Through a cannon!!
John asks 'If leaking classified info is such a big deal, then when is Karl Rove being fired?'
December 31, 2005
Not on planet Bushistan
The ACLU on the spy leak probe: “It's pretty stunning that, rather than focus on whether the President broke federal law, they are going after the whistleblowers...”
Ah love you too, chili-bean!
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Sanctimonious hypocrite with gambling problem joins CNN
... the most trusted name in news?
Former 'values' spokes-tool and Fox News contributor Bill "aborting every black baby in this country would reduce the crime rate" Bennett will become a CNN political analyst early in 2006, replacing incontinent traitor Boob Novak. In addition, he is expected to appear on a "culture show" CNN is planning for later in the year, and will also guest-host CNN's new Presstitute Poker. #ucking CNN...
Things I didn't get for Christmas
Then there's this -
Indicted rethug pet lobbyist Jack Abramoff "put the finishing touches on a plea deal" that would secure his testimony against up to 20 members of Congress and their staff members. Mwwwwaaahahahahahahaha!
December 30, 2005
The year in stupidity
"Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job" was named as Preznit Bonehead's most memorable phrase of 2005, beating out "Wow, Brazil is really big!", "I think I may need a bathroom break. Is this possible?" and "Look, I'm wearing new underpants!"
The fix is in
Firedoglake asks 'guess who has been put in charge of the Iraqi Oil Ministry, only days after he was soundly trounced in the latest round of Iraqi elections?'
If you guessed the neocon pet thug who helped the Bush misadministration lie us into war, you win!
Oh good
With all other problems solved, Bush's handpicked cronies in the Bush Justice Department have opened an investigation into who leaked the information about Bush's secret domestic spying program.
The inquiry will focus on who spilled the beans about the misadministration's illegal, warrantless surveillance of American citizens to the New York Times a couple of weeks ago.
Trust me. I'm a short-fingered, powermad goon.
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Did you know...
That every visitor to www.whitehouse.gov is tracked electronically?
Have a nice day!
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Sorry for the light posting, but I've been exhausted.
Around the intarwebs
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December 28, 2005
There's cat-hair all over my mouse ball
After spending yesterday and the day before zoned out on the couch smoking cigars and watching TV, today I'm doing some cleaning, and putting together my new toys. Sadly, I didn't get a laptop, but I did get my first ever cellphone! I have officially joined the 21st century.
I also got this (click to enlarge):
Yes, its a dogpoop calendar, and very tastefully done, I must say.
And the fountain:
This oughtta look awesome once it gets dark.
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December 27, 2005
Incoming meme!!
The gang of four, from the Biomes Blog. Plus I added a couple:
Four jobs you’ve had in your life:
pet store cage-and-animal cleaner
cubic zirconia grower
electrical thing-a-majigger
Office Space-type drone
Four movies you could watch over and over:
Battle of the Bulge
The Lord of the Rings movies (counts as one!!)
The Star Wars movies (!one!)
This is Spinal Tap
Four places you’ve lived:
Italy
NJ
state of shock
comatose state
Four TV shows you love(d):
The Daily Show
House
Hawaii Five-0
The Simpsons
Four places you’ve been on vacation:
London
Edinburgh
San Francisco
San Diego
Four websites you visit daily (that aren't on the bloglists):
Fark
Bartcop Forum
Webshots
Amazon.com
Four of your favorite foods:
roast chicken
roasted potatoes
roast pork
pistachios
Four places you want to be:
Jamaica
the Cotswolds
Rocky Mountain National Park
in front of the TV when they frog-march Karl Rove out of the White House
Four books you could read over and over:
The Lord of the Rings
The Tommyknockers
...And Ladies of the Club
The Source
Four songs you can't get tired of listening to:
Sweet Child o' Mine
Radar Love
Tijuana Jail
The Return of the King
Passing the ball to Elayne!
Santa brought Egon a present, too!
The g-pukes investigated Clinton’s cat but only plans ‘oversight’ on Bush’s illegal spying
The Pensito Review reports.
"[The Dictator-tot] reasoned that, as he was fighting a war, one that conveniently for him was never going to end, he could do anything he liked because he was the king..."
- from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed.
December 26, 2005
Bush presses editors on security
His job security.
wHoreward Kurtz of the WaComPo reports that the honor-an'-integrity president has been summoning newspaper editors to meetings in an effort to prevent publication of stories he considers damaging to his misadministration "national security." First the Dictator-tot tried to bury the news that he authorized illegal eavesdropping on American citizens. Now we find out he met with editors to put the kibosh on their publishing articles disclosing the existence of the secret CIA "black prison" torture camps in Eastern Europe.
And before you give kudos to a newly-reballed media, now comes word that two columnists have admitted that they accepted payments from indicted rethug pet lobbyist Jack Abramoff for up to two dozen columns favorable to the repuke's clients.
Pic from Cute Overload.
I swear to God I must've gained about six pounds.
December 24, 2005
Douchebag of Liberty: the neocons knew there were no WMDs in Iraq
From Wolf's interview of the cranky incontinent traitor and next Fox Nooze anal-ist last night:
NOVAK: My sources didn't think there were, in the military, people I trusted. And the indication by the inspectors indicated there was no weapons. But the point...
BLITZER: Was the president sold a bill of goods on Iraq?
NOVAK: I think they got in a mindset where they really wanted change of government, and then it was a need to find reasons for a change of government.
BLITZER: Why was that?
NOVAK: I believe that they felt that this was the key to American foreign policy.
BLITZER: Was the president sold a bill of goods on Iraq?
NOVAK: I think they got in a mindset where they really wanted change of government, and then it was a need to find reasons for a change of government.
BLITZER: Why was that?
NOVAK: I believe that they felt that this was the key to American foreign policy.
Follow-up
Found this at Yellow Dog Blog: hero/patriot Scott Ritter rips drunken assclown Chris Hitchens a new asshole:
"Stop evaluating Iraq from the perspective of a security threat to the US or you'll make yourself crazy – because it didn't exist," said Ritter. "This had nothing whatsoever to do with the security of the United States and it had everything to do with correcting a political embarrassment to the US and that was Saddam Hussein remaining in power."
Hey, if I don't see you guys later, have a very merry Christmas!!
xxxooo
Holy shit
You go, dude!
JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR: How are you doing? So after Nixon was doing this illegal eavesdropping on Americans, they made this -- they created this court in the Justice Department that is specifically authorized to OK the wiretaps if the administration asks permission, is that right?
BLITZER: In 1978 they did that. It's called the FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
CAFFERTY: Yes, and if my reading is correct, they've turned down exactly five requests in the last 25 years out of tens of thousands. And you can even get permission up to 72 hours after you conduct the wiretap, right?
BLITZER: That is correct.
CAFFERTY: So why can't they pick up the phone and saw we want to do this?
LESLIE the Wonder-whore: What they said is that the new technology requires a different kind of process. And they don't necessarily have that standard probable cause that would justify a court warrant. They just need to do it to save your life.
CAFFERTY: Yes. Well, you know what? He's in big trouble. And I can't wait for the hearings to start in January.
Start spreadin' the word
The 'I' word. On cardboard signs, stickers, grafitti... All it takes is a leftover amazon.com box and a black magic marker.
"[H]oly crap! If you're not motivated to get out there with a few paper signs or stickers now, you're clinically dead!" - Kagro X, at DKos.
"Suddenly, the "I" word - impeachment - is popping up all over - and starting to appear credible to the pundits of conventional wisdom."
"Please?"
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December 23, 2005
Slice up the fruitcake
"He sees you when you're sleeping- Ablogistan.
He knows when you're alone
He knows if you've been bad or good
Cause he's got a wiretap on your phone"
Freedom an' democratude
Actual war on Christmas: Iraqi Christians were relatively free to worship under Saddam's rule but since the US invaded have come to live in fear of attacks by Islamist groups and militants.
Suck it, O'Reilly.
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Dick Cheney's imperial presidency
George W. Bush has quipped several times during his political career that it would be so much easier to govern in a dictatorship. Apparently he never told his vice president that this was a joke.
Before 9/11, Mr. Cheney was trying to undermine the institutional and legal structure of multilateral foreign policy: he championed the abrogation of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty with Moscow in order to build an antimissile shield that doesn't work but makes military contactors rich.
Early in his tenure, Mr. Cheney, who - ahem - "quit" as chief executive of Halliburton to run with Smarty McGeniusson in 2000, gathered his energy industry cronies at secret meetings in Washington to rewrite energy policy to their specifications. Mr. Chicanery offered the usual excuses about the need to get candid advice on important matters, and the courts, sadly, bought it. But the task force was not an exercise in diverse views. The Dick gathered people who agreed with him, and allowed them to write national policy for an industry in which he had recently amassed a fortune...
Before 9/11, Mr. Cheney was trying to undermine the institutional and legal structure of multilateral foreign policy: he championed the abrogation of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty with Moscow in order to build an antimissile shield that doesn't work but makes military contactors rich.
Early in his tenure, Mr. Cheney, who - ahem - "quit" as chief executive of Halliburton to run with Smarty McGeniusson in 2000, gathered his energy industry cronies at secret meetings in Washington to rewrite energy policy to their specifications. Mr. Chicanery offered the usual excuses about the need to get candid advice on important matters, and the courts, sadly, bought it. But the task force was not an exercise in diverse views. The Dick gathered people who agreed with him, and allowed them to write national policy for an industry in which he had recently amassed a fortune...
- from here. Mostly.
Party support in Senate erodes around Frist
Senate majority leader/douchebag Bill Frist found his party in a dogfight yesterday, with GOP lawmakers joining united Democrats in a series of embarrassing setbacks for Emperor Idiot and the Republican agenda of turning the country into one huge concentration camp
Senator Trent Lott, the whinging, hair-helmeted republican who lost the leader's post to Frist, said the GOP leader needed to be tougher on his colleagues to deliver the president's priorities.
"The leader has to be prepared to roll people," Lott said. "Instead, he's turned into a fucking zombie."
"Urrrrrrr... brains. Cat... brains....."
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Daschle: Congress didn't OK spying, you lying sack of shit
The misadministration requested, and Congress rejected, war-making authority "in the United States" after the 9/11 attacks.
The use of warrantless wiretaps on American citizens was never discussed when Congress authorized the White House to use force against al-Qaida after the Sept. 11 attacks, says former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.
"Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the agreed-upon text," Daschle wrote in a WaComPo op-ed. "This last-minute change would have given that miserable, power-mad fuckwit broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens. I could see no justification for Congress to accede to this extraordinary request for additional authority. I refused to accede."
"If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11," Daschle wrote. "What's more, he knows it too, the fucking liar."
"Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in the agreed-upon text," Daschle wrote in a WaComPo op-ed. "This last-minute change would have given that miserable, power-mad fuckwit broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens. I could see no justification for Congress to accede to this extraordinary request for additional authority. I refused to accede."
"If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11," Daschle wrote. "What's more, he knows it too, the fucking liar."
December 22, 2005
Around blogtopia
y!sctp!
Kudos to the General's French grandson!
Ben discusses the double-standard of Hollywood showing huge swinging meatbags at Chapel Perilous.
The O'Grinch Factor, via Tild.
Heh heh heh: the mAnn Coulter merry-go-round.
"While Bush was busy illegally spying on Americans, someone just stole 400 pounds of high-powered explosives including undetectable C-4."
Mark at the Biomes Blog writes to John lame-ass Kerry.
Corrente asks what's on Dick Cheney's iPod?
My picks:
Sound of kittens frying
Retarded babies getting squished by Godzilla
The Hindenburg disaster
Puppies going though a wood chipper
Lady Chatterly's Lover, as read by Lynne Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld
Flip... flop... flip... flop....
Drooling, sanctimonious hypocrite and pudface Rick Santorum: "Blur! Gub! Wzztphth!"
Ick
And sometimes a cigar is just... never mind...
From the Things you'd rather not think about department: Linda Tripp's foot-long wieners.
War on Christmas!
Why do they hate the baby Jebus?
[U]nder the Capitol dome, a sour mood has settled over a Senate stuck in session with nothing but legislative stalemates standing between lawmakers and their holiday recess.
"Merry Fristmas," congressional aides muttered as they passed each other in the chilly halls, taking a sullen dig at Majority Leader/douchebag Bill Frist.
"Merry Fristmas," congressional aides muttered as they passed each other in the chilly halls, taking a sullen dig at Majority Leader/douchebag Bill Frist.
Frist, of course, blamed the Democrats.
Blue Christmas
Rethug pet lobbyist/travel agent Jack Abramoff ready to squeal on 'at least a dozen lawmakers and their former staff members.' Mwwwwwaaaaa!
Freedom. Democratude.
'Wtf were they thinking?!' says FISA court.
Several members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said in interviews that they want to know why the administration believed secretly listening in on telephone calls and reading e-mails of US citizens without court authorization was legal.
One government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration complained bitterly that the FISA process demanded too much: to name a target and give a reason to spy on it.
One government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the administration complained bitterly that the FISA process demanded too much: to name a target and give a reason to spy on it.
R-amen, brother
Pastafarian Bobby Henderson says The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is scheduled for publication in March.
