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Thanks everyone. I'm not a reclist virgin anymore.
To me, the absolute most important issue ANY of us has, and this nation has, is that we are currently being ruled by a gang of immoral war criminals. -Hornito
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:01:16 PM PDT
Hillary Clinton turned me into a newt. I got better.
by Trix on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:17 PM PDT
[ Parent ]
but a bit of a whirlwind!
I started trying to reply to everyone, big mistake hehe!
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:00 PM PDT
Doesn't get any nicer than that! CONGRATS!
by Kdoug on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:22 PM PDT
I just realized I forgot to eat dinner. Maybe it should have slid to oblivion. :)
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:08:20 PM PDT
by drmah on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:18:43 PM PDT
I made the newbie error of posting my very first diary at 10 p.m. pacific time and it promptly got swallowed by the darkness. Good on ya. One day it will be my turn!
louise 'hussein' to you! proud donor to "White Dudes for Obama" Endorsed 11/1/07 and never looked back!
by louisev on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:20 PM PDT
I've read around in here in a long time. Thanks for bringing us back to what really matters in the end.
Free Samples
by islanddave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:34 PM PDT
I couldn't believe her hurt. It really woke me up.
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:53 PM PDT
I am not a reclist virgin anymore either!
I wish I could get the rest of the pictures off my phone.
Obama Everywhere!
by kismet on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:48 PM PDT
We are all counting on the work of people like you. I'm so proud of Texas. I'm so proud of the work going on in Pennsylvania. And now getting ready to kick butt in North Carolina. I literally consider you workers to be working to save lives and stop torture, among many, many other things. I can't thank you enough.
I'm really glad you hit the big time at dKos. Now you'll have to get used to people treating you differently cuz you're famous.
From Chile to China to Iraq, torture has been a silent partner in the global free-market crusade. - Naomi Klein
by geomoo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:33:31 PM PDT
worrisome issue. We have a lot of work to do. Hopefully, she will eventually come in, and forcefully endorse and support Obama.
by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:37 PM PDT
I came in peace, seeking only gold and slaves
by revenant on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:18:13 PM PDT
but I have no idea what that means. I hope it wasn't an insult. :)
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:23:09 PM PDT
a fitting tribute; great diary!
Time for Miles to soothe me again, because jazz is the antibush. --zic
by homo neurotic on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:26:44 PM PDT
Ortiz/Ramírez '08 28% approval ≠ .280 average ~ Dump T-Mac
by theran on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:27:16 PM PDT
nuff said.
Isn't there enough trouble communicating in the one language we all think that we know?
George Orwell is banging on the lid of his coffin and screaming, "1984 was a cautionary tale, you dolts, not a motivational speech!"
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:08:46 PM PDT
That was a very good, thoughtful diary and all the more reason for this primary to end and end soon - let the healing begin. I would have replied directly to your post, but my account isn't even old enough for me to respond to diaries - I'm more of a virgin that you are (were).
North Carolina: overwhelmingly in favor of irrelevancy
by Tom in Raleigh on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:56:01 PM PDT
Why does Bill want to see Obama and Hillary throw down? Would BO be that foolish?
http://www.dailykos.com/...
by bernardpliers on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:09:57 PM PDT
as some of the pie fights and KO diaries. That's one Hell of second diary there, snappy.
I think you were able to put into one very well-written and revealing diary what must be happening by the tens or hundreds of thousands all around the country.
What keeps me up at night about the Clinton story is that there were other forces out there that once were their legitimate nemesis; but their self-destruction of late came all at their own hands and they were done in by their own remarks and particularly their attitudes. Nobody likes a sore loser, particularly when they start acting sore long before they actually lose.
It was very hard to watch for those of us who initially held no ill will for either of them but who developed ugly feelings by their reactions.
