Right-wing pundits in Internet ratings freefall
Published: Friday June 30, 2006
Ok.
That's a relief. Just because someone has enough money behind them to buy air time doesn't mean that they're not full of shit. It looks like the online community is figuring that out. Frankly, I never understood the morbid fascination on the left with refuting the pina ho anyway, till a commenter on Sadly, No! pointed out what I, as a woman, had suspected all along:
http://sadlyno.com/archives/003120.html#comment-61070
Sunday, July 02, 2006
NYT's spotty history
When Republicans Hurt our freedoms the Terrorists Win
RJ Eskow on Huff Po
...The latest wave of liberal outrage is directed at conservative Melanie Morgan's call to send the New York Times editor to the gas chamber. (Call it "Deadline Man Walking.") Some additional progressive heat is directed at Fox anchor E.D. Hill for suggesting a Government Bureau of Censorship...
A declaration of war
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 8:20pm EST
"Media Matters"; by Paul Waldman
This week, the conservatives declared war.
Not on The New York Times. Not even on the media in general. No, this week the entire conservative movement -- from the White House to Republicans in Congress to Fox News to right-wing talk radio to conservative magazines -- declared war on the very idea of an independent press....
Ummmm...Dudes? The media (including the New York Times) has a long history of carrying water for those in power. I'd really like to think that us uppity bloggers are changing that, I really would, but here's some relatively recent history (as far as human civilization goes, it's recent).
Project Censored's media ownership 2005 (pdf file)
I've read this book, check it out
It's about William_L._Laurence of the New York Times
And it's the first time I ever saw this quote written, although I had heard of the quote before.
Regarding the 1939 letter to Roosevelt, his biographer, Ronald Clark, has noted:
"As far as his own life was concerned, one thing seemed quite clear. 'I made one great mistake in my life,' he said to Linus Pauling, who spent an hour with him on the morning of November 11, 1954, '...when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification - the danger that the Germans would make them.'".
Ronald Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times, pg. 620.
Hiroshima quotes
RJ Eskow on Huff Po
...The latest wave of liberal outrage is directed at conservative Melanie Morgan's call to send the New York Times editor to the gas chamber. (Call it "Deadline Man Walking.") Some additional progressive heat is directed at Fox anchor E.D. Hill for suggesting a Government Bureau of Censorship...
A declaration of war
Fri, Jun 30, 2006 8:20pm EST
"Media Matters"; by Paul Waldman
This week, the conservatives declared war.
Not on The New York Times. Not even on the media in general. No, this week the entire conservative movement -- from the White House to Republicans in Congress to Fox News to right-wing talk radio to conservative magazines -- declared war on the very idea of an independent press....
Ummmm...Dudes? The media (including the New York Times) has a long history of carrying water for those in power. I'd really like to think that us uppity bloggers are changing that, I really would, but here's some relatively recent history (as far as human civilization goes, it's recent).
Project Censored's media ownership 2005 (pdf file)
I've read this book, check it out
It's about William_L._Laurence of the New York Times
And it's the first time I ever saw this quote written, although I had heard of the quote before.
Regarding the 1939 letter to Roosevelt, his biographer, Ronald Clark, has noted:
"As far as his own life was concerned, one thing seemed quite clear. 'I made one great mistake in my life,' he said to Linus Pauling, who spent an hour with him on the morning of November 11, 1954, '...when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification - the danger that the Germans would make them.'".
Ronald Clark, Einstein: The Life and Times, pg. 620.
Hiroshima quotes
The nightmares caused by the ruling elite and the year 2000 crowning of King George the Poopypants
I generally don't care for rap, except for Rage Aganist the Machine, but I love these music videos. My kid showed me these.
The Fourth Branch
Cause of Death
Mama is proud.
We could learn a lot from the youth in this country.
I wish people would quit treating them like they're stupid, or incompetent, and completely irresponsible because they are not legal adults yet. You think people magically turn into responsible adults on their eighteenth birthdays?
Now if you'll excuse me I want to finish this book today. So far, I think the title of the book is appropriate. The one descriptive phrase for the Supreme Court that jumped out at me was (that they were) "pompous asses." After spending the better part of two days trying to find out somthing about John Diebold, (who apparently has nothing to do with the voting machines, but sure looks like he was a member of the ruling elite to me) the arrogance of the members of the Supreme Court is ...ummm...not surprising.
All that hoohah about the decision that the court made on Thursday re: Gitmo? I'll take a wait and see attitude. The ruling elite are, after all, the ruling elite.
Bwwaaaaa haaaaa hhaaaaaaa ha ha ah ha, karma for you, you shortsighted bitch. Did you really think the Bushies would take care of you after they were done with you?
The Fourth Branch
Cause of Death
Mama is proud.
We could learn a lot from the youth in this country.
I wish people would quit treating them like they're stupid, or incompetent, and completely irresponsible because they are not legal adults yet. You think people magically turn into responsible adults on their eighteenth birthdays?
Now if you'll excuse me I want to finish this book today. So far, I think the title of the book is appropriate. The one descriptive phrase for the Supreme Court that jumped out at me was (that they were) "pompous asses." After spending the better part of two days trying to find out somthing about John Diebold, (who apparently has nothing to do with the voting machines, but sure looks like he was a member of the ruling elite to me) the arrogance of the members of the Supreme Court is ...ummm...not surprising.
All that hoohah about the decision that the court made on Thursday re: Gitmo? I'll take a wait and see attitude. The ruling elite are, after all, the ruling elite.
Bwwaaaaa haaaaa hhaaaaaaa ha ha ah ha, karma for you, you shortsighted bitch. Did you really think the Bushies would take care of you after they were done with you?
Saturday, July 01, 2006
Good job, captains of industry
Heeeey, looks good....
Gray whale births rebounding on Pacific Coast
Thursday, June 29, 2006 Posted: 1456 GMT (2256 HKT)
Will it last?
