The blogsophere and boards around the world cranked up their gears when Jerry Falwell's death was announced. Many in the gay community were not sure how to react. Should they not disrespect the dead or show the same contempt that Falwell showed them when he was alive. Commentary on this debate will be posted after Falwell is buried on Tuesday. For now Bill Maher will speak..................
Get em Lou DobbsThe job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA." A reporter half a world away covering local street-light contracts and sewer repairs? A reporter who has never gotten closer to Pasadena than the telecast of the Rose Bowl parade?
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Maher's May 11, 2007 New Rules
He loves his YouTube.
And it is a shiny day for Pat Roberton and his crew
Today has been a slow news day so here are few stories to take to bed with you.
Apparently good ol' Dick Cheney was a client of the DC Madam, which is just creepy. Is it possible that Dick has feelings? Can his heart, or what ever machine his doctors have implanted, handle him getting a rise? Actually the American public should be interested in hearing about Dick's shenanigans. But does anyone want to know that he was having sex or even that someone would touch him. Ewwwww. What position did Dick take:
Speaking of integrity, Alberto Gonzales seems to have confidence that all the hearings and public outcry is not going to result in his firing, being asked to resign by the White House, or a possible impeachment. He never ceases to amaze in his arrogance. Mr. I-Do-Not-Recall seems to think that his unethical behavior has gotten him through the storm. His selfishness has caused the Department of Justice to lose confidence with the American people. He needs to resign and do what is best for the United States. His inability to recall information, meetings that he was involved in, decisions that he made show at a minimum that he is not a manager or leader because he does not know how to take responsibility for his own actions and ownership for the problems over at the DOJ. The question is - Why is Bushie keeping him on board? Dubya's refusal to do what is right for the United States and to admit when things are bad never ceases to amaze.
Apparently the Senator who loves those Storm Thurmond values is angry at the 11 senators who staged a Bush intervention. The public is grateful for that intervention - Bush needs to be put on a 10 step program. However, Trent Lott thinks differently. According to the Minority Whip (yeah yeah stop laughing at the irony) those Congressmen should have kept their mouth shut. But senator isn't that what they have been doing the entire time Bush has occupied the oval office? Apparently Lott did not get the memo from the American people that we expect our representatives to disclose there activities. After all they were voted in by the American people and represent the American people.
And speaking of interventions, Dick seriously needs his head examined. Here is a transcript from his latest interview, with you guessed it Fox, where the questions were pre-screened.
Not sure if Hillary Clinton should be believed, but law students should love this. She is promising to make higher education more affordable and to take on those pesky predatory lending companies that provide those student loans. Does anyone believe her?
And for those with grandparents, ill family members, or yourself - the members of Congress do not work for you they work for big industry. Check out this story about how much your representative got from the pharmaceutical companies - it is sickening. Apparently the 2006 election did not send the right message or they were unable to understand what it meant. So in 2008 they need to get the message loud and clear as they are thrown out of Congress in November 2008.
Well apparently Giuliani is doing something that Bush is not - he is letting those red staters who keep selecting Bush know that they are not part of the GOP base. Apparently Giuliani only meets with those who make more than $1 million dollars. Guess he is going to lose the Iowa vote and some other red states. Serves those red staters right - the blue kept telling the red that they were being used.
And for the third Cheney story, Kucinich's impeachment bill just got a co-sponsor. Dick is getting mad, real mad. He may go shoot another friend in his face. Poor Dick wonder if he is going to go to a undisclosed location until January 2009 - probably not he is too honery for that.
Finally, if Dubya and the do-nothing Republicans are so into protecting the United States and National Security is their priority. They love to brag how there has not been an attack since 9/11 then is this necessary. Does this not make it seem that the "administration" may be letting things slip through the cracks again - such as not reading security briefs that say "Bin Laden determined to attack."
Well things seem to be getting worse for the Attorney General. During today's hearing he had a hard time containing his smugness. Just watch his interactions. He is almost laughing at Congress like he knows that they are not going to do anything to him. We can only hope that he will be put in his place soon - Impeachment please. And whatever state bar he belongs to needs to suspend his license or just completely disbar him.
Again the American People have been stonewalled by this "administration" and this "attorney" general. Where is the uproar, the outcry. Surely there would be one if this was Clinton or a local District Attorney.
He still looks like a little turd.
Now isn't this quant. Instead of talking about Gonzales' lying a Republican feels the need to bring up a Democrat who is under investigation and asking the DOJ to wrap up the investigation. Isn't that what the fired US Attorneys were saying was going on - political party pressure to prosecute Democrats for political gain.
This man is a poor excuse for a manager let only someone who is an administrator of the entire Department of Justice for the United States. Was he waterboarded prior to these hearings begun or did he undergo some type of hypnosis because for an attorney he sure cannot remember anything that he did let alone the Department. Does he have amnesia? Because that is the only justifiable reason for his behavior.