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:17:01 PM PDT
because your compassionate story shows the reader the way to reconciliation. When I stepped into the political blogosphere a few months back, I wasn't really shocked by the ugliness but I was disturbed that persons self-identifying as supporters of Barack Obama were in the thick of it, apparently unaware of the blatant disconnect between their champion's example and their own rude and reactionary posts. Much of it would have been right at home on a sports fan blog. We all know that the Bush years have been marked by displays of public rudeness from pundits and politicians to the point that we resolved to change channels or turn off the set when people began yelling and talking over one another on "news" shows. Many of us want to restore respect and civility to the political conversation but old habits die hard. As you aptly observe, losing hurts and Sen. Clinton's supporters have been subjected to a lot more of it than those in "the movement." When the tables recently turned on us, we got a taste of defeat and we didn't like it. I view the insults and talking points as vestiges of the old system where the truth isn't a major consideration; it's about pushing people's buttons to get them to act. We view the other side as bad and stupid and feel justified in acting out verbally. We're so used to the old game that a candidate whose words and nonverbals convey that we're intelligent and deserving of respect seems strange and refreshing. People who were ready to condemn Sen. Obama changed their minds as they listened to "the speech." When we rise to that standard of thoughtful, honest and respectful communication in addressing those who disagree with us, we become the change we're hoping for. Right here, right now.
Self-love is the greatest of flatterers. Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucald (1613-1680)
by Sundiata on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 11:47:28 PM PDT
It's bad enough that Hillary's trying to slime her way into the nomination against the will of the people, trying to destroy Obama's chances should he get the nomination, and devastating the entire Democratic party in the process, but the fact that she's doing it on Fox News, of all places, makes me truly, physically ill.
I would like to think that there are depths to which she will not sink, but I have yet to see them.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:01:33 PM PDT
to be from the same city as Greta.
The lesson of that history is that you must not despair, that if you are right, and you persist, things will change. -Howard Zinn
by blueyedace2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:47 PM PDT
When she was reporting on O.J. (it was O.J., right?). Too bad she switched to the Dark Side.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:09:07 PM PDT
John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
by aaraujo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:27 PM PDT
It is no longer expedient for Hillary Clinton.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:08:05 PM PDT
what her new right wing friends have thought of her?
by aaraujo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:09:36 PM PDT
But she's not above sleeping with the devil.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:10:35 PM PDT
* Aldrich, Gary. Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House. Regnery Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-89526-454-4. * American Conservative Union. Hillary Rodham Clinton: What Every American Should Know. Green Hill Publishing, 2005. ISBN 0-89803-164-8. * Andersen, Christopher. Bill and Hillary: The Marriage. William Morrow, 1999. ISBN 0-688-16755-1. * Andersen, Christopher, American Evita: Hillary Clinton's Path to Power. HarperCollins, 2004. ISBN 0-06-056254-4. * Boswell, John, The Unshredded Files of Hillary and Bill Clinton. Broadway, 1996. ISBN 0-553-06763-X. * Bozell, L. Brent with Tim Graham. Whitewash: How the News Media Are Paving Hillary Clinton's Path to the Presidency. Crown Forum, 2007. ISBN 0-307-34020-1. * Buchanan, Bay, The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton. Regnery Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-1596985070. * Carpenter, Amanda B.. The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy's Dossier on Hillary Clinton. Regnery Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-59698-014-1. * Goldberg, Jonah, Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton. Doubleday, 2007. ISBN 0-385-51184-1. * Horowitz, David and Poe, Richard. The Shadow Party : How Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and the Sixties Left Took Over the Democratic Party. Nelson Current, 2006. ISBN 1-59555-044-5. * Klein, Edward. The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President. Penguin, 2005. ISBN 1-59523-006-8. * Kuiper, Thomas. I've Always Been a Yankees Fan: Hillary Clinton in Her Own Words. World Ahead Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-9746701-8-9. * LeBorts, George and Wojciech Wilk (illus.), The Very Unofficial Hillary Clinton Coloring Book. Strobooks, 2007. ISBN 978-0979493706. * Limbacher, Carl. Hillary's Scheme: Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House. Crown Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7615-3115-7. * Milton, Joyce. The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton. William Morris, 1999. ISBN 0-688-15501-4. * Morris, Dick. Rewriting History. HarperCollins, 2004. ISBN 0-06-073668-2. * Morris, Dick and McGann, Eileen. Condi vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race. HarperCollins, 2005. ISBN 0-06-083913-9. * Noonan, Peggy. The Case Against Hillary Clinton. HarperCollins, 2000. ISBN 0-06-039340-8. * Olson, Barbara. Hell to Pay: The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Regnery Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-89526-197-9. * Podhoretz, John. Can She Be Stopped? : Hillary Clinton Will Be the Next President of the United States Unless .... Crown Publishing, 2006. ISBN 0-307-33730-8. * Poe, Richard. Hillary's Secret War: The Clinton Conspiracy to Muzzle Internet Journalists. Nelson Current, 2004. ISBN 0-7852-6013-7. * Regan, Turk. The Hillary Clinton Voodoo Kit: Stick It to Her, Before She Sticks It to You!. Running Press Book Publishers, 2007. ISBN 0-7624-2965-8. * Tyrrell, R. Emmett and Davis, Mark. Madame Hillary: The Dark Road to the White House. Regnery Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0-89526-067-0. * Wiley, Mike. Diary Of Hillary's Right-Wing Conspirator: Exposing the Media’s Lies while battling Hillary’s Far Left Reign in the Democratic Party - 1993-1996. AuthorHouse, 2005. ISBN 1-4259-0659-1.
