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This is the dumbest example of self-dealing cronyism that I have have read this week. (via Rick Perlstein)
The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.The U.S. Department of Agriculture tests less than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. But Arkansas City-based Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test all of its cows.
Larger meat companies feared that move because, if Creekstone tested its meat and advertised it as safe, they might have to perform the expensive test, too....
The Agriculture Department argued that widespread testing could lead to a false positive that would harm the meat industry. U.S. District Judge James Robertson noted that Creekstone sought to use the same test the government relies on and said the government didn't have the authority to restrict it. (emphasis mine)
Oh yeah, I have yer free markets right here. The markets are free, so long as the Republican party and Bush Administration's large political donor interests in the big corporate cattle industry are fat and happy. Screw the entrepreneur who saw a way to up-market his own cattle by providing an additional value-added service to his consumers that was his own, personal choice to make for his own cattle on his own damn farm. Is that about it?
Rick sums this up perfectly: "There's your conservatism, America: not extremism in defense of liberty. State socialism in defense of Mad Cow."
Just when you think the Bush Administration can't get any more ridiculous...
Mercifully, Rick Perlstein has come up with a fun party game to go along with this wretched story that I thought could be fun for all of us as well. Says Rick:
Let's have some fun and pretend what the world would be like if other people thought like the Bush administration thinks. Here's my entry; you can propose your own in the comments.Chicago-based singles-bar habitué Lewis P. Smith wants to get an AIDS test. More successful Chicago studs fear that move because, if Smith gets tested and advertises his sperm as safe, they might have to perform the expensive test, too.
Okay, I'll bite. Here's my potential entry, and I've decided to sex it up a little bit for the celebrity obsessed (since CNN has decided to hire yet another celebrity beat reporter, it's clearly the way to go for serious newsy types!):
In the wake of ever-increasing, champagne-sodden and then some celebutante driving incidents, studio prexy X. Pensive Suit orders that all actors and actresses be issued their own personal minion to drive them about from one party to another so they can party into the wee hours without running into curbs or over small shrubberies or lawn fountains. Rival prexy B. G. Ego, who happens to be a big GOP fundraiser among the Path to 9/11 set, complains to his pal Karl over quail wings that cheap minions are difficult to find, what with the recent crackdown on illegal immigration and all, and that his celebutantes ought to be allowed to drive while inebriated, high, and practically passing out, because what's the harm in that?
Can't wait to read your entries on this one.
(Photo of cows via I-Man--10N.)
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Good morning!
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Wow…the coveted zed!
Gee…Missed by that much…
Morning, dakine01. Don’t worry. I don’t get the zed often. Usually I’m about two threads behind.
OK, before I try to think early this morning, I must say that I was dumbfounded when I first saw about this the other day. IIRC, it has ALWAYS been legal for a firm to do things MORE stringently than the guvmint required.
Either that or the ads for Hebrew National Hot Dogs were lying to us all those years when they claimed to have more stringent rules for their products becuz they answered to a “higher power.”
Christy,
Seriously, though, the Government really can’t actually stop that company from doing their own testing, CAN THEY???
-MS
News Release:
The Westminister Kennel Club announced today that the rules for “Best In Show” would no longer require that the Champions participating actually be pure bred canines. This change came about due to the protests and law suits filed by the owners and breeders of mixed breeds, formerly known as “Mutts.”
The Mutts claimed discrimination due to the inherently classist nature of requiring detailed breeding notes and history on all participants.
Queen Elizabeth II, the Vanderbilt, Astor, and Rockefeller families could not be reached for comment.
Morning all — just got home from the preschool drop-off, and am sucking down my first cuppa coffee. How is everyone this morning?
How’s this:
US Senate candidate Squeaky M. Clean has formally announced that he will submit himself to comprehensive drug testing as well as a rigorous IQ test and release all results to the public in a bid to bolster his run for the US Senate.
The US Senate, where many members are afraid of Mr Clean setting an unwanted precedent, is set to vote on SR 000 which would outlaw all such voluntary drug and IQ testing…….
Fledgling news network RNN (Real News Network) announces that it will start actually fact-checking assertions made by politicians who it interviews in order to more accurately report the news of the day and help create a more informed citizenry, and furthermore, that pundits who show a track record of being laughably incorrect about everything will be fired.
