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April 21, 2005The Latest Dumb, Hypocritcal and Silly Remarks from DeLay, Rove and other GOPers (As Space Permits)It's often a good sign when the other side starts to say really stupid things, and Republicans have made some pretty dumb remarks lately. Tom DeLay blasted Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, noting, "We've got Justice Kennedy writing decisions based upon international law, not the Constitution of the United States? That's just outrageous, And not only that, but he said in session that he does his own research on the Internet. That is just incredibly outrageous." Bloggers rightly walloped DeLay for decrying Kennedy for daring to use the Internet for research. What was DeLay thinking? Should Kennedy be limited to only using a library card? DeLay also bitched, ""You talk about judicial activism, we now have journalistic activism." Why? Because the media are producing critical stories about a top government official--namely, DeLay? Did DeLay complain about "journalistic activism" when reporters were pursuing Whitewater or writing about the ethical lapses of Jim Wright or Dan Rostenkowski? Meanwhile, Senator Jim DeMint, a Republican from South Carolina who could be nicknamed "Dim Jim," sent a letter on behalf of the National Pro-Life Alliance that read, "Dear Friend, For 23 years, nine unelected men and women on the Supreme Court have played God with innocent life." Well given the turnover at the court, there have been more than nine justices in the past 23 years. And is he suggesting we disband the Supreme Court and get rid of the federal judiciary because these unelected people sometimes have to make life-or-death decisions? I don't recall him complaining about these "unelected men nd women" deciding a presidential election in 2000. On the other coast, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared it is time to "close the borders in California and all across Mexico and in the United States." His spokesperson subsequently had to explain that the guv meant that the borders had to be more tightly patrolled, not shut down. (Of course, who then would trim his and Maria's hedges?) And when I was on Fox News a few days ago, I followed GOP strategist--and occasional guest-host on Crossfire--Terry Holt, who said, "In the United States Senate, the Democrats have stood in the way of hundreds of vacancies, filling those vacancies." Hundreds? Try a dozen. But my favorite GOP quote of the past few days came from Bush-shaper Karl Rove. He gave a lecture on the media and politicians at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. He did observe that the press does not follow a "liberal agenda, explaining that it is "less liberal than it is oppositional." Oh, if only the "oppositional" part was consistently so. But Rove was--knowingly or not--contradicting DeLay, who has claimed that the bad ink he's received lately has been due to a liberal media conspiracy. But that Rove observation is not the quote I had in mind. Let me turn to the part of the speech where Rove did his we're-all-reasonable-fellows shtick. "Most people I know on both sides of the aisle," he remarked, "believe in the positions they take." He continued, "Unless you have clear evidence to the contrary, commentators should answer arguments instead of impugning the motives of those with whom they disagree." Now why Rove wasn't laughed out of the lecture hall for saying this is beyond me. After all, it was his boss who during the 2002 congressional elections campaigned against Democrats saying they had put their own political interests ahead of the nation's security because they had disagreed with Bush about workplace rules at the new Department of Homeland Security. It was the Bush campaign of 2004 that lampooned John Kerry as a flip-flopper rather than answer his arguments. At the same time, it countenanced the attacks of the Swift Boat gang, which impugned Kerry's motives by maintaining he had falsified his military record. Bush himself claimed Kerry really wanted to give European allies a veto over US national security decisions--even though Kerry never said that. Rove and Bush have long succeeded by impugning the motives of their political foes. They have not engaged in fair debate. Yet before these students Rove pretended he is above the fray for which he is responsible. What a two-bit phony. Rove's proposed do-not-impugn rule did not last long. Today Bush attacked Democrats for opposing John Bolton, his nominee to be UN ambassador. He urged Democrats to "put politics aside" and vote for Bolton. Once more, Bush was impugning motives, attributing the opposition to "politics." Was he answering argument with argument? Not at all. The Bolton battle is indeed one of those instances when policy differences lead (justifiably) to a political conflict. Does Bush not recognize that there are policy reasons--not political reasons--to believe a UN-basher should not be UN ambassador? I assume he does, but he'd rather falsely characterize the case against Bolton and depict the opposition as nothing but the result of me-me-me partisan wrangling. He sure wasn't taking Rove's lecture-hall advice. It's not surprising that Rove dishes out bullshit, sounds-good rhetoric to the young minds of Washington College. He's a mud-thrower who wants to be accepted as a statesman. But it's a touch surprising--just a touch--that he and others get away with such blatant hypocrisy. Few in the media, the people who book college speeches--few dare to say, hey, Rove is full of complete crap and nothing he says should be taken seriously. (Kudos to The Washington Post's Dana Milbank for reporting on Rove's speech and coming as close to stating this as that newspaper will allow.) And I'm not impugning Rove's motives. I'm impugning him. 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Mr. David Corn,
It's the McMedia, and only a small kudos to any of them. The McMedia is complicit and culpable. They have not gotten past that yet.
