The Late Night crew is on vacation this week. As a consequence, Thursday Night Funnies will be abbreviated. To make up for it, I'll be linking some Late Night video funnies.

"To his credit President Bush knew all the protocol when meeting a Japanese prime minister. He's had a lot of practice bowing to oil company executives."
--Jay Leno

"At the White House President Bush was going to have a screening of Al Gore's movie on global warming, but they cancelled it because the theater was flooded."
--Jay Leno

"This week President Bush urged the Senate to give him line item veto power. Later the president said that line item veto power would be nice, but what he really wants is X-ray vision."
--Conan O'Brien

"President Bush is criticizing the New York Times for revealing how we track terrorists' money. He's also criticized the Times for not having the funny pages."
--David Letterman

And an Oldie but goodie: Top Ten Things Overheard During George W. Bush's Trip To Cancun

10. "Feels great to get away after three straight weeks of work"

9. "As president of the United States, I pledge to do whatever's necessary to help the Cancunians!"

8. "Couldn't we have stayed home and gone to Chi-Chi's?"

7. "Cozumel? Isn't that the chick I made Secretary of State?"

6. "When do I get to meet Zorro?"

5. "Holy crap, how'd they move these pyramids from Egypt?"

4. "I'll have a non-alcoholic pina colada...just kidding, juice me up, Pepe!"

3. "NAFTA? Don't they make auto parts?"

2. "Secret service! He's choking on a nacho"

1. "Once you get a little buzz going, my poll numbers don't look so bad"

On the commode again...Can't wait to get on the Commode again!!!!

I got nuttin'

-T

"To the underwear I've worn before, that I never washed, just tossed in the drawer."

Nuttin for me either.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I submit the most offensive joke I've ever told...

A homicidal pedophile and a little boy are alone in the deep, dark woods.

"I'm sooooo scared," said the little boy.

"YOU'RE scared?" said the homicidal pedophile, "I'M the one who has to walk out of here, by myself!"

Reminds me of the Rodney Dangerfield joke..

"The first time I had sex I was so scared, I was all alone."

Oops. My bad. S.H.I.T.

For those who have high speed connections you might want to check out the following Late Nite Humor Youtube videos:

* Top 10 Video Clips from the Dave Letterman show. That one where he whomps his head on the door cracks me up every time.

* Some video Bushisms

* Another State of the Union Speech, can they handle the truth?

* And my favorite one -- Frank Caliendo doing his Bush impersonation. I can no longer watch Mr. Bush on the telly without expecting him to say "Gobble - Gobble."

OK. Let's get that State of the Union speech right. I know there's a preview button around here somewhere.

Alright you guys, we're bogartin the site. Let others have a chance. Where is Saladin these days?

...but seriously.

Yesterday, today, tonight and tomorrow Israeli tanks, aerial gunships and troops are invading and destroying Gaza.

The Palestinian people have been occupied, denied, fenced, walled, and murdered in their own lands. Still they go out with molotov cocktails, 20 year old RPG's and standard-issue...rocks...to fight off an occupation backed by a trillion-dollar defense industry. It is only what anyone who loves their land would do.

This is the result of the western world's knee-jerk reaction to a 70-year old genocide perpetrated by a racist, genocidal people a thousand miles away.

All they want is a land to call THEIR own. The only chance they have is for the world to stand up and shout "ENOUGH!"

But..The wounds are too severe...the trenches are dug too deeply. The "leaders" of the "free world" are too entrenched in an illegal and immoral occupation of their own.

What will be the product of conception of THIS knee-jerk reaction? What deamon child of world instability will we have fathered in 40+ years?

I shudder at the thought. I am so afraid of the future we've wrought.

-T

More Funnies from the editorial cartoonists:

Did somebody mention rolling a little something special in Ol' Glory rolling papers?

You gotta get the flag right. This one has too few stars and too few stripes. The sentiment's the same though.

This one kinda reminds me of Clueless and his doggie.

We need to watch out for today's youth. They will be tomorrow's jailbirds.

Impersonating the King is cool, impersonating a king is just plain stoopid.

If the emperor has no clue, the Noble Nine Robes need to watch out for him. Fig leaf anyone?

Since when did we become a Banana Republic?

See spot run. See spot hit the electric fence.

We need a new slogan in the War on the Constitution: Just Say NO to Kangaroos.

Oh, I get it. He's calling him a d!ckhead.