A mystery of mass death
By Andrew Darby
December 1, 2004
Mystery my ass, pay attention, I predict more beachings
Navy allowed to use sonar in war games
HI Star Bulletin
Posted on: Friday, June 30, 2006 10:50 AM HST
Yeesh, between the gas and oil companies , the companies and people that pollute, the Navies that protect them and the ignorance of global warming, the whales and dolphins are fucked. The noise isn't just "pollution" to them it is survival, or death. They beach themselves, and sometimes the tympanic bones recovered from their corpses are broken. If they are deafened that means that they have no way to navigate.
In fact the oceans are fucked, but don't try to tell the captains of industry that, their useless offspring don't have enough in their trust funds yet. And the captains have help.
Just more of the same
And via Danny, some digging on what I suspected
Ok that was a bummer, now go laugh at Rush via Robin Williams on Leno Crooks & Liars
thanks C&L, I needed to laugh.
Friday, June 30, 2006
John Diebold
I would like this page to be removed imediatly. John T. Diebold (whom this page is about) has no connection at all to the Diebold voting machienes. Our name has been slandered in relation to thes fuckers and we have no connection. They triend to prove a connection back in the 80's but my dad disproved them. He died last December and these sort of pages connecting him to the Diebold Voting machines just hurt our family.John Diebold 11.17.06 - 8:12 pm #
Ok, that said, this John T. Diebold guy was fascinating. Very busy, and fascinating.
John Diebold
1926-2005
Also known as: John Theurer Diebold, John Diebold
Birth: June 8, 1926 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States
Death: December 26, 2005 in Bedford Hills, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Occupation: Writer
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born June 8, 1926, in Weehawken, NJ; died of esophageal cancer, December 26, 2005, in Bedford Hills, NY; son of William and Rose(Theurer) married Doris Hackett, November 22, 1951; children: Joan. Brother William
Education: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., 1946; Swarthmore College, BA (with high honors), 1949; Harvard University, MBA (with distinction),1951. Military/Wartime Service: Served in U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II.
Memberships: International Cybernetics Association (member of board of directors, 1965--), Society for the History of Technology (member of executive council), Council on Foreign Relations, Young Presidents Organization, Center for Inter-American Relations Institute of Directors (London), International Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Author's Guild, Harvard Business School Club, Economic Club, Union League, Harvard Club (New York City), Metropolitan Club (Washington, DC), Chicago Club, Bohemian Club(San Francisco), Reform Club, Burkes Club (London).
Addresses: Home: 1East End Ave., New York, NY 10021.
Office: 430 Park Ave., New York, NY10022.
AWARDS LL.D., Rollins College, 1965; Sc. D., Clarkson College, 1965; ng. , Newark College of Engineering, 1970, fellow of Pierpont Morgan Library,1971; D.Comml.Sc., Manhattan College, 1973; decorated grand officer,Order of Istiqlal (Jordan); grand cross, Eloy Alfaro Foundation (Panama); grandcross, Order of St. Martin (Vienna); commendatore, Order of Merit (Italy); Order of Merit (Germany).
CAREER Griffenhagen & Associates (later Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc.; management consultants), New York, NY, and Chicago, IL, associate, 1951-57, owner 1957--;Diebold Group, Inc. (management consultants), New York, founder, president, and chairman of the board, 1954--; founder of Diebold Europe S.A. and of Management Science Training Institute, 1958; founder and chairman of the board of John Diebold, Inc., 1967--; chairman of the boards of Diebold Venture Capital Corp., 1968, "Managing Miracles: The Challenge of Communications to American Management." Diebold Research Program, San Diego, Calif., January 30, 1968 (FCC 11861). [T] of D.C.L., Inc. (holding company of Diebold Computer Leasing, Inc.), 1967--,. of Gemini Computer Systems, Inc., 1968--, and of Intermodal Transportation Systems Inc. 1969
Intermodal Transportation Systems, Inc., 1969--. Member of board of Genesco. span> Member of national advisory council of the Peace Corps, 1965--;member of U.S. advisory committee for European Institute of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 1969--; member of International institute for Strategic Studies, 1971--, public member, Hudson Institute; member, often in an advisory capacity, of numerous other committees and councils in business, education, and government. The conference was conceived and initiated as a biennial meeting by John Diebold, a venture capitalist who also served as Vice Chairman of the American Council on Germany, 1970--, Business Council for International Understanding, 1970--, and Academy for Educational Development. Member of boards of trustees of Freedom House, 1969a--, Freedom House, 1969b--, Committee for Economic Development, 1970--, Council of Americans, 1971--, and National Planning Association, 1971--. Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies
WRITINGS: * Automation: The advent of the Automatic Factory, Van Nostrand, 1952.
* Beyond Automation: Managerial Problems of an Exploding Technology, McGraw, 1964. * Man and the Computer: Technology as an Agent of Social Change, Praeger,1969. * Business Decisions and Technological Change, Praeger, 1970. * (Editor) World of the Computer, Random House, 1973. Contributor of articles to magazines and journals.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/104-8344033-8011169?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=Diebold%2C+John&Go.x=6&Go.y=12
FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: PERIODICALS * Wilbur Cross, John Diebold: Breaking the Confines of the Possible, Heinemann, 1966; Carl Heyel, John Diebold on Management, Prentice-Hall,1972.
So, before you read any further and make connections to a company which bears the name Diebold and makes voting machines, remember that according to the commenter (on this silly little 20 hit a day blog) "John Diebold," John T. Diebold had nothing to do with this democracy stealing piece of crap company
Ok, that said, this John T. Diebold guy was fascinating. Very busy, and fascinating.
John Diebold
1926-2005
Also known as: John Theurer Diebold, John Diebold
Birth: June 8, 1926 in Weehawken, New Jersey, United States
Death: December 26, 2005 in Bedford Hills, New York, United States
Nationality: American
Occupation: Writer
PERSONAL INFORMATION: Born June 8, 1926, in Weehawken, NJ; died of esophageal cancer, December 26, 2005, in Bedford Hills, NY; son of William and Rose(Theurer) married Doris Hackett, November 22, 1951; children: Joan. Brother William
Education: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, B.S., 1946; Swarthmore College, BA (with high honors), 1949; Harvard University, MBA (with distinction),1951. Military/Wartime Service: Served in U.S. Naval Reserve during World War II.
