May 31, 2007
MAN IT'S BEEN HOT
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THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE PART TWO
An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.
The summary is part of an attachment to Fitzgerald's memorandum to the court supporting his recommendation that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's former top aide, spend 2-1/2 to 3 years in prison for obstructing the CIA leak investigation.
The employment history indicates that while she was assigned to CPD, Plame, "engaged in temporary duty travel overseas on official business." The report says, "she traveled at least seven times to more than ten times." When overseas Plame traveled undercover, "sometimes in true name and sometimes in alias -- but always using cover -- whether official or non-official (NOC) -- with no ostensible relationship to the CIA."
Back on March 18, 2007 I did a post on this subject and I felt at that time she was indeed undercover. Back than there was this NOISE MACHINE that wanted to discredit Valera Plame and her husband. One of the people doing this smear job is Victory Toensing.
Go back to that March 18th post and listen to Hannity and Toensing LIE, LIE, LIE. . .
As I said in that post. "We await their apologies and statements of correction."
You won't hear it.
FAIR, BALANCED AND STUPID
I came across this study on how much time is devoted to three areas of the news by CNN, MSNBC and FOX. It's pretty interesting.
I find it interesting that FOX NEWS gave less than half the airtime that MSNBC did to coverage of the war in Iraq -- 15 percent. So much for that Your Fair and Balanced News channel.
So if FOX wasn't doing the Iraq War what the hell where they doing. Looking again at the numbers--Anna Nicole Smith. Coverage of her death trailed just barely the airtime spent on the Iraq policy debate, accounting for 9.6% of all the Fox content studied (versus 10.1% for the Iraq policy debate). Fox also stood out for its lack of coverage on the firings of the U.S. attorneys, compared with the other channels.
The story, which gained real momentum in mid March, consumed a mere 2% of Fox's total airtime. CNN devoted twice that percent (4%) and MSNBC four times (8%).
Before you file this in the round file, think about this. There was a study about global perceptions that came out in 2003. In it, participants were asked three questions (that would have correctly been answered 'NO'):
1.) Has it been proven that Saddam was working closely with Al Qaeda before September 11th? 2.) Have weapons of mass destruction been found in Iraq? 3.) Did world opinion favor America going into Iraq?Later in the study, the researchers compared the answers to these questions against where the participants said they got their news and information from. 80 percent of Fox News Channel viewers answered 'YES' to at least one of these questions. (With 2/3 thinking an Iraq-Al Qaeda link had been proven, 1/3 thinking WMDs had been found in Iraq and 35 percent thinking world opinion supported the invasion.)
Being the most watched - doesn't seem to lead to more informed viewers.
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Can we really fail to see how this works, not just on Hardball, but also in Outlook? And this is the mainstream American press corps, not the "right-wing noise machine." Yes, these are the hero tales they now attach to all Big GOP White House candidates. McCain was sliding-and Ole Fred might get in. So he'd get the tale now, Carlson said.
But Big Major Dems? They're just too fat. They're just too strident, too girlie. The press corps' useful Dems even go into print complaining about their "bangs." (In October 2000, this same loathsome tool was still telling us Gore's a Big Liar.) Even when Dems turn out to be right about every known issue-even when they become Global Heros-they still drag out simpering losers like Garrigan and let her recite her goony tunes about what she can't imagine. (Al Gore doesn't look like Worf!)
JON STEWART HAS THE NEWS
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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
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PRETTY GOOD JOKES
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. . . So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down." It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 30, 2007
WHAT THE HEY
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GO FIGURE
It takes the brain of an ant to make this kind of rationalization for his behavor.
Tom DeLay criticizes Gingrich for, among other things, conducting an affair with a Capitol Hill employee during the 1998 impeachment trial of Bill Clinton. (The woman later became Gingrich's third wife.)
"Yes, I don't think that Newt could set a high moral standard, a high moral tone, during that moment," DeLay said. "You can't do that if you're keeping secrets about your own adulterous affairs." He added that the impeachment trial was another of his "proudest moments."
The difference between his own adultery and Gingrich's, he said, "is that I was no longer committing adultery by that time, the impeachment trial. There’s a big difference." He added, "Also, I had returned to Christ and repented my sins by that time."
Man I don't know why these guys don't just shut up. Like I said it must be their brain size.
POLITICAL PERSECUTION OF MICHAEL MOORE!