Thanks for your work
Kirk
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 04:18 PM
Bushes claim Illinois P.O. box as home
A White House spokeswoman said the first couple lists Northern Trust, which handles their holdings, as their address for tax purposes
By Ken Herman
WASHINGTON BUREAU
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
WASHINGTON -- They've got a house in rural Texas and a nice home-office setup on Pennsylvania Avenue. But for tax purposes, President Bush and his wife, Laura, claim a Chicago post office box as their "home address."
On the 1040 they signed, which the White House released last week, the listed home address is "Northern Trust Co., P.O. Box 803968, Chicago, IL 60680."
White House spokeswoman Erin Healy said Tuesday that's because Northern Trust handles the blind trust the couple uses for their holdings since Bush took office.
"As near as I can tell, it's OK," Internal Revenue Service spokesman Tim Harms said Tuesday after shopping the residency question among several people at his agency.
In general, the IRS frowns upon the use of a post office box as a home address on tax forms. Instructions for Form 1040 say, "Enter your box number only if your post office does not deliver mail to your home."
Richard Lenet, an accounting professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, said he is confident the Bushes are on firm legal footing, nonetheless.
***that's the whole article****
So, our president uses a different address for tax purposes? I guess he is right about one thing, the rich will hire attorneys and they will not pay their taxes like everybody else does.
This is further evidence of the criminal mind at work in high gear.
Conservative? NOT EVEN CLOSE!!
Oh yeah, he is not lying unless he knows he is lying? He really thinks that he lives in Chi town? Really? HA!
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 04:20 PM
David,
Welcome to our world, the outsiders who wonder every day "HOW THE F*** DO THEY KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS BS?!?!". Hopefully the banned in Arkansas has brought a few more people to read your work since you write truths most others are afraid to.
Posted by: eyes_open at April 21, 2005 04:34 PM
need to work on my editing skills, meant to write banned in Arkansas fiasco
Posted by: eyes_open at April 21, 2005 04:37 PM
And what is with this "put politics aside?" Does the mindless bunnypants not understand he is talking to professional politicians?
To "set politics aside" would mean he is asking them to NOT do their job?
I crack up when I hear "the senators are playing politics with an issue". They are always playing politics that's why we call them politicians.
That is why we expect them to lie, cheat, steal and understand that they are almost all just self-serving jerks. What else is a politician?
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 04:39 PM
What can I say? Tell the truth and shame the devil comes to mind.
Beyond that I was per usual, disgusted with W's "political" motives speech today. And he inserted it before launching into a "support me in my death to social security" campaign.
The emotional disgust, (this borders on real physical nausea) every time this non-thinking crusader opens his mouth, is that he (or Cheney/Rove/Wolfowitz et.al, who tell him what to say) really assumes that we are all that stupid!
I work full-time, I'm a 64 yr.old RN; I still found time to watch the debate(s) in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I saw and heard Carl Ford.
Mr. Ford essentially said as politely but firmly as he could, 'this guy is a real asshole and the idea that he and his agenda of creative use of intelligece as propoganda, will deal the final blow to any international credibility we have left.'
Now that's what I'm getting out of these committee debates.
And I'm supposed to believe it's all about political motives?
Gosh, it's kinda like getting left behind by the 'new math'.....This is the age of the 'new politics.' I need someone like Dick Cheney or Carl Rove or even Jerry Falwell to help me interpret these sorts of things.
I guess I'm just old and stupid.
After the last election, I hung a black wreath on my front door. I kept shaking my head saying, "if we must have a religous leader instead of a president, I'd prefer the Pope. At least he's consistent." How do you claim to be pro-life and execute 167 human beings to death in Tex-ass? The Pope himself begged for clemency for one individual. This fell on deaf 'W' ears of course.
God tells him to kill people.
And another thing. What's the difference between suicide bombers and sending our guys over to be killed in an un-planned, (pre-plotted, yes) unescessary war without adequate back-up or armor? At least the suicide bombers were willing martyrs.
Judas Priest.
I remain aghast.
Pam Sistrom, RN
Eureka, CA.
Posted by: Pam Sistrom at April 21, 2005 04:49 PM
You and me both Pam! I'm hoping someone will wake me up from this nightmare soon.
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 04:55 PM
The essence of the entire article is the essence of the man: "He's a mud-thrower who wants to be accepted as a statesman."
Well done. And hopefully, so are Bush and all of his scoundrel minions.
Posted by: Milo Johnson at April 21, 2005 04:58 PM
David, You sound particularly steamed. Kinda like I felt this morning too.
Posted by: Big Al at April 21, 2005 04:59 PM
Here, I'll post it before Gare can:
"But, but, but...the Democrats are obstructionists and it will make people hate them! Stupid Democrats!"
Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain!
Posted by: Don at April 21, 2005 05:11 PM
The people who post to David's blog -- minus a few kooky crackers -- are so intelligent. Thanks!
Posted by: zookeeper at April 21, 2005 05:24 PM
"Dim Jim" is pretty good for our junior senator!
I, however, prefer "Jimmy DiMentia". He reminds me of some of the more delusional patients in my ER, full moon nights, especially!