Roger Ailes, GOP-shill chairman of the Fox “alleged” news network, complains to his buddy Dick Cheney while on a
pensionerquail hunt that factual accuracy is far too high a standard to bear, that Sean Hannity is a nice guy who needs the job, and besides, how would he be able to pass along all those RNC press releases?raven (from downstairs) -
Oh, I remember that one! And thanks so much for the feedback.
Christy -
Did you see the link I left late in the last thread wrt “safe” perchlorate levels in food?
Waccamaw at 12 — Haven’t seen it yet. Just got back home from dropping off The Peanut and sat down to drink some coffee. Allow me to become a little more sentient… *g*
The markets are free as long as they are free for CEO’s to make 300 times the amount of what the workers make.
Free $$ for the taking off of the workers backs!
The Diane Rehm show is focused on Health card this morning at 10. Send in your questions or comments. drshow@wamu.org…OR Call with your question. 1-800-433-8850
Christy Hardin Smith @ 9
You left the house without a cuppa under your belt??
You are made of much tougher stuff than me, Christy.
This bit about the mad cow testing must have really struck a nerve; I have multiple emails from people on the topic.
Mutant Poodle @ 11 -
i give up. that was brilliant.
… and depressing… because it’s actually the world we already live in.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 13
Fair warning……ya might want to hold off on breakfast ’til after reading. ;-(
Morning everyone
It is sad to hear that the Bush admin. wants to prohibit testing for safe food in America’s food supply.
Are we in the twilight zone?
man oh man oh man, this administration is SICKO
what the FRIG is wrong with these people?
the “clean air” bill dumps crap in my kids air, the patriot act craps on this county’s constitution, the “no child left behind” underfunds education, “fighting terrorism” breeds terrorists, “national security” means selling our ports to the people that attacked us, drug bills take vital life saving drugs from our parents, “protecting the vote” means keeping people from voting…does this list end?
anyway, just got emailed some anagrams and some of these are amazing…to lighten you day I submit;
Evangelist -> Evil’s Agent
Desperation -> A Rope Ends It
The Morse Code -> Here Come Dots
Slot Machines -> Cash Lost in ‘em
Mother-in-law -> Woman Hitler
Snooze Alarms -> Alas! No More Z’s
Alec Guinness -> Genuine Class
Semolina -> Is No Meal
A Decimal Point -> I’m a Dot in Place
Eleven plus two -> Twelve plus one
Contradiction -> Accord not in it
shakespear’s “To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. –>
In one of the Bard’s best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.
AND NOW FOR OUR POLITICIANS;
George Herbert Walker Bush -> Huge Berserk Rebel Warthog
George Bush -> He bugs Gore
Ronald Wilson Reagan -> A long-insane Warlord (or Insane Anglo warlord)
Ronald Reagan -> A darn long era
Leroy Newton Gingrich -> Yon Right-winger Clone
Margaret Thatcher -> That great charmer
The Conservative Party -> Teacher in vast poverty
Michael in Park Slope @ 7
Michael - apparantly the USDA controls the kits that are used for the testing and are refusing to give them to the private companies that want to do their own testing.
Oh and Christy - you know the situation is ridiculous when even Lou Dobbs not only runs the story, but makes it the subject of his poll (altho he takes the stand that the Gov’t should be responsible for testing every head)
poll is here http://www.cnn.com/POLLSERVER/.....clude.html
Rayne at 15 — I tried the story out on my WSJ-reading, investment-class-loving husband last night, and he looked at me as if I had gone nutso. And then asked me if that was a joke post from The Onion or something.
It is this sort of idiocy that gives us a large wedge opportunity between the “true believer no matter what” types and the “maybe these people don’t have my best interests at heart after all” potential doubters in the formerly more rational, pragmatic wing of the GOP. At least on some surface level anyway. Mr. ReddHedd is much more attuned to the business mindset than I am, and he was appalled by this, but not surprised — said it sounded like intervention on behalf of money cronies to him — which is exactly what it sounded like to me.
How about this one:
The President cannot have Karl Rove and Harriet Meyers testify under oath and on the record because it will diminish the ability for future presidents to get candid information from their advisors.
Does the EU import our beef now?
dead last at 22 — Mwahahahaha…
Christy @8, one day closer to moving. How’s your coffee?
The BGH controversy redux, except this time they’v upped the ante. What is it about the `ow lobby (and I ask a person who grew up on a dairy farm…oh, I just answered my own question. No more family farms–just big corps). And then there was the Oprah controversy as well. They want us to eat meat and drink milk–so all american. Even if it kills us.
