Shakademic and Glenn Scott take on Bush's "No Child Left Behind" policy, exploring its affects on Minnesota's public schools.

I'm first...

Second...shit...

Me, myself and I

Very quiet...

Watching Comics Unleashed...lots of mediocre comedians....

What THE fuck is with the blog being left with a shitty diaper lately?

God Damn! That is just some fucked up shit!

yawn....

welp, Goblin girl ... it's tough to be us ... HA.

Maker of Chomsky Doc Among G-G Award-Winners

by Sarah Milroy

...

Two Quebeckers round out this year's awards list: -- filmmaker Peter Wintonick and textile artist Micheline Beauchemin, both respected pioneers in their fields. Wintonick, who lives and works in Montreal, is best known for his documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992), made with Mark Achbar and Francis Miquet, which has won 22 awards internationally and appeared in more than 50 film festivals around the world. Down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, Quebec textile artist Micheline Beauchemin lives and works at her retreat at Les Grondines. There, Beauchemin creates works on an intimate scale, but she has also tackled some monumental assignments, such as her design for the stage curtains at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, and her commission for Montreal's Palais des Congrès.

The Governor-General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts will be presented on March 22 at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. An exhibition of the winners' work runs March 24 through July 3 at the National Gallery of Canada.

At least they don't dub the crowd noise like Comedy Central does....

Pooka.

Sometimes I think Comedy Central is talking at me and that's pretty crazy. Other times I watch the Demonologists on Sci-Fi bless the hell out of a house and that makes me feel a whole lot better. (damn demons. *lol*)

Comedy Central's comedians are boring too....

Can't stand that Mencia...so belligerent...it's like, laugh or I'll kill you...fucking laugh at me!

so...

So Catherine, what's up, young lady?

nuttin' ... alas .. I must go to bed....

I sometimes wonder what's going to happen to the AAR....with Janeane gone most of the time and Sam now taking a leave of absence...and Franken preparing his Senate run....and Golberg rearranging everything at the station....

Hey, we're in NYC...we never supposed to sleep...

eya gang.

missed the show.

but Bgurls ready to roll! )

Hey, we're in NYC...we never supposed to sleep...

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 12:47 AM

who said anything about sleep?

Hiya, Catharine :) Oh, her royal coolness! I disagree with you on occasion but I am so glad to see you. Rest well!

I like this blog more than the show some of the time....

Oh, I never disagree with you, Cat Chew!

Can't we all just get along?

Gotta go ....

Momo is recovering nicely.

still pretty knocked out, transfer tomorrow out of post op.

like this blog more than the show some of the time....""

yup we've had some gooduns!

Man, I'm depressed after watching mediocre comics....

nite Catharina,

sweet dreams kiddoo )

One night I watched Dave Atell's Insomniac Theater...all it consisted of was him drinking, eating, going to strip clubs, drinking, more drinking, and trying to pick up chicks who could care less about him....

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 12:57 AM

It was really quite depressing....

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.jsp?content=w031577A

...

Ecuador has a population of 13 million, one-third of them native, mainly Quichua speakers from the highlands. They were the backbone of a January 2000 uprising that forced former president Jamil Mahuad from power.

But the movement lost momentum after it threw its support in the 2002 elections behind former army colonel Lucio Gutierrez, who had joined the native revolt two years earlier.

The victorious Gutierrez appointed several native leaders to his cabinet but his alliance fell apart within eight months after he implemented austere, capitalist policies.

Congress voted to fire Gutierrez a year ago and appointed Palacio, the elected vice-president, to finish his term after Gutierrez disbanded the Supreme Court and declared a state of emergency, sparking street protests in Quito.

He was the third president forced from power since 1997.

Sounds like some losers I know. The same ones who try to give me shit about being married.

Shit, I called into the Malloy show and didnot get on and the lady told me she would put me on.

SHe said I was first in line, But I had to hang up, then call back cause phone had a kink.

So, Whats up Jimmer? Seen Ono

Dude how can you be with the same women for so long, don't you want to get some strange.

Fuck off, the only strange you are getting is when you jerk off with the other hand.

Same Old Shit.

"Oh, I never disagree with you, Cat Chew!"

Heh! You're the bomb! Sweet dreams!

Posted by: Spike at March 16, 2006 12:59 AM

What sounds like losers, Spike? The Dave Atell experience...drink, strip club, drink, drink....

eya B3

have'nt seen hide nor hair of AO.

Wanna Skype Jim?

him drinking, eating, going to strip clubs, drinking, more drinking, and trying to pick up chicks who could care less about him....

Same Old Single Guy Shit.

God damn, the south american folks know how to eject governments so well..THAT makes me jealous....

eya B3,

just chat with me here.

way i feel now i'll be out shortly.

http://www.thedailyjournalonline.com/article.asp?ArticleId=230683&CategoryId=10717

Venezuela receives award

...

He continued by re-minding those in attendance of the “constant and unconditional” help to the people of the US, especially after the hurricanes Katrina and Rita in late 2005. The state oil company PDVSA, through their US supplier, CITGO has offered cheap gas to seven different North-eastern states so far.

Cool, Back huh. That sucks donkey nuts.

SO whats new, Jimmer. ANything cool.

Latin America rules, except for the neocolonialism and abject poverty, but other than that those people rock.

I love Dave Atell and I love Tony Bourdain.

Registered Democrats, it's time to let your Senators
and Congressmen know that you're sick of the endless
letdowns. Nothing changes,as proven by the lack of
support for Sen.Feingold. Switch parties (any party
but R&D) on your voter enrollment and let'em know.

Is there a country with no poverty somewhere?

At least down there it's the poor people who are able to get their shit together enough to rid themselves of certain governments.

Shakira alone makes the place cool, but they seem to know that life is for living. I hope that a little of that "Take it to the Streets" attitude rubs off on us lazy bastards. They are better looking than most Americans and for the most part a hell of a lot nicer.

whas new?

lessee, Bgurls mustang all fixed up, traded a model airplane engine NIB for a needle valve assembly that goes to an antique ignition engine for it. made something like 1200% profit.

found 7 more crystal door knobs with brass escutcheon plates, and sold some antique model propellers for $3 each

Yall listnin to franken...

Fuckin Civil War in Iraq.....

These boys are Fuckin shit up bad.

THeir the like la Costra Nostra on smarter shit with mad loot.........

We gotta stop em. Good thing the revolution down S. is taking place.

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 16, 2006 01:12 AM

Damn, Good Job.

Posted by: Cat Chew at March 16, 2006 01:07 AM

Some of Atell's standup isn't bad, but his show is really sad, watching him do all that, as Spike put it correctly, single guy shit...

Couple of sappy, love song Free Musics coming up here inna bit.

There is no such thing as Costra Nostra.

Jim, Im bout to post a tight song...

Gimme a Sec. Lemme find somethin nice..........

Anybody who gets the Encore channel. "From Dusk til Dawn" is on.

Clooney's gotta neck tattoo in that, for all ya gals.

ya

model airplanes are miniature wood scupltures.

have'nt really built anything for quite a few years.

been busy with this stuff, and a few other projects

Hey there folks! :)

Looks like some more very late winter storms coming

So georgy is down to 33% approval...
Who'll take 30 %?

I'm surprised its that high with his record failure and record incompedence.

Jimmy got any more classic car photo's?
I like them old front wheel sporty Cords from the Indiana company that made Auburns, Cords & Duesenbergs(ain't that a duesy).

-

RZA-Fatal, (Kill Bill vol. 2 Sdtrck.)

Whats up GAP

umm, lessee...

1937 Cord?

http://www.tocmp.com/pix/images/37Cord.jpg

Couple of sappy, love song Free Musics coming up here inna bit.

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 01:18 AM

Fish! ♥

Nice to read you...

eya FG!

I have work tomorrow...Night SJ, Blog... xoxox

Anybody who gets the Encore channel. "From Dusk til Dawn" is on.

Clooney's gotta neck tattoo in that, for all ya gals.

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 01:19 AM

Personally, I think that film reeks...except for Clooney...it was the first film of his I saw, and I thought he was really good...the rest of it is junk...Tarantino cannot act....

Hopefully, if Fish likes it, he won't ream me too badly...

No, no he won't.

Whats up GAP

Posted by: Bob26003WVa. at March 16, 2006 01:23 AM

Hiya Bob!
Did you get your yard work done?
I didn't see your face in the protesters when shoot friends in the face Cheney came to raise money in Addiston for the designated repub that seeks to replace Hypocrite Hyde in my old district.

Not too much Bob, doing some work on my car, having a hard time getting a new alternator in. I'll have to move the support bracket for it tommorow. The old one was squeaking.

Ha!

The day before she had collided with the heavy chest in the hall and--"Look, look!"--I gasped--"look what you've done, what you've done to yourself, ah, look"; for there was, I swear, a yellowish-violet bruise on her lovely nymphet thigh which my huge hairy hand massaged and slowly enveloped—and because of her very perfunctory underthings, there seemed to be nothing to prevent my muscular thumb from reaching the hot hollow of her groin--just as you might tickle and caress a giggling child--just that--and: "Oh, it's nothing at all," she cried with a sudden shrill note in her voice, and she wiggled, and squirmed, and threw her head back, and her teeth rested on her glistening underlip as she half-turned away, and my moaning mouth, gentlemen of the jury, almost reached her bare neck, while I crushed out against her left buttock the last throb of the longest ecstasy man or monster had ever known.

Some of Atell's standup isn't bad, but his show is really sad, watching him do all that, as Spike put it correctly, single guy shit...

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 01:17 AM

Eh. I don't think it sad. I honestly don't know how to express why it isn't that bad a thing. Seriously, some of us act like fools when we are young, and it's not such an awful thing. Me, I was split between the serious arts and the serious sillies.

Deusenbergs?

neat cars! i could have bought one in 1965 for $1100 in San Gabriel Cal.

that model restored recently went for $875,000 in auction.

http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=img&cs=utf8&q=Deusenberg&rys=0&itag=crv&_sb_lang=pref

Cheney {Add Shot Gun Joke Here)

The Big Lie

BAGHDAD — And no, I’m not talking about WMDs or anything like that. More in my quixotic feud with noted fiction writer Ralph Peters, who came here for a little while and declared All is Well, and “the media” are aiming to undermine the heroic mission here in Iraq with all that bad news. Why, he himself saw Iraqis cheering his patrol as he rumbled through Baghdad atop an up-armored humvee.

Let’s conduct a little thought experiment. “The media” here are fiercely competitive. Everyone of us is looking for any angle — any! — that will break news, make our stories stand out or otherwise distinguish ourselves. That’s what journalists do, and the corps here comes from the entire ideological spectrum, from the conservative to the socialist. But weirdly, this herd of cats — which is what we could be best be compared to — have all come to the same conclusion: Iraq is a mess.