"People Magazine: Do you think Gore is right on global warming?
"Bush: I think we have a problem on global warming. I think there is a debate about whether it's caused by mankind or whether it's caused naturally, but it's a worthy debate. It's a debate, actually, that I'm in the process of solving by advancing new technologies, burning coal cleanly in electric plants, or promoting hydrogen-powered automobiles, or advancing ethanol as an alternative to gasoline."

Rest easy now. Mr. Bush has informed us through the pages of People Magazine that he's on top of the global warming issue.

Question: If the debate is man v. nature, why do all of Mr. Bush's proposals deal with changing the effects caused by man?

Link Here

I'm going to have a "rolling fast of blogs" now. See you tomorrow.

#11
He's in the process of solving? Bush? That says it all.

Guess Where I'm Going This Weekend.

Jeanne,

A nice escape, no doubt. I'm forbidden from seeing it until Jill gets back from her soon-to-be daughter-in-law's wedding shower.

Sigh...tomorrow's 80-degree sunshine-filled day of yardwork might make me forget. I've been a J.Depp fan since "Benny and Joon".

"What's eating Gilbert Grape" was one of those, "Oh, yeah" films, y'know?

Enjoy the show!

-T

Bush Nominates Anti-Regulatory Zealot To Head "Super-Powerful" Public Safety Office

President Bush is expected to nominate Susan Dudley as the next head of an obscure but "super-powerful office that oversees many business regulations." The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs holds sway over federal regulatory agencies like the EPA and helps set regulatory policy for a wide range of issues, from workplace safety to water quality.

The most recent head, John Graham, has "demonstrated consistent hostility to protections for public health, safety and the environment over his career." And according to Frank O'Donnell of Clean Air Watch, Dudley "makes John Graham look like Ralph Nader."

As the director of regulatory studies at the industry-backed Mercatus Center she has worked to oppose vital public health regulation as a "hidden tax" that hinders profits.

Opposed EPA plans to set tougher public health standards for smog.

- Opposed lower-polluting cars and SUVs and cleaner gasoline.

- Opposed air bags in cars, preferring to leave public safety decisions "to the market place."

- Opposed stronger regulations for arsenic in drinking water, claming that there "is a wide range of uncertainty in the science surrounding the health effects of arsenic in U.S. drinking water supplies."

- Opposed measures to curb global warming, stating that the "evidence regarding global warming and human contribution to it is mixed, and…if a slight warming does occur, historical evidence suggests it is likely to be beneficial, occurring at night, in the winter, and at the poles. Taking 'precautionary action' to protect human health based on a series of tenuous linkages would likely create a new set of risks."

Not surprisingly, Exxon Mobil has donated $80,000 to Dudley’s think tank.
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I guess this is how Bush plans to SOLVE the problem of global warming.

Hajji,
Did you see Libertine? I guess Johnny Depp is amazing in it.

#11 Rick-- bush blabs ..." It's a debate, actually, that I'm in the process of solving by advancing new technologies..."

Holy jumpin' jeosophat! Now the village idiot claims he's in the process of solving global warming??!!

Well...let's see if the NYT calls bush out on this ridiculous claim the way they vilified Gore for a claim he never made in regard to the Internet.

Did anyone watch the Lieberman/Lamont debate tonight? I just watched it on CSpan. Lamont seemed a little nervous, but I think he did very well. Lieberman came off as condescending and bullish. I hope Lamont wins this thing.

#18
Don't hold your breath, Micki. With the Bush administration the NY Times lobs the grenade and then runs for cover. The story comes out it dies a week later.

Senor Pande! Whoever "produced" that State of the Union address @#7 better be watchin' his/her backside!

The busheviks would not be amused!

#20 Jeanne...I do yoga and I know holding my breath is not advantageous.

I liked Johnny Depp in that movie with Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway (I think it was Faye Dunaway), but I just could not get my arms around the pirates' movie. That other movie, not the runaway bride...oh, yeah, the princess bride was pretty good.

Maybe I just don't *get* pirates -- they are misunderstood, ya know.

I just watched the first Pirates and didn't like it very much. I thought it was a yawner and I like shit like that.

#23 It's a good thing we didn't review the movie! Two thumbs down from Carol & Micki! (4 thumbs?)

Yeah, four thumbs down alright.

