Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

So all I have to do is say stupid stuff loud enough and the White House will dignify my outrageous assertions with a response? Only in America!

Rahm Emmanuel wears diapers.

Jon Stewart (+ team) is doing amazing work, every night.

Dark Lord, while it might be polite to stay above the fray, it's about time the administration started fighting back a bit. The rhetoric is getting wilder and wilder. Course I have no way of knowing this, but I'd pretty much bet money on the fact that Secret Service has their hands more than full trying to keep this president safe.

I used to belong to a 40+ chat group, NOT political at the time but after the two Bush elections and this one, no one chats much anymore. Mostly because of sh** like this

http://boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?&user=grammatoo

I can't even bring myself to comment anymore. It's all so pointless.

Flatus -

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/09/glenn-becks-angry-man-formula.html#comment-263818

DLB, "Obama staffers must realize they have no choice but to join the fray." I have to agree with Craig. Everyone is on the internet now, it's where things get communicated, at least during working hours. Unrefuted lies become the truth in the minds of many - considering the gravity of the issues in the public forum, letting them stand doesn't make sense. I think they have to engage stupidity where it appears.

Move over, Lucy. And kiss the missing link goodbye.

" The fossil puts to rest the notion, popular since Darwin's time, that a chimpanzee-like missing link—resembling something between humans and today's apes—would eventually be found at the root of the human family tree. Indeed, the new evidence suggests that the study of chimpanzee anatomy and behavior—long used to infer the nature of the earliest human ancestors—is largely irrelevant to understanding our beginnings. "

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/10/091001-oldest-human-skeleton-ardi-missing-link-chimps-ardipithecus-ramidus.html

Friggin' GOP isn't even in power and they still frame the debate. You Dems SUCK.

You go, Representative Grayson! And, you, too, the Obama White House! If these wing-nuts want to say outrageous things and they go unchallenged by those who have the horsepower (bloggers are quickly dismissed), then they will become facts and the lies will stick. I just don't want the WH or others to get down in the gutter and spread equal and opposite lies. Stick to the truth and the facts and say it loud and clear and loud and clear over and over again. Good post this morning, Craig.

As a blogger myself, I say more power to the WH.

WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_on_go_ot/us_cheney_cia_leak

It would be much easier for O-Team to refute the "lies" about health-care if they had an actual plan... what is it this week (Baucus Bill)? No wonder GOP surrogates can get away with claiming anything they'd like.

Hang on Lord Blog,, it isn't even the Reps who are framing the debate. It's Beck and Hannity and Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. If ONLY it were the republicans!

Have I missed something? Did I learn the wrong thing in civics class? Can the president write up a healthcare plan and just sign it without committees and two-houses consent? Cos if he CAN, then they've been wasting a shitload of time!!! I'm pretty sure it was covered under 'How a bill is passed' and it said nothing about the president going it alone.

I was raised by wolves, tylenol.

Stress disease kills Australia's koalas

http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1106ap_as_australia_stressed_koalas.html

As of today, "Listen Up, Mr. President" by me and Helen Thomas now available on Amazon.. http://bit.ly/Fsl4b

Get a book now and we'll sign it by mail. Write to cqtrailmix@verizon.net for details.

Boehner's eyes look even more Village-Of-The-Damned-ish than usual in that vid.

Cheap trick to make up falsehoods like Gl'eck and his cronies. Either you ignore them and they take root or you dispute them and give them substance, if not validity.

Well, folks, it's time to start our own:

More people died from lack of healthcare last year than died on 9/11. The GOoPers don't think everyone should have affordable healthcare, therefore, the Republicans are anti-American and enemies of the people, and certainly, not pro-life.

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2009) — In a first-of its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090930121512.htm

Fair's song of the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0_XuT0AtQ8

MUCH prefer the Stanley Brothers' version, not available online unfortunately--

I just think it's hilarious that Fox and friends have been able to get millions of people to stand up and scream in unison 'WE DONT WANT HEALTHCARE'... What planet are these people from?

...another universe, entirely.

New on our blogroll: Ree's "You Have To Be This Tall To Go On This Ride"

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/blogroll.html

As always, any regular Trail Mixers wtih blogs to add, send the url, blog name and your screen name on here to cqtrailmix@verizon.net

Pogo, the problem with the Dells and HPs of the world is that they all use proprietary components; something I absolutely refuse to buy into.

I've seen monitors from reputable manufacturers for around $130 for a 22-incher.

Max, only reluctantly do I build systems for people in the family--I just don't want to hold their hands every time they forget where the power switch is. And, if I use system-builders' software, the support burden falls to me.

I suppose it's something like me asking Sturg to build new cabinets for me if I furnish the wood and all the fasteners. Shouldn't cost more than a case of beer, right?

The voice of wisdom -

" I suppose it's something like me asking Sturg to build new cabinets for me if I furnish the wood and all the fasteners. Shouldn't cost more than a case of beer, right? "

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263834

blue, how right you are that people who oppose healthcare for all, who fight pollution standards, who promote war, who cut funds for feeding the needy just to name a few are indeed not for life, but by their words and actions are definitely pro-death.

however, giving them the benefit of doubt, being pro-death maybe is their way to fight the problem of overpopulation.

" Shouldn't cost more than a case of beer, right? "

depends on the beer

The voice of wisdom -

" I suppose it's something like me asking Sturg to build new cabinets for me if I furnish the wood and all the fasteners. Shouldn't cost more than a case of beer, right? "

being oktoberfest, a free trip to deutchland and a promise to be handed stein by stein a case of st. paulis by a buxom fraulein just might get catch sturge's attention.

patd - I thought is was piggy flu. The GOoPers are weeding out those without healthcare; no vaccine, no medical attention if they get sick & have complications. Yep, sounds like a Republican plan to me.

great.... a thread without the "maxtrue show".... at least so far....
what a breath of fresh air.....

leaving early tomorrow for sunny San Diego....
Bye.....