He sure loves passing the buck. Did this man really go to law school and did he actually take and pass an ethics course? Wonder if he took any Continuing Legal Education courses because this is pathetic.
Does anyone think that Gonzales will resign after all of the questioning and probing presumably ends. Nancy Pelosi's office is posting clips of the hearing and C-Span is streaming the hearing.
Great job! He lets the facts speak for themselves. This is one of the most creative ads in the Presidential race.
While he is qualified he does not have a chance to win the Presidential nomination. For one the red staters would be scared that he would let the entire population of Mexico cross into the United States. Second, the man has some of the best credentials amongst all of the presidential candidates - for the past 2 selections the American people were less worried about creditentials and more worried about whether the presidential candidate was someone they could sit down and have a drink with. Well we see where that got the US. Finally, he's just not snazzy enough. He will be in someone's cabinet for sure though. Right now the US could use him as the Secretary of State.
That seems to be a Moore appropriate title. Ever since Michael Moore's scathing documentary against Baby Bush, the government and Republicans have been after Moore. His new documentary, "Sicko", that is scheduled for release has been causing fear in the health care industry for years.
Well now it seems the lobbyist, ooops meant the Feds , have become involved by launching an investigation of Moore's trip to Cuba and their timing is perfect - right before the film premieres at the Cannes Film Festival. And too bad that this publicity is just going to help the film do better in the box office.
Now Moore had applied for a license to take 9/11 workers to Cuba for treatment, but the Feds never responded. So being Moore he went anyways. That was the point, to show how a country that the US deplores and is supposed to be so bad has better medical care for its citizens. Also, who could argue that at least Moore was acknowledging that the 9/11 workers are suffering from illnesses caused by their being patriotic. Apparently, the Cuban media has picked up on the discrepancy, which is probably going to keep Fidel alive a few more years.
Maybe Moore's documentary "Sicko" will start a national debate on the role that lobbyist and politicians play in making sure the American people cannot afford basic health care. For a film that has not been viewed yet, former Republican Fred Thompson is already weighing in with an uneducated opinion:
"What is it that leads people to value theoretically “free” health care, even when it’s lousy or nonexistent, over a free society that actually delivers health care? You might have to deal with creditors after you go to the emergency ward in America, but no one is denied medical care here. I guarantee even the poorest Americans are getting far better medical services than many Cubans."
Yeah Thompson, even the poorest Americans can receive some medical services, but that happens in the emergency room and they are subsequently billed for those services. Then the hospital sends the big bad collection agencies after them. Never heard of Fidel doing that.
Perhaps Thompson forgot to mention one American who is featured in Moore's documentary. The poor woman's insurance company denied payment for the ambulance that transported her to the hospital because the service was not pre-approved. They did not care that she had just been in head on collision and that while suffering head injuries and lying in a smashed up car, she was unable to get on her cell phone and call the insurance company.
And whoever is the source leaking information about Michael Moore's fear that the Feds are trying to destroy his documentary needs to stop. If Moore decided to send a copy of his documentary outside the country for protection then what does that say about America and freedom of speech, expression and free press.
Comparing the breaking 'scandal' involving US Justice Department hiring to actions made by the "Soviet Politburo," MSNBC host Keith Olberman said political considerations were behind the hiring of Justice Department employees at every level, "right down to the interns."
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White House Press Secretary Tony Snow this morning blamed Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) for the shortages, saying he was “not aware of any prior complaints” by the governor about the equipment
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to take President Bush to court if he issues a signing statement as a way of sidestepping a carefully crafted compromise Iraq war spending bill.
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Retired Major General John Batiste takes President Bush on, directly, when Bush says that he's just "listening to commanders on the ground" in Iraq. The global community knows that Bush does not listen to anyone but a higher power.
The Carpetbagger Report is reporting that a House Republican had the nerve to quote one of the founding members of the KKK. Though this is not the first time. The floors of Congress have long been used for members to spill racist and ignorant rhetoric.
Roll Call reports today that a House Republican delivered a foreign policy speech yesterday in which he inaccurately quoted Nathan Bedford Forrest, founder of the KKK. On Monday, Rep. Ted Poe took to the House floor to discuss foreign policy matters. To make a point, the Texas Republican invoked the words of Civil War Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest: “Git thar fustest with the mostest.”
See the video for yourself.
And for those who need a brief history of the founding of the KKK/National Rifle Association enjoy this cartoon....................
Hardly surprised by this announcement just thought it would come sooner. Wonder if the "Oprah touch" will get this man elected. Wonder what Oprah will do for Barack's campaign. Wonder if Oprah is going to bring those Chicago values to the national media. Wonder if the Fox network is planning their Oprah attack - you know they are scheming.
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This does not warrant any other comment..................The man that the mainstream media has crowned as the Republican candidate for President has some interesting views on what freedom means. Do you agree?
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At what point with the middle class, particularly those supporting Dubya realize that he has hurt them more than Clinton's blow job ever did.
