Saturday, October 07, 2006
Friday, October 06, 2006
Pot, I have the kettle on Line 1 for you
From Newt Gingrich: "What we don't have to do is allow our friends on the left to lecture us on morality"
Newt, need I remind you that you SERVED DIVORCE PAPERS on your DYING WIFE???? (and then later dumped the Tart du Jour.)
Morality....it's not just for breakfast any more.
Newt, need I remind you that you SERVED DIVORCE PAPERS on your DYING WIFE???? (and then later dumped the Tart du Jour.)
Morality....it's not just for breakfast any more.
Andy Warhol on Rep. Happypants
Even though he died in 1987!
"Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets."
"Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets."
Article II, Section 3--Scratch that
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, again defying Congress, says he has the power to edit reports by the Homeland Security Department about whether it obeys privacy rules while handling background checks, ID cards and watch lists. In the law Bush signed Wednesday, Congress stated that no one but the privacy officer could alter, delay or prohibit the mandatory annual report on Homeland Security Department activities that affect privacy, including complaints.
But Bush, in a signing statement attached to the agency's 2007 spending bill, said he will interpret that section "in a manner consistent with the president's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch."
Article II, Section 3, go sit over there with the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th and 14th amendments, and all those other "unnecessary" and "obsolete" provisions. It was nice knowing you.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Another "Thinking or Sitting" Exclusive
We here at "The Thinker -- or Just Sitting Around" are pleased to provide you with an exclusive copy of the official investigation by John Shimkus (R-IL), U.S. Representative, and Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Page Committee into the activities of Mark Foley (R-FL), Co-Chair of the U.S. House of Representatives Caucus for Abused and Exploited Children.
Scene: Cloak Room - U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Shimkus finds Rep. Foley hunched over a laptop computer...
Shimkus: Mark, you got a minute? Hey! why are your pants around your ankles?
Foley: My aide is bringing me some fresh dry-cleaned clothes, and you know, I am working on some serious business here. (types feverishly)
Shimkus: I've received a pretty troubling note from the parents of a page.
Foley: (eyes roll back into his head as he stares into his laptop) Uhhhhhhhhhhh.... Sorry - what was that?
Shimkus: Parents of a page - they're saying that you've been sending emails to their son.
Foley: (adjusts the crotch on his pants) Yeah, right. He's really hot - er, I mean, I was concerned about him - he was in a hot spot.
Shimkus: Well, they're worried, that you're being too friendly with him.
Foley: Well that's a load of crap!! (turns way from laptop, grabs several kleenex from a dispenser and turns his back) You know that I try hard to be a mentor to these boys, so far from home - so far from adult supervision (wipes drool from his chin).
Shimkus: Well that's all well and good, but there are concerns. You really need to dial back on your contact with this kid.
Foley: Really? (zips up his pants, closes laptop). Well, I need to go vote on this Internet Child Protection bill. Is there anything else?
Shimkus: No, I guess that covers it. So you'll stay away from the kid?
Foley: Yeah sure - Scout's Honor (crosses fingers behind his back).
Shimkus: Thanks a lot Mark. You've taken a great burden from my mind. I guess I can consider the matter closed. Hey, you've got a stain on your pants there.... Where's your aide with the drycleaning?
Foley: I'm sure he's around somewhere. See you later John (walks to the chamber door).
Shimkus: OK, bye Mark.
Scene: Cloak Room - U.S. House of Representatives. Rep. Shimkus finds Rep. Foley hunched over a laptop computer...
Shimkus: Mark, you got a minute? Hey! why are your pants around your ankles?
Foley: My aide is bringing me some fresh dry-cleaned clothes, and you know, I am working on some serious business here. (types feverishly)
Shimkus: I've received a pretty troubling note from the parents of a page.
Foley: (eyes roll back into his head as he stares into his laptop) Uhhhhhhhhhhh.... Sorry - what was that?
Shimkus: Parents of a page - they're saying that you've been sending emails to their son.
Foley: (adjusts the crotch on his pants) Yeah, right. He's really hot - er, I mean, I was concerned about him - he was in a hot spot.
Shimkus: Well, they're worried, that you're being too friendly with him.
Foley: Well that's a load of crap!! (turns way from laptop, grabs several kleenex from a dispenser and turns his back) You know that I try hard to be a mentor to these boys, so far from home - so far from adult supervision (wipes drool from his chin).
Shimkus: Well that's all well and good, but there are concerns. You really need to dial back on your contact with this kid.
Foley: Really? (zips up his pants, closes laptop). Well, I need to go vote on this Internet Child Protection bill. Is there anything else?
Shimkus: No, I guess that covers it. So you'll stay away from the kid?
Foley: Yeah sure - Scout's Honor (crosses fingers behind his back).
Shimkus: Thanks a lot Mark. You've taken a great burden from my mind. I guess I can consider the matter closed. Hey, you've got a stain on your pants there.... Where's your aide with the drycleaning?
Foley: I'm sure he's around somewhere. See you later John (walks to the chamber door).
Shimkus: OK, bye Mark.
Operation "Hey, Look Over There!"
