Mission Accomplished, Bring'em on, We're winning absolutely, We're make'n progress, We're kick'n ass, The next 3 to 6 months are critical,
Ah, heh heh heh...
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Yes, Sarah, yet the consequences of this foolish administration's conduct will be with us for a generation.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
I want a videoclip of the moment that Karl Rove meets his maker.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
The Tragedy in Iraq: The Gift That Keeps on Giving...
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Some see George W Bush's skull as half empty. Some see George W Bush's skull as half full...
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Some see George W Bush's skull as half empty. Some see George W Bush's skull as half full...
Dave
Yes, and some see George W. Bush's skull as filled to the brim with cottage cheese that's way past it's "sell by" date -- it almost spills out of his ears now during news conferences.
Also, some believe George W. Bush really took his last drink of al-kee-hol 20-some years ago for the love of God and a good woman, while others believe that Bush has been back on a steady diet of Jim Beam for sometime now and that he sounds increasingly sloshed every time he opens his mouth and attempts to speak.
You can count me among those realists who believe that Bush is sloshed pretty much all the time these days -- sloshed and in the throes of the mother of all hangovers.
I will so relish the day when I can delete the Bush Countdown Clock from my bookmarks because it's no longer relevant -- but, for now, there are 302 days left (and counting). The end is so near, yet so far.... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
I don't think anybody could have predicted that tribal groups, religious sects and traditional political enemies would engage in Civil War.
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
The surge is working in part due to us taxpayers bribing tens of thousands of Sunni insurgents not to kill Americans. I am also suspicious of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army calling a truce at the beginning of the "surge" and just renewing the truce recently. Is there some money changing hands? They know they can wait us out and that eventually we will leave.
Who knows how many more billions are secretly being spent to buy some peace and quiet, especially when John McCain is the "SURGE IS WORKING" candidate. However, it doesn't seem to be totally working as still too many Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are being killed.
FRONTLINE presents BUSH'S WAR March 24 & 25, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
more soldiers have been killed in Iraq then died on 9/11.
and lets not forget the 25,000+ wounded and the hundreds of thousands who will have PTSD or other problems when they return (if ever)
LunaStick
· 1 year ago
Bush doesn't care.
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
Bush has already eaten the ass end out of his chocolate bunny and gone to bed. It wasn't a Bush or Cheney killed in Iraq. Ho Hum.
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
Peace, justice, nor love can come from the barrel of a gun.
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BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Perino has to downplay this and say "it's just a number".
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
something tells me numbers arent her strong suit.
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
can I just say I liked the indented replies a little better, its kinda confusing without them. lol
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Romney's kids failed at "serving" their country. Daddy lost. Now let's see if they go to Iraq.
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
Darth Cheney proudly proclaims, so what, to the will of the American sheople and to our deaths evidently.
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davidi92260
· 1 year ago
Happy Easter.
BLOGGING BITCH!
· 1 year ago
Aren't these just the ones that Bush and his ilk allowed to be counted?
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
As long as the merchants of the militaryindustrialcomplex have no bid contract windfalls....
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
Not censored yet a good sign I guess.
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nova
· 1 year ago
If you believe the Pentagon is telling the truth about total US dead in this war, you are totally out of you mind.
And no one, not even this great blog, is talking about the lasting effects of DU munitions, which will affect the entire planet for millions, if not billions of years, whatever that means.
That is the real crime. Long after humans are extinct on the planet, that will be the legacy of this country's crime, long after this country and civilization if forgotten.
johnyrocket
· 1 year ago
What a living hellish nightmare. When will it end?
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
Boosh & Cheney handled thingz fine while the grim reaper has been on vacation.
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Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Bush seems to have forgotten that The Poodle is history:
The US plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported.
Britain, which has around 4,100 troops in Iraq, transferred control to Iraqi forces in December last year but could now be asked to step up its role again amid top-level concern about the situation, the paper said.
It quoted an unnamed senior US military source saying: "Three big militias are currently engaged in a particularly bloody battle in southern Iraq.
"US and Iraqi forces are involved in a huge operation to attack an Al-Qaeda stronghold in Mosul.
"But after that, the plan is to turn the coalition's attention on to Basra and we will be urging the British to surge into the city.
BorninUSA
· 1 year ago
You know, the more I think about it, if I had been that reporter when cheney replied to her query about the American people wanted this war to end, "SO!" I would have stood up, slapped his smirking face, and they could have drug me out of there. I would still have had the satisfaction of my actions being seen on TV. What an ass! He knows what this war has cost in lives and dollars, and he says "SO!" We already know he doesn't care. Why do we continue to let these shits keep rubbing our faces in it? When is someone going to shove back?
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
I would have stood up, slapped his smirking face, BorninUSA
Then again, you could have peppered his face with birdshot and claimed you thought you saw a dove.
snark disclaimer
snark disclaimer
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
It was the "Coalition of the BRIBED" after all.....
In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals against friendly countries who withheld their support, spied on its allies, and pressed for the recall of U.N. envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to endorse the war, according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat.
BAGHDAD — Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide.
The latest violence underscored the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups as the war enters its sixth year and the U.S. death toll in the conflict approaches 4,000.
