June 2008
36 posts
“I hope that over the July 4th holiday, senators will take a closer look at this...”
– Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), after his efforts helped delay a vote on the new FISA bill until after the July 4 Congressional recess. Here are three ways you can help defeat this bill before next month’s vote.
“What you have a picture of is a cold-hearted, callous man who treated a girl...”
– Gayle Atteberry, Executive Director, Oregon Right To Life, commenting on Republican “Pro-Life” Congressional candidate Mike Erickson’s treatment of a woman he impregnated.
“I see no reason for Congress to grant blanket immunity to companies that went...”
– Ron Wyden, United States Senator, D-Oregon announcing that he will filibuster the new FISA bill.
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In A Nutshell
Arianna always puts it best:
This week, the dueling parties fell into odious and all-too-familiar patterns. As expected, the GOP, unable to run on its disastrous record, played the fear card. Leaping on Obama’s defense of the rule of law (dear god, not that!), the Republicans pulled out their 2004 playbook and opened it to “Scare Tactics.” Newt Gingrich said supporting habeas...
With Friends Like These...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democrat House Leader Steny Hoyer and 103 other Democrat representatives joined the Rebublicans yesterday to give the Telecommunications industry legal immunity from their role in spying on Americans without a warrant after 9/11.
If you’re wondering why Democrats would let this happen, here’s a look at how much money the Telecom folks have donated...
Democrat Majority Leader Forgets It's 2008, Still...
Democrat House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer unveiled a bill yesterday giving U.S. Telecommunications retroactive legal immunity for spying on U.S. citizens without warrants. As noted by The New York Times, the Bush Administration got almost everything it wanted in this “compromise” bill.
Please contact your Democrat members of Congress and tell them to start acting like the 2006...
Danish Boutique Supplying Money To Terrorists
In another example of the United States keeping us safe from terrorism, the US Government has seized $205 from Christa Møllgaard-Hansen, the owner of Christabella’s clothing boutique in Denmark. The money was going to a Pakistani clothing manufacturer for payment for making six dresses. Møllgaard-Hansen submitted all the information on the recipient to her Danish bank, but after four...
More Fun With John FlipCain
A quick follow up to my post yesterday about John McCain reversing his position on drilling for oil along the U.S. coast. We all know this is at odds with McCain’s 2000 Presidential campaign position. But evidently it’s also a change from his position just three weeks ago. E.A. Hanks, the author of the Imprudent Ways blog, was at a McCain town hall in late May when the Senator was...
Nice Try John
Senator John McCain reversed his stance from the 2000 Presidential election today and now believes the U.S. should open its coastal waters for oil drilling to help with high gas prices. Leaving aside environmental concerns, it could take 10 or more years to begin drilling and the output would only reduce cost by a few cents per gallon. Thank you Senator McCain for your bold energy vision for our...
The Sky Is Falling
I’d like to make an urgent announcement for all heterosexual married couples out there. At 5:01pm yesterday, same-sex marriages became legal in California, including the union of Del Martin, 87, and Phyllis Lyon, 83, two women that have been in a relationship for 55 years.
Now that the sanctity of traditional marriage has been ruined by Del and Phyllis, expect your safe and comfortable...
164 MPH On I-5
Ever wondered what other vehicles would look like if you passed them going 160+ mph on the interstate? Well neither have I. But if you’re curious, the Oregon State Police released this video from Ben Kelley gunning his motorcycle down I-5.
Considering that Kelley taped the whole ride from a camera attached to his handlebars, I’m guessing he didn’t try to argue that...
Calm Down Keith
I guess I’m not the only one who’s noticed that MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann has gotten a little annoying lately. At first Olbermann was a breath of fresh air on cable television — offering “special comments” to call attention to the Bush Administration’s myriad reckless policies.
Recently he’s been going off on tedious rants when it is hardly...
Save the cows (of India)
Cows are sacred in Hindu religion and eating beef is forbidden in India. In the country these blue-blooded bovine literally stop traffic.
But now the cows of India are dying. The culprit? Plastic bags. Cows which regularly feast off the mountains of trash in the streets are ingesting upward of 50 bags as they forage for their latest meal. The plastic bags build up in their stomachs...
Rachel Ray is a huge terrorist/chef
For those of you who follow the gripping stories that are a matter of international importance, I really hope that you didn’t miss the one about Rachel Ray being a terrorist.
Most of you know that Rachel Ray is a huge celebrity chef on the Food Network. But did you know that she’s also a huge Arab terrorist sympathizer? Well now you do. In a recent Dunkin Donuts advertisement she...
David Gregory Launches Meaty Words Monday!
I was watching Meet The Press yesterday and NBC News Chief White House Correspondent David Gregory used the word “stick-to-itiveness” to describe Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama:
And his [Obama’s] own sense of stick-to-itiveness in this campaign before Iowa when he kept trailing and he was under a great deal of pressure to play a different sort of game and to go...
Happy Sunday from the Federal Government!
Visit my friend Nate Smith’s blog for his take on the ridiculously creepy and invasive new airport body scanners being rolled out around the country this week. This is no joke.
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Unless he proves me wrong, Delay is an idiot
Showing off the same analytical skills that catapulted his rise among House Republicans, criminally indicted former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, offered this bit of wisdom on the Mike Gallagher radio show on Thursday (transcript from Think Progress):
DELAY: “Hey, I have said publicly, and I will again, that unless he proves me wrong, he [Obama] is a Marxist.”
GALLAGHER: Yeah,...
Happy Friday from Poppy the Bus Riding Goat
In case you missed it, Poppy the pygmy goat that hopped aboard a TriMet bus in SE Portland, OR on Monday night, has been reunited with her owner.
As it turns out, Poppy was not only smart enough to find a much quicker mode
of transport than her little pygmy legs, she also figured out how to open her owner’s gate.
Kind of reminds me of the coyote that decided to get on the Portland MAX...
The dap seen 'round the world
Right before U.S. Senator Barack Obama declared on Tuesday that he will be the Democratic party nominee for President of the United States, he and his wife gave each other a celebratory dap or pound (see pic below). The media has been freaking out over the “fist pound” which is familiar (and second nature) to anyone under 35.
Ignorant right-wingers on the internet have described the...
