Corporate Redefinition

st

too

when you can't eat or brush your teeth

driving on a short stretch of the highway i pass 10's of 20's of dead animals.....who notices anymore as long as its not in the way. and when fatal traffic reports come in, i think the focus isn't on the deaths, but only if they are in the way...who cares.
cars are actually more dangerous than wars, maybe a bit less traumatic, but with the price of gas these days........so, some people die....as long as they are not in the way!!!

Thanks for posting the Seder podcast Bob!

i think we're in a bit of the 'can't see the forest for the trees' situation here.

they're planning some big time scam and all we're seeing is the lumps in the rug and the blood stains being covered with sand.

Morning everyone. :)

You Gotta Love Cheney

To me, the biggest shocker is he entered a battle zone under his own free will. Must have burned through all his deferments back in the 60s. Then again, maybe wars, just like kids, are different when they're your own. Yes they are! They're special. A gift from God. Landing at an undisclosed base near Baghdad, he descended the airplane steps wearing a flak jacket under his suit coat which seems to indicate his bullet repelling powers are diminishing.

But his powers of polarization remain intact. When Hugo Chavez called President Bush the devil at the UN, he was way out of line. Everybody knows Bush isn't the devil. Cheney is.

I Know. I Know. I'm Fucking Fabulous.

Thanks for working on the seventh day Sam. Great show.

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=1417hm

I clicked on the podcast link and recieved a page not found message. Am I the only one.

America Leads the World in War Profits

The United States is a proud nation of firsts -- among them: weapon sales, military expenditure, oil consumption, CO2 emissions, external debt, private military personnel and more.

Bush is just his little helper monkey.
Submitted by GBC on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:03.

You Gotta Love Cheney

*****

You are fucking fabulous!

Go to the previous thread... podcast by Bob over at AirAmerica Place is working for me.

Good to hear Sam's voice again!

I Know. I Know. I'm Fucking Fabulous.

Yesterday's post about Michelle Obama from brilliantatbreakfast made it into the New York Daily News' "Best of Political Blogs" on page 29.

Somebody post that to Morning Seditionists.

http://www.jabberwonk.com/flinker.cfm?cliid=cpetr

Hee! :D

"This was your fault, you defeatist."

But that's okay.

I can take the blame and still get on with it.

Oh... there they are ... on other threads ...

See?

Don't forget tomorrow Monica testifys 10:15 EDT

c-span will carry it on c-span 3

once

she wore a blue dress!

dailykos here

I strongly oppose the watering down of organic standards as proposed by ams-tm-07-0062. I oppose the use of non-organic hops in organic beer, the use of non-organic animal intestines in organic sausages, the use of food colorings made with synthetic, GMO, chemical or allergenic ingredients in organics, and all other measures loosening and weakening organic standards to allow non-organic or synthetic or GMO ingredients.

Oust Gonzales (But Don't Stop There)

Bye!!

Bill.Scher's blog
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Submitted by Alice on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:29.

Oust Gonzales (But Don't Stop There)

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Thanks!

Fly by Post
Submitted by toniD on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:27.

Don't forget tomorrow Monica testifys 10:15 EDT

c-span will carry it on c-span 3
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What?

I can re-check and wait, somewhat (:-) patiently (humour).
ARREST! IMPEACH! then VIGILANCE!

... should put a link to the site:

http://impeachgonzales.org/

but not everyone is used to looking there yet maybe...

Totally different vibe on this blog now, huh...? Scattered feeling..but it's exciting so far... :)

It's bad. Really bad now.

of CatSea's garden...

Wow, Fernando....horrid.

a lot of different food this season...it's not fun being slowly poisoned by the food supply....

I'm sure this is all Bill Clinton's fault.

Hi,
I wanted to register an account with AAR so I could join the mighty throng of people critiquing the "new and improved" AAR. So far, after many attempts to do so, it won't let me register. At one point it said I already was registered and asked me for my email so it could send me a new password. The new password wouldn't work.
Is anyone else experiencing this? My paranoid fantasy is they are blocking any new registrants!