Attacks in Baghdad probably stemmed from rising tensions between rival Shiite groups _ some of whom may have been behind the Green Zone blasts. It was the most sustained assault in months against the nerve center of the U.S. mission.
martha
· 1 year ago
let me tell you what I think of disqus. My son recently bought a car that is keyless. You have this metal piece on you, you don't have to click anything to open the door or put a key in anything to turn on the car. he has this piece of metal anywhere near him and the door opens, the car starts. EXCEPT he lost that none key and it cost him 500 dollars to replace it and the real joke was this car was a hybrid to save gas and money. new and improved - just like disqus.
FNReedie
· 1 year ago
Umm ... he could have lost a regular key too. Unfortunately it says more about the driver than the key system.
martha
· 1 year ago
and it would have cost $5.00 to replace a regular key. my point is that new and improved is not always new and improved.
FNReedie
· 1 year ago
Maybe "new and improved" isn't always for everyone. I'm slowly starting to like Discus -- although I agree it was not love at first sight. I just think the metaphor didn't work -- the blame shouldn't be on the hybrid, but on the son.
Mykel1
· 1 year ago
Sure would like to hear more from the troops about the situation in Iraq & in the military in general.
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1billinnj2
· 1 year ago
the dems could have stop this by cutting off spending. it is that easy. they are cowards.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
Was Cheney in the ME to set the stage for an attack on Iran? If so, what are we going to do when the world stands together against us?
I. One Tick Closer to Midnight Last Friday, Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia for high-level meetings with the Saudi king and his ministers. On Saturday, it was revealed that the Saudi Shura Council -- the elite group that implements the decisions of the autocratic inner circle -- is preparing "national plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the kingdom following experts' warnings of possible attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors," one of the kingdom's leading newspapers, Okaz, reports. The German-based dpa news service relayed the paper's story.
Please show the coverage of Bush in 2003 agonizing over whether or not he was going to attack Iraq. What a bunch of B.S. that was since he came into office having already decided to do so. 9/11 gave our little corporal the excuse he needed. Also, combine footage of Bush looking for the elusive WMD around the White House. There's no humor to be found in his flippant disrespect for those who paid the ultimate sacrifice because of his lies. Piss on his legacy!
bumpkis
· 1 year ago
4000 is only the number dead before they reach a hospital...those who die in hospital supposedly are not counted, as are the non-US citizens who got suckered into promises of citizenship...
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
We'd better quit screwing around over there.
It's time to get serious and send Hillary !!!!
(And Sinbad and Cheryl Crow too.)
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Dave_of_the_Jungle 2 minutes ago 1 point
I don't think anybody could have predicted that tribal groups, religious sects and traditional political enemies would engage in Civil War.
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If, by "anybody," you mean all those without any expertise on the Middle East.
alexa
· 1 year ago
Qualar, We may not have found it funny, but the Press Corps did. They're all a bunch of idiots!
grandma
· 1 year ago
Hagel: A Defense Of The Surge That ‘Dismisses’ Over ‘900 Dead Americans’ Is Wrong»
By Arthur Allen 03/21/2008 | 3 Comments For more than a century, the regulation of U.S. food and drugs has seen its share of challenges -- from the filthy slaughterhouses of Upton Sinclair’s Chicago to the tainted Chinese-made blood thinner that recently killed at least 19 people. The regulatory shortcomings on display in 1937, when ethylene glycol killed 105 antibiotic consumers, were still glaring six decades later, when Vioxx users started having heart attacks.
But throughout the history of the Food and Drug Administration, and its precursor agencies, U.S. consumers could always bring the manufacturer of a faulty product to court. Now, with the FDA woefully underfunded in its key role of assuring the safety and effectiveness of foods and drugs, and with political ideologues in the agency pushing industry prerogatives, the White House and the courts may be on the verge of stripping Americans of the right to sue. This would take away the last option for those seeking protection from --or recourse for -- faulty products.
On Air America, a few moments ago, Bobby Kennedy Jr. called the White house press corp a karaoke group for Carl Rove.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
I wonder if 4,000 American deaths are "romantic" enough for George W. Bush?
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Dave_of_the_Jungle 0 minutes ago 1 point
The Tragedy in Iraq: The Gift That Keeps on Giving...
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Well, it's a gift to Bush's buddies and the Repub Donors who all have their fat fingers in the $1 trillion pie.
It's a sad fuckin' mess for everybody else.
GrantinHouston
· 1 year ago
Bumpkis, over 20,000 non-Americans are now serving in the U.S. military. In May 2006, the U.S. military included 68,711 foreign-born men and women. Many are enlisting in order to get in the express lane for citizenship.
The surge is working in part due to us taxpayers bribing tens of thousands of Sunni insurgents not to kill Americans. I am also suspicious of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army calling a truce at the beginning of the "surge" and just renewing the truce recently. Is there some money changing hands? They know they can wait us out and that eventually we will leave.
Who knows how many more billions are secretly being spent to buy some peace and quiet, especially when John McCain is the "SURGE IS WORKING" candidate. However, it doesn't seem to be totally working as still too many Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are being killed.
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Yeah, they're buying peace for the time being.
Sure, maybe some of the additional troops are helping in Baghdad, but unless you plan on keeping 140,000 troops there permanently (and I wouldn't put it past McCain), this is just buying time until the shroud comes down.
And, by the way, our mercenaries want their bucks now:
The United States today pays the 90,000 members of these sahwa organizations monthly stipends of $300 each, about $27 million a month, essentially paying them not to kill other Iraqis and not to attack U.S. forces. This new movement, which consists of mostly Sunnis, though a handful of Shia tribes have taken part, has undoubtedly enhanced stability in certain parts of Iraq. And with the right strategy in place, these former insurgents could be a linchpin of a long-term sustainable security framework in Iraq.
