'07 - My Best Year Ever...
posted by Patrick J. Fitzgerald at 12/23/2006
Dec 23, 2006
About Me
- Name: Patrick J. Fitzgerald
- Location: U.S. Attorney On Assignment - WDC, Illinois, United States
Think Globally Prosecute Locally - I grew up in Flatbush, kept my nose clean, went to law school. Now that I am in Chicago and D.C. I have found that the rampant graft and corruption to be a travesty - a travesty of a mockery of a sham of a mockery of a travesty of two mockeries of a sham. ---Favorite quote --- "Conditional love is an oxymoron." - Yours truly
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136 Comments:
Thanks for that, naschkatze at 1:58 PM!
I would have thuoght exposing a covert CIA agent was every bit as serious as perjury and obstruction. But then I'm not a lawyer.
I predict that Karl will be leaving on Martin Luther King Day.
January 15, 2007.
Just before the trial starts.
Don't listen to that silly writer, he doesn't know diddly-squat about the True Meaning of Fitzmas...
But your Justice Bloggers do!
Merry Fitzmas & Christmas to all!
Anthony, exposing a covert CIA agent is more serious than perjury and obstruction in my view, but the Bush administration kept Fitzgerald from pursuing that line. For one thing, the law covering exposing a covert agent was written by someone named Victoria Toensing, and it is supposed to be so full of holes that you could drive a truck through it. And another major reason Fitzgerald couldn't pursue that line is what we call over here "greymail". The administration would keep evidence essential to the testimony from coming to light on the basis that it was "vital to national security". I am not a lawyer either so I hope I've written this simply enough to avoid confusing you. (Fitz, how does someone with dyslexia get past your word verification?)
Good Afternoon/Evening to Fitz and Justice Bloggers.. :)
Tee,
Here's the free download file.
After you install it, just choose print from your favorite program like you normally do but when it asks you for a printer, choose Cutepdf and then it will pop up a window to name the file. Then it will safe it to a directory instead of printing it.
Get both Tee including the Converter..
Have a Good Saturday everyone! :)
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Hey Everyone...
The Spin is In!
Here's how to make the Grinches go Away..
Hee hee hee!
People with dyslexia are very crafty.
http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/
wire/sns-ap-gop-second-guessing,
0,4292514.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-
headlines
President Bush's low approval ratings, the unpopular war on Iraq, voter concern about corruption and Democratic fundraising all figured in the GOP loss of Senate control in last month's elections. But among Republicans, long-hidden tensions are spilling into view, with numerous critics venting their anger at the GOP Senate campaign committee headed by North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole.
Ousted Republicans blaming Liddy Dole now, Ms. Liddy in the red dresses, red painted lips, gold dripping off her got it so wrong. haha.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/
archives/interviews/000509.php
Nan:
Congrats on Jordan!
Let's hope that Porkrind is heading out the door in 2007.. I certainly predict after the Gerbil's State of Denial Address.. If the Gerbil don't deliver to the American people (Karl and Bolten have been helping the Gerbil to prepare for this), then Prorind is good as gone...
Good afternoon, everybody. I think if Rover leaves it will be a forced march. He is too drunk with power to go voluntarily. I want to wish Fitz the best in the upcoming Libby trial. I'm sure he has an excellent team to counter all the Neocon games that are about to start. Hope everyone is simply having a woderful Christmas time.
You're a Mean one...Mr. Grinch. You really are a scum..
GEF,OMG, he does look like the Grinch!. Did you doctor his face in the photo to make him look more like the Grinch?
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Hi cj,
Moi ? No I wouldn't distort the Grinchs Natural Features ?
hee hee hee!
Try again, GEF on your link..
I feel a holiday song..
Biloxi sings: Fitzmas the snowman was a relentless rugby man
With a victory tie, and criminals that cry, and a strategy and a plan
Georgie the Gerbil, was a town drunk that has not learn
That he stole, and lie, and always cry with the bottle that he has yearn….
Man, that was beautiful...
*lol*
CAPTION: BLIND GUIDES...
gerbil and brown Shuug on the Titanic!
Brown shuug: "No it's not gonna sink Mr. President. This is the Titanic. The Biggest ship in the world. Not even God can sink it!"
gerbil: "Ok then lets order more troops shuug!"
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Biloxi,
Try this one:
THE AMBIEN GRINCH
GEF, That Titanic photo is too funny.Condi Rice looks like her head should spin around on her shoulders. But then, that's not a new look for her. HeeHee!
cj,
Can you see the Ambien Grinch pic ?
He's really looks like a seasick crocodile!
Got it, GEF!
LOL! You are mean one.. Richard Grinch...
Looks like Dick won't have a festive holiday since all eyes on him testifying in little Irve's life support defense...
I caught this article from Condi. She said that the U.S. is ready for a black president.. Sigh... Apparently Girlfriday left her brains in the closet in regards to history. I didn't see that she mention Shirley Chisholm, a black woman, who ran for U.S. President in 1972.. And I have to say that Ms. Chisholm earned my respect as an African-American woman who went up against the odds and to make a statement if she can run for President, so can others. Condi was given her title by the Gerbil. She never earned it...
