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Quotes
"Obama is changing the rules! He is showing
a different kind of audacity! He wants companies that get
taxpayer dollars to perform as if they operated
in the real world and not the land of Oz. In the real world,
if you build a better car, people will buy
it, and if you don't, they won't. That has never been the operating
principle in Detroit, where automakers made
clunkers and the Japanese cleaned their clocks...GM's stock
was $70 a share when Wagoner took over and
closed under $4 on Friday. But Michigan Gov. Granholm,
a Democrat, said Monday on NBC's 'Today' show
that Wagoner was a 'sacrificial lamb.' To me, it looks
like the stockholders were the lambs. The
lambs led to slaughter."
-- Roger Simon, Link
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White House: Cheney almost as popular as Limbaugh
Excerpt:
The White House says Cheney is the second most
popular member of the "Republican cabal," behind only El Pigbo.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs brushed off
Cheney's criticism of Obama's new administration.
Cheney said Sunday on CNN that Obama's decisions
are threatening the nation's safety.
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There will never be justice
in the United States until this drunken asshole
is jailed for mass murder,
corruption, flagrant violations of the law,
and his refusal to recognize
human rights. He is also responsible for the worst attack
on the United States
since Pearl Harbor. He is directly reponsible for the misery and lost hopes
of millions of human
beings because of his reckless handling of the American economy.
Believing Your Own Propaganda
Excerpt:
I'm always amazed by how willing conservatives
are to believe their own lazy caricatures and, as a result,
how completely and utterly they fail to understand
the actual motivations and beliefs of their political opponents...
The notion that there is anyone of significance
on the American left who still believes in anything approaching genuine
socialism is pure fantasy. That debate, to the
extent it ever really happened in this country, was settled a long time
ago.
What we're dealing with right now are differences
of opinion regarding how best to manage the failure of a number of
major companies. It's not a debate about
socialism vs. capitalism; it's a debate about methods of damage control.
But many conservatives have so deluded themselves
with their own propaganda that they're not even capable of
following the conversation any more. So
instead they spend all day indulging in paranoid delusions and debates
that have no relevance to current events.
It's a sad spectacle.
The crazy sons of bitches want to tax-cut their way out of the recession
by starving the middle class - which is wjat caused the recession in
the first place.
They don't care if America falls, as long as they get another tax cut.
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My Cousin, the vulgar Pigboy
Excerpt:
From third grade on, I have been asked, "Are
you related to Rush Limbaugh?" My teachers' whispered questions about
the man
on the radio made me feel important, even though
my 8-year-old comrades had no idea who he was. During those years, I didn't
know
who he was either. I knew Cousin Rusty always
brought Cuban cigars to family gatherings. Sometimes he would get Aunt
Patty to smoke
one and my cousins and I would laugh at her coughing
as we watched from the neighbor's trampoline. I was proud of him like I
was proud
of my brother, who's older than your brother
and can beat your brother up.
It was pretty hit-and-miss but clear-cut all the
same. People either didn't know who he was or didn't care or loved him
or hated him.
There was no like in the equation. If
they had an opinion about him, once they learned of our connection, they
offered that opinion.
"Really?! Well, this is what I think of him …"
This poor lady - it'd be like having Sirhan
or Lee Harvey Oswald for a relative.
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Subject: Jeff Beck vs Jimmy Page
Jeff Beck? Really Bart, what is this guy on?
Yes, Beck can play the guitar, but can anyone
outside his rabid fan base name three or four of his top hits?
No.
Beck played with the Yardbirds and did the Wired
album, and did a good job on both.
Page played guitar for Led Zeppelin, which had
half a dozen truly great albums and strongly influenced music.
Beck, not so much.
E.L. Deflagrante
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Quotes
"The Beltway press pros didn't seem to care
what Krugman wrote about Bush and didn't think his writing
--his opposition--needed to be examined closer.
He was just a liberal critic, so who cared what he wrote
about Bush...But now a Democrat is in the
Oval Office, Krugman is still hitting the president from the left,
and suddenly the Beltway press thinks Krugman's
work is fascinating and newsworthy."