The problem is that members of the movement are increasingly flexing their military and political muscle in ways detrimental to the overriding political goals of the surge. In recent weeks, the leaders of these Sunni militias have grown impatient, and thousands of their members have gone on strike, unhappy at playing a temporary role as security contractors. One sahwa leader recently commented that if his fighters were not incorporated into security forces within three months, "there would be war again."
i think I read somewhere that if you are shot in Iraq but die in Germany or someplace else you dont get counted in the 4,000 total. so the number is higher.
plus that of course doesnt count the suicides...
grandma
· 1 year ago
Meanwhile, estimates of the Iraqi death toll range from about 80,000 to the hundreds of thousands, with another 2 million forced to leave the country and 2.5 million people displaced within Iraq, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.\
By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer Sun Mar 23, 6:27 PM ET
WAUSAU, Wis. - Joan McDonald believes her son was a casualty of the war in Iraq, but the Army says that while he did suffer a severe head wound in a bomb blast, the cause of his death is undetermined, keeping him off the casualty list.
That piece by Robert Imrie suggests that we may have hit the 4,000 mark sometime ago-- and it also suggest that we will probably never know the accurate numbers without a deep and comprehensive investigation into how the deaths are reported, and when, and who decides to include or keep a deceased soldier off the casualty list and why that decision was made.
After all, these troop- death numbers are being divulged to the public by the Department of Defense and the Pentagon and the Bush Crime Family -- therefore, they cannot be trusted to give us accurate information.
It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that the actual troop-death numbers have been held back to make the "surge" appear more successful than it really has been...which is not successful at all.
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unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
"Before he died, McDonald had worked on the base at a weapons room and the post office, she said. He had planned to leave the Army in January to pursue a career in firefighting.
She said she recently ran across a T-shirt that said he helped build a memorial wall at Fort Hood to honor its soldiers killed in Iraq.
"I want his name on that wall," she said. "We don't know what else to do. I have one brother who is saying 'Does it matter. To you, he is a casualty of war. To everyone that knew him, he is a casualty of war.' I am like, well, it kinda does matter.""
I can't begin to contemplate or comprehend exchanging my son or daughter for a name on a wall.
cowboyneok
· 1 year ago
We should ALL note this occurred on Easter Sunday and ask if God is trying to send American Christians a message. I mean, come on, if this had occurred during a GAY PRIDE event we would never hear the end of how "Jesus is sending a message to America because of 'the gays' and their Gay Pride celebrations!"
It is rather odd, isn't it, this milestone was passed on Easter Sunday. I'm just sayin'...
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
If there is a god, may he have mercy on Bush's soul for the crimes he has committed against this nation and this world.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
An_American_Karol
If there is a god, may he have mercy on Bush's soul
If there is a god, don't embolden him/her/whatever to do that!
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
cowboyneok
We should ALL note this occurred on Easter Sunday and ask if God is trying to send American Christians a message. I mean, come on, if this had occurred during a GAY PRIDE event we would never hear the end of how "Jesus is sending a message to America because of 'the gays' and their Gay Pride celebrations!"
It is rather odd, isn't it, this milestone was passed on Easter Sunday. I'm just sayin'...
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That guy who used to be in charge of Bush's faith based initiatives, David Kuo, made a good point on Tweety's show last week.
If God sent Katrina to punish New Orleans for its lifestyle, why did He spare the French Quarter?
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Bush_Bites If God sent Katrina to punish New Orleans for its lifestyle, why did He spare the French Quarter?
Because for the past few decades Louis Armstrong has been filling in for St. Gabriel.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
I only hope he leaves office peacefully, at noon 1-20-09. Not to sound paranoid, but sometimes I have serious doubts that he and the cabal will actually turn over power to someone else.
Especially if that someone else is a Democrat.
I don't believe that people will lie, cheat, steal and murder their way to the top just to hand it off to someone else. And do I EVER hope that I'm wrong.
jimfromthefoothills
· 1 year ago
Bill and Shrill were for this war.. The blood of these soldiers and the countless Iraqis are on their hands. They were for the war purely for political gain and personal profit.
Hill will have us in a similar war with Iran.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
"I want a videoclip of the moment that Karl Rove meets his maker."
I wonder if water boarding will be in action.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
How much blood is enough?
bill__free
· 1 year ago
off topic. about michigan & florida for a second. If they got to re-vote would the republicans that didn't vote in teh republican primary be voting for clinton? and what % of the vote hillary is getting in PA is going to be republicans voting in the democrat primary? any polls on this?
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
"what % of the vote hillary is getting in PA is going to be republicans voting in the democrat primary?"
We won't know until the exit polls, and even then ,people lie.
Ben Dover
· 1 year ago
Getting late here. Have a good evening.
Say g'night, Gracie.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Good night, ben
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
An_American_Karol
Hey what's with these negative clout point of yours? Is there an allergy to the frank truth going around here?
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
unrepentant_expat
An_American_Karol
If there is a god, may he have mercy on Bush's soul
If there is a god, don't embolden him/her/whatever to do that!
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Yeah, screw "mercy on his soul."
I want that half-witted f*cker to fry in eternity.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
BB, I don't believe in god, but if I did, you're right. Bush's sins are right there with the worst of them.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
expat, Uncle Fester , Plato, and KayInMaine come onto Ablog and give me negatives points. Silly childish games. I have come to the conclusion the more the negative points the greater their childishness.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Clout points: the latest luring temptation to become full of myself
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
White House News
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Cheney hears Palestinian complaints AP - Cheney: "so?"
