the madness continues

Have some Bacon Murphy

Thought you might like to see this:

http://biggovernment.com/2009/09/25/nbc-to-anti-acorn-group-bite-me-jew-boy/

JustTheFacts #3,4
There is absolutely no limit to the derangement in this Obadmistration.
Going to work-bbl for sure!

Too bad about the nomadic tent city. Wouldn’t it be nice if some billionaire philanthropist who owns more land than anyone in North America (Ted Turner) decided to give over some acreage to homeless people? jus’ sayin’…

Here are these people: The people living below Las Vegas in flood tunnels http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2651937/The-people-living-in-drains-below-Las-Vegas.html
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YES. Stores are definitely shutting down all over the place. I know of an Avenue in an affluent area that is practically closed down. Rent must be too much and not enough people are shopping. It looks bad for the neighborhood in general.

shamelessly lifted from Dakinikat’s news roundup at TC:

Cuba Pins Hopes On New Farms Run for Profit

CEIBA DEL AGUA, Cuba — Faced with the smothering inefficiencies of a state-run economy and unable to feed his people without massive imports of food, Cuban leader Raúl Castro has put his faith in compatriots like Esther Fuentes and his little farm out in the sticks.

excerpt:

The Cuban government, in its most dramatic reform since Castro took over for his ailing older brother Fidel three years ago, is offering private farmers such as Fuentes the use of fallow state lands to grow crops — for a profit.

Capitalism comes to the communist isle? Not quite, but close. Raúl Castro prefers to call it “a new socialist model.” But Fuentes gets to pocket some extra cash.

“The harder you work, the better you do,” said Fuentes, who immediately understood the concept.

JustTheFacts 09.29.09 at 7:16 am

For the Joke of the Day >>>LOL

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Loved your joke!!!

WASTE ANALYSIS STUDY

Hooded government workers in the UK are going through people’s trash to see what they are throwing out.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1216680/Council-spies-dressed-hoodies-rifle-residents-rubbish-waste-analysis.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0SVJMx66R

“The harder you work, the better you do,” said Fuentes, who immediately understood the concept.

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Yup to bad the O’foolusandrobusfraud does not lead by example. He just feeds the image of slacker gets you everywhere and everything!!!

Recovery board unveils makeover of stimulus spending Web site
BY ALIYA STERNSTEIN 09/28/2009

Government-appointed watchdogs debuted on Monday the much-anticipated overhaul of Recovery.gov, featuring sophisticated pictorial representations of spending data, advanced search functions, multimedia tutorials and some downloads.
The upgrade does not include new stimulus results, such as jobs statistics, which will be funneled into the site later in October.
The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board intends the site to be a window into the Obama administration’s economic recovery effort and has the expectation that the public — concerned citizens, academia, journalists, agencies, states, recipients, Congress and special interest groups — will visit the site to learn more about how the $787 billion in stimulus funds are being spent.
The site represents 10 weeks of work by a team of vendors that were awarded a potential $18 million contract on July 8. Stimulus contracts granted by federal agencies will not appear until Oct. 15, and information reported by the private sector and states will not be posted until Oct. 30. But board officials said they wanted the public to learn and test out the new features before then.
The financial data that is available on the site comes from the Federal Procurement Data System and USASpending.gov, a database containing federal contracts and loans, and weekly financial activity reports from agencies. The recipient data will be fed from FederalReporting.gov, an online inbox through which companies, nonprofits and states will submit quarterly spending reports beginning Oct. 1.

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090928_4383.php?oref=rss

“The site represents 10 weeks of work by a team of vendors that were awarded a potential $18 million contract on July 8.”

Geez… we would have done it for $2 million!

He just feeds the image of slacker gets you everywhere and everything!!!
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Sounds like geo w legacy student bush: If you’re a C student, you get to be President. If you dropout, you get to be Vice President. (Bush was then booed by the student audience.)

Yup George Obama a A+ student of the Wbush fucktard school of pretendadent!

isnt it funny how the tides do change
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It is not funny how much worse it is now than with the other worst president eva! I can not think of ONE good, helpful, existing thing either party has done for women, children, and America as a whole. Everything has a price and I am not paying either party for the shit they dish out, not with money, time or votes!

Now that we have a Democrat as a commander in chief, however, the caskets are old news, and are getting little to no coverage.
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Yup if they are not full of Kennedys, Bushes or Obamas….who the hell will cover the covered coffins?

sistermoon3 09.29.09 at 11:10 am

well, HP Boston, then you are gonna love this video, maybe someone who knows how all this media and dumbing down has worked here in this country for years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=dE38dLxapVo

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I see we are getting close ….soon we will all be poor and vying for space under bridges. Lined up and shot? Maybe…..but but what happens to the oligarchy if no one works buys stuffs and owns property to tax? The rich alone can not sustain the economy that is being so decimated………

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In the past year this little blog has become weirdly popular, which is a lovely thing. What’s not so lovely is my server bills. Even in light months like this, when I’m not posting much because of my finger injury, I have to keep shelling out for extra bandwidth. In busier months my host sends me emails tactfully suggesting that I buy a dedicated server so I don’t keep crashing the damn box. As hobbies go, this one is becoming a little too expensive.

No, make that a lot too expensive. My starving artist/underinsured sicko lifestyle is glamorous, to be sure, but financially it’s pretty precarious.

I’ve looked at ways to monetize the blog, but they’re all unacceptable for one reason or another. No, I’m not going to run porny ads (over my fucking dead body, Bob) or yellow teeth billboards or paid links or any of that bullshit. Do we really want that in the smoking lounge? I’d rather quit the blog.

But I don’t want to quit the blog! I love it here! I love you people!
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So, I’m going to ask you guys to chip in. If you’d like to keep the smoking lounge in operation, please consider contributing to its upkeep. I’m thinking maybe a fundraiser could help me get out of the hole I dug with server bills these past few months and also fund whatever new hellish thing my host is going to force on me. Think of it as a Jerry Lewis telethon, only without muscular dystrophy. Or, you know, Jerry Lewis.

You don’t have to have a PayPal account yourself to use this; PayPal will also process credit cards, debit cards, and checks.

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Let’s give it up for Violet Socks!

Hi (((HP)))))—-

quick note to GOOFS: went and voted for ALICE today

100% agree. I really like that Michelle Obama said this:

When asked about motherhood in an interview for Prevention magazine, she said she actually learned what not to do from her mom, which is to sacrifice your entire being for your kids:

“She’d say being a good mother isn’t all about sacrificing. It’s really investing and putting yourself higher on your priority list.”

“Throughout my life, I’ve learned to make choices that make me happy and make sense for me. . . So I have freed myself to put me on the priority list and say, yes, I can make choices that make me happy, and it will ripple and benefit my kids, my husband and my physical health.”

“That’s hard for women to own. We’re not taught to do that. It’s a lesson that I want to teach my girls.”
http://www.feministing.com/archives/018006.html

Members of Congress “enjoy the widest selection of health plans in the country,” according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

They “can choose from among consumer-driven and high deductible plans that offer catastrophic risk protection with higher deductibles, health saving/reimbursable accounts and lower premiums, or fee-for-service (FFS) plans, and their preferred provider organizations (PPO), or health maintenance organizations (HMO).” These choices would be nice for all of us, but they’re not in the offing. Instead, if you don’t enroll in a “qualified” health plan and submit proof of enrollment to the federal government, you’ll be tracked down and fined (sections 3101 and 6055).

