zed?

Dick Cheney Controls Tim Russert.

Damn, I’m on a roll. Gettin’ almost as good as lolo… :})

I love the smell of Broder in the morning.
It smells like … like idiocy.

so edsall’s point was that he was constrained from being an asshole and so talk radio had to come into being?

aimai

Sounds to me like Edsall, Hewit, Broder and many others are joining little Alice at her tea party with the Mad Hatter and the March Hare.

OT Blair announces departure date tomorrow

The reason talk radio exploded, followed by Fox News, followed by the center-right blogosphere,…

hahahahaha!

center/right blogos-fear

I didn’t know cloned zombies had a pulse. *s*

Really has his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he?

Both of them, really.

punaise @ 9

center/right blogos-fear

And they fears themselves very much thank you.

Really has his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he?

It’s dead, Jim.

Hey don’t forget that righty version of YouTube, now, y’hear?

The reason You Tube was labeled liberal and leftist (IMHO) is because it includes everybody. You, know, free speech, diversity, humor, all that.

Versus echo-chamber group-think talking points, slurs as humor. I don’t want to call this “right” or anything but stupid. Some of my best friends are republican in the oldfashioned sense of the word, not in the uber-oil sense.

Actual photograph of Broder’s head exploding upon hearing that the Great Leader had fallen to 28% in the polls.

allan_in_upstate @ 15

Actual photograph of Broder’s head exploding upon hearing that the Great Leader had fallen to 28% in the polls.

teh funny

Can’t believe you’re picking on my idol, the Dean. He’s a great predictor, a living litmus paper. You just have to know how to read him.

Howie had to flee the Griffith Park Fire.

Man, go to a few meetings and you miss a lot! Are all those trolls gone yet?

Tom Edsall looks like David Broder sucking a lemon.

When can we get the Fairness Doctrine back?

Bob in HI

Scarecrow @ 17

Can’t believe you’re picking on my idol, the Dean. He’s a great predictor, a living litmus paper. You just have to know how to read him.

Whatever he says, the opposite is what will happen? Or is what people believe? OK, I can deal with a contrarian perspective if that’s the case. Just gotta know the rules of engagement.

Really has his finger up his ass, doesn’t he?

OT
Iraqi parliment will not vacation in July and maybe they’ll cut back the August recess a bit according to Iraqi National Security Advisor
PBS NewsHour

OT

Fired attorney expects charges against top DoJ officials.

McKay said he began to have concerns about politics entering the Justice Department in early 2005, when Gonzales addressed all of the country’s U.S. attorneys in Scottsdale, Ariz., shortly after he took over as attorney general.

“His first speech to us was a ‘you work for the White House’ speech,” McKay recalled. ” ‘I work for the White House, you work for the White House.’ ”

McKay said he thought at the time, “He couldn’t have meant that speech,” given the traditional independence of U.S. Attorneys. “It turns out he did.”

He looked around the meeting room and caught the eyes of his colleagues, who gave him looks of surprise at Gonzales’ remarks. “We were stunned at what he was saying.”

Poor Lou Dobbs. He’s upset that a group of religious leaders are advocating a more humane policy towards immigrants, but Lou says since they’re advocating “amnesty,” he thinks it’s a violation of church and state. He’s been ranting about the church/state issue for days.

God, I hope Howie’s place is okay.

David Ehrenstein @ 23

Really has his finger up his ass, doesn’t he?

You’re being quite gracious. I would have selected a body part a little higher up on the body to be stuck up the a** myself.

dakine01 @ 22

Scarecrow @ 17

Can’t believe you’re picking on my idol, the Dean. He’s a great predictor, a living litmus paper. You just have to know how to read him.

Whatever he says, the opposite is what will happen? Or is what people believe? OK, I can deal with a contrarian perspective if that’s the case. Just gotta know the rules of engagement.

The key is to hold him upside down when you dip him.

Jane Hamsher @ 18

Howie had to flee the Griffith Park Fire.

that’s frightful!

dakine01 @ 3

Damn, I’m on a roll. Gettin’ almost as good as lolo… :})

Bra, Ya gotta lotta catchin up, to attain that level!!!

