Faux quote of the day:
A large minority of Americans would vote for George W. Bush if the election were today,
..http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101732,00.html
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Maureen Dowd:
"He's my man," Mr. Bush laughingly told Tom Brokaw about the entertaining contortions of Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, a k a "Comical Ali" and "Baghdad Bob," who assured reporters, even as American tanks rumbled in, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and, "We are winning this war, and we will win the war. . . . This is for sure."
Now Crawford George has morphed into Baghdad Bob.
"He's my man," Mr. Bush laughingly told Tom Brokaw about the entertaining contortions of Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, a k a "Comical Ali" and "Baghdad Bob," who assured reporters, even as American tanks rumbled in, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and, "We are winning this war, and we will win the war. . . . This is for sure."
Now Crawford George has morphed into Baghdad Bob.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
MWO'S Quote of the Day
"I guess that next thing we are going to hear is that the sailors told him to wear the flight suit and prance around on the aircraft carrier."
- Four star general, war hero, brilliant scholar, Eagle Scout Wesley Clark on pipsqueak AWOL squatter's assertion that the sailors were to blame for the now infamous USS Lincoln photo op banner.
"I guess that next thing we are going to hear is that the sailors told him to wear the flight suit and prance around on the aircraft carrier."
- Four star general, war hero, brilliant scholar, Eagle Scout Wesley Clark on pipsqueak AWOL squatter's assertion that the sailors were to blame for the now infamous USS Lincoln photo op banner.
Lott on War:
“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”
“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
poppy bush:
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have
been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no
viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles.
Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for
handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq,
thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have
destroyed
the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to
establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could
conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have
been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no
viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles.
Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for
handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq,
thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have
destroyed
the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to
establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could
conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
Monday, October 27, 2003
Wow! Truth?
"As our casualties continue to mount, America's leaders could do themselves and us a favor by calling things by their right names. What's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan today is not nation-building. It's not postwar reconstruction. It's not pacification. It's war."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21855-2003Oct26.html
"As our casualties continue to mount, America's leaders could do themselves and us a favor by calling things by their right names. What's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan today is not nation-building. It's not postwar reconstruction. It's not pacification. It's war."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21855-2003Oct26.html
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Gene Lyons:
"Let's just look at the situation like this: How much of a partisan do
you have to be to look at George W. Bush and Wesley Clark standing side
by side and say to yourself, "I'd pick George W. Bush to lead this
country." How partisan do you have to be to decide that Bush is more
qualified in a national emergency -- a guy who can scarcely speak in
complete sentences -- to handle a crisis over a decorated war hero, a
Rhodes Scholar, a retired four star general, and the former Supreme
Commander of NATO?"
"Let's just look at the situation like this: How much of a partisan do
you have to be to look at George W. Bush and Wesley Clark standing side
by side and say to yourself, "I'd pick George W. Bush to lead this
country." How partisan do you have to be to decide that Bush is more
qualified in a national emergency -- a guy who can scarcely speak in
complete sentences -- to handle a crisis over a decorated war hero, a
Rhodes Scholar, a retired four star general, and the former Supreme
Commander of NATO?"
Saturday, October 18, 2003
From Clark's blog:
General, you're my hero, please get well.
I know the others offering you advice on your cold mean well, but here is a truly Russian remedy which never fails:
You need a glass (stopka) of genuine Russian vodka, a liter of water and a table spoon of honey. First heat vodka a bit beyond room temperature, take a shot of it and chase it down with honey and a liter of luke warm water. Proceed to bed and cover yourself with three to five thick blankets. You will spend a nightmarish night half awake dreaming of Faust and ghost of Hamlet's father but in the morning you will feel fresh and healthy as a cucumber. I know this one really works because I was doing it since I was 5 years old.
This method with warm vodka also reminds me of a funny story:
My uncle Fedya was asked by his captain once if he likes warm vodka and sweaty women, to which which Fedya wholeheartedly answered "No!!!"
"Great", said captain Vasili Efimovich, "then will give you a month off during winter." :)
General, you're my hero, please get well.
I know the others offering you advice on your cold mean well, but here is a truly Russian remedy which never fails:
You need a glass (stopka) of genuine Russian vodka, a liter of water and a table spoon of honey. First heat vodka a bit beyond room temperature, take a shot of it and chase it down with honey and a liter of luke warm water. Proceed to bed and cover yourself with three to five thick blankets. You will spend a nightmarish night half awake dreaming of Faust and ghost of Hamlet's father but in the morning you will feel fresh and healthy as a cucumber. I know this one really works because I was doing it since I was 5 years old.
This method with warm vodka also reminds me of a funny story:
My uncle Fedya was asked by his captain once if he likes warm vodka and sweaty women, to which which Fedya wholeheartedly answered "No!!!"
"Great", said captain Vasili Efimovich, "then will give you a month off during winter." :)
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Leaker leaks bush's no leaks policy (Philly Inquirer):
Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else.
News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately.
Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used."
Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else.
News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately.
Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used."
Quote of the Day
"On Monday, Representative George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican from
Washington State who visited Iraq, chimed in to help the White
House: "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is
remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a
couple of soldiers every day."
"On Monday, Representative George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican from
Washington State who visited Iraq, chimed in to help the White
House: "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is
remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a
couple of soldiers every day."