Ho ho ho
Helen Thomas's reindeer run over WH spokes-liar Scott McClellan:
Ms Thomas: That fucking numbskull in the White House has publicly acknowledged that we went to war under false information, mistaken information. Why does he insist on staying there if we were there falsely, and continue to kill Iraqis?
McClellan: Well, maybe you missed some of his recent speeches and his remarks, but the President said it was the right decision to remove Saddam Hussein and his regime from power --
Helen: And a right decision to move in and to tell the people, the American people, that it was all a mistake, and stay there?
McClellan: I don't think he said that. He said that Saddam Hussein was a destabilizing force in a dangerous region of the world --
Helen:You lying sack of shit. That isn't true. We had a choke-hold on him.
McClellan: It is true. He was a threat. And the threat has been removed.
Helen: We had sanctions, we had satellites, we were bombing. Jebus, Scott, don't quote fucking talking points to me.
McClellan: :: whimper :: Let's talk about why it's so important, what we're working to accomplish in Iraq --
Helen: I want to know why we're still there killing people, when we went in by mistake.
McClellan: We are liberating people and freeing people to live in a democracy. And why we're still there --
Helen: Do you think we're spreading democracy when you spy and put out disinformation and do all the things that -- secret prisons, and torture?
McClellan: ::.. shit... :: Freedom! Democracy! 9/11! You defeatest terrist-lover! Gah!
McClellan: Well, maybe you missed some of his recent speeches and his remarks, but the President said it was the right decision to remove Saddam Hussein and his regime from power --
Helen: And a right decision to move in and to tell the people, the American people, that it was all a mistake, and stay there?
McClellan: I don't think he said that. He said that Saddam Hussein was a destabilizing force in a dangerous region of the world --
Helen:
McClellan: It is true. He was a threat. And the threat has been removed.
Helen: We had sanctions, we had satellites, we were bombing. Jebus, Scott, don't quote fucking talking points to me.
McClellan: :: whimper :: Let's talk about why it's so important, what we're working to accomplish in Iraq --
Helen: I want to know why we're still there killing people, when we went in by mistake.
McClellan: We are liberating people and freeing people to live in a democracy. And why we're still there --
Helen: Do you think we're spreading democracy when you spy and put out disinformation and do all the things that -- secret prisons, and torture?
McClellan: ::.. shit... :: Freedom! Democracy! 9/11! You defeatest terrist-lover! Gah!
- via Yellow Dog Blog, mostly.
I think this pic is by woofiemama.
Santa Clause: Feds clear Santa's flight plan, except for the airspace around Dick Cheney's house.
Public: bah, humbug to Boy King
Stupie McLyington's approval rating back down to 41%
Nearly two-thirds of those polled said they are not buying the whole spying-to-keep-us-safer thing, and are calling shenanigans on aWol's lies about going to war.
Fun fact: in a nonscientific poll, 88% of America-haters Americans said they want the lying warmonkey to be impeached.
December 21, 2005
Hey, we were just practicing our cheerleading routines, honest!
Saddam, enabling the terrists, claims he was tortured by the US while in custody. Why does he hate America?
Rethugs lying to defend Bush's spying
Sen. John Cornyn: "None of your civil liberties matter much after you're dead."
John at AmericaBlog: "Apparently they don't matter much when we're alive either."
They're now coming up with all sorts of "examples" of where Clinton - surprise! - and Jimmy Carter supposedly spied on Americans without search warrants.
Now, please sit down before I tell you this. But, the right wing blogs, Matt Drudge and Rush Limbaugh are lying to you.
Anyway, to debunk the first lie, here is ThinkProgress' report on the Echelon program - a program that Newsmax, among others, claimed had Clinton spying on MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. Yeah right. And if that were the case, then why would Bush even need the Patriot Act?
Anyway, ThinkProgress has dissected these morons and shows that they're lying.
As these guys are spreading this crap all over talk radio and around the Net, please do take ThinkProgress' analysis and email around the Net. - AmericaBlog.
Now, please sit down before I tell you this. But, the right wing blogs, Matt Drudge and Rush Limbaugh are lying to you.
Anyway, to debunk the first lie, here is ThinkProgress' report on the Echelon program - a program that Newsmax, among others, claimed had Clinton spying on MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. Yeah right. And if that were the case, then why would Bush even need the Patriot Act?
Anyway, ThinkProgress has dissected these morons and shows that they're lying.
As these guys are spreading this crap all over talk radio and around the Net, please do take ThinkProgress' analysis and email around the Net. - AmericaBlog.
Xmas PSM
Santa Search: Holiday music and lyrics for your listening pleasure.
"Please don't let the cat see me like this!"
"I will kill you later. Oh yes."
"Bah." :: coughs up hairball ::
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
DeLay's good buddy Jack Abramoff is looking for a plea deal in exchange for his testifying against his mostly Republican political associates.
Jesus' toys!
The 10 most puzzling ancient artifacts
"Over the last few hundred years, many perplexing artifacts have been unearthed that do not fit the currently excepted theories of geology and the history of man." - read about them here (via Chapel Perilous).
Freedom. Democracy. Integrity
Let's get Jack Cafferty into the WH press pool.
CAFFERTY: Question of the hour is this - do you think it's an impeachable offense, impeachable, for the president to authorize domestic spying without a warrant?
Tom in Washington, Virginia, writes, "Yes, I do think that unauthorized wiretaps are an impeachable offense, as Nixon proved. Mr. Bush's contemptible administration believes that a frightened populace is more easily malleable, so they forever wave the bloody shirt of 9/11 to justify doing, well, just about anything they want. And if you disagree, then you're helping the terrorists win. But when was the divine right of kings reinstated? Did I miss a meeting somewhere?"
Zach in Chevy Chase, Maryland: "While the authorization of the spying itself might not be an impeachable offense, it is certainly unconstitutional as it skip the check and balance of judicial review. Whether or not you trust Bush now to only spy on terrorists is irrelevant. If this surveillance is found to be legal, any future president can spy on Americans for any purpose without any oversight."
Michael in Redwood City: "It's certainly more of an impeachable offense than was Bill Clinton's affair with Monica. George learned from Bill's experience, though, and avoided the perjury trap by admitting his transgression up front and then challenging us to do something about it. He probably won't be impeached, too many Republicans in Congress for that. But history won't be kind to him, either."
Joe in Sheepfuck, South Dakota: "Absolutely not. The Constitution grants no right to privacy, the courts have. Why don't we just hand over the entire playbook to the terrorists? The mainstream media seems to every time a covert procedure could gain an advantage."
Palm in Reynoldsburg, Ohio -- Pam, rather: "Does this mean Watergate was not a crime?"
And Lance in Madison, Wisconsin: "I'd love to chime in on your question today, but I believe my emails are being tapped, so I'll refrain from answering."
Tom in Washington, Virginia, writes, "Yes, I do think that unauthorized wiretaps are an impeachable offense, as Nixon proved. Mr. Bush's contemptible administration believes that a frightened populace is more easily malleable, so they forever wave the bloody shirt of 9/11 to justify doing, well, just about anything they want. And if you disagree, then you're helping the terrorists win. But when was the divine right of kings reinstated? Did I miss a meeting somewhere?"
Zach in Chevy Chase, Maryland: "While the authorization of the spying itself might not be an impeachable offense, it is certainly unconstitutional as it skip the check and balance of judicial review. Whether or not you trust Bush now to only spy on terrorists is irrelevant. If this surveillance is found to be legal, any future president can spy on Americans for any purpose without any oversight."
Michael in Redwood City: "It's certainly more of an impeachable offense than was Bill Clinton's affair with Monica. George learned from Bill's experience, though, and avoided the perjury trap by admitting his transgression up front and then challenging us to do something about it. He probably won't be impeached, too many Republicans in Congress for that. But history won't be kind to him, either."
Joe in Sheepfuck, South Dakota: "Absolutely not. The Constitution grants no right to privacy, the courts have. Why don't we just hand over the entire playbook to the terrorists? The mainstream media seems to every time a covert procedure could gain an advantage."
Palm in Reynoldsburg, Ohio -- Pam, rather: "Does this mean Watergate was not a crime?"
And Lance in Madison, Wisconsin: "I'd love to chime in on your question today, but I believe my emails are being tapped, so I'll refrain from answering."
Besides, Xlintoon got a blowjob
Harry Reid once smiled while the Patriot Act was being signed, which means that he cannot oppose reauthorizing it now.
- shorter drudge.
Rule of law
What congresscritters are saying about the scandal that's teabagging the president -
"We took an oath of office, Mr. Speaker, to uphold the Constitution under our democratic system of government, separation of powers, and checks and balances. And we must fulfill that oath and send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial."
"How can we expect a Boy Scout to honor his oath if elected officials don't honor theirs? How can we expect a business executive to honor a promise when the chief executive abandons his or hers?"
"Freedom depends upon something. The rule of law. And that's why this solemn occasion is so important. For today we are here to defend the rule of law. According to the evidence presented by our fine Judiciary Committee, the president of the United States has committed serious transgressions. Among other things, he took an oath to God, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And then he failed to do so. Not once, but several times."
"When someone is elected president, they receive the greatest gift possible from the American people, their trust. To violate that trust is to raise questions about fitness for office. My constituents often remind me that if anyone else in a position of authority - for example, a business executive, a military officer of a professional educator - had acted as the evidence indicates the president did, their career would be over."
"Many have asked why we are even here in these impeachment proceedings. They have asked why we can't just rebuke the president and move on. That's a reasonable question. And I certainly understand the emotions behind that question. I want to move on. Every member of this committee wants to move on. We all agree with that. But the critical question is this: Do we move on under the Constitution, or do we move on by turning aside from the Constitution? Do we move on in faithfulness to our own oath to support and defend the Constitution, or do we go outside the Constitution because it seems more convenient and expedient? Why are we here? We are here because we have a system of government based on the rule of law, a system of government in which no one - no one - is above the law. We are here because we have a constitution."
"I am here because it is my constitutional duty, as it is the constitutional duty of every member of this committee, to follow the truth wherever it may lead. Our Founding Fathers established this nation on a fundamental yet at the time untested idea that a nation should be governed not by the whims of any man but by the rule of law. Implicit in that idea is the principle that no one is above the law, including the chief executive. Since it is the rule of law that guides us, we must ask ourselves what happens to our nation if the rule of law is ignored, cheapened or violated, especially at the highest level of government."
"You know, there are people out all across America every day that help define the nation's character, and they exercise common-sense virtues, whether it's honesty, integrity, promise-keeping, loyalty, respect, accountability, they pursue excellence, they exercise self-discipline. There is honor in a hard day's work. There's duty to country. Those are things that we take very seriously..."
"My preeminent concern is that the Constitution be followed and that all Americans, regardless of their position in society, receive equal and unbiased treatment in our courts of law. The fate of no president, no political party, and no member of Congress merits a slow unraveling of the fabric of our constitutional structure. As John Adams said, we are a nation of laws, not of men."
"It's a matter of considerable concern to me when our legal system is assaulted by our nation's chief law enforcement officer, the only person obliged to take care that the laws are faithfully executed."
"I believe that this nation sits at a crossroads. One direction points to the higher road of the rule of law. Sometimes hard, sometimes unpleasant, this path relies on truth, justice and the rigorous application of the principle that no man is above the law."
Q: OK, how many of these patriots are republican?
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A: They all were. They're all House Republicans' statements at the time of Bill Clinton's impeachment.
Federal judge resigns over domestic spying 
US District Judge James Robertson has resigned from the FISA court to protest the Dictator-tot's domestic spying program.
The action by Judge Robertson stemmed from deep concern that the warrantless surveillance Bush authorized was "legally questionable" and may have tainted the work of FISA.
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"It's a good thing the [Iraqi parliament] elections didn't happen a year or two ago - having 30,000 fewer voters will make the ballot count a lot easier."
Cheney to critics: arrrrrrr!
You pussies! We're at war! You're all gonna die! Go fuck yourself, terrist-lovers!
VP Dick Cheney predicted a backlash against critics of the misadministration's spying on American citizens as he 'forcefully defended' a program that both Democrats and republicans say may have exceeded the Boy King's powers. He "guessed" that a "vast majority of the American people support" their efforts to subvert the Constitutionally-guaranteed rights of privacy and liberty of the American people.
Warm up the smear machine!
"You don't need BOTH kneecaps, do you, punk?"
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December 20, 2005
Do bears shit in the woods?
I was just over at my site tracker, and saw this as one of the site referrals:
20 Dec, Tue, 14:16:07 MSN Search: Are bush supporters retarded?
LOL.
Yup!
Honor and integrity
'Senate Majority Leader/douchebag Bill Frist's AIDS charity paid nearly a half-million dollars in "excessively high" consulting fees to members of his political inner circle, according to tax returns providing the first financial accounting of the presidential hopeful's nonprofit.
'Political experts said both the size of charity's big donations and its consulting fees to primarily political consultants raise questions about whether the tax-exempt group benefited Frist's political ambitions.'
After seeing a videocassette of the consulting fees, Bill Frist said they all looked legal to him.
Slay ride
Aahhh! Bing Crosby was a schlemiel who hated the baby Jebus, hated America, and wanted the terrorists to win! That does it - I'm deleting "Mele Kalikimaka" from my holi Christmas playlist...