I would argue that this prevailing view is the aggregate of a lot of professional reporting, mine but a small bit. If it gravitates toward a single viewpoint, well, that’s the way it is. Sorry, truth hurts. But a guy who writes exclusively for publications that supported the war before it went down comes here and says things are fine, and somehow I’m supposed to suddenly doubt my own observations and experience? Pardon me if I believe my lyin’ eyes instead of him... continued at:

http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/03/the_big_lie.php

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love ya A.

say eya to yer siggie other!

Man I fucking hate working on cars, Ill do it if I have ta.........I just gotta use one nem books. Them fuckers are good with diagrams and shit.

Im just relaxin myself...............

There is being young and foolish, but no one wants to be the thrity year old dude at the Frat Party. At some point you have to grow up, get married, and have some seriouse fun.

uh, slightly less tight: sigur ros

Yo, Im Bout to post a real fucking tight song, seriously a Classic by a fella by the name Killah Priest. Affiliat of Wu Tang Family.

blaaaargh...

Jim,

There is a Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Festival in Auburn Indiana every year where they have a classic car parade, more than one concourse, special events and number of auctions. Of course the ACD museum there is open extra hours with special showings.

I got to ride in a restored Duesenberg there. That is one hell of a long car. A V12 engine I think. Talk about Power!
Vrooooooommmmmm.....

But for beauty those old Cords are something. A lot of old movie stars had them like Clark Gable and others. One of the star disc jockeys in the movie Sea Biscuit drove one.

one other deal i missed out on was a junkyard in el monte cal,

had piles of Rolls Royce Merlin engines and allisons. rows of old warbirds, lotsa mustangs and Corsairs. could a bought a zero time RR Merlin for $600 and a complete Mustang P 51 for $2800.

dad did'nt want me to blow my money on them. dam, i wanted one so bad! dad said we'd have to store it on an airfield and besides i did'nt have a pilots license at the time.

i was 15...

last nice restored P 51 i saw sold went for

$1,125,000

G'night, friends.

Posted by: Cat Chew at March 16, 2006 01:29 AM

Yes, people act silly when they're young, but Dave's 36...

Youth always thinks it's rebellious to drink, party, smoke, vomit, etc., etc.. It isn't. Your parents did it, too. The rebellion is of the mind, not the body...

night catchoo!

have a good snoozerino!

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 01:42 AM

well spoken, girl...

Posted by: Spike at March 16, 2006 01:33 AM

Agreed...

Dave's 36, too....

And it's so silly to drink and drink...

In film, they rarely show the aftermath of drinking...waking up in the Bronx when you live in Pennsylvania....having no clothes on...

Jim, the ACD museum in Auburn, Indiana is the old factory showroom of the old Auburn automobile company.

I would guess that sense Cords & Duesenbergs are so rare that maybe someone would be making replicas of them somewhere?

Only thing is where would one get a V12 engine anymore?

XOXOX Jim

La the Darkman ft. Kool G Rap = Alleyway Hustlers

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!

Heya Shell!

Jim!

Everbody!

From Tarkovsky's Diary, August 14, 1971, right after writing about Serafima Birman, he continues: "Actors are dumb. I have never met a wise actor. Not once! I met good actors, bad actors, actors in love with themselves, humble actors. But a wise one - never! I saw one wise actor in Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries.' But it turned out he was a director."

Many indigenous people apparently do not see any reason why their lives, societies and cultures should be disrupted or destroyed so that New Yorkers can sit in their SUVs in traffic gridlock.

one other deal i missed out on was a junkyard in el monte cal,

had piles of Rolls Royce Merlin engines and allisons. rows of old warbirds, lotsa mustangs and Corsairs. could a bought a zero time RR Merlin for $600 and a complete Mustang P 51 for $2800.

dad did'nt want me to blow my money on them. dam, i wanted one so bad! dad said we'd have to store it on an airfield and besides i did'nt have a pilots license at the time.

i was 15...

last nice restored P 51 i saw sold went for
$1,125,000

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 16, 2006 01:41 AM

The decades of storage cost would cost a mint and you would have sold it when you could have made a few thousand way back then.

Did you ever see the confederate air force in action Jim?

They have the biggest collection of restored flying old warbirds. There is a lot of them flying every year at the worlds biggest air festival E.A.A. in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Only thing is where would one get a V12 engine anymore?""

Hemmings motor news

Al Micah use to sell rebuilt Deusenberg parts. had a lot of parts for the various years and models.

i love the custom coach bodies that were built fo them, lovely woodworking, nice little touches like "gimbaled bud vases" in every corner of the passenger compartment and one on the dashboard.

Posted by: Outskirts of Infinity at March 16, 2006 01:48 AM

Actors may not be necessarily stupid, but I've noticed, when they're really smart, they have to know everything...they can't be spontaneous, they have to know the "motivation"....

Tarkovsky disliked working with Donatis on Solaris because of this....

Hey there Fish!

Sweet dreams Cat!

:-)

Posted by: Gotsta LOVE the Noam at March 16, 2006 01:49 AM

SUV's block traffic everywhere....

Coldplay -- Warning Sign

From the end of that movie I was a goin on about, Code 46

"I miss you", Chris Martin sings.

James Blunt -- Youre Beautiful

Sappy Sappy Sappy....

But kinda nice, inna sappy sorta way.

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 01:50 AM

Bresson had the same problem... the actors would often insist on knowing what led up to the particular scene, as well as what would follow it. None of their business, of course.

Al Micah use to sell rebuilt Deusenberg parts. had a lot of parts for the various years and models.

i love the custom coach bodies that were built fo them, lovely woodworking, nice little touches like "gimbaled bud vases" in every corner of the passenger compartment and one on the dashboard.

Posted by: Sunshine Jim at March 16, 2006 01:49 AM

Way cool Jimmy...
Mr Peabody set the Wayback Machine for circa 1930's

That Duesenberg I rode in was an open top silver long convertible. That was the most solid car I have ever rode in. I wonder what the gas milage was with that big heavy car with a V12?

~~~ Personally, I think that film reeks...except for Clooney...it was the first film of his I saw, and I thought he was really good...the rest of it is junk...Tarantino cannot act ~~~

No, he can't act. The movie is over the top. But there's something to be said for a movie that has a guy turn a hacked up human body into a bass guitar!

That's class!

eya F(snarky ol fart)G!

like hell!

i wanted to buy a farm in Ojai for 30 grand, had 26 acres and 3 fairly big cattle barns.

had a nice private grass strip adjacent to it.

what i did instead was just as good, but sometimes it's nice to remember the "could have beens"

i just love old airplanes...

gas was less than a nickel per gallon then

i'd guess about 18 MPG.

way cool tunes FG

tanks bud!

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 02:04 AM

It has some visceral moments...but I still thought it was junk....

blog screwing up.

have to do all kinds of stuff to post.

time for a reboot, maybe that'll fix er...

~~~ It has some visceral moments...but I still thought it was junk ~~~

Lotta the music I post is junk.

Dada makes some pretty cool art outa junk!

Not a great movie, though. I agree.

Charlie Chaplin trivia...

All his life, Chaplin was known to be an avowed atheist. He had nothing but contempt for any form of religion. He once joked, "I would love to play the part of Jesus! I fit it perfectly because I am a comedian."

Yeah, the blog is screwing up....

hee!oh well, still glitchy i guess

i'm out, today catching up to me finally,

time for snooze, and love to you all! )

Yeah, she caught my eye,

As I walked on by.

She could see from my face that I was,

Fucking high,

And I don't think that I'll see her again,

But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.

You're beautiful, it's true.

I saw your face in a crowded place,

And I don't know what to do,

'Cause I'll never be with you.

Slow blog again...

Japanese Robot Snake

Did you guys lose the blog there for a minute?

Olbermann on Colbert Report

Tommy Franks thinks dead soldiers are a bore...

New York Times - Link

Determined to spur his ground war commanders to renew the push toward Baghdad, General Franks flew to General McKiernan's headquarters in Kuwait on March 31, [2003] where he delivered some harsh criticism. . . .

One of the most critical moments of the meeting came when General Franks indicated he did not want to be slowed by overly cautious generals concerned about holding casualties to a minimum, though no one had raised the issue of casualties. To dramatize his point, according to one participant, General Franks put his hand to his mouth and made a yawning motion.

To date, 2,313 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, along with 206 in the coalition forces, and perhaps as many as 37,754 Iraqis. But there's no official tally of that. "We don't do body counts," says Franks.

The blog has been acting a bit eccentric lately....

Posted by: Waiting for Cicero at March 16, 2006 02:47 AM

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

Im waiting for the quicktime to be posted.

Can't stand wmp.

Hey my friend has a cool dog named Cicero.

I have to go. Gnite

Blog needs to rest, I suppose...we use it too much...it gets tired...

Wuz up Yall, WHats the topic of discussion.?

So WHat...........ALL youns leaving for bed?

Sparse blog tonight, Bobbie...

Even sparser than I thought....

Yo GG. Whats a tight show. Whats the best HBO series aside from Bill Maher. Tales from the Crypt was the shit.

I dig Curb Your Enthusiasm....Dislike Sex and the City....

I watched a few episodes from Oz...not bad...

I dig British stuff mostly...miniseries and Brit comedy....dwarfs American stuff by a mile...

HBO has some good original programming, but they show a lot of crappy movies on there (and not letterboxed)...

Oh my god...

I gotta buy a new car!!!!!

(I've not done this very often, I'm gonna hafta break out me Consumer Reports!)

Just stopping in to post then off to sleep

BOB HERBERT: STOP BUSH'S WAR

"By some estimates," according to a recent article in Foreign Affairs, "the number of Iraqis who have died as a result of the [U.S.] invasion has reached six figures — vastly more than have been killed by all international terrorists in all of history. Sanctions on Iraq probably were a necessary cause of death for an even greater number of Iraqis, most of them children."

Not everyone agrees that Iraqi deaths have reached six figures. President Bush gave an estimate of 30,000 not too long ago. That's probably low, but horrendous nevertheless.

In any event, there is broad agreement that the number of Iraqis slaughtered has reached into the tens of thousands. An ocean of blood has been shed in Mr. Bush's mindless war, and there is no end to this tragic flow in sight.

Jeffrey Gettleman of The Times gave us the following chilling paragraphs in Tuesday's paper:

cont.

http://freedemocracy.blogspot.com/2006/03/bob-herbert-stop-bushs-war.html

Bush to Restate Terror Strategy

President Bush plans to issue a new national security strategy today reaffirming his doctrine of preemptive war against terrorists and hostile states with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons, despite the troubled experience in Iraq.

The long-overdue document, an articulation of U.S. strategic priorities that is required by law, lays out a robust view of America's power and an assertive view of its responsibility to bring change around the world. On topics including genocide, human trafficking and AIDS, the strategy describes itself as "idealistic about goals and realistic about means."