I hope we are noticing that this could be a bright, shiny object. We’re concerned about government intervention preventing a company from doing testing as competitive differentiation…
When the so-called “false positive” the government fears may really disclose the disgusting degree of contamination in our entire beef supply.
It’s rather like the claims of “state secrets” to shut up Sibel Edmonds; she might disclose something that threatens us, they say, when the truth is likely that “Us” is the administration and not “Us” the citizens of the United States.
Good morning!
Christy, you summed it up for me:
dead last @ 22
I thought that happened when he hired Dick Cheney.
long day at work for me, won’t be able to be here much…catch all 2night
Yesterday I contacted a local with beef cattle to get a hind portion of beef. Talking to my hub about it, the cost & buying another freezer, I said did you hear that the adm is fighting testing for madcow & he said, “What is the matter with these people?”
Here’s one:
James Smith of Smith Electric Car Has unveiled a new vehicle that has a top speed of 110mph and a range of 300 miles and uses no gasoline at all. It is fueled entirely by electricity provided by a typical residential 100v outlet.
Smith Electric is currently under investigation by the Dept of Transportation for violating CAFE standards. In a press release, Bush appointee Mr. Wood U. Buzzoff, stated that “American automobiles must be rated on gas consumption standards. Since The SmithyCar does not burn gasoline it cannot be evaluated under the CAFE statute and therefore cannot be sold in the US”.
g’ morning, all… hold out your cups - coffee is ready…
wacky, isn’t it?
G’Morning Christy and everyone…. too early to have brain engaged but will go make the coffee..
Happy AZ sunrise to you all
Kevster @ 32
It’s early and I’m barely awake. I see the joke-name but is any of this true?
Kevster @ 32
Between the pollution and the food supply, BushCo is really trying to turn planet earth into the Death Star.
Morning OC and katymine. I’ll take another cuppa, thanks…
dead last @ 22
Oh. My. God.
I wish this were funnier, makes me want to cry — because any time now, within the next 8 weeks, I expect this very excuse to be given by that moron-in-office on Fred Fielding’s letterhead.
Solai @ 35
Just by asking the question you have satisfied Christy’s point of the exercise. Although I am no expert and would need to do some research, there have been many allegations that the development of electric cars have been seriously hampered by the auto and oil industries. Can you imagine the Bush admin supporting any vehicle that doesn’t need oil? I can’t.
i’m glad this story on Creekstone Farms is finally making it to the corporate media… i remember reading about it in 2005 and 2006.
it’s an important story in it’s own right, but even more so because oversight and testing has been so poor. (more here)
perris @ 5.42 (if you’re not gone yet) -
Thanks! I *reallllllly* needed that.
You are early risers at FDL, aren’t you?
Very sad situation, your govt not wanting to protect you, as it will cost the multi rich too much. Dead people, just collateral damage.
I’m of to bed, will be back for late nite and a read of all the other stories. Keep up the good work. Love this place.
Good morning Christy.
Good morning, Rayne. Thank you for your comment yesterday about MeetUp. I became familiar with MeetUp when I was campaigning for Howard Dean and organizing house parties. Unfortunately, I discovered that the interest in progressive MeetUps around here were nil. I confess, I haven’t looked into it lately but I did check on progressive activities on the internet from time to time, looking for events or gatherings in my immediate area - nada.
The last time I participated in anything with a group was when my mom and I attended an anti-war demonstration in Myrtle Beach which was net-organized as part of peace demonstrations throughout the country (cannot remember the organization’s name at this time - United for Peace, maybe).
It was the saddest thing you ever saw, such a small group of people. It was very depressing. My mom enjoyed it however. She’s the only person I know who’d go with me to such a thing! My Dem friends (last time I counted, there were 2!) were and aren’t particularly interested in such things. Anyway, I’m blessed with a great mom.
But thanks again for the suggestion. Pretty much given up on this town and am getting out as soon as I am financially able.
Michael in Park Slope @ 7
They’ve been doing this for years. This case just now got to court; they started fighting them right after the big mad cow scare:
According to the article, Britain and Japan test all their cows, and most European countries test all over 24 months. The Bush administration’s preferred approach is to do ineffective but cheaper testing, and pressure other countries to relax their standards so their cronies can export to them.
Rayne @ 27
Rayne, You may be correct. From the Denver Post “Melamine may be in human food chain.”
