Check out this video from the Daily Show on Flipper Romney. I hope like hell the sheep nominate Mitt Romney-[after Huckabee, of course]. Romney makes John Kerry look like the Rock of Gibraltar when it comes to flip-flopping. But I understand why they support Romney. Like Mitt, they don't have a compass either.Bush talks, stocks fall
Wall Street resumed its downward trek Friday as skittish investors, unable to hold on to much optimism about the economy, drew little comfort from President Bush's stimulus plan. The Dow Jones industrial average, up more than 180 points in morning trading, was down 85.11, or 0.70 percent, at 12,074.10.
[I seem to remember some wingnuts sucking-up to Bush a couple of months ago when the DOW was close to 14,000. They haven't said too much lately...]
Shut-up, Junior
Omar Osama bin Laden bears a striking resemblance to his notorious father — except for the dreadlocks that dangle halfway down his back. Then there's the black leather biker jacket. The 26-year-old does not renounce his father, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, but in an interview with The Associated Press, he said there is better way to defend Islam than militancy...[We'll talk peace right after killing your daddy]
The 'do-nothing' 110th Congress
In terms of both the number and significance of new public laws, however, last year’s Democratic majority significantly outperformed that Republican Congress. Only one item described in the Republican Contract With America was signed into law at the end of 1995, while most of the proposals the Democrats announced as their agenda were enacted.
[You'd never know that listening to the 'liberal media'. Now all the country needs is 60 Democrats in the Senate to stop the Republican obstructionists]
And he always talks about Jesus
Making coded appeals to white racism is nothing new for Mike Huckabee. Indeed, well before he was a nationally known political star, Huckabee nurtured a relationship with America's largest white supremacist group, the Council of Conservative Citizens. The extent of Huckabee's interaction with the racist group is unclear, but this much is known: he accepted an invitation to speak at the group's annual conference in 1993 and ultimately delivered a videotaped address that was "extremely well received by the audience."[After all, Jesus was a white guy and the damn Jews killed him]
That's not news
"Bush is over in the Gulf now begging the Saudis and others to drop the price of oil. How pathetic.”[Bush was 'pathetic' way before he embarrassed himself sucking up to the Saudis this week. But, Bill Clinton sent Bill Richardson? If you don't know the difference between an Energy Secretary and the President, then you must be stuck on stupid]
Evangelical Republican Christian
WASHINGTON -- A former Republican member of Congress from Michigan was indicted Wednesday in connection with his work for a U.S.-based Islamic relief organization that allegedly supported a prominent Afghan warlord. Mark D. Siljander, 56, a Washington lobbyist who served in the House from 1981 to 1987, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a multicount indictment by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo. ... Siljander, a favorite of religious conservatives, declared war on abortion, pornography, the Equal Rights Amendment and school busing.
Ridge's atonement
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge told the AP in an interview, “There’s just no doubt in my mind — under any set of rules — waterboarding is torture.” He added, “I believe, unlike others in the administration, that waterboarding was, is — and will always be — torture. That’s a simple statement.” TP[Tom Ridge, one of a very few Republicans who chose his country over his Party should write a book about the Bush criminals. If you remember, after Ridge resigned as Secretary he 'came clean' on how the Bush administration manipulated the 'terror warnings' to herd all of the little lambs]
Clinton and his 'obsession'
"Overall, I give them very high marks" and "The only major criticism I have is the obsession with Osama". - Robert Oakley, Reagan Ambassador for Counterterrorism, on the Clinton administrations' record on terrorism - way before 9/11, and after Republicans fought him tooth and nail on it.
What the hell is the hurry?
Featured that day was a charismatic Texas oilman named Harold "Hayseed" Stephens. Speaking in the rousing cadence of a Southern preacher, he told listeners that "the greatest oil field on Earth is under the southwest corner of the Dead Sea"—and that his company, Ness Energy International, was about to tap into it. In doing so, he said, it would drain the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, prompt Arab countries to attack Israel, and at last touch off the great battle that would usher in the end of days.That baby is a genius!
In the course of the New Hampshire primary, Darren Garnick, a writer for Slate.com., set out on a quest to photograph his 5-month-old daughter Dahlia being held by every one of the candidates. Darren and his wife Stacy appeared on CNN on Monday to describe the results and show off some of the photos. "I think you can tell a lot about candidates' personalities by how they hold the baby," Garnick concluded, "but I don't think you can say whether they're going to be a good president whether she cries or not. But she did tend to cry more with the Republicans than with the Democrats."Garnick's full slideshow can be seen here.
therawstory
What should you choose, red or blue?
