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Open thread 10/31
- By Phillip Brownlee
- Posted Oct. 31, 2007 at 1:05 a.m.
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“I always wanted to know more about what really happened in that shooting.What was the grudge?
Do you know?”.Econ101 (reference to the killing of officer Garofallo)
Yes, I met and got to talk to all the witnesses except for Johnson and Franklin. Although I did go to Jr. High with Regina Franklin.Unless others want to know the story as to what I know, it would be better to send it in an e-mail. Otherwise I will put it in an open forum?
THE COALITION GOES HOME – by Jim Hightower
The “willing” are waning.
Remember President George W. Bush’s assertion in 2003 that he was not rushing off to war in Iraq on his own whim? No, no, he cried, lookie here, I’ve got this big international “Coalition of the Willing” backing me all the way!
Actually, his coalition was mostly a sham from the start. Of the 300,000 troops that it included, 250,000 were from the United States, and Bush sidekick Tony Blair kicked in another 40,000. Of the world’s 194 nations, only 36 chipped in any troops for the cause, and most that did send some limited them to supporting roles, keeping them out of combat. Despite Mr. Bush’s pretense, the “multinational force” has really been a unilateral, American operation.
Now, however, there can be no pretense that it’s anything else, for the coalition has dwindled down to 20 countries contributing only about 11,000 troops to the Iraq debacle – and most of those will soon be gone.
While the president can’t speak the word “withdraw,” leaders of other countries are having no trouble these days saying it with great fluency and frequency. For example, Denmark has taken its 460 soldiers and gone home, Latvia’s 125-member contingent is down to 15, Lithuania brought its 50 soldiers home this summer, Georgia plans to withdraw 1,700 of its troops, and the Czech Republic will have all of its 100 soldiers out by year’s end.
Even the Brits are saying bye-bye. Only 5,000 of their troops remain, and half of them will be pulled out by spring, with the rest expected to be withdrawn by the end of next year.
Could the coalition be sending a message? I think they’re saying: Yoo-hoo, George. It’s time to bring your troops home, too.
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday called for the resignation of the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission following the recall of millions of Chinese-made toys.
Nancy Nord, the agency’s acting head, has been under fire in Congress for opposing Democrats’ legislation to overhaul her agency.
“Any commission chair who does not, in the face of the facts that are so clear, say we don’t need any more authority or any more resources to do our job, does not understand the gravity of the situation,” said Pelosi, who has been joined in her call for Nord’s resignation by other Democrats in the House and Senate. “I call on the president of the United States to ask for the resignation.”
Nord, in an Oct. 24 letter to the Senate Commerce Committee, said a Democratic bill doubling the agency’s funding and giving it greater authority to inspect and recall products “could have the unintended consequence of hampering, rather than furthering, consumer product safety.” She specifically complained that the additional responsibilities the bill adds will make it more difficult for the agency to do its job.
“We have serious concerns with a number of provisions in the legislation,” said Allan Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the president for economic policy.
Despite the opposition, the committee sent legislation to the full Senate that would increase the number of workers at the agency to at least 500 by 2013, modernize its testing facilities and increase the number of safety inspectors at U.S. ports.
The Consumer Products Safety Commission was founded in 1973 with a staff of about 800. It now employs about half that number, while the importation of products from other countries has vastly increased.
Democrats say the limited resources given to the CPSC have made products used by Americans less safe.
Under the bill, the agency’s budget would go to $80 million in 2009 and increase 10 percent each year after that.
“It is very clear to me, as well as millions of moms and dads around the country, that the CPSC is failing to keep dangerous toys and products out of the marketplace,” said Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., who co-sponsored the legislation with Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii.
More than 21 million toys made in China _ from Baby Einstein Discover & Play Color Blocks from Kids II Inc., to Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway by RC2 Corp. _ have been recalled because of excessive levels of lead paint, tiny magnets that could be swallowed or other potentially serious problems.
Lead is toxic if ingested by young children.
Pelosi was joined in the call for Nord’s resignation by Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and representatives like Bobby Rush, D-Ill., and Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.
Nord and the White House say they’re not against modernizing and expanding the agency, but several parts of the Democrats’ legislation concerns them.
“We want to work with Congress on a collaborative effort in order to help modernize and improve the CPSC,” White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. “This wasn’t about the price tag, this was about a couple of the policies that are within a particular bill.”
Under the bill, lead would be banned on children’s toys, independent testing labs would be required to test children’s products, and tracking labels would be required to would allow products to be traced to their point of origin.
Also, civil fines would be increased up to $250,000 per violation with a cap at $100 million, and criminal penalties would be increased to five years in jail for those who knowingly and willingly violate product safety laws. Whistle-blowers reporting on bad products from inside companies would get additional protection and state attorneys general would be allowed to sue to enforce product safety laws.
“Many of our existing public safety activities would have to be severely curtailed or would cease entirely in order to attempt to fulfill all of the bill’s proposed statutory directives,” Nord said in the letter to the committee.
I heard that the thing that is really hurting the war effort is that Jamaica took home its 6 cooks! The troops are really pissed about not being able to have those good beef patties and ox tail!
So Pelosi wants to fire a guy who has 400 people to monitor every consumer product in the United States?
Brilliant!
So Pelosi wants to fire a guy who has 400 people to monitor every consumer product in the United States?
Brilliant!
Posted by: Kansas | October 31, 2007 at 06:19 AM
You better lay off the meds Kansas, it’s effecting your reading comprehension. BTW:Nancy Nord is a gal, not a guy.
It is mere months after Democrats won the election on a promise to defend America’s middle class. The nation demands action to address burgeoning health care and environmental crises. But somehow, the first significant initiative the newly empowered Democratic Party is likely to pass into law is a lobbyist-written trade pact to help Big Business ship jobs overseas.
Quick: Am I talking about the early 1990s or the present day?
Both.
Back in 1992, candidate Bill Clinton chastised the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at events with blue-collar workers. A year later, President Clinton joined with Republican and Democratic legislators to ram NAFTA through Congress “over the dead bodies” of those same workers, as the chairman of American Express gushed at the time.
We all remember what followed. Factories were boarded up, thousands lost jobs, wages stagnated, income inequality exploded, 19 million Mexicans were thrown into poverty, and “the dead bodies” didn’t come out to vote during the next election, helping the GOP evict Democrats from Congress in 1994.
