Looks like Condi’s incompetence and mendacity has made it to the State Department. Hoo-ray for the Peter principle. (North Korea exported nukes to Pakistan, not Libya)
along with some F-16s… because nothing screams “spreading democracy” and “promoting freedom” like selling some high-tech aircraft to a rogue, nuclear technology-exporting, islamo-fundamentalist powderkeg, terror-supporting, torture-performing state.
Nice.
Hunter has an excellent post on DailyKos about what I was going to talk about later this eve – namely that the media networks feeding this bullshit Shiavo frenzy are irresponsible to the point of negligence, wilfully inciting the masses to perform actions that are almost guaranteed to be violent.
That Judge Greer and Michael Shiavo are now under police protection, that Florida politicians are appearing on wanted posters, after Judge Lefkow’s family was executed a couple of weeks ago… that all of this is happening, now, and the punditocracy is encouraging people to disregard the rule of law in this country is dangerous in the extreme.
At the least, the behavior of these megacorps, pundits, and media outlets is irresponsible. More likely, it is criminal.
Our democracy is at stake, do not let 1933 happen here.
the sheeple of America may not be as sheeplesque as I thought… but the media who keeps pushing the story (CNN, Fox… you bitches) are worse than dogshit. I want to wipe their idiocy off my shoes and onto DeLay’s paid-for-by-illegal-kickbacks tie, only my legs aren’t long enough.
An overwhelming 82 percent of the public believes the Congress and President should stay out of the matter.
It’s funny that this stupid Schiavo case should be a defining moment – that matters of state and billions of dollars and millions of lives should take a back seat to this “my baby fell down a well!” human interest crap, but ain’t it America?
The Terri Schiavo case has demonstrated that we are being governed by un-elected judges, and that the legislative and executive branches of government lack the will to stand up to them when they authorize acts of violence. The matter, therefore, now rests with the people. When government fails to protect life, the people must do so directly. Today must mark the beginning of a new era of civil disobedience and conscientious objection, with simultaneous, determined efforts to curb the authority of the courts and restore government to the people through their elected representatives.
The war is not tomorrow, the war is not at some random point in the future, it is ongoing today. It’s people like the above who are going to be putting yours and my backs against the wall if we don’t combat this now, at every step, in every way.
Man Tries to Steal Gun to ‘Rescue Schiavo’.
This is what you get when you have a government beholden and giving legitimacy to fundamental theocratic reactionaries. More posts in this vein later, but the Schiavo case is just ridiculous, and the news networks are fueling it rather than focusing on what should be real news.
The Schiavo thing is a total buzzkill, man. Total.
woohoo!
I’ll write more on this later, but there just happens to be someone with my name (full match? they wouldn’t say) … but the birthdate is different. Why then, if the birthdate is different and my passport is valid do I have to go through special procedures to get cleared?
Bitches.
Anyway, wonderful vacation. Best ever. Update tomorrow when I’m lucid and such.
I’ll be off to Mexico in a bit over 7 hours so no more blogging from yours truly for about 9 days.
Enjoy yourselves. Play nice.
… lead the World Bank. Is this a big FU to the world or to us? I can’t tell. Maybe both.
Italy to Start Pulling Troops from Iraq in Sept. Gee, anyone think that murdering the intelligence officer who arranged for the release of an Italian reporter has anything to do with this? No politician can withstan 80% unfavorable sentiment for very long.
A federal jury in Manhattan deliberated eight days before returning guilty verdicts on all counts – one count of conspiracy, one count of securities fraud and seven counts of false regulatory filings. The crimes carry up to 85 years in prison.
Ebbers was he of the “I didn’t/couldn’t know, I’m a bumpkin/detached CEO” defense. That the jury didn’t buy it portends bad news for the other Worldcom peeps still awaiting trial.
Prosecution testimony at the six-week trial portrayed Ebbers, 63, as obsessed with keeping WorldCom’s stock price high, and panicked about $400 million in personal loans that were backed by his shares in the company.
Ebbers himself took the witness stand late in the trial, insisting that he was unfamiliar with the details of accounting and knew nothing about the fraud taking place on his watch.
With full intentions of actually getting 8 hour of sleep last night I “went to bed” early. And if you define “went to bed” as “went into the studio and played music for 3 hours” you would be correct.
On the plus side, I’ve got two kickin new songs (that flow together all medley-like, even. Any bets as to win I actually get these in final form? I’m shooting for 2010).
On the down side, I didn’t get any sleep. :shrug: Oh well. Get enough when I’m dead, I suppose.
What with Krugman criticizing Lieberman and all.
But in his latest radio address, Mr. Bush – correctly, this time – attributed the $600 billion figure to a “Democrat leader.” He was referring to Senator Joseph Lieberman, who, for some reason, repeated the party line – the Republican party line – the previous Sunday.
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As it happens, Mr. Lieberman stated clearly what was wrong with the bankruptcy bill: “It failed to close troubling loopholes that protect wealthy debtors, and yet it deals harshly with average Americans facing unforeseen medical expenses or a sudden military deployment,” making it unfair to “working Americans who find themselves in dire financial straits through no fault of their own.” A stand against the bill would have merged populism with patriotism, highlighting Democrats’ differences with Republicans’ vision of America.But many Democrats chose not to take that stand. And Mr. Lieberman was among them: his vote against the bill was an empty gesture. On the only vote that opponents of the bill had a chance of winning – a motion to cut off further discussion – he sided with the credit card companies. To be fair, so did 13 other Democrats. But none of the others tried to have it both ways.
Grow up, Paul. Grow up.
NoOoOooooOOooOOoO!!!! Dammit. My favorite pitcher, too.
So much for the “perfect” mechanics, eh?