An interesting bar graph but also somewhat misleading at the same time. Bill Clinton took over for Bush Sr. with a 7.5% unemployment rate and left the current shameless idiot with a 4.0% unemployment rate. Averages in instances like that are misleading. Anyone following a Republican, who are notorious for raising unemployment, deserves an asterisk next to their name.'We'll be treated as liberators'
SINSIL, Iraq — The courtyard was a scene of devastation, strewn with medieval mud brick and modern cinder block, shattered alike by the explosion that killed six American soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter. The same building complex had been cleared of explosives two weeks earlier, commanders say. But the ill-fated unit was apparently lured back to it by a villager who did not tell them that insurgents had sneaked back in later and rigged the house to explode.Robots saving lives
Improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, have killed 1,678 U.S. military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan since July 2003, according to Georgia-based Iraq Coalition Casualty Count. The death toll could have been much higher without the help of 5,000 IED-detecting robots that, according to CBS News, have found 10,000 roadside bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq. But the next step in the evolution of wartime robots looks to go from saving lives to taking them.… moreRight up there with Uganda
OTTAWA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - An official Canadian government document has put both the United States and Israel on a watch list of countries where prisoners run the risk of being tortured, CTV television reported on Thursday. The revelation is likely to embarrass the minority Conservative government, which is a staunch U.S. ally.
[Just how much lower can these guys bring our country down?]
The Limbaugh Award
Ladies and gentlemen - another wild week for liars! It must be due to the election cycle.
"The Committee", the esteemed group of patriots who select the winner of the 'prestigious, but infamous' award for lying - named after the biggest liar and sheepherder in the country - had plenty of wingnut liars to choose from this week. And the result? For only the second time in its long history, a tie.
But this week's co-winners had some very stiff competition with one of Bush's official liars, Tony Fratto lying about the conspirators and the emails they destroyed. And then of course there was Flipper Romney and his embarrassing lies.
But the committee decided that Fratto was too insignificant and Romney's lying and flip-flopping an all too common of an occurrence,
so they settled in on the two remaining nominees; Fox News Liars, Sean O'Hannity and Billo Reilly.
After much debate, and my refusal to intercede as the tiebreaker in their deadlock, the Committee chose the Fairly Unbalanced duet from Faux News as co-winners.
Hannity, like El Drugbo last week, had a miserable week of lying and utter stupidity when he hilariously said on Faux that 'the economy is phenomenal'. Obviously, even Bush disagreed with that nonsense when the very next day he announced his $150 billion 'stimulus' package. Not to mention the grim news announced this week about the worst housing starts in 16 years and the worst inflation in 17 years. [Let's see, who was in charge 16-17 years ago?]
Hannity then on Thursday lied again when he accused Barack Obama of supporting Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan when the facts are that Obama has been critical of Farrakhan's 'racist and anti-Semitic statements'.
And then you have Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly totally embarrassed himself early in the week when he accused John Edwards of lying about the 200,000 homeless veterans that he has stumped about. Of course, the 200,000 homeless veterans figure comes from Bush's Veterans Administration's own reports and O'Reilly was forced to shamefully admit he lied but he still insisted on calling Edwards a liar anyway.
So, what the committee came up with was Hannity's two lies and total stupidity equals O'Reilly's big lie and hence, this 'prestigious, but infamous' award given here weekly at 'done that', has its second tie in its long distinguished history.
Congratulations sleazeballs -- You two can share #47.
Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
Limbaugh Award
Sheep's Favorite Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 1/13/08
Longtime Lobbyist - Trent Lott - 1/6/08
2007 Co-Champions - Dick Bush - 12/30/07
Lying Piece of - Mitt Romney - 12/23/07
Psycho Pervert - Michael Savage - 12/16/07
Sheepherder-in-Chief - George W. Bush - 12/9/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 12/2/07
Cowardly Welsher - T. Boone Pickens - 11/25/07
Republican Tool - Matt Drudge - 11/18/07
Their Favored Liar - Rudy Giuliani - 11/11/07
Fox News Liar - Chris Wallace - 11/4/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 10/28/07
Phony Patriot Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 10/21/07
Old Kentucky Homo - Mitch McConnell - 10/14/07
Liar-In-Chief - George W. Bush - 10/7/07
Phony Patriot Pig - Rush Limbaugh - 9/30/07
Big Stretch 'the truth' - Bill Sammon - 9/23/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 9/16/07
Sycophant - Gen. David Petraeus - 9/9/07
His own Idaho - Sen. Craig R-Idaho - 9/2/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 8/26/07
The Exterminator - Tom Delay - 8/19/07
Big 'Rooster' - Mitt Romney - 8/12/07
Total Suck Up - Glenn Beck - 8/5/07
General Gonzo - Alberto Gonzales - 7/29/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 7/22/07
Bush bin Lyin - George W. Bush - 7/15/07
Freed Felon - Scooter Libby - 7/8/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 7/1/07
Crazy Lying Okie - James Inhofe - 6/24/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 6/17/07
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used Car Salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07