OK, I'll can the "Frostbite Falls" bit--ANY humor here is completely inappropriate
Four US soldiers have been killed in an attack in north-west Baghdad, the US military said....The latest deaths bring to 21 the number of Americans killed in combat since Saturday.Of course a sex scandal attracts the attention of that tiny percentage of Retard America that pays ANY attention to politics, but may I remind you that Iraq's hellhole is raging out of control and of course, Afghanistan is meeting RECORD levels of opium production, while the administration weaves toward attacking Iran. One creep and however many kids is distracting attention away from an impending disaster.
Murrow on Hastert
"Have you no decency, sir?" asked Murrow, using the words of a witness before McCarthy's committee. The answer by Denny Hastert---apparently not.
In an interview with the Tribune on Wednesday night, Hastert said he had no thoughts of resigning and he blamed ABC News and Democratic operatives for the mushrooming scandal that threatens his tenure as speaker and Republicans' hold on power in the House.
Sports superstars help us count down to Election Day
I should have started this yesterday with Sweetness, but I forgot.
Larry Bird
Add your own.
Larry Bird
Add your own.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
A sure sign of the apocalypse
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Meanwhile, back in Frostbite Falls
from juancole.com:
Al-Zaman reports that 21 US troops have been killed in Iraq since Saturday, with 8 killed on Monday alone. As of Tuesday, 23,416 US troops have been wounded or killed in the Iraq War.
Al-Zaman reports that 21 US troops have been killed in Iraq since Saturday, with 8 killed on Monday alone. As of Tuesday, 23,416 US troops have been wounded or killed in the Iraq War.
You are not allowed to disagree with der Fuhrer!
From the Rocky Mountain News:
Steven Howards saw a news story one morning this summer reporting the latest casualty totals from Iraq, and a few hours later had the rare opportunity to voice his feelings to a man he considers directly responsible.
Doing so, Howards said, sent him to jail for allegedly harassing the vice president of the United States. And now he is responding with a federal lawsuit against the Secret Service agent who put him in handcuffs.
The suit filed Tuesday alleges that Howards was arrested in retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free speech, and that his arrest also violated his Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful arrest.
...
"Many of us fantasize what would we do if we had the opportunity to really tell Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney how we feel," said Howards, 54, of Golden.
"And to be honest, when I passed him, my initial thought was to keep walking. And then I said, I couldn't with a clear conscience let this opportunity pass."
So Howards approached the vice president and told him, " 'Your policies in Iraq are reprehensible.' And I moved on. I didn't want to give anybody any excuses to come after me."
But a few minutes later, according to Howards, he was walking back across the mall with his younger son, Jonah, then 8, when he was approached by an agent identified in the lawsuit as Virgil D. "Gus" Reichle Jr.
...
Howards denied touching Cheney, repeated for the agent what he had said to the vice president, and promptly found himself being handcuffed and taken to the Eagle County Jail, where he said he remained cuffed for three hours prior to being bailed out by his wife.
Steven Howards saw a news story one morning this summer reporting the latest casualty totals from Iraq, and a few hours later had the rare opportunity to voice his feelings to a man he considers directly responsible.
Doing so, Howards said, sent him to jail for allegedly harassing the vice president of the United States. And now he is responding with a federal lawsuit against the Secret Service agent who put him in handcuffs.
The suit filed Tuesday alleges that Howards was arrested in retaliation for having exercised his First Amendment right of free speech, and that his arrest also violated his Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful arrest.
...
"Many of us fantasize what would we do if we had the opportunity to really tell Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney how we feel," said Howards, 54, of Golden.
"And to be honest, when I passed him, my initial thought was to keep walking. And then I said, I couldn't with a clear conscience let this opportunity pass."
So Howards approached the vice president and told him, " 'Your policies in Iraq are reprehensible.' And I moved on. I didn't want to give anybody any excuses to come after me."
But a few minutes later, according to Howards, he was walking back across the mall with his younger son, Jonah, then 8, when he was approached by an agent identified in the lawsuit as Virgil D. "Gus" Reichle Jr.
...
Howards denied touching Cheney, repeated for the agent what he had said to the vice president, and promptly found himself being handcuffed and taken to the Eagle County Jail, where he said he remained cuffed for three hours prior to being bailed out by his wife.
Another Jabberwocky Moment
She puzzled over this for some time, but at last a bright thought struck her. Why, it's a Looking-glass book, of course! And if I hold it up to a glass, the words will all go the right way again.
Wow, that must be some strong looking glass to turn this one around:
Hastert Image, Party's Moral Stance at Risk
As the Mark Foley scandal ignites D.C., the GOP base wants answers from the top
By Michael Tackett
Tribune senior correspondent
WASHINGTON -- Republicans consolidated power in the George W. Bush era by building a foundation based largely on the pillars of moral clarity and accountability.
OK, let me try to get my head around that one. Kenny Boy and the national energy policy, Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Duke Cunningham, yellowcake, Halliburton and no-bid contracts, Katrina and war profiteering, stealing stuff from Target and so on and so on....