And then there is the by-product, or maybe the intended product of these false debates: it makes people take sides. Co-operation is not part of the Republican operation.

rr - Have a great time!

RR -
Shiny side up , rubber side down.

RR, have a great trip. Enjoy one of the country's finest locations, and don't forget a trip up to Temecula wineries about 30 miles north of downtown. LaJolla is a lot of fun, too.

renee, have fun but take care. there seems to be a whole lot of shakin going on today in so cal

little richard says so too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwsS1IQfTrc&feature=related

blue - this kind of thing happened twice in my writing days.. twice we had a referendum about sovereignty and twice entire families would split, some never speaking to each other again. I can't even bring myself to speak to some of those people that until Dubya's election I was pretty close to. I used to hear from college professors after a particularly difficult teacher's strike that they couldn't believe they had worked side by side,, day by day, with 'complete sh**ts'... We don't think this kind of thing can enter out daily lives, but it DOES.

Am I wrong or do you NEVER hear of democrats talking about armed insurrection to 'take back' their America. You sure hear 'em talking about 'just wait till the next election!' That's the way it's supposed to be. And they're really great about talking about protecting the constitution, unless it happens to be that section that deals with elections and winners of said elections.

...haven't been around in a while...gotta admit, this health care thing has caused me to lose all hope for any change...other than the inevitable; insurance cos getting richer, and tiered coverage for average folks...

..let's hope the broadband initiatives don't get completely 'scattered, smothered, and covered' in all the output from the fog machines...

RR, SD is one of the places I've been where I considered losing my return ticket.

Flatus, i don't know from proprietary components.... I'm kinda stupid that way.

t-shirts - "don't get sick" on front, "die quickly" on back. Whaddaya say?

ty, congratulations on paying attention in civics and being young enough to remember what you learned.

pogo...

I believe that I read on Alternet that the policies that were carried out at Gitmo and Abu Ghraib are still going on at Bagram Prison in Afghanistan.

If so then we have learned nothing from the other two sites and the damage they caused.

I really did not want to bring this up on the last thread since Max would probably yell out loudly "You Lie".

I'll look later tonight and see if I can find the story and link it.

Pogo...i was using writer's licence.. we didn't actually study Murrican bill enactment... but thanks for the age compliment, and I'll take a t-shirt..

Eprof -
I used to buy gourds from a fellow in Temecula. He had a huge operation, lots of the really big ones for making African drums. One of the most amazing places in Calf. All tucked up under an ave of oak trees that had trunks 4 and 5 foot across . It was really something.
That was back in 97' , several big fires since then . I hope he was spared them.

" t-shirts - "don't get sick" on front, "die quickly" on back. Whaddaya say? "
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"It's gold Jerry, it's gold ."

All sarcasm aside, was thinking this morning that we would never know this cos no one's about to send out a press release about it, but I do wonder just how much of the SS's time is taken up with investigating threats to Obama... there's a ton of wingnuts out there, and they don't seem to have any kind of self-censorship, the list must get longer every day. Scary.

Posted by: dark-lord-bloggingham.myopenid.com | October 1, 2009 12:08 PM :
"Friggin' GOP isn't even in power and they still frame the debate. You Dems SUCK."

Amen. You didn't see ronald reagan lie supine in the face of Dem criticisms. And, Bill Clinton had his instant response team. The bushcheneyrumdumbrovefeithnovacklimbaughmurdochscooterbremmerabramovgonzalesoreilly team spouted lies non-stop.

If you want 8 years in the WH, you need to control the civic conversation. You can't get anything if you let the terrorists stay on the offensive. The President's team has to undercut the most effective returdlican spoutspersons by indirection and remorseless wedging. Two examples, the V. P. invite limp haw to "come out of the closet and and debate like a man", and give daily one-liners attacking the rushian's secret sex life. The Press Sec'y could refer to newsCrap's faux news as "that foreigner's propaganda mill", as in "we will not be stampeded by that foreigner's propaganda mill." Just as in judo, the Book of the 5 Rings, and the Art of War, Dems can use the strengths of the republicans, chauvinism, machismo, and bigotry, against them. The point is to hit them hard where they least expect it, separating them from their supporters, and bash again from another direction before they can finish answering the first attack. Then repeat.

Knocking down giant philistines just ain't that hard, but you have to first recognize that you can't negotiate with terrorists or republicans, because their interests are not served by compromising, and their goal is not a just and healthy world where love can thrive. Dems must get out of the academic and collegial mode if they intend on get anything worth while done. The first step is the hardest. Remember republican 'Engine Charlie' Wilson's dictum : "Come out fast with a kick in the crotch." It worked for osama bin ladin and his fellow America-haters in the bushcheneyrumdumb junta, and if it worked for America's enemies, it can work for Americanism ! God Bless America !

CBob, I hope your gourd growing friend survived some of the recent fires in the Temecula area. If he's not in business today, it's more likely that he was bought out by wine growers as the place is Napa Valley south, and you know no one can grow anything but grapes in that part of the world due to the cost of land.

RR, be prepared to pay for your "free samples" of wine now. Very few wineries provide tasting samples anymore so you know what you're buying. Some places charge up to $10 for four or five samples one ounzes with a little tray of cheese and crackers. We were in Temecula three years ago and that was the biggest shock -- paying for the tasting samples.