Memberships: International Cybernetics Association (member of board of directors, 1965--), Society for the History of Technology (member of executive council), Council on Foreign Relations, Young Presidents Organization, Center for Inter-American Relations Institute of Directors (London), International Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Author's Guild, Harvard Business School Club, Economic Club, Union League, Harvard Club (New York City), Metropolitan Club (Washington, DC), Chicago Club, Bohemian Club(San Francisco), Reform Club, Burkes Club (London).
Addresses: Home: 1East End Ave., New York, NY 10021.
Office: 430 Park Ave., New York, NY10022.
AWARDS LL.D., Rollins College, 1965; Sc. D., Clarkson College, 1965; ng. , Newark College of Engineering, 1970, fellow of Pierpont Morgan Library,1971; D.Comml.Sc., Manhattan College, 1973; decorated grand officer,Order of Istiqlal (Jordan); grand cross, Eloy Alfaro Foundation (Panama); grandcross, Order of St. Martin (Vienna); commendatore, Order of Merit (Italy); Order of Merit (Germany).
CAREER Griffenhagen & Associates (later Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc.; management consultants), New York, NY, and Chicago, IL, associate, 1951-57, owner 1957--;Diebold Group, Inc. (management consultants), New York, founder, president, and chairman of the board, 1954--; founder of Diebold Europe S.A. and of Management Science Training Institute, 1958; founder and chairman of the board of John Diebold, Inc., 1967--; chairman of the boards of Diebold Venture Capital Corp., 1968, "Managing Miracles: The Challenge of Communications to American Management." Diebold Research Program, San Diego, Calif., January 30, 1968 (FCC 11861). [T] of D.C.L., Inc. (holding company of Diebold Computer Leasing, Inc.), 1967--,. of Gemini Computer Systems, Inc., 1968--, and of Intermodal Transportation Systems Inc. 1969
Intermodal Transportation Systems, Inc., 1969--. Member of board of Genesco. span> Member of national advisory council of the Peace Corps, 1965--;member of U.S. advisory committee for European Institute of National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, 1969--; member of International institute for Strategic Studies, 1971--, public member, Hudson Institute; member, often in an advisory capacity, of numerous other committees and councils in business, education, and government. The conference was conceived and initiated as a biennial meeting by John Diebold, a venture capitalist who also served as Vice Chairman of the American Council on Germany, 1970--, Business Council for International Understanding, 1970--, and Academy for Educational Development. Member of boards of trustees of Freedom House, 1969a--, Freedom House, 1969b--, Committee for Economic Development, 1970--, Council of Americans, 1971--, and National Planning Association, 1971--. Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies
WRITINGS: * Automation: The advent of the Automatic Factory, Van Nostrand, 1952.
* Beyond Automation: Managerial Problems of an Exploding Technology, McGraw, 1964. * Man and the Computer: Technology as an Agent of Social Change, Praeger,1969. * Business Decisions and Technological Change, Praeger, 1970. * (Editor) World of the Computer, Random House, 1973. Contributor of articles to magazines and journals.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=br_ss_hs/104-8344033-8011169?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=Diebold%2C+John&Go.x=6&Go.y=12
FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: PERIODICALS * Wilbur Cross, John Diebold: Breaking the Confines of the Possible, Heinemann, 1966; Carl Heyel, John Diebold on Management, Prentice-Hall,1972.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
hackable
A Single Person Could Swing an Election
Electronic Systems' Weaknesses May Be Countered With Audits, Report Suggests
By Zachary A. Goldfarb
Special to The Washington Post
Wednesday, June 28, 2006; Page A07
ttttchct
Seeing isn't believing
Tuesday June 27, 2006
The Guardian
A year on from 7/7, wild rumours are circulating about who planted the bombs and why. Some people even claim this picture of the four bombers was faked. Mark Honigsbaum, who accidentally triggered at least one of the conspiracy theories, investigates.
Gee, ya think?
I'll trust these guys when monkeys fly out of my ass. . Friggin brownshirts
Tuesday June 27, 2006
The Guardian
A year on from 7/7, wild rumours are circulating about who planted the bombs and why. Some people even claim this picture of the four bombers was faked. Mark Honigsbaum, who accidentally triggered at least one of the conspiracy theories, investigates.
Gee, ya think?
I'll trust these guys when monkeys fly out of my ass. . Friggin brownshirts
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Misunderestimated again
Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy
Jun 27, 9:15 PM EDT
By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
Al Gore's 'An Inconvenient Truth' wins special award
The business toadies are attempting to refute
And everybody knows they're full of shit
But they're pretty much controlling the White House, and criticizing some news providers for doing their job
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
4 hops
Today I went hopping around blogtopia (yes, skippy coined that phrase!) in search of Bush Administration misdeeds that have had negative consequences for many people in the US. Didn't take long. Here are four of my hops.
1. The Carpetbagger report making a 'statement'
2. More on Bush's signing statements from Nieman Watchdog
3. Statement on Signing Legislation To Repeal Federal Ergonomics Regulations
March 20, 2001
4. Google search organizes your results now?
The 4th one startled me and then it gave me the creeps. Not that step number four had anything to do with the Bush Administration....I think, anyway. Number three just shows how long it took for the Dictator-tot to start towing the corporate line, and paying back his buddies. Same old short term thinking, only look at next quarter's earnings, never mind that you're crippling people, just keep repealing laws that say you have to cover health insurance, or move everything to India, or switch to temporary employees.
Fuck.
I hate corporate America.
1. The Carpetbagger report making a 'statement'
2. More on Bush's signing statements from Nieman Watchdog
3. Statement on Signing Legislation To Repeal Federal Ergonomics Regulations
March 20, 2001
4. Google search organizes your results now?
The 4th one startled me and then it gave me the creeps. Not that step number four had anything to do with the Bush Administration....I think, anyway. Number three just shows how long it took for the Dictator-tot to start towing the corporate line, and paying back his buddies. Same old short term thinking, only look at next quarter's earnings, never mind that you're crippling people, just keep repealing laws that say you have to cover health insurance, or move everything to India, or switch to temporary employees.
Fuck.
I hate corporate America.
pfffft
Israel's Hostage Crisis Sparks Both Joy, AngerA Daily Survey of What the International Online Media Are Saying
Posted at 10:34 AM ET, 06/27/2006
Ummm, sure, among the online pundits.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Missile Defense
Fund, Krauthammer overstated capabilities of missile defense system
No shit.