And whatever health-insurance law is passed should apply to members of Congress. If it isn’t good enough for them, it shouldn’t be imposed on the rest of us.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124536864955329439.html

Middle-class workers shouldn’t have to pay for the uninsured.

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/09/opposing-view-dont-tax-health-plans.html

Not sure if this was posted.

Clifton H. W. Maloney, beloved husband of Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, passed away on September 25th on Cho Oyu Mountain in China. He had reached the 27,000 foot summit–near the roof of the world–on September 24th and had safely descended to 23,000 feet. His last words before going to sleep at Base Camp 2 were: “I’m the happiest man in the world–I’ve just summited a beautiful mountain.” He never woke up.

http://freemenow.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/clifton-h-w-maloney/#respond

FLBarbara 09.29.09 at 12:09 pm

Not sure if this was posted.

Yup it was…… ((((FlBarbara))))

HI (((FLBARB)))

I always thought she’d make a better president than
her husband. Don’t always like what she says, but
still like her better—-I would’ve voted for her.

HP: I think that her comments make her sound strong,
and in control——-I agree with her entirely, and
I really don’t feel it’s selfish or egotistical,
I can’t help feeling we do too much for our kids today,
and not enough for ourselves.—just sayin……

I must be out of touch on something.

I LOVE the idea of the Olympics coming to Chicago,

Why don’t we like it???—Valerie Jarrett, I can understand
being a concern, but the business and notarity it can
generate could only be GOOD for us,—where is the downside??

kat in your hat 09.29.09 at 11:55 am
100% agree. I really like that Michelle Obama said this:
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Tritto.

Michelina: Well, why is Obama vying for the Chicago venue… is is purely for his “adopted hometown”??? I doubt it.

How about revitalizing Detroit? 1/2 of Chicago doesn’t want it and they are having economic problems in Chicago. It would cost them a great deal in policing, etc.

Just thought it was interesting how Valerie Jarrett and the company she used to work for is involved is all.

Point is with the Olympics and Obama “needing” to go to Denmark himself when besides the fact he could be doing something else like , I don’t know, dealing with the many many problems we are facing..

Does Obama really need to fly to Denmark as part of the Chicago Olympic team?

There is afterall a team of powerful women going Michele, Oprah and Valarie. But I guess Mr. “Feminist” just doesn’t believe anyone let alone women can negoiate but him..

God forbid he miss out on one minute of the lime light.

I guess he needs to receive credit for something positive even if once again he has not a damn thing to do with it other than being “present”

Enough Mr Jet Setter.

JTF: I’m not sure your seeing the whole picture,

I’ve read that half of Chicago didn’t want it, that doesn’t
mean that’s true. I can see nothing but an economic UPTURN
with the Olympics coming to Chicago, not an EXPENSE.

It’s a HUGE undertaking, and I commend MICHELLE for wanting
to bring it to this Country—Why Obama must attend, I believe
is the POLITICAL OPPORTUNIST—-wants the glory.

C’MMMMONNNNNNNN—what are the CHANCES—-1 TRILLION to 1–
they’ll bring the OLYMPICS to CHICAGO—known as the WINDY CITY

NAHHHHHH—don’t see it happening.

AS she is being

HP: Granted, your lack of trust for anyone in the
WH—has been earned—-NO DOUBTS—

I just hope she isn’t all the “phoney baloney” this
congress and Senate appear to be——I just don’t see
it in her, JMO——–

Anyway, I wish her luck on this venture, I don’t believe
it will happen, but if it DOES, good for her and CHICAGO—
I’d actually consider going, if it did come her.

GOOF: YuP——-Voted all the Woman.

I guess he needs to receive credit for something positive even if once again he has not a damn thing to do with it other than being “present”
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Of course, if Chicago isn’t selected, he will have added yet another fortification of his legacy of FAIL… the again, maybe he’ll just blame it on the women.

the again, maybe he’ll just blame it on the women.
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bingo

PPV: exactly, she always IS as she IS—no
phoney baloney, don’t necessarily like it all,
but you know just who she is—like that better than
the WE KNOW BETTER FOR YOU GREEDY, GRIMY leaders we
have in office today.

I’d take her anyday !!

“Throughout my life, I’ve learned to make choices that make me happy and make sense for me. . . So I have freed myself to put me on the priority list and say, yes, I can make choices that make me happy, and it will ripple and benefit my kids, my husband and my physical health.”
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sounds like something someone told Oprah, and Oprah passed it on tho Michelle. Maybe she got it out of O magazine. snark…

michelina 09.29.09 at 1:19 pm

I’d take her anyday !!
——————————Really?
She is the same militant, selfish, rev wright, racist woman she has always been. I have not forgotten, and don’t want to hear one word of bs that spews out of her mouth. just like her husband.
SHE made the MAN!!!

sounds like something someone told Oprah, and Oprah passed it on tho Michelle. Maybe she got it out of O magazine.
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You are spot on PPV this is the woman who was berated b/c she left her kids with Mom all the time…..nothing has changed she has always been the leader of the pack!
I have heard these same words since the 70ties when women really fought agaist having some one care for kids while they became who the could manage to be while being berated by the bozzos. It is all BS all the time….get ready for the next load of crap…….

I don’t think it’s admirable for women to sacrifice their “entire beings” when it comes to motherhood. I think it’s sad and bad role modeling for girls and boys.

I would hang myself if *my* identity solely became “mother” or “wife.” I have so much more to me…so many goals, dreams, talents and desires. How horrible to imagine that all these other parts of me would have to die (be sacrificed) just because of having children. That’s…terrifying and very depressing.

Anyway, I like Michelle saying what she did. I wouldn’t want a stressed out and unhappy mother who secretly (or NOT so secretly) resents her life. I wouldn’t want a mother who doesn’t follow her heart and her dreams–or have her own hobbies and her own separate adult life.

I know everyone says: the kids come first. I say that Woman comes first. Kinda like: Happy mom = happy home.

(I’m not saying that motherhood doesn’t naturally come with some sacrifices or that a dream to be a mom is a bad thing.)

DancesWithPumas 09.29.09 at 1:32 pm

ya but in the direction of helping all not a few…….other women. More Murphys who are true and speak the best language.
Who listen and understands better?

Aak… there = their jobs…

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2009/09/29/views-whoopi-goldberg-polanski-it-wasnt-rape-rape

good grief, what the hell?????????

FL Barbara and HP Boston,

Okay, we all have our reasons for disliking even hating MO…

Does that change the fact that what she said re: women placing themselves on the bottom of the priority list is true?

We may not like the messenger but the message is true. Therefore, if it helps one woman to see the way to empowering themselves it is a good thing.

Long and short of it… Someone has to say these things and get the message out there…

There are some mother’s in this world that do not have the luxury of chosing to put themselves first.