Doris

watering down and rendering "organic" meaningless shouldn't be a surprise coming from these creeps. these are the same individuals that brought us:

- no child left behind (which has gutted public education)
- clear skys initiative (which allows for increased air pollution)
- Healthy Forests Initiative (which allows for more destruction of our forests)

i'm sure there's more...

the 3rd show, the 3rd time slot, maybe 3 times is the charm. the powers that be have already let you know that in order to make it at aa you are going to have to become a total yes man. by the end of your last show you were only about half way there. come on seder you can do it, you've got to go to the dark side sammy. think about money sam. money money money

Very strange....she dropped some deep insight on why liberals are represented in entertainment, academia, etc.

Did anyone hear it? It was either the most agreeable Lionel ever was to a caller, or she was smoothly bashing his fool ass into the sidewalk and neither Lionel nor I had a clue...

He sounded like he was in AWE...

The ENTIRE NETWORK has either taken leave of its senses, or is on Rove's payroll.

hash

is a stimulant to the immune system, a powerful anti- inflammatory, an analgesic and is able to speed up cell growth. Aloe Vera contains a large number of mucopolysaccharides (basic sugars) which are found in every cell in the body. Aloe also contains large numbers of nutrients including vitamins E, C, B1, 2, 3, and 6 as well as iron, manganese, calcium and zinc. Seven essential amino acids and fatty acids are also found in Aloe Vera.

Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful, debilitating condition. It manifests itself as stiff, swollen joints with varying degrees of associated pain caused partly due to nerve damage and partly by the pressure of the swollen area.

The swollen area is normally red in colour and described as inflamed. The redness is caused by the blood supply to the ‘damaged’ area being increased.

Conventional treatment includes use of anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids, typically cortisone injections or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. These certainly can ease the painful effects but unfortunately do not repair damaged tissues. There can also be undesirable side effects, particularly thinning of the skin and osteoporosis. Although many NSAIDs are available, each one has the potential to cause stomach ulcers.

Repairing damaged tissue by regenerating cells is a function at which Aloe Vera has been shown to be most successful. It not only relieves the painful symptoms but also helps to disperse damaged tissue – a type of detoxification process. Aloe Vera may be taken both internally as a juice or as a gel applied to the painful joint. Here Aloe Vera’s deep penetration may show benefit.

The degree of success with this treatment varies considerably from person to person. With some, relief and improved joint flexibility is virtually immediate – an apparent ‘magical’ cure, whereas in others, the process can take much longer and the degree of recovery may not be so great.

In any event, an important fact must be remembered: Aloe Vera has no known adverse side effects. It is an extract from the leaf of the Aloe Vera plant, known throughout the world where it grows naturally as the ‘First Aid Plant’, the ‘Burn Plant’, the ‘Miracle Plant’ and the ‘Medicine Plant’.

I'm beginning to question this....it seems as though it is like kosher, nothing different but the prices are just higher....

hash

advice for sammy
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Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:58.

think about money sam. money money money

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Clearly, you know nothing about making money. It is quite the opposite of being a "yes man".

at least that means you'd be on top while I'm staring at the ceiling :)

is a necrophiliac? That's Condi level 10 "who'd of thought". I wonder where that fascination comes from? Prolly just curiosity.

Still thou. You would think she had more self respect.

if you don't care about how your food was grown, packaged, processed than don't by organic. if yoy don't care that your food was prepared according to religous traditions don't buy kosher.

on the other hand, there is a difference in quality, taste, etc for things that are organic and things that are kosher (mmmm, chicken)

A Necessary First Step
The immigration compromise reached last week is a flawed deal, an attempt to "bridge the chasm between brittle hard-liners who want the country to stop absorbing so many outsiders, and those who want to give immigrants -- illegal ones, too -- a fair and realistic shot at the American dream." Yet it represents a critical first step towards fixing our shattered immigration system. Most importantly, it offers a solution for most of the 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the country today -- an opportunity to come out of the shadows, live and work without fear, and eventually become citizens. This process of earned citizenship is supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans (80 percent in the latest CNN poll), and is a key component of any sustainable and comprehensive immigration plan. Nevertheless, there are serious drawbacks in the compromise, and those must be addressed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20sun1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/04/opinion_immigration.html

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/05/immigration_reform.html

Just tried Aloe Vera gel on my aching legs.

Thanks, anonymous!!

hash

Monica Goodling, Gonzales' aide that took the 5th.