by aaraujo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:54 PM PDT
a job as a contributor to Fox news for the 08 election.
by kanuk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:11:57 PM PDT
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:47 PM PDT
by aaraujo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:15:44 PM PDT
on the jed report. It is very disturbing. Although I am troubled by the disenfranchisement of the Michigan and Florida voters, the blame does not rest with Obama, as she claims. And does she not know the definition of "pledged"? And her Fox appearance follows her Scaife news appearance. Looks like she is going after Republican voters, working hard to destroy the Democratic party along the way.
by bigmama on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:22:23 PM PDT
closet somewhere. When Murdoch gave money to her campaign a few months back I felt a disturbance in the dark side of the force.
My second evil moment when I heard her cackle that absolutely insincere, over-the-top cackle at a few of the debates.
It made me think of the only other person who is always grinning and laughing when no one else sees anything funny....
W.
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:07:19 PM PDT
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:51:09 PM PDT
But thanks.
If you like, I invite you to read the only diary of mine that ever made the rescued list, which was about the aforementioned glee when everyone else is merely content or even solemn...
Alfred E Neumann's slogan was "What, Me Worry?
Whenever I see Bush, Cheney, Tom Delay's mug shot,
or Trent Lott, the only slogan that could ever fit that twisted collection of surreal grins is
"You poor bastards have no clue just how bad it really is"
When Hillary started laughing out loud at the debates, my skin crawled right off my flesh and hid behind the couch.
by snafubar on Sat Mar 29, 2008 at 03:20:34 PM PDT
Thank you.
BTW, I tried to rec this reply, but there's no "Recommend" check box on the screen. I have no idea why.
by Enrika on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:27:35 PM PDT
than either one of us, rec's & Hides are turned off after only a couple days. I dont' quite understand the logic either, since I frequently come across stuff I am compelte agreement with may days after it is posted.
But a nice reply works well, and I thank you.
(I spend a lot of time alone screaming at the TV and making the dogs think I'm nuts, so it's nice when I can find some agreement from a two-legged source who can type)
by snafubar on Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 03:54:10 PM PDT
Very well done.
I've heard a few comedians over the last several months talk about the fact that Bush always has that smile on his face when he talks about the Iraq war. Lewis Black said something about notion that the president should at least think to himself, "I'm talking about the war. I must have a frowny face now."
by Enrika on Sun Mar 30, 2008 at 03:44:21 PM PDT
whats the guys name? He even donates to her campain... murdock or some such...
by pickandshovel on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:28:02 PM PDT
I've never quite figured out the nature of their relationship. Strange bedfellows, at least.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:42:06 PM PDT
money buys power, or votes... Hillary says lobbyists are people too, and no, they don't influence her vote. cough, cough, hack, hack...
by pickandshovel on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:53:17 PM PDT
I guess I'm still naive enough to hope that it's not really like that.
by Enrika on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:56:12 PM PDT
a true believer without much of a moral compass.Anything for any price.I don't much care for the man.
