zed?

I love how your mind works!

Go Rick!

Anyway, I’m not a political donor, but this year looks like things are going to be changing! I thought Noriega did quite nicely here as a guest blogger, though he was a little constrained (I thought) by the need for basic diplomacy (how come most Republican candidates don’t seem to feel the same way)? Anyway, this is another aspect of this blog I appreciate (the other is the hit-out-of-the-ballpark posts that Christy does)…

I enjoyed Rick’s visit on Saturday…

I say, it’s the neocons that need drowning in the bathtub! And we can get started by working against any of them being (re) elected…grrrr…

Here’s my part. I’d like to see how many of the Central Texas Firepups I can get to WORK on behalf of Noriega.

Let’s just call it a “housewarming gift for the Turdblossom,” shall we…

Oh Christy. You have a gift!

And …. Good Morning Christy!

OT: I’m still musing over the LA Times article mentioned downstairs giving Gonzales a hand in state executions (linky). Amazing how the Republicans will go on and on and ON about states rights…until it involves something THEY want to happen across the board. I wonder what sort of backlash this thing will produce?

TexBetsy at 7 — I think that is a fantastic idea. Early boots on the ground can be invaluable to a campaign.

TexBetsy @ 7

Here’s my part. I’d like to see how many of the Central Texas Firepups I can get to WORK on behalf of Noriega.

The more boots you have, the better to kick someone out on their ass. Great idea Betsy.

TexBetsy @ 7

Here’s my part. I’d like to see how many of the Central Texas Firepups I can get to WORK on behalf of Noriega.

You Go Grrrrlll! ;->

I’m off topic here, or maybe not. As campaign shenanigans go, I think the “paper of record” is doing its damnedest to sway opinion. This

http://www.baltimorechronicle......orff.shtml

infuriated me this morning. Dennis Kucinich ‘disappeared’ courtesy of the New York Times. Like the author wrote:

“It makes you wonder why we bother with this whole primary process… except that without them, how would corporate interests get a chance to pour money into campaigns and buy the eventual presidents and members of Congress.”

PB (peanut butter) @ 9

OT: I’m still musing over the LA Times article mentioned downstairs giving Gonzales a hand in state executions (linky). Amazing how the Republicans will go on and on and ON about states rights…until it involves something THEY want to happen across the board. I wonder what sort of backlash this thing will produce?

The republicans never met a rule they didn’t want to break.

And Good Morning Christy and Everyone!

Not. On. Our. Watch.

I live in Texas, and I vote… I think John Cornyn is in deep do-do, judging from conversations I am involved in. He has done nothing for our country or state, except to prove that he is as mindless as the administration.

PB at 6

It’ll be interesting to see. I’m guessing as the bright lights are turned on, they’ll scurry into the dark corners under the tub like silverfish in a dank bathroom. Gonna have to be quick, but I s’pec we could round ‘em up. ;->

I don’t donate until after the primaries–but here’s hopin we get Cornyn next fall.

HTTP://WWW.SENATE.GOV

http://www.rense.com/general77/bagag.htm

my god is this true?

and what kind of relief is the pentagon proposing?

This is sick in a country rich in oil no power ?

Our government is criminal but we already knew that if they dont get the water flowing there should be war crime prosecutions
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Jamil Hussein, a 52-year-old retired army officer who lives in northeast Baghdad, said his house has been without water for two weeks, except for two hours at night. He says the water that does flow smells and is unclean.

Two of his children have severe diarrhea that the doctor attributed to drinking what tap water was available, even after it was boiled.

”We’ll have to continue drinking it, because we don’t have money to buy bottled water,” he said.

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Please stop the genocide in Iraq by US occupying forces. Ask what the Penagon plans to do to give emergency aid.
____

http://progressiveindependent......_id=31292_

Water taps run dry during the peak of Baghdad summer heat

[CHS notes: We do not allow impersonation of real people on this blog. Find another nickname — and soon.]

