FITZ!!

FEINGOLD!!

COLBERT!!

AND KOBE!!

Fitz and Lamont!

Good for NARAL for a change.

Nice lineup there TRex!

KOBE!!!

MWAAA-HAAA-HAAA-HAAAAAAA!

I am king of the thread.

Fitz! (and Sanger! (Margaret) )

TRex,

You sew?

Dozer!
Devious!
Hugo! (aka Doggie Dickhead)
Bebecito Evo!

(my 4 pitbabies)

TRex, just wanted to jump into the new thread…and I’ve just finished a sewing project and was at the fabric store an hour ago.

Sharon,
Don’t needle him.

good for her. it’s soooo fucking clear that the only hope for change is going to come from the state level. those money-grubbing accommodationists in washington — all of em — congress, media, consultants, think tanks, non-profits — every last one of them, value their social, professional relationships over any commitment to issues.

Talk Left has more on the Rove indictment story.

I am rapidly becoming a big proponent of zero celebration or even speculation on actual indictment until I see a Fitzgerald news release.

This is all beginning to feel like Rove pulling our chains. I wouldn’t be surprised if Luskin made an offer of a significant bonus to anyone at his firm who could fool Leopold into thinking they would give him good info, only to feed him garbage instead.

Here’s the Talk Left story:

Luskin Denies Truth of Leopold Article on Karl Rove Indictment
Robert Luskin, Karl Rove’s attorney, has officially denied the allegations in Jason Leopold’s article reporting Rove has been indicted and that there was a Fitzgerald-Luskin meeting on Friday.

I received the denial directly from Robert Luskin this afternoon.

1. Luskin stands by his April 26 statement in its entirety.

2. Karl Rove’s status has not changed. They remain confident Fitzgerald will decline to bring any charges.

3. There is “no truth whatsoever” to any of Jason Leopold’s recent stories about Karl Rove’s resignation, the alleged meeting in his office or the Indictment. The denial he gave me Saturday night was iand was intended to be “all purpose.”

4. As far as he knows, Patrick Fitzgerald was in Chicago on Friday.

5. People should not interpret their “unwillingness to comment on every wild and malicious rumor as a change in position.”

As background, Saturday night I reported on my dismally failed attempt to get Robert Luskin to discuss Jason Leopold’s article.

Sunday night I reported the details of my phone call with Jason in which Jason expressed confidence his report was correct and confirmed that he would out his sources if it turned out they provided false information.

This morning I reported on my telephone conversation with Rove media strategist Mark Corallo and his full and complete denial of the accuracy of Jason’s article.

After that call this morning, I e-mailed Mr. Luskin to properly introduce myself, thank him for connecting me to Mark Carballo and apologize again for calling him so late Saturday night. He responded favorably. Just over an hour ago, he sent me another e-mail with the above denials. He also said his cat is better now.

Update: Some verbatim quotes from Bob Luskin, reprinted with permission:

The cat’s fine, thanks. Her stool sample shows no evidence of harmful parasites, which is one of the big differences between my cat’s stools and this case. i do, occasionally, take a day (or, if i can, an evening) off.

On his belief that Fitzgerald was in Chicago Friday,

To paraphrase ‘my cousin vinnie,’ even in this investigation, the laws of physics apply.

Ick. I am so ashamed. All Things Considered is having Rove on today to talk about POLL NUMBERS, of all things. I can only hope that Michele Norris manages to sneak in a bombshell question or two about his approaching indictment.

They really need to hire me up there in DC so we can avoid these sorts of embarrassments in the future.

Bustednuckles 11 — that is supposed to be punaise’s line.

Jane,

My bad.

TRex, a thimbleful of humility may be in order…

*g*

Woo hoo! Looks like NARAL isn’t totally worthless, at least at the local level.

bustedknuckles — punaise is not around and would, I’m sure, appreciate your efforts to keep his spirit alive in the thread ;)

Re the “harmful parasites” line (in 13):

Luskin made a funny, and I laughed. I am so very ashamed.

Sharon-

Aheh. You have me in stitches.

