New offer on Bin Laden
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,575593,00.html
Minister makes secret trip to offer trial in third country
Rory McCarthy in Islamabad
Wednesday October 17, 2001
The Guardian
A senior Taliban minister has offered a last-minute deal to hand over Osama bin Laden during a secret visit to Islamabad, senior sources in Pakistan told the Guardian last night.
For the first time, the Taliban offered to hand over Bin Laden for trial in a country other than the US without asking to see evidence first in return for a halt to the bombing, a source close to Pakistan's military leadership said.
Saturday, December 24, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Yahoo caption
Yahoo photo caption
US President George W. Bush arrives at Osaka International Airport in Japan with First Lady Laura Bush. Americans trust US President George W. Bush less than they trusted his predecessor, Bill Clinton, and they are increasingly losing confidence in his leadership, a poll showed(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
US President George W. Bush arrives at Osaka International Airport in Japan with First Lady Laura Bush. Americans trust US President George W. Bush less than they trusted his predecessor, Bill Clinton, and they are increasingly losing confidence in his leadership, a poll showed(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
Kerry/Edwards victims? (DU exchange
DU exchange: Are Kerry/Edwards victims?
82. Victims of the theft, perpetrators of the lie (that Bush won)
The theft is the primary crime, but the lie itself (that even you buy to some extent) is damaging too - as it makes us fight the wrong battles ("the perfect candidate" "work harder" raise more money" - all meaningless in a no elections country)
82. Victims of the theft, perpetrators of the lie (that Bush won)
The theft is the primary crime, but the lie itself (that even you buy to some extent) is damaging too - as it makes us fight the wrong battles ("the perfect candidate" "work harder" raise more money" - all meaningless in a no elections country)
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
NYT: Bloomberg cruises, Corzine wins costly...
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2 elections with obscene spending - in one both candidates spend (Corzine and the GOP) in the other one candidate obliterates the other with 100 million (that we know of) plus scares donors from opposition. Yet, one's victory is a cruise, a lansslide, reason fr celebration. The other guy's is "surprising" - and dirty tricks (ex-wife for the opposition) are brough back in the news.
Why? because the "cruiser" is GOP, and the "costly winner" a dem.
And I mentioned NYT, but all media , print and Tv is doing it - and NOBODY NOTICES
2 elections with obscene spending - in one both candidates spend (Corzine and the GOP) in the other one candidate obliterates the other with 100 million (that we know of) plus scares donors from opposition. Yet, one's victory is a cruise, a lansslide, reason fr celebration. The other guy's is "surprising" - and dirty tricks (ex-wife for the opposition) are brough back in the news.
Why? because the "cruiser" is GOP, and the "costly winner" a dem.
And I mentioned NYT, but all media , print and Tv is doing it - and NOBODY NOTICES
Monday, October 17, 2005
Tough question (W - Rov)
Scotty refuses to answer "W has confidence in Karl Rove?"
Al Franken played a clip from the last press conference:
The question is posed repeatedly.
Scotty zigs and zags "won't respond in context of an ongoing investigation" and "check transcripts of previous answers"
Al Frenken did - and the answer was then "yes" (ongoing investigation being also present). Hmmmm...so what changed?
Al Franken played a clip from the last press conference:
The question is posed repeatedly.
Scotty zigs and zags "won't respond in context of an ongoing investigation" and "check transcripts of previous answers"
Al Frenken did - and the answer was then "yes" (ongoing investigation being also present). Hmmmm...so what changed?
Howie does the blogosphere
Even gets to quote fellow clarkie Armando over at Kos:
The Judy Chronicles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 17, 2005; 6:39 AM
At Daily Kos, Armando starts by quoting Bush's
's insistence he'd fire any Plame leakers and McClellan's denial that Rove was involved:
Of course Karl Rove was involved up to his eyeballs. And Karl Rove still works at the White House. And George Bush is a liar"
and also
and has an interesting tidbit from her interview with WSJ:
The Wall Street Journal lands a brief Judy interview and asks about the "Valerie Flame" notation in her notebook:
"'I don't remember who told me the name,' she said, growing agitated. 'I wasn't writing a story, remember?' Asked if the other source was Mr. Rove, she replied, 'I'm not going to discuss anyone else that I talked to.'"