Ed*ard Teller @ 20

Tom Edsall looks like David Broder sucking a lemon.

at first, I thought it was David Broder *g*

Scarecrow @ 29 says:

The key is to hold him upside down when you dip him.

I got dibs on any change that falls out of his pockets.

Great, now I understand.

Two decades of Right-wing binge bigotry is the lib’ruls’ fault. Personally, I think Clinton did it.

CTuttle @ 31

dakine01 @ 3

Damn, I’m on a roll. Gettin’ almost as good as lolo… :})

Bra, Ya gotta lotta catchin up, to attain that level!!!

All journeys begin with simple steps. Two in a row is a start.

Bob Schacht @ 21

When can we get the Fairness Doctrine back?

Bob in HI

I should have taken the time to read the Wikipedia article I cited! “But wait, there’’s more!”

As of early 2007, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), along with Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) have announced their support of legislation which would reverse the 1987 FCC decision and restore the Fairness Doctrine.[4][5]

Unfortunately, I can’t find the bill #

Bob in HI

Elliott @ 24

OT Iraqi parliment will not vacation in July and maybe they’ll cut back the August recess a bit according to Iraqi National Security Advisor PBS NewsHour

Well I’m glad that Cheney got that straightened out.

Of course, since August is International Brush-Cutting Month, he cut ‘em a little slack there.

Lou Costello @ 25

OT

Fired attorney expects charges against top DoJ officials.

McKay said he began to have concerns about politics entering the Justice Department in early 2005, when Gonzales addressed all of the country’s U.S. attorneys in Scottsdale, Ariz., shortly after he took over as attorney general.

“His first speech to us was a ‘you work for the White House’ speech,” McKay recalled. ” ‘I work for the White House, you work for the White House.’ ”

McKay said he thought at the time, “He couldn’t have meant that speech,” given the traditional independence of U.S. Attorneys. “It turns out he did.”

He looked around the meeting room and caught the eyes of his colleagues, who gave him looks of surprise at Gonzales’ remarks. “We were stunned at what he was saying.”

Gee, I hope Gonzo gets some questions about this speech tomorrow. Is the speech in the public record somewhere? Or do they need to subpoena the DOJ for a copy?

Bob in HI

CNN: Lindsay Graham just said, wrt to immigration, that “we’re not going to run over people; we’re going to tell the bigots to shut up, and we’ll get this right.” Shown on Lou Dobbs.

Jane Hamsher @ 16

allan_in_upstate @ 15

Actual photograph of Broder’s head exploding upon hearing that the Great Leader had fallen to 28% in the polls.

teh funny

NPR this evening reported that Shrub was at 35 percent - giving him a seven point bonus. Then Daniel Schorr came on and said that 35 percent does not translate to the Democrats having a lock on the presidency. I turned it off when blubber lips Schorr started his right-wing rant.

Our liberal media at work.

Scarecrow @ 39

CNN: Lindsay Graham just said, wrt to immigration, that “we’re not going to run over people; we’re going to tell the bigots to shut up, and we’ll get this right.” Shown on Lou Dobbs.

Snort! Lindsey Graham being a tough guy? Almost makes me want to tune in… but watching Dobbs during one of his immigration rage moments is nauseating enough, let alone to see him sharing the screen with Lindsey. I just ate - I don’t have the stomach for it.

Bob Schacht @ 21

When can we get the Fairness Doctrine back?

Bob in HI

Given the current state of the media, the Fairness Doctrine may have some problems. The idea of complying with such a doctrine may lead corporate media to have a Republlican on one side and Joe Lieberman on the other. All in the name of fairness.

Just to remind you, my contempt for Lieberman is infinite and eternal.

Did someone ask this already? How come the “you work for the WH” thingie didn’t come up earlier? Why is this coming up in an interview in Seattle and not in DC? Just wonderin’.

And when do we all get copies of the Powerpoint presentations. That oughta be a matter of public record somewhere. Maybe during the explosion of center-right blogs, this will surface.

Dobbs, arguing with a religious guy who thinks compassion should not end at the border, just implied that the US is the most compassionate nation on earth. He really should get out more.

dakine01 @ 35

CTuttle @ 31

dakine01 @ 3

Bra, Ya gotta lotta catchin up, to attain that level!!!