Michael Moore's latest film, SiCKO, will target U.S. health care. A fitting target at an opportune time, you have to admit.
In true Moore fashion, he proves his point with well-executed sensationalism by taking workers whose health deteriorated after they participated in the 9/11 cleanup to get care they can't get in the United States in Cuba. Take that, conservatives.
Only thing is, the Bush administration now has film footage of Michael Moore committing a crime or, well, violating a trade embargo, but either way, they were not about to pass up an opportunity to make the filmmaker pay for Fahrenheit 9/11.
In a letter dated May 2, Moore was notified by Treasury that the department is conducting a civil investigation into his violation.
They not only screwed up the War in Iraq, they are now providing Moore with some great publicity. When will they learn to just shut up. Oh by the way in the big DUST UP between Fred Thompson and Michael do you remember Michael asked him about his Havanna Cigars. . . oh it could get nasty don't you think.
The movie is scheduled for release on June 29.
Here is a short trailer for the movie.
WE'VE MET STUPID. . . AND STUPID IS US (PART 2/4)
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Could anything be dumber than that sad Matthews story? And could any conclusion be more predictable? He does seem honest and open! "For the press, he would be The New McCain!" And Matthews, of course, said he'd fallen in love. The following Monday, Matthews amplified his cohort's new hero tale. This is exactly what Jack Welch must have known he was buying:
MATTHEWS (4/2/07) Lynn [Sweet], let`s talk for a minute-because I want to talk when we come back about Fred Thompson. It looks to me-and this is my seat-of-the-pants judgment-he looks like the daddy figure the Republican Party has been looking around for. He looks classic wise man. He has gravitas. He's no Dan Quayle, a guy-when he says something he's got that Colin Powell feature, where you just sort of trust him. Is he going to jump in this race and take over?
Readers, you just sort of trust him! Of course, for years they told us we could "just sort of trust" the plain-spoken plain-talker from Texas, George Bush. Now we're told we can just trust Ole Fred. And we're told about John Edwards' bangs.
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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
Todays list is especially bad. You know about Wolfwitz and his blaiming everbody but himself. And what the hell can I say about Loud Mouth Hannity. Now it Bay Buchanan. Where do I start, she is such a DAMN LIAR. She make CRAP UP. Don't take my word get the facts here.
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PRETTY GOOD JOKES
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month . . . which we know today as the honeymoon.
MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 29, 2007
IS THERE A NEW DAY DAWNING
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SHOCKING STORY
Remember last Friday I said I lost power for a couple of hours. I couldn't figure out why because it was a nice day with no wind.
Well over the weekend I came across a little article in the Kitsap Sun that said it was a Squirrel that caused all the trouble. Seems it entered the substation and touch an energized conductor, which created a power short. It said "the squirrel's gone to a better place."
So there you go a SHOCKING STORY FOR SURE.
THEY'RE KIDDING, RIGHT
MSNBC is eying Joe Scarborough "as a possible replacement for its Imus in The Morning program," Multichannel News reports.
"While network executives emphasize that they have not made a final decision on a replacement for Imus... they say Scarborough has impressed them on trial runs in the morning slot.
"I think he really impressed people with his performance, MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams says. A decision will be made "sooner rather than later."
I think they're trying to be like FOX NOISE. But damn who in their line up is doing the best. Not Matthews, not Tucker and sure as hell not Joe. It's Keith Olbermann. To me it's an obvious choice. . . get someone that leans left and can take on the Fox Noise machine.
Of all the guest host's I think Stephanie Miller is the one. I sent MSNBC a couple of email suggestion that they pick her up, I'd start getting up at 3 am again.
Send MSNBC an email now!
HERE ARE THE ADDRESSES:
Email Dan Abrams (General Manager of MSNBC)
Email Bill Wolff (VP of MSNBC)
WE'VE MET STUPID. . . AND STUPID IS US (PART 1/4)
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I saw this on one of the Blogs I visit every week. I wish I could write like this guy. He talks about how the SO CALLED left leaning media isn't so left as the FOX NOISE and the RIGHT WING would have you believe. Visit his site for many other great stories.