Deficit-reduction bill sends Cheney rushing back to US
"[H]ow embarassing is it to need VP vote insurance when your own party controls both houses of Congress?" - firedoglake.
"Merry Christmas! Go fuck yourself!"
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Quote of the day
"It's not an accident we haven't been hit since Bush started spying on Americans. Bush always said the terrorist hated us for our freedom. And now that we don't have our freedom anymore, the terrorists got the message they won."- John at AmericaBlog.
Censure motion introduced in the House
Committee to be created to ascertain whether the Insane War Chimp can be impeached for abuse of power.
But... but... Clinton!
Rep. John Conyers has introduced a motion to censure Crashcart 'n' Chimpenstein for providing misleading information to Congress in advance of the Iraq war and for violations of international law.
Also introduced was a resolution to create a Select Committee to investigate the administration’s intent to go to war prior to congressional authorization. The committee would also be charged with examining manipulation of pre-war intelligence, thwarting Congressional oversight and retaliatory attacks against critics. As part of this resolution, House Judiciary Democrats seek also to explore violations of international law as pertaining to detainee abuse and torture of prisoners of war.
The Committee would seek to subpoena Smirky McFlightsuit and his misadministration in hopes of ascertaining if impeachable offenses have been committed.
Also introduced was a resolution to create a Select Committee to investigate the administration’s intent to go to war prior to congressional authorization. The committee would also be charged with examining manipulation of pre-war intelligence, thwarting Congressional oversight and retaliatory attacks against critics. As part of this resolution, House Judiciary Democrats seek also to explore violations of international law as pertaining to detainee abuse and torture of prisoners of war.The Committee would seek to subpoena Smirky McFlightsuit and his misadministration in hopes of ascertaining if impeachable offenses have been committed.
Meanwhile, Senator Barbara Boxer says she's asked for opinions on impeaching the prezdint for authorizing spying on Americans without warrants.
Happy Holidays!
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Go crawl back under the WH sheets, jerkoff
Attention whore and disgraced former reporter Bob Woodward claims to know who incontinent traitor Bob Novak's source was in the CIA leak case, and according to him it was not someone in the White House.
You irrelevant hack. How pathetic. We should believe you now why? Just STFU already.
Toe-cheese of Liberty
Canada calls Tucker Carlson a pussy-assed, no-dicked, bowtied fuckwit. Or they would, but they have more class than pimply pudfaced America-hating girlie-man Fuc Tucker Carlson.
Shameful act
A serious breach of national security the Constitution.
"Finally we have a Washington scandal that goes beyond sex, corruption and political intrigue to big issues like security versus liberty and the reasonable bounds of presidential power... Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker."
The New York Times has been scooped (again) -- on a big national story with sweeping significance. But now, it's not on CIA black prisons (that was the Washington Post) or the Pentagon's paid propaganda in Iraq (broken by the L.A. Times).
This time, the scoop is about a top secret meeting in the Oval Office, involving President Bush...and the two top officials of the New York Times. For the last four days, the Times has been writing about the domestic spying program of the Bush Administration, and they did indeed report that the newspaper's story was held for a year, give or take.
But not once in its coverage did the Times mention that publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and executive editor Bill Keller were summoned to the White House on Dec. 6, 13 days ago, in a last-ditch bid to get the newspaper to kill the story, which tonight has some members of Congress talking about impeachment. - Attytood.
This time, the scoop is about a top secret meeting in the Oval Office, involving President Bush...and the two top officials of the New York Times. For the last four days, the Times has been writing about the domestic spying program of the Bush Administration, and they did indeed report that the newspaper's story was held for a year, give or take.
But not once in its coverage did the Times mention that publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and executive editor Bill Keller were summoned to the White House on Dec. 6, 13 days ago, in a last-ditch bid to get the newspaper to kill the story, which tonight has some members of Congress talking about impeachment. - Attytood.
The paper of record. The broken record for the Bush misadministration.
From a standoff over the Patriot Act to pushback from Capitol Hill on the treatment of detainees, secret prisons abroad, and government eavesdropping at home, tensions between the Bush White House and the Republican-controlled Congress have never been more exposed.
Even Republicans who favor renewing the Patriot Act were blindsided by news Friday, later confirmed, that President Bush had authorized secret eavesdropping on US citizens.
Even Republicans who favor renewing the Patriot Act were blindsided by news Friday, later confirmed, that President Bush had authorized secret eavesdropping on US citizens.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-Gofigure, called shenanigans. If the Boy King is 'allowed to decide unilaterally who the potential terrorists are, he in essense becomes the court,' Graham said on CBS's "Face the Nation." He also called for a congressional review.
Vice President Liar von Halliburton pompously weighed in and lied in an interview Sunday with ABC News: "It's the kind of capability if we'd had before 9/11 might have led us to be able to prevent 9/11."
I guess the PDB Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the US was just another goddamned piece of paper.
Fun fact: Quakers, librarians, the Catholic Workers' group and vegans are considered terrists by the Bush misadministration. Freedom.
December 19, 2005
Terra. Defeatists. 9/11
Bastioning freedom:
Bush said Monday he expected a "full investigation" into Jack Abramof shit why our troops still don't have body arm nope Tom DeLay's uh, no who fabricated evidence of WMDs ha ha, as if insider trading by Bill Fri who wiretapped Ameri leaked a CIA agent's na information about a secret wiretap program, saying it (the leaking) was "a shameful act."
9/11. Freedom. Democracy. 9/11. Terra
Emboldening the terrists. By taking away our rights.
More from today's press con:
Q: Well, without breaking any laws, and in five words or less, back on domestic spying. Wtf...
BUSH: Oh, I got you. Yes, sorry. No, I'm not going to talk about that, because it would help give the enemy notification and/or perhaps signal to them methods and uses and sources. And we're not going to do that. It's really important for people to understand that the protection of sources and the protections of methods and how we use information to understand the nature of the enemy is secret.
And the reason it's secret is because, if it's not secret, the enemy knows about it, and if the enemy knows about it, it adjusts. So it's actually gotta be double-secret.
And, again, I want to repeat what I said about Osama bin Laden, the man who ordered the attack that killed 3,000 Americans. That guy. We were listening to him. He was using a type of cell phone -- or a type of phone. And we put it in a newspaper -- somebody put it in the newspaper that this was the type of device he was using to communicate with his team. And he changed.
Yes, Saddam bin Laden attacked us on 9/11 'cause you libral scum traitor reporters wrote that we were tapping Ali Haji-Sheikh's cell phone.
"It's not spying, it's Freedom Listening!"
The Boy King pooh-poohed criticism over his decision to spy on US citizens without court warrants in a press conference on Monday and said he will keep it up "for so long as the nation faces the continuing threat of an enemy that wants to kill American citizens."
When asked why he didn't go throught he appropriate courts to seek legal cover, Bush asked "why do you hate 'Merica?"
Q: Are you going to order a leaks investigation into the disclosure of the surveillance program? And why did you skip the basic safeguard of asking courts for permission for these intercepts?
BUSH: Let me start with the first question. There's a process that goes on inside the Justice Department about leaks, and I presume that process is moving forward. My personal opinion is it was a shameful act, for someone to disclose this very important program in time of war. The fact that we're discussing this program is helping the enemy.
The second part of the question is -- sorry; I gave a long answer.
Q: It was: Why did you skip the basic safeguards of asking courts for permission for the intercepts?
BUSH: First of all, right after September the 11th, I knew we were fighting a different kind of war. 9/11. Freedom. Thank you. Happy holidays to you. Appreciate it.
Q: (OFF-MIKE) Fuckwit...
Well, #ucking duh
Congress slammed for kid-glove oversight of White House
GOP lawmakers have abandoned duties, say critics
After five years in which the GOP-controlled House and Senate undertook next to no investigations of the misadministration, the legislative branch has finally begun to complain about being in the dark.
Democrats list 14 areas in which the GOP majority has failed to investigate the misadministration, including the role of senior officials in the abuse of detainees; the leaking of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame; the role of Dick Cheney's office in the awarding of contracts to Cheney's "former" employer, Halliburton; the White House's withholding from Congress the cost of a Medicare prescription drug plan; the misadministration's rather incestuous relationship with crooked Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi; and the influence of corporate interests on energy policy, environmental regulation and tobacco policy.
Meanwhile, the House "ethics committee" has not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months, despite an array of outside investigations involving, among others, Cunningham and Republican pet lobbyist/travel agent Jack Abramoff.
"Republicans have made a mockery of oversight," said Rep. Henry Waxman, the committee's ranking Democrat. "There was nothing too small to be investigated in the Clinton administration and there's nothing so big that it can't be ignored in the Bush administration."
Democrats list 14 areas in which the GOP majority has failed to investigate the misadministration, including the role of senior officials in the abuse of detainees; the leaking of the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame; the role of Dick Cheney's office in the awarding of contracts to Cheney's "former" employer, Halliburton; the White House's withholding from Congress the cost of a Medicare prescription drug plan; the misadministration's rather incestuous relationship with crooked Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi; and the influence of corporate interests on energy policy, environmental regulation and tobacco policy.
Meanwhile, the House "ethics committee" has not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months, despite an array of outside investigations involving, among others, Cunningham and Republican pet lobbyist/travel agent Jack Abramoff.
"Republicans have made a mockery of oversight," said Rep. Henry Waxman, the committee's ranking Democrat. "There was nothing too small to be investigated in the Clinton administration and there's nothing so big that it can't be ignored in the Bush administration."
Oh yeah, and then there's this. And this. And, uhhhhh, this.
- from the WaComPo. Mostly.
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Cheney faces tough questions, skepticism from troops
"These colors don't run," Dick told Marines fighting in Iraq. "Unlike me during Vietnam."
The skepticism that Cheney faced during his top-secret, high-security - did we mention top-secret? - day-long visit reflects opinions back home, where most Americans say they do not approve of President aWol Warmonkey's handling of the war. It was unique coming from a military audience, which typically receives misadministration officials more enthusiastically.
"Mr Five Student Deferments can kiss my ass," said Marine Cpl. H. Jablowmie after the visit.
Why do the troops hate America?
Berry Christmas!
The preznit walks into a bar...
Owwww!!
Joke of the morning: Bush says pulling out of Iraq now would hurt our credibility.
Ba dum bum!
"I'm doing a heckuva job!"
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December 17, 2005
Follow-up
"Novak to Fox? That's like shit crawling back up into an asshole."
- MoeLarryAndJesus (thanx to Easy Bake Coven).
New survey says Bush a dickhead, bully
Bill Xlintoon more loved than our great war preznit and Saint Ronnie of Reagan.
President George aWol Bush ranks as the least popular and most bellicose of the last ten US presidents, according to a new survey.
Only nine percent of the 662 people polled picked Bush as their favorite among the last 10 presidents. John F. Kennedy topped that part of the survey, with 26 percent, closely followed by Bill Clinton (25 percent) and Ronald Reagan (23 percent).
Only nine percent of the 662 people polled picked Bush as their favorite among the last 10 presidents. John F. Kennedy topped that part of the survey, with 26 percent, closely followed by Bill Clinton (25 percent) and Ronald Reagan (23 percent).
Resolvitude.
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"During an interview yesterday, President Bush said 'You can call me anything you want, but don't call me a racist.' Brian Williams responded: 'Whatever you want, Dumbass.'" - Conan O'Brien.
Good criminey
"There was no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the attack of 9/11," Pres. F-wit McLiar said Friday in an interview for "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer."
"I've never said that and never made that case prior to going into Iraq."
I'm sorry, but I did wake up on planet Earth today, didn't I??
"President Bush lit the candles on the White House menorah. There was an awkward moment when Bush saw the menorah and said 'Cool, a flaming rake.'" - Conan O'Brien.
December 16, 2005
Incontinent traitor moves to WH propagan 'news' channel
Via Eschaton:
As soon as Bob Novak's contract with CNN runs out on Dec. 31, he will become a contributor to the Fox News Channel, the AP reports.Uh huh.
FNC spokesman Brian Lewis confirmed his signing with the network. "Novak said the switch to Fox had nothing to do with finding a more comfortable home for his views."
Ongoing investigation! Ongoing investigation!
Hero/patriot David Gregory and others jump all over WH spokes-liar Scott McClellan after President Stupid prejudged an... well, you know the rest.
Q: But it's hypocritical. You have a policy for some investigations and not others, when it's a political ally who you need to get work done?
MR. McCLELLAN: Call it presidential prerogative; he responded to that question. But the White House established a policy --
Q: Doesn't it raise questions about his credibility that he's going to weigh in on some matters and not others, and we're just supposed to sit back and wait for him to decide what he wants to comment on and influence?
MR. McCLELLAN: Congressman DeLay's matter is an ongoing legal proceeding --
Q: As is the Fitzgerald investigation --
MR. McCLELLAN: The Fitzgerald investigation is --
Q: -- As you've told us ad nauseam from the podium.
MR. McCLELLAN: It's an ongoing investigation, as well.
Q: How can you not -- how can you say there's differences between the two, and we're supposed to buy that? There's no differences. The President decided to weigh in on one, and not the other.
MR. McCLELLAN: There are differences.