She's now got immunity and will testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

Sorry, have to leave now for work!

Later

A LONG ROAD TO CITIZENSHIP: As predicted, the hard-line anti-immigrant advocates have already stamped the deal as "amnesty, amnesty and amnesty." But as Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said this week, "for some people, the only thing that would not be amnesty is mass deportation." This compromise offers legalization to undocumented immigrants only after a long and arduous road. To get to citizenship, eligible immigrants "would have to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and $2,000 in processing fees. Heads of households would have to return to their home country and reenter legally, and all family members would have to pass background checks." They would also have to "wait until certain 'trigger' conditions on border security are met and immigration backlogs are cleared." After four years, immigrants who want to renew these "Z visas" for four more years "would have to pass the English proficiency test given to those applying for citizenship." Many of these hurdles are unnecessary and burdensome, but a "winding and expensive path to citizenship is still a path."

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_5925669

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/20/le.01.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-immig19may19,1,6...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/opinion/20sun1.html

I have the plant growing around my house. Aloe Vere has kind of an odd smell and slimy quality which is not noticeable after a few minutes. It works for all kind of skin ailments.

I wonder how 'organic' products with Aloe are? They don't have the distinctive smell for one thing.

Monica Goodling this Wednesday
new
Submitted by toniD on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 12:15.

Monica Goodling, Gonzales' aide that took the 5th.

She's now got immunity and will testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee.

Sorry, have to leave now for work!

Later
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Thanks for clearing that up!

Bye!

Please call your representatives today!

of the proposed ingredients, backed by beer giant Anheuser-Busch, and pork and food processors, represent a serious threat to organic standards, and have raised the concerns of the Organic Consumers Association.

What's sad is that most of you sitting here will continue to purchase products from the above mentioned manufactures.

You will continue to go to the sporting events that these manufactures put on.

bitching won't help, action is the only way out. It will never happen, Americans love their beer and sporting events.

Oh and these companies that are trying to put a stop to Organics...Support the Republican party.

//Just tried Aloe Vera gel on my aching legs.

Thanks, anonymous!!

hash//

You need to drink it to get the benefits for aching legs.

[rolling eyes]

you are telling me that successful radio hosts are not yes men and women. i can only think of 2 people that aline with your statement cathy. randi r and mike malloy. and mike is always stuggling. clearly truth seeker you know nothing about radio

Th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-th-that's all, folks!

why don't you sign in?

why do you care?

Downoading the show, as we speak.

as "yes men".

Would you?

Jam the phone lines!

There are millions of us. It's not really that difficult.

Think about it.

It would make a statement.

And all you have to do is dial.

http://www.millionphonemarch.com/no_bush_surrender.php

You can call your members of Congress right now on one of these toll-free numbers, 800-828-0498, 800-459-1887 or 800-614-2803. There are operators on duty 24 hours a day. Just ask to be connected to your one of your senators or your house representative and they'll put you through.

I say when you get them on the phone don't just tell them that you are sick of the Democrats surrendering to Bush on Iraq, but ALSO ask them to IMPEACH GONZALES!

The most outspoken female MP in Afghanistan has been expelled from parliament after saying proceedings had descended to a level "worse than a zoo".

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2567969.ece

...Most of Ms Joya's campaigning has been about women's rights, which have been severely eroded after initial gains made with the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Women activists, including the highest-ranking official dealing with female empowerment, Safia Amajan, have been murdered.

Ms Joya said: "Talking about women's rights in Afghanistan is a joke. There really have not been any fundamental changes, the Taliban were driven off by the Americans and the British but then they were allowed to be replaced by warlords who also simply cannot see women as equals."

She added: "Those of us who speak up are targets. My friends and colleagues have been assassinated. They have tried to kill me four times, the last attack was in Kabul which is the capital of this country which is supposed to be secure and democratic. And then if you try to speak up in parliament their first reaction is to try to gag you."

hey sam
just got through with the podcast. the show was great but we need more you! now what do i do with the other 4 days. also, thanking you for this info. i can't believe something as important as organic standards change was flying so low under the radar screen. keep up the good work. love the new site.

a thinker would realize that I do Care.

Still sitting on your ass pretending to give a shit.

You were great, as always, Sam!

2 hours.