The strategy expands on the original security framework developed by the Bush administration in September 2002, before the invasion of Iraq. That strategy shifted U.S. foreign policy away from decades of deterrence and containment toward a more aggressive stance of attacking enemies before they attack the United States.

The preemption doctrine generated fierce debate at the time, and many critics believe the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq fatally undermined an essential assumption of the strategy -- that intelligence about an enemy's capabilities and intentions can be sufficient to justify preventive war.

In his revised version, Bush offers no second thoughts about the preemption policy, saying it "remains the same" and defending it as necessary for a country in the "early years of a long struggle" akin to the Cold War. In a nod to critics in Europe, the document places a greater emphasis on working with allies and declares diplomacy to be "our strong preference" in tackling the threat of weapons of mass destruction.

What a fucking douchebag...

What a fucking douchebag...

Posted by: Anonymous at March 16, 2006 04:21 AM

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

It is far worse than that.

Can anyone see ten years into the policy chosen?

Unless this is stopped, and stopped now...on all fronts...this is a dead country.

4 posts in the last hour....

Hi Bloggers!!

Can't sleep so thought I'd check in.

Digby's got a good rant about Feinberg. The Dem's reasoning why they didn't get behind Feingold, then he takes those reasons apart.

Here's the link: LINK

Digby's got a good rant about Feinberg. The Dem's reasoning why they didn't get behind Feingold, then he takes those reasons apart.

Here's the link: LINK

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 04:36 AM

Wow, can you tell I am tired. Feinberg s/b Feingold.

Was going to say toniD...man, you're up eeeeearly...

American politics is in horrific shape....the pot needs to be shaken...

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 04:38 AM

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No worries... 'tis late!

I just woke up too!

Something to watch...

Keith Olbermann was a guest on "The Colbert Report,"last night. It was fun watching him being interviewed by the human parody of Bill O'Reilly.
Video-MP Video-QT later

Colbert is a hoot as he assumes the right wing persona perfectly. He responded to Keith's characterization of O'Reilly as being a bully and picking on people shorter than him as follows:

Colbert: But aren't these people who are shorter than him-(O'Reilly) are also people who hate America?

It's cool to see Olbermann outside of his Countdown studio and being joined by Stephen Colbert who has quickly turned into must-see TV.

LINK

Just was at Crooks and Liars...

How's Chicago, toniD?

GG, been watching PBS Superstars - Seventoes Soul with Patty LaBelle. That was kinda my era so I'm really enjoying it.

The 1970's....I dig the progressive rock from that era...ELP and Yes....

Isaac Hayes...dig him too...

Hot Buttered Soul....

The 1970's were the last great decade for creativity here....

Music, film, TV, even comedy (Pryor and Carlin's heyday)....now it's just shit for the most part....something will pop up once in a while nowadays....so many TV shows, so many comedians, and they all are mediocre at best....

Neo Cons take on this Feingold thing .. not good.

Call for Censure Is Rallying Cry to Bush's Base

Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush.

The proposal this week by Senator Russell D. Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, to censure Mr. Bush over his domestic eavesdropping program cheered the left. But it also dovetailed with conservatives' plans to harness such attacks to their own ends.

With the Republican base demoralized by continued growth in government spending, undiminished violence in Iraq and intramural disputes over immigration, some conservative leaders had already begun rallying their supporters with speculation about a Democratic rebuke to the president even before Mr. Feingold made his proposal.

"Impeachment, coming your way if there are changes in who controls the House eight months from now," Paul Weyrich, a veteran conservative organizer, declared last month in an e-mail newsletter.

The threat of impeachment, Mr. Weyrich suggested, was one of the only factors that could inspire the Republican Party's demoralized base to go to the polls. With "impeachment on the horizon," he wrote, "maybe, just maybe, conservatives would not stay at home after all."

For weeks, Republicans have taken to conservative Web sites and talk radio shows to inveigh against the possibility, however remote, that Democrats could impeach Mr. Bush if they gained control of Congress. Mr. Feingold's censure proposal fell far short of a demand for impeachment. Most Democrats in the Senate distanced themselves from it, concerned that they would be tagged by Republicans as soft on terrorism. But the censure proposal provided Republicans an opening.

"This is such a gift," the conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh told listeners on his syndicated radio program on Monday, saying the Democrats were fulfilling his predictions. "They have to go back to this impeachmen

We're supposed to get some major snow today. Of course it will be messy here and much more at the Wisc/Ill border. And Indiana supposed to get hammered also.

Earlier on PBS There was an interview of the 3 DEms running for Henry Hyde's seat ib the House,

Chrisitne Cegelis, Tammy Duckworth and for the life of me, can't think of the man's name, oh Scott, I think. Interesting.

Tammy's campagne workers call me weekly to help her. I tell them I will vote for Cegelis, but they just keep calling.

Indiana always gets hammered...lake effect stuff...

Music, film, TV, even comedy (Pryor and Carlin's heyday)....now it's just shit for the most part....something will pop up once in a while nowadays....so many TV shows, so many comedians, and they all are mediocre at best....

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 04:53 AM

You've got that right. But I think it's the mood of the times. It kind of hovers over the heads of everyone. Like a dark cloud or a shadow.

Music, film, TV, even comedy (Pryor and Carlin's heyday)....now it's just shit for the most part....something will pop up once in a while nowadays....so many TV shows, so many comedians, and they all are mediocre at best....

Posted by: Goblin Girl at March 16, 2006 04:53 AM

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This is too tragic for me to comment upon.

Say "Hi", instead.

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 04:58 AM

Been heading downhill for a while....don't know if it's the times or not....lots of variables...

Laziness and not willing to fight for your art...the 90's was especially trying, as they got it from the PC left and the insane right wingers....but you always have to deal with people like that...you tell them to go elsewhere if your work upsets you....

Zappa, Miles, Pryor...they did what they did, you like it, good, you don't, you know where to go....

The ChiLites are on now with "Oh Girl"

Watched some comics on Comics Unleashed on BBC America....they were either decent, crappy, or really bad...

It ain't always corporations, either....many great rock acts and films were released by corporate companies....

~~~ Neo Cons take on this Feingold thing .. not good. ~~~

Let all who wish stick up for Mr-just-above-30-percent.

Have at it!

The ChiLites are on now with "Oh Girl"

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 05:03 AM

I'm reliving a better time. That was about the time of the polyester pleasure seekers (my term).

You know, the Saturday Night Fever thing!! Haha!

OOOps "She's a Brick House" now.

Good point, Fish....they want to hang with Mr. 30 percent...let 'em....

Saturday Night Fever is actually a pretty good film....

Definitely a 70's movie, when you could be a little more honest...it's got a good ending too...leaves things in the open...

Morning Fish!! ;)

Definately getting more Disco now. Used to do a mean Hustle. Now I'm lucky if I can walk. How things change...and fast too!!

Disco wasn't awful...rather listen to disco than most of the crap nowadays...

Definately getting more Disco now. Used to do a mean Hustle. Now I'm lucky if I can walk. How things change...and fast too!!

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 05:11 AM

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Disco??????????????????

Are you on efexor as well?

Try Zep.

Night, night...

Night, night GG!!

UN creates new rights body; US votes "no"
Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:07 PM ET

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly voted on Wednesday to establish a new high-level human rights body but the United States was one of four countries to vote "no."

The new 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council, approved by a vote of 170 to four with three abstentions, would replace the 53-country Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Commission, which in recent years has included some of the world's most abysmal rights violators.

As the preeminent international rights watchdog, the new council will aim to expose human rights abusers and help nations draw up rights legislation. The United States says its rules are not strong enough to prevent violators from getting a seat.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=2006-03-15T170744Z_01_L15130144_RTRUKOC_0_US-RIGHTS-UN-USA.xml

Disco??????????????????

Are you on efexor as well?

Try Zep.

Posted by: MJP at March 16, 2006 05:18 AM

Nope, don't need that crap...just the pain pills and anti-inflamitories.

Iran says ready to talk with Washington on Iraq
Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:14 AM ET

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is willing to open a dialogue with the United States on Iraq, a senior official said on Thursday.

"We accept this proposal and we will appoint a negotiating team for talks soon," Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran Supreme National Security Council, told reporters in response to a call by Iraqi Shi'ite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim for Iran to start talks with Washington on Iraq.

Iranian officials had previously said Tehran was not interested in discussions before U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq.

Iran has repeatedly been accused by the United States of allowing weapons and insurgents to cross its borders into Iraq, which is gripped by sectarian violence that has raised fears of a civil war. Tehran denies the U.S. allegations.

Hakim, a leader in the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) who developed close ties with Iran when he opposed Saddam Hussein during years in exile there, called on Iran to open talks with the United States.

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Iraq's PM says willing to quit if asked to
Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:21 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said on Thursday he was willing to withdraw his nomination for a second term if asked to step aside.

"If my people ask me to step aside I will do this," Jaafari, who is under increasing pressure from Sunnis, Kurds and secular leaders to step aside, told a news conference after Iraq's first session was convened in Baghdad.

Jaafari, who has been criticized for failing to curb violence, is also coming under mounting pressure from some of his partners in the ruling Shi'ite Alliance, the largest block in parliament, which nominated him in an internal ballot.

In his comments, Jaafari did not specify who he was referring to when he said "my people." In previous public comments, Jaafari has said he had no plans at all to resign.

Wrangling over the premiership has delayed the formation of a government of national unity seen as the best chance to avoid a civil war as sectarian violence has escalated.

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Kurds destroy Halabja memorial in protest
Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:21 AM ET

HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of angry Kurdish protesters destroyed a memorial to the 1988 gas attack in the Iraqi town of Halabja on Thursday and set fire to the museum on the 18th anniversary of the deaths of 5,000 local people.

A local hospital doctor said one person was killed and eight wounded when Kurdish security forces opened fire after people angered by poor local services heckled Kurdish officials making speeches to commemorate the attack blamed on Saddam Hussein's forces.

Three local journalists working for Reuters said the one-storey museum had been destroyed by fire.

The violence erupted as Iraq's top Kurdish leaders sat in parliament in Baghdad as it convened for the first time since it was elected in December.

The Kurdish fury in Halabja could be embarrassing for Kurdish leaders, who have managed to keep the Kurdish north stable as sectarian violence has ripped apart Iraq.

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Later blog. Going to try to sleep!!

Nope, don't need that crap...just the pain pills and anti-inflamitories.

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 05:25 AM

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Wow..

Okay.

...anyway...I'm on the march for a new car!

suggestions?

My dream car is still not realistic.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent
people for a purpose which is unattainable." : U.S. historian Howard
Zinn, 1993

A 1966 Mustang convertable.

That is a hot piece.

I had a 1966 Mustang Hardtop, Black Vinyl Roof, White with racing strips, black interior. Bought it new. Would still have it if some drunk hadn't plowed into it when it was parked and pushed it into a brick wall. Ended up V-shaped.

Ended up V-shaped.

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 06:24 AM
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My Grandfather, drove Mustang's exclusivly.

At 70 years old plus ... he still could pull it off

Can you imagine this meek man in a Boss 302?

He did it.

And the rides????

He was not kidding!

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The Web site cautioned that the U.S. government "has made no determination regarding the authenticity of the documents, validity or factual accuracy of the information contained therein, or the quality of any translations, when available."

Jessica Simpson turns down invitation to meet President Bush

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Concerned about politicizing her favorite charity, singer-actress Jessica Simpson Wednesday turned down a invitation to meet with President Bush, a snub that left Republicans dismayed.

Who wants to meet Mr 30 percent?

How many more CIA drones strikes doesn't it take before you get the message

Bush means business with preemption

Let's see how does that go

Drone takes out village near Pakistan boarder killing 20 something civilians

I can't believe someone isn't at the Hague

We never signed on to the whole World Court idea. If we had, Kissinger would already be in World Jail!

Ms Jessica "I don't shake hands with a war criminal" Simpson

Go Girl

Hannity Dixie Chicks her pleaze, politicise her terrorist-ness

Bush is more than welcomed to risk his peemption policy with Iran. Go for it Mr 30%!

Get it over with!

What a Happie Doggie Day..

Iraq has a New Parliament..!!

What a great day..

I just love it when Democracy spreads around the world..!!!!

Home > Top Stories > World Thursday, March 16, 2006
Axis of Evil..

Turns out Ol' Bush was right on the money with that one..

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US document hints at ‘confrontation’ with Iran

Washington, March 16: A new US national security strategy document warns of a possible ‘confrontation’ with Iran, if the 'diplomatic efforts' to pressurise Tehran to give up any aspirations of nuclear weapons fail.

"We may face no greater challenge from a single country than Iran. This diplomatic efforts must succeed if confrontation is to be avoided," the document was quoted as saying by The Washington Post today.

US President George W Bush plans to issue the document today which singles out seven countries as prime example of ‘despotic system’. These countries are North Korea, Iran, Syria, Cuba, Belarus, Burma and Zimbabwe.

The strategy, which reaffirms the doctrine of pre-emptive war against the threatening foreign states and terrorists, vows to take all ‘necessary measures’ to protect the US against these countries.