Now comes the rerun.
In 2006, 115 Democratic congressional candidates — many from conservative districts — made opposition to NAFTA-style pacts a centerpiece of their campaign. They promised to reform America’s trade policy. But this month, to the horror of these recently elected fair traders, senior Democrats like Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., are joining with Republicans, the White House and corporate lobbyists to champion trade deals that actually expand NAFTA.
The proposed pacts with Peru, Colombia and Panama are designed to force Americans into another destructive wage-cutting competition with desperate foreign workers just as BusinessWeek reports that “many countries south of the border are building up their outsourcing infrastructure.” But that’s just the beginning.
According to the watchdog group Public Citizen, the Peru deal weakens American laws that ensure taxpayer-funded contracts do not subsidize outsourcing.
The Colombia agreement, which is being pushed by former Clinton administration officials-turned-lobbyists, rewards a government that helps execute union organizers, according to the Washington Post. Today, more unionists are killed each year in Colombia than in the rest of the world’s countries combined. Suppressing unions keeps Colombian wages low. With the benefits of a free trade agreement, those low wages will be more easily exploited by outsourcers.
Then there is Panama — a country that is far more than a canal or a Van Halen song to the super-wealthy.
Trade expert Peter Riggs reports that the tiny tax haven houses more than 400,000 corporate subsidiaries — most used to hide money in a country that flouts international financial disclosure standards.
In granting Panama a coveted trade pact, our government will be endorsing tax haven shenanigans, which collectively pilfer about $100 billion annually from U.S. taxpayers. Worse, the deal allows parent companies to use their Panamanian tax shelters to challenge American laws they oppose. If, for instance, a state passes an anti-smoking law, tobacco giant Altria could use its Panamanian subsidiaries to sue that state for “damages” in international court.
Ignoring rising protests from their more junior fair trade colleagues in Congress, Democratic leaders claim the pacts will aid impoverished workers abroad. But major labor leaders in Peru, Colombia and Panama oppose the deals, and not one respected U.S. human rights, religious or anti-poverty group supports them. These are pacts that only tax lawyers, union-busting thugs and Washington politicians could love.
Democratic leaders say the deals include labor provisions protecting American workers. But as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s president told reporters, he has received “assurances that the labor provisions cannot be read to require compliance” with minimum international standards.
It all comes back to cash. Environmental, health care and war policies divide moneyed interests. But nothing unites them like trade pacts crafted to drive wages and public interest laws into the ground. Every corporate campaign donor rallies around that, especially when politicians and the media morph the trade debate into a caricatured contest between anachronistic protectionism and enlightened internationalism, rather than what it really is: a choice between pragmatic reform and selling out.
Thus, as America’s health care system fails, global warming intensifies and war in Iraq rages, the only initiative Congress seems willing to forge bipartisan consensus on is a new three-headed NAFTA, steamrolled “over the dead bodies” of voters.
As Yogi Berra might say, it’s deja vu all over again — and if Democratic leaders continue down this path, they should not be surprised when another 1994-style backlash kicks them in the face.–by David Sirota
“And when it was over, both the Barack Obama and John Edwards campaigns signaled that in the weeks ahead they intend to hammer home a simple message: Hillary Clinton does not say what she means or mean what she says.”
The softball questions are gone and the meltdown has started. I feel sorry for Hillary’s staff today. With the looks she was giving Edwards someone will suffer today per DeeDee Myers and Stephanopolis.
Wow, I would hate to be so obsessed with Hillary like you are Max… Get over it!! Its only politics!! ummm for now!!
Posted by: Chas. | October 31, 2007 at 04:19 AM
It’s not only politics Chas.
It’s about Freedom, and what Hillary will do to increase Government Control sacrificing Individual Freedom for the Good of the Masses.I’ve not heard ONE of you Libs say you highly value FREEDOM, and want to keep America Free. You must not care.
Hillary will ruin America in her attempt to make it completely Socialist.
Hillary will:
1. Sign the biggest income tax increase in the history of America.
2. Weaken National Defense attempting to make the rest of the world happy, and satisfy the UN, even if America’s security is sacrificed.
3. Increase Social Programs like HillaryCare! and increase Federal Spending when we can’t even afford existing Social Programs.
4. Do nothing about the Social Security/Medicare Fiscal Crisis, which will lead to an additional $20 Trillion in National Debt for our kids.
5. Increase Government control and decrease Individual Freedom to include the banning of guns.
Papers? I Don’t See Any Papers.He says he’s ‘pro-disclosure,’ but Bill has kept Hillary’s White House files under wraps.
Nearly three years after the Clinton Library opened—and more than 21 months after its trove of records became subject to the Freedom of Information Act—barely one half of 1 percent of the 78 million pages of documents and 20 million e-mail messages at the federally funded facility are public, according to the National Archives.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/57351
Newsweek’s investigative bulldog, Michael Isikoff, seems frustrated that Clinton won’t release any papers and notes how hard of a time some reporters have searching the Clinton archives at the Clinton presidential library.
The lack of access is emerging as an issue in Hillary’s presidential campaign: she cites her years of experience as First Lady as one of her prime qualifications to be president. Like other Democratic candidates, she has decried the ’stunning record of secrecy’ of the Bush administration; her campaign Web site vows to bring a ‘return to transparency’ to government. But Clinton’s appointment calendar as First Lady, her notes at strategy meetings, what advice she gave her husband and his advisers, what policy memos she wrote, even some key papers from her health-care task force—all of this, and much more documenting her years as First Lady, remains locked away, most likely through the entire campaign season.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/10/22/423523.aspx
Maybe I do not feel particularly free now Max. In fact I never have.
Hillary wants to take from such as you and give it to me I say more power to her! Even if your analysis there is rather simplistic.
Can people not see the deceptive tactics used by Hillary?
Can people not see how she panders to every crowd, changing her tune to say what the crowd wants to hear? Then changing her tune taking a different position with each audience?
Can people not see how desparate Hillary is to gain POWER? And that she will Say or Do Anything to get that power?
I can see how much you and the right hate her Max. That’s ALMOST good enough for me in itself.