-Tom Hodges
Pickens, SC
Posted by: Hajji at April 21, 2005 05:53 PM
"Jim DeMented" will also do. This Asshole took the seat of a long-time moderate. Senator Hollings is sorely missed...
I HAVE no representatives in this government!
-T
Posted by: Hajji at April 21, 2005 05:57 PM
Did anyone catch the The Daily Show where Samantha Bee interviewed Frank Luntz? He has the right words for everything, except Orwellian. Actually I think he said that would be "Literary Lattitude for Liberty" but they cut it from the show! Typical Liberal News Media bias.
http://www.overspun.com/video/DailyShow-FakeTownHalls.wmv
Posted by: Tuba Les at April 21, 2005 06:18 PM
Do you want a seven-day weather forecast for your ZIP code? Or hour-by-hour predictions of the temperature, wind speed, humidity and chance of rain? Or weather data beamed to your cellphone?
That information is available for free from the National Weather Service.
But under a bill pending in the U.S. Senate, it might all disappear. The bill, introduced last week by Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., would prohibit federal meteorologists from competing with companies such as AccuWeather and The Weather Channel
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Every day it's something new.
Feds' weather information could go dark
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 07:04 PM
From WRH
Senate Set to OK $81B War Spending Bill
The Senate moved toward approving $81 billion for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on Thursday in a measure that would push the total cost of combat and reconstruction past $300 billion.
Posted Apr 21, 2005 01:07 PM PST
A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 07:06 PM
'Iran: The Nuclear Threat'
Thursday, April 21, 2005
Fox news
Scanning the world horizon, there is no greater potential flashpoint than Iran. President Bush and his foreign policy team believe that Tehran (search) is actively pursuing nuclear weapons. The ayatollahs who run that country flatly deny it.
The fate of millions of people and the security of the United States are at stake. How great is the threat and what should the White House do about it?
Join host Chris Wallace as FOX News presents a Breaking Point investigation: "Iran: The Nuclear Threat."
Until just a few years ago, the fear of a nuclear bomb in the hands of ayatollahs was more theoretical than a real foreign policy concern. What changed? FOX News' Jonathan Hunt reports from Paris.
How did United Nations' inspectors miss Iran's secret nuclear program for 18 years? FOX News' Greg Palkot has the story from Vienna.
President Bush hopes diplomacy will end Iran's nuclear threat. But what if diplomacy fails? What does the president do next? FOX News national security correspondent Bret Baier investigates our options.
Plus, could a first strike come not from the U.S., but from the country that has the most to lose from an Iranian bomb? FOX News' Jennifer Griffin reports from Jerusalem.
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Faux News does their part to foment another phony war. Will Amerika fall for this again? Probably, especially after Iran "bombs us!"
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 08:04 PM
Hey David,
This is why we need you to keep doing what you are doing.
I haven't been contributing much since the election but I have been reading. I meant to chime in on your French teacher's comment about doing the French a favor and stop studying the language as one of your most humbling moments...I was wondering if the reason he said that was because you never REALLY studied the language, maybe you were too busy flirting with the girl who sat in front of you ;-). Also, maybe if your French teacher had stuck to teaching French instead of making jokes about studying "A-Broad" you would have paid attention more closely. But then again, if you had found your calling in French class you wouldn't be doing this.
Take Care,
Flan
Posted by: flan at April 21, 2005 08:09 PM
The kids at MIT who put together the computer program that makes gobbledygook fool {intelligent?} people make it easy to see the real danger of Karl & Co.
Posted by: zaq12 at April 21, 2005 08:24 PM
Saladin,
Iran has until June.
Astronomers estimate 10^11 stars in the universe. That is 100 billion. We are now approaching spending equal to three dollars for every star in the universe on an unnecessary and illegal war.
We have confirmed John "Death squad" Negroponte as our "intelligence" director, Condi "masser says" Rice as our foreign minister, and Bolton on his way to take off the top ten floors of the UN building? We have the PNAC statement and plans to invade Iraq published in 1998 calling for a new "Pearl harbor" to give reason to invade Iraq and some people who have silly putty for brains thinking this is all coincidence?
We are living in some crazy times sister, some very crazy times.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 08:31 PM
Re: Post 16
We all need to write our representatives and senators about this bill. We need to remind the people we pay with our tax dollars that our tax dollars fund the weather service and therefore we have a right to see/hear the information we paid them to gather.
As a ham radio operator, I tune into NOAA weather radio on my ham radio anytime there is a possibility of severe weather. It has come in handy a number of times, especially when we have been traveling or at our cabin in Northern Wisconsin.
If this bill goes through I am hoping the radio service would not be affected but I could not find any reference to that, only the comment about NOAA's website. For those of you who are not hams, some radios come equiped to receive the weather radio broadcast but not all. If this bill goes into effect, which I hope it won't, check into getting a radio with this cabability.
Posted by: flan at April 21, 2005 08:33 PM
flan, that was #15, # 16 is the reason they will kill the weather service. We have much better things to do with the money, like continuing to bomb innocent people who didn't do anything to us.