Good Morning Christy and Firedogs,
sadly, I wish this were snark -
an Israeli defense contractor has developed and tested a device proven to be highly effective in combating RPG’s & ATGM’s
Rummy’s own Office of Force Transition recommended it after field testing the various Active Protection Systems
just so ya know, one of the key elements in the campaign to keep the Israeli system from being awarded was a whole bunch of contractual hooey about testing (ya have to read Lisa’s story and the pdf link therein) oh yeah, there’s a single false positive thrown in for full measure
and did I mention the aforementioned 200 Billion dollar boondoogle wont be field-ready until . . .2012
MSNBC
I’m almost done reading Marion Nestle’s book,What to Eat. She talks alot about the assinine and dangerous laws supposedly in place to protect us. Ha,protecting industry is all that matters,industry will NOT do the right thing when no one is watching. Not to mention our lame ass congress who goes along with this crap,often behind closed doors. I’ve been studying this stuff for awhile now(I want to start an organic farm and farmer’s market,which btw should not BE this difficult),and it’s astounding what goes on just in regard to how food is labeled.
Remember when the beef industry tried suing Oprah for just saying “yuck,don’t think I’ll eat another hamburger” on teevee? THAT’S the power we’re dealing with here. The bastards don’t care who gets sick as long as they can hoard as much wealth as possible.
Linda Greenhouse up on CSPAN1 on the SCOTUS decision on equal pay
OT and a few threads late, but “Oral Dissents Give Ginsburg a New Voice on Court.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05.....ref=slogin
Citibank froze the assests of Haleh Esfandiari, the American being held in Iran because now she’s considered a resident there.
citibank customer service
we realy are in the Twilight Zone, Kafka’s Twilight Zone.
Mandrake -
Hope you didn’t forget to add my name to your head count!
Elliott @ 50
forgot to add they have since backed down but jeezlouise!
Kevster @ 39
I have a very nasty suspicion that’s EXACTLY what happened. Bush refused to meet with auto industry executives until AFTER the election. He came to meet a Repug Senate candidate only 40 miles from Detroit, but couldn’t be bothered to meet with the industry folks until after the election — might even have hurt the Repug Senate and Gubernatorial candidates by not making an effort to reach out to the auto industry. That’s how badly Bush needed to avoid meeting with the auto industry, willing to throw in the towel on a couple of key races.
I suspect it’s because the auto industry has been very close to having a commercially viable solution that does not rely on oil; the lack of infrastructure to support it is a major drawback, and creating the infrastructure would require investment by the oil industry. Not going to happen since that cuts into profits.
Elliott @ 6.04 -
Her husband was on Washington Journal (briefly) this a.m. Said he spent most of one day w/Citibank trying to get this straightened out. Iirc, there’s supposed to be a news conference wrt this later today.
So can the Dems get on this bus and start hammering home the realities of various forms of corporate welfare? How hard is it for them to get across the message that we, as taxpayers, are paying the government to protect industry from any responsibility for killing us, all thanks to the Christian Bush administration?
(Love the little vignettes, hilarious!)
anangryoldbroad,
there’s a law on the books in 13 (?) states that allows groups like the Texas Cattlement to sue for “disparagement”
believe it’s genesis was in defending genetically altered foods - it’s poorly written and vague (I’m shocked !) and it is to Oprah’s legal team’s credit that they were able to redirect the case to one of Ms Winfrey’s first amendment rights :)
selise @ 40
agreed selise, I’m just stunned that the USDA would continue fighting this, but it’s just one more example how our whole agriculture policy is corporate controlled.
Silliness with industry should include laws that prevent you from disparging agricultural crops or preventing you from labeling your product free from BGH in milk. Of course, the new “organic” standards at USDA are right up there. None of this needs to be made up.
Thne again there also all the neo-con promises in regards to Iraq and the fools who still believe them like Cheney and Bush.
Here’s the deal, Christy, and I’ve studied it quite a bit. You have to think outside the box on this one. There is a very good reason why they don’t want to test for mad cow, and why they don’t want any beef producers to use their mad cow test. And, it’s exactly what they are actually saying it is: false negatives! The mad cow test performed in the USA on only 1% is not the most accurate test for mad cow. And, they know it! Testing more, would give even more false negative results. Better not to test than to find any positive results; and even better not to test than to show that your testing is inaccurate and full of false negatives for mad cow! Feel better now; feel more secure eating good old American beef? I think not…
Elliott @ 50
You know what bugs me about this?
What tripped Citibank’s decision to freeze her assets?
Some eager-beaver Goodling-type Citibank employee making an all-too-human decision?