Still
There’s that little nagging feeling that you all protest too much. Sorta a brer rabbit kinda thing.
Hillary will only tell us those things that make her look good. Finally Russert asked some hardball questions. I saw a headlines that said “Scorn: As the Men gang Up”. She loves to pay the gender card when it suits her purposes. I would hate to be on her wrong side this morning. The looks she was giving last night would qualify her as the scariest spook this Halloween.
J R keep your hands out of my pocket. I work hard for a living so should you. Redistribution of the wealth is socialistic no matter how you slice it. Hillary was exposed last night. Look to see Obama rise to the top. He offers a new viewpoint. A new family – a new face.
Can people not see the deceptive tactics used by Hillary?
Can people not see how she panders to every crowd, changing her tune to say what the crowd wants to hear? Then changing her tune taking a different position with each audience?
Can people not see how desparate Hillary is to gain POWER? And that she will Say or Do Anything to get that power?
Posted by: Max | October 31, 2007 at 09:34 AM
And this differs from other politicians in what way? Max, you’re a one issue poster. From now on, just post your nic. We’ll automatically know it’s another Hillary spew.
I don’t care a whole lot for Hillary myself, but when I look at what Republicans have to offer by way of candidates, Hillary looks a LOT better.
OMG, max is worried about freedoms and it’s HILLARY he’s worried about?
hehehehehhe.
The number one enemy of freedom is the bush/cheney team.
Hehehehhe.
But please, continue trying to cover up the cat crap in the cat box.
Everytime max posts, another Hillary angel gets its wings. If he/she hates her THAT much, there must be a lot of good in her.
Otherwise? He’d be attacking someone else.
And dontchya just love when wingnuts like max and mccluer try to pick the DEMOCRAT’s candidate?
heheheh. Gee, let’s ask the good captain to pick the repuke candidates….
(big eye roll)
Warning!!!Bad LanguageBad PhotoshopTasteless humorWILL offend some of you.
http://whenyouronlytoolisahammer.blogspot.com/2007/10/hammers-34th-and-fun-with-photshop.html
The IMF agrees, Bush is not only destroying America’s economy but possibly the world economy.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iPfKKo92u9cJ9i273mcT8lLzz9sw
Thanks to the Republicans borrow and spend policies the dollar is rapidly falling and becoming more and more worthless. Somehow conservatives still see the collapse of our economy as a good thing but they still think torture is a fun past time so they aren’t exactly mentally stable.
capn and other bloggers, just a hint on spoof sites. If anything requires a login page, simple thing to do is, right click the page, view source, then at the top select edit at the top, find next, then when the box pops up, put in a @ symbol then hit find next. People steal passwords and such this way, the find feature will find the email address all the info your typing in goes to.
Captain, dont huff off the blog. We like you here.
Huffing off the blog and THEN returning is so.. well… GMC70….
Has mckansas posted here today?
If not, he’s either sleeping it off or..?
Spoof site? Isnt that called phishing?
And isnt THAT enough to get permanently banned from this blog?
If not, making terroristic threats should be.
And he did promise to create all day terroristic posts on the blog.
WHERE is the patriot act when we need it?
I guess it’s time to go back to my old terroristic tactics.
I’ll use my anonymous blogging software and proxy ID’s.
You think life is hell now on the blog, just wait for things to come.
Posted by: Kansas | October 30, 2007 at 10:34 PM
You better bring a sack lunch, it’s going to be an all day all night terrorist activity.
Posted by: Kansas | October 30, 2007 at 10:55 PM
Yep. Time to call skeletor and the DHS.
I’ll be on the lookout for any black escalades cruising down my dirt road.
Hee hee hee hee.
You KNOW it’s got to be killing him to read this and not be able to respond….
Doug, the world has changed since 9/11, no longer Cash is King. Now, Cash is Trash!As the dollar falls to record lows, oil rises to record highs, and the mid-income and poor, or caught in the middle.Max may play hell finding another country where his dollar will buy much currency for his retirement.
It’s obvious to me that the gov. is addressing the housing bubble crisis, and the debt crisis by currency liquidity. But the bubble they’re creating may be worse than the ones they are addressing.
The Blog will end tomorrow, it will not be worth reading.
Posted by: Kansas | October 30, 2007 at 10:37 PM
So when can we expect this moronic threat to take place?Has somebody been designated to turn off the lights?
Ok, Randy and the Ed. board: I fully expect you to call for tax increases on these two at risk cancer groups to fund the SCHIPS!Report stresses link between obesity and cancer 23 minutes ago
LONDON (Reuters) – Keeping slim is one of the best ways of preventing cancer, as is avoiding excessive amounts of red meat and wine, a landmark study has revealed.
ADVERTISEMENTThe World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) said the link between body fat and cancer is closer than generally realized.
It found convincing evidence of a link to six types of cancer, five more than in its last report, 10 years ago.
Among the new types are colorectal (bowel) and post-menopausal breast cancer.
Professor Michael Marmot, chair of the panel of 21 eminent scientists who compiled the report, said: “We are recommending that people aim to be as lean as possible within the healthy range, and that they avoid weight gain throughout adulthood.”
The report, which selected 7,000 studies from a worldwide pool of 500,000 written since records began in the 1960s, includes five key findings.
They are that processed meats, such as ham and bacon, increase the risk of colorectal cancer, and should be eaten sparingly.
Another is the link between red meat and colorectal cancer, for which the evidence is stronger than ever. People should not eat more than 500g of cooked red meat a week — or between 700g and 750g for “blue” or uncooked meat.
A further finding was the strongest evidence yet that alcohol is a cause of cancer. If people must drink, the report said, they should limit their intake to two units a day for a man or one for a woman. A unit is a half pint of beer or a small glass of wine.
The report recommended mothers breastfeed exclusively for the first six months after birth followed by complementary breastfeeding, after evidence showed breastfeeding protects the mother against breast cancer.
It did not recommend dietary supplements as prevention.
“This report is a real milestone in the fight against cancer, because its recommendations represent the most definitive advice on preventing cancer that has ever been available anywhere in the world,” said Professor Martin Wiseman, project director of the report.
Scientists believe there are several reasons for the link between body fat and cancer.
One is the relationship between excess fat and the hormonal balance in the body.