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 08:57 PM
Capt.-You better grow a shitload more fingers and toes to come up with the number of stars in my universe.
Posted by: zaq12 at April 21, 2005 09:30 PM
#20 capt "Astronomers estimate 10^11 stars in the universe." Bit off there, sorry. 100 - 400 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone. A survey was completed recently that counted some 400 million galaxies, some as large and larger than ours. Not to mention we have ~100 billion cells in our bodies. Meanwhile, in dumbfuckland where rednecks and morons live, we worry about control. Controlling other people, other countries, resources, media, minds, etc. Small fries, folks, small fries. Humans ain't shit compared to what's out there. So now let's all stop acting like retards and boldly go where no one has gone before. I want to retire on the moon if I can!
Posted by: goob at April 21, 2005 09:41 PM
Iran uranium source revealed
Andrew Koch JDW Bureau Chief
Vienna and Washington, DC
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) believe they have resolved a key question underlying Iran's nuclear programme: whether particles of enriched uranium detected in the country are due to previous contamination on imported equipment - as Tehran claims - or represent a smoking gun proving a clandestine nuclear weapons programme.
IAEA inspectors have reached a tentative conclusion that the contamination came from equipment provided by the nuclear smuggling network headed by Pakistani scientist AQ Khan, sources close to the agency told JDW.
*****end of clip*****
I guess Bunnypants was right about the WMD's, well almost, he missed it by one letter it was I-R-A-N not I-R-A-Q.
Our good "friends" in Pakistan and Khan?
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 09:54 PM
it is estimated that there are 100 billion or so stars in our galaxy alone. it is further estimated that there may be as many as 200 billion galaxies in the universe.
Posted by: starman at April 21, 2005 09:58 PM
Sorry dudes, whatever, I have sourced my number before. I did not make it up. It really is not the point but thanks.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 09:59 PM
I meant galaxy, and starman has the correct estimation.
Is it really the point? How many angels can we dance on the head of a pin.
My point was about the money we are spoending being obscene? Do you get it?
capt
Posted by: capt at April 21, 2005 10:06 PM
I don't know, I was never inspired by rhythm changes . . . or the blues really . . . the blues every once in a while . . . but never rhythm changes . . . I don't need the V of V of V of V to get from one side of the valley to the other . . .
Posted by: Chris at April 21, 2005 10:06 PM
How many stars are there in our galaxy?
I am confused about the number of stars in our Milky Way galaxy. Some sources say that the Milky Way consists of 100 billion stars. Other say that the MASS of our galaxy is roughly 100 billion times the mass of the Sun. So because most of the galaxy mass is in the interstellar gaseous and dust nebulae there must be less than a 100 billion stars in it or the total mass must be greater. Which of these is correct? And did someone estimate the number of ACTUAL stars in our Galaxy?
Most of the mass in the galaxy is NOT in interstellar gaseous and dust nebulae. Most of the luminous matter is in stars and not nebulae. Now, the mass of the galaxy is mostly dominated by dark matter, which is something that is not detected by any telescope, or anything except through its gravity. But as far as the luminous matter goes, most of it is stars.
About the number of stars: People have studied the mass distribution of stars in the galaxy. Further, one also knows the amount of light put out by each type of star. So, by measuring the total amount of light in the galaxy (called luminosity), and knowing the mass, one can estimate the number of stars that are there in the galaxy. So, even though we cannot actually count the number of stars in the galaxy, we can estimate the number of stars in the galaxy as roughly 100 billion (100,000,000,000). It turns out that there are many more stars with mass less than the mass of the Sun than with mass more than the mass of the Sun. So, it all works out right.
Posted by: Fact-Checker at April 21, 2005 10:08 PM
Dear Yahoo!:
How many stars are there in the sky?
Komal
Birgunj, Nepal
Dear Komal:
Like the number of grains of sand on the beach or angels that can dance on the head of a pin, the number of stars in the sky remains a great unknown. Discussing the number of stars in the Milky Way alone, astronomer William Keel, writing for the sci.astro Galaxies FAQ, claims that there are "about as many as the number of hamburgers sold by McDonald's."
Then he elaborates. The usual way to determine the number of stars in the universe is to consider how many stars there are in the Milky Way, and then to multiply that number by our best guesstimate at the number of galaxies in the universe. This FAQ suggests there are probably about 400 billion stars in the Milky Way, although "a 50% error either way is quite plausible." As for the number of galaxies in the universe, well that's a whole separate mathematical puzzle.
Other star enumerators we located on the Web offer numbers ranging from more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy to 3 thousand million billion stars (3 followed by 16 zeroes), in the universe. NASA alleges there are zillions of uncountable stars.
From a recent astronomy news article on CNN.com, we learned about the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, an ambitious astronomy project currently mapping the night sky, to determine the "positions and absolute brightnesses of more than 100 million celestial objects."
So stay tuned, the star count is still out.
Posted by: Komal at April 21, 2005 10:13 PM
That's nothing compared to the 3 trillion dollars the pentagon seems to have mysteriously misplaced!