Sharon @ 14

I’m off topic here, or maybe not. As campaign shenanigans go, I think the “paper of record” is doing its damnedest to sway opinion. This

http://www.baltimorechronicle......orff.shtml

infuriated me this morning. Dennis Kucinich ‘disappeared’ courtesy of the New York Times. Like the author wrote:

“It makes you wonder why we bother with this whole primary process… except that without them, how would corporate interests get a chance to pour money into campaigns and buy the eventual presidents and members of Congress.”

I blogged about that last night, and linked to a piece in Buzzflash.

Hi, Christy. I gave to Rick when he was here the other day.

OT, except that it’s related to Cornyn:

I wonder if it’s too early to celebrate.

Rove did what he came to do in the WH. Now, I suspect, he’s off on another adventure, aimed at helping Repubs across the country.

It’s also unwise, in my opinion, to assume a Dem is going to win the WH in 2008. In a Ghoul vs. Hill matchup, I’d put my money (not my vote) on the Ghoulster.

Turdblossom surely likes quail:

After the Republican victories in 2002, an enraptured press corps celebrated Rove. “Let me disclose my own bias in this matter. I like Karl Rove,” wrote David Broder, the lead political columnist for the Washington Post, on May 18, 2003. “In the days when he was operating from Austin, we had many long and rewarding conversations. I have eaten quail at his table and admired the splendid Hill Country landscape from the porch of the historic cabin Karl and his wife Darby found miles away and had carted to its present site on their land.”

TexBetsy @ 6

Here’s my part. I’d like to see how many of the Central Texas Firepups I can get to WORK on behalf of Noriega.

I swore a blood oath to that I would support the Devil him or herself, if nominated to run in opposition to Cornyn. Even by the notoriously lax standards of the Lone Star State, the man is buffoon. Granted, with Kay Bailey Hutchison, it does give us a pair of jokers. Still, I am embarrassed to admit I actually do know who my Senators are…

“Carol” at 20 — We do not allow impersonation of real people on this blog. I suggest you find another nickname — and soon. I’ve posted this warning previously, and if it is not heeded, we’ll be forced to institute a ban. Thanks.

And Sid in Salon today salutes the man:

We now take leave of the “Architect,” “Turdblossom,” and the “Mayberry Machiavelli,” his grand experiment in political realignment collapsed, and remember him as he wants to be remembered, rapping onstage as MC Rove at the 2007 Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner as members of the Washington press corps bopped and shimmied as his backup dancers.

Alabama biting Rove in the butt:

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/13/16720/9334

rwcole @ 18

I don’t donate until after the primaries–but here’s hopin we get Cornyn next fall.

Howie Klein thinks early money to progressive candidates is the best way to go. So I started sending money four months ago; at least it makes me feel as if I am doing something.

Jonathan @ 21

Hi, Christy. I gave to Rick when he was here the other day.

OT, except that it’s related to Cornyn:

I wonder if it’s too early to celebrate.

Rove did what he came to do in the WH. Now, I suspect, he’s off on another adventure, aimed at helping Repubs across the country.

It’s also unwise, in my opinion, to assume a Dem is going to win the WH in 2008. In a Ghoul vs. Hill matchup, I’d put my money (not my vote) on the Ghoulster.

Seriously now…

Hillary and Bill

or

Rudy and Judy

I don’t think so. America doesn’t want a police state.

Rove the uniter in an unforeseen respect:

Not incidentally, Mr. Rove also leaves the White House as an extraordinarily polarizing figure, as was evident on Monday in the way some conservative bloggers joined Democratic ones in expressing delight at his departure.

Even some Republicans have said Mr. Rove’s decision to assume more authority over policy and legislation after helping Mr. Bush win his second term may have been a mistake.

There is yet another “Rove” in the WH, but I can’t remember his name. He is rarely mentioned. I’ll try to find out who it is.

OT, but not too..
I live in California. What is going on with Charlie Brown these days?

LS @ 31

There is yet another “Rove” in the WH, but I can’t remember his name. He is rarely mentioned. I’ll try to find out who it is.

Well, iirc Scott Jennings is still around and he looks like rove. Acts like him too.