Think Tank. "A place where people are paid to think by the makers of tanks" Naomi Klein.
by ohcanada on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 09:18:45 PM PDT
cautiously optimistic with an odd sense that something big is just around the corner.
by blueyedace2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:01:35 PM PDT
today too - just a little bit. Whether it was the polls, or Hillary's positive response about not voting for McCain, or superdelegates saying they were disgusted with the messiness of the process right now, or MCain's more of the same speeches on the economy and Iraq, or both Obama and Clinton criticizing McCain instead of each other - it just feels a little better today.
by Molly M on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:19 PM PDT
recent events do not make someone wise up and do something to heal this rift, it will be the country and not just the Democratic party that literally flies off in all directions.
We will be out scrubbing the word "United" off the signs everywhere it appears next to the words "States of America" if we don't get our shit back in one bucket soon.
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:35:01 PM PDT
Spring is in the air!
Who knows.
Bona na Croin - Neither Collar nor Crown
by DawnG on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:19:30 PM PDT
or thereabouts. If they ain't gonna win it, no way they're gonna let us look under the hood and kick the tires.
Obama wins.
by huckleberry on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:19:45 PM PDT
[frantically making two-hand T Time-Out signal]
by revenant on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:21:37 PM PDT
when, at the end of his appearance with KO, he said, "you understand why she wants to stay in, don't you?" and had a mysterious smile. KO replied, "Yes, I do". It seemed they were alluding to some insider something. Anyone know what that was about, if anything?
by dotster on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:31:52 PM PDT
but doesn't KO know the Clintons fairly well?
-7.75, -6.05 The point of the war in Iraq is that there IS a war in Iraq- Keith Olbermann
by nicolemm on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:12:18 PM PDT
by Trix on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:01:46 PM PDT
nope -- not a maverick.
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:30 PM PDT
from the other night were incredible. The Red Skelton pledge from the same site was equally insightful. Cheers.
by huckleberry on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:20:43 PM PDT
Here's the link again, for anyone who missed it.
They're very high clarity shots taken during last year's space shuttle Endeavor spacewalk.
:-)
by Trix on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:24:45 PM PDT
Makes the Hillary/Obama obsessiveness seem small, small, small.
by geomoo on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:40:55 PM PDT
-7.88 -8,77 Just a wine sipping, brie eating, $6 coffee drinking, Prius driving, over educated, liberal, white, activist, male New Englander for Barack Obama.
by EquationDoc on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:00:10 PM PDT
Now those were cool.
IMPEACH
by buckeyekarl on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 10:00:18 PM PDT
A nation of sheep begets a government of wolves.
by Its any one guess on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:22:57 PM PDT
headlining Don Siegleman's release on MSNBC now. This is really good news.
May 6th 2008: IN Insignificance Day
by stevej on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:00 PM PDT
I thought you were saying that Abrams was gonna be the keynote speaker.
;-)
by Trix on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:25 PM PDT
for that gig.
by stevej on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:56 PM PDT
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:39 PM PDT
yeehah when my wife told me that he had been released.
by stevej on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:30 PM PDT
by discocarp on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:59 PM PDT
they find Rove's fingerprints all over it. We know they're there!
by Molly M on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:12:26 PM PDT
Dan said he was staying on this story...this is what needs to be done. We dont need anymore polls, we need good journalism, more detective work, and more jails to put the corrupt Bush admin into.
Where people fear the government there is tyrany: "Where the government fears the people, you have liberty." Thomas Jefferson
by ROADRUNNER DEM on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:11:51 PM PDT
by islanddave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:04 PM PDT
I'm getting nauseated watching both.
Kickin though.
Oh, and just for fun:
Maverick: unbranded animal: an unbranded animal, especially a calf that has become separated from its mother and herd. By convention, it can become the property of whoever finds it and brands it. [Mid-19th century. Probably after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), Texas cattle-owner]
Maverick:
[Mid-19th century. Probably after Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870), Texas cattle-owner]
http://encarta.msn.com/...