Actually it was in Fallbrook, but Temecula ain't far -

http://www.welburngourdfarm.com/

Posted by: tylenol | October 1, 2009 12:13 PM : "Hang on Lord Blog,, it isn't even the Reps who are framing the debate. It's Beck and Hannity and Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch. If ONLY it were the republicans! "

When did these pervs cease being republicans ?

The minute these arschlochen cease being republicans will be the day I will consider rejoining the junior party.

Eprof -

Looks like he's still in business, gourd's are really easy to grow, and he was getting top dollar.

...repux seem to be a predictable lot...not just repux, but demx as well...the business party is not at a loss for spokesmen...

Eprof -
Been growing them here the past 2 season's downtown. They have a giant moth that pollinates them at night. They look just like the bark of an oak. I've seen them around the gallery during the day resting on the bricks.

arschlochen?? LOL

St Pauli is the name of a red light district on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. The beer is named after the poor nameless slaves in the neighborhood who are abused into early deaths by the johns and pimps.

The pix in the adverts are probably of Hoffbrau wait staff, a couple hundred miles away.

Germans stay home to get drunk. But, to enjoy really great beer, they invade Belgium or Czechoslovakia.

X - dont be so obtuse, obviously I meant the difference between elected officials and mouthpieces. If it were only elected officials this health care bill would have already passed WITH a public option. It's Murdoch's band of jokers (and their rabid followers) that are framing and inflaming this debate. Add up all the media that Murdoch owns and those idiots are reaching more wingnuts than any elected official could. And I'll tell ya, I'm not even convinced those guys are republicans.. they're hired because they can talk, and talk and talk and talk.. and the more outrageous they are, the better it is for Faux and friends. All they do is hope their ratings stay high (again, better if they're outrageous) and keep towing the party line. I agree they're pervs, but what I was getting at is it's one thing to take on republicans in either house, it,s another to take on idiots on the airwaves. Talk radio is a scary entity these days.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263822

CBob

Ardi should send the evangelicals into one major tizzy. Apparently Eve had a beard. That is one major WOW

The vines grow 30 or 40 feet with TLC. They make a great planting for an arbor.

From the German

Arsch : the musculature and adipose tissue padding your sacrum.

Lochen : holes

Craig,

Ignoring lies because they are lies, would be following the old rules, and would lead to disaster. If you don't believe me, ask President Kerry.

This White House realizes the game has changed, and win or lose, they're taking on the opposition as they should.

I'm sked for "Countdown" MSNBC tonight (10/1) 8:50 PM talkin Glenn Beck

"It's Murdoch's band of jokers (and their rabid followers) that are framing and inflaming this debate. Add up all the media that Murdoch owns and those idiots are reaching more wingnuts than any elected official could."

...am i wrong, or did limbaugh admit publicly he worked for whoever had the money?...

Jamie -

It's really something, what has been discovered in our life times.

And that was the National Geographic link. Pretty direct language for those guys.

Hey, Craig, thanks for the heads-up on COUNTDOWN--just wish the topic was more congenial.

Ya know, Craig, keep this up and I don't see a future for you with Rupert Murdoch :)

Craig -
Use Gordo as an example. After all, you had a bad case of birther's before it was fashionable.

I was kinda surprised when I noticed this morning that my 'friend' list on facebook had gone north of 100, THEN hoticed that I became Ed Schult's 4 thousand one hundred and eightieth friend! lol

crowman, my point exactly, I'm not convinced they're republicans, they're just good talkers...but they're dangerous

Posted by: tylenol | October 1, 2009 2:17 PM : "X - dont be so obtuse, obviously I meant the difference between elected officials and mouthpieces."

I see. If I understand you correctly, you are one after mine own brain. My theory is that the republipols are merely the pawns, the infantryman, set forward to fight and die for the causes of their betters, the industrial cartels. The generals and field marshals in this business are the ad execs like murdoch, rush, ailes, viguerie, luntz, rove, and nordquist.

The " Don't it Sick " moment is a watershed.
Exhibit A -

"If Harry Reid does not have the leadership skills to get 60 votes for cloture and give a Democratic president an up-or-down vote on health care, progressives will help defeat him in 2010, even if that means Republicans take that seat," said the head of one progressive organization, who's still working out the detail of the campaign. "There is no use for Reid's vote if 60 Democratic votes means nothing on cloture, and no use for Reid's leadership if his leadership is so blatantly ineffective."

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/progressives-prepare-to-pressure-reid-to-include-public-option-in-senate-health-care-bill.php?ref=fpa

they're just good talkers...
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No, Ty. They're just talkers.

oh no, C-bob.. they,re very good.. very very good... at communicating. I don't like their ideas or words any more than you do, but they,re very very good at their jobs.

I dropped Mr tylenol off at work, came home to do some serious writing, and what have I done for 2 hours?????? hit refresh every 3 minutes!! :) this is one great group to hang out with.

I think I told you a couple of days ago, Craig, that you were becoming the expert on Palin and now Beck. Any other crazies you want to become an expert on? We'll help you with the research. Maybe! LOL

OH, and please feel free to stop by that message board I linked to up above..I grew a bit tired of it, but I know some here who really would enjoy sending them into a frenzy..

WASHINGTON - Proposed regulations would require power plants, factories and refineries to reduce greenhouse gases by installing the best available technology and improving energy efficiency whenever a facility is significantly changed or built.