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 10:18 PM
Or the 37 trillion dollar combined US debt.
Posted by: Saladin at April 21, 2005 10:19 PM
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/stars.html
Dear Dr. Universe,
How many stars are there in the sky?
The Hubble space telescope is one of the tools that is helping astronomers to see further. One of its jobs is to take pictures of one small patch of the sky outside of the Milky Way. It's dark out there, very dark. So Hubble takes a lot of pictures of that one patch. Then a computer makes a composite of these pictures, adding them together so the faint light of distant stars and galaxies is visible.
What Hubble has shown us so far is that as far away as it can see, there are more and more new galaxies. And since Hubble is not the ultimate see-the-farthest instrument, there's no way to know whether or not we'll find more galaxies as technology gets better.
So how many stars are in the sky? Use your imagination. Your guess is as good as mine.
Posted by: Skygazer at April 21, 2005 10:20 PM
I don't know how many stars there are. All I want to know is which ONE do I have to wish on to make all the scary people leave DC!!!
Posted by: Jimminie Cricket at April 21, 2005 10:25 PM
If I got one dollar for every million our government wastes, how long would it take me to become a millionaire?
capt
Posted by: Skygazer at April 21, 2005 10:52 PM
How many cigarettes does it take to get cancer?
Posted by: RJ Reynolds at April 21, 2005 10:54 PM
Stars, man.
[pfhhhsshhhhhhhhk]
]fwwhhhoooooshhh[
Cool.
Posted by: Don at April 21, 2005 11:13 PM
The number of stars in our universe is finite and countable,but you better count fast,'cause that number will change quicker than the shake of a lamb's tail [some being born,some dying out].How's that for scientific cyphering?
Posted by: zaq12 at April 21, 2005 11:18 PM
You get a real pretty view from Arkansas.
Posted by: zaq12 at April 21, 2005 11:23 PM
Comments are quite good. Now the trick is, how to educate the rednecks and morons who vote for Bush. The media of course airs any idiotic comment Bush makes, thus lending credence to it. Should Bush wear a clerical collar? Can anyone tell me how he EVER made it through Harvard Business School?
Posted by: Frank at April 21, 2005 11:27 PM
Wasn't flamin' you capt, just making things even bigger, that's all. Didn't know it would cause such a response. Goes to show that Cornbloggers are a well-informed bunch. Well, most of us.
Posted by: goob at April 22, 2005 12:33 AM
Harvard has some answering to do. They do not give "free-rides" at Harvard, so they say.
I think Harvard Grads will take a hit on their starting salaries because of Bush.
They have lost some of their elan.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 12:47 AM
Commander Goob,
I should have said galaxy, even then I would likely be underestimating, my mis-speak. Felt no flames, universe was absolutely wrong.
The main point, I think we all agree, is this F'in war is costing a mountain of money. (maybe a whole range) HA!
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 12:50 AM
Chickenhearted Media 101:Harvard Students And Alums Uncover Bush Scandal Media Won't Touch
An Interview With Ian Simmons, Director Of The Citizen Research Network At Harvard University
TP.com: And you've been focusing a lot of your attention on President George Bush's investment policies lately?
Simmons: Yes, in fact we came through it by trying to focus on some of the Enron story. Harvard had some deep ties with Enron. Enron and other energy companies, supported the whole deregulation policy group at Harvard. The chair of Enron's finance committee was on the board of Harvard, and had to resign this spring because of the Enron troubles. And we felt there was a lot more there to research.
And I was also interested in showing the importance of, if more resources were devoted toward supporting students to do corporate research -- students and other alumni -- what could happen?
One thing we'd like to be able to do is to use it as an opportunity to reconceive what the university community looks like. So we involve not just students, but also workers and others and try to pay really close attention to the backgrounds of privilege they often come from.
For example, some students can work on projects like this with more time because they don't have to pay their loans back from tuition, don't have to work second jobs. And we'd like to be able to create a situation so every student, regardless of their background, can work on these research projects. And it's not driven by, the self-selection doesn't occur by social class.
*****end of clip*****
An interesting interview.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:01 AM
Oof. Did I really just read that a 64 yr. old nurse called Captain Kangaroo "a real asshole?"
Did Mr. Corn really step over the line into agitprop?
"a Republican from South Carolina who could be nicknamed "Dim Jim"
"It's not surprising that Rove dishes out bullshit"
Could someone please help Mr. Santorum locate his genitals? He seems to have misplaced them during the Schiavo debacle. Mayhaps this wouldn't have happened if he'd just listen to Dick Morris.
What does it take for W(uss) to call you "a good man?" You only need to be a relentless lying machine. W(uss) loves liars, the way Gingrich loves to cheat on his wives, the way Bill Bennett loves to roll the dice, the way Rush loves illicit drugs, the way Negroponte loves death squads, the way Robert Novak loves to sell out his country, the way Arnold loves to grope women, the way Mann Coulter loves depilatory cream, the way John F. Kerry panders to weirdos (click over to the second page, 2nd graf from the bottom).