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#20
Don Juan DeMarco. The Man Who Cried was good. Dead Man was good. Those are both movies that didn't get wide release. Ed Wood was good. The Lost in LaMancha is good. It's a documentary of the making of Man from LaMancha. The filming was a disaster. Everything went wrong. But for the viewer it was interesting because you could see a movie being made. You could see the actors and the director dealing with problems and trying to solve them.

As far as the pirate movies, they are just for fun. Actually he made them for the kiddies. Money for college. I suspect he's making them so he can choose the films he wants to make in the future and leave the blockbusters behind. What do I know? Anyway, there are moments in the pirate films when the look in Jack Sparrow's eyes tells you he's not what he pretends to be. Very good.

It's all in your taste and your mood and what floats your boat.

I LOVE Bogart films. I got my son watching them when he was about 14. He loves them. He loves Black and White film. I love watching smoke rise in the old black and whites.

#27 Yeah, that's it. Bill and I took my mom -- she was enthralled! Romance, intelligence and elegance rolled into a good flick!

She was dancing out of the theatre, imagining another time!

what would jesus say?
verbally abusive jesus

Hands shown to emit light

....hands are not the only parts of the body that shine light by releasing photons, or tiny, energized increments of light.
---
no that's not a photon torpedo in my pocket, i'm just happy to see you!

Spy,
I was playing that and remembered that the windows were open.

Here's a nice little bedtime story.

MALKIN SMEARS DEAD WOMAN, SAYS SHE'S A "CORRUPTOCRAT." SERIOUSLY.

It appears that Michelle Malkin is taking some heat from her compadres on the right because she failed to apologized after heaping a great deal of vitriol on a woman who subsequently committed suicide.

Well, now Malkin has lashed back at her critics. Her response? She smeared the dead woman again, calling her a "corruptocrat."

bubble girl

I took a quick visit to #31's linked site and quickly departed; it doesn't read like a site that belongs in the reality-based community. I smell pseudo-science, and my friends the little green hamsteroids from Zeta Reticuli 5 agree with that conclusion. They've gone off again, but they said they were gonna buzz Jeff Rense's house just to make him happy. ;)---KC

Elektronik Supersonik

Thanks as always to Pande for the funnies, you too Hajji.

#9 Hajji

Here, here. It can't be said enough as far as I'm concerned. The world stands still while the Palestinians are brutalized, tortured and killed. I read In ICH that the Israelis are fine-tuning sonic blasts and sound bombs that are particularly aimed at women and children. My God, that is a desecration of all things Jewish.

The world is shamed.

#11 Rick

Keith Olbermann did a piece of Bush's idea that he's "solving" global warming. Olbermann is always very satisfying. He added, "couldn't he have just said he was addressing global warming?

Speaking of Olbermann, and I believe I can write this, since he said it on national TV and Ann Coulter said it in an interview instead of answering the plagiarism charges:

One of Keith's producers suggested this headline for the above piece: "Woman with adam's apple denounces anal sex and fisting as things liberals worship".

"Ann Coultergeist, todays'worst person in the world!"

I'm sorry girls, but I'll take any, I mean any movie (just about) with Johnny Depp. And I liked Pirates. It provided plenty of Johnny-watch. What about "Chocolat"? Ohhh, I swooned. And he's basically the only movie star, save George Clooney, that can do that to me.

On a more serious note, from the previous thread. MAJOR KUDOS TO CAPT, JEANNE, RICK & ENOUGH FOR PROTESTING THE USE OF THE WORD WETBACK! YES, THAT IS AKIN TO NIGGER OR CHINK ETC. DOWN HERE IN SAN DIEGO, YOU COULD BE KNIVED FOR USING THAT WORD.

"Plagiarize!
Let no one else's work evade your eyes!
Remember why the good Lord made your eyes!
So don't shade your eyes
But plagiarize! Plagiarize! Pla-only be sure that you always call it RESEARCH."

From "Lobachevsky", by national treasure Tom Lehrer

NOW HERE'S THAT POST IN AN EDITED VERSION. (IT'S LATE.)

Thanks as always to Pande for the funnies, you too Hajji.

#9 Hajji

Here, here. It can't be said enough as far as I'm concerned. The world stands still while the Palestinians are brutalized, tortured and killed. I read In ICH that the Israelis are fine-tuning sonic blasts and sound bombs that are particularly aimed at women and children. My God, that is a desecration of all things Jewish.

The world is shamed.