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leaders asked Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints that deflated Cheney's hopeful words about Mideast peace.
Are you suggesting that the infamous trio actually logged into Ablog to deliver negative points to their online stalking victims? Amazing! D
Did they come in using fake names -- their specialty! -- by any chance? If so, I must have just scrolled right past their mischief-making antics. Still, who else would even think of acting out such aggressive online nonsense, let alone actually follow through with such wacked idea. Who, indeed!
PS -- You still look as gorgeous and radiant as ever in that pic! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
Late at night, my clout points get sucked away by the dozen. It's someone's reason to live. :)
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Jump, dear. Wear the negatives as the power you have over those silly children. In fact, the one with the most negatives wins.
Chris From Maine
· 1 year ago
the only comment rating ive been doing is negative ones on a troll or two..
doesnt seem fair to rate a comment negative just cause I disagree with it for one reason or another, but maybe thats me.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Chris, that's because you aren't a silly child.
Sarah, hi, sweetie. Yes, such antics. Give some people a way to act like dumbasses and they will take it every time. lol
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Before his diplomatic mission, Cheney began Easter Sunday with a peaceful prayer and the singing of "Amazing Grace" at a tiny chapel in Jerusalem with an arched ceiling of stones.
I bet he lip synced the part that goes 'to save a wretch like me'.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Oops! I seem to have become involuntarily overly emboldened... must be time for bed G'nite folks.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Good night, expat. lol
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Jumpers!
OMG -- not "clout-sucked" again? Say it isn't so!
I guess some people figure that if they can't be part of an online community in a civilized way and maintain the civility over time, then the next best thing is to disrupt the discourse with the equivalent of throwing crap at the wall in the hope that something will stick. Pathetic!
Now, not to be disrupted -- it's lovely to see you, and I hereby bestow 1000 metaphorical "clout" points upon you at once -- it's just like receiving a shower of sparkling fairy dust from a medieval fairy.
And if you know anything about medieval fairies, you will know that one fucks with them at their peril. Suffice it to say that the traditional medieval fairy is no Tinker Bell! When medieval fairies bestow goodness, it's very, very good -- otherwise, well, not quite so much.... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
expat
You should allow yourself to become "involuntarily overly emboldened" more often -- I quite like it! Encore!
But, if you must go, then nighty-night and sweet "overly emboldened" dreams.... :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
Sarah, you are very sweet. But the act of taking points away is just too funny, and it goes a long way in showing the mind set of nutterbars. I think their reputations speak for themselves..
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
Sarah B. Today 11:48 PM
Hi, Sarah!
Ah, medieval fairies...not to be dismissed, to be sure. ;) I am aware that my clout is fun to suck down, smooth and delicious; I try to bear it. After a lovely day here (87F), I'm finishing up the content for a training/workshop I'm working on, so I can't stick around. But it's lovely to see you, as ever. :)
And expat, I find you very compelling when emboldened. That image of Cheney singing Amazing Grace made me want to hurl. 'Night.
P.S. Sarah, you will be pleased to know that I just edited this comment with the edit feature. Those Medieval Fairies really know how to deliver. ;)
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Jump!
Where is the Edit feature and how does one access it -- I'm positively jonesing for the opportunity to go in and correct and amend my typos and syntactical errors that other readers probably gloss over but which drive me nuts!
PS -- I forgot to ask you if your Pavoni espresso maker is the lever kind or the other variety.
You see, that medieval fairy dust really worked for you -- better for you than for me vis-à-vis</v> the Edit feature. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pick your thread. Click on the comments. Thank the Medieval Fairies mightily!
Lever kind. Old school. ;)
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
And, notice the options above (e.g., threaded or flat)...
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
You are able to edit after you post the comment, and your ability to do so ends when someone replies to the comment and it turns into a pumpkin.
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
And you, too, Karol. :)
And, yes, it's very amusing to me. I almost feel sorry for a person so obsessed. Almost... ;)
'Night.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Jump
As you can see from the meltdown with closing the tags at the end of the previous post... that my need for the Edit feature is greater than thine! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
chowderSF
· 1 year ago
What I would like to know is how many soldiers that were injured over in the middle east ended up dying from their injuries back here at home......are we counting them in the 4000? Just wondering.....however, I hate to ask....
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Jump
Thanks so much.
Alas, I learned too late about the dreaded "reply" into "pumpkin" curse, but at least now I if I'm quick on the uptake and make really, really fast corrections -- so fast that if I'm very lucky no one will have a chance to "reply" before my meta-textual magic is done behind the screen, so to speak -- all will be well.
Still, maybe Daniel Ha can find a way to make it possible to go in and fix one's own text before hitting "Post" and/or even after receiving a reply, because no one would want to go in and edit someone else's reply text -- well, almost no one -- so we should still be able to make corrections to our own text even after receiving a reply. And why not?
Actually, Daniel did mention that he and his colleagues are still tweaking the program to make it ever more user-friendly -- and an edit-after-reply feature would be to die for -- better than the old "Preview" button by a magnitude of 100!
Finally, speaking of magnitudes of 100, why do those lever-style Pavoni espresso makers have to be so damned expensive? I should have bought one before the dollar collapsed against the euro. But they are so gorgeous and do they ever deliver! And they're not going to get any cheaper. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jump to the Left
· 1 year ago
Sarah,
AAKK! I replied... Oops!