The Democratic Policy Committee have published a study that should leave any middle or lower class American spitting mad and ready to throw Dubya and those in Congress out of Washington. Quote of the day "Middle-class families are working harder and earning less today than they were at the start of the Bush Administration. "
Wonder whether such comments as Worst job creation record since Hoover Administration. A growing economy should be good news for those seeking jobs. But over the course of President Bush’s term in office, his Administration has the worst overall job creation record since Herbert Hoover more than 70 years ago will finally get those Red staters and Dixie Chick haters to see reason. Do they have to be completely destitute before reality sinks in?
Or what about "Bush’s deficit-financed tax cuts have widened the income gap between millionaires and middle-class workers. " Maybe Bush supporters from the middle and lower class do not mind having to work harder for less and paying for millionaires to have one extra yacht.
And as far as those christian values that Dubya loves to, actually, used to brag about. How could a professed christian allow more than 5.4 million Americans to enter the realms of poverty while on his watch. And while Dubya is so concerned about the oil, oops meant the Iraqi people, and millionaires why is 1 out of every 6 child living in poverty. A superpower, the only superpower, does not allow its children to live in poverty.
It is going to take decades maybe centuries to undo what this "administration" has done and what Congress and the American people have allowed to be done to this country and its citizens.
Do not know who the American people continue to stay silent
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Repubs can make you sick with their hypocrisy. May the Waxman investigations continue and the scandals and crimes be uncovered.
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So DL Hughley just called the Rutgers Women's Basketball team ugly. Wonder what the fall out will be from that. Though the comment about Don Imus looking like he was in the middle of becoming a werewolf was funny. Wonder how Al Sharpton is going to respond to DL's comments.
Some may not agree with DL Hughley, but he probably is not all incorrect. Hopefully this will lead to more dialogue in the American community.
Feel free to post comments.
Well maybe the Democratic Party drank some milk and got spines. Could it be that they are going to stand up to Dubya's bullying and not concede the bill that Dubya just vetoed. Say it isn't so. About time. We shall see how long it takes them to compromise. If they do not compromise then they may just win it all in 2008.
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The Justice Department has begun an internal investigation into whether a former senior adviser to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales improperly tried to fill vacancies for career prosecutors at the agency with Republicans loyal to the Bush administration, department officials said Wednesday.
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It is about time. http://speaker.house.gov/contact/Thousands of people have called Speaker Pelosi’s office today asking that Bush and Cheney be impeached. Now is your chance to make a difference! Pick up your phone and call other leading Democrats in Congress and fill up their voicemail with a simple message: "I Support the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney."
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John Edwards is on to something.
Is Dubya the King of the United States or was in selected by big business or was he elected by the People.
If Congressional members do not vote by the opinion of the people instead of lobbyist they will be out in 2008. The American people are beginning to wake up from a deep slumber and are ready to take back their government.
Well apparently Condoleezza Rice is planning to meet with the Syrians. Have yet to hear the main stream media or Republican pundits saying Rice is demoralizing the troops and working with the enemy. Guess that only applies if Nancy Pelosi tries to initiate talks with the Axis of evil. Guess Pelosi was onto something - communication is the key not the "my way or the highway" route formed by the Decider and the rest of his fellow war criminals.
Should be interesting to see if Rice's visit will be played as being a wonderful idea.
This story comes from the Examiner. No words. No words. Clearly Rove is feeling the pressure of the investigations and calls for impeachment. Only a 2 year old would spit. And a gentleman would never spit on a lady. Oops forgot Karl is no gentleman, but is he a lady?
We may never know for certain what happened between Karl Rove and the environmental tag team of Laurie David and Sheryl Crow at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner last weekend. (There now seem to be as many versions of events as guests at the dinner.)
But Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who attended the dinner with David and Crow, tells his own story in this weeks’ New York magazine. Rove “literally started spitting at them,” Kennedy told the magazine’s Amy Odell.
The women had attempted to discuss global warming “in a very civil and gentle and friendly and charming way, and he was as rude and arrogant as a person could be, and turned his back on them and walked away,” Kennedy said. “It was a very strange thing to watch, and a sad thing to think the government is being run by, you know, somebody like that.”
Examiner
This is just another example of the incompetency and incompassionate that is this White House "administration." So while people were dying, in need of medical assistance, financial assistance, while cities need to be rebuilt pride and bureaucracy delayed or destroyed it.
Wonder what Lieberman will have to say.
Okay this is enough to make anyone ill. Does anyone seriously believe that Condi and Dubya are having an affair. Seems that she has a school girl crush on Dubya. Wonder who wears the lingerie. If Karl is Bush's brain is Condi Bush's dick. Just sayin'
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Cheers to the American public and the Mainstream Media for supporting lawlessness through their vote, indifferences, and refusal to report the truth. The deafening silence is wonderful. The public could care less about the Constitution. Let the White House continue to run a Wild Wild West type of operation. Cannot say it is an actual government.
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