#11 Rick

Keith Olbermann did a piece on Bush's idea that he's "solving" global warming. Olbermann is always very satisfying. He added, "couldn't he have just said he was addressing global warming"?

Speaking of Olbermann, and I believe I can write this, since he said it on national TV and Ann Coulter said it in an interview instead of answering the plagiarism charges:

One of Keith's producers suggested this headline for the above piece: "Woman with adam's apple denounces anal sex and fisting as things liberals worship".

"Ann Coultergeist, today's worst person in the world!"

I'm sorry girls, but I'll take any, I mean any movie (just about) with Johnny Depp. And I liked Pirates. It provided plenty of Johnny-watch. What about "Chocolat"? Ohhh, I swooned. And he's basically the only movie star, save George Clooney, that can do that to me.

On a more serious note, from the previous thread. MAJOR KUDOS TO CAPT, JEANNE, RICK & ENOUGH FOR PROTESTING THE USE OF THE WORD WETBACK! YES, THAT IS AKIN TO NIGGER OR CHINK ETC. DOWN HERE IN SAN DIEGO, YOU COULD BE KNIFED FOR USING THAT WORD.

What's happening, hot stuff? I'm wondering why North Korea named a missile after my Uncle Tae Po?

#33 Jeanne

Jesus! She's a mean son of a..... Nice bedtime story, thank you.

LDD, didya see Rob Corddry's segment on the Daily Show about that?

North Korea gets cocky

Algerian Tells of Dark Odyssey in U.S. Hands

ALGIERS — Two years ago, a motley collection of prisoners spent night after night repeating their telephone numbers to one another from within the dark and dirty cells where they were being held in Afghanistan. Anyone who got out, they said they agreed, would use the numbers to contact the families of the others to let them know that they were still alive.

At least two of those men are now free and, thanks to the memorization exercise, are back in touch with each other.

The case of one of them, Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen who was held as part of the United States' antiterrorism rendition program, was revealed last year, and German and American officials have acknowledged that he was erroneously detained by the United States. But the tale of the other, an Algerian named Laid Saidi, has never been told before, and it carries a new set of allegations against America's secret detention program.

We liked "Pirates" (as we have every Depp movie)!

We are easy to please.

capt

"Hypocrisy is not the hobgoblin of enslavable minds so much as it is the hallmark of their would-be slavemasters." -- Rick Gaber

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"We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission; which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. " -- Ayn Rand in "The Nature of Government"

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"Government, when it is examined, turns out to be nothing more nor less than a group of fallible men with the political force to act as though they were infallible." -- Robert LeFevre, in his essay, Aggression is Wrong

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Thanks ICH Newsletter!

Lieberman Defends War Stance

"Senator's debate with Conn. challenger turns primary into national test of antiwar movement.

Talk about "push-polling" by the MSM?

So we are to assume that IF Joe can win in CT that the national anti-war movement has died?

What a crock. I guess it could be an indication of what the voters in CT think but how is their vote a "NATIONAL" test of anything?

This is what passes for WaPo journalism? How the heck does this pass for anything short of crude propaganda?

capt

#36
Excellent.

#37
Chocolat....yum.....oh yeah.....hmmmmm.

Unique photo of Mozart's widow revealed

Her hair severely parted, Constanze Weber Mozart looks unsmilingly away from the camera. She appears to be staring at her feet. Next to her is Max Keller, a Swiss composer and old family friend, surrounded by his daughters and the rest of his family. In the background is a cottage with two garden-facing windows.

The newly discovered black and white image is the only photograph ever taken of Constanze Mozart, the widow of the Austrian composer and genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The previously unknown print was discovered in archives in the southern German town of Alt?tting, local authorities said on Friday, and has now been authenticated as including Mrs Mozart, on the far left.

The long-lost photograph was taken in October 1840, when Constanze Weber was 78 years old, at Max Keller's home. The Alt?tting state archive said it was the only time in her life that she was photographed.

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Very cool, if you are into this sort of thing.

capt

RE: Johnny Depp movies.

I've liked almost everything he's done. I finally saw Finding Neverland a few nights ago. I recommend it. The performances are all excellent, especially Depp as Peter Pan creator, J.M. Barrie, and the boy who plays his muse, Freddie Highmore. Delicate souls should have tissue available; this film is a tearjerker without the schmaltz.