All journeys begin with simple steps. Two in a row is a start.

Ooh, two in row, thats awesome, lolo must be MIA!!! Jane Awesome post!!! *g*

I wonder what happened with Habeas Corpus today and if Mr Rendition (Lt General Dailey) was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

Scarecrow @ 39

CNN: Lindsay Graham just said, wrt to immigration, that “we’re not going to run over people; we’re going to tell the bigots to shut up, and we’ll get this right.” Shown on Lou Dobbs.

Yeah. Huckleberry will stand up for immigrants in exactly the same way he stood up for habeus corpus in his last brave stand.

CNN/Dobbs has a poll asking if religious groups are right in arguing for amnesty. I’ll bet this one gets a lot of yes votes.

Eureka Springs @ 46

I wonder what happened with Habeas Corpus today and if Mr Rendition (Lt General Dailey) was approved by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee?

Good Question, Did the fightin Dems mark it in the conference bill?

Scarecrow @ 48

CNN/Dobbs has a poll asking if religious groups are right in arguing for amnesty. I’ll bet this one gets a lot of yes votes.

You mean amnesty for Libby?

Lou Costello @ 25

OT

Fired attorney expects charges against top DoJ officials.

McKay said he began to have concerns about politics entering the Justice Department in early 2005, when Gonzales addressed all of the country’s U.S. attorneys in Scottsdale, Ariz., shortly after he took over as attorney general.

“His first speech to us was a ‘you work for the White House’ speech,” McKay recalled. ” ‘I work for the White House, you work for the White House.’ ”

McKay said he thought at the time, “He couldn’t have meant that speech,” given the traditional independence of U.S. Attorneys. “It turns out he did.”

He looked around the meeting room and caught the eyes of his colleagues, who gave him looks of surprise at Gonzales’ remarks. “We were stunned at what he was saying.”

mcjoan is all over this at DailyKos
“I work for the White House, you work for the White House”, where there are 91 comments already.

She’s also all over Christy’s subject earlier today, writing that “Habeas Restoration Won’t be in DoD Authorization.”

But she assures us that

There will be future vehicles for habeas restoration, and there is majority support for it in the House Armed Services committee.

and suggests that we

Keep the pressure on Chairmen Skelton and Levin. Keep the pressure on Democratic leadership of both houses to restore habeas. For resources on how to do that, go to the ACLU’s Find Habeas action center.

Bob in HI

OT but of interest.

Big hearing in the Labor classification arena today. From the Gavel:

Hearing on Employee Classification

May 8th, 2007 by Jesse Lee

Today the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing, “Are NLRB and Court Rulings Misclassifying Skilled and Professional Employees as Supervisors?” Artificially classifying employees in categories such as “supervisor” is a technique often used to avoid affording employees certain benefits, such as overtime pay.

The Gavel

landofthefree @ 41

Scarecrow @ 39

CNN: Lindsay Graham just said, wrt to immigration, that “we’re not going to run over people; we’re going to tell the bigots to shut up, and we’ll get this right.” Shown on Lou Dobbs.

Snort! Lindsey Graham being a tough guy? Almost makes me want to tune in… but watching Dobbs during one of his immigration rage moments is nauseating enough, let alone to see him sharing the screen with Lindsey. I just ate - I don’t have the stomach for it.

I can just see him playing Dodge Ball

Here’s how Dobbs frames the question on the religious people taking a stand on treatment of immigrants:

Do you believe the political adventurism of our religious leaders is a threat to our constitution and the separation of church and state?

No bias there. Nope.

Uphill climb in Maine:

A new Critical Insights statewide survey of 600 adults in Maine (conducted 4/20 through 4/27) finds Sen. Susan Collins (R) leading Rep. Tom Allen (D-01) (57% to 30%) in a senatorial general election match-up.

And George W. Bush doesn’t take vacations?

The new American ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, told reporters flying with Cheney that the vice president would convey American displeasure over the planned vacation. “The reality is, with the major effort we’re making, the major effort the Iraqi security forces and military are making themselves, for the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand,” Crocker said.

Scarecrow @ 54

Here’s how Dobbs frames the question on the religious people taking a stand on treatment of immigrants:

Do you believe the political adventurism of our religious leaders is a threat to our constitution and the separation of church and state?