Q: And the public is supposed to accept the fact that he's got no comment on the conduct of senior officials of the White House, but when it's a political ally over on the Hill who's got to help him get work done, then he's happy to try to influence that legal process.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, not at all. Not at all. You can get all dramatic about it, but you know what our policy is. Go ahead, Paula.
Q: I do have a question about White House ethics guidelines --
MR. McCLELLAN: I think the American people understand.
Q: Fuck, dude! No, they don't! And the only thing that's dramatic is the inconsistency of the policy and you trying to defend it.
MR. McCLELLAN: ... fuck ...
MR. McCLELLAN: Call it presidential prerogative; he responded to that question. But the White House established a policy --
Q: Doesn't it raise questions about his credibility that he's going to weigh in on some matters and not others, and we're just supposed to sit back and wait for him to decide what he wants to comment on and influence?
MR. McCLELLAN: Congressman DeLay's matter is an ongoing legal proceeding --
Q: As is the Fitzgerald investigation --
MR. McCLELLAN: The Fitzgerald investigation is --
Q: -- As you've told us ad nauseam from the podium.
MR. McCLELLAN: It's an ongoing investigation, as well.
Q: How can you not -- how can you say there's differences between the two, and we're supposed to buy that? There's no differences. The President decided to weigh in on one, and not the other.
MR. McCLELLAN: There are differences.
Q: And the public is supposed to accept the fact that he's got no comment on the conduct of senior officials of the White House, but when it's a political ally over on the Hill who's got to help him get work done, then he's happy to try to influence that legal process.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, not at all. Not at all. You can get all dramatic about it, but you know what our policy is. Go ahead, Paula.
Q: I do have a question about White House ethics guidelines --
MR. McCLELLAN: I think the American people understand.
Q: Fuck, dude! No, they don't! And the only thing that's dramatic is the inconsistency of the policy and you trying to defend it.
MR. McCLELLAN: ... fuck ...
Is that even a word?
The utter duhness that is Bush 'legacy' interview by Fox News' fellator Britt Hume:
HUME: Let me get your thoughts*, Mr. President, on - on how you think or hope you'll be remembered.
BUSH: You mean, just kind of a blanket statement?
HUME: Yes.
BUSH: I hope that first, as a person, I'll be remembered as a fellow who had his priorities straight: his faith, his family and his friends are a central part of his life.
Secondly, I hope to be remembered, from a personal perspective, as a fellow who had lived life to the fullest and gave it his all. And thirdly, I'd like to be remembered as the president who used American influence for the good of the world: bastioning freedom and fighting disease and poverty, by recognizing to whom much is given, much is required and that -- that I wasn't afraid to make a decision."
BUSH: You mean, just kind of a blanket statement?
HUME: Yes.
BUSH: I hope that first, as a person, I'll be remembered as a fellow who had his priorities straight: his faith, his family and his friends are a central part of his life.
Secondly, I hope to be remembered, from a personal perspective, as a fellow who had lived life to the fullest and gave it his all. And thirdly, I'd like to be remembered as the president who used American influence for the good of the world: bastioning freedom and fighting disease and poverty, by recognizing to whom much is given, much is required and that -- that I wasn't afraid to make a decision."
So... when's he gonna start?
*No comment. - Ed.
"The case is picking up steam"
Possible plea agreement by indicted slimeball Tom DeLay's former deputy chief of staff Tony Rudy, "who knows where the proverbial bodies are buried." Mwwwaaaaaa!
"Crazy asshat's not giving me anything to work with!"
Throw me a bone here, willya?
For the 22nd time in a speech as president, Bush said we would not 'cut and run' in Iraq. For the 28th time, he said Iraq was 'the central front' in the war on terrorism. And, for the 100th time, Bush promised that 'we will prevail' against the terrorists.
His four Iraq speeches, though different in emphasis, were full of numbing repetition. Washingtonpost.com's Adrian Holovaty did a computer analysis of the four Iraq speeches and found dozens of phrases repeated in all four. Bush invoked 'democracy' 83 times, 'freedom' 68 times and 'security' 75 times. The president invoked 'victory' 10 times in the 30-minute address -- more than the six victory mentions on Monday but fewer than the 11 on Dec. 7 and the 15 on Nov. 30.
The lack of new material in Bush's speech complicated the second act in yesterday's double feature. Jack Murtha (Pa.), the Democratic congressman who has been rebutting each of the four Iraq speeches, had little to work with. 'He keeps saying the same thing over and over,' Murtha protested during his regular televised rebuttal.
His four Iraq speeches, though different in emphasis, were full of numbing repetition. Washingtonpost.com's Adrian Holovaty did a computer analysis of the four Iraq speeches and found dozens of phrases repeated in all four. Bush invoked 'democracy' 83 times, 'freedom' 68 times and 'security' 75 times. The president invoked 'victory' 10 times in the 30-minute address -- more than the six victory mentions on Monday but fewer than the 11 on Dec. 7 and the 15 on Nov. 30.
The lack of new material in Bush's speech complicated the second act in yesterday's double feature. Jack Murtha (Pa.), the Democratic congressman who has been rebutting each of the four Iraq speeches, had little to work with. 'He keeps saying the same thing over and over,' Murtha protested during his regular televised rebuttal.
- Dana Milbank, the WaComPo.
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"Everytime you say 'Happy Holidays' an angel gets AIDS." - Jon Stewart, 12/13/05.
Dems accuse Bush of jury tampering
More fun 'n' frolic on the Hill...
Democratic leaders strongly criticized Preznit CharacterCounts yesterday for saying corrupt scumbag and former House majority leader Tom DeLay is innocent of the felony charges, suggesting his comments "virtually amounted to jury tampering before DeLay stands trial."
"The president of the United States said a jury does not need to assemble, that Tom DeLay is innocent," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. "To have someone of his stature, the president of the United States, prejudge a case is something I've never seen before."
That response pushed the White House on the defensive yesterday. Misadministration officials have repeatedly deflected questions about other legal probes -- especially Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's inquiry into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name -- by saying they could not comment on ongoing investigations. White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the apparent inconsistency a "presidential prerogative."
Sen. Chuck Schumer fired back that Bush's comments on the DeLay investigation should free him to reveal who leaked Plame's name.
That response pushed the White House on the defensive yesterday. Misadministration officials have repeatedly deflected questions about other legal probes -- especially Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's inquiry into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name -- by saying they could not comment on ongoing investigations. White House spokesman Scott McClellan called the apparent inconsistency a "presidential prerogative."
Sen. Chuck Schumer fired back that Bush's comments on the DeLay investigation should free him to reveal who leaked Plame's name.
December 15, 2005
Pirro told to STFU
Future headline: Hillary Clinton's rival in the Senate race found stuffed in dumpster outside NY GOP headquarters
Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, was seen winning hearts and minds of voters giggling and chatting outside a Bronx church after the funeral Mass for slain Police Officer Danny Enchautegui - spurring outrage from cops.
One officer brusquely told her to "shut up," prompting Pirro to zip her lips and snap to attention just after the flag-draped coffin holding Enchautegui was placed into a nearby hearse.
"She should have kept her mouth shut and showed some respect," said one disgusted high-ranking member of the NYPD.
One officer brusquely told her to "shut up," prompting Pirro to zip her lips and snap to attention just after the flag-draped coffin holding Enchautegui was placed into a nearby hearse.
"She should have kept her mouth shut and showed some respect," said one disgusted high-ranking member of the NYPD.
Bill O'Reilly has definately lost it
Attacks Catholic leaders for their "indifference" toward the "war" on Christmas.
"If you don't stick up for the baby Jesus, who are you going to stick up for?" he asks.
Rev. Richard McBrien: "Today there are many, many millions of non-Christians beyond the Jewish community. And so, you know, business is business. It's out to make a profit, and it doesn't want to alienate potential customers."
O'Reilly: "[T]hat's dopey, Father."
Bonnes Fêtes, Bill. You ass.
From the '... ass with both hands' department
"It's so embarrassing."
Miniature golf course manages to turn up on the Homeland Security's terror watch target list.
WH calls Boob Novak a liar
Takes one to know one! replies Boob.
The White House "took issue" today with the claim by incontinent traitor Bob Novak that Preznit Stupie McLyington knows who the CIA leak source is.
"I don't know what he's basing it on," said White House spokes-liar Scott McClellan, declining to say anything further. "I can't comment on an ongoing invest..."
Abramoff messages show DeLay pressed for donations
"It was the Congressman himself," the message said of the call. "Needless to say, I was a bit nervous."
Newly disclosed e-mail messages from lobbyist Jack Abramoff show that he told an Indian tribe client that he was being pressured by corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay for a contribution for a $25,000-a-table Republican fund-raiser and that DeLay had personally phoned the lobbyist's office in search of the money. The three-year-old messages suggest that the request was passed on to the tribe for payment within hours.
Ongoing investigation! Ongoing investigation!
President CharacterCounts comments on an - uhhhhhh - ongoing investigation.
Word
Over at First Draft, athenae takes a look at an op-ed by journalism professor Michael Socolow, who argues that there's too much friction between the press and the government and it needs to end. Yeah, I couldn't believe it either. The whole response is spot on, but here's a taste:
We need a cease-fire, this guy says. Seriously? What exactly have journalists been using as weapons in this terrible and destructive war, pray tell? Marshmallows? Candy-coated fairy food of mass destruction? What towering victories have journalists achieved in exposing the corruption and lies of this administration, and what are the incidences in which they've exceeded their brief, that would merit lumping them in with people who want them garrotted and shot? A cease-fire. You've got to be kidding me.Game, set and match.
I hate to tell our esteemed professor of journalism this, but we don't need a cease fire. We need a war. We need the kind of war we should have been getting from 9/12/2001 onward up until this afterfuckingnoon. We need answers, goddammit, about what's happened to our country. A cease fire is pointless if journalism has already surrendered.
- Blah3 (emphasis mine).
Around blogtopia
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The General has some Holiday shopping suggestions for your favorite wingnut.
Flaming eggnog shots for the Yellow Dog Blog's Republican-Spin Drinking Game - fun for the whole family!
Smoking mushroom clouds brains, at the Mahablog.
firedoglake explains why the WaComPo's John Harris should go Cheney himself.
The Whorehouse Report, at Hullabaloo.
Fitzmas Karoling
"[T]here is growing nervousness among people who support Rove's side in the case. They know that prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, in addition to presenting some new evidence to a new federal grand jury, has also re-presented previously-gathered evidence to that grand jury. To most observers, that suggests Fitzgerald could be planning to indict someone." - Byron York, in the National Review.
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Mr President, what makes you so #ucking awesome?
Bubble-Boy chickens out yet again
The once-a-decade White House Conference on Aging is meeting in Washington this week, with the future of Medicare high on its agenda. Medicare was on President Bush's agenda Tuesday, too. But he skipped the White House conference -- making him the first president not to speak to delegates in the event's half-century history.
While the conference was meeting in a hotel uptown, the White House motorcade set out in the opposite direction, to Greenspring Village, a high-end gated retirement community in suburban Virginia. . . .
The White House team handpicked the seniors who met with President Bush at the closed meeting.
'That he went to speak about Medicare in Virginia today, instead of an assembly of delegates from all over the country indicates that he's afraid to speak in anything but a controlled environment,' Robert Binstock, professor of aging, health and society at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, said during a session on improving the Medicare program, which provides health care for 43 million older and disabled Americans.
While the conference was meeting in a hotel uptown, the White House motorcade set out in the opposite direction, to Greenspring Village, a high-end gated retirement community in suburban Virginia. . . .
The White House team handpicked the seniors who met with President Bush at the closed meeting.
'That he went to speak about Medicare in Virginia today, instead of an assembly of delegates from all over the country indicates that he's afraid to speak in anything but a controlled environment,' Robert Binstock, professor of aging, health and society at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, said during a session on improving the Medicare program, which provides health care for 43 million older and disabled Americans.
- the Froomster.
Jesus Christ
Having ended the War on Terra, poverty, and fixed our schools, the House will be voting on a resolution expressing support for "the symbols and traditions of Christmas" today, and praising Tony Stewart for winning the Nextel Cup.
Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said, "This is possibly the silliest bill ever* presented to the United States Congress.
"If they honestly think there's some kind of war against Santa Claus or the baby Jesus, they are just not getting out enough."
*except for the "freedom fries" one
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Frist stoned, stupid during TV interview
Either that, or all those talking points he's swallowed have finally pickled his notochord.
Harry Smith, the CBS Early Show: "Mr Frist, there were no terrorists in Iraq to begin with. It is now a haven for terrorists. We created a haven for terrorists."
Sen. Majority Leader/douchebag Bill Frist: "You - you can look to the past and the democrats want to go back and try and live through the past and say what if - and the intelligence wasn't accurate - and let's cut and run..."
What????? Crooks and Liars has the video.
Here we go
Bush: 'axis of evil' member Iran has links to terrorists, is actively seeking WMDs, and is a 'real threat'.
"I'm concerned about theocracy that has got little transparency, a country whose president has declared the destruction of Israel as part of their foreign policy, and a country that will not listen to the demands of the free world to get rid of its ambitions to have a nuclear weapon," Bush said yesterday. "But my poll numbers are goin' up, so we'll continue to work the diplomatic front."