Yeah, those machines are through the roof, but they make the best coffee I've ever had in any country, ever--day after day, for over a decade. And talk about pretty... I want a new one with a bigger tank, but it's not in the cards.
I'm getting back to my work. Have a great night. :)
ccokz
· 1 year ago
haappy eastern. great coincidence. i guess thee timing is another masterpiece of the bush propaganda. (2) happy iraw war anniversary! 5 days after 5years! (3) thank u, john mccain. for telling us the poast two weeks how absoltely death free this war has become thru the surge and we got an improved easter monday right now for your hideous bullshit.
"McDonald, 26, was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Iraq last May. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Hood, Texas. After treatment in Germany, McDonald returned to Fort Hood and underwent extensive facial surgery in August.
His body was found in his barracks apartment Nov. 12, a Monday. He was last seen alive the previous Friday.
The Army ruled out suicide and accidental factors, but an autopsy could not determine the exact cause of death, in part because of the decomposition of the body, said Col. Diane Battaglia, a base spokeswoman.
As a result, McDonald's death is considered noncombat-related, with the caveat that medical experts couldn't rule out that "traumatic brain injury" may have been a factor, Battaglia said."
Rab
· 1 year ago
Donahue is on C-Span right now, he produced a documentary called "Body of War". They show a scene on the program of a young soldier back home who was wounded. They show his mother changing his catheter, my blood boils when you think about the cost to this country. Phil makes a good observation about how dissent in this country is silenced for the most part from the MSM and if you speak out against the war that is equated with being anti-American. Free speech is stifled, even with a majority of people opposed to the war, now it seems we are bored with the war.
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Excellent interview with Phil Donahue on CSPAN, with Phil pointing out the vagaries of this regime, the shame of the Congress, and his tour with severely wounded GIs starting on 4/2.
And in addition to the dead and wounded Americans, how many dead and wounded Iraqis have paid for this abomination? Will we ever know the true human cost?
OlderAndWiser
· 1 year ago
Phil's documentary: http://bodyofwar.com (there's also a discussion group on-site).
Can't wait until it has a nationwide release.
KatherineHepburnEyes
· 1 year ago
4,000 reasons now to end the war now!
ILiveinaDemocracy
· 1 year ago
IMPORTANT!!!!!
I just came across this article and I find it very interesting that the MSM hasn't run a story on this yet. I think THIS is the reason why HRC hasn't released her tax papers. HIllary and Hubby are being sued for FRAUD. HEARING IS SET APRIL 25TH.
Peter Paul says this photo shows him, and his wife, Andrea, celebrating his business deal with President Clinton (Courtesy Hillcap.org)
A judge in Los Angeles yesterday allowed Hollywood mogul Peter F. Paul to begin taking sworn testimony in his $17 million fraud suit against former President Bill Clinton, but a technicality delayed establishment of a trial date.
California Superior Court Judge Aurelio N. Munoz ruled Paul's legal team can begin seeking depositions from a host of big names – including Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton – that allegedly were witnesses to an effort by the Clintons and top Democratic leaders to extract millions of dollars from Paul in illegal donations and then cover it up.
Munoz is expected to set the trial date at an April 25 hearing. He said yesterday in court he could not set the date, because defendant Jim Levin, an aide to President Clinton, must be served notice again. Levin did not respond to the original complaint, and Paul's legal counsel at the time – the Washington watchdog Judicial Watch – did not file a notice of default to verify that fact before filing an amended complaint.
The complaint says Bill Clinton promised to promote Paul's Internet entertainment company, Stan Lee Media, in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 Senate campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to produce, pay for and then join them in lying about footing the bill for an August 2000 Hollywood gala and fundraiser.
Paul attorney Colette Wilson told WND she has 30 days to service notice to Levin, and he will have 30 days to respond.
Republicans think every war their doorman's son has to fight is a symbol of "national greatness"
Gary SF
· 1 year ago
I'm not convinced that the surge is working at all. It is like the 'homeless problem' here in SF. When the police crackdown on the cracked-out homeless in one neighborhood, they move to another neighborhood.
My guess is that the insurgents are waiting for our election. If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.
unrepentant_expat
· 1 year ago
Gary_SF If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.
You've got to wounder how the Shiites will react if the Americas elect a man with the name Hussein.
Gary SF
· 1 year ago
I'm not convinced that the surge is working at all. It is like the 'homeless problem' here in SF. When the police crackdown on the cracked-out homeless in one neighborhood, they move to another neighborhood.
My guess is that the insurgents are waiting for our election. If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.
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Ah, heh heh heh...
Dave
Yes, and some see George W. Bush's skull as filled to the brim with cottage cheese that's way past it's "sell by" date -- it almost spills out of his ears now during news conferences.
Also, some believe George W. Bush really took his last drink of al-kee-hol 20-some years ago for the love of God and a good woman, while others believe that Bush has been back on a steady diet of Jim Beam for sometime now and that he sounds increasingly sloshed every time he opens his mouth and attempts to speak.
You can count me among those realists who believe that Bush is sloshed pretty much all the time these days -- sloshed and in the throes of the mother of all hangovers.
I will so relish the day when I can delete the Bush Countdown Clock from my bookmarks because it's no longer relevant -- but, for now, there are 302 days left (and counting). The end is so near, yet so far....