Excerpt from Waas interview in US News (note the response to the last question):

Do you think White House aide Karl Rove will be indicted?

I don’t know, and even if I did, I wouldn’t say because it would be unfair to him. The difficulty of these stories is being fair to people under investigation. One of the things I learned from the so-called Clinton scandals is there’s a lot of hyperventilation, a lot of baseless allegations, and an assumption in Washington that being under investigation is a presumption of guilt. The desire and necessity and prodding of editors to be first with every new increment or detail was not only unfair to the Clinton administration during Whitewater, but there’s a lot of unfair stories about Bush administration officials, particularly Rove. There is the presumption of innocence. A grand jury appearance does not mean an indictment. An indictment does not mean the person’s guilty. And an allegation is simply an allegation. Journalists have failed to point this out, and should on a regular basis.

How did your National Journal gig come about?

I was going to freelance a piece last year for the Atlantic . . . and we didn’t think the news would hold until the magazine published. [National Journal Editor] Charlie Green asked if I could do it for the National Journal. [The Atlantic and the National Journal are both owned by David Bradley.) Did a second piece, did a third piece. Every story is a collaboration with Charlie Green and [Managing Editor] Bob Gettlin. But I’m largely independent. They let me roam to do the story, and as it takes shape we’re on the phone several times a day. No story goes a moment before its time, but once we’re certain about it, we go with it.

What’s your next story?

It’s another story about the level of knowledge among high-level administration officials about attempts to discredit Wilson and when they knew about it.

TRex- you are essential to the fabric of FDL.

With sinking heart I write that I think Rove got us all. Bastard.

That’s great news BTW. Has the CT local PP made a statement? If not, maybe this could be used to pressure them for same.

Each thread is part of the greater tapestry…

TRex is loom-ing over this particular thread.

re: Rove. The line in the recent AP story As the grand jury prepares to meet again on Wednesday, the waiting game for Rove continues. seemed like almost a throw away in the context. Are there other reports that verify this, or is this just another misreading of The Hill (is that the correct pub?)?

xyz- I loved “my cousin vinnie”. I had forgotten the line. But just today I overheard some one say “Physics is a killer”. I added “especially when you jump from tall buildings.”

Jane Hamsher says: “…that is supposed to be punaise’s line.”
May 15th, 2006 at 3:07 pm

Jane - while we’re waiting to hear the President’s speech, why can’t we spin some yarns on this thread? I don’t think there are any “knit”pickers here who would object, and nobody seems to be in a “crochety” mood.

I was in the back of the house, I heard a noise and when I came into the living room the dogs had turned the TV on and were sitting there watching Dr Phil. I kid you not.

I’m a bit shocked. I thought they had better taste than that.

Stephen, that would be throwing purls before swine…

Well, Jane at least they did not tune into The Jerry Springer Show or the 700 Club or Rita Cosby or Nancy Grace or….

but I feel your pain.

TRex- you are essential to the fabric of FDL.

Aw. That’s so sweet. For a time I felt like I was, but then I was a frayed knot.

I overheard some one say “Physics is a killerâ€. I added “especially when you jump from tall buildings.â€

The problem is not the fact that gravity sucks — it’s the sudden stop.

Maybe Commander Codpiece can solve the energy crisis, by issuing a signing statement that overrules the laws of gravity.

my doggies are oblivious to TV except when watching the Animal Channel — they hear the barking and bark back and run around trying to find the source of the barking. Then all four of them are barking wildly and running around! Sometimes I just have to change the channel…
Occasionally other animal sounds on nature shows will pique their interest…

30 Jane Hamsher says:
May 15th, 2006 at 3:26 pm

I’ve heard of TV going to the dogs, but did you think there was a remote chance that what you related would happen? And did you think that they had their fill of him after they turned on your television?

*ilson46201 says:
May 15th, 2006 at 3:27 pm

Good one! That’s a jewel.

I love that frayed knot joke!

Everytime an animal commercial or show comes on, I try to get my kitty interested..

no success, ever. sigh.