GEF, the Ambien Grinch is scary. HeeHee. The real Ambien is too, though. lol
Biloxi,
quote:
She said that the U.S. is ready for a black president..
Well I don't think Brown Shuug gets out much. She's never been to Tennesee or some of them wackier southern states huh ?
Those States aren't even ready for a Black Mayor let alone a Black president.
As for 'Barrack Hussein Obama', I really don't think the United States is ready for a black president much less a Muslim one.
No sir, the Man of the Hour Clearly is John Edwards...
Not even Hillary got the votes to catch John.
Now I would vote for an EDWARDS/OBAMA Ticket any day..
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cj,
quote:
GEF, the Ambien Grinch is scary. HeeHee. The real Ambien is too, though. lol
If anything the green makes him cuter..if that were possible..
hee hee hee!
Good Evening Everyone! :D
So, the Ambien is Grinch now? Hmmm...what does that make Gerbil? OOOOh, I won't go there.. LOL
Ditto Gef's last post.That's why I don't live in my home state of Tenn. And Edwards is the man! Condi is a dangerous, power hungry psychopath.
I really like the idea of Edwards/Obama but I do wish Feingold would reconsider! Heck, I would even campaign for him! :)
cj,
quote:
Condi is a dangerous, power hungry psychopath
Brown Shuug is psyyyyyyyyyyyyyycho!
The gerbil has got her hypnotized into thinking that more dead American troops are a sound fiscal investment.
As long as it isn't somebody they know going to fight for America it's a ok for business.
GEF:
Well, people are looking for change in this country.. Even though Obama is partly black and white, he appeals to all people for all races. That is what makes him different. Now, Shug. I agree with you. She hasn't gotten out much to talk to her own race espcially in those states that still have racism.. Racism has been a major problem in this country and it seems like the elected officials and the WH won't discuss that issue... You are right.. There are still areas in this country that are prejudiced. But, just ot day that America is ready for a black President? Who in the hell is she? The swami? I haven't gotten a call from anyone asking my opinion if the U.S. is ready for a black President. I didn't hear her say that U.S. is ready for a woman president or a gay president or whatever.. Shug's opinion is good for the trash...We have a long rad of recovery in this country. But, people are simply looking for change.. And yes you will have some of the bigots and racists out there, but a vst majority want change. The Gerbil messed up this country big time...
Hi, S_Q.Edwards is my hero. I am so excited about 2008. I don't wanna get my hopes up, though.
Hi s-q, :)
Ooooo...
Now Feingold and Edwards would be two Serious contenders for the Vote.
This fits the scenario perfectly of:
Selecting from "Two Good Candidates" instead of having to pick the best from "Two Bad Choices" which is what is always presented to us..
GEF, HEY, she looks better in that photo!. As far as her ideas about a black president, this nation needs to wake up to the fact that we are being manipulated into division by race, class and creed. If we are divided, we
cannot unite in for the common good. Hence my desire for peace and love for all.
Biloxi,
quote:
I haven't gotten a call from anyone asking my opinion if the U.S. is ready for a black President. I didn't hear her say that U.S. is ready for a woman president or a gay president or whatever..
EXACTLY! WHERE'S THE BEEF ?!
WHERE'S THE 50 STATE POLLS SHOWING ME THAT ?
I haven't seen any poll anywhere that says that we are ready for a Woman President.
I haven't seen any poll anywhere that says that we are ready for a Black President.
I haven't seen any poll anywhere that says that we are read for a Muslim President.
IT'S ALL JUST EMPTY SPIN AND TALK BILOXI
yaawn,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Hi GEF! :)
OOOOOh will never be the same! LOL
Edwards would be one heck of a President... :)
And, Feingold for VP! :)
Two very intelligent men that will work hard for the people! That's what this country needs!! :D
cj,
quote:
Hence my desire for peace and love for all.
Don't let the Wingnuts fool ya..
That's the key CJ..
Spread the word! :)
hee hee hee!
Hi CJ & SPB!
Do ya hear those sleigh bells yet? :)
s-q,
I agree with you there except for one thing..
I'd put Feingold as President and Edwards as VP..
I've seen Feingold's stand on the Constitution and I like it!
She is just plain ignorant, GEF! Yes, it is all spin..And when is the last time the NAACP invited Shug to speak at any of their events in the last 6 years? Hmmmm? It makes you wonder...
GEF:
If Feingold were to reconsider and throw his hat in the ring...then he needs to hammer on the Constitution amongst other critical things..
Come on Feingold...say you will!! :)
Biloxi,
quote:
She is just plain ignorant, GEF! Yes, it is all spin..And when is the last time the NAACP invited Shug to speak at any of their events in the last 6 years? Hmmmm? It makes you wonder...
Ever heard the Expression "Uncle Tom"? Well the NAACP wouldn't waste their time inviting 'one of those' to their events..
s-q,
Maybe Feingold is gonna hit us with a surprise...
You never know..
Hee hee hee!