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Who knows how many more billions are secretly being spent to buy some peace and quiet, especially when John McCain is the "SURGE IS WORKING" candidate. However, it doesn't seem to be totally working as still too many Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are being killed.
FRONTLINE presents BUSH'S WAR March 24 & 25, 2008, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS
and lets not forget the 25,000+ wounded and the hundreds of thousands who will have PTSD or other problems when they return (if ever)
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And no one, not even this great blog, is talking about the lasting effects of DU munitions, which will affect the entire planet for millions, if not billions of years, whatever that means.
That is the real crime. Long after humans are extinct on the planet, that will be the legacy of this country's crime, long after this country and civilization if forgotten.
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The US plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported.
Britain, which has around 4,100 troops in Iraq, transferred control to Iraqi forces in December last year but could now be asked to step up its role again amid top-level concern about the situation, the paper said.
It quoted an unnamed senior US military source saying: "Three big militias are currently engaged in a particularly bloody battle in southern Iraq.
"US and Iraqi forces are involved in a huge operation to attack an Al-Qaeda stronghold in Mosul.
"But after that, the plan is to turn the coalition's attention on to Basra and we will be urging the British to surge into the city.
I would have stood up, slapped his smirking face, and they could have drug me out of there. I would still have had the satisfaction of my actions being seen on TV. What an ass! He knows what this war has cost in lives and dollars, and he says "SO!" We already know he doesn't care. Why do we continue to let these shits keep rubbing our faces in it? When is someone going to shove back?
BorninUSA
Then again, you could have peppered his face with birdshot and claimed you thought you saw a dove.
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In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals against friendly countries who withheld their support, spied on its allies, and pressed for the recall of U.N. envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to endorse the war, according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
Guess they're "surging" too.
BAGHDAD — Rockets and mortars pounded Baghdad's U.S.-protected Green Zone Sunday and a suicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in a surge of attacks that killed at least 57 people nationwide.
The latest violence underscored the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups as the war enters its sixth year and the U.S. death toll in the conflict approaches 4,000.
Attacks in Baghdad probably stemmed from rising tensions between rival Shiite groups _ some of whom may have been behind the Green Zone blasts. It was the most sustained assault in months against the nerve center of the U.S. mission.
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I. One Tick Closer to Midnight
Last Friday, Dick Cheney was in Saudi Arabia for high-level meetings with the Saudi king and his ministers. On Saturday, it was revealed that the Saudi Shura Council -- the elite group that implements the decisions of the autocratic inner circle -- is preparing "national plans to deal with any sudden nuclear and radioactive hazards that may affect the kingdom following experts' warnings of possible attacks on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactors," one of the kingdom's leading newspapers, Okaz, reports. The German-based dpa news service relayed the paper's story.
From BuzzFlash.
http://www.chris-floyd.com/content/view/1463/135/
It's time to get serious and send Hillary !!!!
(And Sinbad and Cheryl Crow too.)
I don't think anybody could have predicted that tribal groups, religious sects and traditional political enemies would engage in Civil War.
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If, by "anybody," you mean all those without any expertise on the Middle East.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/23/hagel-mccai...
By Arthur Allen 03/21/2008 | 3 Comments
For more than a century, the regulation of U.S. food and drugs has seen its share of challenges -- from the filthy slaughterhouses of Upton Sinclair’s Chicago to the tainted Chinese-made blood thinner that recently killed at least 19 people. The regulatory shortcomings on display in 1937, when ethylene glycol killed 105 antibiotic consumers, were still glaring six decades later, when Vioxx users started having heart attacks.
But throughout the history of the Food and Drug Administration, and its precursor agencies, U.S. consumers could always bring the manufacturer of a faulty product to court. Now, with the FDA woefully underfunded in its key role of assuring the safety and effectiveness of foods and drugs, and with political ideologues in the agency pushing industry prerogatives, the White House and the courts may be on the verge of stripping Americans of the right to sue. This would take away the last option for those seeking protection from --or recourse for -- faulty products.
http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/court...
The Tragedy in Iraq: The Gift That Keeps on Giving...
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Well, it's a gift to Bush's buddies and the Repub Donors who all have their fat fingers in the $1 trillion pie.
It's a sad fuckin' mess for everybody else.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5...
Now that the military has canned dozens of Arabic translators for being gay, the DOD is now actively trying to recruit Arabic speaking persons now.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/na...
The surge is working in part due to us taxpayers bribing tens of thousands of Sunni insurgents not to kill Americans. I am also suspicious of Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army calling a truce at the beginning of the "surge" and just renewing the truce recently. Is there some money changing hands? They know they can wait us out and that eventually we will leave.
Who knows how many more billions are secretly being spent to buy some peace and quiet, especially when John McCain is the "SURGE IS WORKING" candidate. However, it doesn't seem to be totally working as still too many Iraqi civilians and American soldiers are being killed.
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Yeah, they're buying peace for the time being.
Sure, maybe some of the additional troops are helping in Baghdad, but unless you plan on keeping 140,000 troops there permanently (and I wouldn't put it past McCain), this is just buying time until the shroud comes down.
And, by the way, our mercenaries want their bucks now:
The United States today pays the 90,000 members of these sahwa organizations monthly stipends of $300 each, about $27 million a month, essentially paying them not to kill other Iraqis and not to attack U.S. forces. This new movement, which consists of mostly Sunnis, though a handful of Shia tribes have taken part, has undoubtedly enhanced stability in certain parts of Iraq. And with the right strategy in place, these former insurgents could be a linchpin of a long-term sustainable security framework in Iraq.