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Bush backs Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rove
Thinks Superman could beat up Batman in a fair fight, Tom DeLay is innocent, and wants Santa to bring him a unicorn for Christmas.
Leader of the free world Tipsy McStaggers told Fox News that his man-nannies are all doing a "heck of a job" and said he hoped indicted scumbag Tom DeLay would regain his post as House majority leader, "cause I like him."
"He's neat!"
December 14, 2005
Next: Fox News personality found beheaded in dumpster
Ghastly brownshirted shill Sean Hannity rails against "liberal" universities for accepting money from Saudi prince - the same one that owns 5.5% of Fox News.
If bombing you is wrong, I don't want to be right
Actually, I am right! Whaddaya gonna do about it! Pussies!
Our war preznint finally accepted responsibility on Wednesday for going to war with faulty intelligence {!!! - Ed.}, but says war was still justified because of all the WMDs Saddam was a threat to the 'merican people, and to create democracy.
Prosecutor issues subpoenas in DeLay case
From ThinkProgress: the prosecutions of corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay (R-Insane) for money laundering and disgraced former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham for bribery have finally converged:
A Texas prosecutor has issued subpoenas for bank records and other information of a defense contractor involved in the bribery case of a California congressman as part of the investigation of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.District Attorney Ronnie Earle on Monday also asked to halt DeLay's trial while he appeals the dismissal of the conspiracy to violate Texas election laws charge. The judge in the case has set a pretrial hearing for Dec. 27.
Enjoy your holiday, scumbag.
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Why does the Bush misadministration hate America?
Democracy: it was fun while it lasted...
"Just a goddamned piece of paper."
NBC obtains secret Pentagon database tracking peace activists and those who oppose the war in Iraq. Including Quakers. My name's gotta be on there somewhere.
Misadministration starts international incident
With Canada.
"You're all poopyheads!" screams US diplomat.
Not quite getting the concept, US ambassador David Wilkins threatens our peaceful neighbor to the North.
Bush knows identity of Plame leaker, Novakula says
Incontinent traitor Bob Novak says he won't name his source in the Valerie Plame case, but he says he is "pretty sure the name is no mystery" to President Stupie McLyington.
"I'm confident the president knows who the source is," Novak told a luncheon audience at the Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital in Springfield on Tuesday. "I'd be amazed if he doesn't."
Fitzmas Karoling
Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has long been suspicious that pasty grublike slimeball Karl Rove had hidden evidence.
Not swayed by last minute testimony, lawyers say
Raw Story reports:
A few weeks after he took over the investigation into the leak of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson in early 2004, Fitzgerald had already become suspicious that Karl Rove and Vice President Cheney’s then-chief of staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby were hindering his investigation...Oh please oh please oh please
Short of a last minute intervention by Rove’s attorney, Fitzgerald is expected to ask a grand jury to indict Karl Rove for making false statements to the FBI and Justice Department investigators in October 2003, lawyers close to the case say.
Uhhhhh, that's just snow, honest!
Preznental spawn Jenna Bush leaves her school ID with her coke dealer in Chinatown.
"Hey, she was just 'helping me clean up' the bar after a long night of partying!" says coke dealer.
"What?!"
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December 13, 2005
Mwwwwwaaaaaa
Sen./douchebag Rick Santorum's support of Preznit aWol McLyington hurts his chances for re-election next year, Pennsylvania voters said by a 2-1 margin in a poll released Tuesday (via C and L). 
America's Favorite Junkie™ loses a court battle
Prosecutors can subpoena Rush Limbaugh's doctors as part of the investigation into whether the repulsive, cystic asshat illegally bought drugs, a judge ruled Monday.
Judge David Crow ruled that Florida laws do not prevent doctors from talking with prosecutors if the discussion is relevant to the prosecution of a crime. Prosecutors seized Limbaugh's records after learning that he received about 2,000 painkillers, prescribed by four doctors in six months, at a pharmacy near his Palm Beach mansion. They contend that Limbaugh engaged in "doctor shopping" by illegally deceiving multiple doctors to receive overlapping prescriptions.
"This is good news for us," said the druggie's lawyers, who obviously went to the same physicians as their client.
Drunk, white and stupid is no way to go thru life, son
Preznit Pratface insists the government's treatment of hurricane victims had nothing to do with race, proving he doesn't care about white people either.
"I heard, you know, a couple of people say ... `Bush didn't respond because of race_ because he's a racist,' or alleged that," Bush said. "That is absolutely wrong. And I — I reject that.'
"You can call me anything you want, but do not call me a racist. Secondly, this storm hit — all up and down (the Gulf). It hit New Orleans. It hit Mississippi, too."
"You can call me anything you want, but do not call me a racist. Secondly, this storm hit — all up and down (the Gulf). It hit New Orleans. It hit Mississippi, too."
So there!
"Don't upset him"
GW Bush is most isolated President in modern history, if by "isolated" one means "clueless."
He is still steamed because his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers for the Supreme Count imploded; he vented about it to African-American leaders who met with him last week to discuss racial issues and Katrina disaster relief -- prompting one of them to gently remind him that it was not African Americans but conservative Republicans who were her undoing.
Bush lives in a bubble, his mom makes him crucifix-shaped sandwiches, and he says the Pledge of Allegiance until his erection subsides. - headline at Fark.
Bush may be the most isolated president in modern history, at least since the late-stage Richard Nixon. It's not that he is a socially awkward loner or a paranoid. He can charm and joke like the frat president he was. Still, beneath a hail-fellow manner, Bush has a defensive edge, a don't-tread-on-me prickliness. Bush's joking is personal - it is aimed at you.
It is a towel-snap that invites a retort. How many people dare to snap back at a president?
Not many. In the Bush White House, disagreement is often equated with disloyalty.
Do you feel comfortable knowing that the fate of this world lies in the hands of a man who cannot face any criticism at all? Who refuses to learn bad news? Who appears not to have earned the kind of maturity most of us have achieved by the age thirty? - Echidne.
It is a towel-snap that invites a retort. How many people dare to snap back at a president?
Not many. In the Bush White House, disagreement is often equated with disloyalty.
Do you feel comfortable knowing that the fate of this world lies in the hands of a man who cannot face any criticism at all? Who refuses to learn bad news? Who appears not to have earned the kind of maturity most of us have achieved by the age thirty? - Echidne.
It gets worse:
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: Time Magazine says you're out there talking to people, and Newsweek says you're in here not talking to people. So what is the truth, Mr. President?"
Bush: "Well, I'm talking to you. You're a person."
Williams: "This says you're in a bubble, you have a very small circle of advisers now."
Bush: "Yeah."
Williams: "Is that true?"
Bush: "Uh."
Williams. "Do you feel in a bubble?"
Bush: "No, I don't feel in a bubble. I mean, you feel in a bubble in the sense that I can't go walking out the front gate and go shopping, like I'd love to do for my wife -- although I'm a man, I'm not going to tell you what I'm gonna buy her."
Bush: "Well, I'm talking to you. You're a person."
Williams: "This says you're in a bubble, you have a very small circle of advisers now."
Bush: "Yeah."
Williams: "Is that true?"
Bush: "Uh."
Williams. "Do you feel in a bubble?"
Bush: "No, I don't feel in a bubble. I mean, you feel in a bubble in the sense that I can't go walking out the front gate and go shopping, like I'd love to do for my wife -- although I'm a man, I'm not going to tell you what I'm gonna buy her."
Jebus.
Back at Newsweek, Fareed Zakaria 'piles on':
"Bush's travel schedule seems calculated to involve as little contact as possible with the country he is in. Perhaps the White House should look into the new teleconferencing technologies. If set up right, the president could soon conduct foreign policy without ever having to actually meet foreigners."
LOL. Gawd.
Pwnd!!
Mr preznint, what makes you so awesome?
SCLM: "Audience hits Bush with tough questions" - headline in the Boston Repub Daily Suckoff Globe.
Reality: One guy amongst a bunch of Bush supporters asks Bunnypants why he continues to lie to the American people.
Bush, of course, continued to lie:
One questioner, drawing scattered applause, asked why the president still links the Iraq invasion with the 9/11 attacks, when ''no respected journalist or Middle Eastern expert" has found a direct relationship between Iraq and the Al Qaeda hijackers who crashed planes into the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon.
''I appreciate that," Bush responded. Sept. 11 ''changed my look... on foreign policy. I mean, it said that oceans no longer protect us; that we can't take threats for granted; that if we see a threat, we've got to deal with it. And so we gave Saddam Hussein the chance to disclose or disarm, and he refused. And I made a tough decision to use military force against him."
''I appreciate that," Bush responded. Sept. 11 ''changed my look... on foreign policy. I mean, it said that oceans no longer protect us; that we can't take threats for granted; that if we see a threat, we've got to deal with it. And so we gave Saddam Hussein the chance to disclose or disarm, and he refused. And I made a tough decision to use military force against him."
Ummmmmm, dickhead, you're the one who pulled the weapons inspectors out of Iraq. If you would've let them remain and do their job they would've proved that Saddam had nothing to fucking disarm, you fucking assclown.
Froomie's "Bowling with Hamsters"
Hero/patriot Dan Froomkin is under fire by his pathetic lapdog bosses at the Bushville Daily Handjob WaComPo:
[T]he paper’s new ombudsman, Deborah Howell, writes that the Post’s political reporters don’t like my column. She states that the column is "highly opinionated and liberal" and concludes that it should no longer bear the name "White House Briefing," because the title may lead some readers to think it is the work of the paper’s reporting staff. Such a belief, Post political editor John Harris told her, dilutes the credibility of the newspaper.
I don't think many readers would confuse Dan's work with that of the reporting staff - his pieces aren't at all spineless, adoring, enabling paeans to the misadministration. And John Harris is just another WH hack. Dilute the credibility? He's done that all by himself (one word, dude: 'woodward').
I do not advocate policy, liberal or otherwise. My agenda, such as it is, is accountability and transparency. I believe that the president of the United States, no matter what his party, should be subject to the most intense journalistic scrutiny imaginable. And he should be able to easily withstand that scrutiny. I was prepared to take the same approach with John Kerry, had he become president.
This column’s advocacy is in defense of the public’s right to know what its leader is doing and why. To that end, it calls attention to times when reasonable, important questions are ducked; when disingenuous talking points are substituted for honest explanations; and when the president won’t confront his critics -- or their criticisms -- head on.
The journalists who cover Washington and the White House should be holding the president accountable. When they do, I bear witness to their work. And the answer is for more of them to do so -- not for me to be dismissed as highly opinionated and liberal because I do.
This column’s advocacy is in defense of the public’s right to know what its leader is doing and why. To that end, it calls attention to times when reasonable, important questions are ducked; when disingenuous talking points are substituted for honest explanations; and when the president won’t confront his critics -- or their criticisms -- head on.
The journalists who cover Washington and the White House should be holding the president accountable. When they do, I bear witness to their work. And the answer is for more of them to do so -- not for me to be dismissed as highly opinionated and liberal because I do.
You said it.
"Coming from a paper whose ed board openly supported the prospective war in Iraq, refused to hire a baby sitter for the most credulous "reporter" in history, Bob Woodward, and still has yet to issue a mea culpa for its own breathlessly credulous reporting of the fabricated evidence of Iraqi WMDs, any criticism Froomkin takes from them should be displayed proudly as a badge of honor." - gmoney.
December 12, 2005
Republicans say if anyone questions Scalito's ethics they'll bring up Chappaquiddick
Honor and integrity, and changing the tone. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
Not kidding. The White House's team working on Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court are now threatening Senators, including Kennedy and Biden.
Call me crazy, but I'm not sure it's a very wise political tactic to threaten to personally attack any Democratic who asks legitimate questions about why Alito lied under oath. I smell desperation. - AmericaBlog.
The GOP team working with the White House to win confirmation of conservative Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito is putting out a warning to Alito's Democratic critics: Question his ethics and character at your own peril.Right, so if anyone asks Alito why he lied three times under oath to the US Senate when he said he would recuse himself from specific cases, then didn't, the Republicans will bring up Chappaquidick.
In their sights: Sens. Edward Kennedy and Joe Biden. "We're absolutely prepared to have an ethics debate with Teddy Kennedy," says one insider who mentioned the "C" word: Chappaquiddick. "Questioning Alito's credibility and character will be hit back hard," said one of the Alito supporters.
Call me crazy, but I'm not sure it's a very wise political tactic to threaten to personally attack any Democratic who asks legitimate questions about why Alito lied under oath. I smell desperation. - AmericaBlog.
Good god. This latest personal attack threat by the rethugs is so #ucking slimy and despicable you don't want to know what I smell.
Honor thy father
Those heartwarming, traditional repuke family values
Fox News anchor and noted douchebag Chris Wallace says his dad, Mike Wallace, has "lost it" and needs a "competence hearing" because he had the audacity to criticize Bush.
Follow-up
Freaky-looking Fox News dipshit John Gibson's book The War on Christmas continues it's slide into embarrassment and obscurity, as it hits No. 364 at Amazon.com.
Emboldening the terrists
Retreat and defeat! Cutting and running!
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld released his inner commie libral/Frenchman, waved the white flag and confirmed a late December phaseout of 23,000 troops from Iraq, amid growing demand for a war timetable.