The Judy Chronicles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html
By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 17, 2005; 6:39 AM
At Daily Kos, Armando starts by quoting Bush's
's insistence he'd fire any Plame leakers and McClellan's denial that Rove was involved:
Of course Karl Rove was involved up to his eyeballs. And Karl Rove still works at the White House. And George Bush is a liar"
and also
and has an interesting tidbit from her interview with WSJ:
The Wall Street Journal lands a brief Judy interview and asks about the "Valerie Flame" notation in her notebook:
"'I don't remember who told me the name,' she said, growing agitated. 'I wasn't writing a story, remember?' Asked if the other source was Mr. Rove, she replied, 'I'm not going to discuss anyone else that I talked to.'"
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Laying under the plane
Was Rove playing "mime" "sounds like: Lying about Plame?"
"Who remembers "laying under the plane?" (sounds like lying about"
Author Bushknew
Plame?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=176743
The Associated Press
McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. Oct. 18, 2004 - Karl Rove laid himself on
the line Monday for his boss, the president of the United States.
"Who remembers "laying under the plane?" (sounds like lying about"
Author Bushknew
Plame?
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=176743
The Associated Press
McGUIRE AIR FORCE BASE, N.J. Oct. 18, 2004 - Karl Rove laid himself on
the line Monday for his boss, the president of the United States.
Friday, September 16, 2005
W's "contrition" speech - DU comment
MADem
13. Brian Williams nailed it
This morning on Imus he wondered "What was he doing behind that statue before they cued him to come out???"
They spent ten minutes talking about shirtsleeves, not much on the speech itself. They concurred that the contrition should have been the first two paragraphs, not buried in the speech, and opined that he just does not know how to say sorry to anyone for anything.
I thought it was dreadful. No people, the backlit blue cathedral that matched his shirt, if he was going for a "rebuilding moment" it didn't cut it--he looked like the last guy to leave Disneyland--fucking Goofy, indeed.
radfringe (
Response to Original message
8. my immediate impressions of bush*'s speech
if his 9-11 speech, while standing atop rubble with his arm around a fireman, was his "bullhorn" moment -- then standing outside a church in New Orleans was his bullsh*t moment.
-- the "casual" look, not an accident, no one forgot to dress him before he appeared swaggering across the lawn. Shirt sleeves, no tie and no jacket were to give the impression of someone ready to get to work, a regular guy ready to shovel out the muck, grab a hammer and start building
-- he begin by giving a list of heroic efforts and actions. Poor choice for a lead off - all this did was to remind people how much WASN'T done by FEMA
-- the 800#, , sounded like he was pitching zirconia jewelry for the homeshopping network
-- most disturbing was the pitch for a power grab, we've seen what putting all the departments in one bag has done, and now he wants to stuff more into the bag.
-- investigation - unless it's free of bush* cronies and kool-aid drinkers - it won't mean a damn thing
I've printed out the transcript and will be reading it more closely -- meanwhile 4 out 5 cats in my home left the room during the speech, 1 gave it 2 hairballs, 2 out of 3 dogs gave it a fart, and the other dog snored
addendum (on edit) all those references to god, faith-based this and that, funerals etc -- the only thing missing was the back-up choir shouting out the "amens"
and did you catch the "talking point" - connecting katrina to 9-11. I know he's made this "connection" in the past few days in other statements -- HOWEVER, this is going to be the "new improved theme" instead of 9-11 changed everything, it will be Katrina changed everything
and Krugman
Krugman Pegs Bush’s Speech
September 16th, 2005
Paul Krugman pegs Bush’s speech and lets the cat out of the bag…
Now it begins: America’s biggest relief and recovery program since the New Deal. And the omens aren’t good.
It’s a given that the Bush administration, which tried to turn Iraq into a laboratory for conservative economic policies, will try the same thing on the Gulf Coast. The Heritage Foundation, which has surely been helping Karl Rove develop the administration’s recovery plan, has already published a manifesto on post-Katrina policy. It calls for waivers on environmental rules, the elimination of capital gains taxes and the private ownership of public school buildings in the disaster areas. And if any of the people killed by Katrina, most of them poor, had a net worth of more than $1.5 million, Heritage wants to exempt their heirs from the estate tax.
here ...
13. Brian Williams nailed it
This morning on Imus he wondered "What was he doing behind that statue before they cued him to come out???"
They spent ten minutes talking about shirtsleeves, not much on the speech itself. They concurred that the contrition should have been the first two paragraphs, not buried in the speech, and opined that he just does not know how to say sorry to anyone for anything.