-- Eroc Boehlert,
Link
I always liked Krugman, but now he seems to delight in attacking
Obama.
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Aristocrats
without honor
by my good friend Gene Lyons
Excerpt:
So here's the latest: In what The
New York Times described as "an unusual move," Goldman Sachs quietly
bought up a big share of its own stock from two
senior executives last fall even as possible insolvency loomed.
Goldman, which received $12.9 billion in government
funds from the cratered insurance giant AIG, paid chief
operating officer Jon Winkelried $19.7 million,
general counsel Gregory K. Palm $38.3 million.
Goldman's alibi was that both gentlemen needed
cash and "directors were concerned that a large sale of
Goldman shares . . . would alarm investors during
a period of market turmoil." Were they politicians,
such transactions might be deemed insider trading
and could lead to an SEC investiga-um, whitewash.
To emphasize their need, the Times pointed out
that "in a much-noticed sign of the times, Mr. Winkelried . . .
put his estate in Nantucket on the market last
fall for $55 million. He has since lowered the price.
He also owns a home in Short Hills, N.J., and
a horse farm in Colorado."
With the price of quality horse hay approaching
$5 a bale these days, you can see the poor guy's problem.
So why do they get to keep that stolen money?
Why can't the IRS audit everybody who
made more than $10M a year for the last eight years and let's
find out where that money came from.
The people who ran the real estate-bubble-Ponzi scheme need to
lost their money and their freedom.
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Quotes
"I have no interest in raising a single dime
for any Blue Dog wannabees. It's no longer 'more Democrats'.
The biggest danger to a progressive
agenda in the House isn't the irrelevant Republicans, but obnoxious Blue
Dogs.
It's time for Better Democrats."
-- The great and powerful Kos, and I agree with him this time,
Link
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Subject: Inhofe is a pig
Hey Bart, I became aware of this nasty little
blog coming out of your state senator's office...
written by Marc Morano...who used to work with
the vulgar pigboy.
It's a pack of lies, as noted here:
http://climateprogress.org/2009/01/28/james-inhofe-marc-morano-john-theon-nasa-skeptic-muzzling/
About those first 400 "scientists":
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/inhofe-global-warming-deniers-47011101
http://energysmart.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/inhofian-reporting-peerless-work/
A pack of lies being published with OUR TAX DOLLARS!!
Thought you should know.
Cheers,
Juanita
Juanita, if it came from Inhofe's office, we know it's a lie.
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Agent Andy Taylor is sent
on the most important mission of his life...
penetrate the Birkenstock
Curtain surrounding Boulder, Colorado.
His team: Barney, Gomer,
Floyd and Aunt Bee.
But things go wrong,
they are cut off behind enemy lines.
Were they betrayed? How
will they survive?
And who is the frozen
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Subject: Jimmy Page vs Jeff Beck
Hi Bart, I'm not a big fan of either Beck or Page, but I do respect their talent. Not so much Clapton...
Nevertheless, I thought your readers might want to see what kind of music the professional guitarists are playing these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdM00IbLyro
Check out the 2:27 mark, where he smiles, thinking, "in your dreams, Slowhand".
Keep it swinging.
Sincerely,
Dave (from the former
Sweaty
Wrestler's district)
Damn, he's almost as fast as the Del
Castillo brothers :)
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Marty's Entertainment Page
Marty always has good stuff.
Ed Schultz To Be MSNBC 6 PM Host
Excerpt:
"The #1 story on Countdown was Olbermann introducing
Ed Schultz as the new host of "The Ed Show" on MNSBC weeknights at 6PM
ET...
Schultz's show premieres next Monday.
That's a good thing - right?
I used to like Ed a lot - until he caught Hillary Fever.
But isn't Ed more of a centrist than a "regular" Democrat?
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Quotes
"It is sad to see Notre Dame invite President
Obama to give the
commencement address since his policies
are so anti-Catholic values."
-- Newt, the new Catholic, Link
No, Newt, what's sad is that the Catholic
Church is pro-rape, pro-torture,
pro-kidnapping, pro-murder, pro-Bush, pro-Republican
and pro-war.