~~~ What a Happie Doggie Day..

~~~ Iraq has a New Parliament..!!

Iraq Deadlock

Baghdad lockdown as new parliament sworn in

Session adjourned after disagreement over speaker, deputies (less than 30 minutes)

LINK

I'm amazed you brought it up! You don't think we read?

Black on Black Crime spilling over to War on Judges

It's only politics, ask Ann "threaten whomever I wanna kill" Coulter

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Supreme Court Justice Reveals Death Threats
By GINA HOLLAND, AP

Ginsburg revealed in a speech in South Africa last month that she and O'Connor were threatened a year ago by someone who called on the Internet for the immediate "patriotic" killing of the justices.

Security concerns among judges have been growing.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter joked earlier this year that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.

Ginsburg revealed in a speech in South Africa last month that she and O'Connor were threatened a year ago by someone who called on the Internet for the immediate "patriotic" killing of the justices.

Security concerns among judges have been growing.

Conservative commentator Ann Coulter joked earlier this year that Justice John Paul Stevens should be poisoned.

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060315163009990004

Baghdad lockdown as new parliament sworn in

Session adjourned after disagreement over speaker, deputies (less than 30 minutes)

LINK

I'm amazed you brought it up! You don't think we read?

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 08:43 AM

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It is a most wonderful thing..

Democracy..!

Hell, look at our Congress..

We have a Goofball who want the Censure the Leader of the Free World for fighting Terorists..

Ya gotta love that..!!

~~~ US document hints at ‘confrontation’ with Iran ~~~

Gonna take more than a document!

He's gotta sell it, Dog, and in case you didn't notice, he ain't doin a real good job!

~~~ It is a most wonderful thing ~~~

*backs away*

You're really fuckin losing it aren't you?

A deadlock that won't even allow them to agree on a speaker? That's wonderful?

On the outside we work in the UN to ask Iran to be good...

On the inside we line up the Countries to stop Iran by force..

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Britain, France urge quick action on Iran

NICK WADHAMS

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS - Britain and France, two leading advocates for a tough U.N. Security Council statement on Iran's nuclear program, urged quick action Wednesday, though they still haven't bridged differences with Russia and China about the best way to address fears that Tehran may be seeking a nuclear bomb.

The latest meeting of the five veto-wielding members of the council yielded no major progress on the dispute between Britain, France and the United States on the one hand, and China and Russia on the other. Those two nations want to proceed far more cautiously.

While the five veto-wielding council members are united against Iran developing nuclear weapons, they disagree on how to get Tehran to comply with demands by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to stop all enrichment and reprocessing and answer questions about its nuclear program.

Uranium enrichment can be used either in the generation of electricity or to make nuclear weapons. Iran insists its program is to produce nuclear energy but the International Atomic Energy Agency has raised concerns that Tehran might be seeking nuclear arms.

Despite the disputes, Britain's U.N. Ambassador Emyr Jones-Parry said he hoped for a deal by sometime next week that could lead to council action.

"We are eager to see a clear statement by the council at the earliest date," he told reporters. "By this time next week I will be disappointed if we have not got something on the table of the council."

All 15 members of the Security Council planned a second round of informal consultations away from the council chamber on Thursday afternoon to discuss proposals that had been circulated Tuesday.

[Could this man BE any cuter? He was on DN this morning and he began with "HALLO EVERYBODY!"...based on that and what he spoke about, he was way less threatening sounding than any of our 'dear leaders'..that's for sure...]

US Blocks Indigenous Bolivian Scholar From Entry

... U.S. government is blocking an indigenous Bolivian professor from entering the country to teach at the University of Nebraska for what it’s calling security reasons. The professor, Waskar Ari Chachaki, is a member of the Aymara indigenous people in Bolivia and is a leading authority on religious beliefs and political activism in Bolivia.

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Dr Waskar Ari is an Aymara Indian from Bolivia who received his PhD from Georgetown University. He was recently offered a teaching position at the University of Nebraska, but his visa was denied because his name was “placed on a list of individuals under 'conspicuous revision’ — that is, he is being subjected to extensive background checks due to alleged security concerns”, reported the American Historical Association.

I swear!

Dog, you'd preface a story on a giant meteor heading toward Earth with,

"End of Earth stops Iran from developing nukes!"

A deadlock that won't even allow them to agree on a speaker? That's wonderful?

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 08:51 AM

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Step by step...

This just what the Insurgent are fighting to stop..

Not Me..!!

I love Democracy..

The Purple Finger is still on the move in Iraq..

How ya gotta stop it..???

p.s. The point was that some indigenous people oppose oil production all together. There is not gridlock everywhere.

IRAQ: Thousands killed by government death squads

What we do not have is a Civil War in Iraq..

Ya just can not show that on the ground..

What we do have is a Parliament..

It is real, you can show that..!!

It is another Outcome..!!!

China military buildup concerns US, Iran "central banker of terrorism": Rice Thu Mar 16, 3:46 AM ET

The United States is concerned about China's military build-up and Beijing should make its intentions clear, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.

Rice also said she was confident the United Nations would take appropriate action on Iran, which she called the "central banker of terrorism."

"I am quite certain that the Security Council will find an appropriate vehicle for expressing again to the Iranians the desire and indeed the demand of the international community that Iran return to negotiations," she said.

"Iran is a challenge because it is seeking to have a nuclear programme that would allow it to develop a nuclear weapon and it is doing that, we believe, under cover of the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty)," Rice said.

"And it's lied about its activities and therefore is in contradiction to its requirements or its obligations under the NPT.

"It also of course is involved as the sort of central banker of terrorism. So we have many reasons to be concerned about Iran."

Rice was speaking at a news conference here after meeting Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and ahead of a new trilateral security dialogue with Japan on Saturday, at which China's growing power is top of the agenda.

"We've said we have concerns about the Chinese military build-up. We've told the Chinese that they need to be transparent," she said.

"I heard there's going to be a 14 percent increase in the Chinese defence budget -- that's a lot -- and China should undertake to be transparent about what that means."

Rice's remarks come amid a renewed rise in tensions between China and Taiwan after Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian moved to suspend an advisory council set up to look at eventual reunification with the mainland.

LINK

~~~ How ya gotta stop it..??? ~~~

I'm not going to stop it. Just watch this Spring and Summer!

You're gonna have a real tough time find anything wonderful in what's coming!

Tehran willing to talk with US about Iraq 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

At loggerheads with the United States over its nuclear programme, Tehran said it was ready to negotiate with the "Great Satan" to help stabilise neighboring Iraq.

If US-Iranian negotiations were to occur, it would be their first direct talks since Washington broke ties with Tehran in April 1980 after the Islamic revolution that ousted the US-backed shah and the taking of US hostages.

Until now, the arch rivals have resisted a dialogue on Iraq, despite Iran's strong ties to the major Shiite parties who dominate Baghdad's political scene, and the growing violence that threatens to rip Iraq apart.

"We agree to negotiate with the Americans," the head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani told reporters after a closed-door speech to parliament.

The US administration of President George W. Bush has stepped up its accusations in recent days about Iranian "meddling" in Iraq, adding to the pressure over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities.

"Iran accepts the demand of (Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz) Hakim to resolve the Iraqi problems and issues with the goal of creating an independent (Iraqi) government," said Larijani, also Iran's nuclear chief.

Hakim, leader of one of Iraq's main Shiite parties, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), called on Wednesday for a dialogue between longtime foes Iran and America.

"We call on the wise leadership of the Islamic republic to open a dialogue with the United States and to discuss points of disagreement over Iraq," Hakim said.

LINK

Another blog had its bloggers vote for where the new flagship station for AAR should be in case New York City gives them the boot.

The most popular response: Cuba

Bush ratings continue to drop to new lows
NBC/WSJ poll: Majority now prefer a Democrat-controlled Congress

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Support for Iran embargo losing ground - By Guy Dinmore, Financial Times

G'day, gang!

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..."From Dusk til Dawn" is on.

Clooney's gotta neck tattoo in that, for all ya gals.

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 01:19 AM

Hey, fishieman!

And while I agree w/ GG that Tarantino can't act for shit, some of his sceenplay is, well, interesting for the boys.

For example, during Salma Hayek's little striptease number where Quentin gets a few gulps of "warmed" whiskey...

...after it's poured down Salma's perfectly sculptured knee, calf & foot.

Good christ, is that HOT...mesmerizing even.

Tarantino's foot fetish is the stuff of legend.

You're gonna have a real tough time find anything wonderful in what's coming!

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 09:00 AM

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This must be March..