Ann Coultergeist

Keith Olbermann found out that Ann Coulter isn't disputing the plagiarism charges leveled against her by The NY Post. Isn't that odd? Instead she's fighting back by calling it " New York's second crappiest paper." That's pretty lame even for her. However, this latest rant is pretty sick even for her.

Video -WMP

Video -QT

Olbermann: But our winner

Coulter-geist!

Not the plaigarism stuff something new. She told a Denver radio station that while Liberals opposed peoples rights to smoke in restaurants, they seemed not to be worried about the health consequences of quote "polymorphous perversity." She concluded sarcastically quoting again "anal sex and fisting, that's part of our deepest privacy rights."

Ann euuuuhhhh one of my producers proposed this headline "Woman With Adam's Apple Denounces Anal Sex And Fisting."

Ann Coultergeist today's Worst Person In The World!

More HERE

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I couldn't resist.

capt

Finding Neverland was a very good movie.

But, as usual we are easy to please and we especially like childrens movies. (we are such children ourselves)

capt

George W. Bush Is Dead To Me Nation cringes as the worst president ever continues long, painful slog to the end

It is like some sort of virus. It is like some sort of weird and painful rash on your face that makes you embarrassed to walk out the door and so you sit there day after day, waiting for it to go away, slathering on ointment and Bactine and scotch. And yet still it lingers.

Some days the pain is so searing and hot you want to cut off your own head with a nail file. Other days it is numb and pain-free and seemingly OK, to the point where you think it might finally be all gone and you allow yourself a hint of a whisper of a positive feeling, right up until you look in the mirror, and scream.

George W. Bush is just like that.

Everyone I know has had enough. Everyone I know is just about done. There is this threshold of happy deadened disgust, this point where the body simply resigns itself to the pain, a point where the disease, the poison has seeped so deeply into the bones that you just have to laugh and shrug it all off and go for a drink. Or 10.

More HERE

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Most of us knew what to expect from Bunnypants. The comments about Republicans in the linked piece mirror most of my GOPher pals - disgusted is a gross understatement.

capt

#46 Capt

Exactly. That's what pissed me off about the coverage of the debate. They're so simple, the MSM. Don't want to deal with any complexity or gray areas. Everything has to be like Bush thinks. It's 'either you're with me or you're agin me'.

I watched the debate. Lieberman was a bully Judy. I thought that yes, Lamont looked nervous, but he held his own. I particularly liked his argument that censure is an appropriate remedy in the case of illegal wiretapping. He chided Congress for not jumping in and doing a serious investigation.

Howard Dean's organization has endorsed Lamont. The chairman of the Democratic party has spoken. After the timid behavior of the rest of the party (save Kerry) towards the Connecticut primary, Dean's support bodes well. If Lamont wins, Dean's endorsement will dovetail (with Dean's guidance) into more money in the fall election. These are good developments. Let's just hope Lamont wins.

Woke up to this article in USA Today.

Study Links Extended Wildfire Seasons to Global Warming

The number and size of large forest fires in the West have grown "suddenly and dramatically" a study released Thursday says.

The scientific paper, posted online by the journal Science, says wildfire season in Western States has grown up to 2 1/2 months longer since 1987 because of warmer spring temperatures and earlier, faster melting of mountain snow. The timing of the annual snowmelt, a key source of the West's water, also helps gauge the severity of wildfire season.

Hajji #9

It offends me that whenever someone criticizes policy in Israel that he/she is considered anti-semitic. What offends me even more is that my own country's policy is to support Israel right or wrong.

Capt, loved the Mozart photo. Neat.

#53 Capt

That reminds me of something funny my sister said as I discussed the trolls on this blog and the fact that I consider reading them a waste of time and energy. She responded that reading right-wing sewaage actually causes her immune system to go down. It does physically sicken one, doesn't it.

#50 Don

My family and I loved Finding Neverland. Johnny Depp is superb. He's such a tremendously gifted actor. Depp seems to live at a much higher, more imaginative level than the rest of us. Freddie Highmore was incredibly impressive, wasn't he?

Finding Neverland illustrates some of the horrendous hardships writers/artists go through to create such wondrous works.

Capt. Children's movies, although I don't consider this one to be such, are sometimes much better because they touch on the simple truths of life.

On the subject:

Can someone tell us why Republicans are so mean, offensive and bitter? Iowa Congressman Steve King is the BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week.

capt

Kids movies are easy on the brain and a break from reality. I am surprised that I even like the animated childrens movies.