How does one change the definition of sodomy? And what purpose would that serve the military? dbltap, a little help here?
Flan,
"We all need to write our representatives and senators about this bill"
I'm writing to my reps and senators to encourage them to keep doing stoopid sh!t like obsessing over Schiavo, going nuclear on filibusters, scrapping Social Security, ruining the middle class, running up the deficit, rubber-stamping pre-emptive strikes against Iran, North Korea, China AND Syria, and please, please, purty please, more tax cuts for millionaires. In case you haven't heard, Junior got hisself a mandate. The people have spoken.
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
H. L. Mencken
Capt, I'm still feeling the fiery glow of that Condi remark (@#20) all the way to San Antonio.
"Hypocritcal?" The spell-checker must be on the fritz. Is it true that only friends call you on stuff like that?
Posted by: Pandemoniac at April 22, 2005 01:06 AM
why don't you guys ask Jeeves?
Posted by: James at April 22, 2005 01:07 AM
costofwar.com
Posted by: James at April 22, 2005 01:10 AM
Pande,
HA!
Put together:
"If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever." ~George Orwell (1903 - 1950), 1984
With your H L Mencken quote:
"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." ~H. L. Mencken
And the picture, although ugly, becomes clear.
"Please sir, may I have another boot in my face, good and ha-ha-ha-hard?"
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:34 AM
Goob,
"Goes to show that Cornbloggers are a well-informed bunch. Well, most of us."
Damn straight! I have the greatest respect for nearly all of those who post stuff here. I learn stuff everyday, think of things from other angles and such. Even a couple of the not-so-like-minded that post here are well informed.
Not just politics (thank God) seems like so many that post here are well informed on a wide range of subjects. Some of the stuff just goes ZOOM, right over my head but I like that it makes me think, look up words and such.
Most of you guys make jokes and funny comments that I do not get at first, that makes 'em even funnier to me.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:59 AM
Roosevelt said: "There are no accidents in politics, everything is planned right down to the smallest detail."
The historian Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall. But it's their method of demise that creates an intriguing point. He said, "An autopsy of history shows that all great nations commit suicide."
BENEDICT ARNOLD bush LEADS US TO IMMIGRATION SUICIDE
Posted by: James at April 22, 2005 05:10 AM
the definition of treason is: Violation of allegiance toward one's country or sovereign; the betrayal of one's own country by waging war against it, or by consciously and purposely acting to aid its enemies. By violating his oath of office, Article IV, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, Mr. George Walker Bush along with his lackey, Condi Rice, fit the definition.
Posted by: James at April 22, 2005 05:18 AM
Coincidentally there are 100 billion brain cells in the average head. Differences in weight and size of a person's head does not correlate with differences in mental ability.
Why are certain people more mentally acute then others? It is transmitted genetically or sometimes it is lost over time. Repeat blows to the head, stroke, and other related diseases can cause deterioration. Other things causing deterioration can be the over consumption of alchohol, smoking, certain medication, and use of illegal drugs.
People, Stay off the reefer and cigarettes and other illegal drugs and drink in moderation or your brain could turn into mush too.
References: Dr. D'Gree, Glencoe Health 2nd Edition, Magill's Medical Guide Revised Edition, The Science Times Book of the brain
Posted by: Professor Beau Gus D'Gree at April 22, 2005 06:52 AM
The weak brain cells die first, I say survival of the fittest. HA!
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 10:06 AM
Hmmmm...against my better judgement...
Just back in from buggering the goats, don't ya know.
Bogus...
Why then does it seem that most of the people we think of as "the great thinkers" of the human race so often so often seem wrapped up in the activities (smoking, drinking, drugs) that you deride?
A briarwood, a brandy (or 20), cannabis use, psychotropics, debilitating physical ailments and the like seem to be as standard as a leather elbow patched tweed jacket in our pictures of our mental giants.
'Course there's some argument that such things calm the exicted "superbrain" to the point that they can finally communicate in the '"real world".
Oh, well, it's the weekend, time to go grab a case of Bush Lite and put on the Earnhardt gear!
Can Ah git me sum GRITS in Phoenix? Bicuits & Gravy?
Posted by: Hajji at April 22, 2005 10:08 AM
That's right Capt!
Cull the sick and elderly from the herd! Trim the dead-wood and our smarts won't be dragged down my the "lame" side of our brains!
-T
Posted by: Hajji at April 22, 2005 10:11 AM
Militants: Iranians Volunteer for Attacks
More than 400 young men and women have volunteered to carry out suicide bombing attacks against Americans in Iraq and targets in Israel, a militant group said Wednesday.
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Here we go, right on schedule! And you know this is true because McMedia says so!
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 10:12 AM
Poll: Casey leads Santorum by 14 points
By PETER JACKSON
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Democratic state Treasurer Robert P. Casey Jr., who hopes to challenge Republican Sen. Rick Santorum next year, increased his lead to 14 points in a poll released Wednesday.
