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In other news, private citizens are filing federal complaints that McCain is not eligible to be president because he is a "naturalised" not natural-born citizen.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/...
News of the New Depression is slowly being beginning to spread
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/13821
no, it should read
Amerlicans use the I-word: "An impeachment is necessary"
Maurice Hinchey said what I've said for a while, that we're already in one, and have been for some time.
if he weren't such a bushco flunkie, i'd feel sorry for the guy.
Step 1 ... admitting they are powerless over the fact that there is a recession - that their jobs had become unmanageable.
We must begin full-scale war crimes tribunals against Bush, Cheney, Perle, Wolfowitz, Yoo, Feith, Addington, Rumsfeld, John Rizzo, Jim Haynes, Alberto Gonzales, and any number of lawyers, assistants, lackeys, Generals and other assorted underlings. These should be open to the public and televised. It will be the only way we can hope to restore some confidence that this country has not gone "postal".
It's be William Blum, whose writings are always amazingly full of unknown details.
Thanks George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of your fucking criminal friends!
Brilliant logic. I suppose when you've been underwater for half an hour, they'd make a statement that "drowning was possible."
Such a keen grasp of the obvious. They're obviously worth every penny of their bloated salaries.
I just bought a chair at the Macy's near me a couple of weeks ago, too, and the whole time I was there there were no other customers in the department at all. The poor salesman seemed so overjoyed to see a customer I felt sorry for him!
For what it’s worth, I had a similar experience on Monday when in mid-afternoon I popped into Nordstrom’s flagship store to pay a bill and hit the Kiehl’s counter – and there is only one word for what I encountered on every floor:
*Crickets*
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“Possible” – really? On which planet does that motherfucker reside? Oh, that's right, the Fed Planet!
WOW -- Ben Bernanke tippy-toes around the “R” word -- what a profile in courage in the wake of the Fed-orchestrated Bear Stearns bailout on the backs American taxpayers! And given the fact that the rich don’t pay taxes, guess who is being asked to bend over? The” little people” -- who else? So, what, exactly, do the taxpayers get in return for their unprecedented generosity?
They get to engage in a Sing-Along!
Piggies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC7Q0dv_SOg&feat...
Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their styes with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.
Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.
~~George Harrison
The Beatles, “The White Album” (1968).
:)
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McCain is running essentially on the slogan, "Vote for McCain--At Least He's White--Oh, and he remembers Pearl Harbor".
There are a lot of wingers in this country who would be much more comfortable living under a strong-arm military dictatorship than an actual democracy with constitutional rights. McCain is going full-bore for their vote.
All this and World War II. Says "winner" to me.
/snark.
Kudos to Paul Krugman for having the genuine courage to raise the spectre of the “D” word-- Depression! -- in his latest column:
The Dilbert Strategy
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/opinion/31kru...
If we don’t reform the system this time, the next crisis could well be even bigger. And I, for one, really don’t want to live through a replay of the 1930s.
Exactly. Now, that is a truly courageous statement.
:)
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The really big blades on Helicopter Ben’s giant flying machine – he drops Monopoly money on the banks from the skies! – really do manage to stir up a lot of hot air. Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Catch the downdraft!
And the bankers and the brokers get to write-off their losses, too! Don't you wish that you could do that?
But, not to worry -- the “little people” will soon get their “stimulus package”…uh, “rebates” soon – so all will be well.
Let the shopping begin!
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you'd think Faux viewers would begin to realize they're operating in a bizarre parallel universe. but it never seems to happen.
pitiful.
You will be very lucky to squeeze out one or two tanks of petrol by June or July, when the likelihood is that you may be looking at somewhere between one-half and a full tank of petrol – and even less, if you use diesel.
Alas, I do use diesel or a biodiesel/diesel mixture in my VW Jetta TDI, and it's $4.14 per gallon while still continuing to rise with no end in sight!
I'm not sure that the "stimulus package" will do much for you if and when that rainy day presents itself, but you just might be able to afford a cheap umbrella.
:)
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I don't have a car in NYC. But I may use my "stimulus package" to pay forward for winter heating, before oil prices rise to $200 a barrel.
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tslintx,
The Faux universe is getting squeezed by reality, though. Because, as the propaganda arm of the GOP, what'll happen to them when [fingers crossed] the Democrats take over both houses of Congress and the White House? Whoops.
LMAO you are probably right about being able to afford a cheap umbrella!!!
This is a part of why I am a bikeahollick!
Actually, I ride my bike, walk, and take the bus a lot -- I only use my Jetta when I have to go to the farmers' market or the garden center or some place where I'm going to need to load up the trunk with stuff. Otherwise, that car stays in the garage.
I will say this -- when I do have to drive, I get more miles per gallon in my Jetta TDI using diesel or biodiesel or a mixture than most people get with gasoline. Plus, I have a stick shift and that can be more economical, too.
:)
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There is a silver lining if you know were to look!
Take good care of your body. You can't trade it in when it starts to go out on you.
:>)
and who the heck is the guy on crack behind Dr. Paul?