Swallowing joementum.
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Goat-testicle wine hangover
Didn't Bush say when the Iraqis want us out we'll leave?
Not only do most Iraqis disapprove of US forces in their country, less than half - 44 percent - say their country is better off now than it was before the war.
"Don't forget Poland!"
/I'm not sure what that means either.
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Pudfaced hypocrite warns against stalling Scalito vote
WTF??? Ha ha ha ha ha...
Senate Majority Leader and irony-deprived fuckwit Bill Frist (R-Tampon) threatened yesterday to strip Democrats of the power to filibuster if they block the vote on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito.
"It would be against the intent of the Founding Fathers and our Constitution to deny Sam Alito an up-or-down vote on the floor of the United States Senate," the deluded asshat said on Fox News Sunday.
"As far as I can tell, the only person talking about a filibuster is Senator Frist and some of the far-right fringe groups," said Jim Manley, spokesman for Minority Leader Harry Reid. "This kind of talk is silly and unhelpful."
"Senator Frist is a #ucking douchebag," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should have said in a statement.
"It would be against the intent of the Founding Fathers and our Constitution to deny Sam Alito an up-or-down vote on the floor of the United States Senate," the deluded asshat said on Fox News Sunday.
"As far as I can tell, the only person talking about a filibuster is Senator Frist and some of the far-right fringe groups," said Jim Manley, spokesman for Minority Leader Harry Reid. "This kind of talk is silly and unhelpful."
"Senator Frist is a #ucking douchebag," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should have said in a statement.
"I can't hear you, I've got dick in my ear."
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Doing the peoples' business
If by "people" you mean "unethical, corrupt, Hades-bound scumbag."
House Speaker Denny "yes, Mr DeLay" Hastert: an even bigger pussy than most Democrats.
"[I]f you weren't sure about the priorities of House Republicans before, perhaps this will give you a clue. With the victims of Hurricane Katrina still in desperate need of federal assistance, with the war in Iraq taking the lives of American soldiers on a daily basis, with states buying gasoline from Venezuela because the prices set by American oil companies are simply unaffordable, Dennis Hastert has decided to put off doing the people's business for a few weeks so that Tom DeLay can try to wrap up his criminal trial.- from this week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots.
"Congratulations, Republicans. I think you're almost touching the bottom of the barrel."
Ho ho ho!
Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of the Texas congressional map engineered by corrupt scumbag and possible criminal Tom DeLay.
Justices will consider a constitutional challenge to the boundaries filed by various opponents. The court will hear two hours of arguments, likely in April, in four separate appeals.
Under the Constitution, states must adjust their congressional district lines every 10 years to account for population shifts. But in Texas the boundaries were redrawn twice after the 2000 census, first by a court, then by state lawmakers in a second round promoted by unethical shitheel Tom DeLay.
Under the Constitution, states must adjust their congressional district lines every 10 years to account for population shifts. But in Texas the boundaries were redrawn twice after the 2000 census, first by a court, then by state lawmakers in a second round promoted by unethical shitheel Tom DeLay.
December 11, 2005
Senator calls on Bush to take down attack ad
Senator Daniel Inouye, the ranking member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and a recipient of the Medal of Honor for his service in World War II, released the following statement:
"As a Veteran of World War II, I know what it’s like to fight a war and put your life on the line every day. I also know what it takes to win a war, and I know that politics and an attack machine like the President’s plays no part in it.
"The Republican Party’s latest ad is a shameful and disgusting attempt to distract the American people from the problems in Iraq. It may improve the President’s political fortunes, but the American people and our troops will pay the price. I hope that President Bush realizes how shameful it is to play politics when what we really need is leadership, and that he will direct his Party to take down this ad immediately." - from drudge, so no link.
"The Republican Party’s latest ad is a shameful and disgusting attempt to distract the American people from the problems in Iraq. It may improve the President’s political fortunes, but the American people and our troops will pay the price. I hope that President Bush realizes how shameful it is to play politics when what we really need is leadership, and that he will direct his Party to take down this ad immediately." - from drudge, so no link.
Honor and integrity (there's that word again!) from the party that brought you 'values' and a holy Christmas...
Americans don't know what "integrity" means
Joins "inept" and "fuckwit" on the 10 most frequently looked-up words list for this past year.
December 10, 2005
Noble cause
Sendin' the wrong message to our troops...
Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard.
But in reality, many are arriving as freight on commercial airliners -- stuffed in the belly of a plane with suitcases and other cargo. John Holley and his wife, Stacey, were stunned when they found out the body of their only child, Matthew, who died in Iraq last month, would be arriving at Lindbergh Field as freight.
What a bunch of pathetic, smallminded #ucking pussy-assed babies
Bush threatens U.N. over Clinton climate speech
Bush misadministration officials privately threatened organizers of the UN Climate Change Conference, telling them that any chance there might’ve been for the United States to sign on to the Kyoto 
global-warming protocol would be scuttled if they allowed Bill Clinton to speak at the gathering today in Montreal.
"It’s just astounding,” a source told New York Magazine. “It came through loud and clear from the Bush people — they wouldn’t sign the deal if Clinton were allowed to speak.” Clinton spokesman Jay Carson confirmed the dustup took place and that the former president had decided not to go out of fear of harming the negotiations.
But the organizers of the conference didn’t want to accept a Bush-administration dictum. They asked Clinton to go ahead with the speech.
After the organizers decided to call their bluff, the Bush people said there wouldn't be retailiation if Clinton spoke, so the speech went on as planned. And then the Bushies went on to nix any sort of cooperation whatsoever.
-Blah3.
global-warming protocol would be scuttled if they allowed Bill Clinton to speak at the gathering today in Montreal."It’s just astounding,” a source told New York Magazine. “It came through loud and clear from the Bush people — they wouldn’t sign the deal if Clinton were allowed to speak.” Clinton spokesman Jay Carson confirmed the dustup took place and that the former president had decided not to go out of fear of harming the negotiations.
But the organizers of the conference didn’t want to accept a Bush-administration dictum. They asked Clinton to go ahead with the speech.
After the organizers decided to call their bluff, the Bush people said there wouldn't be retailiation if Clinton spoke, so the speech went on as planned. And then the Bushies went on to nix any sort of cooperation whatsoever.
-Blah3.
Culture of corruption
Plea deal near with 2nd Abramoff associate
What happened to that grand "Contract with America," where Newt Gingrich and his merry band of dwarves were going to sweep out the "culture of corruption" in Washington and restore ethics and dignity? Well, that's been thrown into the mud while all the GOP hogs trample each other on the way to the trough, now, hasn't it?
-- Bloomberg is reporting this morning that the Abramoff case is about to split wide open. From my perspective, prosecutors have Abramoff in a good spot for negotiations, with his top deputies Scanlon and Kidan having already reached plea deals and rumors that a number of lawmakers, including Bob Ney of Ohio, also talking with the DoJ.
-- Bloomberg is reporting this morning that the Abramoff case is about to split wide open. From my perspective, prosecutors have Abramoff in a good spot for negotiations, with his top deputies Scanlon and Kidan having already reached plea deals and rumors that a number of lawmakers, including Bob Ney of Ohio, also talking with the DoJ.
- firedoglake.
Quisling's WH handjob brings widening split with Dems
An aide to a leading Democratic senator said the feelings toward [Vichycrat Joe] Lieberman could be summed up as, "The American people want to hold George Bush accountable for the failed policy in Iraq, and Senator Lieberman doesn't."
Lieberman is aware that his actions - including his famous soul-kiss of Preznit Stupid and his cozy breakfasts with the Rumster - are inflaming his erstwhile party "Some Democrats said I was being a traitor," he said in an interview with Duh! Magazine on Friday.
Although few elected Democrats would criticize him publicly, several Democratic activists promised retaliation at the polls.
Joementum.
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Republicans sinking in sleaze
Bringing honor and dignity back to the WH
A decade ago Newt Gingrich’s rethugs seized control of Congress after 40 years of Democrat rule by promising to end the culture of graft and corruption on Capitol Hill.
Today, after a string of indictments, scandals and a criminal investigation that threatens to implicate dozens of politicians next year, the tables have turned full circle. It is now President Bush’s Republicans who are seen as the party of sleaze.
Today, after a string of indictments, scandals and a criminal investigation that threatens to implicate dozens of politicians next year, the tables have turned full circle. It is now President Bush’s Republicans who are seen as the party of sleaze.
December 9, 2005
Quotes
"A new study suggests that middle-aged adults who go on periodic drinking binges may face a heightened risk of dementia later on in life. The study is entitled, 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.'" - Tina Fey
"In a speech yesterday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld criticized the media for casting the war in Iraq in a negative light. Yeah, he said they should focus on the light-hearted and fun aspects of the war." - Conan O'Brien
"President Bush and the first lady sent Christmas cards to the leaders of 200 countries. Yeah, it would have been 201, but someone told the president that Legoland is not a real country." - Conan O'Brien
"President Bush lit the National Christmas Tree. The tree has over 25,000 lights. One for every indicted member of the administration." - Leno, between making jokes about Bill Clinton's di*k.
Around blogtopia
y!sctp!
The General writes to the knobs at the Ford Motor Company.
Tild posts a letter to Xmas nazi Jerry Falwell.
Elayne is in the hospital! Send her some blog-love!
Uhhhhhh... the Unborn American Fetal Soldier holiday ornament, over at the Pensito Review. Maybe I should get one for the General.
The Mahablog reports on the evangelicals' war on Christmas closings of megachurches.
Friday random ten
1. All I Want for Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
2. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24) - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
3. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - the Jackson 5
4. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Andy Williams
5. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee
6. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms
7. Welcome Christmas - the Whos down in Whoville
8. Let It Snow! - Lena Horne
9. Home for the Holidays - Perry Como
10. Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives as Sam the talking snowman, assorted elves
Bonus track: Carol of the Meows - Guster
It's the libral media's fault!
They're all Jews, anyway!
Heh - freaky-looking Fox News dipshit John Gibson's book 'The War on Christmas' is tanking.
Despite an avalanche of mentions on Fox News, 'The War on Christmas' continues to do disappointing business. It's nowhere near breaking through the New York Times best-seller's list. It's not even included on USA Today's expanded list of the top 150 best selling books. In fact, according to Amazon.com's sales rankings, 'The War on Christmas' is stuck in the 200's; No. 286 to be specific.
The book has sold approximately 30,000 copies since hitting book store shelves nearly two months ago. That'd be decent business for a first-time non-fiction writer. But for a Fox News anchor whose employer won't stop plugging the title, that sales total is middling at best, which only confirms how manufactured Fox News' crusade is--even its loyal, Red State viewers aren't buying it.
The book has sold approximately 30,000 copies since hitting book store shelves nearly two months ago. That'd be decent business for a first-time non-fiction writer. But for a Fox News anchor whose employer won't stop plugging the title, that sales total is middling at best, which only confirms how manufactured Fox News' crusade is--even its loyal, Red State viewers aren't buying it.
Scottie's back, and he's still a douchebag
WH spokes-tool Scott McClellan, stuck on 'replay'
McClellan: The Iraqi people have made tremendous sacrifices. Our troops have made enormous sacrifices to lay the foundations of peace for generations to come and help transform the broader Middle East, which has been a dangerous region of the world that has been a breeding ground for terrorism. That's why it's so important --Earth to McClellan: It was 15 Saudi nationals and a handful of other, non-Iraqis, backed by Al-Qaeda, who attacked us on September 11.
Q: It wasn't a breeding ground before we went in.
McClellan: Helen, if we weren't fighting the terrorists in Iraq, they would be planning and plotting to attack America.
Q: How do you know that?
McClellan: Because they attacked us on September 11th, they attacked us -- they attacked people in London, they attacked people in Madrid, they have attacked people across the civilized world.
- Bob at the Yellow Dog Blog.
Not getting the concept
Our driveway-plowing neighbor just got stuck in the snow. In our driveway. A friend of his just got here and is trying to tow him out.
C'mon... c'mon... c'mon....
Yay!
Gee, I hope he comes back. He sure didn't do a very good job.
Well, we have at least 6 inches of snow here and it's still coming down. There's no road anymore and everything is very quiet. How's it by you?
December 8, 2005
Nobel prize winner blasts Bush
Nobel laureate Harold Pinter tore both Bunnypants and his "pathetic and supine" "bleating little lamb" Tony 'Piddles' Blair new a-holes in his prize acceptance speech, saying they should be prosecuted for the invasion of Iraq, and deserve to be arraigned by the Hague International Criminal Court.
F*ck that, I gotta go holiday shopping
/wash my hair/walk the dog/get a root-canal...
Via the fine folks at Think Progress, it turns out that the Council on Foreign Relations had trouble filling seats for the Preznit's speech there yesterday. And that empty seats in the back of the room had to be hastily removed prior to the start of the speech on television. Funny, I don't recall reporting on that yesterday.
Hmmmm...guess the MSM doesn't find the fact that the rank and file membership of a nonpartisan think tank refusing to show up en masse to a Presidential speech --perhaps in protest or disgust at Bushie's refusal to take any questions whatsoever in contravention of the organization's usual protocols -- newsworthy.