Believe it or not Michele there are places in this world where a mothers only choice is what child do I feed tonight?

81# — Whoppi has now officially made my list. WTF !!!

I believe when the victim was “paid” there was a clause that she would pubically forgive him.

He raped her. He raped her in the ass.

Hey, Whoppi – what if she would have been black? Would that make a difference to you? It shouldn’t – but I suspect it would.

Iran put nuclear site near base in case of attack
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s nuclear chief said Tuesday his country built its newly revealed uranium enrichment facility inside a mountain next to a military site to ensure continuity of its nuclear activities in case of an attack — an unusually detailed disclosure that may be intended to defuse international pressure.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran

murphy 09.29.09 at 6:14 am

…… also reposting something just posted on a forum thread by Alessandro Macchi:

“Hillary Clinton was either leading or tied in many caucus contests and then would suddenly lose them by a 2-1 margin.

Barack Obama’s 11th highest winning percentages were all from caucus contests. The odds of this being legitimately achieve are 2048 to 1.”

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Hi Murphy – do you have a link or remember where you saw the above, please? Thanks

Hope the bright spot is growing

Ya stupid mother doing every thing to help their kids grow and thrive in an evil world…shit what the hell is the matter with them?
Let the FATHERS do it! :thud:

FL Barbara and HP Boston,

Very good points from both of you and I humbly bow myself out of the discussion…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKIzVZtbFUA&feature=player_embedded

that’s happening right here in rivercity ya’ll

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

((((((goofsmom))))))

Take a big bow..not out but in….when you say it it rings true…when she says it, it sounds hollow. It is good when you can do some of both, I bet that is what most us do, I did.

FLBarbara #94:

Poor and struggling mothers should especially make themselves a priority high on the list. I think women should build networks (friends, extended family) to help with babysitting and emotional support. A mother needs time alone and time to have her own life. A network would help.

If any mother cannot feed, clothe, or take care of a child’s medical needs while working three jobs, then she is not doing what works and needs to shift gears.

“Start with women who have had their hopes and dreams shattered by men who walk out and have no legal responsibility to their children.”

…Hopes and dreams wouldn’t be shattered by a MAN if she had always put herself high on the priority list!

many many times he has said that.
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Yes but he is a liar…….so why believe any of that stuff.

@#101

This is a much, much deeper problem for our gender. It’s a question of self-love. Somehow women have been convinced that “sacrifice” is good, as if self-death and self-neglect is good for a woman. I swear it’s brainwashing.

Girls and women would make radically different choices if all were raised to look out for themselves first and to love and respect themselves above all else.

Too layered to get into. Whole culture is a twisted lie.

Hi FlBarbara, HP, simo, prpl, et al! IMO, MO is about 40 years behind the times re women’s rights and issues. This is the same woman who, during the campaigns, said of HRC “How can she take care of the WH, when she can’t even take care of her own house?” In other words, MO blamed HRC for WJC’s philandering. Those were not the words of a self-actualized, woman-identified, woman-supportive feminist. IMO, MO is every bit as thoroughly self-serving, self-aggrandizing, opportunistic and impervious to the real needs and concerns of others (especially women) as is her egomaniacal, narcissistic, perpetual adolescent, hangs-with-frat-boyz, regressive/repressive spouse. If she were truly a feminist, MO would’ve run for office (or become active on the national stage in some way) herself, rather than playing second-fiddle to BO Nero. In addition to all the great questions for MO from FLBarbara, one of my questions would be: What’s MO’s idea of “investing in and putting [herself] higher on the priority list”? (Making sure she has designer tennies with satin laces to go and dish up soup at the soup kitchen? Using taxpayer resources to fly herself and kids to London for a weekend? Using taxpayer resources to have BO Nero fly her to NYC for Sat. date night? Sounds a lot like Marabel Morgan’s idea of the ‘Total Woman’ to me. Certainly not a feminist, IMO.)

In answer to Murphy’s excellent question, there are many vacant stores and stores up for sale on virtually every main street in the areas where I live and travel frequently (far West). This has been true for a number of months, and continues to get visibly worse.

FLBarbara 09.29.09 at 3:14 pm

Yup!

Kat – so far, I agree with all you are saying concerning putting yourself first.

Only rich women get to love themselves? Poor women have to exclusively be servants for their kids and annihilate two decades of their lives? No way.

Poor women have every right and every human capability of putting themselves high on the list. I’ve seen women who can do it. I know I could.

@#115
The key is to NEVER isolate oneself after marriage or motherhood. Need a network. It cannot be all on her. I don’t believe that women would be expected to almost totally raise the children and care for the house–even as she works outside the home–IF she was raised to look out for herself and her happines and her health first. It’s just this stupid culture.

Share, little girl. Be polite. Wait your turn.

Or, the always golden: “My mother gave her life for me.” (And then everyone actually SMILES.)

Admirable? Everyone is taught that it is, but I don’t think so anymore.

@#117
Or, the always golden: “My mother gave her life for me.” (And then everyone actually SMILES.)

Yeah, cause then…if every mother gives her life and a high population of women around the world are mothers, then clearly women are not really living their full LIVES. It’s plain to see why it’s the MEN who actually have full Lives and get ahead.

One big DUPE. Raising kids is supposed to mainly be on her?? SAYS WHO? Who made THAT up!? And who says it should be that way now? Then people go and make their insular families and she is left to waste…actually believing that having a man could make it 50/50 when she needs many more people in her world. Many more. oh, it’s so frustrating.

Kat

While I agree with the point you make.
Women need to love themselves and put themselves first etc.
That is in a perfect world and unfortunately we do not live in a perfect world especially when it comes to perfect for women.

Many women that love themselves stay in abusive marriages because of economic reasons. If a woman has little to no resources available to her she stays because perhaps she loves her children more. The number one reason woman finally do leave is when their children are threatened her priority is her children
Our answer to these women is shelters, which are prisons in themselves, instead of addressing Domestic Violence.

You’re also leaving out half the women in other countries who are treated as. If they are the scum of the earth and self love and time alone is also not an option.

My point was only that Michele was speaking to a very small percentage of women who can put themselves at the top of a priority list for many reasons that unless it has touched you you know nothing about it really.

You have a great idea about social networking. I started an organization that did just that. There are far too many women who are waiting for someone with a heart like yours to help.

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two amendments to include a government-run public health insurance option in the only compromise health care bill so far.
cnn.com

There are many reasons why women are the sole care takers of their children. Death being one, or just the choice she made to raise a child as a single woman but we are not talking about all the variables of why women raise children a lone. Or even why we need a man to do any of it.
We Don’t

We were saying Michelles’ comment about putting herself first was only being realistic for many woman it was out of touch with why many women always can’t.

Michele is viewing her life and is assuming all women have her life.

CJK and FlBarbara,
Thanks for everything you are saying. I am listening and I’m going to think about it all. I’m just going to quit for now.

Here’s something though:

“13 Pieces of Good News for Girls and Women”
http://www.tonic.com/article/clinton-global-initiative-good-news-for-girls-and-women/

bbl

(((pumas)))

Holy Shit, a huge 8.3 earthquake hit near Samoa!