Casey, the son of a former governor, was favored in the Quinnipiac University poll, taken amid Santorum's high-profile push of President Bush's Social Security overhaul plan and his backing of the recent congressional intervention in the Terri Schiavo case.
Casey was favored by 49 percent of respondents in the telephone poll, conducted April 13 to Monday. Thirty-five percent supported Santorum, while 13 percent were undecided.
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Watch, if the elections are rigged Rick "no sacntum" Santorum will win by a few points.
Seems these slugs and thugs blew chunks with their "playing politics".
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 10:16 AM
Passenger Lists Sought For Flights Over U.S.
By Sara Kehaulani Goo
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 21, 2005; Page A01
The U.S. government plans to force foreign airlines flying over American soil to turn over the names of passengers on board or check the names against U.S. government watch lists in an effort to prevent terrorists from entering U.S. airspace.
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Guess they're worried a terrorist might open the window and drop a bomb on us!
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 10:37 AM
Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit sniffin glue.
Posted by: batmite at April 22, 2005 10:45 AM
I think I'm down to only a few hundred brain cell survivalists, funny thing. The last and strongest brain cells all hate Bunnypants. HA!
That has got to mean something?
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 10:53 AM
Oil For Food Scandal Embroils Bush Crime Family
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This story also involves their good buddy bill. There seems to be no end to the evil corruption these monsters can attain.
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 10:55 AM
Evangelicals want Republicans to punish 'hostile' courts by withholding funding
By Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON: Evangelical Christian leaders, who have been working closely with senior Republican lawmakers to place conservative judges in the federal courts, have also been exploring ways to punish sitting jurists and even entire courts viewed as hostile to their cause.
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We have now entered the Outer Limits of The Twilight Zone!
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 11:02 AM
Fake Fights, Sleights of Hand and Sucker Punches
By Dave Lindorff, CounterPunch
As long as the Democratic Party continues to play defense, and refuses to challenge the underlying pro-corporate, anti-worker, imperial agenda of the Bush administration, Bush and Rove will be able to keep Congressional Democrats, mainstream Democratic voters and even the left running around from issue to issue like ants disoriented after the rock covering their home has been lifted.
Meanwhile, while they scurry around ineffectively, the U.S. economy is being hollowed out, health insurance is being terminated by even large corporate employers, the environment is being destroyed, schools are being turned into test centers, the country is getting dragged ever deeper into an endless war, cities are falling back into decay, the Constitution is being trashed, and corporations and the rich are getting ever richer.
It's all devilishly clever.
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Good article, and probably correct. This sounds suspiciously like what Gare was saying the other day. Gare, are you stealing talking points from the Smirking Chimp?
'Bush's X-files'
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 11:10 AM
Ann, she da man!
Ann of the Year
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 11:29 AM
bushClintonbush -- the bCb -- bastards --
gotta villify that evil U.N. though, yeah?
Posted by: James at April 22, 2005 11:50 AM
We've seen the link about reconstruction plans for up to TWENTY-FIVE countries on Bush's invasion list. Now, how to get new boots in the Army...a draft? accepting gays? *the fundies ain't gonna like THIS one
private Pudpuller reporting for duty Sir!
WASHINGTON, April 20 - The office of the general counsel at the Pentagon has proposed decriminalizing consensual sodomy among adults, a change to its 55-year-old policy on sodomy that would bring the military legal code more in line with laws that govern civilians, according to a memorandum sent to Congress.
Posted by: Alan at April 22, 2005 12:07 PM
Some of the Bible-belt aren't going along.
Frist Draws Criticism From Some Church Leaders
WASHINGTON, April 21 - As the Senate battle over judicial confirmations became increasingly entwined with religious themes, officials of several major Protestant denominations on Thursday accused the Senate Republican leader, Bill Frist, of violating the principles of his own Presbyterian church and urged him to drop out of a Sunday telecast that depicts Democrats as "against people of faith."
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Religious groups, including the National Council of Churches and the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, plan to conduct a conference call with journalists on Friday to criticize Senator Frist's participation in the telecast. The program is sponsored by Christian conservative organizations that want to build support for Dr. Frist's filibuster proposal.
Posted by: Alan at April 22, 2005 12:24 PM
So now what instead of an army of one, it is never leave your buddies behind? WTF is this qwazy administration coming to? Just make them go away, my brain hurts.
Posted by: What the F**K at April 22, 2005 12:28 PM
#65
HA!!
That is the most accurate depiction of Ann I have seen! HA!
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:09 PM
WTF,
"Just make them go away, my brain hurts"
I wish them into the cornfield, I wish them into the cornfield, I wish them into the cornfield...
They are still there? DAMN!
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:12 PM
President Cheney LOVES Bolton.
Mr. Powell . . . ehhh . . . not so much.
What happened to the Republigoons? Ever since W(uss) got his mandate, they've decided to waste their political capital and their ammo on each other. Not exactly a circular but maybe a triangular firing squad: religious right, moderate right, and hardly ever right.
Was it Woodrow Wilson who said, whenever your enemies are tearing each other apart, stay out of the way?