Research has shown that fat cells release hormones such as estrogen, which increases the risk of breast cancer, while fat around the waist encourages the body to produce growth hormones, which can increase levels of risk.
Evidence of a link is most convincing for cancer of the esophagus, pancreas, colorectum, endometrium (womb), kidney and post-menopausal breast cancer.
The report makes 10 recommendations including 30 minutes of moderate activity a day, rising to 60 minutes; drinking water rather than sugary drinks; eating fruit, vegetables and fiber and limiting salt consumption.
The WCRF report can be found at: http://www.dietandcancerreport.org/
Just heard on CNBC that “ugly teeth” for halloween, are being recalled because the Chineese put lead in them! Is China conducting an undeclared war on America? Maybe we should do a pre-emptive move on them.
The Bush administration has crippled the CPSC.
In its first year of operation in 1974, the CPSC had a staff of 786 and a budget equivalent to $146.6 million in today’s dollars. Today it operates with a budget of only $62.3 million and 420 full-time employees. Now is not the time to scale back regulation of product safety, as imports of consumer goods from overseas have reached an all-time high. For example, the Toy Industry Association estimates that 80 percent of all toys sold in the United States are imported from China. Because of this deregulation, millions of children going trick-or-treating tonight to celebrate Halloween will be at greater risk than ever before from products made outside the United States, including tainted costumes and plastic candy buckets. Even when faced with safety risks to kids, conservatives would rather allow the markets to regulate themselves and consumers to fend for themselves. “As this point, when it comes to imported products, American are basically on their own,” notes the Campaign for America’s Future. “[T]hey can’t rely on what they need — active and efficient government regulation and inspection that can protect our children and insure that our safety standards are met. It is past time for that to change.”
Well, I see the editors pulled my CapnAmerica posts because they thought that they were Kansas trolling my nic.
Sheesh, this is getting crazy.
KSFrmGrrl–
Now that I know the troll didn’t hack me but just spoofed me, I feel a little more comfortable about the security here.
But still, this system is a mad-house. Even the editors can’t keep the real posts separate from the troll posts.
It just begs to be disrupted by a Kansas-type individual.
But whatever the editors are doing to the troll, it seems to work for awhile at least.
I signed up for email alert from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety CommissionOffice of Information and Public Affairs (CPSC) over a year ago.
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.aspx
About 99% of the recalls are products manufactured in China.
The American consumer needs more protections not less.
Capn,
They also cleaned out the “Blame the messenger” thread, and closed it to comments.
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/10/blame-the-messe.html#comment-88192930
KFG- Huh? Did I miss another episode of “As the Stomach Turns”, our blog soapy? Damn!
If you believe in prayer, then please pray for me I have a sinus infection!!
-Thanks, Ashley W.
P.S.- Keep up the great work Phil and staff!
Heheheh gster. You missed another whole verse of the MTGLB blues…
Not that you missed much.
Ouch!!! I think it’s a miracle that the kid’s neck wasn’t broken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7WbKlG_5NE
Holy COW!
Hays Daily News
“Before wrapping up an often-lighthearted lecture Tuesday, Kansas House Speaker Melvin Neufeld had to take a jab at Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
A southwest Kansas Republican angry about KDHE’s decision to reject a permit application for a $3.6 billion coal-burning electric plant by Hays-based Sunflower Electric near Holcomb, Neufeld pointed out carbon dioxide — the emission cited as dangerous by KDHE — also comes out of people breathing and soda pop fizzing.
“Pepsi actually contacted me and asked me, ‘Does this mean every convenience store has to have an air-quality permit because it has a fountain?’ ” Neufeld said.
He also had a serious accosting for Sebelius.
“Virtually every member of the Legislature — I know of one exception — thinks what the governor did was completely inappropriate and stretched the law,” he said.
Neufeld addressed a handful of Fort Hays State University students Tuesday.”
Uh, Melvin? The shark called. He wants to make sure you DO NOT jump him again….
So, eastern Kansas legislators ALL agree with you?
Damn. I want what he’s smoking.
farmgrrl,
‘Jumped the shark,’ indeed.
If Neufeld thinks the decision was illegal, let him challenge it. If he really feels that strongly about some law having been broken, isn’t it dereliction of his office not to contest on legal grounds?
In a political test of wills,
Not a happy President.
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/10/31/countdown-bushs-hissy-fit/
DOH!
In a political test of will, Neufeld lost. He should man up and stop crying about it.
I’m so sure only “maybe one” of the members of the legislature disagree with him.
That’s at least a THREE shark jump.
If I were these guys, which thankfully I am not, instead of piss moaning and sighning over this…
…I’d be holding up governor leadership, the department of commerce, and the legislature for some BIG economic development money.
Then, I’d use it to implement programs that WORK, instead of doing the same ol non-working things harder and faster.
“President not happy”
Pelosi 1 Bush 0
Where does it say in the constitution that the congress has to consult with the President before doing their job?
This is nothing but political theater.
Hell, god’s senator, bush’s senator, and Jerry Moran could throw some federal commerce, EDA, and USDA bucks at the districts affected. Show up governor leadership.
But then, sigh, all that would make too much sense….
I wonder if the hissy fit is to show he is still relevant? heheh.
ksfarmgrrl,
While your ideas WOULD succeed in delivering economic development of various sorts to Western Kansas, it WOULD NOT succeed in more lobbyist bucks for same, said legislators–which is, after all, what one suspects this is really about.
Where does one find the listing of campaign contributions to state legislators?
“Can people not see how desparate Hillary is to gain POWER? And that she will Say or Do Anything to get that power?”
Posted by max.
Sheesh . . . ain’t that what every politician does, democrat or republican? There was a republican running for some seat in florida who claimed his opponent was hetrosexual. He won. How stupid are people, really?
I wonder if the hissy fit is to show he is still relevant? heheh. Posted by: ksfarmgrrl
You have “hit the nail on the head”.
“White House aides say the only way Bush seems to be able to influence the process is by vetoing legislation or by issuing administrative orders”
heheheheh. Someone should ask the shrubster how it FEELS to be Bill Clinton…
Google the Kansas Ethics Commission, CF. It’s all there in black and white.
ksfarmgrrl,
Well, Bill Clinton without the 70% approval, or all the chicks throwing themselves at him and stuff…
Gracias, Ma’am.