If you still can't see the pattern behind last Sunday's Outlook section, then you really need to leave the stage and stop discussing American politics. No one would publish such idiot work unless there was an agenda behind it, and that agenda has been increasingly clear over the past fifteen years. When it comes to the election of presidents, our multimillionaire mainstream press corps is now a Republican/Republican-leaning institution; they have hero tales for Republican candidates, and girlie-man tales for Big Dems. On Hardball, they simply couldn't run fast enough to tell us how smart and handsome Ole Fred was (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 3/30/07). This was just a taste of the nonsense when it emerged that Ole Fred just might run:
MATTHEWS (3/29/07): You know what I like about him? I interviewed him when he was running for the Senate. He was the underdog out in Tennessee, in Nashville. I said, "What hotel are you staying at?" He said, "What hotel are you staying at?" We were both at three-star hotels. He comes over, meets me for breakfast, no entourage, not another single person with him. This is when you fall in love with politicians. Maybe it`s rehearsed, but-and I said, "Well"-I'm doing a column in those days. I said, "What about your divorce? You want me to write about that?" He said, "I prefer you wouldn't." I mean, I just like the fact that he has a little unhappiness in his past, maybe some misbehavior problems, but he just says, you know, "I`d rather you didn't."
MARGARET CARLSON: For the press, he would be The New McCain, because he does seem honest and open.
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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
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A TRUE FRIEND INDEED
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common? All were invented by women.
What is the only food that doesn't spoil? Honey Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year? Father's Day In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase. . . "Goodnight, sleep tight."MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 28, 2007
MEMORIAL DAY 2007
Ray Charles - America Click to listen.
May 27, 2007
SPECIAL EDITION
DID ROSIE CALL OUR TROOPS TERRORISTS?
We need to practice some Critical Listening in addition to Critical Thinking. Some people hear only what they want to hear not that which is said. To see just how this works I'll use something that has been the talk of the cable channels for several weeks, especially FOX NOISE.
I've taken the so-called fight between Rosie and Elisabeth. I say so-called because I don't think is started out that way and I'm not sure that's how it ended up. Unlike some folks that seem to think they have the inside scoop even though they weren't there.
One small example of this is that I heard on several cable shows since Friday that said Rosie isn't coming back, that she did her last show on Thursday. Well surprise, surprise see what I found today on The View WEB page. "Tune in on Monday, May 28 for Rosie's last day with The View." Image that and these talking heads spoke with such authority.
To all of them I say "You're entitled to your own opinion; you're just not entitled to your own facts."
Let's begin at the beginning. I've take the three shows that talk about the issue at hand. I have not cut or edited them in anyway. They each run just under 10 minutes. I just let each segment run from beginning to end so you can make your own judgment as to what was said, what was intended to mean by the words spoken. In other words you get to use your Critical thinking and listening skills, so you can make up your own mind.
SHOW 1: This is the show that gets it started. Rosie is talking about the people in Iraq that have been killed during the past 5 years.
SHOW 1a: Here is just a snippet of the words the pundits have jumped on. It's short about 30 seconds.
SHOW 2: Here is the second show a few days later.
SHOW 3: And the last show.
I found this on Rosie.com and I think it tells the story as it truly is, not some jerk that can't hear and what he does hear he needs to spin it to fit his agenda.
Did Rosie Call Our Troops Terrorists? By Shelly
The is directly from the transcripts of The View for May 17th:
O'DONNELL: I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists? HASSELBECK: Who are the terrorists? O'DONNELL: 655,000 Iraqis - I'm saying you have to look, we invaded - HASSELBECK: Wait, who are you calling terrorists now? Americans? O'DONNELL: I'm saying if you were in Iraq, and the other country, the United States, the richest in the world, invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us? HASSELBECK: Are we killing their citizens or are their people also killing their citizens? O'DONNELL: We're invading a sovereign nation, occupying a country against the U.N. I just watched Chris Matthews and his panel of journalists including Howard Feinman, Jill Zuckman, and Jonathan Capehart. Matthews asked the panel after replaying that segment of the show if she in fact said that our troops were the terrorists. They unanimously agreed with Matthews that she did call our troops terrorists. That conforms with the majority of journalists who have reported on this comment. Rosie does not mention the troops at all in that segment of the show. She poses a rhetorical question. "Who are the terrorists?" "I'm saying if you were in Iraq, and the other country, the United States, the richest in the world, invaded your country and killed 655,000 of your citizens, what would you call us? "In both of her rhetorical questions she refers to the "United States" and "us." The policy of the United States or "our" policy in Iraq is not the responsibility of the soldiers who are ordered to execute the policy. It is obvious that state supported terrorism can only be implemented by those who have the responsibility of doing the fighting and dying. But, it is not the soldiers who are the terrorists in that hypothetical. And she was not calling the soldiers terrorists. It is absolutely absurd that these journalists agreed with the interpretation that Matthews and the majority of the MSM had concluded. These journalists who are supposed to be experts on language and communication certainly know that she meant that the U.S. policy was the villain here and not the soldiers. Yet they persist in accusing the accusers who do not fit into their elite club. People like Rosie and others who have been branded as eccentric and outside the main stream are always fair game. They do it with many others who speak truth to power by carefully portraying sound bites out of context. They have done that to Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal for years. The truth is that it was the elite reporters like the Hardball panel aforementioned who aided and abetted the rush to war in Iraq and fostered the terrorist policy that has resulted in this catastrophe. So it is not Rosie who is the villain. It is journalists like these who have to rationalize their lack of courage and appropriate skepticism of a "policy" that has resulted in the deaths of thousands of our soldiers and hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis.