That is where Survivor was filmed for this season, but I think the filming is already finished. They were darn lucky!!!!!!!!!

2ND LD: M-8.3 quake hits near Samoa, tsunami warning issued+
Sep 29 03:41 PM US/Eastern
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TOKYO, Sept. 30 (AP) – (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH UPWARD REVISION OF MAGNITUDE)

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 8.3 struck in the Samoan Islands region Tuesday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.

The warning center issued a tsunami warning for a wide area of the southern Pacific after the quake struck at about 6:50 a.m. local time. The quake’s magnitude was revised up from the initially announced 7.9.

A 1.6-meter wave was observed in Pago Pago in American Samoa and a 0.7-meter wave in Apia, Samoa, the center said. There were no immediate reports of damage.

The earthquake struck about 200 kilometers south-southwest of Apia, Samoa, and 180 km east-northeast of Hihifo, Tonga, at a depth of 35 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The tsunami warning center said that based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be “destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter.”

An investigation is under way to determine if there is a tsunami threat to Hawaii, the center said.

Thanks Kat and CJK
Great discussion.
I just left the library which sells books I bought a lot of “self help” books for women dealing with lifes problems and I am going to drop them off at the shelter.

So thanks for a great idea Kat.

Battery dying
BBL

ACORN May Face Trial for First Time as Nevada Prosecutors Allege ‘Widespread’ Criminal Policies
LAS VEGAS — When ACORN took to Las Vegas and started playing “Blackjack” and “21,” the activist group was making a far bigger gamble than it ever guessed, according to Nevada prosecutors.

There’s nothing wrong with playing the tables in Vegas, but authorities say ACORN was using the names of those casino games as a cover to illegally pay workers to sign up voters as part of an illegal quota system.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557461,00.html

I heard Andersen state Obama dropped off tapes for his book for Bill Ayers to use in helping him write DREAMS OF MY FATHER on a radio/telephone interview. Can’t find a transcript of that but here’s another interview:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554360,00.html

Mediamatters.com is going nuts:
http://mediamatters.org/research/200909230025

LMAO, big time:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31592459@N08/3967775020/

(Bodega Bay)
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:::::::Swoooooooon:::::::

Dances – if you should take a long road trip, iphone and internet card works for the most part. It is nice to be connected. Olema, Point Reyes, etc so pastoral on Hwy 1 on the coast.

#1 TT!!!!

I knew bacon was the answer, but do we get partial credit for bologna?

What if it’s fried? Fried bologna ought to count for something…I mean, besides calories. It makes me happy….

JusttheFacts #3 and 4

Never saw you here before and the mere mention of ACORN has my eyes rolling into my head, and then the “Jew boy” in the link title was almost enough to put me over the edge, but I thought, well, maybe “Jew Boy” was humorous. Your next link set my mind to ease.

The Washington “Moonie” Times says someone encouraged child sex? Uh-huh.

Nice try. Let me know when you come up with a source that doesn’t proscribe exactly which sexual position their cult adherents assume while minding the Cult Father, m’kay?

Nice try, tho!!!!

#140 normapuma and other pumas

I am out there seeing the effect…closed storefronts. Strapped businesses.

Today’s example…a business the very nice man inherited from his grandpa.

Used to employ 15, now down to 2. He had to scrap most of what they do, and relocate. Now he only caters to the very wealthy, restoring precious metal items. No more fabrication also.

He and the dogs are very thin…he says he just scrapes by…actually, one of the dogs looks very hale, the thin one he just recently rescued.

A new NCIS is on………………..bbl

Oh, BillieJo, thanks!!!

TT is not around to tease me…altho, if you will note, I am trying to work both ends and meet in the middle!

freddiebrown 09.29.09 at 10:37 pm
Dances – if you should take a long road trip, iphone and internet card works for the most part. It is nice to be connected. Olema, Point Reyes, etc so pastoral on Hwy 1 on the coast.
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Love the area… can’t count the number of times I’ve been there. Considered it my back yard.

Okay. Now I’m homesick for No California again.

#33 oo, interesting, but talk is cheap.

What exactly has Michelle done for herself except ask her hubby to come with her on interviews and to suffer his insufferable PIG comments on how she is not going to have a “role” as First Lady because she’ll be too busy being a MOM…and then he even usurps that role and pronounces, in his little WEENIE way, that he won’t stand for a “girlie” dog. (And then gets what is essentially a poodle.)

Did I say she suffered his pig comments? I meant to say she cowers and kowtows to his PIG INTERRUPTIONS and answering for her.

Reminds me of the Islamic pig who threw a fit when I approached his wife at the airport for a survey. You know, the little women chattel aren’t to speak for themselves and so far that is what I’ve seen from the sad scowling sack Michelle.

I went this evening to the best Jewish deli style restaurant and it was closed, as in for good, empty..It has been there for over 30 years. The reason I was told was the rise in taxes in NY.
Sad very sad
And there are many other empty stores, mostly restaurants but some beauty shops and a Gym and a pre school.Reflective of the high unemployment in the area.

#49 Dances

“tritto?”

Oh my. Your own? Very chic!

FL Barbara,

#157 – Yep, it is very sad to see… But hey, how important is that when compared to Chicago getting the Olympics..

We have to remember our priorities… pffffft!

#53 FL Barb, AMEN.

He couldn’t stand it if the women did something without his help.

You know, I’m really sorry about his penis, but enough with the overcompensation.

OK, fine. I’m not really sorry about the penis he needs to overcompensate about.

Busted.

#75

lol, I love listening to what young women have to say about what they would or would not do in the future, before having entered unto family contracts and had children.

Yeah, I remember the same bluster and the same fury with the older wiser women’s warnings.

Good luck.

Don’t know whether it’s more sad or more funny. I guess there is a smidgeon of maternal left in me, even for this brat younger generation.

Hi PUMAS!
Back from school. I am completely in over my head but what are ya gonna do?

Murphy,
Yes, many stores here have closed and even a large mall (not a strip mall) that used to be a thriving place. Lots of people in St. Louis are hurting, that’s for sure.

#169 sheila!!!!!!!!

“I am completely in over my head but what are ya gonna do? ”

omfg. I am soooooo there.

No clue what I am doing and am wayyyyy too old to enter upon new steep learning curves.

But what’s ya gonna do? Screw ‘m all!

And laugh! People respond to that. All I heard throughout my life is sometimes you’ve got to laugh to keep from crying.

True, that.

Hi FLBarbara and goofsmom! Not sure if anyone else is around.

Oh, and hi Delle. ( I know you’re lurking )

Speaking of lurking,
Antifish if you are out there I just had to tell you I thought of you last night. I was behind some idiot on the road and when I got up close they had the fish emblem on their car!! LOL. I thought of you and laughed out loud.

Jeepers should read Sheila7 not Sheila&

Zee 09.29.09 at 11:26 pm
#49 Dances
“tritto?”
Oh my. Your own? Very chic!
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We. Tray sheik.

Bonne New Wheat, Pumas

Zee,

Nothing wrong with Goodwill…

Dances,

LOL… tray sheik… hehehehe….

Thank you FLBarbara!