Contribs to Blue America just one of many ways to participate in
Restore Democracy Now.

Rove’s response to Leahy:

Q But are you protected now, in terms of legality? I mean, because of executive privilege? How does that work now?

MR. ROVE: After I leave the White House the things that I’ve — the advice that I’ve given the President, my role within the White House remains protected; I do not lose privilege by leaving the White House — just as former Presidents don’t lose the privilege when they leave the White House. You remember that there have been instances where the current President, on behalf of President Clinton, has asserted privilege.

I do believe that Turdb will have a lot more to worry about than helping a desperate Conryn. I am not so sure that Leahy/Wax would not have him dragged back to DC and thrown in the pokey. A far less sympathetic candidate than Harriet and a weasel that could easily turn into a rat.

It also leaves chimpy with a “he was allowed to resign when we found out what he did” wash of the hands.

And the man says he has a diverse employment record:

Q So what are you going to do? I mean, you know campaigns, you know the game. What’s on the agenda?

MR. ROVE: I have no idea. I’d like to teach eventually, but in the meantime I need to make some money. I have an employment record that I think would be attractive to any employer: I’ve worked in an industrial kitchen in a hospital; I’ve waited tables; I’ve worked in convenience stores and have been robbed at the point of a gun twice; I’ve pumped gas; I’ve babysat; I’ve cut lawns; I’ve delivered newspapers.

New poll out from CBS - Clusterfuck at 29% JAR.

Number of people who think that the surge is working is up by 10% or so..

Clusterfuck and the idiot press are probably gonna condemn us to another year of war.

Rove resigns:
Let the shakedowns and influence peddling begin.

Mordida, ba-bee…..

dakine01 @ 32

LS @ 31

There is yet another “Rove” in the WH, but I can’t remember his name. He is rarely mentioned. I’ll try to find out who it is.

Well, iirc Scott Jennings is still around and he looks like rove. Acts like him too.

Could be Joseph Whitehouse Hagin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hagin

Rover doesn’t seem like the sort to downgrade his efforts by getting involved in a piddly-ass texas senate race- that would be degrading. He’s one of the historic political figures of all time ya know.

LS @ 39

dakine01 @ 32

Well, iirc Scott Jennings is still around and he looks like rove. Acts like him too.

Could be Joseph Whitehouse Hagin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hagin

Interesting…he is a former executive at Chicita…

rwcole @ 41, Rove will multi-task.

So…maybe Chertoff didn’t do anything about Chicita, because of the WH connections to Chicita at the highest level. Apparently, Joe Hagin’s powers rival those of Rove.

Wonder if Chiquita is still the same old robber baron company it was during the years of the Dulles brothers? They were VERY BAD news.

Here’s the man on Bush’s impressive background:

Q “Bush’s brain.”

MR. ROVE: Well, that is — that’s not me. That’s an attack on the President. That is the critics of the President trying to be cute. This guy is a Yale undergraduate and history major, a Harvard MBA, and one of the best-read, most thoughtful people I know. Now, I know he likes to play sort of the Midland/West Texas — but he is smart. And the “Bush’s brain” was, interestingly enough, a construct of two journalists as a way to diminish him by suggesting that he wasn’t capable of developing his philosophy or his approach or his ability to win elections; somebody had to do it for him, which is incredibly demeaning and really stupid. And I don’t mind saying that the two guys that coined it are stupid in their characterization.

Yesterday Froomkin promised us more on Rove today.

Biodun @ 45

Here’s the man on Bush’s impressive background:

Q “Bush’s brain.”

MR. ROVE: Well, that is — that’s not me. That’s an attack on the President. That is the critics of the President trying to be cute. This guy is a Yale undergraduate and history major, a Harvard MBA, and one of the best-read, most thoughtful people I know. Now, I know he likes to play sort of the Midland/West Texas — but he is smart. And the “Bush’s brain” was, interestingly enough, a construct of two journalists as a way to diminish him by suggesting that he wasn’t capable of developing his philosophy or his approach or his ability to win elections; somebody had to do it for him, which is incredibly demeaning and really stupid. And I don’t mind saying that the two guys that coined it are stupid in their characterization.

