Snowe and Collins want Craig probed–Google News headline 7:03 pm
Sunday, September 9th, 2007I think we already know more than we wish to know.
Archive for September, 2007
It’s time to deplane when the flight attendants begin to speak in tongues!
Sunday, September 9th, 2007Underdressed Passenger or Overreacting Airline?
Young Woman’s Outfit Raises Eyebrows, Ire of Southwest Flight Attendant
By DAVID SCHOETZ
Sept. 7, 2007
Her outfit aboard a Southwest Airlines plane two months ago first earned her a flight attendant’s reprimand and now has sparked a decency debate that may result in a lawsuit.
Kyla Ebbert, a blond, shapely 23-year-old San Diego coed […]
The spasmodic nature of the credit crunch will undoubtedly cause signs to change.
Saturday, September 8th, 2007From this…
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Image: (90-days sign) paymenteliminator.com
Barry more wasn’t even the best “sixth man” in his family.
Saturday, September 8th, 2007Schlozman Admits Touting GOP Qualifications of Prospective Prosecutors
By Paul Kiel - September 7, 2007, 4:49 PM
In written answers to questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee, Bradley Schlozman, the former Justice Department official and U.S. attorney who’s been at the center of the firings controversy, admitted that he’d once urged hiring certain prosecutors for his office […]
Here is another reason people like Bill Clinton.
Friday, September 7th, 2007Fugitive Political Fund-Raiser Arrested in Colorado
By CAROLYN MARSHALL
Published: September 7, 2007
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Norman Hsu, with Hillary Clinton at a 2005 fund-raiser,
said he will stop raising money until his legal issues are resolved.
(stephen schwartz photo) via boston.com;
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7 — Norman Hsu, the wealthy political donor who has twice been a fugitive from justice, most recently skipping […]
Well, he’s got the bald-faced lie part down.
Friday, September 7th, 2007Here’s an exchange between Rudy Giuliani and Chris Wallace on Fox News.
You put the emergency response command center in the World Trade Center in 1997, even though your director of emergency management suggested — recommended that you not put it there because it had been a target in 1993. Why’d you do that?
GIULIANI: My director […]
“Bush didn’t give a f*** about the intelligence. He had his mind made up.”
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction
Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq.
By Sidney Blumenthal
Salon Magazine
Sept. 6, 2007 | On Sept. 18, 2002, CIA director George Tenet briefed President Bush in the Oval Office on top-secret intelligence that […]
I recall the time they had mistakenly attached cruise missile nukes to the underside of a Piedmont Airlines DC-3 making its Raleigh to Durham run.
Thursday, September 6th, 2007The Seattle Times
Thursday, September 6, 2007 - Page updated at 02:08 AM
Air Force fires commander in nuke error
By PAULINE JELINEK
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Air Force fired a commander after a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown for more than three hours across several states last week, Pentagon officials said […]
“Gotta match, Torquie?”
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007*
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff, left, is a top contender to replace Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales, whose resignation is effective Sept. 17. The two are shown at a 2006 briefing.
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His past at Justice may be a hurdle if he’s picked to succeed Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.
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By David G. Savage and Tom Hamburger, Los […]
Most of the news media owes Democracy an apology.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007Will the Press Again Serve as ‘Surge Protectors’?
Everyone remembers the media failures in the run-up to the war. But nearly as tragic was the performance by the press in the weeks before the “surge” was announced in January. Now what will happen over the next few days?
By Greg Mitchell
(September 05, 2007) — Over the next […]
Democracy In Action: Republican Family Value Thug-Life Style
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 This is weird.
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Jonathan and Ann Bartha’s letter to the editor of The Woodmen Edition
Article Last Updated: 08/31/2007 07:45:18 PM MDT
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I used to believe I had a working knowledge of 19th century Western Americana.
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007“…Angelina joined Brad on the red carpet for a screening of
The Assassination of Jesse James in France.”
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Actor Casey Affleck plays Jesse’s brother, King Louis XIII. Brad Pitt is Jesse James. Director Andrew Dominik’s only other film was CHOPPER–the bio-pic of Robespierre. Actor Sam Shepard’s brilliant portrayal of Cardinal Richelieu steals the movie.