Hmmmm...guess the MSM doesn't find the fact that the rank and file membership of a nonpartisan think tank refusing to show up en masse to a Presidential speech --perhaps in protest or disgust at Bushie's refusal to take any questions whatsoever in contravention of the organization's usual protocols -- newsworthy.
- reported by firedoglake.
"Uhhhhhh... lessee if'n ah kin rumember... freedom, terra... September 11, terra... freedom..."
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Yuck
Rummy departure rumored; WH asskisser Quisling J. Lieberman eyed for job.
Yeah, he's eyed for a job, all right.
A source close to the White House says though Rumsfeld wanted out a year ago, neither he nor President AWOL McFuckinstein wanted his departure to appear to have been "forced."
"They didn't want to give the critics the satisfaction that their piling on was what got rid of him," a Bush adviser said.
Bush has told friends that Rumsfeld is a political liability, but the President has a history of sticking with his personnel baggage until an opportune moment.
"They didn't want to give the critics the satisfaction that their piling on was what got rid of him," a Bush adviser said.
Bush has told friends that Rumsfeld is a political liability, but the President has a history of sticking with his personnel baggage until an opportune moment.
Poll numbers getting too low? Stick a 'Democrat' in there and blame everything on him!
Harpy skank heckled off UConn stage
Repulsive wackjob mAnn Coulter forced to STFU by patriotic Americans.
Coulter gave up trying to finish a speech at the University of Connecticut on Wednesday night when boos and jeers from the audience became overwhelming. Coulter cut off the talk after 15 minutes and instead held a half-hour question-and-answer session.
“We encourage diverse opinion at UConn, but this is blatant hate speech,” said Eric Knudsen, head of Students Against Hate.
“We encourage diverse opinion at UConn, but this is blatant hate speech,” said Eric Knudsen, head of Students Against Hate.
Sorry - our office holiday lunch Christmas party was today. I'm totally stewed.
Hastert shuts down Congress for DeLay's trial
Putting party ahead of country.
Speaker of the House Denny "yes, Mr DeLay" Hastert puts the nation’s business on hold to give corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay time to complete his criminal trial, regain his majority leadership position:
House Speaker Hastert and his top lieutenants are seeking to avoid a divisive intra-party leadership fight…Hastert has scheduled the first House session of 2006 for Jan. 31 - after a holiday break of more than a month, and two weeks after senators are due to return to Washington. The late start gives DeLay a greater amount of time with which to dispose of the charges, as new leadership elections could not occur until the House is back in session.
Hastert makes it clear that, in his view, giving DeLay one last shot to hold on to his leadership post is more important than doing work for the American people.
Hastert makes it clear that, in his view, giving DeLay one last shot to hold on to his leadership post is more important than doing work for the American people.
- from Think Progress.
Where are the Dems? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
December 7, 2005
CA: Governor faces revolting GOP
With all other problems solved, directors of the California Rebooblican Party demand a private meeting with Arnold Schwarzenegger to complain about him hiring a Democrat as his chief of staff.
No questions please, I'm retarded
Strong, manly, straight-shootin' war president, huh? Don't make me laugh.
[Preznit Liey McChickenshit] will deliver the second in a series of four speeches on his Iraq strategy tomorrow to several hundred members of the Council on Foreign Relations -- an august group of scholars, policymakers and journalists whose Web site is an Internet hotspot for intellectual foment about foreign policy in general and Iraq in particular.
But rather than probe the group's expertise or even respond to its concerns, Bush is just using it as a backdrop. In a sharp break with the council's own traditions, Bush is being allowed to speak -- for 50 minutes -- then leave without taking any questions.
"Obviously, we strongly suggested -- certainly made the case -- that it would be in the interest of the president and in the interest of our membership that the president take questions," council vice president for communications Lisa Shields said this morning.
"But true to his format, they declined."
But rather than probe the group's expertise or even respond to its concerns, Bush is just using it as a backdrop. In a sharp break with the council's own traditions, Bush is being allowed to speak -- for 50 minutes -- then leave without taking any questions.
"Obviously, we strongly suggested -- certainly made the case -- that it would be in the interest of the president and in the interest of our membership that the president take questions," council vice president for communications Lisa Shields said this morning.
"But true to his format, they declined."
Oh for the love of God and all that's holy
Baaaaaing like a good little sheep and swallowing the repuke ejaculate party line, this would be funny if he wasn't so pathetically serious -
"9/11 Commissioners undermine the 'War on Terror'," says WH asslicking toady Michael J. Gaynor. "How many terrorists attacks on the United States have there been since September 11, 2001?"
There's a good argument. And how many terrorists attacks on the United States have there been since your asshole buddy GW Bush took office, you stupid #ucking nimrod? Christ.
It's the most wonderful time of the year
Christian Conservatives get their chastity belts in knots because the White House Christmas card doesn't include the word "Christmas."
"This clearly demonstrates that the Bush administration has suffered a loss of will and that they have capitulated to the worst elements in our culture," said William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.
Bush "claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," said Joseph Farah, editor of WorldNutDaily. "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it."
"It bothers me that the White House card leaves off any reference to Jesus, while we've got Ramadan celebrations in the White House," Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, said. "What's going on there?"
Jeebus. Take a chill pill, dudes. Here - here's some Christmas jokes to lighten your mood:Bush "claims to be a born-again, evangelical Christian. But he sure doesn't act like one," said Joseph Farah, editor of WorldNutDaily. "I threw out my White House card as soon as I got it."
"It bothers me that the White House card leaves off any reference to Jesus, while we've got Ramadan celebrations in the White House," Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association, said. "What's going on there?"
"Jesus Christ!" he shouted.
Joseph said, "Write that down, Mary; it's better than Cletus!"
Johnny raised his hand and said, "He's in heaven." Janey was called on and answered, "He's in my heart." Robert, waving his hand furiously, blurted out, "I know! I know! He's in our bathroom!"
The whole class got very quiet, looked at the teacher, and waited for a response.
The teacher was completely at a loss for a few very long seconds. He finally gathered his wits and asked Robert how he knew this. and Robert said, "Well.. every morning my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door, and yells 'Jesus Christ, are you still in there?'!"
Bush observes Hanukkah early
20 days early.
Preznit Dumbass helped light a Holiday Freedom menorah at the White House last night, then hid behind the sofa to wait for Jewy Santa to come down the chimbly.
"We are grateful for our freedoms as Americans, especially the freedom to worship. We are grateful that freedom is spreading to still new regions of the world, and we pray that those who still live in the darkness of tyranny will some day see the light of freedom," he bleated.
"Maybe Jewy Santa'll bring me a pony!"
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Watch what you say, you libral commie traitor
Michael Reagan, son of the late Saint Ronnie of Reagan, calls for the assassination of DNC head Howard Dean:
"Howard Dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the Iraq war!" this good Christian American told his radio audience on Monday.
Wayback Machine: "I don't think you can win it," Chimpy McFlightsuit on the war on terra, August 31, 2004.
Weicker: your ass is mine, Loserman
Former Connecticut Sen. Lowell Weicker has just about had it with spineless turncoat Joe Lieberman, and is considering running against the WH lapdog/enabler.
"When you've become the president's best friend on the war in Iraq, you should not be in office, especially if you're in the opposing party," Mr. Weicker said in a phone interview from his home in Conn. "I'm going to do everything I can to see that Joe Lieberman does not get a free pass."You go, dude!
"Looks like some demonrats peed on your Christmas tree, Charlie Brown."
/bah
Joe Lieberman believes that you should not criticize the President -- unless the President gets a blowjob, then criticize all you want.
- headline at Fark.
Watch what you say, commie libral traitors
Vichycrat Joe Lieberman: Dems are enabling the terrists. "We can't tolerate the kind of division that currently exists in our country."
Irony is dead.
Undermine the president's credibility??? You kool-aid drinking asshole.
So the Dems are supposed to just assume the position, greased up with ballgags in their mouths? You #ucking quisling. No wonder you all keep losing. And don't get me started on Hillary. I'm disgusted with the whole pathetic Democratic party.
December 6, 2005
DC sex scandal about to break?
Cun stains
As if things weren't bad enough for disgraced former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham and the morals 'n' values party.
The dumbest things President Bush said in 2005
This year's top ten Bushisms - making the pie even higher!
Not included in the list:
"Wow! Brazil is big." —George W. Bush, after being shown a map of Brazil by the Brazilian president, Nov. 6, 2005
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." — George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the — in the faith — faith-based and community-based community for being here." — Washington, D.C., Sept. 6, 2005
"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs." — Poplarville, Miss., Sept. 5, 2005
"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." — on visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005
"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action." — Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
"If you're a younger person, you ought to be asking members of Congress and the United States Senate and the president what you intend to do about it. If you see a train wreck coming, you ought to be saying, what are you going to do about it, Mr. Congressman, or Madam Congressman?" — Detroit, Mich., Feb. 8, 2005
"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?" — at the white House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2005
Artists boycotting White House event because of the president
"It's the lowest thing on my list"
A lot of folks were holding their noses yesterday as they prepared to attend Preznit Crayola's cocktail party at the White House for the Kennedy Center Honors. Also roiling around the room was the word that for the first time in the event's 27-year history, the White House had asked the trustees of the Kennedy Center - via faxes to their homes - not to be present for cocktails and the awards ceremony at the White House. And Democratic trustees were complaining that they'd been assigned lousy seats for the show at the Kennedy Center.
Changing the tone.
D'oh!!
Preznit Moral Values' "role model for future generations" arrested for child porn.
WWJD?
A professor disagrees with teaching intelligent design as 'science'. As a good Christian, do you
a) Pray for him
b) Turn the other cheek or
c) Beat the living crap out of him and send him to the hospital?
Protesters greet Cheney at DeLay fundraiser
Hi, asshole!
Bearing signs that read "The GOP is in an ethics free-fall," "Go #uck yourself!" and chants of "Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, Dick Cheney Has To Go," hundreds of protesters lined the street, criticizing Cheney and Bush for their handling of the war in Iraq, and Tom DeLay for being an unethical, slimy piece of sh!t:
DeLay and two Republican fundraisers are accused of illegally funneling $190,000 in corporate donations to GOP candidates for the Texas Legislature.
Earlier on Monday, a judge dismissed a conspiracy charge against DeLay but refused to throw out the far more serious allegations of money laundering.
Mike Malaise, campaign manager for DeLay's likely Democratic opponent next year, former Rep. Nick Lampson, said Cheney's visit Monday was a sign that GOP leaders are worried about the congressman's chances for re-election.
"I think Tom DeLay has a lot of concerns about this race," he said. "It is very telling he is having to call in the administration to bail him out."
Earlier on Monday, a judge dismissed a conspiracy charge against DeLay but refused to throw out the far more serious allegations of money laundering.
Mike Malaise, campaign manager for DeLay's likely Democratic opponent next year, former Rep. Nick Lampson, said Cheney's visit Monday was a sign that GOP leaders are worried about the congressman's chances for re-election.
"I think Tom DeLay has a lot of concerns about this race," he said. "It is very telling he is having to call in the administration to bail him out."
Rough seas in the hot-tub
A Gallup poll taken in Tom DeLay's Texas district finds the corrupt scumbag in hot water.
If Tom DeLay runs for re-election in 2006, are you more likely to vote for the him or for the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress?
DeLay 36%Voters' opinion of Tom DeLay
The Democrat 49%
I guess he's OK 37%
He's a repugnant, disgraceful slimeball 52%
Fun fact: DeLay's lawyers asked for a quick decision to dismiss all charges in the hope the loathsome brownshirt could regain his leadership post in January (the judge said not a chance in hell).
Fun fact 2: DeLay's lawyers didn't say the odious chanchroid did not commit the conspiracy charges, just that the law saying they were illegal came after DeLay committed conspiracy (the judge agreed, and dismissed that charge).
Values!
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December 5, 2005
Hurry Fitzmas
Twist in leak case further implicates sweaty, evil #ucktard Karl Rove.
The available evidence now suggests that oily, chronic masturbator Karl Rove did lie to a federal grand jury, and that Rove only admitted the initial contact with Time magazine when documentary evidence proved he lied surfaced nine months later.
What is most striking about the early 2004 conversation is that it appears that even after Time reporter Viveca Novak alerted Rove’s lawyer Robert Luskin that Rove had passed on information about Valerie Plame to Matthew Cooper, Rove still claimed to have no recollection when he testified before a federal grand jury in February 2004. As if!
What is most striking about the early 2004 conversation is that it appears that even after Time reporter Viveca Novak alerted Rove’s lawyer Robert Luskin that Rove had passed on information about Valerie Plame to Matthew Cooper, Rove still claimed to have no recollection when he testified before a federal grand jury in February 2004. As if!
Follow-up: 'Viveca' is not incontinent traitor Bob Novak's transvestite alter-ego, nor is Bob's wrinkly, smelly traitor ass in prison yet.
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Dishonest and reprehensible
Continuing the quest to restore honor and integrity to the White House, vp Dick Cheney to headline $4,200-a-head fundraiser for corrupt scumbag Tom DeLay this evening.
"Tom DeLay has as much integrity as I do!"
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Bringing honor and integrity back to Washington
Brought to you by the morals 'n' values party
Government watchdog groups say they are appalled that ethics overseers have done nothing in the face of a growing number of inquiries against members of Congress.