Is he calling the people of West Texas stupid?

Chertoff, Chiquita and Colombia:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/....._0802.html

Is he calling the people of West Texas stupid?

He’s sorta implying that, isn’t he?

JF @ 48

Biodun @ 45

Here’s the man on Bush’s impressive background:

Is he calling the people of West Texas stupid?

Ya think?

And all those who believe in the accent….

I’m thinking they are all involved in another Iran/Contra type operation.

…and all those who catapult the accent/good ol’ boy persona.

Here’s lookin’ at you, MSM

More rats jumping ship?

August 14, 2007
BY ANDRE SALLES, HEATHER GILLERS AND STEVE LORD Staff Writers

Those waiting for word from Congressman Dennis Hastert regarding his political future will get their answer this week.

Hastert, R-Yorkville, is expected to make one of two announcements at a press conference Friday — either he will run for a 12th term representing the 14th Congressional District, or he will retire next year.

www.suburbanchicagonews.com/be.....S1.article

OT. AT&T’s secret NASA room.

“The claims made by the ex-employee, Mark Klein, are the basis for a class-action lawsuit against AT&T and affiliated telecoms for illegally harvesting information from U.S. citizens. Tomorrow, reports The Washington Post, judges from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether the class action goes forward — or whether the government is right that 641A is a state secret, and can’t be litigated without compromising national security. The answer probably won’t be determinative — both sides have vowed to appeal up to the Supreme Court — but if the case is shut down, a public window on the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance activities, recently blessed by a Congressional overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, will slam shut.”

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/003914.php

Jay Rosen at PressThink has an interesting observation:

Have you noticed, in all the press coverage of Rove’s announcement yesterday, how no one spoke of knowing Karl Rove as a source? Matt Cooper is one we know about because of the trial of Scooter Libby. (“Spoke to Rove on double super secret background for about two mins before he went on vacation …”) There are many others we do not know about because they agreed to keep his name a secret. But make no mistake: they are also the ones writing the “balanced” non-committal retrospectives, the ones with 50-50 headlines like “Rove bows out despised and deified.” (Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen in the Politico.)

Green’s colleague at the Atlantic, Mark Ambinder, marveled at it: “Boy, did Karl Rove get in his gut the biases, predilections, worldviews, habits, ticks and insecurities of the national media.” I agree with this. And with Ambinder’s observation that part of Rove’s “realignment theory” was to “delegitimize, decertify and discombobulate the press; control it with psychological power; reduce its influence on the political process,” while simultaneously seducing reporters with his credentials as a winner and his savvy take on American politics. (See my posts on press rollback and decertification, policies for which Rove was “the architect.”)

Rove has practiced the art of ‘trying to be cute’ all his life. No wonder he & junior bonded.

OT..latest Zogby Interactive Poll had a section on Politics/News/Opinion and Blogs. Looks as if “political power-brokers” are getting worried about the hippies.

Biodun at 56 — I was just reading that Rosen piece. Intriguing, isn’t it?

No surprise there:

Filed at 10:52 a.m. ET

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani vowed Tuesday to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States by closely tracking visitors to the country and beefing up border security.

”We can end illegal immigration. I promise you, we can end illegal immigration,” the former New York mayor said at a community center — the first of the day’s two stops in this early voting state.

Giuliani said he would require a uniform identification card for foreign workers and students and create a central database to track the legal status of visitors to the country. He told the crowd of more than 300 that 12 million immigrants have entered the country illegally.

”That’s a lot of people to walk over your border without being identified,” he said.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 59

Biodun at 56 — I was just reading that Rosen piece. Intriguing, isn’t it?

Rosen is pretty sharp. I’ve always been a fan of his. He’s also a friend of FDL…*g*

Rove’s first order of Beltway business was probably co-opting the MSM–make them his willing water carriers….

The heck with fair and balanced.
I want honest and accurate.

Steve-AR @ 28

rwcole @ 18

I don’t donate until after the primaries–but here’s hopin we get Cornyn next fall.