The problem is that members of the movement are increasingly flexing their military and political muscle in ways detrimental to the overriding political goals of the surge. In recent weeks, the leaders of these Sunni militias have grown impatient, and thousands of their members have gone on strike, unhappy at playing a temporary role as security contractors. One sahwa leader recently commented that if his fighters were not incorporated into security forces within three months, "there would be war again."
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080321...
plus that of course doesnt count the suicides...
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/03/23/iraq....
TRAGEDY!
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Mother fights Army over son's death
By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer Sun Mar 23, 6:27 PM ET
WAUSAU, Wis. - Joan McDonald believes her son was a casualty of the war in Iraq, but the Army says that while he did suffer a severe head wound in a bomb blast, the cause of his death is undetermined, keeping him off the casualty list.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_re_us...
That piece by Robert Imrie suggests that we may have hit the 4,000 mark sometime ago-- and it also suggest that we will probably never know the accurate numbers without a deep and comprehensive investigation into how the deaths are reported, and when, and who decides to include or keep a deceased soldier off the casualty list and why that decision was made.
After all, these troop- death numbers are being divulged to the public by the Department of Defense and the Pentagon and the Bush Crime Family -- therefore, they cannot be trusted to give us accurate information.
It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that the actual troop-death numbers have been held back to make the "surge" appear more successful than it really has been...which is not successful at all.
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She said she recently ran across a T-shirt that said he helped build a memorial wall at Fort Hood to honor its soldiers killed in Iraq.
"I want his name on that wall," she said. "We don't know what else to do. I have one brother who is saying 'Does it matter. To you, he is a casualty of war. To everyone that knew him, he is a casualty of war.' I am like, well, it kinda does matter.""
I can't begin to contemplate or comprehend exchanging my son or daughter for a name on a wall.
It is rather odd, isn't it, this milestone was passed on Easter Sunday. I'm just sayin'...
If there is a god, may he have mercy on Bush's soul
If there is a god, don't embolden him/her/whatever to do that!
We should ALL note this occurred on Easter Sunday and ask if God is trying to send American Christians a message. I mean, come on, if this had occurred during a GAY PRIDE event we would never hear the end of how "Jesus is sending a message to America because of 'the gays' and their Gay Pride celebrations!"
It is rather odd, isn't it, this milestone was passed on Easter Sunday. I'm just sayin'...
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That guy who used to be in charge of Bush's faith based initiatives, David Kuo, made a good point on Tweety's show last week.
If God sent Katrina to punish New Orleans for its lifestyle, why did He spare the French Quarter?
If God sent Katrina to punish New Orleans for its lifestyle, why did He spare the French Quarter?
Because for the past few decades Louis Armstrong has been filling in for St. Gabriel.
Especially if that someone else is a Democrat.
I don't believe that people will lie, cheat, steal and murder their way to the top just to hand it off to someone else. And do I EVER hope that I'm wrong.
Hill will have us in a similar war with Iran.
I wonder if water boarding will be in action.
about michigan & florida for a second. If they got to re-vote would the republicans that didn't vote in teh republican primary be voting for clinton?
and what % of the vote hillary is getting in PA is going to be republicans voting in the democrat primary?
any polls on this?
We won't know until the exit polls, and even then ,people lie.
Say g'night, Gracie.
Hey what's with these negative clout point of yours? Is there an allergy to the frank truth going around here?
An_American_Karol
If there is a god, may he have mercy on Bush's soul
If there is a god, don't embolden him/her/whatever to do that!
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Yeah, screw "mercy on his soul."
I want that half-witted f*cker to fry in eternity.
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Cheney hears Palestinian complaints AP - Cheney: "so?"
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian leaders asked Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday to pressure Israel to halt settlement construction and voiced other complaints that deflated Cheney's hopeful words about Mideast peace.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_go_pr...
Are you suggesting that the infamous trio actually logged into Ablog to deliver negative points to their online stalking victims? Amazing! D
Did they come in using fake names -- their specialty! -- by any chance? If so, I must have just scrolled right past their mischief-making antics. Still, who else would even think of acting out such aggressive online nonsense, let alone actually follow through with such wacked idea. Who, indeed!
PS -- You still look as gorgeous and radiant as ever in that pic!
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It's someone's reason to live.
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doesnt seem fair to rate a comment negative just cause I disagree with it for one reason or another, but maybe thats me.
Sarah, hi, sweetie. Yes, such antics. Give some people a way to act like dumbasses and they will take it every time. lol
I bet he lip synced the part that goes 'to save a wretch like me'.
OMG -- not "clout-sucked" again? Say it isn't so!
I guess some people figure that if they can't be part of an online community in a civilized way and maintain the civility over time, then the next best thing is to disrupt the discourse with the equivalent of throwing crap at the wall in the hope that something will stick. Pathetic!
Now, not to be disrupted -- it's lovely to see you, and I hereby bestow 1000 metaphorical "clout" points upon you at once -- it's just like receiving a shower of sparkling fairy dust from a medieval fairy.
And if you know anything about medieval fairies, you will know that one fucks with them at their peril. Suffice it to say that the traditional medieval fairy is no Tinker Bell! When medieval fairies bestow goodness, it's very, very good -- otherwise, well, not quite so much....