It has never worked right , and it probably never will.
It is very expensive
It's not worth what my great-great grandkids will be paying for it, that's for sure.
Just more M-I-C crap.
No shit.
It has never worked right , and it probably never will.
It is very expensive
It's not worth what my great-great grandkids will be paying for it, that's for sure.
Just more M-I-C crap.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
M-I-C
Lockheed Martin Uses Questionable Facts to Steer Spending Bill
June 16, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jennifer Gore jgore@pogo.org or (202) 347-1122
Duncan Hunter: Is he behind the Switfboating of Murtha?
By: John Amato on Saturday, June 24th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
KBR Fingered in Iraq Contract Fraud
By Paul Kiel - June 23, 2006, 6:11 PM
Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown, & Root? War profiteering? Iraq? Shocked!
Saturday, June 24, 2006
Friday, June 23, 2006
not surprised
City Authorities: Sears Tower Was Never In Danger
Tower Management Lauds Law Enforcement
(CBS) CHICAGO Chicago
Jun 23, 2006 11:59 am US/Central
No shit.
The Bush Adminstration needed a new bogeyman because they got Abu Musab al-Zarqawi .
Hey, hey, about time to ratchet up the fear factor.
Tower Management Lauds Law Enforcement
(CBS) CHICAGO Chicago
Jun 23, 2006 11:59 am US/Central
No shit.
The Bush Adminstration needed a new bogeyman because they got Abu Musab al-Zarqawi .
Hey, hey, about time to ratchet up the fear factor.
What do you want to bet they find Osama binLaden...oh, about the time they think they need to, right before the November election.
votergate.tv/Oh boy, this is rich. The MSM newz sure looked like they were trying to paint the Miami "terrorists" as militant Muslim extremists. According to Juan Cole, they're your garden variety cult.
Wow, how did I miss this little gem?
Dollars, Not Sense: Government Contracting Under the Bush Administration
By: Committee on Government Reform Minority Office
Published: Jun 19, 2006 at 08:25
And finally, you gotta love Barbara Eherenreich
Piggery Award
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Working for you?
I'm going to borrow a hilarious, but also frightening nickname from WTF is it NOW?:
The DictatorTot.
I think the only book that Preznit Poopypants ever studied was Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince.
Don't listen to what he says, look at what he and this Adminstration have done:
For security
and consumer protection
regarding deregulation of the media
and blatant abuse of power to benefit cronies
and global warming
(Asked about the environment, Hawking, who suffers from a degenerative disease, uses a wheelchair and speaks through a computerized voice synthesizer, said he was "very worried about global warming." He said he was afraid that Earth "might end up like Venus, at 250 degrees centigrade and raining sulfuric acid.")
( graph for CO2 emissions )
This Bush plan for spreading freedom and democracy, is it working for you?
The DictatorTot.
I think the only book that Preznit Poopypants ever studied was Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince.
Don't listen to what he says, look at what he and this Adminstration have done:
For security
and consumer protection
regarding deregulation of the media
and blatant abuse of power to benefit cronies
and global warming
(Asked about the environment, Hawking, who suffers from a degenerative disease, uses a wheelchair and speaks through a computerized voice synthesizer, said he was "very worried about global warming." He said he was afraid that Earth "might end up like Venus, at 250 degrees centigrade and raining sulfuric acid.")
( graph for CO2 emissions )
This Bush plan for spreading freedom and democracy, is it working for you?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
pay pay pay
Congress Values Own Paychecks More Than Workers
Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
by Holly Sklar
Military Charges 8 With Murder of Iraqi
By JOHN O'NEIL
Published: June 21, 2006
(Here's my list of 8 that need to be charged: Cheney, Bush, Rice, Powell, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Perle, and Franks)
John from AmericaBlog:
19 Republican Senators think the terrorists who murdered these two US soldiers today deserve amnesty
by John in DC - 6/20/2006 08:11:00 PM
Go see if one of them is yours.
One of them looks like this to me . Guess which one?
Published on Wednesday, June 21, 2006 by CommonDreams.org
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
by Holly Sklar
Military Charges 8 With Murder of Iraqi
By JOHN O'NEIL
Published: June 21, 2006
(Here's my list of 8 that need to be charged: Cheney, Bush, Rice, Powell, Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Perle, and Franks)
John from AmericaBlog:
19 Republican Senators think the terrorists who murdered these two US soldiers today deserve amnesty
by John in DC - 6/20/2006 08:11:00 PM
Go see if one of them is yours.
One of them looks like this to me . Guess which one?
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Nasty exchange
My somewhat nasty exchange with Chris Reed of the San Diego Union Tribune . I was responding to this:
The 50th election was stolen!
So Washington Post political blogger Emily Messner encourages her readers to believe.
-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:58 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: ?
Hmmmm. Shouldn't have expected anything less from the Republican leaning, defense contractor (advertisement) moola accepting right-wing fishwrap.
Here's how I see it, you idiotic twit, and I'm not the only one who sees through the bullshit.
http://politickybitch.blogspot.com/2006/06/50th-clinging-desperately-to-status.html
Talk to that prick Grover Norquist lately?
Here, honey, you're gonna need this, and the repugnant thuglicans won't offer it to you:
Real classy. Believe it or not, I didn't vote for Bush in 2004. But no, if you don't believe in a Specific Set of Truths, you're an "idiotic twit." Nice.
-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:05 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: RE: ?
Fabulous, you want a brownie button for not voting for Bush in 04?
Does it really matter who voted at all?
Do you have any idea what a systems analyst is? I do, I called him dad. They fix bugs in computer programs. Ask a few of them how they feel about the voting machines. I'm sure there are plenty to ask, I've asked. Bet you didn't even think that's why I chose this e-mail address, did you?
Looks like "classy" overrides smart.....again.
No, as a matter of fact, you won't get "classy" out of me. If I thought the UT treated it's readers with one iota of respect I might approach the organization with more respect. They have an inordinate amount of respect for the defense contractors who pay the bills.
Did you expect me to apologize for throwing out the truth as I see it?