The Pull-out of Iraq is over..

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US calls in more troops for Iraq

From correspondents in Washington

March 16, 2006

THE US is sending about 800 soldiers from a force held in reserve in Kuwait into Iraq to help provide extra security during a Shiite mourning ritual later this month, officials said today.

The soldiers come from a battalion of the 1st Armoured Division currently in Kuwait, said an army official.

The deployment in Iraq would be temporary and would not exceed "probably about 30 to 45 days".

US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had said yesterday that ahead of the Shiite religious holiday Arbain, army General George Casey, the top US commander in Iraq, "may decide he wants to bulk up slightly" for the ceremony.

Shiites Muslims mark Arbain early next week, and the focus of the ceremonies is the Shiite holy city KArbala, 110km south-west of Baghdad.

President knowingly sign law that didn't pass?

RAW STORY
Published: Wednesday March 15, 2006

Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA) has alleged in a letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card that President Bush signed a version of the Budget Reconciliation Act that, in effect, did not pass the House of Representatives.

Further, Waxman says there is reason to believe that the Speaker of the House called President Bush before he signed the law, and alerted him that the version he was about to sign differed from the one that actually passed the House. If true, this would put the President in willful violation of the U.S. Constitution.

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Bolton compares Iran threat to 9/11

The American ambassador to the United Nations has compared the threat from Iran's nuclear programmes to the September 11 attacks on the United States.

"Just like September 11, only with nuclear weapons this time, that's the threat. I think that is the threat," John Bolton told ABC News's Nightline programme on Wednesday.

"I think it's just facing reality. It's not a happy reality, but it's reality and if you don't deal with it, it will become even more unpleasant."

Bolton's comments came as the five veto-holding members of the UN Security Council failed again to reach agreement on how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions after a fifth round of negotiations.

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Iraq: The big lie

Bush and Rumsfeld robotically repeat their Iraq talking points, ignoring the fact that their ambassador and generals are contradicting them.

By Sidney Blumenthal

On the eve of the third anniversary -- March 20, 2003 -- of the invasion of Iraq President Bush began the fourth of his series of speeches in his second term attempting to articulate his strategy for the war. None of his previous explanations had succeeded in bolstering public confidence, so he tried again. His speech on Monday was a reiteration of the theme he had elaborated in his last round. Bush is rigidly adhering to the guidelines suggested by public opinion specialist Peter Feaver, a professor at Duke University recently hired to serve on the National Security Council. He has advised the president that he must insist that the difficulties in Iraq are the price we must pay for victory and that just as Bush stands for "victory" his critics by implication represent defeat. In his peroration, Bush reached for that last point, his high note, sounding the clarion bell of certainty that is most familiar and comfortable for him. "The battle lines in Iraq are clearly drawn for the world to see," he said, "and there is no middle ground."

Yet Bush's speech provided a text contradicting his own key officials. On the crucial issues of Iranian involvement in Iraq, the worthiness of Iraqi security forces, the democratic nature of the Iraqi government, the cause of human rights, U.S. intentions about staying or leaving, long-term strategy and even the origins of the war, the words of the president and his men clash. The president contradicts U.S. ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, while the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, and the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. John Abizaid, contradict the president. At the same time, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld blithely contradicts the Joint Chiefs on the entire strategy.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/03/16/iraq_anniversary/index_np.html

UK Financial Times: Oil industry's biggest risk is the US administration

Get it over with!

Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 08:24 AM

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This would indeed be great!

EPIC

Cinematic

Biblical

If he didn't look like

Pee Wee Herman

With a dirt wad shooter

Trying to secure the peace

In the balcony of the AMC Theater

The Sadaam parallel doesn't end

He's a defanged dictator, ask Colin,
that's what his state Department web site said about Sadaam