Biloxi,
Wiki Source
Uncle Tom is a pejorative for an African American who is perceived by others as behaving in a subservient manner to White American authority figures, or as seeking ingratiation with them by way of unnecessary accommodation
GEF:
To be honest..I like all 3 of them..Edwards, Feingold and Obama. However the cookie crumbles..I would vote for any of those 3! :)
'Ever heard the Expression "Uncle Tom"? Well the NAACP wouldn't waste their time inviting 'one of those' to their events.."
Don't forget, "Sell out," GEF. Julian Bond can see though Shug and her actions. Of course, he wouldn't waste his time with a sell out or a "yes'em" person like Shug.. I look for Obama to be invited to NAACP events... He is more black and real than Shug.. If Shirley Chisholm were still alive today, she would really put Shug in her place..
Biloxi,
quote:
If Shirley Chisholm were still alive today, she would really put Shug in her place..
Amen to that!
GEF:
All that is mention in that link who Shug is.. And there are lot more names that represent her but I won't go there.. Condi really disappointed me and my gf. Believe me, my gf has really worst choice words about Shug...
It's a shame what the Gerbil, Ambien, Shug, et al have done to this country! We, the people, certainly can change things though..as proven in the mid-term election. :)
I'm looking forward to 2007, a new Congress and the possibility of impeaching Ambien and Gerbil.
s-q,
Well I'd vote for you if you were running s-q!
But then again I'm biased towards ya!
But if had to choose between you and Tee though then that would be a REAL challenge.
Don't ask me. Voting is Private!
Hee hee hee!
Yeah, what S_Q and GEF said.
Biloxi,
quote:
And there are lot more names that represent her but I won't go there.
Oh you mean Powell ?
Yeah we all know..Believe you me..
He's not fooling anyone but himself.
GEF:
You silly boy! LOL
You just want to ride on Air Force One! I got your number dahling! :)
Hmmm...Well, maybe T and I should have a discussion.. LOL!
But, first let me check you and see if you have a fever! hehe
s-q,
quote:
You just want to ride on Air Force One! I got your number dahling! :)
Actually they could call me your Brain s-q..I'd be your chief adviser..
Air Force One Rides would be free at that point..
No Fever here thanks, I'm driving..
Hee hee hee!
GEF:
My brain? My advisor?
hmmm..GEF...sounds good.. :)
At this rate..you're gonna have my name in the media by morning! LOLMAO
People turning on the boob tube in the morning..will hear..
S-Q For President!!
S-Q? Who is that?
ROFLMAO
Folks,
You have to read this. Please hold you laughter until the end:
Earlier this week it was reported that Vice President Cheney will be called as a witness for the defense in the trial of Scooter Libby. According to Cheney spokesperson Lea Anne McBridge, "We've cooperated fully in this matter and we'll continue to do so."
However, during this morning's press conference, CNN's Elaine Quiano asked the President about this development.
"What is your reaction to that, is that something you'll resist?"
Bush responded that he was unaware of this development until reading the newspapers this morning.
"No, I read about it in the newspaper today, and uh, it's an interesting piece of news and that's all I'm going to comment about an ongoing case."
LOL! And he found out about Cheney from the newspaper? Does he know that he is the President or did he read that in the newspaper??? Ha Ha! This was too funny! ROFL!
The south has been the test laboratory for the manipulated division I spoke of earlier. I remember a class system where whites were expected to act, speak and dress a certain way and African Americans were expected to act ,dress and speak in a different way.Any deviation from the norm would result in negative name-calling or labeling to discourage deviation from societal expectations. And this is was still going on in 1984.
s-q,
quote:
People turning on the boob tube in the morning..will hear..
Not only that but everyone that's on the NET will see you on YouTube in a grass roots effort.
Oh yeah, I'm full of neat ideas s-q..
You'll be known better than EF Hutton and when s-q talks...
hee hee hee!
GEF:
OOOOhhh...btw.. The Big-O Day would be a National Holiday!
ALL bloggers would be paid by Google to be Journalists too!
How do ya like my ideas so far?
LOL
Biloxi,
LOLMAO*)
Trickster gerbil has gone off the deep end..
Are you still paying attention to that fool ?
That loonatic rich boy is about two points off from a full insane assylum..
:)
cj,
I know what you mean!
However, it's obvious to a lot of people now..
Especially the travesty that is still going on in New Orleans..
"Trickster gerbil has gone off the deep end..'
It's the cannabis, GEF! He has been smoking too many maryjanes in his backyard that his brain cells are destroyed...
Oh yeah, I'm full of neat ideas
s-q..
You'll be known better than EF Hutton and when s-q talks...
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GEF:
Email me the rest of your ideas GEF...I don't want the other candidates to steal your neat ideas..
Hmmm...EF Hutton..
Ok, so how about SQ Button??
ROFLMAO
Biloxi,
quote:
It's the cannabis, GEF! He has been smoking too many maryjanes in his backyard that his brain cells are destroyed...
He's got Reefer Madness!
All White 'Rich' folks get that from time to time..
ROFLMAO*)
s-q,
SQ Button...
Ok that one was a missed foul..
Bwahahahahahaha!
Hey...I got it GEF..scratch that Button name..let's go with this one..
SQ Server!!
Yeah, that is the name that I want hear by morning!!
Go for it..GEF..are you up to the challenge now?