I've been told that I am brutally honest. I wear that badge proudly, and I live in my skin comfortably. I tried nice. Didn't work for me.
What is your definition of a Specific Set of Truths?
Pr'haps you're not an idiot, just paid to not offend the advertisers. I know of a lot of "classy" whores, most of them in the "representative" bizness, or the media.
chris.reed@uniontrib.com wrote:
Your "brutal honesty" isn't. You demand others believe in things for which there are no evidence, and if they don't, you start calling them names, all the while congratulating yourself for being morally and intellectually superior.
Have a nice life. Enjoy losing election after election.
The 50th election was stolen!
So Washington Post political blogger Emily Messner encourages her readers to believe.
-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 3:58 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: ?
Hmmmm. Shouldn't have expected anything less from the Republican leaning, defense contractor (advertisement) moola accepting right-wing fishwrap.
Here's how I see it, you idiotic twit, and I'm not the only one who sees through the bullshit.
http://politickybitch.blogspot.com/2006/06/50th-clinging-desperately-to-status.html
Talk to that prick Grover Norquist lately?
Here, honey, you're gonna need this, and the repugnant thuglicans won't offer it to you:
Real classy. Believe it or not, I didn't vote for Bush in 2004. But no, if you don't believe in a Specific Set of Truths, you're an "idiotic twit." Nice.
-----Original Message-----From: bugged voter [mailto:buggedvoter@yahoo.com]Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 6:05 PMTo: Reed, ChrisSubject: RE: ?
Fabulous, you want a brownie button for not voting for Bush in 04?
Does it really matter who voted at all?
Do you have any idea what a systems analyst is? I do, I called him dad. They fix bugs in computer programs. Ask a few of them how they feel about the voting machines. I'm sure there are plenty to ask, I've asked. Bet you didn't even think that's why I chose this e-mail address, did you?
Looks like "classy" overrides smart.....again.
No, as a matter of fact, you won't get "classy" out of me. If I thought the UT treated it's readers with one iota of respect I might approach the organization with more respect. They have an inordinate amount of respect for the defense contractors who pay the bills.
Did you expect me to apologize for throwing out the truth as I see it?
I've been told that I am brutally honest. I wear that badge proudly, and I live in my skin comfortably. I tried nice. Didn't work for me.
What is your definition of a Specific Set of Truths?
Pr'haps you're not an idiot, just paid to not offend the advertisers. I know of a lot of "classy" whores, most of them in the "representative" bizness, or the media.
chris.reed@uniontrib.com wrote:
Your "brutal honesty" isn't. You demand others believe in things for which there are no evidence, and if they don't, you start calling them names, all the while congratulating yourself for being morally and intellectually superior.
Have a nice life. Enjoy losing election after election.
Okay asshole, now I'm pissed.
I replied something like, of course there is evidence, but your organization will never investigate it because the system works for your organization. And sent this along.
morally superior republican "representavtive's " children (Bilbray)
you didn't answer my question, but that is not what someone in your position, or anyone on the right does any more...
chris.reed@uniontrib.com wrote:
You ARE morally superior! You think it's proper to pick on children of politicians you don't like! Your brutal honesty is soooooooo impressive!
Please, buggedvoter, go bug someone else. It's obvious I am too dumb to appreciate your fine qualities. Perhaps you can spend your time trolling on MySpace for embarrassing photos of children of journalists you don't like. It's the sort of thing morally superior people do.
Thanks for many, many good laughs today
Hmmm, embarassing photos of journalist's children?
Why the hell did this guy respond to me at all?
Should I send him some Depends?
Bubbles
Hat tip: Wonkette via Words Have Power
Brian Bilbray’s Kids Love Social Networking, Natty Light
Foreclosures May Jump As ARMs Reset
By J.W. ELPHINSTONE AP Business Writer
Monday, June 19, 2006
Howard Zinn: The Myth of American Exceptionalism
Lecture and Questions and Answer session. MIT - March 14, 2005
And ask yourself if the "war on terror" has made YOU any safer?
Or is it just a wonderful business opportunity for those well connected enough to profit from it?
Homeland security officials leave government for high-paying jobs
Associated Press
Last update: June 18, 2006 – 8:00 AM
Monday, June 19, 2006
Illegal immigration post number 43974876954937637
You think you know about illegal immigrants?
Mexico arrests man wanted in the U.S. for distributing fake documents
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press Writer
Monday, June 19, 2006
...The documents were distributed in several U.S. states, including California, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, Nebraska, Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado, ICE said...
Here Illegally, Working Hard and Paying Taxes
By Eduardo Porter
The New York Times
... And they are now present in low-skilled jobs across the country. Illegal immigrants account for 12 percent of workers in food preparation occupations, for instance, according to an analysis of census data by the Pew Hispanic Center. In total, they account for an estimated one in 20 workers in the United States....
... But getting a Social Security number could be a little more complicated in the old days. Lily, 38, another janitor cleaning a building downtown, knew no one in Minneapolis when she arrived illegally from Guatemala 14 years ago. So when a neighbor said she needed papers, she called the smuggler who brought her across the border at his home in Mexico.
He asked her to make up a nine-digit number, which she did by combining the date she left Guatemala and the date she arrived in the United States two months later. She sent him some photos and $75 and received her fake papers by return mail...
...Cheaper Labor
Starting about 30 years ago, as illegal immigration began to swell, building maintenance contractors in big immigrant hubs like Los Angeles started hiring the new immigrant workers as part of a broader effort to drive down labor costs. Unions for janitors fell apart as landlords shifted to cheaper nonunion contractors to clean their buildings. Wages fell and many American-born workers left the industry...
...In New York City, janitors cleaning commercial buildings make $19 an hour. Mike Fishman, president of the Service Employees International Union's local in New York, points out that the union never lost ground in the city, and it is still unusual to find illegal immigrants cleaning office buildings there.
In Southern California, by contrast, unions were decimated in the 1980's, and only started recovering in the late 1990's. According to Mike Garcia, president of the union's main local in the state, Southern California's unionized janitors earn between $8.50 and $11 an hour.