I am recently unemployed, and spent about ten minutes watching Jerry Springer today. Egads, attack of the mullets.
Law & Order was one I had seen. :-(

Trex- OMG- brilliant! And, if the bad news ever lets up, a late nite battle of the punsters might be just the thing!

Jane:

Maybe they wanted to piss on him.

He does vaguely resemble an oversized fire hydrant.

Pach– kinda like KKKArl Rove.

Congrats fdl on 13,000,000 page views!

hit the bricks dr z.As a self employed contractor my rule of thumb is if you know the daytime TV line up,you need to find some work.Prolonged watching of springer grows mullets.(just kidding,dude)

Ewwwwww, Jane! You’re going to have to take command of the remote or your pooches will be barking bad behavior modification tropes!

Poor doggies, They are going to need therapy to get over Dr. Putz’ therapy. Btw he gives the rest of us Phil’s a bad name.

“Stephen, that would be throwing purls before swine…”

Perle before Rove?
O.K., so long as they all get indicted in due course.

angie- cats are not as “social” as dogs, as I’m sure you know. I tend to think that their interest for TV watching would be small things moving quickly, jumping, fluttering, like potential prey. That’s what the like in real life, anyway, and fits with a friend’s report that his cat really was into watching ballet on TV.

ABC billboard lineup for WNT = 0 mention of spying.
Maybe Nightline?
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I forget about ad rules for NARAL, etc. Does the CT endorment mean they’ll take out full pagers in the Courant for Lamont?
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Also, once upon a time some guy named Douglas wrote about CT and Griswold about birth control and privacy. He also said this:

“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there’s a twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.”

Good for CT NARAL folks for cutting through the hemming and hawing, and getting right to the point!

Bustedknuckles, for sure. Dr. Phil is the lamest excuse for a therapist. I can’t believe he doesn’t get hauled in over ethics violations. I guess he gets away with what he does by saying he’s not a therapist. I can’t stand to even hear his voice.

Jane–thanks for keeping reproductive rights in the headlines. Of all the heinous crimes of BushCo, the one that may be with us longest will be the Alito nomination. Depressingly, it was one issue the Dems *could* have prevented but chose not to. I’m having a hard time forgiving Maria Cantwell for that even though I like what she’s doing on the oil issue.

Seems like the thread is unravelling.

OT and back to the articles filings in Libby. I haven’t read everything on every thread, but I do try to skim through most stuff (in order to not be the 1016th person to post that there is tr**hou* article about . . .

So I don’t think this has been discussed yet and apologize if it has. The Cheney notes (which the filing says were ‘contemporaneous’ *g*) have had discussion, but what about the Hersh article? The filing says:

Finally, the government notes in the interest of completeness that it may offer annotated copies of an October 2003 article by Seymour Hersh in The New Yorker if it appears that the defendant will pursue the defense that he was too focused on other urgent national security matters to remember accurately what took place during his conversations with reporters. The government received from the OVP multiple copies of the same article bearing handwritten annotations, apparently by the defendant and others in his office. However, it is not the government’s present intention to offer those annotated copies.

Here’s a link to the Hersh article I believe they are referencing:

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/.....027fa_fact

Since there has been no indication so far that Libby is planning on dropping any of his many defenses, this seems a bit odd to me. Like a deliberate holdback that says to Libby – we can still make things worse for you if you aren’t ready to come to the table. ?? I don’t know if anyone else saw it that way. I also wondered if there might be things in those handwritten annotations that would go to, perhaps, conspiracy or casting light on issues involving other players? The annotations are by “defendant†and “others in his office.†So who are the options for “others†and which office – OVP? Oval? Libby technically worked for both, but from the context it appears they mean OVP. So are there more Cheney notes? Understaff notes? Notations that, although written by Libby and others in OVP, might nonetheless refer to others outside the OVP (like Rove?) etc.

Am I reading too much into that? I just don’t see working on the assumption that Libby is going to be dropping a defense as the reason to not proffer the article now, especially when you know from the references that Libby knows exactly what article they mean and the nature of the annotations. I don’t see a holdback unless it is a bargaining chip – but then again, I wear contacts and they are fuzzy these days.