LMAO
SBP, Yeah, I think Bush (BUTCH) has fried his brain circuits from all the MJ parties. I think he's hitting the bottle, too.
GEF:
Well, rich white and silver spoon kids like the Gerbil smoke more maryjanes than the inner city kids.. And they can drugs anyway that they can with the parents' money.. So, for the Gerbil to say that he hasn't taken a drink since he was 40 years old is simply bullshit.. The man has been liquoring up, snorting it up, and smoking that weed. That is what gets him through his mess.. And his quiveling and smacking of his lips when he talks gerbilspeak and glassy eye looks from his two beady eyes tells you...
"I think he's hitting the bottle, too."
He yearns for it, CJ! And he will yearn for it more next year when Pelosi is on his butt...
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SPB:
Maybe the Gerbil needs to check into rehab? We have a nice place here in AZ..in Tucson..he can talk to Foley about that! LOL
Biloxi,
That's what we saw during the G-8 meeting when gerbil tried to massage Angela Merkel(German Leader)...
He look hooched up, smoked up, and drugged up and ready for some good German loovin..
What a pitiful wretch!
Ha ha ha!
Maybe the Gerbil needs to check into rehab?
LOL! I don't think S-Q! When Jen was caught with passing a fake ID and drinking, Ma Bush told the press that nobody in the Bush family drinks!! Yet, Tonic (Barbara) was found drunk and drugged up on a beach in Mexico some time ago..
It's called denial in that family..
GEF:
Yeah, you're right..SQ Server sounds too stuffy!
Jiggly-SQ? Well, ok...but now I have to live up to that too!! You're already putting a lot of pressure on me GEF!!
We need to do a poll immediately!
You've heard of the Zogby poll..how about we call ours the
Jiggly poll?
Get some numbers for me GEF!
ROFLMAO
GEF:
Yup, the Gerbil was on something when he groped Merkel...
Condi lost people's trust when she said "who would have thought people would hijack airplanes and fly them into buildings?" I live near a nuclear plant. I remember when they were building years ago, and them saying it was being built to withstand a jet flying into it. Then, the truth starting to leak out about the warnings of 9/11 and beyond that...
While Donald Trump is flapping his mouth off what Rosie O'Donnell said about him, Condi and Lynne Cheney-- the real disgraces to women and humanity are given a pass every time.
Conrad Burns throws the GOP under the bus..
WASHINGTON -- Narrowly defeated in his bid for a fourth term, Montana Sen. Conrad Burns turned his anger on the National Republican Senatorial Committee and commercials it had run months before the election.
"The ads hurt me more than they helped. I wouldn't have spent the money," he said, his comments characteristic of the season of second-guessing now unfolding among Republicans.
Yet, he squirreled away 300k of contributions when he knew he was going to lose...
s-q,
Well I erased that in case the other side gets any ideas..
No pressure s-q, just use fakesies from Paris.. No problem!
quote:
Get some numbers for me GEF!
I'm running the Numbers S-q..
However I promise to work harder than you at Elections...
After all I will be the Chief Advisor..
I never want to hear you say:
"I obviously was working harder than he was..."
Hee hee hee!
S_Q, Checking into rehab is good for the carreers of hollywood celebs. Maybe Bush should follow suit.Couldn't hurt. HeeHee. As for jiggly, I'm jiggly. I'd vote for you. Heeeheee.LOL.
GEF:
When you erase stuff..it makes me feel like I'm talking to myself or into cyberspace! LOL
Not good for my Presidential image, ya know? hehe
P.S. I don't need any fakesies from Paris.. LOL!
Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for president but I cannot remember which year in the 1980s.
Don't forget Allan Keyes ran for president and even got in on the Republican party debate before the primaries.
OK, stop laughing about Keyes.
Then there was Carol Mosley Braun.
Obama is a Christian but he knows about Islam. His step-father is Indonesian and he went to school in Jakarta as a little boy. Hussein in the middle name is from his biological father, the Kenyan. This is actually to his advantage in dealing with people outside this country if enough Americans can get past their own petty bigotry. Americans are completely ignorant about Islam, which is why so many were fooled into thinking Iraq would be a cake walk. That also made it easy for Bush & Co. to trick the majority into thinking bin Laden and Saddam were buddies. For once, it would be nice to have someone high in the government who has a clue or at least a better educated public who can call BS faster and louder.
Americans have been totally ignorant about their adversaries for decades. During the Cold War, there were more Soviets teaching English than there were Americans learning Russian. We got off lucky with them, only because Reagan bankrupted them with the arms race (nevermind about our national debt). Do we have enough Americans learning Arabic? No. Do we have enough Americans learning about Islam? No. How can any of the world's problems be solved with such a level of ignorance? Americans should have gotten a clue in 1979 during the American Embassy in Iran crisis. But, we didn't. We remained so concerned about the crap in Hollywood. Take out the 'news' about Tom Cruise for one week and geez, maybe Americans can learn something useful. Maybe we can pay Britney Spears or Paris Hilton to convert to Islam, then maybe Americans would get a clue. Those girls will do anything for a buck.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. How bloody damn simple is that?