We like all kinds of movies.

How about Pricilla Queen of the Desert?

capt

Pandemoniac,

As usual, great post on the funnies. Maybe George Bush can solve his global warming on Al Gore's Internet sitting in Joe Biden's Dunkin' Donut.

Now, as far as aspersions. I find it absolutely breathtaking that some liberals think some vituperations worse than others. How do you know I don't think "factless" is every bit as painful as "wetback"? And yet I am called that - and much worse - every day. It just goes to show that some people can dish it out, but they sure can't take it.

It also goes to show that conservatives are all about ideas and liberals are all about emotions. I guess you never learned the old childhood adage about sticks and stones. Poor, pitiful souls.

It never fails to amaze me that liberals don't like to be stereotyped or called racial epithets. You're all a bunch of sissified Islamofascist commie hippies. No wonder you all like those pansy-ass Johnny Depp movies. Man up, for crying out loud! Be more like me. You could call me a factless dickhead asswipe and it wouldn't bother me a bit. You know why?

Because it's true.

#51
Pandemoniac is correct. The rightwing are very...victorian.

Racist extremists active in U.S. military

SPLC urges Rumsfeld to adopt zero-tolerance policy

July 7, 2006 -- Under pressure to meet wartime manpower goals, the U.S. military has relaxed standards designed to weed out racist extremists. Large numbers of potentially violent neo-Nazis, skinheads and other white supremacists are now learning the art of warfare in the armed forces.
Department of Defense investigators estimate thousands of soldiers in the Army alone are involved in extremist or gang activity. "We've got Aryan Nations graffiti in Baghdad," said one investigator. "That's a problem."

Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to adopt a zero-tolerance policy regarding racist extremism among members of the U.S. military.

"Because hate group membership and extremist activity are antithetical to the values and mission of our armed forces, we urge you to adopt a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to white supremacy in the military and to take all necessary steps to ensure that the policy is rigorously enforced," Cohen wrote in a letter to Rumsfeld.

More HERE

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There are a number of very informative articles at the SPLC.

capt

#52
Capt,
Have you ever seen Witches with Angelica Huston? I love that movie. She is so good in it.

Hegemonic Tyrant Courts Doom

Gentle reader, consider what it means when our government believes other countries have no right to their own interests unless they coincide with US interests. It means that we are the tyrant country. We cannot be the tyrant country without being perceived as the tyrant country. Consequently, the rest of the world unites against us.

How is the US, which has spent three years proving that it cannot successfully occupy Iraq, a small country of only 25 million people, going to control India, China, Russia, Europe, Africa and South America?

It's not going to happen.

What it does mean is that the US government in its hubris and delusion is going to continue starting wars and attacking other countries until a coalition of greater forces smashes us. Even among our European allies we are already perceived as the greatest threat to world peace and stability.

More HERE

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Another crazy guy from the left.

capt

Yes - another good movie. (Witches)

#53
Bush is a freaking idiot. I feel better if I can announce that at least once a day.

Generally I don't say freaking however.

David Corn was just on the Diane Rehm show. He was articulate and hit the nail on the head on all of the topics discussed

David addressed the "disconnect" between what the administration is trying to tell the American people and what is actually taking place there. He also asked whether the U.s. can have any type of "moral posture" on what is taking place there?

This past week I drove one of my daughters to Chicago. On the 4th of July I
spent part of the day on the beautiful beachfront town of Evanston Illinois. Families were celebrating with picnics and barbecues, under the bright blue sky of Lake Michigan. It was festive. Yet all I could think about that day was.. what this day was like for people in Baghdad and in Iraq.

That evening I walked around the streets of Chicago around Logan Square with my daughter and her friend. Fireworks were going off everywhere the sounds were overwhelming. Again I thought about what it must be like to be in Iraq where bombs and violence fill the Iraqi peoples lives daily as a direct result of the U.s. invasion.

I have become completely convinced that the majority of Americans are in a bubble of comfort and denial, a complete disconnect having to do with the damage and suffering that we have caused the people of Iraq.
I think most Americans could care less about the violence and death that is taking place there. Americans are happy to stay in their bubble, with no "moral posture" pressing their pedals to the metal, going on vacations and to the malls?

I loved what Corn had to say about the death of Ken Lay and how his dirty money may not be accessible to those who have been screwed by the Enron debacle. Corn said that "this again confirms for people that there are some people who play by different rules" in this nation. You can say that again David.