What a joke.

by calling in for Sanjaya... why can't Howard get everyone to call in to the 800 number and tell them to get out of Iraq and IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH?!

Get everyone at a designated time to call into the switchboard, or call their representatives directly.

It's fun!

You can call your members of Congress right now on one of these toll-free numbers, 800-828-0498, 800-459-1887 or 800-614-2803. There are operators on duty 24 hours a day. Just ask to be connected to your senators or your house representative and they'll put you through.

are you a troll that feels like he wants to join in sometimes?

Don't sit there with a bag on your head. Let people talk TO you.

and for that you need a nic.

.

before Bush declares a national disaster.

But that's a right-wingers favorite pastime, j.

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Bush implementing secret second "surge" in Iraq

The actual surge could be 46,000 combat troops, rather than the 21,000 that Bush claimed to Congress and to the nation. He's asking for another $100 million from Congress this week after he lied, again.

post on the current thread here, i’ve found that very few read the upbloggie.

the side blogs scatter the stream of conciousness.

repetition is required to get the message through here .

this latest “bush can take over the goverment with any “incident” BS has got me deeply disturbed.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html

hate to say it but the parallels with Hitlers ‘Enabling act’ make it obvious that they’re heading for complete repression of dissent.

to refer to people as trolls that read here. Bad form! People lurk here, maybe to get toniD's news and links, maybe just to hangout. That doesn't mean that person is a troll and it is ignorant to call them that.

But that's just me!

but the problem is that when there are several people here that are called "Anonymous", the troll is addressed, and the others get their feelings hurt.

If it bothers you then identify yourself as someone unique, otherwise be content to get lumped in with the rest.

otherwise be content to get lumped in with the rest.

What nonsense! There are more guests in this rooms than users....right at this very moment.

Or is your indignance feigned?

thanks... fixed it.

I tried to get that nic just to "retire" it but it's been taken. Still, I haven't seen him spamming here anymore.

You may need to right click on the link and copy the link location. Then edit it in the url bar of your browswer--to filter out the junk...

or go here:
http://download10.rbn.com/airam/airam/download/archive/2007/04/aass05200...

that there are currently 8 users and 15 "TROLLS" online.

discussion # 3394 on what it means to post as a troll.

we've done it so often you'd think the essence of the issue would be dripping from the walls.

but it's evolutionary education, one three hundredth millionth at a time.

each individual unique, which gets to the heart of the matter, aside from blog reggie glitches.

is one willing to be an individual?

i say how can you avoid it?

it's part of your nature.

Atimes: The risk of death among Iraqi civilians is reportedly 58 times higher than before the US-led invasion of their country in March 2003, and hundreds of thousands have already died as "a consequence of the war".

Also....

Wolfowitz has final word on Iraq Outgoing World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has named a new country manager for Iraq.

hey fernando, what did you post? my blog display is centered all the way down the page following the gerbil picture.

are you fucking with me? they read from talking points every single day. catharine, our ears are tuned to very different frequencies.

anybody remember the george carlin skit about servicing the customer?

i think there's a whole bunch of that goin on with radio. progressives have talking points just like wrongies (i can't bring myself to use the word right when talking about them) do, it just comes from a different source. still a big difference is that progressives allow dissent within the ranks, indeed that's where the richness of the progressive movement comes from.

I have called about this since the 9th of May plus mostly -- during that week.
Have numbers ready... NSPD51
The ones answering phones -- and even their supervisors, have been in Denial (now for weeks).
They were suppose to advise Sen F. to study and to come out with a statement ---
now "denial" again but they are suppose to get a statement and have a "super" call me...yeh right.
THX JIM FOR POSTING THIS INFO -- and anyone else I didn't see.
Yeh I feel real secure.
ARREST!IMPEACH! then VIGILANCE! NOW! PLS, I asked nicely GRRR

evidently when you edit a post, it moves to the bottom of the list.

fernando, was the closing tag missing? that would seem to be a big hole in the blog software if one post can affect others downstream.

What browser did that (center). I did not see it using Mozilla?

Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 17:23.
before Bush declares a national disaster.

That is some scary shit. I remember how scary the National Guard were with their glowering stares on the streets of downtown NYC after 911. These young kids with guns in their hands looking at me like I was the enemy. They're liable to do anything.