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Samela on Clark's National service speech:
it seems a radical break. If I'm not wrong, what he's saying is that America's presence in the rest of the world will no longer be the sole province of corporations and the military. It will be the genius of individual Americans serving under the auspices of the government: microbiologists, writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, etc. That banded together as a Reserve Corps of human talent helping to solve problems here and abroad, we can actually change the power structure and the direction of America's relationship to the world.
It's an empowerment of the people ... THROUGH the government. It's the antithesis of the 'what can Washington do for me' mentality operative since Reagan (give me my money back, reduce my taxes, give my kid a voucher) and the beginning of a new mentality: how we can take back the government by giving to it. And take back power from corporations and other entities. (Water problem in an African nation? Don't send Halliburton, send us!) It's the antithesis of 'government is the problem not the solution,' which so needs to be changed. It's a reminder that we ARE the government. This is not some half-assed charity, faith-based, ladies' luncheon volunteerism. This is asking artists and scientists and machinists and mechanics and engineers to take back the country and work to make it ours again. The more I think about it (if I'm not hyperbolizing), it's really fairly remarkable, if it were to work.
And even if it doesn't, the sentiment alone is the kind of out-of-the-box, big-picture thinking that at least can give us hope and change the perspective. And it tells us that we are all important to the well-being and security of the country. Not just politicians or businessmen or soldiers who make the decisions for us... but frontline musicians and artists, teachers and scientists, workers and caregivers. In some way, it is what we sometimes call a "paradigm shift." And if any country were ever in need of a new paradigm, it is ours. This is pretty out of the box.
it seems a radical break. If I'm not wrong, what he's saying is that America's presence in the rest of the world will no longer be the sole province of corporations and the military. It will be the genius of individual Americans serving under the auspices of the government: microbiologists, writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, etc. That banded together as a Reserve Corps of human talent helping to solve problems here and abroad, we can actually change the power structure and the direction of America's relationship to the world.
It's an empowerment of the people ... THROUGH the government. It's the antithesis of the 'what can Washington do for me' mentality operative since Reagan (give me my money back, reduce my taxes, give my kid a voucher) and the beginning of a new mentality: how we can take back the government by giving to it. And take back power from corporations and other entities. (Water problem in an African nation? Don't send Halliburton, send us!) It's the antithesis of 'government is the problem not the solution,' which so needs to be changed. It's a reminder that we ARE the government. This is not some half-assed charity, faith-based, ladies' luncheon volunteerism. This is asking artists and scientists and machinists and mechanics and engineers to take back the country and work to make it ours again. The more I think about it (if I'm not hyperbolizing), it's really fairly remarkable, if it were to work.
And even if it doesn't, the sentiment alone is the kind of out-of-the-box, big-picture thinking that at least can give us hope and change the perspective. And it tells us that we are all important to the well-being and security of the country. Not just politicians or businessmen or soldiers who make the decisions for us... but frontline musicians and artists, teachers and scientists, workers and caregivers. In some way, it is what we sometimes call a "paradigm shift." And if any country were ever in need of a new paradigm, it is ours. This is pretty out of the box.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Clark's Hunter speech report
went there at the time doors opened and even offered to help the volunteers with the signs,
Clark bars - confident that my name was on a list at the door. It turns out there was a huuuge
line of people waiting - and I hardly fit in the 600 people auditorium - pack to the limit. There was
plenty of media. Clark was late almost 1 h but his reception was enthusiastic with stand up
applause. Liz Kruger , a new NYS Senator introducing him made a jab about her also being new in
politics "although I wouldn't have started with running for president"
"You won an election there's a podium free, come on - join us" Clark responded to her.
He went on to describe the great reception he had in Florida. He mentioned that as he came
to NYC he saw this great crowd with flags, cheering. "For me? Nice!" He then was told that these
were Yankee fans, celebrating. "And this is the oldest problem with intelligence - you see what
you want to see" - big applause there.
He proceeded to talk about his life of service in the military.
Suddenly, behind him, one of the kids standing on the stage fainted. He immediately jumped to
see what happened - others too. In a few minutes he announced us that the kid was OK - he is
conscious and alert and will be able to join us shortly. He talked about veterans of parades and
locking of knees and asked the Hunter lady to bring chairs for those on the stage.
"I was talking about the war - I didn't know we'd have a real casualty" he reprised his speech.
He was very well received, standing ovations at the end - a great event which I'm sure brought
new people into the fold.
--
went there at the time doors opened and even offered to help the volunteers with the signs,
Clark bars - confident that my name was on a list at the door. It turns out there was a huuuge
line of people waiting - and I hardly fit in the 600 people auditorium - pack to the limit. There was
plenty of media. Clark was late almost 1 h but his reception was enthusiastic with stand up
applause. Liz Kruger , a new NYS Senator introducing him made a jab about her also being new in
politics "although I wouldn't have started with running for president"
"You won an election there's a podium free, come on - join us" Clark responded to her.
He went on to describe the great reception he had in Florida. He mentioned that as he came
to NYC he saw this great crowd with flags, cheering. "For me? Nice!" He then was told that these
were Yankee fans, celebrating. "And this is the oldest problem with intelligence - you see what
you want to see" - big applause there.
He proceeded to talk about his life of service in the military.
Suddenly, behind him, one of the kids standing on the stage fainted. He immediately jumped to
see what happened - others too. In a few minutes he announced us that the kid was OK - he is
conscious and alert and will be able to join us shortly. He talked about veterans of parades and
locking of knees and asked the Hunter lady to bring chairs for those on the stage.