Go's Around Comes Around

~~~ 800 soldiers ~~~

They pulled out 30,000.

And they're gonna need more than 800 more here pretty soon!

How about we just let Israel bomb Iran..??

How about that..??

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Britain, France Urge Quick Action on Iran

By NICK WADHAMS
Associated Press Writer

The United States and its allies believe Security Council action will put pressure on Iran and could lead to tougher measures later on, such as sanctions.

France's U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere said the council needs to "put its weight" behind the IAEA demand that Iran stop uranium enrichment. Such council action will help "show that the international community is serious," he said.

He also reiterated the French and British demand for a timetable that Iran would have to obey. British and French proposals have included a demand that IAEA chief Mohamed Elbaradei report back to it on Iran's progress, possibly within two weeks, but Russia and China have resisted.

De La Sabliere revealed a growing impatience with the slow progress in the council, which has made little headway toward action on Iran after a week of considering the issue.

"There is a little time to discuss, but not too much -- time is running out," de La Sabliere said. "What is happening on the ground in Iran is a reason for us to act swiftly."

Sure! Go ahead Israel! Bomb away!

Instant regional war!

w00t!

It is real, you can show that..!!

It is another Outcome..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 09:00 AM

are you still asleep?

BBL

Well...

Ima goin to sleep!

That's a fact.

G'Nite!

What Iran needs are some leaders who are not nuts..

Terrorism can not be tolerated..!!!

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US aims for 'regime change' in Iran

Tuesday March 14th 2006

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Bush administration begins vigorous attempt to undermine country's ruling mullahs

Alec Russell

in Washington

THE Bush administration has started a new, more vigorous phase in trying to undermine the ruling mullahs of Iran after five years of indecision and internal disputes.

The phrase "regime change" is seen as too loaded to use in public but in effect that is what the administration is hoping to do, according to officials in Washington.

Buoyed up by achieving its initial goal of dragging Tehran before the United Nations Security Council, which is to debate Iran this week, officials are now promoting several measures reminiscent of the American approach towards Moscow in the Cold War.

Even as €70m is pumped into television and radio outlets to broadcast messages to the Iranian people, listening posts are to be opened in countries close to Iran to make up for America's lack of a diplomatic presence there.

At the same time, officials from the state department and the Pentagon, traditionally at loggerheads on Iran, appear to be sounding the same tune. Talk of "overtures" and "outreach to Teheran", the preferred approach of many in the state department in President George W Bush's first term, is over as Condoleezza Rice, the secretary of state, nudges the diplomats towards a more confrontational approach.

yeah, we're allowing the Iraqis to vote, just like Saddam did.

Wonderful!!

Imperato Calls on Bush Administration for Increased Relations in Central and South America

West Palm Beach, FL

In his daily address, 2008 Presidential Candidate Daniel Imperato www.daniel2008.com called on the Bush administration to increase ties with Central and South America.

"Once again I call on our administration to wake up and to look at our neighbors in South America and Central America. We need to aggressively move towards working with Brazil and its sugar plants, and align ourselves with the coming of ethanol fuels and the growth of the Brazilian economy based upon the ethanol's potential future," expressed Imperato.

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Posted by: Fishgrease at March 16, 2006 09:18 AM

Good Night! ♥

Counting the Dead in Iraq

Now Hillary knows how important the War on Terror is..

You don't see Hillary runnin around doing the Crazy Talk..!!

Hillary and Lieberman are the future of the Democratic Party...

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Rule change gives Hillary head start to White House

From Tom Baldwin in Washington

US DEMOCRATS are planning changes to presidential primary contests which would break up the New Hampshire and Iowa openers, and reduce the prospect of a left-wing, anti-war candidate defeating early frontrunner Hillary Clinton.

The proposals, which have been backed by the rule-makers on the Democratic National Committee (DNC), would allow more states to hold presidential nominations early in 2008, eroding the role played by the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.

These “first-in-the-nation” states have long since wielded political influence disproportionate to their population because of the importance attached by presidential hopefuls to doing well in the early contests.

But Iowa and New Hampshire are also overwhelmingly white and located far from the critical southern states which have turned their backs on the Democrats in recent years.

The rule changes, which are scheduled for final approval later this year, would allow up to four other states to hold ballots before the first Tuesday in February — the date traditionally enshrined as the cut-off point after which the nomination process outside New Hampshire and Iowa begins.

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Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 09:19 AM

Dolt.

Some new polls indicate that the public is returning to the Repubs slowly.

this is why I tell you people not to put faith in American idiots-- especially not the majority of the idiots who vote

Jesus Drives Out The Demons

Todd Chretien is running for US Senate against Sen. Dianne Feinstein on the Green Party ticket in California. http://www.Todd4Senate.org

I don't know what that Feingold could have been thinking..

You're not gonna catch Hillary with some Loony Plan to Censure Bush..

Hillary has a plan though...

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Hillary Clinton, War Goddess

She wants permanent bases in Iraq – and threatens war with Iran

I believe that we lost critical time in dealing with Iran because the White House chose to downplay the threats and to outsource the negotiations.

I don't believe you face threats like Iran or North Korea by outsourcing it to others and standing on the sidelines. But let's be clear about the threat we face now: A nuclear Iran is a danger to Israel, to its neighbors and beyond. The regime's pro-terrorist, anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric only underscores the urgency of the threat it poses.

U.S. policy must be clear and unequivocal. We cannot and should not – must not – permit Iran to build or acquire nuclear weapons. In order to prevent that from occurring, we must have more support vigorously and publicly expressed by China and Russia, and we must move as quickly as feasible for sanctions in the United Nations.

And we cannot take any option off the table in sending a clear message to the current leadership of Iran – that they will not be permitted to acquire nuclear weapons."

Olbermann on Colbert Report [modifed to a hot link]

Posted by: Waiting for Cicero at March 16, 2006 02:47 AM

Bruhahahahahahahahaha...you guys MUST see this!

*wipes tears from face*

Hillary is a War Goddess and and Loony Blockers..

She will keep the Democratic Party away from Loony Left Candidates..

Ya gotta love that..!!!

Nip it in the Bud..

That is Hillary's motto..!!

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Feingold, A "Darling Of Progressives" -- And the News Media

Posted by Tim Graham on March 15, 2006 - 06:33.

"As he contemplates a presidential bid, he is emerging as an anti-establishment maverick, a blend of Howard Dean, John McCain and the late Wisconsin progressive Senator William Proxmire."

Somehow, I don't often see MoveOn and McCain on the same side of the War on Terror. Murray does note in paragraph 17 that "The left wing of the party has greeted Feingold's censure call ecstatically," and notes he was the front-runner in a Jan. 31 poll of the "liberal blog Daily Kos."

Just "liberal"? Murray does the same thing earlier in the article, noting that "MoveOn.org and other liberal groups" called for a censure of Bush in 2004.

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Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 09:19 AM

That proves you don't even read this shit that you post.

Uncle Chutzpah and His Willing Executioners

Contributed by: arch_stanton

Twelve Principles of Propaganda Used in Setting the Stage for War: the Iran Case

Have you started to watch 06 elections yet..

I know watch Bush's polls but he is not running for anything..

Bush already won everything...

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Senate..06

Current: 55 GOP, 44 DEM, 1 IND

Projected: 54 GOP, 45 DEM, 1 IND

DEM +1, GOP -1

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House ... 06

Current: 232 GOP, 202 DEM, 1 IND

Projected: 230 GOP, 205 DEM, 0 IND

DEM +3, GOP -2, IND -1

Olbermann on Colbert Report [modifed to a hot link]

Posted by: Waiting for Cicero at March 16, 2006 02:47 AM

"What is your problem with my man Bill O'Reilly?"

"Well, he is an idiot."

(massive applause)

lol

Pink "iPods" for Democracy! - America's bizarre plan to provide portable digital audio devices to Afghan women

HA!...take that cons, WSJ praises Russ!!!!

Inside Politics By Greg Pierce

"Republicans are denouncing Sen. Russ Feingold's proposal to 'censure' President Bush for his warrantless wiretaps on al Qaeda, but we'd like to congratulate the Wisconsin Democrat on his candor. He's had the courage to put on the table what Democrats are all but certain to do if they win either the House or Senate in November," the Wall Street Journal said in an editorial.

"In fact, our guess is that censure would be the least of it. The real debate in Democratic circles would be whether to pass articles of impeachment. Whether such an inevitable attempt succeeds would depend on Mr. Bush's approval rating, and especially on whether Democrats could use their subpoena power as committee chairs to conjure up something they could flog to a receptive media as an 'impeachable' offense. But everyone should understand that censure and impeachment are important -- and so far the only -- parts of the left's agenda for the next Congress," the newspaper said.

The Journal added: "Not only do [Democrats] want to block his policies, they also plan to rebuke and embarrass him in front of the world and America's enemies. And they want to do so not because there is a smidgen of evidence that he's abused his office or lied under oath, but because they think he's been too energetic in using his powers to defend America. By all means, let's have this impeachment debate before the election, so voters can know what's really at stake."

Rest Easy, Bill Clinton: Milosevic Can't Talk Anymore - By Jeremy Scahill

A war criminal's untimely demise lets the U.S. off the hook

This is from Paul Weyrich. Bush is indeed still campaining for President ! :

"Impeachment, coming your way if there are changes in who controls the House eight months from now," Paul Weyrich, a veteran conservative organizer, declared last month in an e-mail newsletter.

The threat of impeachment, Mr. Weyrich suggested, was one of the only factors that could inspire the Republican Party's demoralized base to go to the polls. With "impeachment on the horizon," he wrote, "maybe, just maybe, conservatives would not stay at home after all."

Snooze Alarm

The side effects of Bush fatigue.

By Bruce Reed

Thursday, Mar. 16, 2006

43 Winks: Nobody ever promised them a Rose Garden, but for the Bush White House, it's been a tough year. The vice president shot a senior citizen. The domestic policy adviser faces up to 30 years on felony theft charges for applying Bush's economic policy at a box store. The White House pastry chef left after just 18 months to work for a more reputable outfit: a casino chain in Atlantic City and Las Vegas.

Nervous Republicans, who thought nothing could be worse than 2005, are increasingly desperate for a White House shakeup in 2006. Sen. Norm Coleman threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, accusing a White House that thinks about politics 24/seven of having a political "tin ear."

Bush aides offer a more sympathetic excuse: They're bushed. "We're all burned out," a White House official told Peter Baker of the Washington Post. "People are just tired." Chief of Staff Andrew Card sets the pace by waking up every morning at 4:20. If he got up any earlier, the president's approval might fall below 30 percent.

When Press Secretary Scott McClellan was asked whether the Bush team was tired, he reportedly "joked" that he was "tired of some of the questions." But according to Baker, the staff's condition is serious: "While there are few stories of aides nodding off in meetings, some duck outside during the day so the fresh air will wake them up." All this time we've worried about terrorists—and now we learn the nation has been taken over by zombies.

Then again, why is the Bush crowd so tired? In five years, they haven't done much. Cheney misfired on the last day of vacation. If the charges against him are true, Claude Allen spent more time in the Target parking lot over the past few months than my former White House colleague Gene Sperling spent outdoors in eight years.

http://www.slate.com/id/2138031/

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The blond star of the film "The Dukes of Hazzard" still plans to visit Washington on Thursday to lobby members of Congress on behalf of Operation Smile, a non-profit venture offering free plastic surgery for disadvantaged children overseas with facial deformities.

People close to Simpson said she declined a request to appear that same evening at the gala fund-raiser of the National Republican Congressional Committee -- even after she was offered some private face time with Bush -- because Operation Smile is a non-partisan group.

"It just feels wrong," one Simpson insider told Reuters on Wednesday, adding that the actress keeps her political views private. "She would love to meet the president and talk about Operation Smile ... but she can't do it at a fund-raiser for the Republican Party."

NRCC spokesman Carl Forti said he was surprised at Simpson's position.

"It's never been a problem for Bono," he said, referring to the U2 rock star who has met regularly with political leaders of all stripes to promote various causes, including Third World debt relief. "I find it hard to believe she would pass up an opportunity to lobby the president on behalf of Operation Smile."

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Forti said the Republican group had even arranged for Simpson to dine at one of the head tables with U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. The NRCC hopes the $2,500 (1,433 pounds) -per-plate dinner event will raise $7.5 million for Republican candidates in the congressional midterm elections in November.

Simpson, 25, a Texas native who started out singing in her church choir, became a star on the Christian music circuit as a teenager and crossed over to the pop mainstream with her major-label debut album "Sweet Kisses" in 1999.

She became an overnight MTV sensation in 2003 as co-star of a reality show chronicling her first year of wedlock with fellow pop vocalist Nick Lachey, but she filed for divorce in December after three stormy years of marriage. Simpson is currently featured wearing cowboy boots and hot pants in a TV pizza ad.

eya Shell, Wado, L@L...

Some tasty basketball to be played today...Spring break - so I can watch ;)

I've already filled out mmmmmmmmmmm 6 brackets...

Gotta go find some more "free" ones on the internets...They always offer promises of riches - if you fill em out right...

So far, my most craze one has LSU takin' out Villanova in the championship - 78-73 ;)

Some new polls indicate that the public is returning to the Repubs slowly.

this is why I tell you people not to put faith in American idiots-- especially not the majority of the idiots who vote