New Documents Show FBI Targeting Environmental and Animal Rights Groups Activities as Domestic Terrorism (12/20/2005)

NEW YORK -- According to new documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union, the FBI is using counterterrorism resources to monitor and infiltrate domestic political organizations that criticize business interests and government policies, despite a lack of evidence that the groups are engaging in or supporting violent action.

The ACLU said that the documents released today on Greenpeace, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) show the FBI expanding the definition of "domestic terrorism" to include citizens and groups that participate in lawful protests or civil disobedience.

"The FBI should use its resources to investigate credible threats to national security instead of spending time tracking Americans who criticize government policy, or monitoring groups that have not broken the law," said Ann Beeson, Associate Legal Director of the ACLU. "Labeling law abiding groups and their members Domestic terrorists is not only irresponsible, it has a chilling effect on the vibrant tradition of political dissent in this country."

The documents were obtained by the ACLU after the organization filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to discover whether the FBI's partnerships with local law enforcement in Joint Terrorism Task Forces has resulted in increased surveillance of political and religious activity.

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Seems out of touch with reality to have PETA on the terrorist watch-list while that list does not in include one neo-nazi or "white supremacist" group?

Like none exist?

capt

Kathleen,

Thanks!

David is working too hard! Thank goodness for that!

capt

How do you know I don't think "factless" is every bit as painful as "wetback"? And yet I am called that - and much worse - every day.
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that does not compute - it's one thing to be belittled for one's words, ie: proclaiming oneself an auditor of certainties while not actually doing any auditing if not inventing some certainties outright, and another thing entirely to have one's nationality, even the color of one's own skin ridiculed.
to be referred to as factless for one's pronouncements is equatable with being deemed wacko for one's pronouncements. a moniker with which i am intimately familiar. i will endure the wacko as you should endure the factless. in short; suck it up.
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i move that the derisive term wetback should be categorized with other equally derisive terms such as nigger, gook and wop, and not tolerated in this forum.

towelhead

To factless @ 61:

I rest my case. You are prima facie evidence.

Jeanne is it "freaking" or "friggin"?

spy on this:

So, you consider certain insults worse than others. And you are the arbiter on this because...? How about the people who disagree with you? How about calling them what they wish to be called? Or do you think you know their feelings better than they do?

How about we have no insults at all?

On Larry King last night, Bush was asked this:

KING: Weíre back with the Bushes. And the Mexico elections have been decided, apparently, and the conservative, Mr. Calderon, narrowly wins. Any thoughts?

BUSH: I look forward to working with whomever the Mexican people have elected andÖ

KING: Do you know him?

BUSH: I donít know him. Looking forward to getting to know him.

KING: Apparently he won. Iím glad to bring you the news.

BUSH: You sure did.

Now letís go to this news report :

Calderon wants to rely on Mexicoís many free-trade accords to create jobs and crack down on rising crime, and says heíll try to smooth U.S. relations without letting Washington dominate. I want to establish a very constructive relationship without bowing my head and lowering my eyes to the Americans," Calderon said in heavily accented English during an interview with The Associated Press. I have met with President Bush several times. I have interviewed with President Bush and several members of the American Congress, and I know itís possible to establish a more constructive relationship, and that would be very good for both countries."

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When I read articles like the one you posted it tells me that the agencies such as the FBI are being so tied by the Bush administration that they are forced to watch Quakers when they know there are really bad organizations out there. I know there are good FBI people who are trying to do their job the best they can. But the leadership stinks.

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fckn.

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Fackchecker,
I agree with spy. Many others do too. I have close relatives who are minorities and the terms are insulting to their heritage. I don't want to read the terms. I don't want to hear them. Don't use the term wetback.

And don't try to make this an argument. There is no argument. Just don't use it. Simple.

factchecker,
i didn't make myself clear @ 71?
i consider racial epithets as insults to be much worse than regular insults; uncalled for. would you call me a chink because my name is james ha? if so i would remind you that a chink is always a gook but a gook is not always a chink.

i am not the arbiter, that's why i simply called for a motion banning racial epithets. the use of such is beneath us all. if pande continues to refer to you as factless you should perhaps refer to him as panty or pendejo or even wey. those are insults of a regular nature. i don't like any insults either but regular ones are at least not offensive.
peace and ha out.