"I was talking about the war - I didn't know we'd have a real casualty" he reprised his speech.
He was very well received, standing ovations at the end - a great event which I'm sure brought
new people into the fold.
--
Posted on DU (re: avoiding Liberal media - Gore media):
49. I could do it. Here's how I'd start
None of this seasoned, reasoned, we'll-beat'em-with-our-ideas crap. You wanna win? You throw punches.
"Bill O'Reilly wants you to shut up. Of course he does, he doesn't want everyone to know how dishonest he is. What a wimp. 'Stop hurting me, stop hurting me...turn off that mike, get out of my studio....' If he can't stand the heat he should get out of the kitchen. Even Stuart Smally kicks his butt. We know a liar when we hear one.
Hannity could bore the dead. Watch out Sean baby, Hillary's comin' to get ya!!! Someone give this guy a new ex-president to play with.
Let's see? How many bombs did tough-guy Bush drop on Afghanistan prior to 9/11? None. How many convictions did Ashcroft secure for 9/11? None. (They DID get Taliban John though. Whew...)
What was Bush doing in the fighter jet YOUR tax dollars bought, in that ridiculous get-up, when the Texas Air National Guard had BARRED HIM from flying because he was a afraid of a drug test??? No wonder Rushbo is such a Bush supporter...
How many terrorists do you think we could have caught if Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott and Tom Delay and Ken Starr weren't fixated on Bill Clinton's pecker? That was $70 million of sleeper cells laughing at us. Are you happy Scaife? Are you happy helmet-hair? Newt? How many wives did you leave last week?
How many convicted felons in Clinton's administration? None. How many in Bush's? Three. All appointments, too. Bush knows talent when he sees it.
How many indictments in Clinton's administration? 1 (overturned)
How many in Reagan's? 136
Who gets the airport named after him?
Clinton won elections the old fashioned way - by getting more votes. Who remembers that?
It took a Rhodes Scholar and 8 years to fix the mess that Ronald Reagan left us, despite a Congress that investigated every deposit slip and signature the guy laid down for the past twenty years, and it took a rich-kid Connecticut Cowboy, who's never even gotten a job on his own talents in his entire life, six months to screw it all up again. This is a guy who couldn't find oil in Texas, campers. Reminds me of the local brat that blows his allowance in one day and them blames his sister. Truth hurts, don't it????
Welcome to The Bottom Line, campers. Notice served to Hannity and Rush (now we know where you got that name), Mike "Ocscar Meyer Weiner" Savage and Bill NotReally.
This'll leave a mark."
I could do this.
49. I could do it. Here's how I'd start
None of this seasoned, reasoned, we'll-beat'em-with-our-ideas crap. You wanna win? You throw punches.
"Bill O'Reilly wants you to shut up. Of course he does, he doesn't want everyone to know how dishonest he is. What a wimp. 'Stop hurting me, stop hurting me...turn off that mike, get out of my studio....' If he can't stand the heat he should get out of the kitchen. Even Stuart Smally kicks his butt. We know a liar when we hear one.
Hannity could bore the dead. Watch out Sean baby, Hillary's comin' to get ya!!! Someone give this guy a new ex-president to play with.
Let's see? How many bombs did tough-guy Bush drop on Afghanistan prior to 9/11? None. How many convictions did Ashcroft secure for 9/11? None. (They DID get Taliban John though. Whew...)
What was Bush doing in the fighter jet YOUR tax dollars bought, in that ridiculous get-up, when the Texas Air National Guard had BARRED HIM from flying because he was a afraid of a drug test??? No wonder Rushbo is such a Bush supporter...
How many terrorists do you think we could have caught if Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott and Tom Delay and Ken Starr weren't fixated on Bill Clinton's pecker? That was $70 million of sleeper cells laughing at us. Are you happy Scaife? Are you happy helmet-hair? Newt? How many wives did you leave last week?
How many convicted felons in Clinton's administration? None. How many in Bush's? Three. All appointments, too. Bush knows talent when he sees it.
How many indictments in Clinton's administration? 1 (overturned)
How many in Reagan's? 136
Who gets the airport named after him?
Clinton won elections the old fashioned way - by getting more votes. Who remembers that?
It took a Rhodes Scholar and 8 years to fix the mess that Ronald Reagan left us, despite a Congress that investigated every deposit slip and signature the guy laid down for the past twenty years, and it took a rich-kid Connecticut Cowboy, who's never even gotten a job on his own talents in his entire life, six months to screw it all up again. This is a guy who couldn't find oil in Texas, campers. Reminds me of the local brat that blows his allowance in one day and them blames his sister. Truth hurts, don't it????
Welcome to The Bottom Line, campers. Notice served to Hannity and Rush (now we know where you got that name), Mike "Ocscar Meyer Weiner" Savage and Bill NotReally.
This'll leave a mark."
I could do this.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Wshington Post responds:
Mark Stencel wrote:
> Many thanks for your note about the missing bit of the debate transcript on
> our Web site, washingtonpost.com. Several other very alert readers also
> called that to our attention this morning and the problem has been fixed
> now.