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Ms. Jolie was not […]
Once again, the leadership of Caspar Milquetoast of Nevada lights the way to Palookaville for the Dems
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007Max Follmer
The Huffington Post
Utah Mine Owner Will Skip Congressional Hearing
September 4, 2007 02:31 PM
stumbleupon :Utah Mine Owner Will Skip Congressional Hearing
The owner of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah where six workers were trapped by a cave-in a month ago will not be appearing at a Senate hearing on mine safety Wednesday in Washington.
A witness […]
It was something other than the restroom’s “intended use.”
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007Arianna Huffington
HUFFINGTON POST
In the Age of Terror, Isn’t Busting Toe-Tappers an Insane Use of Our Law Enforcement Resources?
Posted September 3, 2007 | 05:18 PM (EST)
In the consensus judgment of America’s 16 intelligence agencies, the terrorist threat to our homeland is “persistent and evolving,” placing our country in “a heightened threat environment.”
Given that chilling assessment, isn’t […]
Our most favoritest trading partner from Billy to W is not playing according to Marques of Queensbury rules.
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Chinese military hacked into Pentagon
By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Richard McGregor in Beijing
Published: September 3 2007 19:00 | Last updated: September 3 2007 20:53
The Chinese military hacked into a Pentagon computer network in June in the most successful cyber attack on the US defence department, say American officials.
The Pentagon acknowledged shutting down part of […]
If accurate, these quotes from the Draper book show W to be more incompetent and stupid than we could have believed.
Monday, September 3rd, 2007Book Tells Of Dissent In Bush’s Inner Circle
White House Granted Author Unusual Access
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 3, 2007; Page A01
Karl Rove told George W. Bush before the 2000 election that it was a bad idea to name Richard B. Cheney as his running mate, and Rove later raised objections to the nomination […]
Our C-in-C can’t recall how Iraq went to hell so he’ll refresh his memory by bombing the %^$# out of Iran.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007From The Sunday Times
September 2, 2007
Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran
Sarah Baxter, Washington
THE Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
Alexis Debat, director of terrorism and national security at the Nixon Center, said last […]
Those grenadiers were probably “GAY DIVORCEES.”
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Fri August 31, 2007
On Iraq trip, a close call
By Chris Casteel Washington Bureau
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and three other lawmakers were unhurt Thursday after rocket-propelled grenades were fired at their airplane shortly after it took off from the airport in Baghdad, Inhofe said. Inhofe, R-Tulsa, said the crew of the C-130 on which […]
Rove: Bush Will Be Remembered As A ‘Far-Sighted Leader’
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007World: Rove will be remembered as a delusionally treasonous prick.
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Yesterday, outgoing White House adviser Karl Rove penned a piece in the National Review devoted to extolling President Bush’s greatness and predicting that “history will provide a more clear-eyed verdict on this president’s leadership than the anger of current critics would suggest.”
The White House liked it […]
Does the Kraft Company warn of overly large portions.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cupcakes
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1. Ingredients
1. 1 (6.3 ton) package devil’s food cake mix
2. 1 tank car cold milk
3. 1 giga-pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
4. 1/2 hopper car peanut butter
5. 1 1/2 tons thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
6. 4 (600 pound) squares BAKER’S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate
7. 1/4 ton PLANTERS Dry […]
My good pal Jack comments on the Times’ piece.
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007Mr. Bush acknowledged one major failing of the early occupation of Iraq when he said of disbanding the Saddam Hussein-era military, “The policy was to keep the army intact; didn’t happen.”
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But when Mr. Draper pointed out that Mr. Bush’s former Iraq administrator, L. Paul Bremer III, had gone ahead and forced the army’s dissolution and […]
I knew I had seen W during my childhood!
Sunday, September 2nd, 2007September 2, 2007
In Book, Bush Peeks Ahead to His Legacy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 — When President Bush is asked what he plans to do when he leaves office, he often replies curtly: “I don’t have that much time to think beyond my presidency” or “I’m going to sprint to the finish.”
But in an interview with a […]