Fitz does not yield to mere physics.

Jason Leopold Sock Puppet by DHinMI on THN.

You draw your own conclusions.

Valley Girl– that explains why the only thing he likes watching on the television screen is the occasional moth beat itself silly on it!

“cats are not as “social†as dogs, as I’m sure you know.”

Which is why I don’t have a “cat”, I have a Manx : )

http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/manx-faq.html

Mary- I think that’s a very interesting find! IANAL, but I don’t think you are reading too much into it. Immediately I was trying to think who else was in the OVP (I go with Office of VP) at the time. Addington? But I think he came later.

Cats just prefer to socialize with you when you are at your best - asleep.

Addington would have been there.

Very true, Mary! Though mine is quite loving and friendly during Keith Olbermann– he senses, I think, how happy the humans are and is grateful that nobody is busting head veins by either shouting at the TV or holding it in or is stomping out of earshot of the normal drivel.

Just giggling and grinning.

Mary

I think it quite possible that the evidence in the Fall annotations might be more relevant in a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge. There was early reporting that the RNC was involved in pushing back against Wilson, the leak to JimmyJeff GannonGuckert, the alleged conversations to Novak. So there may be something in there that is more relevant to a different charge.

I excerpted the passages that were probably very interesting to the cabal here.

Jason Leopold has become the Drudge of the TreasonGate story — that ought to be worth a seven figure advance from Regnery publishing, or some other hacktacular right wing outfit that pays big bucks to anyone that will smear critics of the preznit and other upstanding . . .

oh, wait . . .

Coz- read the Manx link- they sound like really interesting cats. Cat lover, but don’t have one at present. But, if I did, I think it would be great to have one that liked riding in the car.

Mary, you are indefatigable. Thank you for your constant vigilance on these topics. I do truly hope that there will someday be a comprehensive book on this whole unbelievable saga. Perhap Valerie herself will be the one.

This seems to widen the net. It must mean at the very least Addington.

Sitting here reading this thread I hear on the news that another young solder from seaford Del.has been killed in Iraq.The second in as many weeks,Fu*kin Bush,his people never have to bleed.

Re: #53 and Cheney (a.k.a. “Teeny”)-Libby, just for historical perspective, for anyone who’s unaware, the “Stovepipe” article by Hersch was the first major piece to my knowledge that accused BushCo of manipulating intelligence to make the case for war. (And if you haven’t read it yet, do it now!)

Of course no one paid any attention to it at the time because they were all still in the post 9-11 haze.

I’ve met some sweet Manx cats, but to my thinking, you can’t go wrong with a traditional Siamese:

http://www.travelswithtigger.c.....e-faq.html

So, Leopold and Matthews have punk’d us all in the last seven days. I don’t like this trend.

EW - “more relevant to a different charge” — that is what I mean, in part, by bargaining chips. IOW, if Libby knows that those annotations might put something else he doesn’t want to see on the table, it seems like a signal to him, “hey, we haven’t forgotten these puppies and are you SURE you don’t want to go dialing for deals?”

Angie - I must be a fascinating, but soft spoken, converstaionalist in my sleep, bc I have been know to wake up and find a cat on my head.

Mary,
I think you may be on to something. My guess, the notes are from Cheney and the “geverment does intend to offer at this time” goes to the fact that the note don’t further the case against Scoots, but may further a case against someone else.

Like if they say “have Rove talk to Novack” (a girl can dream can’t she?)

Wish I knew what those annotations were. Have you noticed though, when ever Fitz lets a little more info out, it’s soooo NOT disappointing?

Call me ignorant and late to the party; I’ve only been following the vote fraud from a distance. I don’t think there’s Diebolical machines in use here in MA; wll not where I am…so I’ve not done due diligence to click thru the various links here and elsewhere. I have certainly believed in the vote hijacking, but…anyway, a site that covers Microsoft misdeeds and faults almost with as much vigor as FDL on Bush et al has an article that explains at least the latest malfeasance.