>
> The wire service that provides of our transcripts moves these long text
> files to us in the short takes, often as the events take place, and we then
> assemble and publish the documents. On rare occasions a bit is
> unintentionally dropped. We usually catch that, but as is often the case in
> online journalism we sometimes hear from our readers before we can catch
> and fix our own errors.
>
> Again, we appreciate the message very much -- and apologize for the
> unintended "editing."
>
> Mark Stencel
> Co-editor, Online News
> The Washington Post
--
Mark Stencel wrote:
> Many thanks for your note about the missing bit of the debate transcript on
> our Web site, washingtonpost.com. Several other very alert readers also
> called that to our attention this morning and the problem has been fixed
> now.
>
> The wire service that provides of our transcripts moves these long text
> files to us in the short takes, often as the events take place, and we then
> assemble and publish the documents. On rare occasions a bit is
> unintentionally dropped. We usually catch that, but as is often the case in
> online journalism we sometimes hear from our readers before we can catch
> and fix our own errors.
>
> Again, we appreciate the message very much -- and apologize for the
> unintended "editing."
>
> Mark Stencel
> Co-editor, Online News
> The Washington Post
--
My letter to Wash Post
anscript of democratic Debate - you mean selected excerpts?
Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:12:54 -0400
From:
Leah Faerstein
To:
letters@washpost.com
I was checking your transcript to see one of the most important
responses (on the dangers of preemption) and noticed it was missing .
For your information, here's what you didn't include in your transcript:
"Clark, who has been very critical of the Bush administration's foreign
policy since entering the race, charged Thursday that its "pre-emptive
doctrine," as expressed in attacking Iraq, "is causing North Korea and
Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development."
He also challenged other candidates who serve in Congress to directly
confront the president on that issue.
"Let's see you take apart that doctrine of pre-emption now. I don't
think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on
this threat," he said. "We're marching into another military campaign in
the Middle East. We need to stop it."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/elec04.prez.democrats.debate/index.html
Can you explain to me why this was excluded from your transcript? Was it
not newsworthy ? Too long? Too boring? Too irrelevant?
Please enlighten me.
anscript of democratic Debate - you mean selected excerpts?
Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:12:54 -0400
From:
Leah Faerstein
To:
letters@washpost.com
I was checking your transcript to see one of the most important
responses (on the dangers of preemption) and noticed it was missing .
For your information, here's what you didn't include in your transcript:
"Clark, who has been very critical of the Bush administration's foreign
policy since entering the race, charged Thursday that its "pre-emptive
doctrine," as expressed in attacking Iraq, "is causing North Korea and
Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development."
He also challenged other candidates who serve in Congress to directly
confront the president on that issue.
"Let's see you take apart that doctrine of pre-emption now. I don't
think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on
this threat," he said. "We're marching into another military campaign in
the Middle East. We need to stop it."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/elec04.prez.democrats.debate/index.html
Can you explain to me why this was excluded from your transcript? Was it
not newsworthy ? Too long? Too boring? Too irrelevant?
Please enlighten me.
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Maureen Dowd:
It doesn't help to have a former-NATO-commander-turned-presidential-
contender running around telling the country that the Bush dream team
is a bunch of dunces. Or a former-diplomat-turned-angry-husband-of-an-
outed-spy running around telling the country that the Bush dream team
is a bunch of backstabbing lawbreakers who are dead wrong on Iraq.
It doesn't help to have a former-NATO-commander-turned-presidential-
contender running around telling the country that the Bush dream team
is a bunch of dunces. Or a former-diplomat-turned-angry-husband-of-an-
outed-spy running around telling the country that the Bush dream team
is a bunch of backstabbing lawbreakers who are dead wrong on Iraq.
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Saturday, October 04, 2003
Friday, October 03, 2003
MWO:
SCHWARZENEGGER:
"I ADMIRE HITLER"
ABC News: Schwarzenegger Cites Hitler as Hero
Asked who his heroes are, he answered, "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it."
He is quoted as saying he wished he could have an experience, "like Hitler in the Nuremberg stadium. And have all those people scream at you and just being total agreement whatever you say."
The California Republican Party has officially endorsed an actor/bodybuilder who admitted to assaulting women as they attempted to do their jobs or walk down the street, and who cites Adolph Hitler as his hero.
(Chris Matthews found Schwarzenegger's admission of assault against numerous women "refreshing," noting to Senator Diane Feinstein that, while Schwarzenegger might have assaulted women, he at least admitted it, whereas President Clinton lied about a consensual affair initiated by Monica Lewinsky. Don't ask us to explain under which rules of logic the mind of the cable news media whore operates. But it should be fascinating to see how Tweety will defend Arnold Schwarzenegger's admiration for Adolph Hitler.)
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Another Kool Kid Groper Groupie Weighs In
Possibly even more striking than Tweety's comments are those of Slate.com's Mickey Kaus, who simultaneously notes the brutality of Schwarzenegger's sexual assault while describing his admissions of assault "refreshing."
(In particular, "playful" doesn't own up to the pecking-order cruelty of his actions. They didn't just "offend" people. They were offensive. And not just to "the women.") But count me among those who found it refreshing nevertheless, especially the smoke/fire admission.
Presumably, The Mickster finds the following apologies similarly refreshing:
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A man who bludgeoned his landlord to death with a claw hammer apologized in court Thursday as he was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
Story
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- A man who helped arm the Columbine High School killers apologized to relatives of the slain as he was sentenced to six years in prison.