If Obama's not a good fit with that, maybe THEY should change.
BTW, people who change their religion for
a spouse are lying to themselves.
You don't change religions like you change
f-ing shoes.
If you change your religion you're doing
it for appearances sake
because you obviously have no religious
convictions to uphold.
If you, the reader, have changed your religion
and you think you
have a valid reason I'd like to hear from
you.
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Barney Frank:
GOP is crazy
Says they suffer from 'psychological
disorder'
Excerpt:
Barney Frank shepherded the new AIG bonus bill
around the House floor - questioning the sanity of
Texas Republican John Culberson and other conservatives
who were needling the majority.
Frank grabbed the microphone after Culberson blasted
Democrats for passing the stimulus,
which permitted AIG to lavish billions on executives
after its de facto federal takeover.
Frank accused the GOP of attacking him for trying
to fix the flawed stimulus, saying Republicans’
criticism was part “of a psychological disorder
I am not equipped to diagnose.”
ha ha
When Culberson coaxed another Democrat to admit
he hadn’t actually read the entire stimulus,
Frank jumped in to point out that the new bill
was much shorter - while questioning Culberson’s literacy skills.
'The bill is 5½ pages - even the gentleman from Texas could have read it by now.'"
ha ha
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Quotes
"The Blue Dogs (backstabbers)
have
their own financing system and they can pay their own freight.
I ask for financial support only for those
congressional candidates whose values and positions on the issues
are truly progressive. Somebody's got to do
that or there will never be anything but Blue Dogs in congress."
--
digby, Link
Good point - if the Blue Dog backstabbers
want to stop Obama, we should withhold our money.
If enough of the big dogs to that, maybe
they'll get the message,
"Beware of forming a circular firing squad.
People should be focusing their efforts on
expanding the Democratic majority -
and that should be their singular focus."
-- Rep. Chris Van Hollen, head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee,
saying we should support the backstabbers who are handcuffing Obama
Link
Fuck that.
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Subject: Jimmy Page vs Jeff Beck
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Subject: How to save GM
Bart,
I know how to save GM. General Motors savior
may be in it’s illegal aquisitions from 70 years ago.
From the 1920s through the 1950s GM and Firestone
bought up all the private commuter rail they could,
including subways, cable cars, electric trollies,
etc… So that they could crush it forcing people to buy cars
to get around. The Supreme Court fined them botha
whopping $5000 for violating antitrust laws and
single handidly destroying the American metropolitan
area. Today, much of that old infrastructure still exists,
albeit in a dilapidated state, and GM still owns
thousands of miles of rail easments in dozens of cities across America.
Obama put over $8 billion in the stimulus bill
for commuter rail, why not give GM a few billion bucks to renovate and
reopen
the old subways and trollies? Los Angeles used
to have one of the largest networks of subways and cummuter rail in the
world
before GM destroyed it, and most of the old tunnels
still exist and only need some renovation to be functional again.
By doing this we can save GM and it’s vast capital
infrastructure, help the environment by removing cars from the road,
and force one of the slowest-to-adapt manufacturing
giants to finally diversify.
Houston
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Quotes
"I think of you as a goon. You’re too
smart to believe what you say."
-- David Letterman, to Bill O'Reilly,
Link
Once again, we see the comedians doing the heavy lifting.
Why can't Dan Rather and Katie Couric call O'Reilly a lying goon?
If you want the truth, listen to the comedians.
If you want a five cent handjob, turn on TV news.
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Tedisco/Murphy
race in NY is down to the absentees
They say this race is about Obama - so a close call is bad for us
Excerpt:
There is still no decision in the New York 20th
Congressional District race between Democrat Scott Murphy
and Republican Jim Tedisco. Both men believe
they will win, but a decision cannot be made until absentee ballots are
counted.
This has been an incredibly close race with Murphy
currently leading Tedisco by 25 ballots. Murphy feels confident
that the absentees will sway in his favor, while
Tedisco points out that military absentees traditionally vote Republican.
But if this about Obama, how can the race be close
if his approval ratings are still in the sixties?
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Subject: Jimmy Page vs Jeff Beck
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