17, 2006 7:08 PM
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Posted by: Anonymous at March 17, 2006 03:06 PM
It's all fake
After a while, one guy looks at the other and says, "I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland."
Vicky asks, "Why do you say that, Brian?"
"The Murphy twins are drunk again."
at March 17, 2006 4:38 PM
at March 17, 2006 4:40 PM at March 17, 2006 4:42 PM at March 17, 2006 4:46 PM at March 17, 2006 4:50 PM at March 17, 2006 4:57 PM
one of the worst world leaders (pretend)?
project.#
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May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Where are you anyway?
Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 05:39 PM at March 17, 2006 5:44 PM
I'm not a fan of the walnut..but how do I get my hands on a cherry oatmeal cookie? I've never heard of that.
I'm on my second mug of coffee with a cherry walnut oatmeal cookie :P
at March 17, 2006 6:07 PM at March 17, 2006 6:11 PM
No one is real.
Not a shot was fired, or a leader nabbed, in a major offensive that failed to live up to its advance billing
By BRIAN BENNETT/AL JALLAM
Posted by: War Dog at March 17, 2006 06:14 PM
Meanwhile back in the real world:
AP - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago at March 17, 2006 6:20 PM
What do you think?
Happy St Patricks day to you ya old snort.
at March 17, 2006 6:28 PM at March 17, 2006 6:35 PM
“I Return Enclosed the Symbols of My Years of Service” at March 17, 2006 6:40 PM
IS THERE A MAN WHO WILL STAND UP AND CALL FOR CHENEY'S CENSURE?
Posted by: Crank Bait at March 17, 2006 06:26 PM
Sectarian Violence Increases in Iraq
whose grades might cause others to fail
His daddy got on it
georgie said Bomb shit
and his VP mistook a lawyer for a Quail
:)
at March 17, 2006 6:56 PM
The reason for all the fuss was kept a secret even from the family that received Bush. They didn't know it was prelude to a presidential visit until the day Bush arrived.
But one part of the preparation for the President's arrival involved two government agents posing as journalists.
Recounting the pre-visit days for WLOX and the Sun Herald, Jerry Akins, who received Bush, mentioned that on the Friday before Bush arrived, two men approached him identifying themselves as members of the media.
He said the men told him they were with Fox News out of Houston, Texas, and were on a "scouting mission" for a story on new construction. They took pictures inside Akins' house, which is under construction and looked up and down the road in the neighborhood.
Akins said he didn't think anything more about them partly because visits from strangers increased exponentially as government agents and Secret Service arrived that Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday before the March 8 visit.
But after the president left Akins' home, the two men again approached Akins and let him know they were not media after all, but were with the governmental entourage.
Akins said the two showed him blue porcelain lapel pins that contained the Presidential seal and another government official confirmed the two were with the government entourage and not the media. Akins assumed they were Secret Service agents.
at March 17, 2006 7:02 PM
Appeals panel: White House-backed change violates Clean Air Act
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