"I can't adequately express my sorrow to the families of the victims," said Mark Manes, 22. "I am truly very sorry."
Story
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) -- Apologizing before a U.S. federal judge, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Hanssen pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy for passing classified information to the Soviet Union and, later, Russia, during a 20-year period
Story
WHITE PLAINS — Dennis Salvador Alvarez-Hernandez sat quietly at the defense table for six weeks as details of his brutal stabbings of three people played out in a Westchester County courtroom. Yesterday, on the eve of the jury considering whether he should live or die, he addressed jurors for the first time, apologizing for the deaths of his girlfriend and two of her young children and asking for the forgiveness he said he cannot offer himself.
Story
Monticello – Elaine Ulbrich cried as she apologized to her family, co-workers and the community in Sullivan County Court yesterday for setting fire to her Town of Callicoon home. Then she was sentenced to five years probation and 300 hours of community service. And she was ordered to undergo a mental-health examination.
Story
As you can see, criminals often do end up apologizing for their crimes. But, Mickey's willful credulity aside, the apology is far more likely to represent an attempt to avoid losing one's freedom (or life) than a newfound "refreshing honesty." While Schwarzenegger was never prosecuted for his crimes and so does not face losing his freedom, he does face losing the California governorship (which could at long last provide him the opportunity to "have all those people scream at you" and "be in total agreement with everything you say").
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ACTION ALERT
From MoveOn.org:
This is a real emergency. The polls in California show Schwarzenegger pulling ahead, while the truth about his character is only now starting to get out. We have just a few days to make sure everyone in California knows who this man is. Today we ask you to do two things: (1) contribute to a TV ad that we will run across the state of California on Sunday and Monday and (2) send this message on to friends, so they know the details that are only just now getting into the press.
We need to raise $500,000, by the end of day today.
We're launching a television ad devoted to putting Arnold's problem with women into the public eye. We feel that this is a critical step that absolutely must be taken, but we need $500,000 to make this happen.
* Contribute
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TUCKER CARLSON FALSELY ACCUSES MWO
Claims Site Savaged Rush for Addiction
JAMES CARVILLE: [Rush Limbaugh] is a human being, we should express compassion for him and hope that he gets treatment and gets rid of what could be a serious addiction to a very addictive drug. Rush, I hope you get well soon.
TUCKER CARLSON: I don't think your fellow Democrats will take up your offer to be compassionate and decent. I'm sure they're savaging him right now on the Internet for some addiction that's probably beyond his control.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: Oh please, you know right now -- Go on to Media Whores Online. Go to Media Whores Online right now...
Evidently Tucker had not checked in with the Horse today, which is always a mistake for anyone. If he had, he would have seen this, posted hours before Tucker made his uninformed remarks on national TV:
"We hope Rush finds the help and support needed for a successful recovery."
* Email Tucker Carlson. Demand he apologize for cruelly maligning a Website that had in fact responded to the Rush Limbaugh controversy precisely as he and James Carville suggested liberals and Democrats should.
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DIRTY OLD RUNNING MAN
LA TIMES EXPOSES LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
BY GOP-ENDORSED SCHWARZENEGGER
NEWSPAPER DRAWS OUT DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF ACTOR'S
GROTESQUE BEHAVIOR FROM NUMEROUS RELUCTANT VICTIMS
"REVOLTING" AND "BIZARRE" ACTOR
"ON BEST BEHAVIOR" IN PRESENCE OF WIFE
CALIFORNIA ELECTORATE TO MIMIC ARNOLD ENTOURAGE?
"IT WAS KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING HE DID WAS OK
AND ISN'T IT FUNNY AND ISN'T IT SWELL?"
Women say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them
Gary Cohn, Carla Hall and Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writers
"Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio offices and in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a sexual manner without their consent.
"In interviews with The Times, three of the women described their surprise and discomfort when Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. A fourth said he reached under her skirt and gripped her buttocks. A fifth woman said Schwarzenegger groped her and tried to remove her bathing suit in a hotel elevator.
"A sixth said Schwarzenegger pulled her onto his lap and asked whether a certain sexual act had ever been performed on her.
"According to the women's accounts, one of the incidents occurred in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, two in the 1990s and one in 2000...
Another woman, now a wife and mother in her 30s, said she also fell in Schwarzenegger's "sight lines" while "Terminator 2" was being filmed in Fontana.
A member of the movie crew, she said Schwarzenegger was sitting in a director's chair, surrounded by three or four other men, waiting for filming to start. It was either late afternoon or early evening, she said.
"I was walking on the set and Arnold called out, 'Come here, you sexy devil,' and reached out and pulled me on to his lap," the woman recalled.
She said he then whispered in her ear: "[redacted as MWO is a family site and thus cannot publish comments made by Republican Party-endorsed gubernatorial candidates. See original LA Times report]?"
Young and unsure of herself, the woman said, "I didn't know how to react. It was bizarre. What he said was so specifically sexual, it was bizarre.
"I remember looking around and seeing this bank of smiling faces and feeling alone," she continued. The men standing at Schwarzenegger's side, she said, "were in total support mode — of him, not me. It was kind of like everything he did was OK, and isn't it funny and isn't it swell? It was like they were proud of him .... Nobody said, 'What are you doing? Leave her alone.' "
After the incident, she said, she continued on her way. "I didn't fall apart," she said, but added: "It's embarrassing and degrading when you're doing a job."