The Environmental Protection Agency proposal announced Wednesday applies to any industrial plant that emits at least 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33117003/ns/us_news-environment/

Jeff Holmstead, a former top EPA air pollution official who is now a lobbyist for the energy industry, said the agency was trying to "fit a square peg into a round hole."
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Jax -
If you fear the government it's because it's owned lock, stock, and barrel by corporations. They just send in their flunkies like Mr. Holmstead in, for a brief tenure , and then back out again.

Of course, once elected, republipols immediately embark on a series of adventures with any sort of object that possesses an orifice. Occasionally, these adventures involve adultery with men, women, or young boys, which usually ends the republipol life cycle. At this point, the owners of the republican franchise begin the search for a replacement old goat.

On a very rare occasion, an owner among the industrial cartels will decide that the employees are not doing a good enough job. onsuch occasions the owner might descend from Valhalla to provide the republipols with 'hands on' leadership. This explains the sudden meteoric rise of bill frist in the US Senate, and the sudden meteoric demise of inexpensive 'managed health'.

...would like to see how effective they would be if the media ownership deregulation laws hadn't handed them their golden microphones...

again, my point exactly... You sign on with Murdoch, you sign on with FOX, FOX radio, WSJ, NYP, and a host of other 'news' outlets. Welcome to the dark ages of broadcasting.

ROFL--my mom is so resolutely apolitical she makes me look like a pundit in training (and yes, let's all admit, since she's apolitical, what's the knobite doing here?)--

Anyway, when I told her that Craig's gonna be on with the Big Man talking about Beck tonight, she said, "GIVE 'IM HECK, CRAIG!!!"

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263855

Tylenol

When it comes to violence on the left it tends to be ecoterrorism directed at businesses or activities. People do get hurt, but there is rarely a "person specific" kind of target. There was a stretch when it was anti government, such as the weathermen, SDS, etc in the late 60s and early 70s but again not aimed at a particular person or group.

This whole right wing vile talk of threats of revolution and assassination is very different. It has a real religious fervor to it as a sort of conquering crusade. It is mean, ugly, ignorant, and very, very depressing, particularly when politicians seem to encourage the lies and attacks.

A little traveling music please -

Weather Report - Birdland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ae0nwSv6cTU

I'll try to be brief, but wanted to relate a telephone call I received last night.

First, I answered to dead air, followed by a female voice, who mispronounced my last name (That's not a big deal, but we've had a U.S. President with that name, and it's not that hard to figure out.)

The lady asked me to stay on the line to listen to a message from Dick Morris and then hold on for a survey question. (Sooner or later someone in this call is going to ask me for money.)

So, I listened to Mr. Morris introduce himself, then proceed to tell me that President Obama is leading the country down the road to Socialism, blah, blah, blah, about to ruin the world's greatest health care delivery system, blah, blah, and some outfit that defeated healthcare reform before needs help doing that again, blah, blah, blah.

Finally a male voice comes on the phone and asks if I'm still there. "Yes, I'm here."

Q. "Do you agree that Obama is lying and that his health care proposal will provide coverage to illegal immigrants?"

A. "No"

Caller: "You don't think he's lying."

A. "No, I think Dick Morris is more apt to lie to me than the President is."

Caller: "Okay thank you for your opinion." Click.

I wish I was thinking quicker. I would have added that Morris told me three lies during the course of that recorded message. I wasn't really keeping track of what Morris was saying other than the snippets I've listed here, but the call went for more than 20 seconds, so at his normal rate, Morris would have hit his third lie within that time frame.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHENEY_CIA_LEAK?SITE=VAWAY&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Anyone catch this little tidbit - the judge ordered the FBI tapes of the Cheney interview in thePlame casae released.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/bachmann-sex-clinics-will_n_306292.html

that crazy rep from Minn is at it again saying that Health Care Reform will result in Sex Clinics in schools.

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Posted by: crowman | October 1, 2009 2:27 PM : "...am i wrong, or did limbaugh admit publicly he worked for whoever had the money?..."

Let's see. Doesn't that mean Gold Bond Medicated is opposed to public health, Public Option, free flu shots for seniors, treatment for oxcontin addiction, and laws that prohibit the use of other men's viagra ?

I presume Gold Bond Medicated is still one of the Closet Guy's employers, 'though I haven't tuned in since Bill's 1st term, and don't really know.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263834

Blue,

It's worse than that. Total deaths so far of 9/11, Iraq, and Afghanistan is over 8,000.

Deaths from lack of Insurance is between 18,000 and 40,000 depending on who you include.

We have sacrificed lives and treasure for those lives on 9/11. We have done nothing but give more money to the insurance companies to continue to mistreat and kill.

Mr. vB,

I presume that you are referring to Morris, dick, the famous republican pervert, who gets turned on by talking on the phone to powerful men while having a prostituted young girls perform sodomy on his otherwise insensible and uninterested pliumbing ?

There's not a lot of good news out there right now, but there is this:

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/assessing_the_gop_brand.php

"How weak is the Republican brand right now? ... But is the party really worse off than previous opposition parties at this point in the election cycle?

"... I pulled all the relevant polling on approval of the party in Congresss and party favorability from the Roper iPoll database for the periods leading up to the four most recent midterms (1994, 1998, 2002, and 2006). ...

The overall finding is simple -- the GOP's standing relative to the Democrats on both measures is worse than any opposition party in the sample. For instance, the Pew data show that the Republicans are currently viewed more negatively than any minority party in the previous four midterms in terms of both net favorables and the difference in net favorables between parties"

What's all that talk about the GOP taking back both houses of Congress in '10? Not if there's any validity to this and it holds 'til then.

Pogo -
I saw that baby . 5 bucks sez Cheney doesn't come off well.

...Chomsky..."while true both parties are a faction of one, namely the business party, there are differences..."

perhaps all is not lost...