I thought it was dreadful. No people, the backlit blue cathedral that matched his shirt, if he was going for a "rebuilding moment" it didn't cut it--he looked like the last guy to leave Disneyland--fucking Goofy, indeed.
radfringe (
Response to Original message
8. my immediate impressions of bush*'s speech
if his 9-11 speech, while standing atop rubble with his arm around a fireman, was his "bullhorn" moment -- then standing outside a church in New Orleans was his bullsh*t moment.
-- the "casual" look, not an accident, no one forgot to dress him before he appeared swaggering across the lawn. Shirt sleeves, no tie and no jacket were to give the impression of someone ready to get to work, a regular guy ready to shovel out the muck, grab a hammer and start building
-- he begin by giving a list of heroic efforts and actions. Poor choice for a lead off - all this did was to remind people how much WASN'T done by FEMA
-- the 800#, , sounded like he was pitching zirconia jewelry for the homeshopping network
-- most disturbing was the pitch for a power grab, we've seen what putting all the departments in one bag has done, and now he wants to stuff more into the bag.
-- investigation - unless it's free of bush* cronies and kool-aid drinkers - it won't mean a damn thing
I've printed out the transcript and will be reading it more closely -- meanwhile 4 out 5 cats in my home left the room during the speech, 1 gave it 2 hairballs, 2 out of 3 dogs gave it a fart, and the other dog snored
addendum (on edit) all those references to god, faith-based this and that, funerals etc -- the only thing missing was the back-up choir shouting out the "amens"
and did you catch the "talking point" - connecting katrina to 9-11. I know he's made this "connection" in the past few days in other statements -- HOWEVER, this is going to be the "new improved theme" instead of 9-11 changed everything, it will be Katrina changed everything
and Krugman
Krugman Pegs Bush’s Speech
September 16th, 2005
Paul Krugman pegs Bush’s speech and lets the cat out of the bag…
Now it begins: America’s biggest relief and recovery program since the New Deal. And the omens aren’t good.
It’s a given that the Bush administration, which tried to turn Iraq into a laboratory for conservative economic policies, will try the same thing on the Gulf Coast. The Heritage Foundation, which has surely been helping Karl Rove develop the administration’s recovery plan, has already published a manifesto on post-Katrina policy. It calls for waivers on environmental rules, the elimination of capital gains taxes and the private ownership of public school buildings in the disaster areas. And if any of the people killed by Katrina, most of them poor, had a net worth of more than $1.5 million, Heritage wants to exempt their heirs from the estate tax.
here ...
Friday, March 18, 2005
W gridiron mccain joke (Modo)
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Bordering on cruelty
Falwell's daddy
From a recent New Yorker:
"There were times that Dad’s pranks bordered on cruelty. One of his oil-company workers, a one-legged man he nicknamed “Crip” Smith, complained about everything. Dad and Crip’s co-workers got tired of the old man’s bellyaching and decided to take revenge. One morning Crip called in sick and Dad volunteered to send by lunch to his grateful but suspicious employee. Dad and his chums caught Crip’s old black tomcat, killed it, skinned it, and cooked it in the kitchen of one of Dad’s little restaurants. They called it squirrel meat and delivered it to Crip on a linen-covered tray. When Crip returned to work the next morning, Dad and his co-conspirators asked him how he liked his meal. They knew he would complain even about a free home-cooked lunch, and when Crip called it “the toughest squirrel meat” he had ever eaten, they were glad to tell him why."
—The Reverend Jerry Falwell, in “Strength for the Journey: An Autobiography.”
From a recent New Yorker:
"There were times that Dad’s pranks bordered on cruelty. One of his oil-company workers, a one-legged man he nicknamed “Crip” Smith, complained about everything. Dad and Crip’s co-workers got tired of the old man’s bellyaching and decided to take revenge. One morning Crip called in sick and Dad volunteered to send by lunch to his grateful but suspicious employee. Dad and his chums caught Crip’s old black tomcat, killed it, skinned it, and cooked it in the kitchen of one of Dad’s little restaurants. They called it squirrel meat and delivered it to Crip on a linen-covered tray. When Crip returned to work the next morning, Dad and his co-conspirators asked him how he liked his meal. They knew he would complain even about a free home-cooked lunch, and when Crip called it “the toughest squirrel meat” he had ever eaten, they were glad to tell him why."
—The Reverend Jerry Falwell, in “Strength for the Journey: An Autobiography.”