The House ethics committee has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of federal investigations into close and potentially illegal relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
With a California congressman headed to prison for accepting bribes and several others under investigation for accepting lavish gifts and money from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, one might expect the House committee to have a lot of work to do. But the committee members have not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months.
The House ethics committee has been virtually moribund for the past year, handling only routine business despite a wave of federal investigations into close and potentially illegal relationships between lawmakers and lobbyists.
With a California congressman headed to prison for accepting bribes and several others under investigation for accepting lavish gifts and money from former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, one might expect the House committee to have a lot of work to do. But the committee members have not opened a new case or launched an investigation in the past 12 months.
In a related story, John McCain is expecting "lots'' of indictments from the federal investigation of rethug bud Jack Abramoff.
"This town has become very corrupt, there's no doubt about it,'' McCain said Sunday on
Keepin' us safer
Uhhhhhhhh, not exactly.
If by "our community" you mean the airspace over Dick Cheney's spare house.
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The closest he's ever come to sex
With human female genitalia.
Students send chocolate vagina to douchebag Rush Limbaugh.
I woke up this morning with all the cats sprawled out around me on the bed, and for a moment there I almost despised their purry, superior contentedness as I got up to earn money to keep them alive and in comfort.
Cuties! I hate you!
All the President's flacks
Frank Rich, on what a pathetic, has-been whore Bob Woodward is.
For Bob. Happy Holidays, asshole.
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December 3, 2005
Pic by Dmitri Zakovorotny.
George Bush: great president, or the greatest president?
Not so fast!
Historians vote Chimpy McFlightsuit worst... president... ever. Even over that criminal Bill Xlintoon and that flaming homo James Buchanan.
Eat it, fretards!
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December 2, 2005
Bush abruptly ended previous Abramoff investigation in 2002
Shit on toast...
An early administration attempt to cover for Abramoff?
A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor - Karl Rove recommended the replacement - and the inquiry ended soon after.
A US grand jury in Guam opened an investigation of controversial lobbyist Jack Abramoff more than two years ago, but President Bush removed the supervising federal prosecutor - Karl Rove recommended the replacement - and the inquiry ended soon after.
- more here.
Bush lights Christmas tree, doesn't name Christ!!!
LOL. The World Nut Daily is having conniptions.
[Smarty McGeniusson] made a brief allusion to Jesus, but crafted it into a joke which got mild response.
"Each year, we gather here to celebrate the season of hope and joy – and to remember the story of one humble life that lifted the sights of humanity. Santa, thanks for coming. Glad you made it."
"Each year, we gather here to celebrate the season of hope and joy – and to remember the story of one humble life that lifted the sights of humanity. Santa, thanks for coming. Glad you made it."
I think Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell's heads just exploded.
Speaking of corrupt scumbags
Justice Department lawyers concluded that the Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by unethical slimeball Tom DeLay (R-Insane) violated the Voting Rights Act, according to a previously undisclosed memo obtained by the Washington Post. But senior officials overruled them and approved the plan.
The Texas legislature proceeded with the new map anyway because it would maximize the number of Republican federal lawmakers in the state, the memo said. The case is on appeal to the US Supreme Court.
The Texas legislature proceeded with the new map anyway because it would maximize the number of Republican federal lawmakers in the state, the memo said. The case is on appeal to the US Supreme Court.
Values and integrity.
Noble cause
WCBS just reported that ten Marines have been killed and 11 wounded in a roadside bomb attack near Falluja.
"Stayin' th' course!"
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Political bomb about to go off on Capitol Hill
Is rethug pet lobbyist Jack Abramoff about to spill the beans on DeLay and the GOP?
The potential dimensions are enormous.
What began as an inquiry into Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Abramoff's lobbying has widened to a corruption investigation centering mainly on Republican lawmakers who came to power as part of the conservative revolution of the 1990's. At least six members of Congress are in the scope of the inquiry.
Several people involved in the case, insisting on anonymity because of the plea negotiations, said they anticipated that Mr. Abramoff would try to reach an agreement with the prosecutors in a rapidly closing window of time.
What began as an inquiry into Mr. Scanlon and Mr. Abramoff's lobbying has widened to a corruption investigation centering mainly on Republican lawmakers who came to power as part of the conservative revolution of the 1990's. At least six members of Congress are in the scope of the inquiry.
Several people involved in the case, insisting on anonymity because of the plea negotiations, said they anticipated that Mr. Abramoff would try to reach an agreement with the prosecutors in a rapidly closing window of time.
Ho ho!
Fitzmas Karoling
WH svengali remains in legal jeopardy, a possibly treasonous asshat.
A conversation between Karl Rove's lawyer and a journalist for Time magazine led Rove to change his testimony last year to the grand jury in the CIA leak case, people knowledgeable about the sequence of events said Thursday.
[A]fter his conversation with Ms. Novak, Mr. Luskin asked Rove to have the White House search for any record of a discussion between Rove and Matt Cooper around the time that Ms. Wilson's identity became public in July 2003.
The search turned up an e-mail message from Rove to deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley that recounted a conversation between Rove and Mr. Cooper. On Oct. 14, 2004, Rove went before the grand jury again to alter his account.
Mr. Fitzgerald appears to be evaluating whether Rove came forward with the e-mail and his new testimony only after it became apparent that Mr. Cooper might be compelled to testify about it. Fitzgerald continues to weigh whether to indict Rove on charges related to lying or misleading investigators. He appears to be focused most intently on two months in the late summer and fall of 2004 and the events leading up to Rove's altering his testimony.
[A]fter his conversation with Ms. Novak, Mr. Luskin asked Rove to have the White House search for any record of a discussion between Rove and Matt Cooper around the time that Ms. Wilson's identity became public in July 2003.
The search turned up an e-mail message from Rove to deputy national security adviser Stephen Hadley that recounted a conversation between Rove and Mr. Cooper. On Oct. 14, 2004, Rove went before the grand jury again to alter his account.
Mr. Fitzgerald appears to be evaluating whether Rove came forward with the e-mail and his new testimony only after it became apparent that Mr. Cooper might be compelled to testify about it. Fitzgerald continues to weigh whether to indict Rove on charges related to lying or misleading investigators. He appears to be focused most intently on two months in the late summer and fall of 2004 and the events leading up to Rove's altering his testimony.
Treason's Greetings!
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O rly?
The St. Petersburg Times reacts to landing on Bill O'Reilly's 'Enemies List':
"Hahahahahaha!" says Times executive editor Neil Brown.
Coincidence?
Snarly McCrashcart out of the loop on national security, hot cocoa an' marshmallows in preznint's secret fort.
The role of Vice President Dick Cheney as the administration's point man in security policy appears over, according to administration sources.
Over the last two months Mr. Cheney has been granted decreasing access to the Oval Office, the sources said on the condition of anonymity. The two men still meet, but the close staff work between the president and vice president has ended.
The sources said the indictment and resignation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby marked the final straw in the deterioration of relations between President Bush and Mr. Cheney. They said Bush aides expect that any trial of Mr. Libby, Mr. Cheney's long-time chief of staff, would open a closet of skeletons regarding such issues as Iraq, the CIA and the conduct of White House aides.
Over the last two months Mr. Cheney has been granted decreasing access to the Oval Office, the sources said on the condition of anonymity. The two men still meet, but the close staff work between the president and vice president has ended.
The sources said the indictment and resignation of Lewis "Scooter" Libby marked the final straw in the deterioration of relations between President Bush and Mr. Cheney. They said Bush aides expect that any trial of Mr. Libby, Mr. Cheney's long-time chief of staff, would open a closet of skeletons regarding such issues as Iraq, the CIA and the conduct of White House aides.
Friday dog blogging: the Big Brown Dog relaxes after a rough day of napping.
Malevolent harridan rushes to unholy spawn's rescue
Again.
Mommy will make things all better for the manly, resolute war preznint.
Steve Clemons at the Washington Note reports -
Barbara ["rhymes with punt"] Bush is allegedly ticked off at Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Andy Card, nearly all of them -- except Karen Hughes -- for how her boy is faring in the hearts and minds of Americans. The matriarch of the Bush clan is colder than North Pole ice right now to those around her son who she thinks have undermined him.So much so that her beautiful mind is plotting ways to dropkick their sorry asses out of the White House and away from her pwecious baby boy. It's the story of his life, isn't it? He screws up, then his parents bail him out.
Watch for a lot to change right after the State of the Union address.Well, it'll be interesting to see who's got the bigger balls, Beelzebarb or
December 1, 2005
McCarthyite nutbar wins major award
Faux Nooze hypocritical gasbag Bill O'Reilly takes home the bronze, silver, and gold in Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" contest.
The O'Reilly 'Holiday tree' ornament.
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WH whore to get righteously bitchslapped
Bob Woodward, meet Karma...
You've heard the uproar over the [disgraced former journalist] taking two years to reveal that he was involved in the CIA leak investigation. Now the widow of John Belushi has recruited a gang of the late comic's friends to pay back Woodward for "Wired," his grim 1985 bio of her husband.
Al Franken remembers seeing Woodward in the office of "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels. "I went over to [Woodward] and said, 'Well, you know, the only time I ever saw John snorting coke was with [Woodward's colleague] Carl Bernstein.' And that was the last I ever heard from him." (Franken assures us that he was just kidding.)
Al Franken remembers seeing Woodward in the office of "SNL" producer Lorne Michaels. "I went over to [Woodward] and said, 'Well, you know, the only time I ever saw John snorting coke was with [Woodward's colleague] Carl Bernstein.' And that was the last I ever heard from him." (Franken assures us that he was just kidding.)
LOL.
Values and integrity
School flap continues over the $100,000 Senator/Christian Rick Santorum ripped off from Penn Hills taxpayers.
Sen. Rick Santorum should reimburse $100,000 to the Penn Hills School District used to cover online charter school tuition for his children, four school board members said Thursday.
Questions over his residency prompted Santorum to announce Wednesday that he is withdrawing his five school-age children from Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Midland, Beaver County. The No. 3 Republicanhypocrite in the Senate, Santorum owns a $106,000 home next door to his wife's parents in Penn Hills, but he and his family split time between there and a $757,000 house in Virginia.
Questions over his residency prompted Santorum to announce Wednesday that he is withdrawing his five school-age children from Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School in Midland, Beaver County. The No. 3 Republican
Bush’s view of Iraq doesn’t square with reality
"We're buildin' Joementum in Iraq!"
President #uckwit’s depiction of Iraqi security forces as “helping to turn the tide” is difficult to square with persistent setbacks in handing control of the country back to its own people. Recruits patrol Iraq’s most violent cities barely three months after learning how to use weapons and police forces struggle to get officers to come to work.
And when they do bother showing up, they get to work trying to kill off the Sunni civilianry.
As he did before the invasion, Bush tied Iraq to terrorism, to make the case that a stable Iraq would make for a safer America. Iraq was not, however, the terrorists’ chosen battlefield until Saddam was defeated and extremists poured across unsecured borders.
Ouch!
Sen. Barbara Boxer agrees: the preznit's a lying, clueless a-hole.
Poll: nobody buying Bush bullshit 
As Preznit Liar McPartypants launched a new, desperate effort Wednesday to gain public support for the Iraq war, a new poll found most Americans do not believe he has any kind of victory plan whatsoever.
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Catapulting the propaganda
"Detrimental to the proper growth of democracy."
Glowing articles on the situation in Iraq were prepared by the misadministration in 'a multimillion-dollar covert campaign to plant paid propaganda in the Iraqi news media.'
"I think it's absolutely wrong for the government to do this," said Patrick Butler, vice president of the International Center for Journalists in Washington, which conducts ethics training for journalists from countries without a history of independent news media. "Ethically, it's indefensible."
"You show the world you're not living by the principles you profess to believe in, and you lose all credibility," he said.
"You show the world you're not living by the principles you profess to believe in, and you lose all credibility," he said.
Fun fact: it's taxpayer-funded! With your money! That you earned!
/Corddry
Cystic blowhole spews bile, enables terrists
America's Favorite Junkie™ gloats over the kidnapping of four Christian Peacemaker activists by Iraqi insurgents:
Hateful, bloated d-bag Rush Limbaugh: Well, here's why I like it. I like any time a bunch of leftist feel-good hand-wringers are shown reality. So here we have these peace activists over there. I don't care if they're Christian or not. They're over there, and as peace activists, they've got one purpose. They're over there trying to stop the violence. Now, if this German group fits the mold, they are probably blaming the United States and coalition forces for all of this.
[A]s warped as these people are, you know they're going to blame Bush for this. ... They wouldn't have been kidnapped because they wouldn't have been there in the first place if Bush hadn't gone and caused the war and created all these terrorists. I mean, these people are liberals, they're warped. Well, I mean, that's why there's -- I'm telling you, folks, there's a part of me that likes this.
[A]s warped as these people are, you know they're going to blame Bush for this. ... They wouldn't have been kidnapped because they wouldn't have been there in the first place if Bush hadn't gone and caused the war and created all these terrorists. I mean, these people are liberals, they're warped. Well, I mean, that's why there's -- I'm telling you, folks, there's a part of me that likes this.
Yeah, the #uckingly stupid drug-addict criminal part.
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