It’s WINDOWS CE! ferchrissakes, I there must be a street named K in Redmond.

ANYBODY KNOWS ANY WINDOWS PRODUCT CAN BE CORRUPTED AT THE DROP OF A HAT.

Who ARE these guys?
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“”Diebold plans to address the issue in an upcoming version of the product, which will use cryptographic keys to ensure that only authorised software is installed on the machine, Bear said. He could not say when this feature would be added, but said that it could be available in time for the November 7 general election in the US,” McMillan reports. “These latest set of flaws are the most serious voting machine flaws yet reported, according to Ed Felten, a professor of computer science at Princeton University, and Avi Rubin, a Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University. ‘The attacks described in Hursti’s report would allow anyone who had physical access to a voting machine for a few minutes to install malicious software code on that machine, using simple, widely available tools,’ they wrote Thursday on the Freedom to Tinker blog. ‘The malicious code, once installed, would control all of the functions of the voting machine, including the counting of votes.’ Diebold’s machines are based on custom hardware that runs Microsoft’s Windows CE operating system.”
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….”COULD BE FIXED BY NOV 7″…
I wouldn’t count on it. (hah. a pun.)

Mary- or any other lawyers out there- I agree about being possibly used in a conspiracy context (as emptywheel said). So, what are Libby’s options at this point? Can he still make a plea bargain on the current charges, if he gets the drift that he might be charged with conspiracy? If so, that would be an interesting way of Fitz keeping the pressure on Libby to flip.

OT: Jane and Christy…Steve Gilliard over at The News Blog has an interesting article on some confusing ads on progressive sites. He said that many were still up this past weekend.

I am sure you are, Mary *g*

Dunno why, but have found the same happening here, but I happily tolerate it!

Ohhh . . . over at TPM, pollingpoint.com has an ad up, with the headline: “Should Rove Resign?”

Jane, you need to contact those folks, and get an FDL ad — that will give them enough click-thru’s to choke a herd of ponies!!!

lhp - my dreams are even dreamier (I usually don’t dream, so if I do, I go wide). Cheney’s notes telling Addington and Gonzales to destroy docs that Cambone and Rumsfeld have; Addington’s notes back that he and Bert met Don and his Junior Flyboy, and they all took care of things.

If it were all in black and white, that’s a dream I’d have in color.

I’d probably end up with two cats on my head for that one.

For those supporting “choice” (which includes yours truly), it should be relatively simple. Ned’s IN, Joe and Nancy’s OUT. The reasonable thing to do seems obvious. Replace ‘loose weenie’ Nancy with Carolyn. Perhaps letters and emails, etc. would help to that end.

Only four short days until another edition of “Hotshots” on “Hardball with Chris Mattews.”

Mary says:

“I’d probably end up with two cats on my head for that one.”

And they’d be “making muffins” and kneading your head.

OfT - tonight’s speech -

How in the world does this speech help Bush (assuming that it will be what as advertised?) While I’ll grant that Rove has found another hot-button wedge issue, to me it looks to be just *too* hot.

The speech is pointed only at Repub’s - and to me it looks like it splinters them and puts them at each others’ throats. Too soft for some, too much for others, too militaristic/big-government, too…too..it’s too *something* for damn near everyone.
Who does he think he’s going to please, and how does he end up with any net gain?

IMO, he’s killin’ himself here.

Obviously, I’m very much in favor of that, but it seems ridiculous, if not disastrous, as a purely political ploy.

VG - that is what I am wondering. It is also interesting bc, by not mentioning who wrote the notes or what they say, if there were to be a pardon of Libby on the current charges – it would have to have some very interesting wording and quite likely also be lined up with pardons of others who are not currently charged to cover all bases. And if you cover all bases, then people are going to wonder how you knew how all those bases needed to be covered. That’s just my most hopeful of speculation and there is probably a much more mundane reason (just trying to weed down the baseless defenses maybe) but I’m in a MLK mode – I haven’t HAD the dream (yet), but I’m sure going to try to have it.