As long as the people running this government do not understand Islam, there will *always* be bloodshed in Iraq. It is possible to find a common ground between Sunnis and Shi'ites and get them to stop killing each other, then our troops can come home.
Ignorance can be fixed. Stupidity is permanent. If the ignorance is not fixed, then we are stupid and we will deserve whatever bad thing happens next. President Jimmy Carter shook his finger at Israel for not dealing with its problems better. Maybe he should shake his finger at all of us next for being uneducated about the rest of the world. He predicted Palistinian Abbas and Israeli Olmert being able to work together better than Olmert's predecessors. Some good things happened today. Let's hope more good things happen with those folks. They are getting something accomplished and I hope nobody sends Shug to 'help.'
Hi Teak,
Yeah and when the Lebanon war was raging we saw Shuug go kaboom..
Nothing but playing that piano..
That played out like a huge fiasco in American Media but we saw the real incompetent Shuug..
Looked just like gerbil playing that guitar while Katrina folks starved and waiting for help!
What a mess..
s-q,
quote:
When you erase stuff..it makes me feel like I'm talking to myself or into cyberspace!
I thought it was kind of racy so I didn't want to give some pudding to the evildoers..
I tried to erase it before you posted but you've got a fast draw pilgrim!
An Advisor protects his President!
I tried to erase it before you posted but you've got a fast draw pilgrim!
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GEF:
You think I have a fast draw? LOL
Sharp shooter... :)
Night Owl,
quote:
Allan Keyes ran for president
ROFLMAO*) Bwahahahahaha...
I can't stop laughing...LOLMAO*)
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You said something really significant there.
"Americans are completely ignorant about Islam"
Exactly why someone with the middle name Hussein will cause a lot of votes to go to the other side...
Think of most Joe Sixpack Americans as a 1 dimensional Cartoon Characters..
Do you really think "Obama" has a chance ?
Only those of us Americans that have outgrown the 1 dimension and have done our homework can really know the benefits of such a person for office.
Remember this ?
"The Dumbing down of America from the Nukular despondent presildent!"
Teak, this is the one thing the people running this government did not pay attention to coming out of Hollywood:
Lone Gunman pilot
There were so many plane hijackings in the 1970s. Did the folks in charge forget about those, too? There's even an episode of 'All in the Family' where Archie Bunker says something about arming all the passengers to stop the hijackings.
I finished reading President Carter's book today. He's pissed. Things that should have been fixed decades ago were not fixed. I'm grouchy so this is enough out of me for the day.
I hate Nukular! That just shows how illiterate our President is. How humiliating!. Ugh!
P.S. I think the Lone Gunman pilot was a high-tech steal of Michael Moore's "Canadian Bacon." Ha Ha. A bunch of defense contractor factory workers who are about to lose their jobs invade Canada in hopes of drumming up a military build-up.
GEF:
You have mail.. :)
I do not think Obama has a chance as president. There are way too many NASCAR dads. Didn't I write how he should be UN Ambassador the other day?? Or, he would make a better Secretary of State than what we have. Too bad Colin Powell did not have enough of a spine to call BS.
Final posting:
Behind the Scenes, Rove Influence Hasn't Waned
He's not doing much in public, but behind the scenes, White House political guru Karl Rove is as aggressive as ever in making policy arguments within the administration–and his influence is still pervasive, White House insiders tell U.S. News.
The Gerbil is still leaning on Porkrinds with the magic touch. Porkrind's pixie dust is nothing but saw dust. The Gerbil is hoping that Porkrind will deliver in 2007. Fact remains, the Gerbil Administration is on life support and the Gerbil's legacy is flatlined.
Good night! Biloxi man out!!!!
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Oh, For Night Owl Only:
Let's not talk about carpetbagger Keyes. That is why his ass was spanked by Obama in the Denator race. Keyes was hosed from the get-go... Good night!
Oh and Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to you. Be good to your cat and your mom!
Cheers!
Good Night Everyone..
MERRY CHRISTMAS! :D
OH JOY!!
GEF OUT!
Merry Christmas All! Have a wonderful one! :)
Family and friends coming in now... and it's time to spend time with them!
S-Q Outta here!!
P.S.
We celebrate Christ's Birthday
S_Q: Christ's birthday.Thanks. Good one. Good night. Merry Christmas.
Good Evening All,
Been to the stores for a couple of last minute stuff and it was traffic galore. More cookie baking tomorrow Anthony I'll send you my cut out recipe-its very American:-)
Thanks Geffy for the pdf convert. I'll try it later tonight, still baking gingerbread
Fitz said 07 my best year ever-mine too perhaps so I'll drink to that:-D
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all my blogger friends:-D Thanks for making me laugh! Nan good to see you pop in and update on your fine boy!
What about my pal Harold "I'm almost White" Ford?
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P a l e s t i n i a n s
The Spelling Troll must not be with us this evening.
Biloxi--Kittybowtie spent most of the day asleep. What a life!
You all have a nice Christmas.
http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/_news/
2006/09/21/370066-bush-family-secrets-
and-the-truth-about-iran
Having gone through the diplomatic motions with Iran, George W. Bush is shifting toward a military option that carries severe risks for American soldiers in Iraq as well as for long-term U.S. interests around the world. Yet, despite this looming crisis, the Bush Family continues to withhold key historical facts about U.S.-Iranian relations.