No bias there. Nope.

Lessee if I can answer:

It is less of a threat to our constitution than the political adventurism of Little Boots. And since the reich-wing has already broached the separation of church and state, what’s your point Lou?

Scarecrow @ 54

Here’s how Dobbs frames the question on the religious people taking a stand on treatment of immigrants:

Do you believe the political adventurism of our religious leaders is a threat to our constitution and the separation of church and state?

No bias there. Nope.

Populist, Yep! Progressive, Nope!!!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 56

And George W. Bush doesn’t take vacations?

The new American ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, told reporters flying with Cheney that the vice president would convey American displeasure over the planned vacation. “The reality is, with the major effort we’re making, the major effort the Iraqi security forces and military are making themselves, for the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand,” Crocker said.

So is Bush going to veto the vacations? Is it the anniversary of the handover of sovereignty yet?

Oklahoma kiddo @ 56

And George W. Bush doesn’t take vacations?

The new American ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, told reporters flying with Cheney that the vice president would convey American displeasure over the planned vacation. “The reality is, with the major effort we’re making, the major effort the Iraqi security forces and military are making themselves, for the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand,” Crocker said.

Does anyone else think that maybe the fine people of Iraq might want the gun removed from their heads while they think about running their country?

Edsall came to Harvard in September 2006 on the heels of the publication of his book, _Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive For Permanent Power_, his 2006 tome about how the Republicans are building an unstoppable political machine. He talked for about 30 minutes in a small group and then took questions. The gist, as I recall, was that the Dems were outgunned and outclassed and the Repubs looked like they had the whole game sewed up for the foreseeable future.

I asked about all the ways the Reps were finagling with the mechanics of voting, including the reliably reported problems with electronic voting. I tried to be clear that I wasn’t talking conspiracy theory but real problems that are objectively manifest. Edsall dismissed my concerns out of hand, sticking the metaphoric tin foil hat on my head. Another questioner backed me up and got Edsall to admit that there were some problems with new voting procedures.

After the event, I approached Edsall. He put up his hands as if to spar with a little smile on his face. That smile left as I told Edsall that he had deliberately and dishonestly misrepresented my question and me. I demanded an apology and got it, in a small voice without the smile. Then I left.

Edsall is held up as an ideal of the modern political reporter. Eric Alterman has praised him as such. I think he’s a conventional thinker caught on the Tweedledee Tweedledum merry-go-round.

I recognize that picture. That’s one of the deducosauri. It’s either olcootodon or velocibloviator.

“Once safely ensconced”. Like during Vietnam, when our arm chair coward hawk veep had other priorities”?

Once safely ensconced in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, however, Cheney appeared to reserve his toughest language for his normal target – the press. Cheney held a lot of photo ops with key Iraqi leaders like Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, but was adamant about not taking questions. At one point, Cheney emphasized to the assembled journalists that “this is just a photo spray.” Later in the day, as reporters filed into an embassy conference room for another photo of Cheney they overheard him tell his staff “then we kick the press out.”

center-right blogosphere

WTF?!! Just where might that be located? Somewhere to the right of Dr. Mengele, perhaps?

Phule @ 13

Really has his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he?

It’s dead, Jim.

Capt. Kirk: “How can you tell it’s dead, Bones? It’s still making noise.”
Dr. McCoy: “Hell, I’m not a pundit, I’m a Doctor! They taught me in Doctor school that if it’s smelly and rotting, it must be dead. I’m tellin’ you, Jim, this republican party thing is DEAD!”

gmoke @ 61

Edsall came to Harvard in September 2006 on the heels of the publication of his book, _Building Red America: The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive For Permanent Power_, his 2006 tome about how the Republicans are building an unstoppable political machine. He talked for about 30 minutes in a small group and then took questions. The gist, as I recall, was that the Dems were outgunned and outclassed and the Repubs looked like they had the whole game sewed up for the foreseeable future.

I asked about all the ways the Reps were finagling with the mechanics of voting, including the reliably reported problems with electronic voting. I tried to be clear that I wasn’t talking conspiracy theory but real problems that are objectively manifest. Edsall dismissed my concerns out of hand, sticking the metaphoric tin foil hat on my head. Another questioner backed me up and got Edsall to admit that there were some problems with new voting procedures.