OT for TRex- thanks for the link. Interesting that some don’t yeowl. Great imo.

Cozumel - another Manx owner here. I’m a dog person but Quimby has completely won me over. She plays fetch - an honest to god cat retriever, takes a keen interest and offers to help in whatever you are doing, and punks her brother, my wire fox terrier Rascal. Manx have little front legs, huge hind legs and a tiny or no tail, hence their nickname as ‘cabbits.’ I have a pic of them together in their Halloween costumes as Count Rascula and Quim-bat.

For a “president” who supposedly has no interest in or concern over poll numbers, he’s certainly going all out tonight to get them up.

And, for an MSM that knows this is only about the rightwing base, that knows he is not speaking as the president of the entire nation but only as the president of the republican party, they certainly are orgasmic about this whole charade.

Determined they are to reverse this downtrend of the GOP - transparent.

No way am I watching any of the circus when I can just lurk here and get intelligent analysis.

How in the world does this speech help Bush?

Since nobody likes him or trusts him anymore, there is only one speech Bush can give that will boost his popularity:

“My Fellow ‘Murkans, I am resigninating as Preznit — effective immediately.”

Blank K - last Mon in the Press Club talk Feingold was asked about why no one is interested in the voting machines issue. His response was so quick and so telling. Something like: They are - just not in this town He said you can’t go outside the beltway and do a townhall style meeting without someone bringing it up.

OT and probably late to the party, but have a listen to the new hit song “I’m so Loathsome I Could Spy” over at huffingtonpost. A gem!

Could it be that terra-ists have already come in via the unsecured borders and they are scrambling only now to pull a cya?

We saw a report on CNN by McIntyre that says the Guard will be doing support work and not be visible. What’s the point???????

Just wtf have they been doing since 2000 anyway?

Don’t answer that ;(

I agree with jayt– it’s sheer lunacy.

Oh Mary- that is SO interesting. If I get your drift, then the limited hangout pardon might not exactly work, bec. there would still be stragglers who Fitz could go after for conspiracy. BTW, as I have said before, I am doubtful about Bush pardons, except under extreme duress.

mary jane, you’re turning into a netizen….

“one Nation, under guards not visible,”

Mabye a compromise solution to the Pledge issue?

Well, if that’s the Mary Jane that JH has mentioned before, welcome, welcome!!! Please stick around.

Muzzy,

“another Manx owner here.”

Cool! A friend of mine has four of them. One of them turns lights off and on by jumping up and flipping the wall switches, opens doors by turning the door handles and fetches the papaer. No joke!

mary

Thanks. Just as a quick aside, my Dad took me with him into the ‘curtain/lever’ style voting booth maybe for the ‘64 election. I know I wasn’t ten yet. It had a similar magical (although simple) feeling like an old school Latin Mass.

He made sure I knew about voting and citizenship, not in a YOU MUST OR I’LL BEAT YOU, but by outlining the Founding Fathers and a free society.

I think that Hipp’s song is a hit! I listened this a.m. and have listened 3 times since. I linked to it in the disappeared comment thread.

Thank you Jane and Christy for making this site sing so beautifully, I can’t tell you how much I missed having my spoiled brat access today; but it is surely worth the wait as you grow, and grow, and grow. Congrats!

Thanks Valley girl, I’m always here! Lurking quietly in Maine.

Mary Jane- great! Maine. Ah. All I get of Maine is two weeks every summer at a place near Blue Hill (on Cape Rosier, if you know the area). But, it is the highlight of my year. I know that to a real Mainer that doesn’t count for much, but it means a lot to me.

I pledge rebellion to the gulag
Of the Illegal Spies of America,
And to the tyranny for which it stands:
One nation, Panopticonned, GSPable,
With liberty and justice for none.

Blank K - that is a great parenting image. Norman Rockwell.

It took a lot for my dad to admit that women had the vote - my mom’s participation in League of Women Voters notwithstanding. ;-)

I’m curious to see what the term-limited, soon to be ex-Governor of Colorado’s reaction to sending the guard to AZ will be, given the perenially high fire danger here.