HAHAHAHAH The Newt gets back into the news

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/100109dnmetlodge.1cfaef0b8.html

His group gives Dallas topless bar Entrepreneur of the Year award, then takes it back when they figure out what business the bar is in. Whadda maroon. Whaddan ultraviolet.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263906

Zombieland comes out today .

The Republican's new brand name . The Zombie Party ...... we want to eat your brains.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263853

Eprof

Any drive that includes La Jolla in any fashion is worth taking.

AP -- The Texas Rangers are investigating the shooting death of a cousin of Gov. Rick Perry in a mysterious exchange of gunfire with sheriff's deputies.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/01/rick-perry-cousin-killed_n_306721.html

Bob, as if Cheney would admit that. Well, he is arrogant and self-assured enough to believe that him doing that made it legal I suppose.

XR,

Yeah, I thought about mentioning what Dick may have really been doing while I listened to his recorded message, but I resisted that temptation because of my promise to be brief.

I also had the urge to call him a turncoat, but I don't think that's accurate. I think he duped President Clinton and was always on the other side politically, sexual perversion notwithstanding.

Finance Committe.

Votes For Public Option - Total of $4 million from insurance Corporations.

Votes Against Public Option - Total of $10 million from insurance corporations.

Guess they didn't bribe the against people enough.

Oh my head is swimming trying to figure out facebook and twitter on the same day :) I am off to take Bison photos.

Good line I heard today. There is nothing wrong with laissez faire Capitalism. Unfortunately, what we have is laissez unfair Capitalism.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125435650569454583.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories

The discussion about Afghanistan and the path forward there could prove to be interesting after all. Apparenlty lid it the military leaders versus all the other guys who are looking at the issue. Sounds to me like the Pres is asking the appropriate questions, and the guys in camo probably aren't all that thrilled.

The Dick Morris website has the video that was probably what Ed heard. Naturally they want money

https://www.newsmaxstore.com/contribute/lav/

Truth in Headlines for a Better America

"Gingrich Group Discovers Public Newt Tittie"

"Original Intent Nukes Cheney Defense"

"Bachmann Cuts Classes"

"Beck : Ban Beer And Bourbon !"

Military Heat Weapon Being Developed for Use by American Police Forces.

it's more than "burning sensations" - when they did the tests, they banned metal buttons and zippers because they caused burns, and they also banned contact lenses because they could become fused to the eyeballs.

http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/military-heat-weapon-being-developed

Ree,

I'm following you on twitter. I'll send you a tweet so you can reply (the little arrow that shows up to the right of a message when you put your cursor over there).

If you need help just holler. I'm about 3/4 of the way through learning mode just keep forgetting the darn hash tags.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263878

craig, might find some useful quotes in this for tonight's gig:
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091001/OPINION04/910010310/The-racist-truth-about-Beck-and-Limbaugh

Governor Hair Hat has some problems -
DALLAS, Texas (CNN) -- An investigation into claims that faulty evidence led Texas to execute a man in 2004 was at a "crucial point" when the state's governor replaced three of its members this week, one of the three said Thursday.

Gov. Rick Perry's shake-up of the Texas Forensic Science Commission came two days before it was to hear from the author of a scathing report in the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. That Friday session has been postponed indefinitely in the wake of Perry's new appointments.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/01/texas.execution.probe/
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Any tips on just how to wash your hands of this dirt ?

Mr VB,

morris, dick was an advertising consultant to Senator jesse helms, long before he offered to 'help' President Clinton.

That was in the days shortly after helms moved from being a loud pro-Arab Jew-hater to becoming a loud pro-Israel Arab-hater, around 1980.

morris, dick oughta be most famous for his Newsmax announcement in Sept '08 that muckain would win in a lanslide. Truly one of nature's most inerrant pundit dicks, hahaha.

morris, dick also said last year that if Hillary were elected president, he would leave the country - one very good reason to have supported her.

Jamie,

One of the best things I ever did was to log on the the newsmax.com Web site, so I could buy some Reagan Tribute thing for my poor misguided boss. Since I've landed in their database I've received phone calls and daily emails supporting Republican causes.

I figure I average three laughs a week, just looking at the headlines they send me, and I occasionally open some of their far-right sponsored drivel just to see how they're framing the message.

It's sad to think that there's an element of our society that believes the stuff they spew, but from the 30,000 foot level it's funny stuff.

Rick Perry Covers His Collusion In Faulty Execution

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/10/rick_perry_covers_his_collusion_in_faulty_execution.php

Mr. Bob,

I see you brought 2 early Halloween stories.

Each scary tale triggered a thought. Re the heat weapon that fuses contact lenses to eyeballs, and presumably, eyelids : The man Who Fell To Earth.

And Gov Secesh : If I remember correctly, when Windy Rockefeller became gov in AR, they uncovered 300 unauthorized graves at one of the prisons, some oviously beaten to death. Presumably they were all unidentified suspects.

But damn, can any governor ever kill enough Texans ? I mean, hell, they breed like flies in poop.

We oughta present Gov Perry with a patriotic plaque, honoring him for going above and beyond the call of duty. In the matter of slaying Texans, he has gone so far as to slay the innocent with the guilty. For good ole Guv Perry, one lethal needle fits all, be they puppies or sidewinders.

Don't know if anyone has posted this yet. Helen Thomas training another press secretary

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/01/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5356166.shtml

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263930

Damn. This should have been included in the book, which UPS says will arrive tomorrow.

It's about time that a real pro trained in the First Flak.

Hey, Craig, djever think about being the Oval team Mouth ? Prolly a big cut in pay, eh ?