Posted by: Michael the self-actualized A-C at March 16, 2006 09:24 AM

Say what?

Ahhh, I see what you're looking at...the "approve" line, which BTW is within the margin-of-error for the low-30's.

Check out the "disapprove" line & the difference. That says that the electorate "disapproves" of Dear Leader 3:2.

Dim Son has little more than his "choir" in the approve side. And it seems even some of those wingnuts are opening their eyes lately.

Morning -tk...

What does filling out brackets mean? Betting? I don't get it..

How's Dieter?

Mornin' L@L!!!

I'm just listening to last night's show, and I heard, " . . . or any other program I may be hosting, hintee, hintee . . . " and I went straightaway to last night's Hour 3 for the buzz!!!

Any new theories developing today? I saw somebody thought he meant his sitcom, but . . . umm . . . I just don't see him having Ned Lamont on there. You?

Then I thouhgt, maybe he just meant subbing for others as he does so often, and so well, but . . . what would be hintee-hintee-ish about that?

We're pretty smart guys. We can figure this out.

p :)

HA-HA! Evil cons...Russ energizes the base!....uh.....the Republican base?!?!?!?

NY Times By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
WASHINGTON, March 15 — Republicans, worried that their conservative base lacks motivation to turn out for the fall elections, have found a new rallying cry in the dreams of liberals about censuring or impeaching President Bush.

The proposal this week by Senator Russell D. Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, to censure Mr. Bush over his domestic eavesdropping program cheered the left. But it also dovetailed with conservatives' plans to harness such attacks to their own ends.

With the Republican base demoralized by continued growth in government spending, undiminished violence in Iraq and intramural disputes over immigration, some conservative leaders had already begun rallying their supporters with speculation about a Democratic rebuke to the president even before Mr. Feingold made his proposal.

"Impeachment, coming your way if there are changes in who controls the House eight months from now," Paul Weyrich, a veteran conservative organizer, declared last month in an e-mail newsletter.

The threat of impeachment, Mr. Weyrich suggested, was one of the only factors that could inspire the Republican Party's demoralized base to go to the polls. With "impeachment on the horizon," he wrote, "maybe, just maybe, conservatives would not stay at home after all."

For weeks, Republicans have taken to conservative Web sites and talk radio shows to inveigh against the possibility, however remote, that Democrats could impeach Mr. Bush if they gained control of Congress. Mr. Feingold's censure proposal fell far short of a demand for impeachment. Most Democrats in the Senate distanced themselves from it, concerned that they would be tagged by Republicans as soft on terrorism. But the censure proposal provided Republicans an opening.

"This is such a gift," the conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh told listeners on his syndicated radio program on Monday, saying the Democrats were fulfilling his predictions. "They have to go back to this impeachment thing," he said.

The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, a conservative standard-bearer, echoed t

Iraq chaos threatens troop withdrawal
By Paul Reynolds
World affairs correspondent, BBC News website

The chaos that has overtaken Iraq is now threatening hopes among the US and its allies that they might be able to start significant troop withdrawals in the coming months.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has already publicly expressed his concern over the effect of increased sectarian tensions on embryonic troop withdrawal plans.

"There's no early prospect of all coalition forces being withdrawn, although until this latest event the signs were looking good," he told Australian radio.

The foreign forces are now in a predicament - their presence adds to the violence yet they are not withdrawn for fear that the violence might get worse. They are part of the problem and not enough of the answer....

I remember Sir Jeremy being quite optimistic when he was on the CPA. He used to talk about Iraq being "do-able". Now he is much more pessimistic.

"Without foreign help, Iraq would fall apart much more quickly," he said. "It is on the edge and we do not know if it is going to succeed."

I say "part of the problem" because the attack on the shrine indicates that something else is going on in Iraq beyond getting the troops out.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4747316.stm

I wonder who will win the Superbowl LAST February..???

I think most folks think Pittsburgh sucks..

You know if enough folks thing that the Steelers Suck, well ....

Maybe they will not have won or something..!!

A Crazed Girl

*

That crazed girl improvising her music.

Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,

Her soul in division from itself

Climbing, falling She knew not where,

Hiding amid the cargo of a steamship,

Her knee-cap broken, that girl I declare

A beautiful lofty thing, or a thing

Heroically lost, heroically found.

No matter what disaster occurred

She stood in desperate music wound,

Wound, wound, and she made in her triumph

Where the bales and the baskets lay

No common intelligible sound

But sang, 'O sea-starved, hungry sea.'

*

William Butler Yeats

Latin America Unchained

Mark Engler
March 16, 2006

For decades the International Monetary Fund (IMF) served as one of the key pillars of the "Washington Consensus." Dominated by the White House, the Fund allowed successive administrations to control the economic policy of poorer countries in this hemisphere and beyond. Those nations wishing to buck a U.S. agenda of corporate globalization risked having their access to international loans cut off. The brutish IMF not only handled its own funds but also played gatekeeper for money from other creditors, such as the regional development banks. This power made the institution as hated throughout the global South as it was celebrated inside the Beltway.

Maybe it's not surprising, then, that an increasingly progressive Latin America is starting to say good riddance.

In recent months, major countries in the region have moved to pay off their loans to the IMF ahead of schedule and free themselves of direct oversight from the Fund. Announcements in December from Argentina and Brazil, which are paying off $9.8 billion and $15.5 billion respectively, inaugurated the trend in the region. In addition, Bolivia was relieved of its outstanding obligations to the IMF by last year's debt relief agreement at the G8. The country's newly elected president, Evo Morales, has indicated that he may let his standby agreement with the IMF expire at the end of the month.

The motivation for cutting ties has been explicitly political. The Latin American electorate is fed up with policies like privatization and curtailed social spending; these policies, hallmarks of IMF "neoliberalism," have hit the countries' poor majorities hardest.

It would be one thing if the Fund's prescriptions worked in creating economies that served their people. But in country after country, neoliberal economic mandates have produced lackluster growth at best and often have resulted in catastrophe.

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/16/latin_america_unchained.php

hee hee -

dieter is very well. Sleeping on my bed, even as we speak (write)

Took a while - but despite the fact I get up around 5:30 or so - Dietz doesn't really need to go outside until about 10am. Little dog tricked me there ;) [lotta frustrated wasted time outside lookin' at squirrels for a week or so]

There are several sites (espn, march-madnet, CBS sports) that encourage you (me) to take the entire field of 64 teams and predict who will win each game - all the way to the championship. It cost's nothing to play, is a lotta fun, and if you predict them all correctly (or at least the greatest percentage) these sites offer rewards of anywhere from 5 to 10 thousand dollars (some 2nd, 3rd, etc place prizes as well)

Ties are determined by "out of the hat" drawings.

Just good, clean fun...I've had many an addiction - thank god gambling was never one of em ;)

I can't understand why the Loony Left is not more successful...

1. They have no plan..

2. They have no candidates..

3. They spend 100% of the time running against the winner of the Last Election..

4. They talk Crazy..

5. They Oppose Democracy...

6. They want Civil War in Iraq..

7. They talk down the American Economy..

I just don't get it..!!

How can they have no power at all..???

I just don't get it..!!!

How can they have no power at all..???

I just don't get it..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:17 AM

They have Bush approval now at a measly 36% and have the republicans scared of losing the mid-term elections. Pretty good work, eh?

They have Bush approval now at a measly 36% and have the republicans scared of losing the mid-term elections. Pretty good work, eh?

Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 16, 2006 10:21 AM

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If Bush's Poll number was 12...

Would he still not be elected..??

Off year elections should go to the Dem..

Do you think the Rep should pick up more seats..?

Feingold was a power-check..

Where does Loony thought rank on the power Scale..

What do these polls mean..??

The Loony Left has simply not done the required work..

You have no home in the Democratic Party..

You are too lazy to start your own party..

Now is someone who has done the work...

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- Raise the minimum wage to $12 an hour.

- Unemployment insurance for all workers.

- Moratorium on farm foreclosures

- Labor law reform to remove barriers to workers who want to join a union.

- No privatization of Social Security. Increase benefits.

- Universal prescription drug coverage administered by Medicare, and Universal health care system.

- Restore social safety net. Welfare reform that includes job training, supports and living wages.

- Full funding for equal, quality, bi-lingual public education. No vouchers.

- Repeal tax cuts to the rich and corporations.

- Close corporate tax loopholes.

- Restitution to workers' pensions.

- Strong regulation of financial industry.

- Regulation and public ownership of utilities

- Prosecute corporate polluters. Public works program to clean our air, water and land

- Aid to cities and states. Federally funded infrastructure repair and social service programs

- No to war with Iraq

- Repeal Fast Track and NAFTA, stop Free Trade Area of the Americas(FTAA). No secrecy.

- Save Salt II Agreements, reject Star Wars and Nuclear Posture Review

- Abolish nuclear weapons

- End military interventions.

- Cut military budget and fund human needs.

- End racial profiling.

- Repeal the death penalty.

- Enforce civil rights laws and affirmative action.

- Repeal USA Patriot Act.

- Legalization and protection of immigrant rights.

- Public financing of elections. Overall election law reform including Instant Runoff Voting.

- Youth and student bill of rights. Guarantee youth's right to earn, learn and live.

Anyone claiming that it is meaningless that the presidency and the administration and all of their policies are swirling down the toilet of public opinion is either blind, a fool or a propagandist.

If public opinion is meaningless, so is democracy.

The Journal added: "Not only do [Democrats] want to block his policies, they also plan to rebuke and embarrass him in front of the world and America's enemies. And they want to do so not because there is a smidgen of evidence that he's abused his office or lied under oath, but because they think he's been too energetic in using his powers to defend America. By all means, let's have this impeachment debate before the election, so voters can know what's really at stake."

Posted by: Gare at March 16, 2006 09:47 AM

"[N]ot...a smidgen of evidence..."?

I realize the WSJ -- t/w/b the "W_Says_Journal" -- is a bastion of conservative/wingnut ideals...

...but, "not a smidgen of evidence."

Really? Then why are the wingnut congressional leaders spinning like Whirling Dervishes to stop any investigations which would prove there's "not a smidgen of evidence?" Hmmmm?

"Trust us," the wingnuts proclaim.

But, christ no, don't put that trust to the test by swearing anyone in, on the record, who might shed some light on whether or not the wingnut's are derserving of that trust.

I'm looking forward to a Merry Fitzmas this summer, replete with the neocon's bloody balls hanging from the tanenbaum. And Fitzie standin' there with a shit-eatin' grin on his face & tryin' to hide the scalpel in his hand.

And look, damn, I knew it...there's Cuntler's pair near the angel. Guess I gotta start gettin' used to ol' sandpaper snatch singin' soprano, eh?

If public opinion is meaningless, so is democracy.

Posted by: Crank Bait at March 16, 2006 10:31 AM

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Perhaps you can show us how that translates into practical terms..

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:30 AM

1)You forgot to say anything about abortion

2)12$/hour? This is where the libertarian in me says why not 20,50,75, etc?

The way I see it..

The Dems are gonna run as War Dog Lite..

The Reps are gonna run as the Defense Party..

The Loony Left will not run..

At Election time the folks get to vote for the Party that runs..

Case Closed..!!

http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/

I just don't get it..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:17 AM

Well, the I look at it is...we really don't want you to get "it." Look at it like this.....right wingers are the squares and left wingers are the hipsters. There's a huge gap between the two and left wingers ...the hipsters just don't want the squares to understand "it."

Putting it more simply...in square vernacular...it's like the way jazz musicians
know their music is generally listened too buy other musicians and a small circle of aficionados. They know "jazz is dead," and they don't give a fuck...because it's harder to play and harder for the squares to understand and like.

So, the fact that you don't get "it" is where it's at. You just don't get "it," man, and you are never going to get "it."

Good morning, -tk.

Breaking news..!!!!

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U.S. and Iraqi forces launched the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion against insurgents north of Baghdad

I just don't get it..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:17 AM

Well, the way I look at it is...we really don't want you to get "it." Look at it like this.....right wingers are the squares and left wingers are the hipsters. There's a huge gap between the two and left wingers ...the hipsters just don't want the squares to understand "it."

Putting it more simply...in square vernacular...it's like the way jazz musicians know their music is generally listened to by other musicians and a small circle of aficionados. They know "jazz is dead," and they don't give a fuck...because it's harder to play and harder for the squares to understand and like.

So, the fact that you don't get "it" is where it's at. You just don't get "it," man, and you are never going to get "it."

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 10:37 AM

eya L@L...

Haven't loaded the new OS yet...but going to place a phone call to the guy that can - in about t-minus...right now!!! :)

Putting it more simply...in square vernacular...it's like the way jazz musicians know their music is generally listened too buy other musicians and a small circle of aficionados. They know "jazz is dead," and they don't give a fuck...because it's harder to play and harder for the squares to understand and like.

So, the fact that you don't get "it" is where it's at. You just don't get "it," man, and you are never going to get "it."

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 10:37 AM

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That kinda supports my thought that the left has no power..

And has no plan to be elected..

Why waste the time..??

Posted by: -tk at March 16, 2006 10:15 AM

Dietz...I like that..nice nic name...

