So, some of you may have noticed a set of links that now reside in the page footers here. They’re not there because I endorse them (far from it; they look like the typical shit that you get spammed with, so I wouldn’t bother clicking on them). They’re there because they offered me money – up front, no “per click” nonsense – to put them there. I feel a bit as if I’m selling my soul, but they’re pretty unobtrusive text-only links (I’ll bet most people won’t even notice they’re there), and they actually pay me a month in advance. My guess is that they’re just there to get noticed by web spiders, so that the sites they link to will get elevated in search results. Whatever. I’m not getting a fortune for them, but they actually cover the cost of the web hosting fees, with enough left over to buy a beer or two. So, I couldn’t resist. While I can’t vouch for the sites that these links go to, it seems like the advertising company that’s paying me is actually on the up-and-up. Now I can keep this site going forever – even if everybody goes away (which is looking more and more likely these days).
Anyhow, so I got an e-mail from Barbara Boxer yesterday. She wants me to “take a stand on Iraq.” Well, sorry Barb, but, guess what? I took a stand on Iraq a long fucking time ago. It’s time for you assholes in the Senate to take a goddamn stand for a change. Now, I’m sorry to take it out on you, BB (I think you’re one of the better ones, frankly), but jeezus fucking krist, don’t try and feed me this bullshit about how signing an online petition (that I’m pretty damn sure will eventually lead to a money contribution form) is really gonna “show ’em.” Petitions, marches, e-mails – been there, done that. It’s time for you to take a stand, and get the spineless Democrats and the corrupt Republicans to put an end to this shit now. Then, maybe, you’ll get a buck or two out of me. Otherwise, it’s the spam folder for you.
I also heard an interview on NPR last night (kind of a three-way, actually), with Robert Siegel, EJ Dionne of the WaPost, and David Brooks of the Bush Administration NY Times. They were speculating on a replacement for Gonzo, with Brooks saying something to the effect that they’d need to pick a Washington “insider,” since the big job for the United States Attorney General would be defending the Administration’s Executive Privilege claims. Excuse me there, Dave, but I thought the AG was supposed to work for the United States of America (you know, “we da people”), and not as the preznit’s personal mouthpiece. I know the DOJ has become Dick and Dubya’s plaything (and the US Constitution has become like Jeff Gannon in a mens room full of Republicans), but isn’t it about time we stopped that? Of course, neither Siegel nor Dionne bothered to interject. Bastids. Anyways…
Happy Birthday, Amanda Tapping! Yeah, I’m a geek.
pj, thanks for pointing it out. I was obloviate. It’s kind of like listening to Bill Press overnight.
I guess my lunar eclipse has been called on account of fog but recycling and garbage and composting go on.
PJ gets paid!
:banana: :banana: :banana:
OK, so it’s just a little, but as Double Exposure said back in the days of disco, ten percent of something beats one hundred percent of nothing at all.
Speaking of disco, I’m writing a disco song about Larry Craig. It’s called “Wide Stance.” I’ll share it when it’s finished.
Although I have to admit that the first time I heard about this, I thought the announcer said Larry David. Which put a whole ‘nother spin on it.
:rofl2:
Good Idea to go back to sleep. :no: … And No Bill Press… :omg: … :jerk: A!I!V! oops late, i was checking exact time — and to make sure NO :no: FOG.
And don’t forget the MoveOn rally this evening if there is one in your area. We’re doing one in downtown St Pete at Rep. Bill Young’s office. They were hoping for 25 signups, and as of this morning we have 88! And I’m hoping more people will join us to at least celebrate the defeat of Gonzo.
St Pete rocks against Bush! Who knew?
:fist:
Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse, and Mars Crossing :joe: Tea. Cheers ALL… :dancers: Tea :joe: Cheers A!I!V
:fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate: :paranoid: :paranoid: :crap: :yuck:
❓ ❓ ❓ ❓ ❓ Whatever :sheep: le
Burrr I’m cold and it is still summer. :cold: … :pirate: A!I!V!
I really don’t think the the contributions from the majority of individuals add up to even 25% of the total contributions given to both parties ..
Maybe that answerers the question as to why “our” opinion is not seen as very influential when it comes to congress.. :gate: :omg: :jason: :jason: :fist:
Sorry, I was completing a :rant1: on Sederville. An anon wasted my time with a communist or Neo Nazi white type.