Maybe I do not feel particularly free now Max. In fact I never have.
Hillary wants to take from such as you and give it to me I say more power to her! Even if your analysis there is rather simplistic.
Posted by: J R | October 31, 2007 at 09:33 AM
Say JR, how do you know Hillary isn’t going to be taking from YOU and giving to ME!?!
You Socialists are only Socialists as long as you are on the Receiving end.
My non-hidden assets should entitle me to Maximum socialist benefits.
JR, you be paying me, not the other way around.
Today’s email alert from CPSC
1. SimplyFun Recalls Ribbit Board Games Due to Risk of Lead ExposureManufactured in: China
2. Toys “R” Us Recalls Elite Operations Toys Due to Violation of Lead Paint StandardManufactured in: China
3. Halloween “Ugly Teeth” Recalled By Amscan Inc. Due to Violation of Lead Paint StandardManufactured in: China
4. Toy Figures Recalled by Henry Gordy International Due to Violation of Lead Paint StandardManufactured in: China
100% of the recalls today were for products made in China.
“Well, Bill Clinton without the 70% approval, or all the chicks throwing themselves at him and stuff…”
HEE HEE HEE HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I think he really is down to Barney since pickles isnt spending much time there anymore. Even karen hughes has packed her rat bags and is jumping ship. Again.
“Say JR, how do you know Hillary isn’t going to be taking from YOU and giving to ME!?!”
Uh, no. Given your self proclaimed wealth… that would be bushco taking from JR and giving to you.
Dennis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
‘Jomamaaaaa!
Twatgirl, I’m here!
Karen Hughes Resigns With Legacy Of
Unambitious, Misguided State Department Projects
Karen Hughes, one of President Bush’s longest-serving advisers, resigned today as Under Secretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. According to the State Department’s website, Hughes’s role was to “marginalize the violent extremists” and “[f]oster a sense of common interests and common values between Americans and people of different countries.”
In remarks today, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heaped praise upon Hughes and the “remarkable job” she’s done. “If I could put on one sheet all of the things that Karen has achieved, I would do so, but it would take me a quite long time to talk about her achievements,” said Rice.
But it’s actually unclear exactly what Hughes accomplished. As the AP notes:
Polls show no improvement in the world’s view of the U.S. since Hughes took over. A Pew Research Center survey earlier said the unpopular Iraq war is a persistent drag on the U.S. image and has helped push favorable opinion of the United States in Muslim Indonesia, for instance, from 75 percent in 2000 to 30 percent last year.
Some more highlights of her time at the State Department:
– In 2006, Hughes sent an internal memo called “Thinking ‘Bigger’” to National Security Council principals. Her recommendations for countering the insurgency though were “unambitious and disconnected from reality.” They included “reviving book publishing to support Iraq’s “hard-pressed intellectuals” and expanding a “Micro scholarship” program for “youth in key disadvantaged areas in Iraq.”
– In March 2006, then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld sharply criticized the diplomatic efforts of Rice and Hughes, stating, “If I were grading, I would say we probably deserve a D or a D-plus as a country as to how well we’re doing in the battle of ideas that’s taking place in the world today.”
– Arabs repeatedly criticized Hughes for her “lack of understanding of the region.” In 2005, for example, Hughes claimed that Saddam Hussein poisoned “hundreds of thousands” of his own citizens with “weapons of mass destruction.” Her comments came “just days after Saddam went on trial in Baghdad for the deaths of 148 people in a Shiite town in 1982.”
Rice also confirmed that Hughes will “continue to consult for us on a few projects.” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack today refused to promise that the White House would replace Hughes with a permanent Senate-confirmed nominee, but said that it is the administration’s “intent.”
While it’s so hard to say good bye, this may not be the end for Karen Hughes. After all, she also resigned in 2002, but then came back and joined the State Department in 2005.
Twatgirl, I’m here!
Posted by: Dennis | October 31, 2007 at 03:36 PM
Hmmm… the troll lives?
Looks like Westboro has been bankrupted by the compensatory damages awarded by the judge. Someone should have sued a long time ago!
The story is on Kansas.com
Heh heh take THAT Fred Phelps!
Ah, Phantom, there will be an appeal (assuming Westboro is able to post the appropriate supersedeas bond), so the Plaintiff will have to wait for any $$ which may be forthcoming as the payment of damages a while, assuming the appellate court upholds the trial court.
Dollar at 13 yr. low against Canadian $. A buck and six cents will buy you one of Canada’s.
Even if it is overturned, the law could be used against Fred, just like he used to use it. Harrassment suits, could keep him in court, and off the funeral pickets for a long time.
…and dont forget, keep fred and his on the front page of the paper and the evening news too!
I bet terry and joe are jealous.
Lawsuits against Planned Parenthood’s Chicago abortion mill (Pelta v. Planned Parenthood and Chesis v. Planned Parenthood) reveal ongoing illegal, unethical, and unsafe practices of secret, unreported abortions; illegal, unreported prescriptions; falsified medical records; and violations of medical regulations and medical training and qualification requirements. We may presume these criminal practices are characteristic of many Planned Parenthood abortion mills, such as that currently under dozens of criminal charges in Overland Park.
‘reveal’ or just allege?
Dennis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally, some good news:
Jury Awards Father Nearly $11 Million in Funeral Protesters CaseWednesday, October 31, 2007
Foxnews.comBALTIMORE — The father of a fallen Marine was awarded nearly $11 million Wednesday in damages by a jury that found leaders of a fundamentalist church had invaded the family’s privacy and inflicted emotional distress when they picketed the Marine’s funeral.
The jury first awarded $2.9 million in compensatory damages. It returned later in the afternoon with its decision to award $6 million in punitive damages for invasion of privacy and $2 million for causing emotional distress to the Marine’s father, Albert Snyder of York, Pa.
Snyder sued the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church for unspecified monetary damages after members staged a demonstration at the March 2006 funeral of his son, Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq.
Good news to be sure. This will cut into their travel budget!
Some smart lawyer type should look into a class action on behalf of ALL the families this bunch has caused pain.