Dances,
I was thinking of you tonight. I had to go to a social justice presentation for one of my classes and the speaker reminded me very much of you and some of the views you have expressed. Only difference was he was a Jesuit priest. LOL. But other than his message of God, the rest of his political views seemed very similar to views you have expressed. I found that very interesting. Of course, he said he is on the verge of being kicked out of the church and has been banned from many dioceses. LOL.
Just thought I’d let you know I was thinking of you there.
I take my pumas everywhere I go.

Oh, I almost forgot! The priest said Obama is a war monger just like George Bush! Loved it!! Lots of obots there though that did not! heeheehee

I didn’t know that FLBarbara. I’ll have to shop there more often. I’m going to let my friends know that too, we all love Dress Barn.

Zee
#180
Correct.

Susie
Interesting. Thanks.

#72 FL barb

Another good one for me-chelle to answer~!

#88 persephone

“And jeez, as a mom I didn’t put myself first. Made many sacrifices for my kids, and gladly. ”

We’re one on this. Amen. The hotshot kids spouting off who don’t have others to account for have NO CLUE. Laughable is the kindest attribute they embody.

And as for putting kids first, wtf HELL are Oprah and No-eyebrows Whoopi thinking of??????

Whoopi. Draw in some eyebrows, you freak. Then beg, borrow or steal some BRAINS. Then maybe I will give a flying fuck what you think about DRUGGED CHILD RAPE.

Michelle Obama Will ‘Take No Prisoners’ in Pushing Chicago for 2016 Olympics
She’s got game.

And First Lady Michelle Obama, leaving tonight for Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago’s 2016 Olympics bid, is cranking it up, promising to “take no prisoners” in her quest to beat Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid.

Mrs. Obama offered up some good-natured G-rated trash talk about Chicago’s rivals when she met with a group of reporters on Monday to discuss Friday’s vote by the International Olympic Committee to pick the 2016 host city.

“It’s a battle. We’re going to win,” she boasted Monday with bravado — and good humor. “Take no prisoners.”

Mrs. Obama also provided fair warning of her intentions to her counterpart in U.S. rival nations also seeking the Olympic bid. Last Thursday, at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, she said she was seated next to the first lady of Brazil at a dinner. “I adore her,” Mrs. Obama said. “And — but I said, ‘You know I’m going to hug you now — and then I’m going after you in Copenhagen.’ And she said, ‘You too.’ ”

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/29/michelle-obama-will-take-no-prisoners-in-pushing-chicago-for-2/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.politicsdaily.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fmichelle-obama-will-take-no-prisoners-in-pushing-chicago-for-2%2F

Dan Rather loses $70 million case against CBS

For more than two years, Dan Rather has been seeking vengeance, vindication and $70 million from his former employer, CBS.

He’s not getting any of it.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/29/dan-rather-loses-70-million-case-against-cbs/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fdan-rather-loses-70-million-case-against-cbs%2F

(((billiejo)))
Love that show! My mom told me that when she worked at an office in the early 60′s she had to wear a dress but also that the men were allowed to smoke but the women were not! She said it was outrageous. She said I would have never been able to take it. LOL.

I know I am still a liberal when this is a WTF moment for me:

Under the law, backed by the National Rifle Association, the 138,350 people with concealed-weapons permits in Arizona will be allowed to bring their guns into bars and restaurants that haven’t posted signs banning them.

Those carrying the weapons aren’t allowed to drink alcohol.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4PSarfGJNWRZRC0OWFn9f0dF59wD9B18F0O0

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Self defense or lunacy?

(((sheila7)))

(((billiejo)))
Love that show! My mom told me that when she worked at an office in the early 60’s she had to wear a dress but also that the men were allowed to smoke but the women were not! She said it was outrageous. She said I would have never been able to take it. LOL.
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I have mixed feeling about the show, I do watch it but it is so sexist and I end up yelling at the screen more than anything else.

Women had little choice back in those days, you wanted a job you had to go by the men’s freakin’ rulz since they did the hiring and firing!

The handsome asshole man that made me go home and change my nylons (they were not pantyhose then) touched my thigh when I gave him a disgusted look for sending me home. Gack, he is lucky he doesn’t run into me know! I am all grown up and don’t take anyone’s crap any more.

Gack, he is lucky he doesn’t run into me NOW!

Okay, gotta sign off my typos are taking over again, sleep well PUMAs.
OFraud is over parting with Oprah, let’s close all the gates and lock him out!!!

Billiejo,
I know. I was yelling at the screen the other night. It’s so ridiculous it’s almost like a parody but unfortunately it was not. Plus, I do like to look at Don Draper. heeheehee

bedtime for me.
Talk to everyone tomorrow.

sheila7 #206

Yes, I do think some fathers miss out on things (like promotions, personal purchases, friend time, etc).

It’s just that I don’t think most (not all) fathers worry about maintaining all the little things in life or feel guilty being at work or enjoying a beer with friends or going for a walk or drive to be alone…or innocently flirting, etc.

It’s the little everyday stresses that build overtime that are the sorts of stresses that can cause nervous breakdowns, depression and heart attacks, etc. Most fathers are just not worried about as many little and big things as mothers are…and most fathers/ men do not seem to identify with cleaning or cooking as an act of love and generosity OR as a tool to judge one’s competence as a man/ husband/ father.

I think a lot of men were raised by mothers who did a lot of the cooking and cleaning for them…beyond childhood norms. Then men expect their wives to be the same way or it’s unnatural for them to take on these other aspects and it makes them inadequate and dependent on woman. This is where the lazy/ selfish husband jokes are at.

I’m just convinced that I cannot depend on a man to be the equal partner when it comes to parenthood, and even if he was, I would need more help than that in order to be okay as a mother. I’d have to build a network of friends and extended family in the community so I can have separation and freedom from the home and less of a burden in general when it comes motherhood. That doesn’t take money, it’s a different kind of resourcefulness that most women don’t immediately see as needful because they are expected to do it all on their own.

Sorry, others, that I dropped offscreen. After my weird encounter with the Russian drug mafia the other night (my guess) I’ve been a bit jumpy, so when I heard a car idling in the wee hours I ran outside to stare the occupants down. Haha…it turned out to be young men I knew, friends of my son! We got to talking so I was afk a lot longer than expected. One was taking up music so we rummaged in the basement for an extra keyboard we had lying around. Then we commiserated on how impossible my son is…worse than the least anchored idealist here!!!

Interesting, tho…he was idealistic and philosophical since he was a tot.
No clue where that came from…he got the clutter bug from me, tho.

Zee,

Maybe I will just sit back and smirk because I know that I will consciously work hard to never allow myself to be bottom of the barrel–for a man–for a kid–for anyone. It takes immense effort to curb that because that is how society molds girls and women. I think ANYONE arguing AGAINST girls and women putting themselves high on the priority list is AGAINST girls and women.

You tell me I have NO clue…how’s this. YOU have no clue what it’s like to be my age in 2009. Many young women are different now, thanks in large part to our elder women! Yes, and thank you. There is a difference, and much of that difference involves progress.

I’m NOT IGNORING all the older women’s warnings. That’s the entire point! I see all the red flags and I know the stories. I’ve been there with the women.