Neo Nazi Christian is what I fear. :omg: confirming:
I just hate being “duped”.
I am toooo gullible since a youth… since I can be “caught” Hook, Line, Sinker.
He started talking about so many good evils … ( I should always be “undercover” :hubba: and just stay in that mode 🙄 )
I thought there was still time to be a tad normal. 🙁 …… :fist: A!I!V!
Wow, yeh I know you are right. But all corporations are due to The Workers. Why not everyone “walk” one DAY? :pirate: A!I!V!
Edwards and Obama tied in Rasmussen daily tracking poll. Hillary still way ahead, though. Rudy and Freddy tied amongst the Republicans.
Good morning :joe: :joe:
I’m anticipating that Wide Stance disco music, Kevin.
ABC on line has this headline:
US Senator pleads Guilty After Toilet Arrest
I always have trouble with headlines that seem to say something they did not intend. Is the GOP arresting toilets?
Apparently the toilet attempted to board an airplane carrying a suspicious substance.
That would be the toilet carrying a suspicious substance, not the plane.
Remember the solid waste treatment plant model of the rethug party.. Think about what toilets are typically full of (in addition to water). :yuck: :crap: :fustrate: :paranoid:
Some Colorado IDIOT MORON thinks that people are leaving the democratic party because it is to far to the left :gate: :omg: :jason: :jason: :fist:
Finally, I’ve found my candidate.
Sue P , :rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2:
He, a married man, giving certain “gay” symbols to an undercover cop, who was in a stall. The rethug looked through a “crack”, for a good 2minutes, said Undercover cop. (snicker)…
:cat: :billcat: :pup: ,A!I!V! 8) … I need “music” … Not Ready To Give In…D.C. 8)
Hey, I’d have said I was just out of TP. “When I tapped his foot and stuck my member under, I wanted him to put a roll of toilet paper on it!”
Q: Dave, you’ve never been shy about expressing your preference for dogs (big dogs at least). Will your campaign make any attempt to attract cat-loving voters?
A: Yes. I will use small words.
:billcat:
Sue P , Oh, and I thought I already did, but didn’t 😳
:rofl2: :no: :rofl2: re 13 … :fist: A!I!V! Do NOLA Right, LEFT-wise /|\
still running? :knit: :joe:
Heartman …. LIEberman will be recess appointed to AG 😮 😮
That leaves his seat open for a thug :yuck: :yuck: :barf:
Vigilance committees :sheep: le Vigilance committees :tommygun: :tommygun:
re PJ 20 and 21 I thought I sent oops 😳
:rofl2: :rofl2: :no: :rofl2: :rofl2: … :fist: A!I!V!
Fred, I just called Feinwhore’s offices, for what’s it;’s worth, but a :fu: I will pass on … at least this guy on phone responded to my concerns of the Bloody ..PD’s … THOMM STOP YOUR “STUPID” Non-believing …
I have to go to his site … …Believing ❗ A!I!V!
:tommygun:
American students graduating from high school this year scored a 13-year low in reading ability as measured by the most widely taken college entrance exam.
Reading scores on the SAT declined 1 point to 502 after a 5- point drop last year, the test’s operator, the College Board, reported today. The decline in 2006 was the largest in three decades. Average math results fell 3 points to 515, and writing grades, 3 points to 494.
The results for the test, taken by 1.5 million high school students, contradict findings from the rival ACT exam, which rose for the third time in five years. Harvard College, Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania said competition for freshman-class positions intensified this year. Harvard accepted a record low 9 percent of applicants.
“It sort of confirms the sense in which education in our country is really a tale of two cities,” said Barmak Nassirian, a spokesman for the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abPTJJytf9c0&refer=home
I see that No Child left behind i working it’s magic.
Kos, today:
To me, it’s pretty obvious that every conservative anti-gay extremist is gay. If you’re not gay, you don’t sit around obsessing over gay sex. If you sit around obsessing about gay sex, then you’re gay. It’s that simple.
If they came out of the closet once and for all, they’d be much happier and so would we.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/28/112114/632
Amen!
So we are graduating High School students more destined for a manufacturing economy while we have an “investor ” economy for them to try to find a job in… At least you don’t have to have 50k in student loans to get a job at McD’s.. or do you ??? 😮 😮
The problem with education is students. They insist upon having individual strengths and weaknesses, backgrounds and interests. They fail to understand that education is a “one size fits all” endeavor.