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You should allow yourself to become "involuntarily overly emboldened" more often -- I quite like it! Encore!
But, if you must go, then nighty-night and sweet "overly emboldened" dreams....
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Hi, Sarah!
Ah, medieval fairies...not to be dismissed, to be sure. ;)
I am aware that my clout is fun to suck down, smooth and delicious; I try to bear it.
After a lovely day here (87F), I'm finishing up the content for a training/workshop I'm working on, so I can't stick around. But it's lovely to see you, as ever. :)
And expat, I find you very compelling when emboldened. That image of Cheney singing Amazing Grace made me want to hurl. 'Night.
P.S. Sarah, you will be pleased to know that I just edited this comment with the edit feature. Those Medieval Fairies really know how to deliver. ;)
Where is the Edit feature and how does one access it -- I'm positively jonesing for the opportunity to go in and correct and amend my typos and syntactical errors that other readers probably gloss over but which drive me nuts!
PS -- I forgot to ask you if your Pavoni espresso maker is the lever kind or the other variety.
You see, that medieval fairy dust really worked for you -- better for you than for me vis-à-vis</v> the Edit feature.
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Thank the Medieval Fairies mightily!
Lever kind. Old school. ;)
And, yes, it's very amusing to me. I almost feel sorry for a person so obsessed.
Almost...
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'Night.
As you can see from the meltdown with closing the tags at the end of the previous post... that my need for the Edit feature is greater than thine!
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Thanks so much.
Alas, I learned too late about the dreaded "reply" into "pumpkin" curse, but at least now I if I'm quick on the uptake and make really, really fast corrections -- so fast that if I'm very lucky no one will have a chance to "reply" before my meta-textual magic is done behind the screen, so to speak -- all will be well.
Still, maybe Daniel Ha can find a way to make it possible to go in and fix one's own text before hitting "Post" and/or even after receiving a reply, because no one would want to go in and edit someone else's reply text -- well, almost no one -- so we should still be able to make corrections to our own text even after receiving a reply. And why not?
Actually, Daniel did mention that he and his colleagues are still tweaking the program to make it ever more user-friendly -- and an edit-after-reply feature would be to die for -- better than the old "Preview" button by a magnitude of 100!
Finally, speaking of magnitudes of 100, why do those lever-style Pavoni espresso makers have to be so damned expensive? I should have bought one before the dollar collapsed against the euro. But they are so gorgeous and do they ever deliver! And they're not going to get any cheaper.
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AAKK! I replied... Oops!
Yeah, those machines are through the roof, but they make the best coffee I've ever had in any country, ever--day after day, for over a decade. And talk about pretty... I want a new one with a bigger tank, but it's not in the cards.
I'm getting back to my work. Have a great night. :)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080323/wl_mideast...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080323/ap_on_re_us...
"McDonald, 26, was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Iraq last May. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment based at Fort Hood, Texas. After treatment in Germany, McDonald returned to Fort Hood and underwent extensive facial surgery in August.
His body was found in his barracks apartment Nov. 12, a Monday. He was last seen alive the previous Friday.
The Army ruled out suicide and accidental factors, but an autopsy could not determine the exact cause of death, in part because of the decomposition of the body, said Col. Diane Battaglia, a base spokeswoman.
As a result, McDonald's death is considered noncombat-related, with the caveat that medical experts couldn't rule out that "traumatic brain injury" may have been a factor, Battaglia said."
And in addition to the dead and wounded Americans, how many dead and wounded Iraqis have paid for this abomination? Will we ever know the true human cost?
Can't wait until it has a nationwide release.
I just came across this article and I find it very interesting that the MSM hasn't run a story on this yet. I think THIS is the reason why HRC hasn't released her tax papers. HIllary and Hubby are being sued for FRAUD. HEARING IS SET APRIL 25TH.
Peter Paul says this photo shows him, and his wife, Andrea, celebrating his business deal with President Clinton (Courtesy Hillcap.org)
A judge in Los Angeles yesterday allowed Hollywood mogul Peter F. Paul to begin taking sworn testimony in his $17 million fraud suit against former President Bill Clinton, but a technicality delayed establishment of a trial date.
California Superior Court Judge Aurelio N. Munoz ruled Paul's legal team can begin seeking depositions from a host of big names – including Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton – that allegedly were witnesses to an effort by the Clintons and top Democratic leaders to extract millions of dollars from Paul in illegal donations and then cover it up.
Munoz is expected to set the trial date at an April 25 hearing. He said yesterday in court he could not set the date, because defendant Jim Levin, an aide to President Clinton, must be served notice again. Levin did not respond to the original complaint, and Paul's legal counsel at the time – the Washington watchdog Judicial Watch – did not file a notice of default to verify that fact before filing an amended complaint.
The complaint says Bill Clinton promised to promote Paul's Internet entertainment company, Stan Lee Media, in exchange for stock, cash options and massive contributions to his wife's 2000 Senate campaign. Paul contends he was directed by the Clintons and Democratic Party leaders to produce, pay for and then join them in lying about footing the bill for an August 2000 Hollywood gala and fundraiser.
Paul attorney Colette Wilson told WND she has 30 days to service notice to Levin, and he will have 30 days to respond.
Read more
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/...
My guess is that the insurgents are waiting for our election. If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.
If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.
You've got to wounder how the Shiites will react if the Americas elect a man with the name Hussein.
My guess is that the insurgents are waiting for our election. If we elect McCain, we will have the biggest fight of this war on our hands.