The evidence is now persuasive that George H.W. Bush participated in negotiations with Iran's radical regime in 1980, behind President Jimmy Carter's back, with the goal of arranging for 52 American hostages to be released after Bush and Ronald Reagan were sworn in as Vice President and President, respectively.
In exchange, the Republicans agreed to let Iran obtain U.S.-manufactured military supplies through Israel. The Iranians kept their word, releasing the hostages immediately upon Reagan's swearing-in on Jan. 20, 1981.
Over the next few years, the Republican-Israel-Iran weapons pipeline operated mostly in secret, only exploding into public view with the Iran-Contra scandal in late 1986. Even then, the Reagan-Bush team was able to limit congressional and other investigations, keeping the full history - and the 1980 chapter - hidden from the American people.
George W. Bush walled up his Daddy's secrets even more from the American people.
Jimmy Carter is a wise man, too bad so many Americans don't look to him for wisdom more often.
And you as well, night owl. RE: HArold Ford,JR. Don't know much about him. My family in Tennessee supported him in last election. Everybody I talked to back there says he's straight up. As for Jimmy Carter, I got it then and I get it now.
s-q, thanks for Ave Maria. For some reason I always retrieve an old 78 rpm record of 'In A Monastery Garden' (by Albert W. Ketelbey) at Christmas. It's so beautiful and puts me in a special mood. Now I couldn't find my record but luckily found a sample at
http://host269.ipowerweb.com/~michaels/music/Ketelbey.InAMonasteryGarden.html
Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to Fitz and all the Justice Bloggers!
D
The Power of Nightmares
The BBC documentary that Blair and Bush didn't want you to see!
The Cold War: A complete Distraction? A neo-con con trick? A Scam? A "nice little earner" for the military-industrial complex, and at the same tiome provide the neos with the most powerful fighting force in the world to do with as they wished.
So that's why poor John Arthur Paisley, who liaised between groups A and B, had to die! He'd worked out what it was all about!
http://www.information clearinghouse.info/video1037.htm
GrandmaNuk--"Night Owl.....a very stirring post yesterday regarding Islam (and other minorities as well). At this most "Christian" holy time, it
is worth remembering that God has many religions and many followers and the ultimate goal is shared by all. There are those in all forms of religion that would try to hold power by controllig the masses.
There are radicals in all forms of relgion as well. It's up the sane ones to keep the radicals from ruling."
You said that more eloquently than I did. We only hear about the tiny percent of bad guys who do bad things. We never hear about the good people. I bet most Americans do not know that Muslims accept Abraham and Jesus. There should be no reason why Muslims, Jews, and Christians cannot try to find common ground if ignorance can be broken.
Muslims revere Jesus as a prophet, but do not acknowledge him as the Son of God. They also claim that Jesus did not die on the cross and that Judas died in his place, thus denying the atonment. They do this because they believe it would be unjust of God to punish someone who is innocent.
There are serious differences between Islam and Biblical Christianity.
But I have found that I can discuss these differences in an irenic fashion with my muslim colleagues/friends in a way that I cannot, say, discuss issues of equal seriousness with non-muslims, non-Christians.
Medina (a sunni muslim) sees eye to eye with me on bush and Iraq.
And Safraz (a Suffi muslim and the losest islam gets to christianity) says its the teachings of Mohamed and Jesus which count, and it doesn't matter which holy book they come from.
There is a lot we agree on.
Great clash of civilizations?
it's all media hype!
Good Morning!
A sunny day here in Ohio, no snow...
Now this is interesting. Fitz and JB's I cannot wait for lil' Irv's trial to begin. Been a long time coming...
Prediction from beyond said Rover will leave before the trial-same thing my 8 Ball said and its usually right haha
From the LA Times
The decision by I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's lawyers to call Cheney as a witness in the federal trial scheduled to begin here Jan. 16 ends months of speculation about the role senior White House officials would play.
It also sets the stage for a dramatic appearance that could offer insight into Cheney's relationship with his top aide, and for a cross-examination by special prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald that could lay bare how the Bush administration responded to its critics.
Lay 'em out Fitz! Why people find football more exciting than a good trial is beyond me;-)
I wish everyone could respect everyone else's religion, usually it is the ones pushing their own version or condemning others that are the most dangerous, manipulative radical extremists of all.
May the world find peace soon so our planet can start to heal. It deserves so much better than we have shown it. Peace and healing to humanity.
Good morning everyone. Merry Christmas eve.
UNBELIEVABLE.......
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/12/23/cheney-gets-a-raise_n_37027.html
How many $$ trillion U.S. debt?
All Americans have quality health insurance?
INCREDIBLE, in fact.
Merry Christmas, Fielda.
Here's some news.The Governator
breaks leg
"Face the Nation", Once again, Laura Bush trotted out to defend her husband. Notice, Condi went first. Ha.
Yes, that is mean but dammit too many innocent people have died, too many sons and daughters won't be at the Christmas table again. All for lies and greed.