(yes...we did leave, something about pride in our work, a livable wage and a new language barrier)
African Americans 'Dread' Growing Power of Latinos
Blacks refuse to compare recent Latino protests to their movement in the 60's. African Americans recall that they weren't immigrants, but fully-fledged American citizens that took to the streets after suffering centuries of slavery, rape, lynching and discrimination. We didn't choose to come to the United States, we were brought here as slaves. And we were deprived of our basic rights although we were citizens of this country. Many of these problems have remained unresolved since the 60's. But now we may relegated to the status of a secondary concern, said one Black university professor.
The Black community dreads above all that it will see its economic condition worsen due to competition from Latinos. In 2004, 72% of America's Black community between the ages of 20 and 30 having had abandoned high school and were unemployed, while only 19% of Hispanics were in a similar position. Latinos survive better because of their accommodating attitude toward employment, which fit in nicely with capitalist ethics: they accept working long hours at low salaries. They hardly ever complain and rarely avail themselves of the social protections that normal employees would.
To summarize, Black Americans are worried and are asking themselves: Will the power of Latino immigrants diminish the value of their secular struggle and speed their marginalization?
Mexico arrests man wanted in the U.S. for distributing fake documents
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press Writer
Monday, June 19, 2006
...The documents were distributed in several U.S. states, including California, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, Nebraska, Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado, ICE said...
Here Illegally, Working Hard and Paying Taxes
By Eduardo Porter
The New York Times
... And they are now present in low-skilled jobs across the country. Illegal immigrants account for 12 percent of workers in food preparation occupations, for instance, according to an analysis of census data by the Pew Hispanic Center. In total, they account for an estimated one in 20 workers in the United States....
... But getting a Social Security number could be a little more complicated in the old days. Lily, 38, another janitor cleaning a building downtown, knew no one in Minneapolis when she arrived illegally from Guatemala 14 years ago. So when a neighbor said she needed papers, she called the smuggler who brought her across the border at his home in Mexico.
He asked her to make up a nine-digit number, which she did by combining the date she left Guatemala and the date she arrived in the United States two months later. She sent him some photos and $75 and received her fake papers by return mail...
...Cheaper Labor
Starting about 30 years ago, as illegal immigration began to swell, building maintenance contractors in big immigrant hubs like Los Angeles started hiring the new immigrant workers as part of a broader effort to drive down labor costs. Unions for janitors fell apart as landlords shifted to cheaper nonunion contractors to clean their buildings. Wages fell and many American-born workers left the industry...
...In New York City, janitors cleaning commercial buildings make $19 an hour. Mike Fishman, president of the Service Employees International Union's local in New York, points out that the union never lost ground in the city, and it is still unusual to find illegal immigrants cleaning office buildings there.
In Southern California, by contrast, unions were decimated in the 1980's, and only started recovering in the late 1990's. According to Mike Garcia, president of the union's main local in the state, Southern California's unionized janitors earn between $8.50 and $11 an hour.
(yes...we did leave, something about pride in our work, a livable wage and a new language barrier)
African Americans 'Dread' Growing Power of Latinos
Blacks refuse to compare recent Latino protests to their movement in the 60's. African Americans recall that they weren't immigrants, but fully-fledged American citizens that took to the streets after suffering centuries of slavery, rape, lynching and discrimination. We didn't choose to come to the United States, we were brought here as slaves. And we were deprived of our basic rights although we were citizens of this country. Many of these problems have remained unresolved since the 60's. But now we may relegated to the status of a secondary concern, said one Black university professor.
The Black community dreads above all that it will see its economic condition worsen due to competition from Latinos. In 2004, 72% of America's Black community between the ages of 20 and 30 having had abandoned high school and were unemployed, while only 19% of Hispanics were in a similar position. Latinos survive better because of their accommodating attitude toward employment, which fit in nicely with capitalist ethics: they accept working long hours at low salaries. They hardly ever complain and rarely avail themselves of the social protections that normal employees would.
To summarize, Black Americans are worried and are asking themselves: Will the power of Latino immigrants diminish the value of their secular struggle and speed their marginalization?
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Plea for net neutrality
...The corporate media that was long ago used as a weapon against the people is still used to promulgate the lies and distortions that have torn this nation asunder and set the world ablaze with war and discord. The shameless promotion of the war in Iraq and the brutal occupation of the Palestinian people by the Israeli military are poignant examples...
...So infected are the public airwaves with the lies and distortions of capitalism and the military industrial complex, that there is no room for the expression of opposing opinions or dissent...
...Enter the Internet, one of the last bastions for democracy and the free and open exchange of ideas...
...If the world’s largest telecommunications companies have their way that will change...
...If net neutrality is defeated the result will be a familiar one that characterizes all capitalist societies divided by class. Once again, it will be those with money who get preferential treatment...
...Men like Ted Stevens, (uh huh,this dickweed) who so typify Congress these days, are a slave to his corporate pay masters. He does not serve the interest of the people or the commonwealth any more than do AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Senator Steven’s abysmal voting record speaks for itself. It is all about socializing cost and privatizing wealth—predatory capitalism...
...More information on net neutrality can be found at http://www.savetheinternet.com/ or www.itsournet.org. ..
...So infected are the public airwaves with the lies and distortions of capitalism and the military industrial complex, that there is no room for the expression of opposing opinions or dissent...
...Enter the Internet, one of the last bastions for democracy and the free and open exchange of ideas...
...If the world’s largest telecommunications companies have their way that will change...
...If net neutrality is defeated the result will be a familiar one that characterizes all capitalist societies divided by class. Once again, it will be those with money who get preferential treatment...
...Men like Ted Stevens, (uh huh,this dickweed) who so typify Congress these days, are a slave to his corporate pay masters. He does not serve the interest of the people or the commonwealth any more than do AT&T, Verizon and Comcast. Senator Steven’s abysmal voting record speaks for itself. It is all about socializing cost and privatizing wealth—predatory capitalism...
...More information on net neutrality can be found at http://www.savetheinternet.com/ or www.itsournet.org. ..
Saturday, June 17, 2006
One Pissed Off Veteran's inspiring post
Farnsworth has a great post, on the Nafta Superhighway.