After the event, I approached Edsall. He put up his hands as if to spar with a little smile on his face. That smile left as I told Edsall that he had deliberately and dishonestly misrepresented my question and me. I demanded an apology and got it, in a small voice without the smile. Then I left.

Edsall is held up as an ideal of the modern political reporter. Eric Alterman has praised him as such. I think he’s a conventional thinker caught on the Tweedledee Tweedledum merry-go-round.

You are right about Edsall!!

And let me say — GOOD FOR YOU!

It’s terrific to see people like you — who have an opportunity (in person!) and TAKE it. Not everybody has the guts, especially shy folks. You didn’t back down, and I tip my hat to you.

And Edsall’s a weasel.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 56

And George W. Bush doesn’t take vacations?

The new American ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, told reporters flying with Cheney that the vice president would convey American displeasure over the planned vacation. “The reality is, with the major effort we’re making, the major effort the Iraqi security forces and military are making themselves, for the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand,” Crocker said.

Yeah, I think that if we are going to talk about vacations to the Iraqis, we should send our top expert to explain it to them. As for Crocker not understanding it, he’s not trying.

mcjoan is all over Gonzo’s “You work for the White House” speech at DailyKos
“I work for the White House, you work for the White House”, where there are 91 comments already.

The first comment is from our own emptywheel, who was busy on her own blog trying to figure out how that must have sounded to Patrick Fitzgerald.

We need to impeach Gonzo already. It would be worth the price of admission just to see Republicans squirm as they try to choose between voting against the slimeball and having to defend voting for him.

Bob in HI

Yeah, I don’t get how the Iraqi’s didn’t tell Shooter to fuck off and die..

conniptionfit @ 69

Yeah, I don’t get how the Iraqi’s didn’t tell Shooter to fuck off and die..

Maybe they did.

Shooter only speaks English, right?

A little earlier, I left a comment at Glenn Greenwald’s post on Broder that might actually have been better here… sort of an activity suggestion.

Mrs. K8 @ 70

conniptionfit @ 69

Yeah, I don’t get how the Iraqi’s didn’t tell Shooter to fuck off and die..

Maybe they did.

Shooter only speaks English, right?

LOL!

CNN -Cafferty showing the VoteVet’s video of General Batiste — free publicity.

Sorry, OT:
Iraqi government wants timelines on the US military:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Loo Hoo @ 74

Sorry, OT:
Iraqi government wants timelines on the US military:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

That’s a draft resolution signed by a majority of the legislature, but not yet voted on. It’s not the al Maliki government.

I nominate Robert S. McNamara and Donald H. Rumsfeld to receive the Presidential Medal of Catastrophe. For their efforts at bringing us to the brink of world war.

Meanwhile in Iraq, it’s great to see how we’re fostering democracy:
Pre-war Pentagon Memo reveals plan for ‘Rapid Reaction Team’ to control Iraqi media

a snippet from the ThinkProgress story:

Both the memo and the slide presentation were prepared by two Pentagon offices: 1) The Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, which specializes in psychological warfare, and 2) The Office of Special Plans under then undersecretary of defense for policy, Douglas Feith. The memo explained the mission of the rapid response teams as follows:

“After the cessation of hostilities, having professional U.S.-trained Iraqi media teams immediately in place to portray a new Iraq (by Iraqis for Iraqis) with hopes for a prosperous, democratic future, will have a profound psychological and political impact on the Iraqi people. […]”

The memo envisioned deploying a team of U.S. and U.K. media experts with a team of “hand selected” Iraqi media experts to “communicate immediately with the Iraqi public upon liberation of Iraq.” These Iraqi experts would “train the Iraqi broadcasters and publishers (’the face’) for the USG/coalition sponsored information effort,” while an “ensuing ‘strategic information campaign‘ …

It gets even more interesting in their update…

Inter Press Service’s Jim Lobe reports, “The NSA Tuesday also released an audit by the Pentagon’s Inspector-General regarding two dozen, mostly non-competitive contracts totalling 122.5 million dollars awarded by the defence department to three defence contractors that carried out media-related activities in Iraq after the invasion.” Those contractors included the Rendon Group, the Lincoln Group, and Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the same company that employed World Bank communications staffer Shaha Ali Riza. SAIC has said it was directed by Doug Feith to hire Riza.