Or an automated program activated by activity on her account from overseas — commercially spying on her personal finances to make this determination?
Or perhaps the government itself tripped this?
What’s to stop Citibank from doing this to any American making the same decision whenever any of us travel overseas? What’s to stop them from shutting down our accounts if we communicate with persona non grata, even on accident here in the States?
Ridiculous.
Waccamaw @ 51
Hey, Waccamaw! No, I was talking about G-ville, of course. Many more progressive up your way - I know you don’t believe me, but it’s true cuz I’ve looked! Of course, the A-ville influence makes a difference.
But down here, despite the size of this city, which is growing exponentially, well, poor ole progressives are just few and far between. Also, there is enormous pressure to keep one’s mouth shut. It’s quite oppressive in nature. You’d think by now, that would have changed, but it hasn’t.
Hope you’re well and enjoying the beautiful weather.
Mandrake @ 55
I expect it’s another grassroots party vs. the money party situation. That may mean we “don’t have the votes” but it’s no reason for our grassroots party people not to speak out.
Since I’m sure these threats are more dangerous to “the most vulnerable,” this is really ripe for “won’t someone think of the children!,” too.
Christy,
OT but you have GOT to read THIS from today’s Boston Globe. “Blogger unmasked in court.” (It’s the defendant).
Just Asking at 60 — Well, that’s comforting. Not.
anangryoldbroad @ 47
Can we get some background on what these meat industry b@st@ards eat and publish that? Because I’m pretty damn sure it’s gonna be organic only.
From my field: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep U. S. corporations from considering the grades and other academic achievements of new employees hired directly from U.S. universities.
The Administration argued that widespread consideration of academic records could lead to false positives (e.g., high grades achieved by cheating) that would harm the economy as well as the reputation of the university system.
I lived in England before Mad Cow was deemed to be a problem for humans and the Bush Admin is playing the same game, only worse.
The UK Gov said that Mad Cow couldn’t transmit across species, while at the same time saying that they didn’t know how it had already crossed species from sheep to cow. It was widely reported at the time that a Mad Cow epidemic was a real possibility, but the Gov chose to ignore it and cover up instead of deal with the problem - until it was too late. In the end, they had to burn all their cattle and it was a huge, costly disaster that could have been avoided.
The same here. Why don’t they just deal with the problem? In the single day that the first Mad Cow case came up, they lost 2 billion dollars. How much could it cost to do this properly? It doesn’t matter. Bush doesn’t care about stuff like this. He increased the arsenic in our drinking water too. Remember that?
Elliott @ 57
Yep, and how the self-proclaimed “pro-business” party is only pro-big-business (and not in a “free market” way, of course.) But we knew that.
George Will - The Case for Conservatism in his column today, is a dash from reality as he defines what liberalism is. The sucker must be desparate to be writing this. IF a Poster on FDL is in search of easy pickings… .
Rayne @ 61
just the idea that once she was jailed, that made her a resident was enough to make me scream my head off and then I come here and it’s the bizrarrro world decision to keep fighting for the right to keep our beef supply safe for BigAgra.
Some days it doesn’t pay to get up, but on the other hand the first 45 minutes of Washington Journal was call-ins on the Thompson announcement. I laughed till I cried.
Chinese Food Inspector to be punished by execution.
Hi Pups
There has been a ton of discussion about the Libby afair over at many right-wing blogs..They are still in a tissy fit whether Plame was Covert or not…
I thought Libby was convicted for Lying to prosecutors..why are they still stuck on that point and can’t face facts..
You can’t lie!!
Plus, didn’t Bush just berate China for being less than enthusiastic about importing our beef?
I don’t know about Wu being all that gung ho about this when they just sentenced their FDA type admin to death for lax enforcement.
anangryoldbroad @ 47
Two books come to mind that are directly related to the issues in this thread.
The first is The Dirty Truth, The Oil and Chemical Dependency of George W. Bush by Rick Abraham (October, 2000). This book was out just before the election of 2000 and it contains everything that Bush did for business in Texas that he was about to do to the rest of us nationally. Absolutely unbelieveable the lengths gone to in order to permit industry to evade its responsibilities as “citizens” in this country. If you want the Santa Clara-granted benefits you need to act as a good citizen.
The second is The Pathological Protein, Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting, and Other Deadly Prion Diseases by Philip Yam (July, 2006) an eye-opening narrative about the first cases of BSE in Britain and the lengths to which industry and government go to cover up the incidence of the disease and the pervasive presence of the rogue proteins in question.