Howie Klein thinks early money to progressive candidates is the best way to go. So I started sending money four months ago; at least it makes me feel as if I am doing something.

Early money is important. And, if your district is currently represented by a regressive Democrat, you should be helping progressives in your district support a Democratic candidate for the primary who can help build the party, bring young and minority voters to the polling place, and re-energize our political process.

And let’s let Repugs attack one another:

Rival Mitt Romney has criticized Giuliani on immigration, arguing that he supported illegal immigration when he was mayor — a charge Giuliani rejected.

Romney said last week that Giuliani ”instructed city workers not to provide information to the federal government that would allow them to enforce the law. New York City was the poster child for sanctuary cities in the country.”

I wonder what has personally driven Karl Rove’s obsession to create the kind of government he has attempted to create. What made that young man focus and spend every living moment devoted to his vision. Why? Why has he resorted to every trick in the book. What was really his inspiration? What is wrong with that person? I don’t think he is mentally well.

And the obsessive adoring bond to Dubya… creepy.

LS @ 65

I wonder what has personally driven Karl Rove’s obsession to create the kind of government he has attempted to create. What made that young man focus and spend every living moment devoted to his vision. Why? Why has he resorted to every trick in the book. What was really his inspiration? What is wrong with that person? I don’t think he is mentally well.

A belief in the mythos that Nixon was screwed.

Chiquita before 1984 was known by another name, United Fruit Company. The CIA overthrow of the Arbenz Guatemalan government United Fruit Company.

OMG, my friend Robert Duvall is on CNN regarding Haiti. More about him in a minute.

This OT bodes ill for Iran.

Israel’s former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to be re-elected on Tuesday as leader of Lik*d, the hawkish party topping opinion polls a year after its worst electoral defeat.

Cheney must be happy as a sand flea.

[Mod edited for filter clearing]

dakine01 @ 67

A belief in the mythos that Nixon was screwed.

I have come across this notion multiple times and I will NEVER understand it. NEVER. Why do some people go all Gordon Liddy apeshit over this stuff?? This absolute adulation of someone in power? The mythos obviously appeals, but I just can’t fathom it…

Bobby Duvall told me personally years ago (in the 1980’s) that air landing strips in Haiti were being used to repack arms for Nicaragua during Iran/Contra. He went to jail and nearly starved to death for speaking the truth.

LS @ 52

I’m thinking they are all involved in another Iran/Contra type operation.

Bingo. And its the same players again for the most part. That’s basically what all this is about. Afghanistan’s heroin crops are BOOMING. It’s no accident.

Fresh thread, up and running…

TexBetsy @ 7

Here’s my part. I’d like to see how many of the Central Texas Firepups I can get to WORK on behalf of Noriega.

They’re building a volunteer database right now. Sign up at www.ricknoriega.com , and mention what kind of work you’re interested in.

Welcome back, Karl!!!

Great idea, Christy. Feeling flush this morning- just contributed for Rick Noriega & a little something for L.A. home girl Hilda Solis, too.

Off to do some work now. Read you all later…

About “Ice Cream Fridays” from Think Progress:

Fox News today, host John Gibson asked White House spokesperson Dana Perino what the White House will be like “sans Rove.” Perino responded: “You know, there is no doubt that it’s going to be different around the White House. Some things that people don’t know about Karl is that like on Fridays, he started ‘Ice Cream Fridays,’ and he would bring around ice cream to all of the staff.”

Those who can stand Faux News can also watch the video.

1970cs @ 68

Chiquita before 1984 was known by another name, United Fruit Company. The CIA overthrow of the Arbenz Guatemalan government United Fruit Company.

Here’s your United Fruit Company / Chiquita terror story Titled ‘Chiquita Pleads Guilty in Terror Probe’

dakine01 @ 67

LS @ 65

I wonder what has personally driven Karl Rove’s obsession to create the kind of government he has attempted to create. What made that young man focus and spend every living moment devoted to his vision. Why? Why has he resorted to every trick in the book. What was really his inspiration? What is wrong with that person? I don’t think he is mentally well.