It made me think. It made me wonder. I looked for more
connections, and well, lookee here, ifn I didn't find some:
There is another union that the BushOilCo has not busted beyond all repair yet. The largest rail hub Is where the Nafta Superhighway's proposed Y split is.
Take a look at where those Nasco board members are from. Texas. Frankly, I have no use for most Texans, as their rabid (self-defeating) support of the Bush Crime Family nauseates me.
Check out the nationwide energy grid here. Most of Texas is a separate part of the grid.
Why does U Wyoming publish the western part of the US energy grid in detail? Wasn't it 'Ol Darth Cheney who was warning us about gettng hit by terrorists? Why is a college in his home territory making it easier for the terrorists?
Anyone who does not question everything this Administration does is either comatose, brainwashed, self-destructive, or profiting from the malfeasance.
It made me think. It made me wonder. I looked for more
connections, and well, lookee here, ifn I didn't find some:
There is another union that the BushOilCo has not busted beyond all repair yet. The largest rail hub Is where the Nafta Superhighway's proposed Y split is.
Take a look at where those Nasco board members are from. Texas. Frankly, I have no use for most Texans, as their rabid (self-defeating) support of the Bush Crime Family nauseates me.
Check out the nationwide energy grid here. Most of Texas is a separate part of the grid.
Why does U Wyoming publish the western part of the US energy grid in detail? Wasn't it 'Ol Darth Cheney who was warning us about gettng hit by terrorists? Why is a college in his home territory making it easier for the terrorists?
Anyone who does not question everything this Administration does is either comatose, brainwashed, self-destructive, or profiting from the malfeasance.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Sirota
I think this guy is so hot
Please don't call me Paris Hilton.
And he was busy yesterday, debating this asshole.
Yep, I suck at the photoshop thing, but you get my point.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Improper Entry
Court Limits Protection Against Improper Entry
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
Published: June 16, 2006 NYT
WASHINGTON, June 15 — Evidence found by police officers who enter a home to execute a search warrant without first following the requirement to "knock and announce" can be used at trial despite that constitutional violation, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday...
...Justice Antonin Scalia, in the majority opinion, said that people subject to an improper police entry remained free to go to court and bring a civil rights suit against the police...
..Justice Breyer argued that "the court destroys the strongest legal incentive to comply with the Constitution's knock-and-announce requirement. And the court does so without significant support in precedent."
He called the majority's argument "an argument against the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary principle itself," adding, "And it is an argument that this court until now has consistently rejected."
What was it Preznit RovesTalkingPoints said about "activist judge"? s
Light bulb
How many members of the Bush administration does it take to change a light bulb?
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark;
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.
1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner: Light Bulb Change Accomplished;
7. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally in the dark;
8. One to viciously smear #7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
voting machines
Vote tally may take awhile
Posted on Tue, Jun. 13, 2006
By Chris Metinko
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
ALAMEDA COUNTY: Supervisors', Oakland mayor's contests have razor-thin margins and ballots need counting
...The county was able to borrow 60 optical scanners and 50 touch-screen machines from San Diego County for the primary, but it was still well short of how many scanners and touch-screens a county the size of Alameda would normally have for an election...
Orange County residents examine voting machines of the future
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
...Republican Orange County Elections Commissioner David Green said they want the input from county residents before he and Democrat Elections Commissioner Susan Bahren make their choice...
Ummmm, yeah, since when do Republicans listen to anything but the talking points?
Group Claims New Voting Machines Can Be Tampered With
June 12th, 2006 @ 8:46am
Chris Kaye reporting
Posted on Tue, Jun. 13, 2006
By Chris Metinko
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
ALAMEDA COUNTY: Supervisors', Oakland mayor's contests have razor-thin margins and ballots need counting
...The county was able to borrow 60 optical scanners and 50 touch-screen machines from San Diego County for the primary, but it was still well short of how many scanners and touch-screens a county the size of Alameda would normally have for an election...
Orange County residents examine voting machines of the future
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
...Republican Orange County Elections Commissioner David Green said they want the input from county residents before he and Democrat Elections Commissioner Susan Bahren make their choice...
Ummmm, yeah, since when do Republicans listen to anything but the talking points?
Group Claims New Voting Machines Can Be Tampered With
June 12th, 2006 @ 8:46am
Chris Kaye reporting
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Sun power
Prodigal Sun
News: Solar energy was a rising star in the '70s -- until it was banished by the powers that be. Are we ready for its return?
By Arthur Allen
March/April 2000 Issue
...The budget for the solar institute -- which President Jimmy Carter had created to spearhead solar innovation -- was slashed from $124 million in 1980 to $59 million in 1982. Scientists who had left tenured university jobs to work under Hayes were given two weeks notice and no severance pay. The squelching of the institute -- later partly re-funded and renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- marked the start of Reagan's campaign against solar power. By the end of 1985, when Congress and the administration allowed tax credits for solar homes to lapse, the dream of a solar era had faded. The solar water heater President Carter had installed on the White House roof in 1979 was dismantled and junked. Solar water heating went from a billion-dollar industry to peanuts overnight; thousands of sun-minded businesses went bankrupt. "It died. It's dead," says Peter Barnes, whose San Francisco solar- installation business had 35 employees at its peak. "First the money dried up, then the spirit dried up," says Jim Benson, another solar activist of the day...
Was Jimmy Carter right?
Published on 2 Oct 2005 by Cleveland Plain Dealer. Archived on 13 Oct 2005.
by Stephen Koff
...Carter insisted that U.S. automakers build more fuel-efficient cars, with a goal of 27.5 miles per gallon over the following decade - a requirement passed under Gerald Ford but put into force by Carter....
...Yet solid data exist on what happened after the free market- loving Reagan chopped Carter's programs to shreds....
...Oil prices plunged in the early 80s after the Iranian crisis ended; after a worldwide recession sapped productivity (a less productive economy uses less fuel); and especially after Reagan eliminated price controls....