I don't think Craig would see the 'big picture'. In other words, he has a conscience and isn't intellectually challenged.

Wow, Mr. Crawford,
When someone wrote that you were going to be on the Big Guy's (Fat Boy's?) show, I thought he/she meant Big Ed's. It never even dawned on me that the lardhog would invite you to share his air.

Anyway, after you guys shake hands, be sure and count your fingers.

Break a leg.

I had to chase em but I caught em...well on my digital camera anyway.

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/10/thursday-afternoon-buffalo-hunt.html

One can never needle Guv perry enough, if you know what I mean. I hope he soon has the opportunity to sample a bit of the same juice.

On a lighter note before I have to get ready to speak to a mixed bag of fellow business types on the Avenue,

Those rushians and glenbeckistanis can take their country back, but there'll be no refunds after bush broke it.

Visit glenbeckistan, where the Middle Ages lives on !

Visit rushia : vast gulag of stations speaking with one voice !

Today is 10/1/09. 10 minus 1 is 9. Spooky, huh?

White House reality check on Health Care Reform

http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/?e=11&ref=text0

What is interesting is that my non profit Washington Community Health Care links to it. All of their doctors, nurses, and administration are in favor of reform and Public Option

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/09/newsy-the-news-is-broken-but-we-can-fix-it/

The link above is perhaps a better approach. All we need is another biased outlet from the White House.

Is Obama trying to mimic Chavez. Go ahead and let's see if the WH Blog filters the comment thread, or faces FACT CHECK.

I remember those DNC letters. Aren't you concerned Craig that the Democrats are going into the journalism field. Will they be avle to protect their sources? If I am correct, Obama was successful in deflecting his use of race, his associations with the infamous and spinning his projected policies. I can't wait......

On the up side, so far Obama is walking a tight rope on Iran. It would be wrong in the next two weeks for Republicans to jump on his back over their fears even with new polls showing the majority thinks he has been too weak. This isn't mopping a floor people and the diplomacy is intense. I guess that history will show Hillary influenced the very recent flexing the BIg Stick. The goal of course is a South African-like inspection.

While I applaud any gains in curtailing the Mullahs, let us not forget both terrorism support and the following:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/10/print/transatlantic_lawmakers_sign_d.php

Nukes are most important and then their delivery systems, but the support of terrorism and human rights abuses are serious issues that are a mandatory part of Iran rejoining the law of nations and ending sanctions.

P.S. Germany speeded up delivery of their world class Dolphin 212 subs. Israel may have five now that have the capability when armed with nuclear cruise missiles to flatten Iran. This is another element of the Big Stick that Obama has managed to merge into "pressure". Without their only AWAC that mysteriously crashed two weeks ago, Iran is presently blind to air attack. This is also another element of "pressure", Carter's brilliant remarks today not withstanding.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263939

Today is 10/1/2009 and 10 + 1 = 11 and 2+9 = 11 even more spooky.

Max

The only thing that concerns me is that the Democrats will wimp out and screw up a chance to provide reall health care for the people of the US instead of this great health care if you have money free ride for corporate thieves and swindlers we have now.

And all the numbers added together without the zeros = 13

Maybe its an unlucky day, though I think Obama is quite encouraged. Now on to Afghanistan and the problems in Pakistan.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263944

Well that is your primary focus. I do hope they make the first good step at reform. Did Congress vote down the Republican amendment that would have made Congresscritters buy the same health insurance as us? Photo IDs to prevent fraud? Reform of defensive medicine? I would think smart reform would include that.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263942

OK
Your lordship, Jamie you both have me worried. It can't be just a coincidence. Not with all the earth quakes. But I suspect it all has something to do with Obama's birth certificate. Notice "certificate" has 11 letters as does "Barack Obama"

Be very afraid.

Jack

Obama's site does not discuss the housing claims against Jarret or what will happen to her former crappy housing project should Chicago get the bid. Will the poor be pushed out of their inferior housing? And the Obama site does not go into the NEA conference call problem. Qhat happened on that conference call? Perhaps such refutations will create more questions than rebuttals.

I think we should all send contributions to Alan Grayson's campaign....

maxtrue,

Uh...don't you mean that the Dolphin subs may arrive too late to take part in the...uh, unfortunate nuclear accident that Iraq seems about to have ? I am sure that is what you meant.

I expect that this upcoming unfortunate accident will be a great opportunity for parents to teach their kids about the dangers of playing with matches.
It's too bad. The Grand Masjid at Qom is stunningly beautiful.

No XRepub, reports have surfaced that Germany moved up the time table and delivered one or two more Dolphins in what is presumably and effort to increase the credibility of pre-emption and counter the recent Iranian claims that Iran could target all land launchers of Israel's nuclear force.

I rather doubt Israel will pre-empt the ongoing efforts to play Iran's bluff and today was a decent start.

If it comes to a strike, The Iranian regime should not expect the Grand Masjid will serve as cover. I can only hope that the Iranian blink in the face of renewed unity from the West. Unfortunately Iran has other secret facilities and the Brits and French have been making that more obvious. Verification is the key.

In a strange bit of news you can see at Memri Blog, the Egyptian Attorney General claims the terror cell recently broken up was near completion of an atomic bomb. What exactly that means is unknown to me. I suppose it was a dirty bomb and something was lost in translation. Ah, Iran,,,, a place where the right to bare arms could make a difference and certainly a place Jefferson would be fomenting a revolution. You know why he kept that copy of the Koran.......

Again, let us hope peace and security triumphs without a single shot being fired in fear or loathing......