Mary Jane- OT, but I have been visiting the same area in Maine for a long time. Once upon a time there were a lot of roads that didn’t have names. But then there was the drive to implement 911 (not that one) services, so roads had to be named. One of the “new” names that caught my eye was “Purple Haze Road”. There were others, but that was the best.

T-Rex: (#68)

So,just stick with Fitz.

Egads. Matthews on Hardball: “I listen to a lot of talk radio, and Laura Ingram, she’s not a fanatic”…

Yes that is the same mary jane, my best friend from high school. Glad to see you de-lurking, mj ;)

Mary;

Cool. I love the word ‘notwithstanding’…a compound word that can be used in a lot of contexts. Good on your mom, obviously.

Looking back, if it WAS ‘64, the timing would mean it was the first vote after the ‘coup’…maybe that had as much to do with his act as anything.

Oh Jane,
Finally, some progressive good news
just sent CT. NARAL some love. thank God NARAL hasn’t completely surrendered to the cocktail weenie demon - and good on Ned - ol Joe will be schvitizing all over his sorry ass self.

didn’t comment much on it in the threads - like you I have a long history with them, and was sooo discouraged by what they did/didn’t do on Alito - so thank you for all your work on it and thanks for energizing me out of my funk
ONWARD!

asshat americans writing in to cafferty suggesting land mines in order to stop illegal immigration. man, oh, man. that blood lust thingie is still in vogue among some murikans brought to us by the cabal of ghouls.

Christ on a crutch, LANDMINES?! Who are these lunatics?

Bustednuckles– they live among us… ;(

a string of nuclear weapon explosions would render the border so radioactive nobody could cross it and live… is that better? [/OFF=winger]

2 separate letters, too.

OT, but I need a favor.

A while back someone posted a link to a video of some people trying to get to see Senators Schumer and Clinton in New York. We’re thinking about something like that to help the Lamont camp (”Where’s Joe?” or something like that).

Anybody care to send me that link? Much appreciated…futuredv@yahoo.com or post it here.

Things are jumping here in CT coming down to the convention this weekend. I might not be able to live-blog the event, because the Expo Center charges a minimum of $150 for a day’s worth of Wifi access; fuckin’ thieves.

We’re trying to work something out, but I don’t want to make too many waves because I’m fearful somebody in the Party might actually READ my blog and call my “independent media” claim into question.

Not that I can’t be objective…I just don’t wanna be!

angie;

you just need to put on them fancy sunglasses to tell who’s who, us or THEM, iirc

The freepers are big on the landmine idea. That, and shoot to kill orders.

Maybe Bush is calling for “National Guard” brand Landmines to be used to protect our borders — and precious bodily fluids?

Then I guess they would be all for heat seeking missiles on the front of my truck to blow their sorry asses off the road when I see a ‘W’ sticker on their bumper, Huh?Whats that?, Un-American you say?Ignorant Bastards.

BIG, BREAKING news– chimpy says we are a nation of laws.

btw– what’s with the new hand signals?

The Plenary executive says we’re “a nation of laws.”

Bob Adams- IRRC, the link was on one of Pach’s threads recently that talked about the Roots Project. I am not sure if it was in Pach’s main story, or in the comments. I will try to do some FDL research.

Angie-You are fast.

Bob Adams– here ya go:

http://www.firedoglake.com/200...../#comments

Welcome Mary Jane !

ok Muzzy - give up the halloween pics!

Now -
Mary & Mui - y’all were speaking directly to me upthread - A*****ton (nope, can’t even type his name without feeling violent!) are you saying he could be a target ? In Clareworld, I swear, if that bastard ever had to answer for any of his crimes . . .

(offtopic) Murray Waas Scoop via Atrios:

US News has an interview with Murray Waas. The whole thing is worth reading, and it concludes with this:What’s your next story?It’s another story about the level of knowledge among high-level administration officials about attempts to discredit Wilson and when they knew about it.