Goodmorning,Afternon All!I'll try this again.Arrrrr!I've been in a low grade coma,so I've missed alot.I see we all finally got a Podcast.Thank you too Bob!It looks like you have a pretty big fan-club here now.Good for you!I also see ShelaghC finally got registerd.Man what a hassel aye?Glad you hung in there.Us bloggers tried to help,but there wasn't much we could do.....I see Seder said: "yeah

Submitted by SEDER on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 00:40.
That and inappropriate gif animations"

I missed something Inappropriate!Where,where??Who got dinged?But I agree,if you need to post something inappropriate,Post it on Lionel,or ARR websites!!Or,Both!!They both Are Inappropriate!
Well,back to seeing if I can Post something before Tonid,or Catherine does.Just kidding!

:)

and I thought of you when I did.

Still feel a little dirty about it.

May 22, 2007 -- The so-called "Australian Taliban," David Hicks, the Adelaide-born horse trader and kangaroo skinner imprisoned by the U.S. military for the past five years in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba after being picked up by U.S. forces in Afghanistan, was flown to Australia from Guantanamo on a CIA rendition aircraft with an interesting history.

The Gulfstream Aerospace G550 that flew Hicks to Australia is registered to Time Works Leasing LLC, 223 Industrial Avenue, Teterboro, New Jersey. Time Works Leasing is being reported in some Australian media as a CIA front company. The Gulfstream's current tail number is N90AM. Previously, the plane's U.S. tail number was N592GA and it was transferred from Raven Acquisition Technologies of Washington state to Time Works on January 31, 2001. The plane has also been registered as tail number VP-CI, a Cayman Islands registration. However, FAA records indicate that the Gulfstream was transferred to the Caymans on April 5, 2006.

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

it was ie7 with tabs.

May 22, 2007 -- After reporting for a year and a half that the pandemic of large scale personal data thefts are coordinated attempts to populate a covert and illegal Total Information Awareness (TIA) system database, one newspaper has picked up on the story. Click here. At the present time, there is hardly an American whose personal data has not been stolen for "TIA II."

http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ssf?/base/business-0/11798091433...

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

May 22, 2007 -- WMR has received documents sent to one of the presidential campaigns from Leonard D. Wallace, a former business associate of former Enron Vice Chairman J. Clifford Baxter, that provides details of Al Qaeda and the 9/11 attacks being financed through Citigroup/Citibank. The document states that Baxter, who was to appear before a congressional committee to testify on Enron's dubious business practices, died from a reported suicide on January 18, 2002. According to the document received from Baxter's associate, the former Vice Chairman of Enron was planning to expose Citigroup's knowledge of Saudi banks, some of which it had a financial stake, were funding the terrorists who were responsible for carrying out the 9/11 attacks.

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I know that Citi has large Saudi shareholders and that they were heavily involved with Enron in general. Their lawyers went before Congress several times regarding Enron, but nothing much came of it.

It wouldn't be that much of a leap that they would have knowledge of who (of their clients or owners) funded Al Qaeda.

Wallace writes, "this cover-up of criminal misconduct has certainly been perpetrated both at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC and at Citigroup's 399 Park Avenue address in New York City." The document goes on to state, "Alberto Gonzales, and the U.S. Department of Justice that he heads, have successfully blocked any investigation of Citigroup, despite evidence that has been presented to them."

Wallace also writes, "I was brought into this spider web of greed and illegality by J. Clifford Baxter, a business associate of mine who was at one time vice chairman of Enron. Through his relationship with Robert Rubin at Citigroup's Chairman's Suite in New York City, in August 2001, I became privy to a series of business transactions planned by Citigroup that I began to realize were not only illegal but also aiding international terrorism from Saudi Arabia. I complained to Citigroup's senior executives and their board, and Cliff told me and others that he was going to expose this bank fraud of Citigroup and Saudi banks. Then, about 30 days after my first letter to Citigroup's chairman, Cliff suddenly died on January 18, 2002 from what is to this day still considered a very questionable suicide."

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

I did it MMRules
new
Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 11:13.
and I thought of you when I did.

Still feel a little dirty about it.