I could not have said it better. Now you have all the info you need to make up your own mind. Did Rosie Call Our Troops Terrorists? To me it's clear by her own words she did not. Your turn.
I wanted to post the following on Rosie's Blog but she has turned off the comments section for a little while to give it a rest.
Hi Rosie,
I don't have a question just a short WISH YOU WELL.
I just saw on The View Web page that your last day will be Monday the 28th. There are two reasons that notice is important at least to my way of thinking.
First and foremost I think your Fans deserve to say good bye. I think that's important for them. . . They truly do Love you, as do I. You've got guts.
The second reason is because of what I heard on a number of cable shows since Friday that said Rosie's LAST DAY WAS LAST THURSDAY. How these folks have such insight is beyond me.
But, Oh my gosh, once again you've made the pundits eat crow! Way to go.
Mick Horan
PS: They did the same to Ron Paul too. Guess they just can't handle the truth.
May 26, 2007
WEEKEND OFF 5/26/7
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BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 25, 2007
NO POWER TODAY
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FEATURE PICTURE 5/25/7
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DON'T KNOW WHY
I lost power this morning from about 7 am to 9 am. It's a nice day and no wind to speak of. I guess someone pulled the wrong switch.
The downside is that I was working on something when my system went down so I've been cleaning up and recovering what I could.
I'll post again on monday.
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I think I posted this picture once before but it's such a neat picture it worth doing again.
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776 : John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Their birthplace.
If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"? One thousand.
MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 24, 2007
I NEED TO GET TO WORK
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TRUST BUT VERIFY
So FOX NOISE likes the new film SiCKO by Micheal Moore. Hmmmm, I think my title says it all.
A LOOK BACK PART 1 OF 2
I also came across this next post back on 12/16/2005. It too is worth repeating WITH UPDATES.
I WORRY (12/16/2005)
I received a letter from someone that said he liked my BLOG but that he "was more conservative so I disagree with many of your opinions" which is fine. As a result it caused me to send the following reply and gave me an idea to add an on going Headline called "I worry".
Thanks for the comment on my BLOG, I enjoy putting it together each day.
You said you are more conservative so you disagree with many of my opinions. I scratch my head and wonder how could that be.
- I worry over the more than 2153 troops that have died in a war of choice. You don't really believe that there was a connection between Saddam and 9/11 do you.
- UPDATE: 3434 dead.
- I worry about a trade deficit that is close to $70 billion dollars.
- UPDATE: $296,410,457,373.99 billion.
- I worry about the disconnect between America and the Troops. What sacrifice have we made.
- UPDATE: This hasn't changed one bit.
- I worry that we will build a NASCAR Racetrack with taxpayer dollars and like the Bremerton Golden Tunnel we (the people) won't be able to stop it.
- UPDATE: Looks like I was wrong about the Track but not the Tunnel.
- I worry that we have to many LIFE TIME congressmen that don't seem to look out for the people they represent.
- UPDATE: This hasn't changed. It's still true.
- I worry that a Medicare Drug Program is so screwed up that most people don't understand it and even if it has some benefits (which I doubt) they won't take advantage of it.
- UPDATE: This drug program is good for the manufactures not the people.
- I worry that the Religious Right is the only voice that is getting through and that really worries me because that's been the problem throughout history when people can not compromise but hold on to an ideology that is my way or the highway.