You think it’s just about some hotshot who thinks she knows better than her elders. Here’s some news: I respect my elders, but I ALSO know that I DO KNOW MORE than some of them. Old doesn’t mean right. A stupid asshole 25 year old man will probably be a stupid asshole 65 year old man.

I will NEVER tell a young woman or girl that she shouldn’t or won’t be able to put herself high on the priority list.

It’s dawning on me that this is something that probably has to be taught to girls when they are very young, and most of them probably need to witness a mother who is like this in order to emulate it.

An example of what I am talking about is (at the very least): a day/ night out once a week for mom, either alone or with friends or to date–whatever she needs. I’m talking about allotted time for mom to enjoy her personal hobbies or whatever personal “work” she needs for the soul. I’m talking about allotted time for mom to maintain self/ meditate/ beautify/ journal/ exercise, etc etc etc whatever. There are ways to save time and there are ways to make it happen.

If I become a mother, I WILL have one day and night to myself. A DAY OFF. FOR ME. At least. You know how? I’m going to have people HELP ME. I’m going to build a support system–a network. My mother did it and so can I.

Kat – I had four children and I still agree with all you have said today. Keep your ideals. I did and it worked well for me. Plus, I admire you.

The local job fair was ridiculous: 8000 FOR 60 EMPLOYERS (HALF LAST YEAR’S EMPLOYERS).
I’ve lived in my neighborhood about ten years and it’s the first time the pre-school here has ever had openings advertised on the lawn! Ouch.

#212 CJK I agree and thanks for the tip-I’ll check out Hillbuzz.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0sAfzItGFQ&feature=player_embedded

anyone heard aboutt he million med march, i know i sure hadnt.

Kat,
Just to be clear. I would never tell anyone not to put themselves high on their priority list. I’m not saying there is anything wrong with your ideas. All I was saying was my ideas changed after I became a mother. Wasn’t saying yours would, just that mine did and that sometimes what is perceived as not putting yourself first isn’t really an accurate assessment.
You can bet that I would lay down my life for my child and I don’t believe that is because of my culture.
Also, my husband is an equal partner in many ways, however, I do more around my house and for my son because I do it better than he does and I want it done right. But, that is my choice and so for that I am fortunate.

Anyway, I just didn’t want you to think I was disrespecting your ideas, I’m not, I just wanted to express that there is another side to it.
Have a great day.

Just heard Nevada, Oregon, RI and MI will not have to pay cost for expanded Medicaid costs. The 46 remaining states will have to pay for those four states in a sweetheart deal made by Senator Reid with Baucus.
saw on Fox News, but don’t have link….Maybe Scarlet our Information Czar will find it
on another note… Congress at work again..for themselves,

In tight times, Congress boosts its budget
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27732.html
And for women voters in Virginia take a look at this article…you hold the power!
A Tug of War For Women’s Votes in Race For Governor
Fight Playing Out In Events, TV Ads
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/29/AR2009092903767.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Sistermoon
amazing? Depends… There are little symbols (crosses) next to titles that have been pre-purchased
and purchased in bulk. Conservative orbs were infamous for doing that during batshit bush’s reign.

There was much talk about marriage in many of the posts above… how about this view of marriage from the UK?

UK: Muslim Forced Marriages up 80% – Parents Use “Bounty Hunters”
“Forced marriages up 80% in the UK. And as authorities grapple with how to deal with it, they fail abysmally. How can they confront a problem they are afraid to name? I mean, really.
Forced marriage cases up by 80pc this year as investigators find parents using ‘bounty hunters’ Telegraph hat tip Rodney

The number of forced marriages being investigated in Britain has risen by 80 per cent this year with parents using “bounty hunters” and bogus missing persons campaigns in a desperate bid to track down runaway children and make them wed.

A special Government unit dedicated to stopping teenagers being married off by their families dealt with 300 cases in the first half of this year, up from 168 in the same period of 2007.

But the head of the Forced Marriage Unit, based at the Foreign Office, fears this could be just the tip of the iceberg as many victims are too scared to come forward and communities often close up to hide what is going on.

Wayne Ives also warned that heads of families are going to extreme lengths to get their children to marry, in some instances posing as officials to kidnap runaway brides or paying people to track them down.

His comments came as a new law comes into effect next week, which will make it easier for courts to stop ceremonies going ahead if it is feared that the bride and groom are being married against their wills.

A separate law will see the minimum age at which foreigners can come to Britain to get married being increased.

Despite the drive to tackle forced marriages, however, many feel it is still taboo because of fears of criticising immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, who are involved in most cases.

Schools have refused to discuss so-called honour crimes in case they cause offence to ethnic minorities or religions, while MPs have been accused of failing to highlight forced marriage in case they lose Muslim votes.

Sick.

In a recent speech to a Capita conference, Mr Ives told delegates: “We are talking about endemic abuse of the worst kind against young men and women which is happening right here and right now.”

He said the mere fact that a teenage girl is seen wearing a short skirt or having a boyfriend can be enough for her relatives to decide she has betrayed the family and must be forced to marry someone they deem acceptable, while others make disabled children get married so they can have a carer in a “warped form of altruism”.

In total, 90 per cent of cases dealt with in Britain involve Bangladeshi or Pakistani families, but investigators are uncovering growing numbers of forced marriages involving Iranians, Turks, Kurds and Somalis.

Still can’t say …………Islam.
Thanks to increased awareness, the Forced Marriage Unit has had 1,200 inquiries this year, 300 of which are being investigated as possible cases.

But Mr Ives warned: “What we’ve seen is the tip of the iceberg.”

[...]
In addition, on Nov 27 the minimum age at which foreigners can come to Britain to get married will rise from 18 to 21 before a marriage visa can be granted.

Mr Ives went on to describe the lengths some families will go to in order to track down those who they want to be married.

“Two uncles managed to dress up as airport officials and tried to arrest a girl when she arrived in Pakistan.

I believe this is the link for the story above:

UK: Muslim Forced Marriages up 80% – Parents Use “Bounty Hunters”:

sheila7 09.30.09 at 9:21 am

Hi prplvette85!
How’s Roxie?
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she is doing ok. Still on the 3 medsications. The tumor has shrunk to about half the size. She goes for a check up on Monday. The vet says then the surgeon will see if they can then remove the rest…the bad news…. I need $2,000.00 for the surgery.
…thud….

sistermoon
no need to be defensive about batshit bush… it was during his reign that I became aware of the symbol and the bulk pre-sales and bulk sales.

Note: Difficult to add many details when blogging on a phone… unless you happen to be FLBarbara or Murphy.