Even more spooky:

"Unchristian" has 11 letters, as do "Christmas Day" and "Pina Coladas". Kinda makes yuh think, eh ?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263952

How civil.

Certainly Israel would never engage in a pre-emptive attack. That would be so, so...German, so Japanese, so bushcheneyish. They'd never. Na.

Of course, it will have to be an accident. A terrible accident. So sad.

Jamie, you had a great line there. I "borrowed" it for my latest tweet:

Helen Thomas trains another press secretary.. http://bit.ly/129Xbt

Craig

Steal away. I'm used to it. This time there is a small problem. I used it for my tweet. Bet they give you the credit. :-)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263958

OOPS!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263956

Love Lust and Lobster start with the same letter for a reason.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263958

What exactly are you suggesting XREPUB? Please tell us all that Israel's pre-emption of Saddam was not a valid act. The Indian/Israeli pre-emption of Pakistan's program was thwarted by Reagan who warned the Pakistanis. The irony of that call should be self-evident. In fact in 2004, Obama talked about pre-empting Iran with nukes should they be necessary. We call this Obama's centrist hawk period...lol

ha, Jamie, a double tweet

Hope Lard's ok, haven't seen a blog entry for a few days. I know there are going to be days when he just can't.. just hope he knows he's in our thoughts and prayers.

Max,
Could you please provide the specific quote and source where Obama said he would preempt Iraq using nukes.

Thank you.

Let's all sing like the birdies sing

tweet, tweet tweet, tweet tweet

Good for you Craig- you borrowed from the best, she also is versed in training.

Go ahead and laugh, I still miss Gordo. I liked the chaos that it created reading through the thread.

Jamie
"Love Lust and Lobster start with the same letter for a reason"

As does Lord.
When you add up the letters in love, lust , lobster you get 15
When you take away the Lord ,4, from them you get
15-4= 11

again, not a coincidence

Jack

" You know that Amadina uh uh uh oh you know, That man is starting to piss me off wonder what he would think if I busted a ICBM under that mothers ass" Barack Obama.
Heard by unname high level UN dignitaries during the recent visit to the UN

Jack,
That's about what I figured. Thanks.

What can we say Max. Looks like the polished veneer is wearing of Obama and street level Chicago is shining through.

Jack

"Senator’s Aid After Affair Raises Flags Over Ethics"
NYT

Who would have thought?

CJ

No problem, I got it direct from a friend of mine who cousin is a buss boy in NYC It seems he has a friend whose girl friend works in the French embassy. Everybody is talking about it there. If it weren't for the liberal media covering up ....................

Jack

Jack,
It's a real scoop. I don't think Beck has it yet, but I heard it from you and Max, so it must be true.

Oh oh! News people clamoring for interviews with Palin about her #1 best selling book.

She may have to read it.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263969

The Lord was a nice Jewish boy. He wouldn't eat the Lobster without going Reform.

Hmmm Reform. I wonder how he felt about health?

Ooh Ooh! Someone in Texas doing something right.

Texas judge. Ban on gay marriage unconstitutional.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/breaking-texas-judge-ban-on-gay-marriage-unconstitutional/legal-issues/2009/10/01/4731

Beck missed a good one. He used Copenhagen tobacco (Can cause Cancer) to slam Prez in Denmark.

He should have gone for Hans Christian Anderson and fairy tales.

Why am I helping? :-)

Better appearance than usual between KO and Craig. Still want those two in the same room just talking for awhile instead of ten second back and forth Q&A

The bit about Lindsay Graham was a hint of how good it could be.

Does MSNBC do Sunday?

Fair's bedtime music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-AED1BjuJ8

Was Cash ever officially proclaimed Trail Mix Boss? If so I missed it somewhere.

Fair

Yes. Up on the left under "weird stuff". Man in Black is the "official" video.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263982

Thanks, Jamie.

I've just embarked on my 2nd Annual 31 Days of Halloween blogs. Hope you can drop by. :)

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263969

...11 stripes on the flag, 11 original colonies, 11 steps on the pyramid, 11 arrows, 11 branches... thoroughly spooked.

DL

You may be 2 short in there somewhere?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263983

Fair,

You have to go visit my favorite Texas storyteller. Methinks the two of you will have a great conversation.

http://thiseclecticlife.com/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263985

...too easy.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263987

Well we probably could do without Georgia and South Carolina.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263986

Read the first post and bookmarked the site, Jamie. Great one! Thanks for the link.:)

I like all that spirit they got in SC. Last bastion of freedom.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263989

Fair

Shelly is a truly wonderful human being. She tours the whole of Texas as a professional stroy teller, but even more important she is a lovely human being. She is the one I have touted here for years about her once a year charitable campaigns. For renee she is a spinner of yarns as well as a spinner of yarns.

You will really enjoy her. Say I sent you.

...and of course it's 13. 12 zodiac signs + sun = 13, Jesus + apostles = 13, unlucky number = 13, Maimonides' 13 Principles, 13 branches, 13 arrows, 13 steps, 13 stars on the seal. Now I know I'm spooking you out.

BL

Thirteen steps up to the hangman's noose

Time to go and just space out for the event.

Champ,

Congratulations. When will you get married: In 13 months, or 13 weeks? five men standing up, and five women standing up, you and your bride=12, plus the little ring bearer makes 13, gotta think about it-huh??

Noooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

Your lordship

If you add all of those up and divide them by 11

You get 9.4545454545454545454545454545.......

Now that is spooky

I think it is time to go to bed before I scare myself.

night all

I think all this numerology must have scared max, don't see him around.
Jack

Ah, funny stuff. Peace.

that's cause he's off counting sheep.