There is a segment on the Calderon win in Mexico on Democracy Now today. I haven't watched it yet. The election is still being disputed and there is expected to be a mass rally. There is change a comin. People are no longer tolarant. They are no longer putting up with the lies and all the damage of the insidious neocon movement brings to a nation. The neocons are obviously causing great hardship across the board in countries. People are unifying in a quest to be free of the tyrants.

Religious Leaders Unite to Promote Common Causes
Final Declaration Directed to G-8 Leaders, All Believers

MOSCOW, JULY 6, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The World Summit of Religious Leaders ended on Wednesday with a joint message from Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and Shintoists to the G-8 leaders and all believers.

"We, the representatives of different religions and confessions, were unanimous in affirming that it is indispensable to put an end to the constant increase of opposition between people, with violence, cruelty and terrorism," said Patriarch Alexy II, on closing the summit.

"Our mission is to remind the world of the imperishableness of the moral values that each religion and confession professes. Each one of us preaches on this. But today, we say it with one voice, which heads of government, international public opinion and our faithful must finally heed," said the Patriarch.

According to the summit's final message, "dialogue and partnership among civilizations should not just be slogans."

Value of life

"The human being is the Creator's unique creation whose existence reaches into eternity," the declaration states. "Humans should not become either a commodity or an object of political manipulation or an element of the production and consumption machine."

Therefore, it is necessary "to assert constantly the highest value of human life from conception to the final breath and natural death."

The religious leaders of the summit called "for more assistance to the family, particularly in its formative mission by national and international law and the practice of states, various public institutions, religious communities and the mass media."

"We deplore the activities of pseudo-religious groups and movements destroying the freedom and health of people as well as the ethical climate in societies," the summit leaders continued. "Using religion as a means for rousing hatred or an excuse for crimes against individuals, morality and humanity present a major challenge today. This can be effectively addressed only through education and moral formation."

"We call for an end to any insult to religious feelings and defilement of texts, symbols, names or places held sacred by believers."

Economy and resources

"Human life is also interrelated with the economy. International economic order, as all other spheres of global architecture, should be based on justice. All economic and business activities should be socially responsible and carried out using ethical standards. This is what makes the economy really efficient, that is, beneficial to the people," the declaration continued.

In regard to the care of natural resources, leaders of the summit said that "it is imperative that all governments and the business community alike be responsible stewards of the resources of our planet."

"These resources, as given to all generations by the Creator, should be used for the benefit of everyone. All nations have the right to use their resources, sharing them with others, as well as to develop technologies for their effective use and preservation."

The final message states that "interreligious dialogue should be maintained by religious leaders and experts, and enriched by the contribution of ordinary believers."

The summit leaders concluded with a "special appeal to all believing people," urging them "to respect and accept one another regardless of their religious, national or other differences."

Up until recently Ohio and I believe it was Kansas had passed legislation in the past ( I think Kansas can still pay less than minimum) that trumped federal minimum wage laws. They could pay less than the federal minimum based on what a company profitted.

This was based on the constantly used mantra of we need to protect small business. What I could never understand about this law, was if you can slide the scale one way, why not the other. Why not pass federal laws that corporations or business profitting over a determined amount were required to pay a living wage. You know places like McDonalds, DUNKIN DONUTS, Wal Mart etc..places that make millions I mean Billions.

Oh how could I be so rational. \

I don't know Lt. Ehren Wataba, but I know his mother and spoke at length with her back in May in Hawaii about how Ehren morally did not want to go to Iraq and how he was being harassed by other members of his unit for his beliefs that the war in Iraq was wrong and that he didn't want to kill innocent people for BushCo.

Ehren tried everything he could within regulations and legal means to be excused from going over to the war crime in Iraq and becoming a war criminal himself, but nothing worked, so he refused to be deployed with his unit.

Today he was charged with missing movement, contempt towards officials, and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman! Are they kidding me? Are they kidding the world and hiding behind an ancient code while they are pretending that anything about Iraq or our government is "gentlemanly?"

How about looking at the Commander in Chief of our armed forces, George Bush, for one? George Bush is a dry drunk who runs our country like he ran all of his failed businesses---with an attitude that if he screws up, his daddy, or his daddy's friends, will bail him out. He has already said that the problem of Iraq will be solved by "future presidents" which absolves and excuses him from cleaning up the murderous mess that he has made.

Cindy Sheehan @ Common Dreams