- UPDATE: This is changing I think but it's still not the way the founding fathers wanted it. And don't tell me I HATE GOD now.
- I worry about the $226 billion and rising that we've spent on Iraq. I wonder what we could have done with that kind of money in America.
- UPDATE: It's now $428,450,400,000 and counting.
- I worry about the $8 trillion National Debt that my kids and grandkids will have to pay.
- UPDATE: $8,813,595,226,667.05 trillion.
- I worry that no one in this current administration can admit they made a mistake, about anything.
- UPDATE: What a laugh this is, NOTHINGS CHANGED here.
- I worry that Donald Rumsfeld is in charge of Defense.
- UPDATE: He's gone but the pain lingers on.
- I worry that congress has so little to do that they can spend time on the BOGUS Christmas issue. But then I remembered they came back to talk about the Terri Schiavo case.
- UPDATE: Now it's the WAR.
- I worry that given a chance they will screw up Social Security.
- UPDATE: Thank GOD for the War it keeps them from doing anything else.
- I worry that Bill O'Reilly's head will one day explode.
- UPDATE: Hasn't happened yet but he's working on it.
- I DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE ATTACK ON CHRISTMAS.
These are just some of the things I worry and think about. I don't know if I'm conservative, liberal or independent my guess is all three.
Anyway hope you continue to read my BLOG, but I'm running out of Yogi stuff and will need to go to George Bush sayings to get me through for awhile.
A LOOK BACK PART 2 OF 2
In yesterdays post I talked about the Smart Car that I ordered. Well this morning I was doing some research on past postings and came across this one that I posted on 12/21/2005.
As you read this post remember that just a few short weeks ago they had the big auto show and what kind of cars did the US makers put on display? Yep, BIG ASS CARS that get 12 miles to a gallon. Well here is one result of these guys not having a clue as to what they should be doing. - - Toyota has overtaken GM as the BIGGEST Automaker in the world.
As the post back in 12/2005 clearly says SMALL IS BETTER. It was true back then it's even more so today. Check these current gas prices out.
DETROIT ARE YOU LISTENING (12/21/2005)
Subcompact Demand Tips Scales to Japan
After piling into minivans, sport-utility vehicles and even pickup trucks, Japanese automakers are crowding into yet another corner of the U.S. market -- itty-bitty economy cars.
Japan's Big Three -- Toyota Motor Corp., Honda Motor Co. and Nissan Motor Co. -- all have new small cars hitting U.S. showrooms next year. Toyota is bringing out the Yaris, its best-selling model in Europe. Nissan has the Versa. At Detroit's North American International Auto Show, which begins Jan. 8, Honda will unwrap the Fit, another hot seller in Europe and Japan.
Is Detroit going to continue to build the BIG MUSCLE car and lose sales to the Japanese?
Watch Andy Rooney's take on what Detroit needs to do to fix the problem.
McCAIN INTERVIEW
This is the kind of interview McCain likes.
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GREAT HORSE RACE
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
- Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
- The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
- The San Francisco Cable Cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
- Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: LI>
- Spades - King David.
- Hearts - Charlemagne.
- Clubs -Alexander The Great.
- Diamonds - Julius Caesar.
- 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
- ( Read the ANSWER real close; neat, eh? )
MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 23, 2007
EVERY THING IS NEW
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THE SMART CAR
Have you ever bought a new car without ever seeing it, driving it or touching it. I did. Yep, yesterday I ordered a SMART CAR and won't even get it until some time next year.
On last nights NBC NEWS (see the video below) they did a piece on this smart car which gets 40 plus miles per gallon which is twice what I get now. I'm going to keep my SUV but will drive it about 25% of the time.
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BID MAKES BREMERTON DOWNTOWN TUNNEL A GO
The lowest bid for the downtown Bremerton tunnel project came in $2.7 million above budget, but the state is going to award a contract anyway. Tri-State was the lowest of four bidders, said Brenden Clarke, project engineer for the state DOT.
Construction on the tunnel is set to begin in June following Monday's announcement that the state Department of Transportation accepted a $30.7 million bid from Tri-State Construction of Bellevue.
OK, let's see if I have this right.
In the first go around on the BREMERTON GOLDEN TUNNEL bid the state said they had $25.0 million for the project.
The bids came in and the low bid was. . . OOPS $31.7 million, $6.7 million to high. So the state went back to the drawing board.