They’ll never pay out a dime. But.. it is a nice victory while it lasts.
Maybe if folks KEEP hauling their asses into court, the lawyer fees will bankrupt them. Out of state, they are not licensed. And I see they had legal counsel in this case that was outside their family.
Of course, it could be another wingnut homophobe religious bigot who’s doing it pro bono.
But do it often enough in enough states, and maybe they will lose their state jobs when they run out of vacation.
We can always hope anyway.
Oh boy
No link, but I just heard audio from one of Phelps sisters.
She says this will cause more troops to suffer and die because this verdict will anger God.
Some folks huh.
Oh gee, now they will protest funerals as actions that anger God!! Oy vey!! What will it take to STOP those people??
The following from here:http://blog.thehumanist.com/index.php/2007/10/30/is-it-live-or-is-it-doonesbury/**********Is It Live or is it Doonesbury?
Doonesbury appears to have, at least temporarily, finished with the story arc of young Dana Perino, the White House press secretary struggling to find the voice of Bush. In the last frame, speaking about not caring what Al Gore wears to the awards ceremonies for the Nobel prize because this president isn’t into “the awards scene,” she appears to have found something of the essence of Bush.
Well, what plays for the comics also plays in real life. At an October 24th press briefing, Perino was asked to respond to her statement that there are health benefits to climate change.
MS. PERINO: Sure. In some cases, there are—look, this is an issue where I’m sure lots of people would love to ridicule me when I say this, but it is true that many people die from cold-related deaths every winter. And there are studies that say that climate change in certain areas of the world would help those individuals. There are also concerns that it would increase tropical diseases and that’s—again, I’m not an expert in that, I’m going to let Julie Gerberding testify in regards to that, but there are many studies about this that you can look into.
Not since Reagan explained that trees cause more pollution than automobiles have we had so impressive a use of the power of spin. It merely remains to be seen if the public rolls over for this one or if we stand up and say “Oh, puh-lease” or something perhaps more politically challenging.***********
The Phelps will never stop. They are on a religious mission and religious zealots are unstoppable.
Bush should declare them a terrorist organization and throw them in Guantomomo.
Sounds like a winner to me, Question Marks!!
I actually counter-protested the Phelps crowd at a funeral. Apparently the sheriff had more respect for Phred’s 1st Amendment rights than for mine, so they threw me in jail.
After a few hours and a dinner of half a cheese sandwich and half a baloney sandwich, they let me go. No judge was willing to charge me.
As I sat in the holding cell I resloved to hire the Phelps Law Firm to defend me if I were brought to trial. I’m kinda disappointed they dropped the charges against me.
Ome one level — as repulisive as I find Phelps’ demonstrations — I have great difficulty finding anything in the Constitution of the United States of America which prevents what he does. But on the next level, it was me and not Phelps who got arrested that day. The sheriff knew too well which side had more lawyers on tap, I guess.
One one hand, I rejoice in a legal system that imposes an $11 Million judgement against the vile “religious” poison Phred Felps spews. On the other hand, even Phred’s distorted version of scripture is precisely what the 1st Amendment was written to protect.
There are plenty of people who take up vipers as proof of their faith in the gospels. I think they’re crazy as hell. But it’s not within the realm of the Constitution of the United States of America to outlaw their foolishness.
That’s what we’ve bought into. That’s the deal most of us were born into. It’s part of what it means to be an American.
Nobody said it would be easy.
Sorry about your arrest man, good of you to stand up.
A mandatory University of Delaware program requiresresidence hall students to acknowledge that “allwhites are racist” and offers them “treatment” for anyincorrect attitudes regarding class, gender, religion,culture or sexuality they might hold upon entering theschool, a clear violation of the First Amendment,besides being racist and propagandist. Dormitory RAsare the trained thought police, interrogating andreporting students in mandatory inquisitions designedto identify and punish those who do not comply withthe racist, pro-sodomy agenda (=doubleplus ungood).[Universities are required to strive toward a goal ofeducation, not compulsory diversity and coercedviewpoints.][If pro-lifers knew how to make government enforce their agenda like the 2% of our population that are sodomites have done, legalized abortion would have effectively ended in 1974.]- – -
The British government is now not only firing government employees who refuse to recklessly endanger foster children by placing them in the custody of sodomites, but is removing foster parents from eligibility if they refuse to endorse and promote sodomy to foster children as social dogma.See news pagehttp://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000005801.cfm- – -
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kevin J. Ronan is accused of using a video camera hidden in an air purifier in his home to tape midshipmen committing sodomy at his house last year. He is charged with seven counts of conduct unbecoming an officer, three counts of illegal wiretapping and one count of obstruction of justice. Thousands of sodomite smut images were found on Ronan’s home computer. The defense shyster is alleging blackmail by a sodomite midshipman who flunked out of the U.S. Naval Academy, once an institution of duty, honor, and integrity.Don’t ask, don’t tell what has happened to the U.S. Naval Academy in recent years.
Is parkay Phelp’s brother/sister?
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HR Troll
Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social Security (FICA) Program. He promised:1.) That participation in the Program would be completely voluntary,2.) That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program,3.) That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year,4.) That the money the participants put into the independent “Trust Fund” rather than into the General operating fund, and therefore, would only be used to fund the Social Security Retirement Program, and no other Government program, and,5.) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed as income
_______________________
Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are now receiving a Social Security check every month — and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of the money we paid to the Federal government to “put away” — you may be interested in the following:————————Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent “Trust Fund” and put it into the General fund so that Congress could spend it?
A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the democratically controlled House and Senate.————————-Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?
A: The Democratic Party.————————-Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities????
A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the “tie-breaking”deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the US.————————-Q: Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
This is MY FAVORITE:
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter! And the Democratic Party of course!
Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65, began to receive Social Security payments! The Democratic Party gave these payments to them, even though they never paid a dime into it!————————-
Then, after doing all this lying and thieving and violating of the original contract (FICA), the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans want to take your Social Security away!
And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!
If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of awareness will be planted and maybe changes will evolve. Maybe not!.. many Democrats are awfully sure of what isn’t so!!
But it’s worth a try. How many people can YOU send this to? Actions speak louder than bumper stickers. Forward this to others so that they can be informed of the truth.
“THE ONLY THING NEEDED FOR EVIL TO TRIUMPH IS FOR GOOD MEN TO DO NOTHING” EDMUND BURKE
Howmany different Nics are going to post that same old crap???
A class action suit against phelps would be too quick, they need to use the chinese water torture on this one. drip, drip, drip,(I wonder if bush uses this form?)I would expect many more families that the Phelpses have wronged to file their own suits now, even though the know they’ll never receive a penny.
Looks like the Dems. can run against bush, too bad that in kansas it would probably work against them, but, again, maybe not. Anyone know Roberts % of votes with bush? I’m betting it’s in the upper 90’s.Democrats see Bush as focus in 2008 Congress races By Jeremy Pelofsky
Wed Oct 31, 4:41 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush will not be on a ballot in 2008 but Democrats said on Wednesday they plan to make him the centerpiece of their campaign to boost their majorities in Congress.
ADVERTISEMENTThey argued the prolonged war in Iraq combined with their stalemate with Bush over issues like a plan in Congress to expand child health care coverage make him a good foil to use in the November 2008 election.
“At least in terms of incumbents who supported Bush 90 or 92 or 94 or 96 percent of the time, we believe that will be a very potent issue in 2008,” said Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
One political expert said Democrats used Bush effectively last year to recapture Congress, seizing on his low approval ratings, and they are expected to boost their margins next year.
“It is a little bit of deja vu from 2006 and it’s hard to argue with them because it worked,” said Jennifer Duffy, an analyst at the Cook Political Report. “Especially on the Senate side … the environment is still very good for Democrats.”
Democrats have a 51-49 majority in the Senate. In the House they have a 233-200 lead and there are two vacancies.
In 2008 Republicans must defend 22 seats in the Senate compared to 12 for Democrats. In the House, where all 435 seats are up, Republicans have seen 14 members decide against running for re-election or are pursuing other offices compared to at least three Democrats.
“People recognize that the Bush administration is very unpopular for standing in the way of change,” said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “George Bush and his legacy will be on the ballot in 2008.”
However, Republicans said the picture was not all rosy for Democrats, pointing to a Massachusetts special election earlier this month in which a Democrat barely edged out the Republican in a congressional district that has been held by Democrats for 35 years.
“Presidential elections are prospective in nature and the Democrat-led Congress has already proven that they are incapable of delivering on a single campaign promise,” said Ken Spain, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Still, as expected, Schumer predicted Democrats would hold their seats next year. Analysts have said the most vulnerable Democrats are Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, a state that just elected a Republican governor, and South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson, who is recovering from a brain hemorrhage.
He pointed to Republicans they believe were vulnerable in Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Minnesota and a chance to gain open seats in New Mexico, Virginia and Colorado that Republicans now hold.
A new survey released by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that Democrats fared better among Americans, with 48 percent believing they could bring needed change compared to 26 percent for Republicans.
Both Schumer and Van Hollen acknowledged that there was a long time before the 2008 election but they felt good about their prospects. “We are feeling that the wind is at our back,” Schumer said.
You know what they say Chas, tell a lie long enough and it becomes the truth.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/InternetMyths.html
http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/sschanges.asp
Participation in the program would be completely voluntary.
FALSE. It was never proposed to be voluntary.
That the participants would only have to pay 1% of the first $1,400 of their annual incomes into the Program,
FALSE. The law originally planned on increases.
That the money the participants elected to put into the Program would be deductible from their income for tax purposes each year.
FALSE. The original law specifically said it could not be deductible.
Which Political Party took Social Security from the independent “Trust Fund” and put it into the General fund so that Congress could spend it?
FALSE. There was never a Trust Fund. The money was always converted to US bonds, government loaning the money to itself.
Which Political Party started taxing Social Security annuities? The Democratic Party . . .
FALSE. Social Security benefits were already taxed. Depending on the income level of recipients, some people’s taxes went up.
Which Political Party decided to start giving annuity payments to immigrants?
This is MY FAVORITE:
A: That’s right! Jimmy Carter! And the Democratic Party of course!
COMPLETE AND UTTERLY FALSE. As Snopes says, “no one — whether he be a citizen, immigrant, or illegal alien — is eligible to receive Social Security benefits without paying into the system.
Other than that, Graffiti Troll, everything you posted was right.
Oh . . . to live as long as a reich-wing lie.
Which party ridiculed Gore for the ‘SS Lockbox” idea?
WTG Ahab!! I am SO glad there is a web site like Snopes.com…
Otherwise, it would take a long time to hunt down each one of the lies like the Graffitti Troll put up here again!!
But — Shhhhhhh — Dont tell Max… He will think Snopes is a Socialist “trap”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP4bKiYrI7w&e
Classic Hillary.
The Secret Experience of Hillary Clinton
This clip is all you really needed to watch of the Democratic debate last night.
We see Hillary lamely blaming the National Archives for the Bill Clinton orchestrated attempt to suppress documents that might actually shed some light on what First Lady Clinton’s policy role was in that White House.
This is the first time I’ve seen Hillary genuinely flustered — just making it up as she answered. Fumbling on about the 20 million pieces of paper at the Archives, topping it off with this lame bit of technocratic mumbojumbo about how the “Archives will move as fast as its circumstances and processes demand.”
This artless Clintonian dodge was clearly Barack Obama’s best opening.
And he starts strong, with a jab about Cheney-esqe secrecy and an effective upper-cut: “not releasing these records — a the same time, Hillary, that you’re claming this [time in the White House] as the basis of your experience — is a problem.”http://www.rollingstone.com/nationalaffairs/index.php/2007/10/31/the-secret-experience-of-hillary-clinton/
I had hopes for ya Max.
But you are a johnny one note. A one trick pony.
Hating Hillary is all you are about. Get you outside that and you sizzle and fizz like alka seltzer.
Thing is? The more you hate Hillary the more I like her.
Sad News for Global Warming Wishers:
By: Ryan N. Maue, Florida State University
Cross Post at Climate Audit (h/t) Steve McIntyre
Unless a dramatic and historical flurry of activity occurs in November and December, 2007 will rank as a historically inactive TC year for the Northern Hemisphere as a whole. During past 30 years, only 1977 has had less activity to date Jan 1-Oct 31.
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/~maue/tropical/
Historically inactive?
That’s indicative of a motivation isn’t it Max?
When we play dice with the climate, who can say what can happen
in the short term let alone the long?
Yes Max, the GloWarmers will no doubt get upset when Mother Nature takes control.
Evidently Mother Nature doesn’t pay heed to rhetoric like the alarmist cosmos has to spew.
JR, what’s motivation have to do with the hurricane stats on the link I posted?
Ya think he made those numbers up?
Go ahead, find some better stats.
Love to see em.
Kansas, now JR is arguing with Mother Nature.
Wonder who will win.
What a difference a day makes?
‘kansas”? JM?
I see the blog stands and has not been laid waste as you threatened last night.
What gives?
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain?
Back to everyone’s favorite topic:
Hillary Gets Mob-Linked Endorsement
Tue, 10/30/2007 – 12:05 — arichardson
Amid controversies of indicted fugitive donors, a Palestinian money trail and a corrupt presidential campaign co chair impeached as a federal judge, Hillary Clinton has proudly accepted the endorsement of a powerful union boss with documented mob ties and an upcoming bribery trial.
The corrupt union head, Michael Forde, supported Clinton during her 2000 Senate run and this week he announced the coveted backing of his 25,000-member New York District Council of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.
Forde faces a bribery trial next month in a corruption scandal with deep mob links. The union boss has been charged with taking bribes from contractors to allow nonunion, off-the-books labor on job sites. His ties to organized crime have been well-documented for almost a decade.
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/hillary-gets-mob-linked-endorsement-0
Max don’t be dense.
YOU post a link that shows HISTORIC tangent from known weather.
I suggest that maybe we cannot know the short term effects let alone the long of Human caused global warming.
You are making the case you oppose?
I take my time J R and don’t spit out all my cards as you do on an hourly basis here on the blog.
I’m very methodical and patient.
We Need More Government Control Over Evil Children To Prevent These Accidents from Happening!
October 31, 2007, 9:17 am
Boy Admits to Starting One of the WildfiresBy Mike Nizza
San Diego investigators looking for arson clues last week. (Photo: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via AP)The authorities in Southern California believe they have gotten to the bottom of one of several arson investigations stemming from last week’s wildfires.
A boy who was interviewed about the Buckweed fire, which burned nearly 60 square miles and destroyed 21 homes in Los Angeles County, “admitted to playing with matches and accidentally starting the fire,” the county sheriff said in a statement.
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/boy-admits-to-starting-one-of-the-wildfires/?hp
Spew away “kansas”.
You’ve mine AND the editors attention.
Hint for ya Max, avoid “kansas” like the plague.
Max,
You don’t seem to understand tropical storm PDI, nor the concept of “global” versus only near the U.S.
Another side mounted boon for the Global Alarmists Max. No doubt the boy who started the fires subscribes to the GORACLE philosophy, but misinterpreted what “man-made causes” actually meant. :)
cosmos doesn’t understand that the Southern Hemisphere isn’t global either and isn’t adhering to the alarmism that cosmos spews.
I call bs on ya “kansas”
YOU said you would destroy the blog today.
The blog remains and you remain poorly posting and disrespected.
And you’ve no idea the machine against you:)
J R thinks meeting the editors once or twice qualifies him as their best friend and buddy.
I’m very sure the Wichita Eagle Editors would rather have a raging case of herpes than have J R as a buddy.
Gosh, if a sinus infection doesn’t make you go crazy then tell me what will!!!
-ash
You are nothing “kansas”\Nothing but a sad little pathetic thing. This blog is all you have. That is why you BEGGED Phil Brownlee to let you back in isn’t it?
Say Kansas, that boy in California, I bet he was impacted by global warming.
Likely fried the kids brain or something.
That fried brain caused the kid to play with matches and catch California on fire.
If we just would put “Close Cover Before Striking” in Espanol on our matches, we could have prevented this fire.
More Government regulation is needed to prevent this problem from recurring.
You’ve no idea what goes on that you cannot see “kansas”
Laughs at the clueless J R “junior”
Ya know I think ksgolfnut was correct, J R is exactly like “junior” on the old Hee Haw TV show, but J R isn’t as smart.
More Government regulation is needed to prevent this problem from recurring.
Posted by: Max | October 31, 2007 at 11:53 PM
Perhaps there will be more “lock boxes” in California?
Kansas did Phil really get rid of you?
Heck we must be exercising your frontiers of internet knowledge for you to even remain here “kansas”
What was it you said? “Pack a lunch”
Clueless?
I learn more every day.
But I digress.
You, “kansas’ were gonna smite the whole blog.
Yeah. I’m still here.
Kansas did Phil really get rid of you?
Posted by: awinters | October 31, 2007 at 11:56 PM
Yeah, for about 4 hours. The pain was unbearable. (chortles)
Yeah. I’m still here.
Posted by: J R | October 31, 2007 at 11:59 PM
I’m merciful to the helpless and the pennyless individuals.
I’ll allow you to stick around, until I decide you shouldn’t.
Man kansas I kinda laugh at that.
Don’t destroy JR, he is here to save the world!
Ah ha
Pat is “kansas” too!
How many other faces do you have?
Oh and I got that last about the editors in a bookmark. Should make interesting reading for your like minded when they return from the boycott.
Okay ash is going to lie down again and hope she doesn’t cough out another lungs, which is wierd because she has already coughed out two lungs… where is the extra one coming from.
have a great night and day, and PLEASE pray for me!!!
Oh and I got that last about the editors in a bookmark. Should make interesting reading for your like minded when they return from the boycott.
Posted by: J R | November 01, 2007 at 12:06 AM
Oh and junior must think that’s important in the grand scheme of things.
poor delusional junior…
People could care less J R, stop being so clueless.
Off to let the clueless J R mutter to himself… (blip blip)
http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2007/10/open-thread–26.html#comment-88259644
Think that will stop me?
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20070208/
“The five warmest years since the late 1880s, according to NASA scientists, are in descending order 2005, 1998, 2002, 2003 and 2006.”
The Southern Hemisphere,http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20070208/2006_temp_anom.gif
Well all,
Good Night; Good Luck, and God bless; whatever you conceive God to be!!
Blessings All!!