Both books at least give an idea of what we are up against in terms of confronting the united front that industry and its shills present to the rest of the world as we try to exist in a somewhat healthy environment for our families, particularly for our developing kids.
OT-Christy, I emailed you about something else this afternoon. I’m going out to dinner and will be out most of the evening but I’l check back later.
AZ Matt @ 6.22 -
Saw that line-up of columns and nearly lost breakfast.
Elliott @ 6.23 -
Did ya mean to say that you cried ’til you laughed? ;-) Theme for the day: The Great Savior Cometh.
Today it was announced that because the Smithsonian was not willing to upset the Bush administration with an accuarate exhibition on the topic of Global Warming that is might as well come under new leadership. The new Creationism Museum from Kentucky will take over management of the Smithsonian. Evolutionary exhibits will be removed and placed in the closet. The Natural History Museum will be closed until humans can be arranged into the dinosaur displays.
Bank of America partnered with Diebolt will no longer be providing receipts for transactions at there 120 million US ATM’s. BofA states that you will just have to trust us that your transaction counted.
BofA partnering with the Healthy Forest initiative to save trees by saving paper and using the same successes found in electronic voting.
Blank Kludge @ 74
Shorter Bush: Comeon, you know how it works, we buy your tainted wheat gluten and you buy our tainted beef.
Blank Kludge @ 74
I did wonder when I first read about that sentence that it was a message not only to Chinese officials, but to the Bush Administration that the Chinese don’t mess around like Bush does in regards to contaminated food products coming into their country.
Transcripts of Senator Dodd’s interview here with us yesterday are at the bottom of that thread in 5 or 6 sections.
It starts with the Senator’s opening statement at comment 202.
Enjoy.
Where is Upton Sinclair when you need him?
His book ‘The Jungle’ gave rise to the Pure Food and drug Act and the meat Inspection Act a century ago.
old gold @ 82
Dead and buried, the old meddler!
egregious — thanks a bunch, appreciate it greatly. I’ll email to the FirePup who was on dial-up, if you haven’t already.
Oh Joe Wilson is on Stephanie Miller … talking about Valerie’s covert status…..
OT - this is sad, but not a surprise:
old gold @ 82
Well, you know, it’s so important to industry and the health of our economy to roll back standards to pre-robber baron days.
How badly did George Will escape from reality today you ask? Try this on for size:
Here’s one for you . . .
In letters to US District Court Judge Reggie Walton, Vice President Dick Cheney and other Bush administration officials asked for a suspended sentence for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby” after his conviction for lying to federal investigators looking into the leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity. “If Mr. Libby’s so-called perjury is harshly punished,” wrote Cheney, “it will have a chilling effect on the entire politically-motivated leak industry, leading to the collapse of the K Street economy.”
A spokesperson for Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald had, as usual, no comment. He did laugh for quite a while, however, before not commenting.
Christy the most telling thing in your post is in the first sentence… “dumbest example of self-dealing cronyism that I have read this week”. Yep, this week alright. ‘Cause you know next week, there’s gonna be something else… What a lying pack of sheisters…
egregious @ 81
On behalf of the dialup community, as well as the “don’t turn on those speakers at work” community, many many thanks for your transcript!
james @ 75
I think the same thing is happening on a nationwide scale with the melamine contaminations. When anyone in this administrations says “The food supply is safe” do you believe them? Should we believe them? Can we believe them?
From the NYT’s editorial proving that George Will is right about conservatism - it will screw you every chance it gets!
Peterr @ 91
Oh, heartily agreed, the transcript is GREAT!! Brava, egregious!!
Elliott @ 92
Elliott,
See my #45 with link for your answer…
Christy Hardin Smith @ 24
Wait a minute … isn’t that exactly what they argued?
I don’t know what it’s going to take to wake Americans up to what’s happening,but I do know this: We are not in control of our own food and water in this country. It’s pretty much mostly all owned by people who aren’t loyal to this country.
I’m sick of shareholders being the only factor that matters. If a company makes a billion dollars this year,they have to make more the next year. THIS is the problem. It’s greed at the heart of all this.
Waccamaw @ 76
Waccamaw, forgive me, but I don’t know what you mean about the Theme for the day: The Great Savior Cometh.
no, I didn’t cry til I laugh (as is usually the case these day!) it was rip-roaring funny listening to his supporters go one about his virtues and his qualifications