Then the state came back (after MUCH thought I'm sure) with a new number that they could afford, $28.0 million.
So out for bid we go.
Round two bids came in again with the low bid coming in at the low, low price of just $30.7 million (a FULL $1 million less than their previous low bid).
So there it is a cool $1 million saved. WOW pick me up I just fell off my chair.
The real question is DOES ANYBODY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS REALLY THE FINAL PRICE. Any bets?
NEWLY DECLASSIFIED PAPERS DETAIL BIN LADEN PLAN FOR TERROR ATTACKS AGAINST U.S.
President Bush, trying to defend his war strategy, declassified intelligence Tuesday asserting that Usama bin Laden ordered a top lieutenant in early 2005 to form a terrorist cell that would conduct attacks outside Iraq - and that the United States should be the top target.
In January 2005, bin Laden tasked Al Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was in Iraq, to organize the cell, Townsend said. Al-Zarqawi, the former leader of Al Qaeda's Iraq operations, was killed there in June 2006 by a U.S. air strike.
Two questions I have : That was 2005 the war in Iraq started in 2003 and BINNY-BOY is still alive and living in a cave in Afghanistan, why is that Mr. Bush. And second what's his name was killed over a year ago. . . why is this news.
Finally it sure is funny how he can declassify document when he want's to use the info to his benifit. Plus I don't trust your intelligence. Prove it.
WHAT I'M READING
Hello, my name is Roy Chowthi, and I'm the author of the brand new book on Bill O'Reilly titled "Bill O'Reilly Versus The Truth, Confronting The Propaganda Of Bill O'Reilly And The Scam Of The 'No-Spin' Zone". In recent years I've been particularly moved to write this book about Bill O'Reilly because I came to the conclusion that he is one of the most dishonest and deceitful persons I have ever known in my lifetime. There are two dimensions to his dishonesty that I focused my analysis on: the first is his bogus claim to be non-partisan, fair, and independent (the notion that he has a "no-spin" zone is absolutely laughable), and the second is the way he twists everything to support his right-wing ideological point of view without regard for truth and facts.
One of the things I do in the book is I expose the tactics and the instruments O'Reilly uses to present his propaganda as "facts". I identify eight instruments or devices he frequently utilizes to twist his lies into what he calls the "truth". If one can grasp the underlying psychology surrounding these techniques, one will easily be able to debunk the lies and propaganda that O'Reilly engages in on a routine basis.
I've just started to read this book and wonder why Billy-Boy hasn't come after him for telling the truth about Billy-Boy. The book just came out so it's probably to early for that.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
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HOLY CRAP, THAT'S WRONG
HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS?
Many years ago in Scotland, a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden" ...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were: Fred and Wilma Flintstone. Coca-Cola was originally green. It is impossible to lick your elbow. The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38% The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400 (and worth every penny) The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 22, 2007
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WHAT IS IT WITH THE RIGHT AND RON PAUL
Ever since the Republican debate last week FOX NOISE has tried to do damage control without much success in my book. It started with Sean Hannity the night of the debate when it was obvious that the viewers at home GOT IT even if Hannity couldn't.
What was it that Paul said the made the right go crazy? Well for one he spoke the truth. And oh my god does that hurt.
"I think the Republican party has lost its way," said Paul. "It is the advice of the Founding Fathers to follow a non-interventionist foreign policy, stay out of entangling alliances, be friends with countries, negotiate and talk with them and trade with them."
He was then asked if 9/11 had changed anything.
He said:
"The U.S. foreign policy was a major contributing factor. Have you ever read the reasons they attacked us? They attacked us because we've been over there, bombing Iraq of 10 years. We don't understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. Right now we're building an embassy in Iraq that's bigger than the Vatican. We're building 14 permanent American bases. What would we say if China were doing this in our country?"
Responding to Rudy Giuliani's charge that we invited the 9/11 attack because we were attacking Ira was a "pretty absurd explanation for September 11th"
To which Ron Paul's answer was:
"I believe very sincerely that the CIA is correct when they teach and talk about blowback. When we went into Iran in 1953 and installed the shah, yes, there was a blowback. A reaction to that was the taking of our hostages and that persists. And if we ignore that we ignore that our own risk, If we think that we can do what we want around the world and not incite hatred, then we have a problem. They don't come here to attack us because we're rich and we're free. They come back and they attack us because we're over there. I mean, what would we think if other foreign countries were doing that to us?"