Note: Difficult to add many details when blogging on a phone… unless you happen to be FLBarbara or Murphy.
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agreed, they must have long fingernails or skinny fingers

Oh dances, i am not being defensive at all, i will loudly shout I HOPE her book sells zzillllllllions, and i dont give a crap
about what you learned during the bush regime, i know what i have learned under the Obama regime, lie, let everyone do the work and you take credit for it, and let’s just jet off to the olympics sells pitch and happy ramadan
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meanwhile
U.S. private sector cuts 254,000 jobs in September

“I think it does take a village and that’s the best way,”

I was going to post this but I knew you knew that. I with a young family in the 60ties found that to be true…we had a village so to speak, a neighorhood of young families. All in the same boat( making do with one paycheck) helping with the care of children..could call on a neighbor in an emergency.
Playmates galore and Mothers home to keep an eye on all of them, friends going out in the evenings (all women) to escape, shop, bowl,night classes. I was sometimes numb with boredom…I did break the norm here when my last child got on the school bus (well part time before that) I got a job. I was the only one to work full time in my neighborhood b/c I wanted the freedom of my time, my money and a car! That’s my story and so much different than yours Kat you have many more choices and live in a different world.

Good Morning

Sheila07

Just saw your comment looking for info on DV laws.
VAWA and the DOJ site is were info is contained.

I do have a copy of legislation that has been written by New York Representative Patricia Eddington to make DV a hate crime in the state of New York. This is to my knowledge the only bill written on a state level making domestic violence equal to hate crimes with stiffer penalties.
It is 3 pages and it is the first, I think draft.
If you want a copy then we can make arrangements so I can send it to you.

Secret surveillance vehicle hits Mid-Island’s streets, will help crack down on quality-of-life crimes

By Peter N. Spencer
September 28, 2009, 1:26PM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It could be a van with a plumber logo on it or a yellow livery cab. Or maybe it’s a generic gray sedan, driven by a man who looks like an accountant.

The only way you will really know what the top-secret surveillance vehicle that recently hit the streets of the Mid-Island’s 122nd Precinct looks like is if you get busted in some criminal act.

http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/secret_surveillance_vehicle_hi.html

US under Obama could slide into military dictatorship, says Gore Vidal

Barack Obama is failing as President and the US is in danger of sliding into a military dictatorship, says Gore Vidal, the American essayist and intellectual.

In an exclusive interview with The Times, Vidal, 83, reveals that he regrets switching his allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Mr Obama during last year’s campaign to secure the Democratic presidential nomination.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6854498.ece

Persephone,
Great link. Thanks.

Oh between damn

Roman the Rapist
A Commentary By Susan Estrich
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Gore Vidal essayist and intellectual
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Secret surveillance vehicle hits Mid-Island’s streets
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/secret_surveillance_vehicle_hi.html
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I need another blood pressure pill!!!!

Hi PUMAs, one and all! Prplvette, fyi in case it might be helpful for Roxie’s required surgery, just wanted to say that I used a company called CareCredit to finance my black lab’s surgeries during his cancer treatment. (It is/was a branch of GE Capital. Don’t know whether it still exists, but it offered fairly good terms a few years ago. It was also possible to use the card for ‘people’ dental and other healthcare!) Might be worth looking into. Sending good thoughts.

FLBarbara — I would be interested in reading Eddington’s proposed legislation to make DV a hate crime.

Good thoughts to all, especially those having tough times.

(Apologies in advance, demons made me post it.)

Houston Woman Fries and Eats Pet Goldfish After Fight With Husband

excerpt:

… the two argued earlier about some jewelry the man had given her but took back. She wanted the jewelry returned.

Officers who were dispatched to the woman’s home arrived to find four fried goldfish on a plate. The woman said she already ate the other three.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557760,00.html?test=latestnews

:razz:

Oh ya now I get Vidal…he was rammed down our throats..his orders are to get some real shit passed that will piss everyone off. No strong replacement at his back..(Biden HA!).so he is failing at his task of jamming HC and the rest of the Stimulus and more bailouts. He must be pressured because his time is short, is that the plan Vidal? He has X amount of time then ya gonna rub him out…bring in the Military…gonna tell us he is a Muslim never went to school, has no BC was hatched from lice eggs?? huh??? Is that the plan??? Oh ya and now ACORN is real and in the WH and you and the rest of the racists eggheads are sooooosorry you voted for him…ya some plan!

persephone 09.30.09 at 12:51 pm

lol Waaa I want my gold jewels back! NO!

Damn you! I will eat the GOLD fish!!

JustTheFacts 09.30.09 at 12:58 pm

your post are to long and I never read them!

Hey JTF stick with the jokes that are funny that one in not!

Uh-oh! Obama has to actually DO something about the Public option
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/public-option-the-ball-is-in-obamas-court/

ROTA ROOTA HERE!!

Harry Reid cuts Medicaid deal for Nevada

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid secured a deal today that would give Nevada full, 100 percent funding in the Senate health care bill for an initial expansion of Medicaid.

The agreement reached with the committee chairman comes after Reid vowed last week to strike a better deal for Nevada before bringing any legislation to the floor.

Reid took heat from Republican Rep. Nathan Deal of Georgia who bemoaned the majority leader’s powerful reach into Senate negotiations to improve the bill for Nevada.

http://www.nvdems.com/go/in-the-media/harry-reid-cuts-medicaid-deal-for-nevada/

CJK

You have mail. I hope. Page 1 of 3.
Email me if you got page 1 and I will send 2 and 3
Doing this on phone and not sure how to send attachment on phone.

Roman the Rapist

Susan Estrich

Roman Polanski was on his way to a film festival in which he was to be honored for his life’s work when he was arrested last weekend. Some 100 European big shots have released a statement in protest: “Filmmakers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision. It seems inadmissible to them that an international cultural event, paying homage to one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, is used by the police to apprehend him.”

I’ve got news for the big shots: International cultural events are not safe havens for criminals, nor is there any reason they should be. A criminal is a criminal, even if he is “one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers.” There’s nothing “inadmissible” about it, guys.

The fact that he got away with it this long is not a reason to declare him innocent. He is a guilty man who fled from justice. It is time, past time, that he was returned.

http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewopiarticle.jsp?id=2662&type=Opinion

Brazil reports Daley to the IOC Ethics commission

COPENHAGEN (AFP) – The race to win the right to host the 2016 Olympics became increasingly bitter here on Tuesday as Rio de Janeiro went on the attack against bookmakers’ favourites Chicago.

Rio – bidding to become the first South American city to host the Games – lodged an official complaint with the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Commission about a remark made by Chicago Mayor Richard M Daley which they took as a criticism of their bid – something that is not allowed under IOC rules.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090929/ts_afp/oly2016_20090929180606

BigCatLover 09.30.09 at 2:59 pm

Myabe Chicago and Rio will knock each other off and one of the other cities will win the Olympic Games.
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I would not underestimate Tokyo

Note from one of my Senators today…hey..at least he is trying to do something…conservative as he is…
…Today California Senator Barbara Boxer and Massachusetts Senator John Kerry introduced sweeping new taxes on energy consumption in the United States. The proposal has often been called “Cap and Trade,” but it’s more appropriately titled “Cap and Tax.”

Economists across the political spectrum have made clear that a cap-and-trade scheme would wreak economic havoc across this nation. And for a state like Louisiana, with our strong manufacturing base and significant domestic energy production, the proposal is particularly damaging.

The Heritage Foundation estimates that by 2012, the legislation would result in 1.9 million fewer American jobs. Louisiana can expect to lose nearly 32,000 jobs. And by 2035, national net job losses would approach 2.5 million.