I would go looking for an 'Endtimer' or possibly a "Neocon" brand on Maverick McCain. He may have been "unbranded" at one time, but no longer.
Think of the constitution as a levee. Think of our democracy as New Orleans.
by Into The Woods on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:16:19 PM PDT
I've spent many days there in my life.
My favorite amusement park, roller coasters galore there.
I haven't been there for over 10 years since moving out West. Now that my kids are teenagers, next trip home is going to need to include a trip to Cedar Point.
by buckeyekarl on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 10:07:14 PM PDT
More Evidence the Surge is Failing by possum
by ek hornbeck on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:08 PM PDT
by Trix on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:22 PM PDT
Black in White, Up is Down, Wrong is Right and the increased attacks on green zone are good sign Surge is working. AAAAKK!!!
by drmah on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:24:26 PM PDT
On Hardball tonight, Tucker Carlson asked "What do you do with someone like that (Hillary Clinton)? Someone who just doesn't care, for who there is no logical endpoint. She's basically saying, 'I'll wreck the party.' What do you do with someone like that? How do you stop that person?"
Nobody had any answers...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
by RationalThoughtProcess on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:02:59 PM PDT
by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:09:25 PM PDT
by kanuk on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:26 PM PDT
You really think that someone who doesnt' care if they wreck the dem party would tell people that Obama is better than McCain?
I don't think she wants to wreck the party. I think it's possible she doesn't yet understand that she can't just "win" this thing without doing damage. She probably thinks she can and everyone will march behind her.
It's not that I think she doesn't CARE if she wrecks the dem party. I think she doesn't realize that is what would happen at this point if she won the nom (presumabily by superdelegate votes).
by DawnG on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:22:34 PM PDT
If they cared, they sure didn't stop it.
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:25:42 PM PDT
...he's destroying the republican party.
It's not that big a leap to assume that Clinton doesn't realize the harm she'd do. The human ability to rationalize is amazing.
by DawnG on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:28:04 PM PDT
It was nice to hear Hillary return briefly to the Democratic side of the fence today, but I'm not yet convinced that this was anything more than a temporary manifestation of one of her nice personalities -- I fully expect her crazy, destructive, essentially personalities to emerge again tomorrow (or, more likely, they emerged later on in that speech but I didn't see the footage).
It will take more than one remark to make me believe she is willing to put the interests of the party ahead of her own ambition.
Hillary has shown zero concern for the Democratic party in the past few weeks. Threatening to take it all the way to the convention and stage a credentials committee battle is just the latest and greatest example. (And please don't get me started on how utterly transparently cynical and disingenuous her new-found concern for the sacred enfranchisement of Michigan & Florida voters is, or how utterly transparently dishonest her attacks on Obama in regards to this have been.)
by RationalThoughtProcess on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:47:49 PM PDT
he's still a dick.
by blueyedace2 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:24:37 PM PDT
Nuff Said.
That bow-tie is way too tight and the world can do without him.
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:29:03 PM PDT
Woman says TSA forced piercings removal
The terrorists have won
by homerun on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:01 PM PDT
by theran on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:38 PM PDT
another link: TSA hands woman pair of pliers, tells her to remove nipple rings
by homerun on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:07:27 PM PDT
for those piercings below the belt.
Then we'll have full contact chess between those conservative republicans who think no sexual organ shall ever be acknowledged to exist regardless of what passes through it and the militarist Kill-em-all fascists that would make people remove all hardware while still in line at the scanner regardless of who gets turned on/off/offended.
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:27:45 PM PDT
Obama, Clinton — and Echoes of Nader?
Much in line with the other Press pieces since the Politico one.
It ends with this line:
Do the Clintons really want to risk becoming the Naders of 2008?
I think Mr. Kristoff has been pretty neutral up till now.
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:03 PM PDT
rhetorically speaking.
Personally, I am fine with Nader. But for people who do care about the Democratic Party, it is a good analogy. Wonder if it will spread. ;)
by Julia C on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:24:38 PM PDT
is how in the media - in the press and elsewhere when the narrative changes, it's overnight BAM!
Even though the numbers haven't changed much since Feb 5th, it's like a light switch has been flipped.