"One, backed by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., would allow states to negotiate with insurers to arrange coverage for people with incomes slightly higher than the cutoff for Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor. That change was approved.

Approval was deferred on a second, which would exempt millions from a requirement to purchase insurance that is currently in the bill. As it stands, individuals and families would be required to buy coverage as long as it cost no more than 10 percent of their income, and would have to pay a penalty if they refused.

The Cantwell proposal is based on a system in Washington state that she said results in lower-cost, high-quality coverage, generally delivered through managed care, as the state uses its purchasing power in negotiations with insurers.

Republicans questioned whether the impact would be to raise insurance premiums for others, and said they were fearful the result would be to reduce health care options." AP

This was what I suggested at the start of the great debate and posted here the link to HealthyNY which is like the Washington plan. The problem I pointed out is that the cut off now is about $24,000 (also over the poverty line) so people who are not eligible making let's say, $30,000 which is still very low for many places in New York, might very well see their plan rates go up which has already appeared to happen in New York. How can people at $40,000 pay $700 per month on healthcare. That is more than 10%...lol

These people who miss the cutoff can't afford higher premiums and they need GREAT insurance because items not covered would bankrupt them and CREATE more in poverty.

I also pointed out that HealthyNY allows only one annual per three years as well as other limitations. Still, it is not bad coverage. We have another example and result in MA. I posted the plan details here months ago.

By expanding better coverage to the Poor and Lowest incomes, the Middle and Lower Middle Class(depending on the cutoff) is increasingly crunched.

What is disturbing is that this is not reform engineering but reform collage whose art cannot be judged until after the fact. In addition there is the way the numbers pan out.

HealthyNY plans for one are about three hundred dollars per month. Since NY pays the other half, you can see what it would cost without help from NYS. More than $600 per month for uno persona. To keep the cost down, NYS had to limit coverage as I explained with the recent limitation of one check up every three years. I recommended HealthyNY for the poor and presently uninsured, but that doesn't solve the increased rates this causes nor helps the plight of the Middle Class and Lower Middle Class. In fact, they will proably pay more taxes to fund the new assistance.

There is more uncertainty at work here then there is in determining the Afghanistan strategy.........most of it self induced.

We did w/o VT from 1789 to 1797. Almost did w/o RI and SC.

Hey Joe, if you ever see this:

http://charliedavis.blogspot.com/2008/12/will-barack-obama-nuke-iran.html

This was actually what he floated after elected which was an idea Hillary floated during the primary and was laughed at by Obama supporters. Her he would nuke Iran if WND were used against Israel. At the time, he was getting some fire for some policy leaks regarding Israel.

The other speech in 2004 was very interesting and refers to what I call Obama's centrist hawk period. This was where I first noted Obama's foreign policy views and thought he was correct. At the time Obama still shared a similar view with Lieberman his former mentor.

http://politicalinquirer.com/2007/11/01/obama-said-us-should-not-rule-out-strikes-on-iran-during-2004-campaign/

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/10/white-house-joins-blog-wars.html#comment-263971

Oh, I figure you're aslepp and Craig will rethread before you read this but for the record:

Give me a list and I will be happy to supply the links which I often do on a regular basis. And while you're at it you make a list of how many times I called things in advance. Of course not Obama nuking Iran because he was pissed.......

Obama did tell reporters once he would never use nukes to nail OBL, but then he strangely retracted the comment.....want the link from ABC News?

I think I gave Bob several links to carbon sequestration, but then he said it was a joke that would never happen. I gave links that said the earth was going into a cooling period and recently this was confirmed again, Links to why Ahmadinejad would win. Even links that explained why Hillary was right in her lone support of the Israeli strike on Syria.

Here's a new one. Recent bombings in Mexico (5) were by a new terror group advancing the Liberation of Earth. People and Animals. They are quite serious but for now they are using butane canisters tied together as IEDs. I can get you link if you would like, but there is a registration fee........

Posted by: maxtrue | October 1, 2009 7:23 PM :

1. "What exactly are you suggesting XREPUB?"

It is obvious to the most casual observer that a nuclear attack on the hidden Iranian nuke plant would create a public relations difficulty in several quarters, like Baghdad, beijing, pyongyang, Caracas, New Dehli, Tegucigalpa, and Baku. Therefore, a terribly sad accident may have to occur.

We will of course, send a big wreath, bearing the message, "So long, Mad Dog". It'll be a very sad accident, and I may even send a wreath, myself.

So, wassamadayu ? You don't unnastand Mob ?

2. "Please tell us all that Israel's pre-emption of Saddam was not a valid act."

Whyever would I write that ? Are you nuts ?

3. "The Indian/Israeli pre-emption of Pakistan's program was thwarted by Reagan who warned the Pakistanis."

For that reason alone, you should never capitalize the name 'reagan'.

4. "The irony of that call should be self-evident."

Irony of reagan's call ? Yes, he was a simple-minded peacenilk doofer, with no conception of the stakes involved, or the villainy of all those South Asian tyrants of both countries. Look at Mrs Gandhi's genocidal crusades against the untouchables.

"In fact in 2004, Obama talked about pre-empting Iran with nukes should they be necessary. We call this Obama's centrist hawk period...lol"

I think you may be the only person who knows about this. Obama may not have even known about it.

If this happened, why didn't you tell debka, newsmax, and the neoconmen that Obama was a hardliner on Iran, rather than allowing them to make utter fools of themselves as they nattered on about "Hussein" Obama ?

I'll bet you purposely misled the republicans to make fools of them, didn't you ? Look, republicans are idiotic enough, they don't need your help to look foolish.

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