Wow.

This story really struck me, especially since we now know that many Iraqi journalists have been killed during this conflict. More Iraqi journalists killed in latest shooting (via ThinkProgress)

conniptionfit @ 65

Phule @ 13
Really has his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he?

It’s dead, Jim.

Capt. Kirk: “How can you tell it’s dead, Bones? It’s still making noise.”

Dr. McCoy: “Hell, I’m not a pundit, I’m a Doctor! They taught me in Doctor school that if it’s smelly and rotting, it must be dead. I’m tellin’ you, Jim, this republican party thing is DEAD!”

If Bones has already beamed up, I’m available to sign the death certificate.

Gladly.

While I’m doing that, could someone notify the next of kin megacorps?

David Broder is a stinker. It may be sometime before I have anymore thoughts on the subject.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 79

David Broder is a stinker. It may be sometime before I have anymore thoughts on the subject.

That’s OK. Anything more would just be gilding the lily.

conniptionfit @ 65

Phule @ 13

It’s dead, Jim.

Capt. Kirk: “How can you tell it’s dead, Bones? It’s still making noise.”
Dr. McCoy: “Hell, I’m not a pundit, I’m a Doctor! They taught me in Doctor school that if it’s smelly and rotting, it must be dead. I’m tellin’ you, Jim, this republican party thing is DEAD!”

Beam Me Up, Scotty!!! Now!!!

If I could say one sentence to the President, face to face, it would be, ‘let’s bounce’.

conniptionfit @ 72

Mrs. K8 @ 70

conniptionfit @ 69

Maybe they did.

Shooter only speaks English, right?

LOL!

In the Middle East, one doesn’t speak so directly as that. Its been decades since I was there, so I confuse my experiences in Arab Jordan and Iranian Khuzistan, so I can’t remember whether the following expression is Arabic or Farsi: “Chaass”, said while holding a hand to one’s temple with down-cast eyes. The word is the contraction of an expression that literally means “your foot is on my eye,” so it is on a literal level a message of subservience. However, the expression is also used in circumstances where a more accurate if rather freer translation would be, “That’s the most stupid idea I’ve ever heard! However, you’re the boss, so no matter how idiotic, I’ll do it. But there’ll be he** to pay!”

Of course, a translator won’t bother attempting a nuanced translation, and will likely stick with the simple “Yes, sir!” response.

Bob in HI

gmoke @ #61 - Great story and good for you for following through. You deserved his apology.

Love your blog!!

Really has his finger on the pulse, doesn’t he?

Apparently Edsell is a miraculously fast typist, considering he only has one hand free to do so.

Edsall kind of reminds me of this Edsel:

http://www.failuremag.com/arch_history_edsel.html

Jane Hamsher @ 18

Howie had to flee the Griffith Park Fire.

Supposed to be the worst fire season in 50 years in So Cal. Yikes!

MSNBC Brealomg: 11 Reps have blunt talk w/ Bush irt Iraq

Olympia Snowe is on the NewsHour giving a live demonstration of what blather means.

Breaking cont. :11 GOP congressmen tell Bush “no longer any credibility on Iraq War” Rice, Rove, Snow were also there.
2:30pm today at WH

Mr. Gore. The country needs you. Mother Earth needs you. Peace needs you.

Loo Hoo @ 87

Jane Hamsher @ 18

Howie had to flee the Griffith Park Fire.

Supposed to be the worst fire season in 50 years in So Cal. Yikes!

I live about 12 miles west of the park, and I smelled the smoke in my yard this morning.

Always a depressing event. LA Times says fire is 50% contained.

solai @ 88

MSNBC Brealomg: 11 Reps have blunt talk w/ Bush irt Iraq

oops meant Breaking

solai @ 88

MSNBC Brealomg: 11 Reps have blunt talk w/ Bush irt Iraq

Can they get God to the WH for a face-to-face? Otherwise, Bush is standing pat.

OT
Maybe some Dems should pay attention to this.