Reuters - AP - NY's - MSNBC - ABC - CBS ... every outlet has a story that's it's over and the math isn't there. Call it quits Hillary Clinton.
Nader I don't think about much anymore.
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:41:56 PM PDT
Only mavericks in this thread.
I want U.S. soldiers dying in Iraq for 100,000 years!!!
Mmmkay, then?
Hillary Clinton: champion of the downtrodden White Race!
by chumley on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:03:46 PM PDT
that is maverick thinking.
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:11 PM PDT
"I'm not against all wars. I'm against dumb wars." Barack Obama
by DWKING on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:21:00 PM PDT
When I was a young teen (eons ago), at a family reunion...my mother & aunts were playing pinocle. I had watched Mom & Dad play since I was little, so I asked if I could join in. Sure...they would all help. So at one point, when we were bidding, I bid up to '38'. They were all astonished. So my Mom asked to look at my cards to see what I had in my hand...I didnt have any 2 alike. 'Why did you bid up to 38?" she asked. Well, Maverick always 'bluffed'.....end of game. (much hysterical laughter)
by ROADRUNNER DEM on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:19:53 PM PDT
remember when he looked young and handsome in the "Rockford Files" when he wasn't actually that young then...
He looks like a cross between Larry King and Alan Greenspan in that picture.
Ugh.
Why does this "time" thing keep making me get older?
by snafubar on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:01:10 PM PDT
thread ?
"The fussy armchair jackboots who live here 24/7, tossing around their cool "donut" slang are the rather pathetic souls at the root of the problem."
by indycam on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:04:25 PM PDT
Long enough that it ...
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:30 PM PDT
by Gooserock on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:26:38 PM PDT
BEST VIDEO EVER
Barack Obama. President.
by Steven R on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:04 PM PDT
No day but today--Obama '08
by someotherguy86 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:16:05 PM PDT
by dogeatdogi on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:05:25 PM PDT
I hadnt heard this till just now on msnbc
Fight for truth. Its worth it.
by vexlord on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:19 PM PDT
You did hear that right? On bond.
by ZappoDave on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:45 PM PDT
as Maliki plays Junior's General in Basra, large sections of Baghdad are under the control of Shiite militia.
link
Something tells me this isn't going to get "better."
Saying, "The surge is working" . . . is working my last nerve.
by Crashing Vor on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:06:34 PM PDT
coming around the corner---this is it: Iraq is going to be very bloody again for the next few weeks. Time for it to get back into peoples consciousness---what a waste of 5 years; lives and dollars.
by Phil S 33 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:12 PM PDT
isn't really working.
Maybe Bush & Company® didn't say it often enough.
Anyone who didn't see this coming is either a 4 star general or president.
God help our troops over there.
"Not to forgive imprisons you in the past and locks out all potential for change." -- Robert Lennick
by WSComn on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:25:53 PM PDT
God help us all. I have a nephew getting ready to go back for 2nd time....friend of my son is almost ready to ship back out again....I hope they dont call my other 2 nephews back...they served, too. (1 tour Afghan, 2 tours Iraq)
by ROADRUNNER DEM on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:23:28 PM PDT
Peace
by WSComn on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:50:18 PM PDT
are the hope for our future. My 3 nephews are all in college. A future (violinist) music teacher, a journalism major (if he hasnt changed his mind...was writing a story about Iraq), another teacher. These are only typical stories. What about the children of those dead and injured. We can never repay them. I think the best way to repay them is to make sure their 'buddies' come home now! Make sure we never, ever START another war. No oil, or gold, or POWER is worth what this war & Vietnam have cost! War is justified when we've been attacked (like Pear Harbor & NYC & Wash DC & Shanksville, Pa), but we should not start wars (for the whim of a %$#$#@ like Bush/Cheney (there are no words)), we should not torture, we should not allow others to torture in our name. God help us all. On this, I agree with Rev Wright: 'our chickens have come home to roost'. Those who castigate him for these words dont remember the words of Osama Bin Laden :
'HUNTING BIN LADEN' IS ABOUT 25 PAGES OF A PBS TRANSCRIPT--MARCH 2000 ON PAGE 11 THERE IS A DIRECT QUOTATION FROM USAMA BIN LADEN: [through interpreter] The call to wage war against America was made because America has spearheaded a crusade against Islam, sending thousands of its troops to the land of the two holy mosques, meddling in Saudi affairs and politics and supporting its oppressive, corrupt and tyrannical regime. These are the reasons behind singling out America as a target.