Monday, February 28, 2005
Kicking Rather again
US free media retaliated to Putin accusation: "shocking Putin statement that he'll watch Oscars rather than news makes page one!
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Newsweek washing up Putin's remarks
It's not clear how well Putin understands the controversy that led to the dismissal of four CBS journalists over the discredited report on Bush's National Guard service. Yet it's all too clear how Putin sees the relationship between Bush and the American media—just like his own. Bush's aides have long feared that former KGB officers in Putin's inner circle are painting a twisted picture of U.S. policy. So Bush explained how he had no power to fire American journalists. It made little difference. When the two presidents emerged for their joint press conference, one Russian reporter repeated Putin's language about journalists getting fired. Bush (already hot after an earlier question about his spying on U.S. citizens) asked the reporter if he felt free. "They obviously planted the question," said one of Bush's senior aides.
more…
Of course, Dick Cheney's calls to CNN as spilled by Wes Clark"
That's the reason I was attacked all through the war by guys like Dick Cheney for being an armchair general, because they knew I was against what they were doing. And they were right. And now we see why everybody should have been against it.
LINK
more…
Of course, Dick Cheney's calls to CNN as spilled by Wes Clark"
That's the reason I was attacked all through the war by guys like Dick Cheney for being an armchair general, because they knew I was against what they were doing. And they were right. And now we see why everybody should have been against it.
LINK
Putin to W: "What about 60 Minutes?"
Contrary to the cloying WaPo versionLINK , Putin didn't exactly take W's lecturing sitting down. Maureen Dowd said today on MTP that Putin refered to the electoral colleges and his daddy's friends. Also, according to Newsweek
NEWSWEEK: Putin to Bush: 'We Didn't Criticize You When You Fired Those Reporters at CBS'
Sunday February 27, 12:34 pm ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- When George W. Bush confronted Vladimir Putin last week about the freedom of the press in Russia, Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe reports, Putin shot back with an attack of his own: "We didn't criticize you when you fired those reporters at CBS." Details of the meeting, which included just the two presidents and their translators inside the historic castle that overlooks the Slovak capital of Bratislava, are reported in the March 7 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, February 28).
(Photo: > http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050227/NYSU002
I linked the delicious Bartcop thread about it
NEWSWEEK: Putin to Bush: 'We Didn't Criticize You When You Fired Those Reporters at CBS'
Sunday February 27, 12:34 pm ET
NEW YORK, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- When George W. Bush confronted Vladimir Putin last week about the freedom of the press in Russia, Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe reports, Putin shot back with an attack of his own: "We didn't criticize you when you fired those reporters at CBS." Details of the meeting, which included just the two presidents and their translators inside the historic castle that overlooks the Slovak capital of Bratislava, are reported in the March 7 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, February 28).
(Photo: > http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050227/NYSU002
I linked the delicious Bartcop thread about it
Nashville Brook on DU - Leadership institute and the threat of socialism:
Nashville Brook on DU - Leadership institute and the threat of socialism:
But there it is. These people really believe there is a Socialist Threat and if you read the material you find out that what these people hate most is public education and workers' rights. These are the Angry White Men, who, despite having great jobs and stay-at-home wives and home-schooled chunks of children, they truly believe the world is out to get them. The feminists want their masculinity. The schools want their religion. The government wants their money. They are middle class and operating out of fear they might lose their footing. they are one lay-off or serious illness from bankruptcy (for as long as that exists).
But there it is. These people really believe there is a Socialist Threat and if you read the material you find out that what these people hate most is public education and workers' rights. These are the Angry White Men, who, despite having great jobs and stay-at-home wives and home-schooled chunks of children, they truly believe the world is out to get them. The feminists want their masculinity. The schools want their religion. The government wants their money. They are middle class and operating out of fear they might lose their footing. they are one lay-off or serious illness from bankruptcy (for as long as that exists).
Friday, February 25, 2005
Ridiculous options
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. Having said that, all options are on the table"
Democracy 101 by....W?
An unsmiling, visibly irritated Mr Putin squirmed as he listened to Mr Bush tell a press conference he had been told that Washington had "concerns about Russia's commitment in fulfilling" the "universal principles" of democracy. "Democracies always reflect a country's customs and culture, and I know that," Mr Bush said. "Yet democracies have certain things in common; they have a rule of law, and protection of minorities, a free press, and a viable political opposition."
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