No me, I got the feds to pay for my school. And this is much better than working at Mickey D’s (even if I bitch about it from time to time).
Damn straight. And the problem with IT is end users. They can screw up the best of systems.
Q: As President, and a member of the most interesting generation (at least we think we are), I think you should, as President, and Supreme Ruler, declare that most of the music from “the 60s” was the BEST. Where else can we get lyrics like: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey, don’t you know that I love you? In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby, don’t you know that I’ll always be true? or “I left the cake out in the rain…” HUH? TRUE? RIGHT?
A: Dude, stop waving that thing around and let somebody else have a hit.
eya gang,
feel like homemade poop today!
no biggie i’ve felt worse, and what i really wanna do
is say Happy B’day to all of us Virgos out there!
love ya all, just a hit and run.
But there are some seniors who have to work at McDs. and this rethug adm is “Check and Match’n” us NOW. :no: A!I!V! … 🙁
Sunshine Jim, I know Sean’s so you like my friend -Dee ((eek) people tried to call me that ) are a FLAMING Virgo? :growl: A!I!V!
Having seniors work at Mickey D’s is actually very cost effective. When they keel over on the line, they can just toss ’em in the grinder. Saves on the shipping costs, and has the added benefit of making your Big Mac taste fresher.
Sunshine Jim, I know Sean’s so you like my friend -Dee ((eek) people tried to call me that ) are a FLAMING Virgo? :growl: A!I!V! 8) (hope ya :bee: Well, Soon)
Sorry, Keb
Father-In-Law: Boycott Winehouse Albums
Damn, I forgot to watch FatHeadie on C-Span but Thom Hartmannn is on Friday.
Keb Mo?
I think you need a 16:9 screen to fit big Ed’s head on the teevee all at once.
Short for Kevin M just like Keb Mo.
Fred Thompson lost yet another top staffer yesterday, making his non-campaign one of the most shaken-up organizations in recent political history.
Announcing Linda Rozett’s departure, manager Bill Lacy said that “I feel it critical to have a communications point person with significant campaign experience.”
Taking over will be Jim Mills, hired earlier this summer, who was previously a senior editor on Capitol Hill for Fox News.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08282007/news/nationalnews/team_freds_new_turmoil.htm
Must see TV.
This looks great, pj. I used to like that Minneapolis airport. I usually had some good beer and walleye waiting for my flights. Also a good noodle place there.
I always thought that toe-tappin’ thing in the restroom was just Best Buy or Musicland or Target or music biz execs getting down with their MP3 player of choice.
It will certainly keep me from tapping my foot. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But, seriously, what a (you should pardon the expression) crappy undercover job for the cop. I mean, I don’t even like to go into public restrooms – for boom-booms – even if I absolutely have to. To be required to go and sit there looking for perverts, well, I think I’d prefer different (you should pardon the expression) duty.
Yeah, but for all of downside, there just might be a Turd Blossom out there somewhere.
The Dow closed down 280 points. Do you think Bush will ask for another tax cut for the rich guys? And, will the Dems fall all over themselves to comply lest they be accused of raising taxes
Last week with his SBR Titanic at a precarious angle to the water captain Shrub ordered chief engineer Bernanke to start the $$$$ injection pump realizing that after four days the water pumped out would have to be replaced .. but .. what the H* the elitists in the Main Dining room would at least feel better for a day or two .. Following the temporary effects of the $$$ injection Shrub ordered chief engineer Bernanke to line up his bankers in a bucket brigade but with no place for their low interest $$$ to go the SBR Titanic once again began its precarious plunge into the depths.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/stock_quote?Symbol=$INDU
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😮 😮 😮 😯 😯
sick humour :rofl2: :rofl2: :no: :rofl2: :rofl2:
the 2 of you :rofl2: tsk tsk … :jerk: A!I!V!
One of the recognized problem with having a government by elitists is that they seldom go for legislation that makes them any less elite… more elite YES less elite H* NO :yuck: :fustrate: :fustrate: :paranoid:
I wonder what mansions in Beijing cost these days. ?? :reaper: :reaper:
I wonder what mansions in Beijing cost these days. ??
Leaded or unleaded?
or
Elited or unelited?