That's tragic about Arnie. I thought he might be the first "Foreign born & bred: American President," if he had his way with the Constitutional Amendment suggestion.
(That idea dropped quick as a Hot-Cuban-Cigar.)
But I wondered why he didn't wish to guard CA borders, like the other Southwestern-Border-Governors. It's about "Homeland Security."
Could someone please define?
Simply defined, the Mexican-American votes and campaign donations.
Sonny Bono. Wasn't that another California-ski-slope story?
Night Owl, SPB,
No we can't turn Iraq into a mini-America. It would not work over there, they have to deal with their neighboring countries. That is why this administration not understanding, well actually not having a clue on Islam is only going to prolong the mess. And that is the oversimplified version.
Obama Intern linked to Rezko
Da judge told Melanie Sloane to shut her mouth, but Lynne Cheney is on the talking heads this Sunday morning running interference for Scooter.
Anthony, here ya go,
""Clearly the DEA is hiding something," says a source. "Sonny made no bones about being out to get drug kingpins. The RussianMob was making inroads into southern California and tried to blackmail Sonny by telling him they had phony witnesses who would tell the media he was abusing drugs, but Sonny didn't blink-- he called their bluff.
Ironically, Sonny's own wife Mary, who has since taken over his congressional seat, ended up playing into the blackmailer's hands. She claimed he crashed because he abused prescription drugs even though his autopsy showed only traces of prescription drugs in his blood.
Sources say Sonny, 62, knew there might me an attempt on his life. He had told friends he was taking some extra precautions because the thugs decided to play rough."
http://www.tabloidbaby.com
/Source/sonny.htm
Blair and Bush knew back in '03 that there was no link between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Indeed Saddam feared Al Qaeda.
They also knew that Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction, "and if he did", my little bro' said over a pint last night, "the americans sold them to him" and that he posed no threat to either the USA or UK.
And yet they chose to send troops from their respective countries into Iraq to achieve regime change.
Why?
I asked this question on this site a few days ago.
Nobody has yet given me an answer.
I asked my little bro' the same question last night over the second pint, and he thought for a mo' and said, "A cynical view would be that they did it to get their hands on the oil."
I replied, "I would think that that was bleeding obvious. It also had the added advantage of eliminating a man whom Israel perceived to be a threat.”
My brother began to look a little perplexed. A year ago, in the same place, I had argued passionately for the right of Jews to live in a Jewish state in their ancient homeland, drawing my arguments principally from Joan Peter’s “Since Time Immemorial”. He asked me if I’d changed my views. I said I hadn’t. I believe now, as I did then, that Man is a Fallen creature, and that Jews are as subject to the same frailties as the rest of humanity.
I also pointed out, as I had done a few weeks ago on this blogsite, that the English-speaking peoples have wreaked havoc on this planet, and cited the suppression of Irish Catholics in Ireland, the Pacification of the Highlands, Slavery, Opium, and The virtual annihilation of the Native Americans, and said that as an Englishman, and therefore part of the English-speaking People, it hardly behoves me to point the finger at any other one particular race.
Here is an article published on that well-known anti-Semitic website HAARETZ.com. It’s old, but it goes some way to answering my question, and the havoc we saw in southern Lebanon last summer.
And I think it also gives one reason why there is absolutely no way the boys in Iraq will be coming home in the near future, if at all, other than, of course, in body bags.
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Last update - 02:51 25/08/2003
U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan
By Amiram Cohen
The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.
The Prime Minister's Office, which views the pipeline to Haifa as a "bonus" the U.S. could give to Israel in return for its unequivocal support for the American-led campaign in Iraq, had asked the Americans for the official telegram.
The new pipeline would take oil from the Kirkuk area, where some 40 percent of Iraqi oil is produced, and transport it via Mosul, and then across Jordan to Israel. The U.S. telegram included a request for a cost estimate for repairing the Mosul-Haifa pipeline that was in use prior to 1948. During the War of Independence, the Iraqis stopped the flow of oil to Haifa and the pipeline fell into disrepair over the years.
The National Infrastructure Ministry has recently conducted research indicating that construction of a 42-inch diameter pipeline between Kirkuk and Haifa would cost about $400,000 per kilometer. The old Mosul-Haifa pipeline was only 8 inches in diameter.
National Infrastructure Minister Yosef Paritzky said yesterday that the port of Haifa is an attractive destination for Iraqi oil and that he plans to discuss this matter with the U.S. secretary of energy during his planned visit to Washington next month. Paritzky added that the plan depends on Jordan's consent and that Jordan would receive a transit fee for allowing the oil to piped through its territory. The minister noted, however, that "due to pan-Arab concerns, it will be hard for the Jordanians to agree to the flow of Iraqi oil via Jordan and Israel."
Sources in Jerusalem confirmed yesterday that the Americans are looking into the possibility of laying a new pipeline via Jordan and Israel. (There is also a pipeline running via Syria that has not been used in some three decades.)
Iraqi oil is now being transported via Turkey to a small Mediterranean port near the Syrian border. The transit fee collected by Turkey is an important source of revenue for the country. This line has been damaged by sabotage twice in recent weeks and is presently out of service.