So there you are the shocking truth. Something I think most adults in America know in their hearts and minds. Like a pain that one may have experienced at one time in our life we bury it in the deepest part of our brain.
Tell me you haven't wondered at one time or another why our country would support one dictator and not another. Why even today there was a story about the $5 billion we have given to Pakistan and yet it doesn't look like we are getting any thing for it.
What Paul said is not the complete story but it's certainly one that needs to be told.
DO I SUPPORT THE TROOPS
I don't want to see you dead, that's why I want to bring you home.
Does that mean I don't support the troops? Does that mean I hate President Bush? Does that mean I hate America?
If that's what you think I can't help it, I don't want to see you dead.
THE BILL CLINTON FACTOR
I've talked about this before but last night it seems to me Chris Matthews went off the deep end with his obsession of Hillary. He did this whole segment on where the Clinton's live. He is such a dumb shit, I can't believe he has his own show.
This first video establishes the direction of his talk.
THE BILL CLINTON FACTOR - HALF THE TIME
In this segment he is trying to figure out how much time (in days) they live together. He says he's going to keep pressing THIS ISSUE until he gets and answer (that he likes).
In his mind this is the most pressing problem of the day.
THE BILL CLINTON FACTOR - PISSED OFF CHRIS
You'll see in this video clip what I mean about Chris going off the deep end. He's asking if Bill Clinton will live in the White House and Lois Romano lets out a laugh and Chris jumps on her like she has commited the worst crime in history.
He says "I don't want attitude about this, I want facts." Now you tell me if this is the most pressing question of the day. For god sake Chris take some time off.
THE BILL CLINTON FACTOR - BIG ISSUE FOR A LITTLE MIND
In the end Chris says it's a bigger issue than what Lois is saying. Well I guess if your mind is made of mush like Chris's is then it's a big issue.
He really has a twisted mind in my opinion. I can't imagine what makes him think like this. It's just plain crazy.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
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OH CRAP
A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks.
His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court.
When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows sign language. The Godfather tells the lawyer, "Ask him where the 10 million bucks he embezzled from me is."
The attorney, using sign language, asks the bookkeeper where the money is. The bookkeeper signs back: "I don't know what you are talking about."
The attorney tells the Godfather: "He says he doesn't know what you're talking about."
The Godfather pulls out a pistol, puts it to the bookkeeper's temple and says, "Ask him again!" The attorney signs to the bookkeeper: "He'll kill you if you don't tell him!"
The bookkeeper signs back: "OK! You win! The money is in a brown briefcase, buried behind the shed in my cousin Enzo's backyard in Queens!"
The Godfather asks the attorney: "Well, what'd he say?"
The attorney replies: "He says you don't have the balls to pull the trigger."
MY KIDS
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
May 21, 2007
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
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THINGS I DON'T GET
1. Free Market why do they get OR need a subsidy? Can you say OIL?
2. Developing new energy sources, automobile engine or battery solution doesn't work check the increase in MPG for cars since the 70's. No wait 1908.
Car Mileage:
1908 Ford Model T - 25 MPG
2004 EPA Average All Cars - 21 MPG
3. Does FOXNOISE turn up the volume on some of it's shows or are the talking heads just talking loader?
4. Why they think they are HIP when they make their snide remarks about Edwards $400 hair cut. Time to get a new line.
5. Is it just me or do you feel that "TAGS" are put on democrats a hellava lot more then republicans.
6. If we get out of Iraq the terrorists will follow us here. Hello, they are already here.
7. Why does FOX NOISE dislike Ron Paul so much. They've trashed him from the night of the debate. Hannity started trashing him from the get-go, couldn't believe his viewers liked what Paul said.
8. What's the big deal about Fred Thompson? I don't get it.
9. Why haven't the bills identified as the "first 100 hours" been passed. (minimum wage for example).
Now meet his successor, Randall Stephenson. Unfortunately Mr. Stephenson seems to be stepping comfortably into Whitacre's shoes.
Keep the Internet open to all! We have until 6/15 to tell the FCC we want Net Neutrality! Speak Up Today!
They are among the telecom executives fighting against Net Neutrality. That's the idea that Internet users should be able to access any web content they choose, without restrictions or limitations imposed by Internet service providers.