I was going to say that elitists probably don’t care if their toys are leaded or unleaded as long as they are obtainable for cheap…H* they don’t suck on them .. but…. considering the revelations about certain elitists senators having a leaded toy to suck on may give new meaning to the phrase well hung..
Ahh, Amanda Tapping, live long and prosper! :hubba:
Sue P , I just have to get over this: re 48
:rofl2: 8) :rofl2:
Playing the S.M(arket) is just like “playing” :crap: s or “dice”. 🙄
Oneday, I will play, again one day. … :jerk: A!I!V!
Fred, I just think “WE ARE IN TROUBLE.”
Adult bush uses Sec Ofc to do “slave” work. :no: :growl: :fist:
Bloody Hell. In All My Years, I Have NEVER been so fearful for My/Our Government (not bush’s failure, which he is!) :smack: A!I!V!
fred, you can say h-e-double hockey sticks here. Heck, yeah ❗ (I think).
I know it is out of the demo for the MSBlog hipsters but for anyone interested and on iTunes :omg: there is a free download of a new Springsteen/ESB tune “Radio Nowhere” available for a week.
No, I don’t know if it is about AAR.
When I wrote this I was the last one on, quite awhile ago. I type something and *poof* EEK … People. So If I write something it will be probably WAY LATE :spank: between me, my brain, and my fingers … whatever, I guess they work slow :hubba: … A!I!V!
I say Bloody L or Bloody Hell —
WHAT, I am not suppose to say Hell I guess “L” is 8) but WTF
:growl: A!I!V!
I have iTunes, but I am too involved … how do I find and do I really want to since bad :spank: Computer, :slap: …
(amongst themselves) :slap: A!I!V!
Kevin M, I Luv Amy, she is wonderful, and and an icon for the times… :bow: to Her Wonderfully exquisite Talent — LIVE LONG AND PROSPER :knit: :pent: /|\ She is Tres 8) … :fist: A!I!V!
Well according to RawStory the Bushivecs are preparing a massive attack on Iran
I still wonder when Putin and Hu will say something definitive concerning their position on our further aggression in the region. It might be kind of bad newsish if they responded in their own massive way after the fact. ( insert emo of mushroom cloud here) :reaper: :reaper:
🙁 :growl: :fist: …JERKS :jerk: :pent: :growl: A!I!V! …I’m Not Ready To Give In …..bloody “L” … :pent: :dancers: of (The End) :reaper: A!I!V!
I believe the Rethugs want another world war. I don’t know why they want it. I can’t imagine why anyone would want war. But, I am a bleeding heart liberal so I probably am not smart enough to understand a desire to go to war. :fustrate: :fustrate:
I don’t know what we can do to stop them. When they decided to invade Iraq there were massive protests that the press ignored or just savagely under-reported the numbers.
In NYC the planned route could not hold all the protesters and First as well as Second and Third Avenues from 42nd Street to 70th were closed down by the volume of marchers. Some cars and buses were immobilized and abandoned in the middle of the street (it is very hard to deter NYC cab drivers who believe they can drive through anything.)
The papers only reported activity on the planned route. I did not see one mention of the other 2 avenues being closed down. No screaming headlines. And we invaded Iraq, pre-emptively. These guys really scare me.
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Sorry, Keb
Father-In-Law: Boycott Winehouse Albums
Comment by vernon — August 28, 2007 @ 2:57 pm
Maybe the father-in-law would be better off spending his time contemplating where he went wrong in not raising his son to be a man instead of the piece of shit that he is. Apparently that apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
:fu:
Amy does need to get help, though. Unfortunately, it’s probably not going to stick until she dumps the piece of shit, which right now doesn’t seem likely.
Hey, I’m back from the MoveOn event! We had a pretty good crowd of about 50 to 60, with more arriving when I left. Hung in as long as I could, but that sun is a bear. I thought there would be more shade in that part of downtown St Pete. Good to hang out and get reaction from passing motorists.
Even better to come home and take a shower! :hot:
I know guns, I AM A SCREAMING YELLOW DOG Liberal, as always … (with strategy working, re vote )…
The Rethugs have never truly seen the fight only sends my familyr, my cousins, and friends regarding VietNam …. I only did some “Undercover” :hubba: work … (sometimes they would take me from dance) :dancers: … I have drawn down but not when I was in certain outfits :rofl2:
I think I am running away because I am truly frightened. A Banty Hen … as always…but I feel like I’m fighting a windmill ?