Iraqi National Assembly Wants Timeline For Withdrawal
By: Nicole Belle @ 3:40 PM - PDT

AlterNet:

On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media (my emphasis), more than half of the members of Iraq’s parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144 lawmakers signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition.
snip

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

solai @ 90

Breaking cont. :11 GOP congressmen tell Bush “no longer any credibility on Iraq War” Rice, Rove, Snow were also there.
2:30pm today at WH

CNN and Pentagon are now ramping up Iran interference in Iraq..interference “growing”…
Onward to Iran!

Scarecrow @ 75

Loo Hoo @ 74

Sorry, OT:
Iraqi government wants timelines on the US military:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

That’s a draft resolution signed by a majority of the legislature, but not yet voted on. It’s not the al Maliki government.

Thanx for the link! I wonder if Maliki has veto power on a par with Shrub!!! OT- Further down on C&L, Damn It, they missed Deadeye again!!! How many lives does he have???

Big fires. Big hurricanes. Big tornados. Big melts. Big oil. Big George. Big Dick.

Could be a good sign as far as how congress is feeling. Plus, someone leaked it. You think Bush will last if the repubs abandon him? I Don’t know if he can take 18mos of not getting his way.

OT question - What time is Gonzo gonna testify live tommorow and is cspan3 streaming online? Tanks!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 98

Big fires. Big hurricanes. Big tornados. Big melts. Big oil. Big George. Big Dick.

OKK, you’re on Fire, Today!!!

fyi, PW is upstairs

Oklahoma kiddo @ 91

Mr. Gore. The country needs you. Mother Earth needs you. Peace needs you.

ReElect President Al Gore in 2008!
Accept no substitutes.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 56

And George W. Bush doesn’t take vacations?

The new American ambassador to Baghdad, Ryan Crocker, told reporters flying with Cheney that the vice president would convey American displeasure over the planned vacation. “The reality is, with the major effort we’re making, the major effort the Iraqi security forces and military are making themselves, for the Iraqi parliament to take a two-month vacation in the middle of summer is impossible to understand,” Crocker said.

I think that Dick Cheney needs to be in Iraq during the entire two month planned vacation time to monitor the situation. He needs to lead by example for heaven’s sake. In fact, he could show his true leadership abilities by spending the mornings with the Iraqi government, and then out in the streets of Baghdad with our troops in the afternoon!

Hey gang, I’m lonely. I’m with PW upstairs.

Mutant Poodle @ 92
Loo Hoo @ 87
Jane Hamsher @ 18

Howie had to flee the Griffith Park Fire.

Supposed to be the worst fire season in 50 years in So Cal. Yikes!

I live about 12 miles west of the park, and I smelled the smoke in my yard this morning.

Always a depressing event. LA Times says fire is 50% contained.

Total rain (since last summer): 1.9 inches.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 98

Big fires. Big hurricanes. Big tornados. Big melts. Big oil. Big George. Big Dick.

Big trouble.

newspaperbrat @ 100

OT question - What time is Gonzo gonna testify live tommorow and is cspan3 streaming online? Tanks!

9:30, I believe

solai @ 93

solai @ 88

MSNBC Brealomg: 11 Reps have blunt talk w/ Bush irt Iraq

oops meant Breaking

Whadup?

I hate to defend Hugh Hewitt, of all people, but I think he’s right on one-third of that, anyway. When “talk radio exploded,”, which was nearly 20 years ago, the “liberal media” still wasn’t liberal, but was more so than it is now, and it was disconnected from popular sentiments in a way that would have looked ‘liberal’ to most Americans who didn’t realize that things like the Fairness Doctrine might matter to them. And naturally, there was an appetite for something different. But we’re talking early Bush I era here.

Fox News and the rightwing blogosphere, OTOH, were simply satisfying their base’s hunger for more news they could agree with, and nothing more. Hewitt is wrong about them.

solai @ 99

Could be a good sign as far as how congress is feeling. Plus, someone leaked it. You think Bush will last if the repubs abandon him? I Don’t know if he can take 18mos of not getting his way.

Think he might pick up his toys and go home?

Via Raw Story here are Gonzo’s remarks for tomorrow.

I thought that people might like a look at his remarks, this is a 207k PDF, just so you know.

Lou Costello @ 25

OT