'HUNTING BIN LADEN' While we, Americans, may disagree with his logic, these are Bin Laden's reasons.
by ROADRUNNER DEM on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:09:43 PM PDT
We didn't clap loud enough.
I guess that whole "we create our own reality" thing wasn't entirely thought through.
-- Paper Ballots Counted By People!
by Rupert on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 08:08:54 PM PDT
Hallelujah! It's Rainin' McCain! Hallelujah!
Sorry--it just seemed appropriate.
by someotherguy86 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:07:09 PM PDT
This is not getting nearly enough attention.
Waxman Scheds Hearing for Twenty-Something Arms Contractor By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2008, 2:47PM Dude! It's time to testify before Congress! House sleuth Henry Waxman (D-CA) read the news today, oh boy. And he wants 22 year-old AEY President Efraim Diveroli, his 25 year-old VP (and masseur) David Packouz, and the company's general manager, also 25, to testify before Congress about how they managed to get a $300 million U.S. contract to supply (sometimes forty year-old) ammunition to the Afghan Army, among other contracts. Waxman also wants officials from the Department of Defense and Department of State to appear as well. He's set the date of April 17th.
Waxman Scheds Hearing for Twenty-Something Arms Contractor By Paul Kiel - March 27, 2008, 2:47PM
Dude! It's time to testify before Congress!
House sleuth Henry Waxman (D-CA) read the news today, oh boy. And he wants 22 year-old AEY President Efraim Diveroli, his 25 year-old VP (and masseur) David Packouz, and the company's general manager, also 25, to testify before Congress about how they managed to get a $300 million U.S. contract to supply (sometimes forty year-old) ammunition to the Afghan Army, among other contracts. Waxman also wants officials from the Department of Defense and Department of State to appear as well. He's set the date of April 17th.
go here for the links: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmem...
And here, Drum Roll, is the screamer of a NYT story that tells the tale. (Bravo NYT for grrr-eat reporting) http://www.nytimes.com/...
Reprise of the Ten Commandments on leaving Iraq
by skywriter on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:07:16 PM PDT
I say it was snipers... this is the new lie by the HRC campaign and i"ve seen it twice today, that the obama forces stopped the vote in michigan... what crap
by Steven R on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:08:11 PM PDT
Do you have a child? Will you send her to the war?... anon
by andreww on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:17:36 PM PDT
Counting just the poplar vote would disenfranchise all the other trees. Penguin | 03.27.08 - 1:10 pm | #
Stolen from a comment on Atrio's Eschaton earlier today. Maybe I'm just sleep deprived, but that's funny stuff.
Join Soulforce-seeking Justice for God's GLBT children. Time to change the mindset - Obama 'O8!
by its simple IF you ignore the complexity on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:08:36 PM PDT
but then, people say I have an "odd" sense of humor.
-6.25 -5.33 After the last seven years, hell yes I'm bitter
by dansk47 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:13 PM PDT
there were a number of diaries on the obama economics speech today. i ddint see any of them make the rec list. this one was my favorite because it had video and good analysis
Colin: Its symbolic of our struggle against oppression! Reg: It's symbolic of his struggle against reality.
by Liberal Youth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:08:49 PM PDT
Mmmmmmmmm :)
This time it's personal.
by apostrophe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:09:11 PM PDT
rear .
by indycam on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:13:42 PM PDT
by apostrophe on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 09:36:16 PM PDT
I don't remember seeing this diaried.
It seems to me like it's supposed to be provocative/playful, but it's def. a King Kong picture...
by theran on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:11:41 PM PDT
is the new black.
SNL? Can you feel it?
Woe be us.
by huckleberry on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:16:03 PM PDT