She did not report the incident, she said, because she was simply a low-level crew member. "You're in an environment where you just go with the flow but not cause trouble." The attitude on the set was: "Isn't it flattering that Arnold is paying attention to you?"
The woman said she recounted the incident at the time to a family member. In an interview with The Times, the family member confirmed being told about the encounter and said, "Arnold thought it was kind of fun to toy with her. It embarrassed her."
The woman said she wished she "wasn't so spineless," but feared that she would be shunned in Hollywood if quoted by name.
"There's an unspoken rule in the industry," she said. "What happens on the set stays on the set."...
Another stuntwoman, Chere Rae Bryson, came away with a different impression after working with Schwarzenegger on the 1990 movie "Total Recall." She said he often used vulgar words for vagina and clitoris during her contact with him during the filming.
"He was crude, boisterous and disparaging around women," she said. "In the makeup room, his language was so bad I turned around and walked out."
Bryson said Schwarzenegger was also on his best behavior whenever his wife, Maria Shriver, was present. The couple married in 1986. "When Maria was around, he was a gentleman," Bryson said. "When she wasn't around, he was the opposite."
* Email the California Republican Party. Congratulate them on their official endorsement of a grossly lecherous, steroid-popping actor/bodybuilder.
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Howard Kurtz Minimizes Schwarzenegger Abuse
Behaves Like Star-Struck Fan
I wonder how much of an impact the stories will have. In the case of the Terminator, voters will probably see this as a late hit, six days before the recall. The groping charges, which surfaced a couple of years ago in Premier magazine, seem to have been discounted by much of the electorate (a Hollywood star grabbing at actresses and crew members -- shocking!)
Story
So, Howie doesn't appear to believe Schwarzenegger's behavior is terribly serious (he's a big Hollywood star, after all). Might that have something to do with the fact that Howie's wife, Sheri Annis, has been on the pervert's payroll and has spoken favorably of him in recent weeks?
Whatever the reason, there is quite a different tune the media whores are singing about Arnold Schwarzenegger's from the one they sang when Kathleen Willey accused President Clinton of "groping."
And none of Arnold's victims even followed up on their attack in the curious manner Kathleen Willey did (penning affectionate notes to her assailant saying such things as "You have been on my mind so often this week").
One wonders... Has Ms. Annis-Kurtz ever been a victim of Schwarzenegger's? Would she mind? Would Howie? From this article, it doesn't appear he would, and would instead be in "total support mode" of the actor, thinking it was all "funny and swell," just like a good movie star groupie should.
* Email the Washington Post Ombudsman. Ask why no disclosure was required in the Kurtz piece about Kurtz's wife's political connection to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Mrs. Kurtz Fawns Over Groper
Let Ah-nold be Ah-nold
What a Schwarzenegger run might look like.
by Mrs. Howard Kurtz
On my first day as Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary, I realized this would be a campaign unlike any other. One reporter wanted a picture with Arnold. The cameramen wanted pictures and autographs. Newspaper staffers high-fived each other during editorial-board meetings. We could not get away from the hoopla that usually surrounds the Terminator because some of the journalists were behaving like fans.
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Great Moments in Pathological Denial and Deception
"I am unaware of any investigation by any authorities involving me. No governmental representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required in the future, I will, of course, cooperate fully."
- Rush Limbaugh
"There's been nothing, absolutely nothing, brought to our attention to suggest any White House involvement, and that includes the vice president's office, as well."
- Scott McClellan, subsequent to first Washington Post story/prior to Justice Dept. probe
SCHWARZENEGGER:
"I ADMIRE HITLER"
ABC News: Schwarzenegger Cites Hitler as Hero
Asked who his heroes are, he answered, "I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it."
He is quoted as saying he wished he could have an experience, "like Hitler in the Nuremberg stadium. And have all those people scream at you and just being total agreement whatever you say."
The California Republican Party has officially endorsed an actor/bodybuilder who admitted to assaulting women as they attempted to do their jobs or walk down the street, and who cites Adolph Hitler as his hero.
(Chris Matthews found Schwarzenegger's admission of assault against numerous women "refreshing," noting to Senator Diane Feinstein that, while Schwarzenegger might have assaulted women, he at least admitted it, whereas President Clinton lied about a consensual affair initiated by Monica Lewinsky. Don't ask us to explain under which rules of logic the mind of the cable news media whore operates. But it should be fascinating to see how Tweety will defend Arnold Schwarzenegger's admiration for Adolph Hitler.)
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Another Kool Kid Groper Groupie Weighs In
Possibly even more striking than Tweety's comments are those of Slate.com's Mickey Kaus, who simultaneously notes the brutality of Schwarzenegger's sexual assault while describing his admissions of assault "refreshing."
(In particular, "playful" doesn't own up to the pecking-order cruelty of his actions. They didn't just "offend" people. They were offensive. And not just to "the women.") But count me among those who found it refreshing nevertheless, especially the smoke/fire admission.
Presumably, The Mickster finds the following apologies similarly refreshing:
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - A man who bludgeoned his landlord to death with a claw hammer apologized in court Thursday as he was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison.
Story
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) -- A man who helped arm the Columbine High School killers apologized to relatives of the slain as he was sentenced to six years in prison.
"I can't adequately express my sorrow to the families of the victims," said Mark Manes, 22. "I am truly very sorry."
