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You ain't kidding. It's the last link in that hateful neocon chain - remember to cash in on your evil deeds. Move over Tenet - there's a new crybaby on the Group W(hiner) bench. as for soul-searching, maybe Scotty should pantomime looking around the Oval Office for his soul - it's about as substantial as the WMD's that were never found there.
On Liberation Day, 1/20/09, Americans will greet us with flowers and candy
by kamarvt on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:17:48 AM PDT
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heh.
Ready to go, y'all. -4.48, -4.56
by pseudopod on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:32:26 AM PDT
Every single participant in this mal-administration should be forever relegated to the Group W* bench. Never again allowed in the halls of government (except to halls of government prisons)
I am here to represent the democratic wing of the Democratic Party.
by Josiah Bartlett on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:37:27 AM PDT
I mean, I wanna KILL! KIIIILLL!
I wanna see blood and gore and guts and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies.
by pseudopod on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:00:37 AM PDT
but you won't feel too good about it.
Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.Give to Populista's Obamathon 2.0!
by TrueBlueMajority on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:12:10 AM PDT
taken.
Heh.
Let's get some Democracy for America
by murphy on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:32:41 AM PDT
Alice's Restaurant by Arlo Guthrie
Single payer universal healthcare coverage saves money and saves lives.
by freelunch on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:21:57 AM PDT
on NPR last night. Reminded me how much I love that piece. I'm off now to see if it's available on iTunes. :)
by andreuccio on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 10:22:40 AM PDT
but only on vinyl. Man, am I old.
by side pocket on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 10:28:58 AM PDT
Vinyl is back in.
Once Waterloo records in Austin had a great vinyl section, but with the coming of CDs they eventually cleared it out. Even their employees were saddened.
However, in the last couple of years vinyl has made a great resurgence, to a point where Waterloo not only has a good vinyl section, they are also selling turntables.
Now, side pocket, you have wise and experienced ears which have heard the harmony of the spheres. It ain't heaven but it ain't bad.
"I would have written more, but I didn't have time."
"But their gift is an empty snake, Carrying hypocrisy in its mouth like venom" - Sami Al Hajj
by walkshills on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:17:23 AM PDT
El Austeen!
donate to a shelter box please http://www.shelterboxusa.org/
by TexMex on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:47:44 AM PDT
and hey, we'll be in Austin before we know it.
by side pocket on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:02:24 PM PDT
in Dallas, TX. We had recently moved there for a post-doc. I asked the clerk where the classical records were. He paused . . . "Classical?" he looked at me inquisitively. Then paused again for another 15 seconds. . . . "Records?" he asked again.
I knew I was in trouble.
In a related moment of culture shock, the first week we arrived, our local utility company newsletter published their recipe of the month, Twinkie Cake, which was Twinkies covered with frozen strawberries and Cool Whip. To think I had wasted all that time in Berkeley cooking from scratch.
by Ready2fight on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:57:05 PM PDT
Welcome Back, Hillary & friends!
by Krum on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:36:31 PM PDT
how to make a Dan White Special?? What the heck do the TEACH at Berkeley????
/snark
'fight on!'
Conservatism is a function of age - Rousseau I've been 19 longer'n you've been alive - me
by watercarrier4diogenes on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:38:46 PM PDT
I'd nearly forgotten about that. I need to go find it too.
Sigh, I used to live near that church. Simpler times.
The lone and level sands stretch far away. -Shelley
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:55:14 AM PDT
in your head, isn't it ?
(Who needs iTunes !)
by murphy on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 10:35:53 AM PDT
Iraq. So did our local "Classic Rock" station.
Sigh.
Remember Nataline.
by means are the ends on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:35:43 AM PDT
Awesome classics on there!
by Sharon Jumper on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:36:32 PM PDT
it was better the first time (so was getting stoned!)
by Uncle Bug on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:57:28 PM PDT
in the Winchester area, that plays "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving starting at noon. I used to listen to it every year while driving down to Ashburn from WV. Really a great T-Day driving song, you can sing-along and drive and arrive all ready to eat. Thanks, Arlo and Alice!!!
What happens when Bush takes Viagra? he gets taller. Robin Williams
by Demfem on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:56:48 AM PDT
I'm in SF now and wondering if there's a station out here that does it.
by donnas on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:58:21 PM PDT
http://www.xpn.org/
by PeteZerria on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:05:22 PM PDT
except I haven't heard it the past few years because I don't drive so I can't vouch it's still played every Thanksgiving Day.
by fightorleave on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:11:53 PM PDT
KFOG 104.5 and 97.7
plays the song at noon and I think again at 6 pm.
by ceece on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 05:11:14 PM PDT
what an ass. (not the poster, snotty scotty). I will wait until the library gets it. I refuse to put a penny into their pockets, writing about so many crimes, and ala OJ, "How I Did It"
What we call god is merely a living creature with superior technology and understanding. If their fragile egos demand prayer, they lose that superiority.
by agnostic on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:27:44 AM PDT
will put it on the shelf if someone donates it...