Net Neutrality rules expired last summer, and now the FCC must decide whether or not to renew them. We have a chance to comment - but the public comment period closes on June 15th, and it is critical that they hear from us.
And these companies are some of America's wealthiest corporations. They're throwing millions of dollars into lobbying Congress and the FCC on behalf of their own interests. They don't see the Internet as a democratic medium - they see it as a cash cow.
Click here to have YOUR say. Tell the FCC you want Net Neutrality protected now.
If the FCC does not act soon to protect Net Neutrality, the Internet as we know it could vanish. Forget an open exchange of ideas, art, activism, and entrepreneurialism. We'll be left with an Internet that's controlled by a small number of corporations who just want to use it to fatten their bottom line.
Please take a moment to send your comment to the FCC before the comment period closes on June 15th Let's make the FCC listen to us, not a handful of wealthy executives. Let's protect the freedom of the Internet.
Thanks,
Lauren Coletta, Dawn Iype and Jon Bartholomew
The Common Cause Media Reform Team
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
My God I love dogs.
Ozone created by electric cars now killing millions in the seventh largest country in the world, Mexifornia , formerly known as California. White minorities still trying to have English recognized as Mexifornia's third language.
Spotted Owl plague threatens northwestern United States crops and livestock.
Now, send this to whoever you want to and as many as you want and guess what....NOTHING will happen. No miracles, no money, absolutely nothing, except you might make someone smile & think. BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
My God I love dogs. BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
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His resignation is effective the 30th of June. I've heard that that the reason for the 30 June date is so the United States retains the right to appoint his successor. But the real reason is that if he leaves any earlier he looses the $400k bonus he gets by staying until the 30th. Click here. <----( watch the video )
The spring ritual of college commencements comes around too fast for some Washingtonians who speak at graduations across the country, so many end up recycling the same lines and stories year to year. Few, though, are in the same league as Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, who has delivered dozens of graduation speeches and received honorary degrees from more than 40 schools. Some schools publish transcripts of his speeches on the Web, and students have begun to note that Russert's commencement addresses all sound pretty similar. This year students at Washington University in St. Louis have protested having Russert address them at graduation, saying, "Let's not 'Meet the Press.'" Two years ago, when Russert was set to speak as part of Harvard's commencement exercises, two seniors, Max Brodsky and Dave Ferris, went over his old speeches and produced a bingo card (shown below) of his favorite phrases. Throughout his speech, Brodsky recalls, students could be heard saying "bingo" when Russert's words hit one of the squaTHIS IS YOUR CHANCE
Meet Ed Whitacre, the soon-to-be-former CEO of AT&T, He kicked off a political firestorm when he said: "What they would like to do is use my pipes free. I ain't going to let them do that. For a Google or Yahoo or Vonage or anybody to expect to use these pipes [for] free is nuts!"
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HEADLINES FROM THE YEAR: 2029
Baby conceived naturally. Scientists stumped.
Couple petitions court to reinstate heterosexual marriage.
Last remaining Fundamentalist Muslim dies in the AmericanTerritory of the Middle East (formerly known as Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon).
Iran still closed off; physicists estimate it will take at least 10 more years before radioactivity decreases to safe levels.
France pleads for global help after being taken over by Jamaica.
Castro finally dies at age 112; Cuban cigars can now be imported legally, but President Chelsea Clinton has banned all smoking.
George Z. Bush says he will run for President in 2036.
Postal Service raises price of first class stamp to $17.89 and reduces mail delivery to Wednesdays only.
85-year $75.8 billion study: Diet and Exercise is the key to weight loss.
Average weight of Americans drops to 250 lbs.
Japanese scientists have created a camera with such a fast shutter speed, they now can photograph a woman with her mouth shut.
Massachusetts executes last remaining conservative.
Supreme Court rules punishment of criminals violates their civil rights.
Average height of NBA players is now nine feet, seven inches.
New federal law requires that all nail clippers, screwdrivers, fly swatters and rolled-up newspapers must be registered by January 2036.
Congress authorizes direct deposit of formerly illegal political contributions to campaign accounts.
IRS sets lowest tax rate at 75 percent.
Florida voters still having trouble with voting machines.
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May 20, 2007
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May 18, 2007
MAN I'M SLOW TODAY
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ANOTHER BUSHIE BITES THE DUST
PLAY BINGO WITH RUSSERT