I will feel better when I work. 🙄 or I should sleep … but They are Here, now. … :reaper: (To The ADM (bush and cheney included,end NOW) A!I!V!
little eq here just now
Interesting to see how the former Quake covers it. So far a swing and a miss.
Sue P, (snicker) you know that liberal/progressives were “smarter” (then) dam dem rethugs. :doh: :nod: huh) :rofl2: :rofl2: :nod: :rofl2: :rofl2: … :growl: A!I!V!
Why, we’ll have Saturday afternoon marches, and sign online petitions, that’s what we’ll do!
fred, looks like it’s all teed up for ya here
:tommygun: :tommygun: :tommygun:
oh, yeah. Eq sounds like a baby tremor in Berkeley. Must be a practice run.
Ha! 3.0 in Berkeley and the new local Green 960 (formerly the Quake) notes it 20 minutes later. Lame!
8) a Q. — how much ya think? :growl: :fist: A!I!V!
almost but a Q. where fist is but then remembered :omg: NSPD-51
DiFi probably survived
The Quake, you’ve been there for many a moon … give me a slight idea … hasn’t ANYONE talked of it, or was it under 4.0 (or 4.2) … :joe: Tea PartyTime A!I!V! any thing shake? Nevermind … OH NEVERMIND… I was trying to say nevermind since this bloody post was listed But computer said NO :no: and was about out the window or I need to just go away— since computer :fustrate: Nevermined, I shouldn’t have been asking anyway. :smack: … I reacted to soon. (It is that I like quakes to a “certain”degree)
(Myrlin, one of my few black Cats Purrrs in my lap)
I heard there was a 6.9 in a Minneapolis airport mens room.
But then, I mighta got that wrong.
My post didn’t work :smack: 🙄
PJ re 75and Vernon re 73, you two :no:
Well, I will have to think about 73 :rofl2:
The Goblin King Said “LAUGH!” … :nana: A!I!V!
That Minneapolis mens’ room is goin’ down.
Am I Allowed to view this one? (Shhhh I did. 8) A!I!V!
ARREST! IMPEACH! THEN V. (LBH :rofl2: )
RIP bluesonair.com 🙁
Best damn blues station, period.
Kamsahamnida Jung Wook!
MASSIVE MULTI=FACETED to destroy 10,000 forces this is EVERYTHING I CALLED SENs (now daily with emails and POST CARDS (with spay/neuter dog/cat photo) … we played nice…no longer …..I DEMAND
NUKE weapons are ready …….. WTF
SEE as I 🙁 :growl: and get “busy”…. Even Mike said “SCARY” :fist: :dancers: A!I!F!
Beautiful SUNSET PDT ……………… *Sunset* :growl: A!I!V! My time of year mwah haha
🙁 RIP bluesonair.com 🙁
Thank You for advising. Andy aka Aquaman. We seem to be losing so many :smack:
*** Best damn blues station, period.
*** :bow: Kamsahamnida Jung Wook! … ???
( 🙁 and losing my/our GOV)
ARREST! IMPEACH! VIGILANCE! …I have to walk away for a bit 🙁
Kamsahamnida Jung Wook! … ???
If you say it Druid, that’s thank you Jung Wook in Korean. Jung Wook is the guy who ran the station. The Korean PJ!
드루 – that’s dru in Korean -actually it’s Drew, but it sounds the same. You need Korean fonts to see it.
Thanks Andy aka Aquaman, Dru is 8) … and I can write it 😀 😉
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Having seniors work at Mickey D’s is actually very cost effective. When they keel over on the line, they can just toss ‘em in the grinder. Saves on the shipping costs, and has the added benefit of making your Big Mac taste fresher.
Comment by pjsauter — August 28, 2007 @ 2:48 pm
Is that the same grinder they use for the monkeys for their monkey meat? My mom used to tell us kids that they chased monkeys through the monkey grinder in the back of McD’s. She also used to love to tell us that mushrooms were grown in shit. :nana:
You may be 40 but I ain’t gonna be your monkey though I may end up working at MonkeyD some day.
Thinking of Bo and Lady Bo.
McD’s was my first job. I got fired when I was nasty to a friend of the owner working the drive thru. I’m sure they deserved it. :fu: