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In Today's Tequila Treehouse... The Age of 'Poodle-ism' Echoes of Nixon  Romney's Tar Baby Palecek on WBAI, NYC Poor Joe's problems  Probe in BIG's death Roberts, Alito Lied  Mel Gibson fired Ashlee Simpson vs Bush Blew a Guy

Quotes

"Ned Lamont's trying to kick me out of the Senate.
  I hope you don't let him do that."
     -- Sen. Joementum, reduced to begging because he's Bush's bitch,  Link

"I believe I'm doing better than you are."
      --Richard Fuqua, when asked "How are you doing?" by Bush's bitch,  Link
 

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War in the Age of 'Poodle-ism'
   by Brent Budowsky

 consortiumnews.com

 Excerpt:
Since we live in an age of careerism where those who speak the truth can expect reprisals,
it is perhaps not surprising that America's politics and journalism are dominated by a combination
of bullies who punish dissenters and timid souls who maneuver endlessly to avoid offending the powerful.

In this guest essay, political analyst Brent Budowsky notes that Tony Blair may deserve his nickname
"the poodle" for acting as Bush's lapdog, but that Blair is not alone. There are plenty of American
accommodators and facilitators who have helped enable the loss of democratic values in the United States
and the bloody disasters unfolding in the Middle East.

Budowsky suggests that this culture of timidity deserves its own label, "poodle-ism."
 
 

Note: Consortiumnews.com  is the most important site in the Internet

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Echoes of the Nixon era
 Specter to expand Bush's power

 salon.com

 Excerpt:
With one piece of legislation, Sen. Arlen Specter seeks to expand Bush's radical theory of
executive power beyond the wildest dreams of Dick Cheney or even John Yoo. Just when it
looked as though some semblance of checks and balances was being restored, Specter
-- the Pennsylvania Republican who masqueraded for months as a tenacious opponent of the
White House -- offers a bill that would strike an immeasurable blow for the Bush vision of an
imperial presidency...In reality, Specter does not want to amend the mandates of FISA so much
as abolish them. His bill makes it optional, rather than mandatory, for the president to
subject himself to judicial oversight when eavesdropping on Americans, in effect returning
the nation to the pre-FISA era. Bush would be allowed to eavesdrop at will, precisely the situation
that led to the surveillance abuses of the Nixon White House and J. Edgar Hoover's FBI."
 

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Quotes

"One night a couple of years ago we all went to bed in one era of history
  and woke up in another...I knew on that tragic day that many more tragic
  days were to follow, and I made the decision that I would use my little space
  to scream out louder against the great injustices the United States government
  was about to unleash upon the planet."
    -- Aaron McGruder, on why he turned political
 

  Comments?

Subject: Musclehead-terminator

A sad fact is he probably will be reelected.
The Democrats don't have anybody to run against him worth a dam .

Mike
 

Ain't that a bitch?
The biggest state in America and the Democrats can't run anybody?

Hell, I'll bet Marc Perkel could get some votes...
 

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Romney Apologizes For 'Tar Baby'
 At least he didn't call it "The Big Nig"

 cbsnews

 Excerpt:
Gov. Mitt Romney has apologized for referring to the "Big dig" as a "tar baby" in Iowa,
saying he did not know anyone would be offended by the term some consider a racial epithet.

Saturday, Romney, who wants to be president with that attitude, acknowledged he took a big
political risk in taking control of the project after a fatal tunnel ceiling collapse, but said inaction
would have been even worse.

"The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can,"
he told a crowd of about 100 supporters in Ames, Iowa.
 

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Subject: Californian and not ashamed

Hey Bart.

There's evidence that California voted for "Ahnold" the way Ohio voted for Bush.
Up here in beautiful Mendo (where we have been involved in the drug war since the 70's)
we're just trying to farm and stay out of trouble, while passing the nations most liberal laws locally.

We're involved politically, vocally, and put our money where our mouth is.
Or our corn and beets, anyway.
Praying to the quantum god for the breakout of peace...and a good harvest...
 

Blessings and joy in your journeys and keep up the hammer

Alwyn L'hoir
http://www.bluemoonperfume.com
 

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Lieberman's problems

 MSGOP

 Excerpt:
Lieberman's problems began long before he was kissed by Bush. With his Senate seat safe,
he didn't have to fight in 2000. He went easier on Cheney in their debate than he did against
Lamont. During the Florida recount, he made a point of favoring military absentee ballots likely
to be Republican. Lieberman has voted 90 percent of the time with the Democrats - but his first
impulse is often to find fault with them. His 2004 run for the White House was better known for
its attacks on fellow Democrats than on the incumbent. He approved of Washington intervention
in the Terri Schiavo case. On Iraq, he buys the GOP argument that equates criticism of the Bush
with hurting the troops, which means no real oversight. (Has he forgotten the Truman Committee
during World War II?) The duty of the opposition is to oppose.
 

"The duty of the opposition is to oppose."

Damn, I wish we could get our Democrats to understand that.
They think their duty is to rubberstamp every Fascist idea Bush has.

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Subject: Did Jesus exist?

Bart,

I wish the subject of religion wouldn't come up, but it always will as long as Bush
uses the name of Jesus in vain and the atheists keep say things like "Jesus never existed".
But relax Bart, I have found the perfect solution for this dilemma.

http://www.atheists-for-jesus.com/

I am enjoying listening to your radio shows when I can
and am very glad I finally have become a member of Barcop.
 Chet
 

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Quotes

"Bush met with the "American Idol" kids last week
  ...because there was nothing else going on in the world."
    -- Wake-Up Call!,   Link
 

           "Lookie me, Pickles, I'm in the Soul patrol!"
 

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Mike Palecek on WBAI, NYC

Anti-war Author on WBAI, NYC right after Oliver Stone.

The interview is today, Tuesday at 2 pm EST
Palecek will talk about his new novel, "Terror Nation".

More: www.iowapeace.com
 

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New probe in B.I.G.'s death

 Yahoo News

 Excerpt:
After nine years of cover-ups, lies, perjury and dereliction of their duties,
the LAPD is finally pretending to get serious about solving BIG's murder.
Six veteran homicide detectives are leading a new police task force into the case.
 

Why did they wait nine years?
So the trail would be good and cold and the shooters could get away?

Hey guys - check those missing files that LAPD I.A.D. is hiding from the Wallace family.
I'll bet everything you need is right in there.
 

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Subject: Middle East realities

if Hezbollah disarms-  there would be peace between Israel and Lebanon.

if the Israelis disarm, they would all be dead.
 don in stockholm
 

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Chuck Hagel: Cease fire - end the madness
 He wants to be president, so he's acting sane...

      "Bush is a mad bastard."

 cnn.com

 Excerpt:
Urging Der Monkey to "end this madness," Chuck Hagel broke with the
outlaw administration and called for an immediate cease-fire in the Mideast.

"The sickening slaughter on both sides must end and it must end now," Hagel said.
"Bush must call for an immediate cease-fire. This madness must stop."
 

Sen. Diebold is real popular with that sane minority of Republicans.

So how does 2008 look?
McCain: Bush is God.
Rice: Bush is God.
Guiliani: Bush is God
Hagel: Stop the madness you insane bastards.

As of today, it's a Hagel/She race
 

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Subject: stuck in Iraq

Bart, you struck a nerve with me when you wrote,
"I'm real tired of hearing, "He died doing something he loved."   by the families of the dead .

The last time that nerve was struck was when a Journalist asked Rumsfeld a question at the start
of the invasion...it was some thing like...."How do you feel about the 300 + dead soldiers we now have in Iraq?"

His response was, and I quote,.."that's militarily insignificant."
 Louis
 

Compared to the billions they're stealing, everything is "insignificant."
 

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WPE talk

Print out this wpe-card.pdf then cut them up.

Or print out this one,

by a SMSgt, USAF (Ret.)

If you bought a WPE shirt, it might save you a lot of trouble to download that PDF
or the SMSgt card and print out 2-3 pages and cut them into little pieces. Saves time,
and sane Americans who stop you on the street will thank you for it.
 

Subject: my WPE t-shirt

           Michael is a winner in his WPE shirt.
 

 Here's my picture, Bart!
 

 Get WPE t-shirts Here

We take credit cards

Of course, PayPal still works too. 

Subject: the Crusades

The Crusades were a response to seemingly
never-ending slaughter of Christians by Muslims.
They were stopped in Vienna on 911.

Write AND read monkey,
  Carson
 

Carson, you could be 100% right,
but it would be the first time.
 

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CNN Moment

The psychiatrist who testified Andrea Yates was not insane
takes your calls with Nancy Grace Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.

 cnn.com/nuttyslut
 

How dare that Yates woman lose her mind
while Nancy Grace is losing audience share!
 

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Roberts and Alito Misled Us
  by Ted Kennedy

 truthout

 Excerpt:
Tthe careful, bipartisan process of years past has been badly broken by Bush. The result has been
the confirmation of two justices, Roberts and Alito, whose voting record on the court reflects not the
neutral, modest judicial philosophy they promised the Judiciary Committee, but an activist's embrace
of the administration's political and ideological agenda.

Now that the votes are in from their first term, we can see plainly the agenda that Roberts and Alito
sought to conceal from the committee. Our new justices consistently voted to erode civil liberties,
decrease the rights of minorities and limit environmental protections. At the same time, they voted to
expand the power of the president, reduce restrictions on abusive police tactics and approve federal
intrusion into issues traditionally governed by state law.
 

Ted, why are you whining?
*I* knew they were lying during that horseshit confirmation charade you participated in,
so why didn't *you* know they were lying?  Why didn't you filibuster their fascist asses?

Yesterday I said I was real tired of hearing, "He died doing something he loved."

You know what else I'm damn tired of hearing?
"He's going to have to answer some tough questions before he gets my vote,"
because the Democrats in the senate  always  confirm every fascist Bush nominates,
so why bother with the long-ass, jerk off show for the cameras?
 

 Comments?

Subject: Nader voters

Bart, you wrote:

> If the Nader voters voted Democrat, Gore would've won Florida.
 

And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle.  

I can agree with that.
 

You are assuming that all Nader voters would vote democrat if they weren't voting for Nader?  

No.
Since a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush (and his war, and his tax cuts) 
I must assume many Nader voters know this.  
 

The 2000 election, as you point out often, was stolen, 
and I don't see how Nader voters could change that.  

You any good at math?
Gore "lost" Florida by fewer votes than Nader got.
That means the Nader voters sealed the victory for Bush.
If you have a problem with that, attack the communicative properties of addition, not me.
 

We are obviously not a very influential group.
 Regina 
 

Karl Rove doesn't think so.
 

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Mel Gibson fired by ABC
 He was going to do a mini-series on the Holocaust

That would've been something to see - all those millions of Jews committing suicide.
 

Trying to cover up for Mel, the right-wing crazies pretend they don't get it.
They pretend that Mel got super-drunk and, since he was so drunk, he was babbling nonsense.
It doesn't work that way.

When you're drunk, your mind isn't flooded with miscellaneous non-sequitors.
They act like Mel just as easily could've gone off on Chrysler or Minnesota.
It doesn't work that way.

Mel's mind if flooded with hatred for the Jews.
The alcohol didn't put words in his mouth, they released the words in his brain.

They say Mel has check himself into rehab.
Alcohol is obviously a problem for Mel.  (Doing 80 in a 40 MPH zone, Mel?)
But alcohol isn't Mel's only problem.

Like all right-wing crazies, he's got hate issues.
 

BTW, did you know the cop that arrested him is Jewish?
His anti-Jew hatred was on-target that night.
 

 Comments

Subject: Does Israel have a special right to exist?

A lot of people have been talking about Israel's right to exist
as if Israel has some special rights that other countries don't have.
Israel  has no more of a right to exist than any other country.

There is nothing special about Israel.
Nor is there anything special about Jews compared to other religions.
Judaism, like Islam and Christianity, is just another religion.

Lebanon has the same right to exists as Israel does.
The right to exist is an earned right, based on a country's ability to respect
the rights of others and to work towards peace and oppose war.

Marc Perkel
San Francisco, CA.
 

You see?
I think Perkel could beat Musclehead.

Marc Perkel for California governor!
 

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Housekeeping

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So if you were thinking about subscribing, but don't use PayPal,
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that is,

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Movies

We saw three movies since last issue.
Miami Vice, Syriana and Hustle & Flow.
We enjoyed two of them a lot.

I liked Miami Vice.
I thought it struck a perfect balance between the old TV show and modern times.
Spend the money - see this on the big screen. Lots of great scenery on the screen,
including Gong Li, an unlikely bed mate for I-can-have-anybody Colin Farrell.

I would hire her character - she was all business till she got naked.
I liked the Cuban music in the film more than you'd think, too.
 

I also liked Hustle & Flow.
Odd that two of the last 5 movies I've seen starred Terrence Howard and he was
damn good in both of them.  Funny how, towards the end things get real dark but
they manage to end it with a message about having your dreams come true.
Ludacris plays a drunk pretty well, doesn't he? :)
 

I wanted to like Syriana but it was too much for my brain.
We saw it on DVD so we had the option to pause it and ask each other questions
and try to get some clarity - but it didn't help - so we just kept watching.

Question: Why did Clooney have to gain 30-40 pounds to play that character?
I kept looking for a reason but I never could dig one up. That weight gain nearly
killed Clooney (spinal fluid ran out his nose at one point) so I figured there'd be
a big, compelling reason for it, but if there was - it was lost on me.

And this always kills me - after getting free, Clooney goes allllllllllllllllllll the way to
whatever country the Emir was from and goes to a lot of trouble to find his exact location
and when he finally finds him, instead of actually saying something, he just stands there 
with his mouth open like a plaster statue - and then you-know-what happened.
 

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Civilians

CNN just showed footage of what the Israelis said was a rocket being fired at them
from behind an an apartment complex in Qana where those 37 kids were killed.

Assuming the footage wasn't faked...

Why do the adults in charge of those kids stand around watching the rockets being 
fired into Israel KNOWING that position is about to be exploded?

If I see a rocket launcher pull up in front of my house and point toweards Israel,
I'm getting the hell out of the area faster than Rush can slur a black single mother.

Questions: 
Are those who hang around rocket launchers passive suicide bombers?
Are they choosing to die? Are they willing to sacrifice those kids so they
can point to the bodies an hour later and say, "Israel likes to kill kids?"

It would seem that to see things differently, you must use the "fake footage" argument
as your foundation 

OR 

...maybe Hezbollah gunmen force the people and kids to stay and be killed?
 

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Party at the Palms, Sept 16

 Updates - Info

Last night, I played a poker tourney at  partypoker.com   ($6)
(to sharpen my skills so I can fleece my victims at The Palms on 9-16)

I was doing real good, table general and all that, bullying people,
pushing them around  ...until I got beat by a Royal Flush.
First time that ever happened to me in a non-fixed game.

It's not so bad losing to a Royal Flush.
It's like losing a 'Best Guitar' contest to a Del Castillo brother.
 

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Religious insanity guarantees it'll stay 
that way until the end of the world.

Ashlee Simpson vs Marie Claire

 Link

 Excerpt:
Ashlee Simpson appeared on the July cover of Marie Claire extolling
the virtues of appreciating one's body as it is — then she had a nose job.
 

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