Story
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) -- Apologizing before a U.S. federal judge, former FBI agent Robert Hanssen was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for spying for the Soviet Union and Russia.
Hanssen pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy for passing classified information to the Soviet Union and, later, Russia, during a 20-year period
Story
WHITE PLAINS — Dennis Salvador Alvarez-Hernandez sat quietly at the defense table for six weeks as details of his brutal stabbings of three people played out in a Westchester County courtroom. Yesterday, on the eve of the jury considering whether he should live or die, he addressed jurors for the first time, apologizing for the deaths of his girlfriend and two of her young children and asking for the forgiveness he said he cannot offer himself.
Story
Monticello – Elaine Ulbrich cried as she apologized to her family, co-workers and the community in Sullivan County Court yesterday for setting fire to her Town of Callicoon home. Then she was sentenced to five years probation and 300 hours of community service. And she was ordered to undergo a mental-health examination.
Story
As you can see, criminals often do end up apologizing for their crimes. But, Mickey's willful credulity aside, the apology is far more likely to represent an attempt to avoid losing one's freedom (or life) than a newfound "refreshing honesty." While Schwarzenegger was never prosecuted for his crimes and so does not face losing his freedom, he does face losing the California governorship (which could at long last provide him the opportunity to "have all those people scream at you" and "be in total agreement with everything you say").
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ACTION ALERT
From MoveOn.org:
This is a real emergency. The polls in California show Schwarzenegger pulling ahead, while the truth about his character is only now starting to get out. We have just a few days to make sure everyone in California knows who this man is. Today we ask you to do two things: (1) contribute to a TV ad that we will run across the state of California on Sunday and Monday and (2) send this message on to friends, so they know the details that are only just now getting into the press.
We need to raise $500,000, by the end of day today.
We're launching a television ad devoted to putting Arnold's problem with women into the public eye. We feel that this is a critical step that absolutely must be taken, but we need $500,000 to make this happen.
* Contribute
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TUCKER CARLSON FALSELY ACCUSES MWO
Claims Site Savaged Rush for Addiction
JAMES CARVILLE: [Rush Limbaugh] is a human being, we should express compassion for him and hope that he gets treatment and gets rid of what could be a serious addiction to a very addictive drug. Rush, I hope you get well soon.
TUCKER CARLSON: I don't think your fellow Democrats will take up your offer to be compassionate and decent. I'm sure they're savaging him right now on the Internet for some addiction that's probably beyond his control.
(CROSSTALK)
CARLSON: Oh please, you know right now -- Go on to Media Whores Online. Go to Media Whores Online right now...
Evidently Tucker had not checked in with the Horse today, which is always a mistake for anyone. If he had, he would have seen this, posted hours before Tucker made his uninformed remarks on national TV:
"We hope Rush finds the help and support needed for a successful recovery."
* Email Tucker Carlson. Demand he apologize for cruelly maligning a Website that had in fact responded to the Rush Limbaugh controversy precisely as he and James Carville suggested liberals and Democrats should.
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DIRTY OLD RUNNING MAN
LA TIMES EXPOSES LONG HISTORY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
BY GOP-ENDORSED SCHWARZENEGGER
NEWSPAPER DRAWS OUT DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF ACTOR'S
GROTESQUE BEHAVIOR FROM NUMEROUS RELUCTANT VICTIMS
"REVOLTING" AND "BIZARRE" ACTOR
"ON BEST BEHAVIOR" IN PRESENCE OF WIFE
CALIFORNIA ELECTORATE TO MIMIC ARNOLD ENTOURAGE?
"IT WAS KIND OF LIKE EVERYTHING HE DID WAS OK
AND ISN'T IT FUNNY AND ISN'T IT SWELL?"
Women say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them
Gary Cohn, Carla Hall and Robert W. Welkos, Times Staff Writers
"Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in studio offices and in other settings over the last three decades say he touched them in a sexual manner without their consent.
"In interviews with The Times, three of the women described their surprise and discomfort when Schwarzenegger grabbed their breasts. A fourth said he reached under her skirt and gripped her buttocks. A fifth woman said Schwarzenegger groped her and tried to remove her bathing suit in a hotel elevator.
"A sixth said Schwarzenegger pulled her onto his lap and asked whether a certain sexual act had ever been performed on her.
"According to the women's accounts, one of the incidents occurred in the 1970s, two in the 1980s, two in the 1990s and one in 2000...
Another woman, now a wife and mother in her 30s, said she also fell in Schwarzenegger's "sight lines" while "Terminator 2" was being filmed in Fontana.
A member of the movie crew, she said Schwarzenegger was sitting in a director's chair, surrounded by three or four other men, waiting for filming to start. It was either late afternoon or early evening, she said.
"I was walking on the set and Arnold called out, 'Come here, you sexy devil,' and reached out and pulled me on to his lap," the woman recalled.
She said he then whispered in her ear: "[redacted as MWO is a family site and thus cannot publish comments made by Republican Party-endorsed gubernatorial candidates. See original LA Times report]?"
Young and unsure of herself, the woman said, "I didn't know how to react. It was bizarre. What he said was so specifically sexual, it was bizarre.
"I remember looking around and seeing this bank of smiling faces and feeling alone," she continued. The men standing at Schwarzenegger's side, she said, "were in total support mode — of him, not me. It was kind of like everything he did was OK, and isn't it funny and isn't it swell? It was like they were proud of him .... Nobody said, 'What are you doing? Leave her alone.' "
After the incident, she said, she continued on her way. "I didn't fall apart," she said, but added: "It's embarrassing and degrading when you're doing a job."