A belief in the mythos that Nixon was screwed.

I think it’s important to recognize that during the time they rise to their peaks, people like Rove and Hitler are really good at what they do.

Biodun @ 77

About “Ice Cream Fridays” from Think Progress:

Fox News today, host John Gibson asked White House spokesperson Dana Perino what the White House will be like “sans Rove.” Perino responded: “You know, there is no doubt that it’s going to be different around the White House. Some things that people don’t know about Karl is that like on Fridays, he started ‘Ice Cream Fridays,’ and he would bring around ice cream to all of the staff.”

Those who can stand Faux News can also watch the video.

I scream.

Fresh creamy goodness from Christy.

I think we should dub any candidate that Rove works for, or has worked for, or even appears to weigh in for, a ‘Turdblossom Special’. You know, like Blue Plate Special, or Orangeblossom Special, only disgusting, inedible and unlistenable. Has a ring to it, doesn’t it?

sorry, but no.

In 2006 I gave support to a number of democrats and we’ve been stabbed in the back repeatedly. Including by the likes of John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi, not to mention Blue America candidates like Chris Carney and Joe Sestak.

So no. I’m not supporting anyone anymore unless they show they deserve it. Not in word, not in deed, and certainly not with my money. The people I helped to elect have not brought about the changes they promised. I have no reason to expect that the next batch are any different.

drinkof @ 82

I think we should dub any candidate that Rove works for, or has worked for, or even appears to weigh in for, a ‘Turdblossom Special’. You know, like Blue Plate Special, or Orangeblossom Special, only disgusting, inedible and unlistenable. Has a ring to it, doesn’t it?

I like it. Planning on stealing it and using it at the earliest opportunity. :)

brendancalling @ 83

sorry, but no.

In 2006 I gave support to a number of democrats and we’ve been stabbed in the back repeatedly. Including by the likes of John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi, not to mention Blue America candidates like Chris Carney and Joe Sestak.

So no. I’m not supporting anyone anymore unless they show they deserve it. Not in word, not in deed, and certainly not with my money. The people I helped to elect have not brought about the changes they promised. I have no reason to expect that the next batch are any different.

While I understand your disappointment-should have heard me cursing out the FISA sellout-the only way to get more and better Democrats, like Rick Noriega, from a state that Democrats have to be damn tough and resourceful in-is to work for them.

Don’t mourn. Don’t piss and moan.

Organize.

“While I understand your disappointment-should have heard me cursing out the FISA sellout-the only way to get more and better Democrats, like Rick Noriega, from a state that Democrats have to be damn tough and resourceful in-is to work for them.

Don’t mourn. Don’t piss and moan.

Organize.”

Again, NO.
I’m sorry. I wrote about this last week at brendancalling. The system is too deeply entrenched: i think my final wake up call was the O’Hanlonm/Pollack editorial, or more specifically hearing it repeated ad nauseum on everything from NPR to the BBC (and every newspaper) as the opinion of “war critics”. And we all know what happens in September: a democratic cave-in on Iraq that’s gonna make the Utah Mine look like a walk in the park.

Go read Booman’s take on why the democrats are caving on everything and especially Iraq.

Nope. I’m done throwing good money after bad. I’m not helping anyone at all anymore. So far as I’m concerned every last one of those politicians can go to hell.

Then how about pissing in your own cheerios then?

I’m still in this fight. More and better Democrats.

did that, it wasn’t as good as the Scotch.

396

Just 4 more contributors to the halfway mark.

I’m thinking we can get to that today, which would be Suh-Weet!!!

Brendan, gets a pass however. Better he should have a good surprise when Senator Rick Noriega stands tall on the Senate floor.

Many, many thanks to all who’ve contributed to get us this far.

I know, EPU, but just in case anyone’s here with me.

398

Just two more donors to make the halfway point today.

And, a bonus if we can put together $54 dollars more is that we’ll break $20k as well.

400

We just hit 400 contributors and over $20k in contributions!!!
WOOT!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to all who worked to make this milestone.
Y’all Rock!!!