But,I wasn't sure.So I didn't want to say anything.Your just a (good) posting fool.Meant in good Zappa kind of way!What was the gif,anyways?You don't have to repost it!And,what did SJ say to piss ya off?Sorry guys,I'm just trying to catch-up.The blog/threads have been hauling ass lately!No Mass,questions! :)

ßoycott Carter??

A former president says close to what over 70% of Americans are thinking, and the GOP and the WH, instead of offering intelligent discourse or viable solutions, they play their favorite warn-out card:

ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!

They're on the ropes and on the way out.

In a letter dated February 14, 2005 to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Wallace presents the background of his case: "I had a prior association in a $1.5 billion armored vehicle project with J. Clifford Baxter, the former Enron executive who died mysteriously in January 2002. As a result of that project, there are two public companies that can corroborate my participation and the integrity with which I conducted myself.

In August 2001, Cliff told me that he was involving me in securing $5 billion in loans and the subsequent investment of these funds. The collateral was to be located at Citibank Singapore, and he said that he would provide me with 4 pages of posting instructions."

The loan deal eventually was handed over to a Citibank Miami vice president -- on September 10, 2001. Wallace writes, "During the next 100 days, up until mid-December, Citigroup, through its headquarters and elsewhere, clearly orchestrated a well-coordinated conspiracy whose major impacts were going to be the defrauding of another bank and the acquisition of ill-gotten gains that would be received and/or distributed to others by Citigroup's senior management. It was represented to me by Citigroup officials and their documentation that the "others" included Account 98 activities, which I later learned were synonymous with the funding of terrorist organizations."

"Citigroup Singapore supplied a false inventory and authentication about Federal Reserve Bonds that supposedly were being used as collateral for the $5 billion loans. Citibank headquarters in Manhattan and Citibank Miami confirmed the authenticity of these bogus bonds. The posting instructions they provided me referred to Account 98s to be managed by unknown operatives in Saudi Arabia at SAMBA Bank, of which Citigroup was a major stockholder." [WMR previously reported on and provided a canceled SAMBA (Saudi American Bank) check written to a group affiliated with Hamas. This editor was personally told by a former chief of Mossad in October 2002 that if one wanted to find out where Al Qaeda received its funding, one would need not look further than the six largest U.S. banks, one of which is Citigroup].

This editor was personally told by a former chief of Mossad in October 2002 that if one wanted to find out where Al Qaeda received its funding, one would need not look further than the six largest U.S. banks, one of which is Citigroup].

May 22, 2007 -- Exiling U.S. diplomats to Iraq. Helsinki's newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, is reporting that William Davnie, the Press and Cultural Affairs Counselor at the United States Embassy in Helsinki, was transferred from Finland to Iraq in early April after he had policy differences with U.S. ambassador Marilyn Ware. Davnie speaks fluent Finnish, a language for which he will find little use in Baghdad.

WMR reported on Ware on Sept. 1, 2006: "One of the biggest wastes of money has been on the security upgrade to the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The embassy, located in the tranquil harbor area of Helsinki and facing picture post card views of ferries connecting Helsinki to Stockholm and yacht basins, has a double security fence complete with 360 degree pan, zoom, and tilt cameras disguised as street lamps. No other embassy in Helsinki, including the Russian and British embassies have any security so elaborate. Not surprisingly, the U.S. ambassador to Finland is a big time corporate donor to the GOP -- Marilyn Ware, the former Chairman of American Water Works Company, a firm that is attempting to privatize public sector water utilities around the world. A neo-con, Ware is an alumnus of the International Republican Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. She also was co-chair of Tom Ridge's gubernatorial campaign. Ware can rest assured that with the millions spent on the security at her embassy in Helsinki, she does not have to worry about attacks by passing Finnish, Swedish, or Estonian ferry passengers."

http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/

Just practicing ...

Mike Huckabee is a true loser
Submitted by bibimimi on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 14:32.

ßoycott Carter??

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You're right. They are on the way out. It's very worn out.

Marine Corps waited almost 18 months to act on priority request for bomb-proof vehicles to protect against IEDs in Iraq

It's not just that they didn't fill the order in 18 months, they didn't even ACT on the request to fill the order for 18 months. Our troops were dying every day from these IEDs, Bush was threatening to go to war with Iran over these IEDs, and these people didn't even think it was important to even start the process of getting them the protection they needed for a good year and a half.