It seems very pretty,' she said when she had finished it, `but it's rather hard to understand!' (You see she didn't like to confess, ever to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.) `Somehow t seems to fill my head with ideas -- only I don't exactly know what they are!
Wow, that must be some strong looking glass to turn this one around:
Hastert Image, Party's Moral Stance at Risk
As the Mark Foley scandal ignites D.C., the GOP base wants answers from the top
By Michael Tackett
Tribune senior correspondent
WASHINGTON -- Republicans consolidated power in the George W. Bush era by building a foundation based largely on the pillars of moral clarity and accountability.
OK, let me try to get my head around that one. Kenny Boy and the national energy policy, Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Duke Cunningham, yellowcake, Halliburton and no-bid contracts, Katrina and war profiteering, stealing stuff from Target and so on and so on....
It seems very pretty,' she said when she had finished it, `but it's rather hard to understand!' (You see she didn't like to confess, ever to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.) `Somehow t seems to fill my head with ideas -- only I don't exactly know what they are!
It's possible to miss the point so completely that the argument gets clarified
HOUSTON - Alton Verm filed a "Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials" Thursday with the district regarding "Fahrenheit 451," written by Ray Bradbury and published in 1953. He wants the district to remove the book from the curriculum.
"It's just all kinds of filth," said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read "Fahrenheit 451."
He looked through the book and found the following things wrong with the book: discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, "dirty talk," references to the Bible and using God's name in vain. He said the book's material goes against their religions beliefs. The Verms go to Grand Parkway Church in Porter.
Alton Verm is the father of a fifteen year old who was given the classic anti-censorship book to read in class.
Alton Verm's request to ban "Fahrenheit 451" came during the 25th annual Banned Books Week. He and Hines said the request to ban "Fahrenheit 451," a book about book burning, during Banned Books Weeks is a coincidence.
The book has been used for at least 19 years in the district, and parents are given the option of having a different book assigned to their children. That, of course, is not good enough for Mr. Verm, who wants the book removed from the curriculum entirely. And just to prove the point about how dangerous thinking is, Diana Verm, the 15-year old in question, had this to say:
"The book had a bunch of very bad language in it. It shouldn't be in there because it's offending people. ... If they can't find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn't have a book at all."
They shouldn't have a book at all. Indeed.
"It's just all kinds of filth," said Alton Verm, adding that he had not read "Fahrenheit 451."
He looked through the book and found the following things wrong with the book: discussion of being drunk, smoking cigarettes, violence, "dirty talk," references to the Bible and using God's name in vain. He said the book's material goes against their religions beliefs. The Verms go to Grand Parkway Church in Porter.
Alton Verm is the father of a fifteen year old who was given the classic anti-censorship book to read in class.
Alton Verm's request to ban "Fahrenheit 451" came during the 25th annual Banned Books Week. He and Hines said the request to ban "Fahrenheit 451," a book about book burning, during Banned Books Weeks is a coincidence.
The book has been used for at least 19 years in the district, and parents are given the option of having a different book assigned to their children. That, of course, is not good enough for Mr. Verm, who wants the book removed from the curriculum entirely. And just to prove the point about how dangerous thinking is, Diana Verm, the 15-year old in question, had this to say:
"The book had a bunch of very bad language in it. It shouldn't be in there because it's offending people. ... If they can't find a book that uses clean words, they shouldn't have a book at all."
They shouldn't have a book at all. Indeed.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
A quick note to all voters in Illinois' 14th District
Dear Folks:
If any of you vote for the Republican nominee, you are voting for an enabler of sexual abuse. I would love to hear how you sleep at night.
Have a nice day.
If any of you vote for the Republican nominee, you are voting for an enabler of sexual abuse. I would love to hear how you sleep at night.
Have a nice day.
President Bush molests Straw Man, sets fire to own pants
STOCKTON, California (AP) -- President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress.
"If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, it sounds like -- it sounds like -- they think the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again," Bush said Monday at a $360,000 fundraiser in Reno, Nevada, for state Secretary of State Dean Heller's congressional campaign.
Bush delivered the administration's oft-repeated claims about the Democrats as it struggles with persistent questions about a recent intelligence report that suggests the Iraq war has helped recruit more terrorists, and a new book, "State of Denial," by journalist Bob Woodward that contends Bush misled the country about the war.
Mr. Lying Fuckwad Murderer Terrorist Coke Fiend Drunkard Jackass President, with all respect due to you and your office, go jump in a woodchipper.
"If you listen closely to some of the leaders of the Democratic Party, it sounds like -- it sounds like -- they think the best way to protect the American people is, wait until we're attacked again," Bush said Monday at a $360,000 fundraiser in Reno, Nevada, for state Secretary of State Dean Heller's congressional campaign.
Bush delivered the administration's oft-repeated claims about the Democrats as it struggles with persistent questions about a recent intelligence report that suggests the Iraq war has helped recruit more terrorists, and a new book, "State of Denial," by journalist Bob Woodward that contends Bush misled the country about the war.
Mr. Lying Fuckwad Murderer Terrorist Coke Fiend Drunkard Jackass President, with all respect due to you and your office, go jump in a woodchipper.
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