...Higher prices are also providing incentives to look at alternative fuels, and we are using more alternative fuels all the time, says Dougher. In fact, the biggest producer of solar energy today is an oil company, BP, in terms of solar panels.... ( BP Solar North America )
US governors adopt energy plans for the West
Reuters
Monday, June 12, 2006; 6:26 PM
...The Western Governors Association, which represents 19 states and three U.S.-flag islands in the Pacific, passed measures on Sunday that call for 30,000 new megawatts of clean energy supplies such as solar (my emphasis) and geothermal power by 2015, and development of cleaner fuels like ethanol and biodiesel and climate change policies for the West...
The domestic hot water solar systems were paying for themselves in a few years in the eighties. Ummm, a bit skeptical, Iyam Iyam. Maybe the Governors can figure out how to get around the BushOilCo Administration. We'll see. Preznit Poopypants blathers on about alternative energy, including nuclear energy. Have a look at how safe that is:
Government, plaintiffs continue wait through appeals of Hanford downwinders' cases
Monday, June 12, 2006
By SHANNON DININNY Associated Press Writer
News: Solar energy was a rising star in the '70s -- until it was banished by the powers that be. Are we ready for its return?
By Arthur Allen
March/April 2000 Issue
...The budget for the solar institute -- which President Jimmy Carter had created to spearhead solar innovation -- was slashed from $124 million in 1980 to $59 million in 1982. Scientists who had left tenured university jobs to work under Hayes were given two weeks notice and no severance pay. The squelching of the institute -- later partly re-funded and renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory -- marked the start of Reagan's campaign against solar power. By the end of 1985, when Congress and the administration allowed tax credits for solar homes to lapse, the dream of a solar era had faded. The solar water heater President Carter had installed on the White House roof in 1979 was dismantled and junked. Solar water heating went from a billion-dollar industry to peanuts overnight; thousands of sun-minded businesses went bankrupt. "It died. It's dead," says Peter Barnes, whose San Francisco solar- installation business had 35 employees at its peak. "First the money dried up, then the spirit dried up," says Jim Benson, another solar activist of the day...
Was Jimmy Carter right?
Published on 2 Oct 2005 by Cleveland Plain Dealer. Archived on 13 Oct 2005.
by Stephen Koff
...Carter insisted that U.S. automakers build more fuel-efficient cars, with a goal of 27.5 miles per gallon over the following decade - a requirement passed under Gerald Ford but put into force by Carter....
...Yet solid data exist on what happened after the free market- loving Reagan chopped Carter's programs to shreds....
...Oil prices plunged in the early 80s after the Iranian crisis ended; after a worldwide recession sapped productivity (a less productive economy uses less fuel); and especially after Reagan eliminated price controls....
...Higher prices are also providing incentives to look at alternative fuels, and we are using more alternative fuels all the time, says Dougher. In fact, the biggest producer of solar energy today is an oil company, BP, in terms of solar panels.... ( BP Solar North America )
US governors adopt energy plans for the West
Reuters
Monday, June 12, 2006; 6:26 PM
...The Western Governors Association, which represents 19 states and three U.S.-flag islands in the Pacific, passed measures on Sunday that call for 30,000 new megawatts of clean energy supplies such as solar (my emphasis) and geothermal power by 2015, and development of cleaner fuels like ethanol and biodiesel and climate change policies for the West...
The domestic hot water solar systems were paying for themselves in a few years in the eighties. Ummm, a bit skeptical, Iyam Iyam. Maybe the Governors can figure out how to get around the BushOilCo Administration. We'll see. Preznit Poopypants blathers on about alternative energy, including nuclear energy. Have a look at how safe that is:
Government, plaintiffs continue wait through appeals of Hanford downwinders' cases
Monday, June 12, 2006
By SHANNON DININNY Associated Press Writer
Monday, June 12, 2006
I am aggravated today
I
am
aggravated
today
I went to see Al Gore's movie over the weekend. I was prepared for a snoozefest and I am delighted to say that it was NOT a snoozefest. Some of it was funny and all of it was engaging.
am
aggravated
today
I went to see Al Gore's movie over the weekend. I was prepared for a snoozefest and I am delighted to say that it was NOT a snoozefest. Some of it was funny and all of it was engaging.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
reference works
Now here is something I'll be referring to since I live in a district full of patriarchal Republican boobs. (idiots? assholes? brainwashed fuckwits?, hmmmm, how about defense contractor employees, that one works ... oh hell, they all work as qualifiers)
A Practical Guide for Shrill and Uppity Democrats
by Heresiarch514
Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 09:58:37 AM PDT
(crossposted at Heretical Tendency)
A Practical Guide for Shrill and Uppity Democrats
by Heresiarch514
Fri Jun 09, 2006 at 09:58:37 AM PDT
(crossposted at Heretical Tendency)
Womens be thinkin' too much
These three little tidbits that sneak through the US military-industrial-media wall might encourage more people to vote and to pay attention to how the US really interacts with the rest 0f the world. Somehow I don't see that happening. Not when American Idol is on and more people want to vote for an Idol, rather than vote in their local elections, or heaven forbid, actually get involved in local politics. American Idol is like, sooooooooo much more fun.
Unreported: The Zarqawi Invitation
By Greg Palast
06/09/06
War Criminal Nation
Murdering More 'Ragheads'
By Paul Craig Roberts
06/09/06
The following is an interesting report. The html links spew do-gooder rhetoric regarding what the United States is doing to combat human trafficking, as do the first fifteen or twenty pages of the report. If you download the whole report and plop 'united states' into the search function you will see just how many countries are gateways for trafficking into the US.
G'head, G'head, go see for yourself:
Human Trafficking Report 2006
Unreported: The Zarqawi Invitation
By Greg Palast
06/09/06
War Criminal Nation
Murdering More 'Ragheads'
By Paul Craig Roberts
06/09/06
The following is an interesting report. The html links spew do-gooder rhetoric regarding what the United States is doing to combat human trafficking, as do the first fifteen or twenty pages of the report. If you download the whole report and plop 'united states' into the search function you will see just how many countries are gateways for trafficking into the US.
G'head, G'head, go see for yourself:
Human Trafficking Report 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
Ohio
Ohio liberals must get a lot of grief:
Ohio Cable Network Pulls MoveOn.org Ad
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Deborah Pryce contributions
Ohio Cable Network Pulls MoveOn.org Ad
Thursday, June 8, 2006
Deborah Pryce contributions
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