She did not report the incident, she said, because she was simply a low-level crew member. "You're in an environment where you just go with the flow but not cause trouble." The attitude on the set was: "Isn't it flattering that Arnold is paying attention to you?"
The woman said she recounted the incident at the time to a family member. In an interview with The Times, the family member confirmed being told about the encounter and said, "Arnold thought it was kind of fun to toy with her. It embarrassed her."
The woman said she wished she "wasn't so spineless," but feared that she would be shunned in Hollywood if quoted by name.
"There's an unspoken rule in the industry," she said. "What happens on the set stays on the set."...
Another stuntwoman, Chere Rae Bryson, came away with a different impression after working with Schwarzenegger on the 1990 movie "Total Recall." She said he often used vulgar words for vagina and clitoris during her contact with him during the filming.
"He was crude, boisterous and disparaging around women," she said. "In the makeup room, his language was so bad I turned around and walked out."
Bryson said Schwarzenegger was also on his best behavior whenever his wife, Maria Shriver, was present. The couple married in 1986. "When Maria was around, he was a gentleman," Bryson said. "When she wasn't around, he was the opposite."
* Email the California Republican Party. Congratulate them on their official endorsement of a grossly lecherous, steroid-popping actor/bodybuilder.
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Howard Kurtz Minimizes Schwarzenegger Abuse
Behaves Like Star-Struck Fan
I wonder how much of an impact the stories will have. In the case of the Terminator, voters will probably see this as a late hit, six days before the recall. The groping charges, which surfaced a couple of years ago in Premier magazine, seem to have been discounted by much of the electorate (a Hollywood star grabbing at actresses and crew members -- shocking!)
Story
So, Howie doesn't appear to believe Schwarzenegger's behavior is terribly serious (he's a big Hollywood star, after all). Might that have something to do with the fact that Howie's wife, Sheri Annis, has been on the pervert's payroll and has spoken favorably of him in recent weeks?
Whatever the reason, there is quite a different tune the media whores are singing about Arnold Schwarzenegger's from the one they sang when Kathleen Willey accused President Clinton of "groping."
And none of Arnold's victims even followed up on their attack in the curious manner Kathleen Willey did (penning affectionate notes to her assailant saying such things as "You have been on my mind so often this week").
One wonders... Has Ms. Annis-Kurtz ever been a victim of Schwarzenegger's? Would she mind? Would Howie? From this article, it doesn't appear he would, and would instead be in "total support mode" of the actor, thinking it was all "funny and swell," just like a good movie star groupie should.
* Email the Washington Post Ombudsman. Ask why no disclosure was required in the Kurtz piece about Kurtz's wife's political connection to Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Mrs. Kurtz Fawns Over Groper
Let Ah-nold be Ah-nold
What a Schwarzenegger run might look like.
by Mrs. Howard Kurtz
On my first day as Arnold Schwarzenegger's press secretary, I realized this would be a campaign unlike any other. One reporter wanted a picture with Arnold. The cameramen wanted pictures and autographs. Newspaper staffers high-fived each other during editorial-board meetings. We could not get away from the hoopla that usually surrounds the Terminator because some of the journalists were behaving like fans.
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Welcome to Media Whores Online
Media Whores Online takes an unbiased, in-depth look at the vast myriad of whores who call themselves "journalists." MWO casts a garish spotlight on the relentless screaming heads of television, the babbling paranoids of squawk radio, and the crayon scribblings of lazy print media "journalists."
Whore Watch
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Great Moments in Pathological Denial and Deception
"I am unaware of any investigation by any authorities involving me. No governmental representative has contacted me directly or indirectly. If my assistance is required in the future, I will, of course, cooperate fully."
- Rush Limbaugh
"There's been nothing, absolutely nothing, brought to our attention to suggest any White House involvement, and that includes the vice president's office, as well."
- Scott McClellan, subsequent to first Washington Post story/prior to Justice Dept. probe
Dowd on Traitorgate:
The men who won (sic) the 2000 election by promising to restore honor and integrity to the White
House spent yesterday doing a pretty good imitation of O. J. Simpson, looking for the culprit.
You could just picture President Bush with his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, magnifying glass
and bloodhound Barney. Silly. The White House knows who did it. All Mr. Bush has to do is roll
heads.
The men who won (sic) the 2000 election by promising to restore honor and integrity to the White
House spent yesterday doing a pretty good imitation of O. J. Simpson, looking for the culprit.
You could just picture President Bush with his Sherlock Holmes deerstalker, magnifying glass
and bloodhound Barney. Silly. The White House knows who did it. All Mr. Bush has to do is roll
heads.
Thursday, October 02, 2003
Clark on the War:
"``This administration is trying to do something that ought to be politically impossible to do in a democracy, and that is to govern against the will of the majority,'' he said. ``That requires twisted facts, silence, secrecy, and very poor lighting. That's why you need night-vision goggles to see what's going on over there.''
"``This administration is trying to do something that ought to be politically impossible to do in a democracy, and that is to govern against the will of the majority,'' he said. ``That requires twisted facts, silence, secrecy, and very poor lighting. That's why you need night-vision goggles to see what's going on over there.''
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