*

Posted by: Fickle Prankster at March 16, 2006 10:08 AM

You caused me to hum a little Deano in the shower... - 'When the Moon hits your eye....."

:)

Posted by: Exhausted Blogger at March 16, 2006 10:15 AM

That's a good one..i'm gonna use it....

And has no plan to be elected..

Why waste the time..??

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:41 AM

That was a damn good guess. So, now that you have a clue...why not just go away and quit wasting your time trying to fuck with us?

I just don't get it..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:17 AM...

Simple answer; Truth

Bullshit fills the brain with nonsense.

That was a damn good guess. So, now that you have a clue...why not just go away and quit wasting your time trying to fuck with us?

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 10:43 AM

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Well I don't think Sam agrees with your politics..

It is his show..

And this is the blog about his show..

Why would Sam waste the time and money if he thought as you do..???

Why would Sam waste the time and money if he thought as you do..???

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:47 AM

You don't understand anything about Sam's way of thinking. He thinks in the "it" zone that you don't get. You are wasting your time hanging around here.

At Election time the folks get to vote for the Party that runs..

Case Closed..!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:36 AM

Besides Peoples Party, what name can you come up with that is "catchy" for the looney left? How about the "Progressive Party"? Do you think that name can work to rally members? (and remember, don't use any word that looks like "social").

p :)

Posted by: [AWOL] Prankster at March 16, 2006 10:08 AM

*faints clean away in his chair*

Well roll me in the mud & spank me til me I'm happy...it's POINTMAN!

Where the fuck have YOU been?

Yeah, after contemplating Sammer's "hintee, hintee" remark over a brassie [nothing has changed in that regard, Petey! : ) ], I'm thinkin' he was referring to the potential sitcom gig that he's had a stiffee for since forever.

How u b, Mr. Moon?

WASHINGTON - The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll might sound like a broken record, but the tune grows louder as congressional midterm elections get closer and closer: President Bush is once again facing the lowest job approval rating of his presidency, the lowest percentage of Americans who believe the country is headed in the right direction, and an electorate that greatly prefers a Democratic-controlled Congress over a Republican-controlled one.

Yet the poll also shows something else that goes beyond the November midterm elections: A strong majority believes Bush is experiencing a long-term setback from which he’s unlikely to recover. “He’s losing his grip on governance,” says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted this survey with Republican Bill McInturff. “It’s now a sense that we’ve seen the best that he’s going to produce as president of the United States.”

“It’s now a sense that we’ve seen the best that he’s going to produce as president of the United States.”

Posted by: News From Home at March 16, 2006 10:51 AM

HOLY SHIT! What we've seen out of this dork has been his best??????

What a fucking loser Bush is!

Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins

AP Photo/KHALID MOHAMMED


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The United States on Thursday launched what was termed the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion, targeting insurgent strongholds north of the capital, the military said.

The U.S. military said Iraqi troops also were involved in the operation aimed at clearing a "suspected insurgent operating area northeast of Samarra."

"More than 1,500 Iraqi and Coalition troops, over 200 tactical vehicles, and more than 50 aircraft participated in the operation," the military statement said.

Samarra is 60 miles north of Baghdad.

The military said the operation was expected to continue over several days against insurgent targets in Salahuddin province.

The military said the operation was expected to continue over several days against insurgent targets in Salahuddin province.

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:56 AM

Now don't come all over your keyboard and fuck it up.

HOLY SHIT! What we've seen out of this dork has been his best??????

What a fucking loser Bush is!

Posted by: Moldy Fig at March 16, 2006 10:54 AM

You took the words out of my mouth...thank you!!!

Hello again bloggers!!

The military said the operation was expected to continue over several days against insurgent targets in Salahuddin province.

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:56 AM

Is this where our military kills another 10,000 innocent citizens? Will that mean we're winning? Too many shades of Viet Nam here...

Dietz...I like that..nice nic name...

Posted by: A. at March 16, 2006 10:41 AM

Mmmm - and it is the name of one of the largest Music stores in my entire state...

I've spent enough there over the years...

I'm thinking I could negotiate an endorsement deal - get dieter on some tasty tv commercials...

Since I'm "schooling" it - dieter can be the bread-winner...earn his keep (or mine, for that matter) .... :)

Howdy, L@L!!!

Maybe you're right -- though, I still don't see Ned on a sitcom. ;)

Doin' pretty good. Workin' my fingers to the bone to be not-quite-able-to-make-the mortgage. That should make WaDo happy. Though, from his awesome manifesto (above), I think he may be beginning to see the light of the truth, even though he still protests that he "doesn't get it."

p :)

Well I think that is a fine Plan...

Have ideas that the folks are just not gonna get..!!!

Ha ha ha..

Well Hillary doesn't have much to worry about then..

But you do need to think about your vote in 08..

Hillary or McCain..

After the election you can go back to pretend politics..

You should make a Loony Left Video game...

You could have a pretend party..

Pretend candidates...

You could give it away..!!!

Ooooh, folks, this is where we get into the bean spilling time, where Richard Nixon Bush starts getting loopier and more reckless.

Libby's Lawyers Subpoena New York Times

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March 16,2006 | NEW YORK -- Lawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr., the indicted former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, have subpoenaed The New York Times Co. and former Times reporter Judith Miller for documents concerning the disclosure of an undercover CIA agent's identity.

Libby was charged last fall with lying to investigators and a grand jury about leaking the status of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame to reporters. Miller spent 85 days in jail after refusing to tell a grand jury about conversations she had with Libby about Plame.

Miller later testified before the grand jury, saying Libby had given her permission to do so, and provided the panel with edited notes of her interviews with the former chief of staff.

She retired from the Times in November.

The Times reported Thursday that the new subpoenas seek Miller's notes and other materials, including any other documents concerning Plame prepared by Miller and Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof. It said other materials included drafts of a personal account by Miller published in the Times about her grand jury testimony, and documents concerning a recent Vanity Fair article and her interactions with a Times editor.

Plame's CIA identity was first published by columnist Robert Novak in July 2003, shortly after Plame's husband, former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, accused the Bush administration of twisting prewar intelligence to exaggerate the Iraqi threat.

Wilson has said he believes his wife's identity was disclosed to undermine his credibility.

Libby lawyer William H. Jeffress Jr. would not tell the Times whether other reporters and news organizations had been subpoenaed.

Representatives for Matthew Cooper of Time magazine and Tim Russert of NBC News told the Times the men had received subpoenas.

A Times spokeswoman said the newspaper's lawyers were reviewing the subpoena. A lawyer for Miller, Robert S. Bennett, said she would likely fight her

Pretend candidates...

You could give it away..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 11:01 AM

OK! That sounds good. Now, if you think you have finally made your point....please go away.

. . . the largest air assault since the U.S.-led invasion . . .

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:56 AM

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EXCELLENT!!!!!

Maybe we can slaughter another 100,000 innocent women and children in order to take out the couple dozen evil men who deserve it -- and who wouldn't be there in the first place if we hadn't chosen to draw them there.

This will make it all seem like a huge VICTORY when the Chimp-In-Charge cuts-and-runs just in time for the November elections!!!

p :)

Did I say, "Chimp-In-Charge?"

Sorry.

I meant "Coward-In-Chief."

p :)

OK! That sounds good. Now, if you think you have finally made your point....please go away.

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 11:03 AM

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Well I have been here 2 years now..

I have a few more years until I go on the road in my Motorhome..

Before I go I plan to Datastorm on the roof of the RV.

Datastorm

So you see, I will be able to post from anywhere on the Continent..

I am a loyal Fan..!!!

Pew: 33%

As Duncan notes: "The single word most frequently associated with George W. Bush today is "incompetent,"and close behind are two other increasingly mentioned descriptors: "idiot" and "liar." All three are mentioned far more often today than a year ago." Do the Dems need anything else?"

Something else Bush and Jesus have in common...Jesus died at 33, too.

Impeachable Strategy

David Corn
March 15, 2006

David Corn writes The Loyal Opposition twice a month for TomPaine.com. Corn is also the Washington editor of The Nation and is the author of The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception (Crown Publishers). Read his blog at http://www.davidcorn.com.

In 1868, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Andrew Johnson. The president was a Democrat. The House was controlled by Republicans.

In 1974, the House judiciary committee voted to impeach President Richard Nixon. The president was a Republican. The House was controlled by Democrats.

In 1998, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Bill Clinton. The president was a Democrat. The House was controlled by Republicans.

See a pattern here?

Yet, a band of left-of-center activists and a group of Democratic members of Congress are now calling for the impeachment of George W. Bush and acting as if this is a campaign that can actually succeed. A recent email from one pro-impeachment group declares, "Let's make impeachment our highest priority this spring—victory is possible!!" It scoffs at Democrats who dismiss impeachment as unrealistic and proclaims them the enemy.

There is nothing wrong with arguing that a president who overstated the case for war to whip up popular support, all for a misadventure that has led to the deaths of thousands, deserves the ultimate penalty. But neither is there anything wrong with recognizing political realities in assessing political strategies. Republicans don't impeach Republicans and Democrats don't impeach Democrats. So why waste time demanding that the Republicans politically assassinate the leader of their party?

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/03/15/impeachable_strategy.php

You caused me to hum a little Deano in the shower... - 'When the Moon hits your eye....."

:)

Posted by: A. at March 16, 2006 10:41 AM

'When pete's moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie...

You're fuckin'-a-tweet...that's amore!'

Dean usually followed that up w/ his infamous rendition of "I left my MOON.....in San Fraannnn__cisssss__co!"

*snark*

*

Largest Iraq Air Assault Since '03 Begins

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 10:56 AM

Yippee!

The neocons are now channelling Nixon, MacNamara & Kissinger in the sitroom.

Illuminati hats are optional. But they're giving Nancy Raygun's ouiji board a real fucking workout.

Feh!

You don't understand anything about Sam's way of thinking.

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 10:49 AM

and you know Sam's way of thinking.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Feh!

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at March 16, 2006 11:15 AM

Im glad were spending all this countys resources and money to help an insignificant country of 25 million tribal fuckheads who want to kill each other.

No work to do here in america. just wait for the dollar to crash and wait to become the free-est third world country ever.

AMEN

and you know Sam's way of thinking.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Anonymous at March 16, 2006 11:18 AM

No, I don't. But I know he's on my team...not War Dog's.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Hello again bloggers!!

Posted by: toniD at March 16, 2006 10:58 AM

hiya toni D[arlin]!

So, you decide on a course on your PC?

No, I don't. But I know he's on my team...not War Dog's.

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 11:20 AM

Your team, eh.

I'm sure this is Sam's blog and he calls the plays.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

jerko

i wonder how many civilians will be killed today by American Bombers ?

Thats the way to win hearts and minds !

Kill Iraqi civilians.

and listen to the fucking piece of shit calling into Jerry Springer right now....

saying " The News isnt covering all the good things going on in Iraq"

Jesus... Americans are fucking DUMB !!!!

No, I don't. But I know he's on my team...not War Dog's.

Posted by: 52nd St. at March 16, 2006 11:20 AM

Your team, eh.

I'm sure this is Sam's blog and he calls the plays.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

jerko

Posted by: Anonymous at March 16, 2006 11:24 AM

Well, I'm glad you are sure of something War dog.
Also glad you had your laugh. Now, please just go back to not getting "it" and go play on the freeway.

Jesus... Americans are fucking DUMB !!!!

Posted by: Obvious Stooge at March 16, 2006 11:27 AM

Oh....but please don't forget the FAT part!

DUMB and FAT!

i wonder how many civilians will be killed today by American Bombers ?

Thats the way to win hearts and minds !

Kill Iraqi civilians.

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It just drives you crazy when your Insurgents get feed into the meat grinder, doesn't it..??

Oh you so hope for Civil War..!

Then your Pals can overthrow the democratically elected government of Iraq..

And even free Saddam to take back power..

But noooooooooooooo!

Not today..

Today your pals get their asses kicked..!!!

hiya toni D[arlin]!

So, you decide on a course on your PC?

Posted by: Liberal-at-large at March 16, 2006 11:21 AM

YeaH, L@L. Decided to rebuild mine. I need a hard drive and windows XP. I do some sork from home and I want to be able to reun MS Office. I don't know if Linux can do that. I already have that program. I have the box and everything else is in decent condition...so maybe for a couple hundred, I can salvage the old one.

There is nothing surprising about victorious Islamists who appeal to their constituents with a religio-nationalist message, any more than a victorious George Bush who makes similar successful appeals to his voters. The best response to the triumphant Islamists, whether you like or dislike them, is to understand the political, national and personal issues that have generated their victories and to address those real grievances, rather than to wander off into intellectual swamps and fantasylands.

-----Rami G. Khouri

Today your pals get their asses kicked..!!!

Posted by: War Dog at March 16, 2006 11:32 AM

That is some pretty insulting and insidious shit to be accusing the folks that hang here of being
pals with the insurgents, etc. Calling us lunatics is offensive enough, but saying we want to see civil war and more death is flat out disgusting! You are a filthy pig!