The same study estimates that in the way of energy costs, the typical family of four will pay an extra $426 in energy costs by 2012. By 2035, that same family will pay an additional $1,241 in energy costs. The legislation would cause a 58 percent increase in gas and a 90 percent increase in electricity prices. And by 2035, the legislation will have added $5 trillion to the national debt, even as the federal government collects $5.7 trillion in revenues by auctioning credits.

I will adamantly oppose this Cap and Tax proposal and its damaging impact on Louisiana families and our economy. In the words of Democratic Congressman John Dingell, “cap-and-trade is a tax…and it’s a great big one.”

Sincerely,

David Vitter
U.S. Senator

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Geez we really have come a long way in the last 30 years, all this talk about violence against women,what constitutes rape ie when a woman says NO or a woman is passed out and unable to speak the word NO, you know NO consent given and here we are 30 years later still talking about was it rape? It was “rape” then but now its considered “FUN” Cut the guy some slack he is a great director. Crap
So Polanski pleaded guilty and was sentenced and 30 years later “his crime is not considered a crime” and “he served his sentence”. Wow not sure of any sentence that sends a criminal to live in France,or how anyone believes living in France is “punishment” France is beautiful, but Ok that’s me.

I guess we just have to open the prisons and send all those convicted of rape to France for 30 years of punishment,and WE get to start all over.
Read MY lips, rape is when..I will speak slowly…a woman says NO.

The dramatic shock tactic testimony of known “Pro-Lifers” trying to impose bans on a woman’s right to choose proves-what, exactly?

Harvesting all sorts of tissue after all sorts of procedures is done every day in all major hospitals.

The post in question is an out of context bit of woman bashing propaganda.
As Zee would say, “Oh Please!”

Post that shit elsewhere, this is not Concerned Women for America.

Yeesh Boston, you could have warned me. Vidal looks like rigor mortis! Who cares what the eccentric old fart has to say. He looks like he’s been dead for three weeks.

Sorry I stuttered.

Kat

In response to your comments expressing all your hopes, dreams and plans.I wish you blessings on your journey and I will always be a part of the village that seeks to have all your dreams come true.
“Wings to Fly
Roots to Grow”

LATEST E FROM OBAMA

scarlett –

The cavalry is here — and they’re in white coats and scrubs: More than a half a million doctors and millions of nurses are joining forces to help pass real health reform.

Americans listen to their nurses and doctors when it comes to health reform — and for good reason. If we can help them amplify their voices, it’ll be a huge boost to our campaign for change.

So we’re working on a new television ad featuring their voices explaining why doctors and nurses so strongly support President Obama’s plan — and asking Congress to pass it. We’ll run the ad in key states and districts all around the country to show folks where health professionals stand, cut through the spin, and build even greater support for reform.

But to produce and air the new ad before the Senate starts debating a final bill, we’ll need to raise $300,000 by Thursday. Please donate $5 right away.

The American Medical Association, Doctors for America, and a dozen other physicians groups representing 500,000 doctors are endorsing reform. So are the American Nurses Association and other organizations representing millions of nurses.

They’re speaking out because they see the shortcomings of our health care system firsthand, every day: patients denied the care they prescribe, families losing access to their doctors, and a system that forces them to spend more time with paperwork and less time with patients.

These voices need to be heard — with so much deception out there clouding the debate, it’s critical that medical professionals are able to focus the country on the simple fact that health reform is good medicine.

But the final congressional committee could vote on their reform bill as early as Wednesday — and debate on final legislation could start by the end of the week. So if we’re going to help make these doctors and nurses’ voices heard, we’ll need to do it right now. Can you chip in $5 or more to help get our ad on the air?

https://donate.barackobama.com/HealthAd

Thanks,

Mitch

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America

Michelle Obama arrives in Copenhagen for IOC vote

By NANCY ARMOUR (AP) – 2 hours ago
COPENHAGEN — Michelle Obama says the Olympics have the power to transform the lives of children in Chicago and around the country, inspiring them to be the next David Robinson, Nadia Comaneci.

Maybe even the next Barack Obama.

The first lady has wrapped up her first day in Copenhagen with a rousing speech to supporters of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Games. The next 48 hours are crucial, she says, “like a campaign.” She is meeting International Olympic Committee members, hoping to show them Chicago has the passion to host the Summer Games.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jkF2rgplcPZSZ5i5_jP_1Vq6QaogD9B1Q9U80

Public Service Announcement

via Violet Sox.

“Folks, it’s time to pass the blegging bowl.

In the past year this little blog has become weirdly popular, which is a lovely thing. What’s not so lovely is my server bills. Even in light months like this, when I’m not posting much because of my finger injury, I have to keep shelling out for extra bandwidth. In busier months my host sends me emails tactfully suggesting that I buy a dedicated server so I don’t keep crashing the damn box. As hobbies go, this one is becoming a little too expensive.

No, make that a lot too expensive. My starving artist/underinsured sicko lifestyle is glamorous, to be sure, but financially it’s pretty precarious.

I’ve looked at ways to monetize the blog, but they’re all unacceptable for one reason or another. No, I’m not going to run porny ads (over my fucking dead body, Bob) or yellow teeth billboards or paid links or any of that bullshit. Do we really want that in the smoking lounge? I’d rather quit the blog.

But I don’t want to quit the blog! I love it here! I love you people!
(Violet begins sobbing, is dragged offstage by an embarrassed Raoul.)

So, I’m going to ask you guys to chip in. If you’d like to keep the smoking lounge in operation, please consider contributing to its upkeep. I’m thinking maybe a fundraiser could help me get out of the hole I dug with server bills these past few months and also fund whatever new hellish thing my host is going to force on me. Think of it as a Jerry Lewis telethon, only without muscular dystrophy. Or, you know, Jerry Lewis.

You don’t have to have a PayPal account yourself to use this; PayPal will also process credit cards, debit cards, and checks.

I am hugely grateful to all of you for your support, feedback,
participation, and love. I mean that. When I started this blog a few years ago I didn’t think anyone would actually read it. It amazes me sometimes that people do. Thank you.” — Violet Socks

Here’s the link (the PayPal donation button is embedded here):
http://www.reclusiveleftist.com/2009/09/23/fall-fundraiser/

Let’s give it up for Violet Socks!

Gag! That is the biggest bullsh*t from MO that I have heard in a long time.

Zee
Did you see the indictments of the Acorn workers for voter fraud today?

::::GASP::::
BCL said bullshit.

OT but vital right now:

Senators turn back ID requirement for immigrant healthcare
By Jeffrey Young – 09/30/09 01:03 PM ET
Senate Finance Committee Democrats rejected a proposed a requirement that immigrants prove their identity with photo identification when signing up for federal healthcare programs.

Grassley’s amendment was beaten back 10-13 on a party-line vote.

The bill, authored by committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), would require applicants to verify their names, places of birth and Social Security numbers.

But the would not require them to show a photo ID, such as a drivers license.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/60939-senators-turn-back-id-requirement-for-immigrant-healthcare

bullshasteriskt…
isnt that polish for bullshit??

bring links/
… and bacon if you have any to share.