And now we're going to give them another $100 billion to play with, no strings attached. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.

I remember something about Citigroup and Saudi ties in the news a while back as well.... hmmmmmmmmm...

Nope. Not surprised t'all. We need an "enemy" (so we backhandedly finance them) so President Smirky's friends can make money off war. Not too hard to figger that out.

bbl~

Submitted by MMRules on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 12:31.

me how do you post a picture. So I used it as an example. I wasn't even looking at what the picture was about. It was a gif of Britney getting out of a limo. I hope she gets better.

so we backhandedly finance them
Submitted by GBC on Tue, 05/22/2007 - 12:52.

Maybe that's what this is all about.... hmmm..... I wonder?

On September 13, 2002, just as Congress was debating whether to approve a resolution providing President Bush the authority to use force against Iraq, former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE) wrote in the Wall Street Journal:

The real choice is between sustaining a military effort designed to contain Saddam Hussein and a military effort designed to replace him. In my mind the case for the second choice is overwhelming. … Regime change is the only way we can safely reduce our military commitment to the region.

In calling for regime change, Kerrey displayed an inability to comprehend the predictable chaos that would ensue. The intelligence community warned the Bush administration in January 2003 that regime change “would result in a deeply divided Iraqi society prone to violent internal conflict.”

In December 2003, an undeterred Kerrey claimed that he had been vindicated and Iraq war critics would ultimately be proven wrong. “Twenty years from now, we’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who says it wasn’t worth the effort,” he wrote.

Today, Bob Kerrey (D-NE), unrepentant over his failed Iraq war predictions, returns to the Wall Street Journal op-ed page to blast “American liberals.” In making his argument that democracy can indeed be imposed by military force (apparently by overlooking the Iraq war), Kerrey writes:

American liberals need to face these truths … [A] unilateral withdrawal from Iraq would hand Osama bin Laden a substantial psychological victory.

Perhaps he should have thought about that before advocating regime change as “the only way” to “safely reduce our military commitment to the region.” By staying in Iraq as an occupying force, the U.S. is helping inflame the terrorist movement. But Bob Kerrey has never understood that from the beginning, so why would he understand that now?

UPDATE: The National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez heralds Kerrey as “my favorite Democrat.”

Comment: so would taking the u.s. troops out of saudi arabia, as per obl’s request, but bush did that anyway.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/

Maybe that's what this is all about.... hmmm..... I wonder?

Ya know... anytime I hear the word "ethical" muttered by anyone in this administration or any other from the ol' coalition-of-the-willing, my ass starts to twitch.

okay, really this time... bbl~

of Britney getting out of a limo. I hope she gets better.

Hell,that was on the cover of People Mag.Or,they sure wish they could have!I just hope
she loses some weight!Just kidding ladies!Well,she can't sing!The Idol morons must like her for some reason,besides her voice..Keep up the good mistakes,you ought to see mine,it's a good diversion.. :)

Assim.Press:

New York, New York - In a highly unusual development, the heads of the leading five Mafia families released a joint statement today expressing their displeasure with President Bush and his administration.

Con't

dangerous....
did you see that?

Woop! Woop! Cheap Thrills!! :)

Good Lord! If the MSM cared about informing the sheeple with stuff like this, we would have no problem getting that veto override right now. Instead the incompetence flows like blood in Iraq.

U.S. Government Gave Airtime to Terrorists, Official Admits

"Al Hurra television, the U.S. government's $63 million-a-year effort at public diplomacy broadcasting in the Middle East, is run by executives and officials who cannot speak Arabic, according to a senior official who oversees the program.

That might explain why critics say the service has recently been caught broadcasting terrorist messages, including an hour-long tirade on the importance of anti-Jewish violence, among other questionable pieces."

It was slow at work and the phone were down so I came home early.

Saudis big investers in CitiBank. Now they also bought GE Plastics. That is the biggest investment yet in an American company.

Saudis Buying GE Plastics
Parmy Olson, 05.18.07, 12:25 PM ET

LONDON - General Electric is set to sell its plastics division to Saudi Basic Industries, Saudi Arabia's largest industrial firm, an official source told Forbes.com on Friday. GE Plastics had originally been expected to sell for around $10 billion, but reports say the unit could fetch as much as $11 billion. A source close to the situation would not confirm the transaction's value but said the deal would be announced Monday.