Posted by: Pandemoniac at April 22, 2005 01:17 PM
Thanks for the effort Capt. Just too many to take care of that way, something more in the realm of megatonnage might be needed to get them out of the area. They are like ticks, just when you think you got them all another one crawls up. At least they are fighting themselves which is a good thing. Let's hope the infighting becomes lethal and eliminates all of the incredibly stupid crowd, so that some sanity might return to our country. Of course, I guess that depends on your interpretation of sanity.
Posted by: What the F**K at April 22, 2005 01:36 PM
Pande,
You forgot the Republicon-lite? The DLC? HA!
WTF,
mmmmmmm megatonnage
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Now for something completely different:
I do not have a good ear for Rap Music but.....
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 01:47 PM
Canada PM 'to call early polls'
Canada's embattled Prime Minister Paul Martin has promised to call a general election once a corruption inquiry involving his Liberal Party is over.
Investigators in the cash-for-contracts scandal are expected to report their findings in mid-December, meaning a poll would be held in January.
But there are doubts Mr Martin will be able to hold on to power until then.
The three opposition parties are threatening to force a confidence motion in May.
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Not much to this story except this :
"Those who are in power are to be held responsible, and that includes me," he said on national television.
See that is what a responsible leader does when he screws up, he admits it, takes responsibility for HIS being in-charge. Martin know this makes him a stronger leader not weaker and that if it costs him his job then so-be-it. That is an effort at character.
capt
Posted by: capt at April 22, 2005 02:16 PM
Man Accused Of Cattle Fornication
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/27/national/main676728.shtml
A 63-year-old man is charged with sexual gratification with an animal for allegedly having sex with calves.
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What kind of Man would ever having sex with an animal and then admit it. I don't know what is more revolting than that. Lord only knows what goes on beyond closed barn-doors now-a-days.
If I ever caught somebody having sex with an animal, I think I would imediately call the authorities and have that man arrested. The sex crimes unit would be over quicker than a shake of a lambs tail collecting semen samples. How disgusting! Some people are plain sick!
Posted by: Professor Beau Gus D'Gree at April 22, 2005 02:45 PM
This surprises you? HOw about cluster bombs on civilians? That doesn't outrage you? Well,take a look at gwb, he is a classic example of someone that should be taken to the woodshed and beaten with something for all the crap he has pulled, but that won't happen either. How about the idiots that take pictures of their crimes and then are surprised when they get caught? That ought to bring the darwin police out to remove them from the gene pool.
Posted by: What the F**K at April 22, 2005 03:25 PM
"Those who are in power are to be held responsible, and that includes me," he said on national television.
Capt.,
Thanks for that one, I think, Ôbut goddam itÕs depressing to read that and compare the sentiment therein with BushligulaÕs famous smirking inability to recall any mistakes.
Posted by: P in B at April 22, 2005 03:30 PM
#76
What an udder disgrace
Posted by: Big Al at April 22, 2005 03:42 PM
Mayor Bloomberg of New York Denies Right to Assemble,
A Direct Violation of the US Constitution
The Bloomberg Administration has refused a permit for the May Day March organized by the Troops Out Now Coalition and the Million Worker March.
Organizers applied for a permit in November of last year, which gave the city ample time to prepare.
Two years ago, when millions of people all over the world marched against the war, the Mayor refused to allow a march in New York City. During the Republican National Convention, he refused to allow a peaceful rally in Central Park. Throughout the week of the Convention, the Bloomberg Administration and the NYPD engaged in illegal mass arrests and detentions. In prosecuting those arrested, they used perjured testimony and altered videotape to press fabricated charges.
Our basic rights--the right to free speech, the right to assemble, the right to express dissenting political views--are under attack.
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And people wonder why the govt. is being compared to Nazi Germany?
Posted by: Saladin at April 22, 2005 04:18 PM
Three years, three months, and twenty-two days until this particular nightmare is over. Perhaps we can get some traction and a semblence of sanity in '06.
It's little wonder that Bush is pushing an anti UN fool as UN Ambassador. By the time he's done, we'll be so broke that China will be doing the funding and at the helm.
Posted by: Tony at April 22, 2005 05:23 PM
David,
Love your stuff but......
regarding your April 21 post re Tom deLay, my understanding of the US Constitution is that international law, properly ratified by the US government *IS* American domestic law. For example the Geneva Convention and many other pieces of international law.
I'm a New Zealander living in Germany so I may have it wrong BUT, if I'm right, then this is the point that needs to be hammered home every chance we can. The States is already locked into an international system of law and there's no way round it.
Sincerely
Mo Riddiford
Posted by: Mo Riddiford at April 22, 2005 05:45 PM
Concerning posts 15, 21, & 58 - Senator Santorum & his bill to limit the fed. weather service, I emailed the senator, who got $4K in donations from the top execs of AccuWeather, one of the outfits that would benefit from the bill if it were to be enacted, that he sells his favors cheap.
Posted by: G.F.S. La Mouche at April 22, 2005 06:01 PM
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