Let Sibel Speak
by peaceloveandkucinich on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:14:03 PM PDT
mine, since they're like your library. Last I checked, it had 4 people waiting for it to come back in. I've seen that number as high as 8. Think they'll ever get the hint and buy another copy? Naahhhhh!
Next donation is going to be Glenn Greenwald's "A Tragic Legacy".
by watercarrier4diogenes on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:45:09 PM PDT
by Nab on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:14:52 AM PDT
or you'll never be allowed to eat at Alice's again.
Course she closed down, but nevertheless....
Yes. There ARE progressive Democrats in Alabama. Visit with us at Left in Alabama
by countrycat on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:20:36 AM PDT
Just in case anyone missed it (for example, by being too young), this is a quote from Arlo Guthrie's protest song "Alice's Restaurant."
"And the sergeant came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the hall, said, "'You're our boy.'"
"To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool." -Octavia Butler
by JayC on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:30:34 AM PDT
I used to be able to recite the whole thing, with perfect inflection, and was doing so one day when somebody who didn't know what it was happened to be listening-- and thought I was crazy, or something... Or something... Or something...
by murphy on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:40:16 AM PDT
We're just waitin' for it to come around is what we're doing.
by JayC on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:50:45 AM PDT
...and pretty soon, it could be a movement !
by murphy on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:58:35 AM PDT
The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." --Groucho Marx,
by Flippant on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 10:14:28 AM PDT
can you imagine fifty people a day, I said fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant actually voting for Dennis Kucinich and walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:02:57 PM PDT
Confound all the "major" candidates and Diebold too! What will the software do if we all vote Kucinich together?
by peaceloveandkucinich on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 02:16:55 PM PDT
hopin' for a Thanksgiving dinner that just can't be beat
-8.25, -6.26 "I'm not superstitious. But, I AM a little stitious." - Michael Scott
by snookybeh on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 10:09:12 AM PDT
One more time, for the 8x10 full color glossy photographs with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, sayin' what each one was!
McCain '08: Same crap, different asshole. -- Hunter
by snazzzybird on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:47:46 AM PDT
of American blind justice, and the judge wasn't gonna look at the 24 8x10 full color glossy photographs with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one, sayin' what each one was...
I could have been a soldier... I had got part of it learned; I knew more about retreating than the man that invented retreating. --Mark Twain
by NogodsnomastersMary on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 01:37:32 PM PDT
or tired.
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:57:09 AM PDT
If tradition is any guide, I'll be able to listen to Arlo's whole story on Thursday. Unfortunately, I don't listen to pop or rock often enough to know for sure that it will be on, but it always has been.
by freelunch on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:59:48 AM PDT
First, oversight; second, investigations; third, impeachments; fourth, war crimes trials!
by ibonewits on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:46:43 AM PDT
But they don't have the context for it.
Historically, in Madison, WIBA-FM has played it. I assume they will again. I don't think our WPR stations have ever played it.
by freelunch on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:49:21 AM PDT
Tell them it's a progressive Thanksgiving tradition!
by ibonewits on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 12:58:43 PM PDT
be for some time yet to come. It's a grand tradition.
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:05:26 PM PDT
by pseudopod on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:43:33 AM PDT
Embedding is disabled, but here's a great version of Arlo Guthrie performing Alice's Restaurant live.
Get your natasha fix at Pacific Views!
by natasha on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:36:42 PM PDT
by 3goldens on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:40:59 PM PDT
but the rest I could live without. ;-7
Anyone who fails to see the historical parallels between Blackwater & the Nazi SS, or the DHS & the Gestapo, needs a serious reality check.
by Randgrithr on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:49:57 AM PDT
... for a turkey before you have your heaping helping of Impeacement?
by dobie on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:35:32 PM PDT
first Secretary of the Treasury could be forgiven. I think he was foolish to accept the post in the first place, but he probably thought he could make a difference. But it didn't take him long to get out and let the nation what he thought was wrong. But he did write a book about it, didn't he? Oh, well...
If you don't have an earth-shaking idea, get one, you'll love building a better world.
by hestal on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:07:56 AM PDT
in the nature of a warning ... which unfortunately the country didn't heed.
John McCain--not so much old as obsolete.
by ohiolibrarian on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:15:21 AM PDT
disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit
my old diary
can a lobbyist profit from government if they have been impeached? Good way to shut off that revolving door.
by Hey BB on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:37:41 AM PDT
"And five of the highest ranking officials in the administration were involved in my doing so: Rove, Libby, the vice President, the President’s chief of staff, and the president himself."
con·spir·a·cy (kən-spîr'ə-sē) n. pl. con·spir·a·cies
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act. 2. A group of conspirators. 3. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action. 4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
Is that not impeachable????
We find that after years of struggle we do not take a journey, but rather a journey takes us. John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
by tigerdog on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:09:52 PM PDT
only a problem if Clinton does it (or Barry Bonds).
by Hey BB on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:27:45 PM PDT
It sounds like he's in a mood to talk.