General Electric's (nyse: GE - news - people ) plastics unit, which grossed $6.6 billion in revenue in 2006, has been up for sale since January, as part of the company's strategy to focus on high-growth areas such as energy, oil and gas equipment, as well as health care technology.

Shares in GE were up 53 cents, or 1.5%, at $37.05 in afternoon trading in New York on Friday.

The division has struggled amid inflation in natural gas and raw materials like benzene. Profits at the unit fell about 22%, to $674 million, last year, from $867 million in 2005.

"We have no comment on the media speculation," GE Plastics spokesman Jeff DeMarrais said. Saudi Basic Industries, known as SABIC, could not be reached for comment.

The Riyadh-based company is Saudi Arabia's largest non-oil company. Basic chemicals is its largest segment, accounting for about 40% of sales, while it also manufactures intermediates, polyolefins, PVC and polyester, fertilizers and metals.

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2007/05/18/ge-plastics-update-markets-equi...

Marine punished for criticizing ‘Dont Ask, Don’t Tell.’ On April 23, Capt. Josh Gibbs wrote an opinion piece in the Marine Corps Times arguing, “It’s time to allow gays to serve openly in the military.” A week later, he was notified that he was relieved of duty due to “loss of confidence.” He is now being reassigned to Okinawa, Japan.

31 percent. President Bush’s approval rating, a record low, in a new American Research Group poll. His approval is 33 percent in a new Rasmussen poll, another record low.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/31-percent/

Op-ed: Deep down, America doesn't want Bush impeached

America's afraid to look in the mirror?

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New Documents Confirm Gonzales Lied To Senator About Plan To Install Rove Protege As U.S. Attorney
On Dec. 15, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) had their second phone conversation regarding the appointment of Karl Rove-protege Tim Griffin as the new U.S. attorney in Arkansas. In April 19 testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Gonzales said that when Pryor objected to Griffin’s appointment, Gonzales promised to find a different candidate:

But I had told Senator Pryor: I wanted Mr. Griffin in for a period of time. Let’s see how he does.

And then in subsequent conversation with Mr. Pryor, I asked him: Can you support Mr. Griffin as the nominee?

And you know, he made it clear to me that he would not support him, by not giving me a yes answer, and so I said: Well, then I cannot recommend him to the White House, because if you don’t support him, I know he will not be confirmed. We’ll look for someone else, and give me names that we ought to consider.

Yet a newly released Feb. 8 e-mail by Assistant Attorney General William Moschella shows that Gonzales made the decision to appoint Griffin “on or about December 15, 2006, after the second of the Attorney General’s telephone conversations with Sen. Pryor”:

Therefore, despite assuring Pryor that he would “look for someone else,” Gonzales went ahead and appointed Griffin anyway. Additionally, four days after the meeting between Gonzales and Pryor, Sampson sent out an e-mail recommending that they “gum this [Griffin’s nomination] to death.” Sampson told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Gonzales did not object to this plan at the time.

Griffin continues to serve indefinitely as an “interim” U.S. attorney, even though the traditional 120-day term limit for interim prosecutors expired on April 20.

UPDATE: Emtywheel at The Next Hurrah points out that Gonzales signed Griffin’s appointment “on December 18 … but it was dated December 15,” the same day as his second conversation with Pryor.

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/gonzales-lie-pryor/

Glass houses? O'Reilly derided "talk show nuts" who believe U.S. will "nuke Iran"

http://mediamatters.org/items/200705220004

On the May 18 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, while discussing May 17 Senate negotiations on a comprehensive immigration bill, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly asserted: "Now, the far right, the hard right, somehow believes that, in the United States of America, the federal government at some point is gonna form federal squads to go in and grab people where they live or where they work and throw them out of the country. These are the talk show nuts who are telling you that they're gonna nuke Tehran." In fact, as Media Matters for America has documented, O'Reilly is among those who have predicted that the United States will eventually bomb Iran. O'Reilly's statements include:

On the December 5, 2006, broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, O'Reilly asserted that "we may have to" "level cities like Tehran, kill hundreds of thousands of people,"