Sick of candidate diaries? Kasama!"Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories" -- Amilcar Cabral
by Christopher Day on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 01:12:22 PM PDT
that Karl Rove was a low level intern for Nixon. He was part of the dirty tricks brigade and was allowed to skate because everyone just wanted to get past Watergate. Once a rat always a rat. We need to get a red hot branding iron and singe every ass who has been even remotely involved with any impropriety associated with this administration. Good on you Josiah for bringing it up, now we just need to get the cowards in Congress to understand how important this idea is to restore democracy to this country.
Now, people had lost their fear. From that moment I knew we would win. - Oscar Olivera
by Josh Prophet on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:36:48 PM PDT
...much more of the people responsible for the Bush Administration.
Even the Nixon administration, which actually resulted in convictions and would have resulted in impeachment, produced the future staff for a generation of Republican--and Democratic--administrations.
Since the Democrats are intent on keeping impeachment off the table sweeping the crimes of BushCo under the rug, expect this process to occur even more quickly.
Any bets on who'll be the first Bush White House veteran to be given a post in the Hillary Clinton White House?
This nicely summarizes what's wrong with American political life today. (Source)
by GreenSooner on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 12:18:10 AM PDT
Naw. Federal prisons are too good for this group. They need hard time at state pen, preferably one of those get tough on crime places that are profiled on that MSNBC program.
-7.38, -5.23 "Though the storm may be raging, and the billows tossing high, Lord I feel like going on."
by CocoaLove on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 01:46:47 AM PDT
An appropriate reference at Thanksgiving.
by donnas on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:56:53 PM PDT
In fact, he called it 'the worst kind of treason'. He'd make a fine witness at his Idiot Child's Impeachment Trial!!!!!
by serrano on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:35:23 AM PDT
That kid commit treason. And he get away with it. He should be in jail just for that. Nevermind being a war criminal and mismanaging the country.
And he still wants war with Iran.
Use Tor and PGP on the net. (google it)
by fugue on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 07:53:07 AM PDT
of how Bush can believe himself anointed by God. How else to explain the fact that he's gotten away with everything? Particularly after Dems were voted in in '06? Is that when Bush lawyered up, by the way? He knew damn well his butt should be in the wringer. He knew he'd broken not just one law, but several, and he fully expected to be called on it. But no. Dems just trembled and squeezed their eyes shut and turned over their lunch money. No wonder he thinks God is on his side.
by sherlyle on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:22:46 AM PDT
by Ammo Hauler on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:28:55 AM PDT
can Bush pardon himself???!!!
by serrano on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:32:46 AM PDT
Actually, if it becomes (oh, God, I wish, I wish, I wish) the subject of impeachment, then, no, he cannot pardon anybody. So says the Constitution, anyway (not that that means much to him, but if he tried it, it would make his impeachment that much more likely).
So if we have this emerging evidence, maybe we can get the impeachment issue back "on the table."
PLEASE? PLEASE? THIS IS A STRONG HINT, NANCY!
Ed
I do not belong to an organized political party -- I'm a Democrat. [Will Rogers]
by Ed Drone on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:40:38 AM PDT
NOoooooo!!!! Not until he pardons the turkey!
(the one with features and a snood)
"I didn't kill the soldier in Iran, I just didn't vote to stop it from happening" Have fun standing on your issues when the Country is knee-deep in shit.
by second gen on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 08:58:30 AM PDT
It was "May" and "Flower" - they were the two pardoned turkeys this morning. People apparently voted online for the names and the president announced them.
Then he made a funny by saying the vice President wanted to call them "Lunch" and "Dinner." Think there's anything to read into that? Hm.
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further." - Richard Dawkins
by TX Unmuzzled on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:57:33 AM PDT
Surprised he didn't insist on calling them "Karla" and "Faye".
by ohiolibrarian on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:18:32 AM PDT
by Ranting Roland on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:43:38 AM PDT
and when did he know it?
He knew everything!
The Constitution is clear.
Impeach
Indict
Imprison
WHY is that so hard for the Democratic-controlled Congress to understand?!?!?
by Ranting Roland on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 11:55:51 AM PDT
impeachment is off the table. Hell, we don't even have a table anymore.
I honor John McCain's military service to our country (but I have no intention of voting for him)
by frsbdg on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 01:31:44 PM PDT
Some nice turkey, with stuffing, gravy, a little cranberry sauce (I used to just like the jellied, but of late I've been coming around to the chunky stuff), and Impeachment On The Fucking Table!
It's just not a holiday without it.
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 12:42:12 PM PDT
in water to cover and a can of frozen orange juice, cook it down to a nice, thick sauce and you'll never go back to canned jelly sauce again !!! Add Impeachment and it's PERFECT !!!!
Happy Thanksgiving !
Free Don Seigelman, jail Karl Rove ~ mission halfway accomplished !
by Dvalkure on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 01:44:32 PM PDT
but the impeachment is kind of hard to find these days, and, like good chocolate, nothing really substitutes in very well.
by justme on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 01:48:04 PM PDT
bag of cranberries 1 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c brandy
Mix and bake covered in a 9x13 inch pan so they're spread out. 300 degrees, one hour. Delicious.
by ColoTim on Tue Nov 20, 2007 at 09:49:06 PM PDT