In response to rumors about the possible Kirkuk-Mosul-Haifa pipeline, Turkey has warned Israel that it would regard this development as a serious blow to Turkish-Israeli relations.
Sources in Jerusalem suggest that the American hints about the alternative pipeline are part of an attempt to apply pressure on Turkey.
Iraq is one of the world's largest oil producers, with the potential of reaching about 2.5 million barrels a day. Oil exports were halted after the Gulf War in 1991 and then were allowed again on a limited basis (1.5 million barrels per day) to finance the import of food and medicines. Iraq is currently exporting several hundred thousand barrels of oil per day.
During his visit to Washington in about two weeks, Paritzky also plans to discuss the possibility of U.S. and international assistance for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects in the areas of energy and infrastructure, natural gas, desalination and electricity.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=332835
The first of two interesting comments from Rosner's blog posted on the HAARETZ.com website
Shmuel Rosner Chief U.S. Correspondent
Posted: December 21, 2006
Explaining Obama to Israelis
In the summer of 1961, several months after John F. Kennedy entered the White House, a beautiful boy was born in Hawaii to a father "black as pitch" and a mother "white as milk." Forty-five years hence, Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a student from Kenya and a woman from Kansas, whose parents are thus colorfully described in his first book, the best-seller "Dreams from My Father," is the most exciting politician in America.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=804178&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=3
Here's a second article from the same source.
He makes some intelligent observations concerning the relationship between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism and the origin (s?) of these phenomena.
Is Carter an anti-Semite?
Notes and thoughts on the question that's being pondered all around the American Jewish world following the publication of his book on the Palestinian issue.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/rosnerBlog.jhtml?itemNo=803755&contrassID=25&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=1&listSrc=Y&art=4
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Several years ago, while working as an EFL teacher in Italy, I shared a flat with an English girl who worked at the same school.
She was a liberal who described herself as an anti-Zionist and I was a conservative and pro-Israel.
I once described anti-Zionism as just a left-wing, fashionable form of anti-Semitism.
Interesting blog.
Any Pawbreakers or Krispy Kremes in here?
Has kittybowtie been by today?
Hi O'Kitty!
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Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening folks:
Happy Xmas eve!
'No we can't turn Iraq into a mini-America. It would not work over there, they have to deal with their neighboring countries."
Unfortunately that is what the Gerbil is trying to turn Iraq into. But, the Iraqis want the troops out.. While the Gerbil is trying to turn Iraq into a mini-America, he is turning this country into a 3rd world.. The Gerbil's plan will fail in 2007. The more the war and deaths escalate in Iraq, the more the American people want the troops out of Iraq and want the Gerbil removed.. The Gerbil's plans and his Administration are on life support...
Well, I've roasted and shelled the chestnuts to be cooked with brussels sprouts, a dash of orange liqueur and parsley tomorrow, mum's peeled the sprouts, tomorrow I'll be slicing the carrots and cooking them in white wine, chicken stock and parsley.
That's my contribution to Christmas lunch.
Brother J will have got the turkey from paul the butcher today and he'll be cooking it at sister S's house.
Last year, he stuck some onion and stuff in the cavity between the breast and breast skin to keep the breast moist and it worked a treat.
Sister S will prepare the roast potatoes baisted in goose fat and provide the booze.
Joint effort!
If I don't talk to you again tonight, have yourselves a merry little (and possibly white) Christmas!
All,
I saw this a version of Night before Christmas on FDL. It is long. Enjoy:
T'was the night before Christmas and throughout Cellblock A,
Not an inmate was stirring, not even Bob Ney.
The jail guards on duty watched their screens with one eye
As Jack Abramoff tossed in his bunk with a sigh.
Over at the White House, George Bush slumped in his chair
And stared at the trees blooming in warm winter air.
A bottle of Jack sat on the desk by his hand
He wondered why nothing had gone like they'd planned.
Upstairs, Laura lay in the First Couple's bed
And watched the sugar plum fairies dance 'round her head.
Jenna and her sis drank their way through the night
And scoffed at the thought that they should join in Dad's fight.
At the Veep's house, Darth Cheney fondled his nub
And growled lustfully at all the cash in his tub.
Lynne was still steamed at how the news had made hay
That her lesbian daughter was in the family way.
Rumsfeld slept soundly despite the Iraq folly
His first speaking fee gaining interest, by golly.
So a few thousand soldiers had given their lives
This is how a messy new democracy thrives.
No campaign in her future, just more of the same,
Where her "husband" fucked up and she took the blame.
Condi sat at her piano and longed for the day
She returned to Stanford and could be openly gay.
What happened to their plan, the one now deceased?
Where they'd control all the oil in the Middle East?
The one where the military industrial complex thrives
While it destroys countless American lives?
You see, the giant had woken; a disturbance was heard
Somewhere over by Constitution and Third.
A woman "dressed in Armani" had taken the helm
And proposed some big changes in King George's realm.
A quick glance at some video and you got the gist
America had grown tired of Bill "Cat-Killer" Frist.
Voters refused to re-elect someone so dumb
As self-righteous git, Senator Rick Santorum.
A giddiness coursed through the globe's hemispheres
For a return to good government soon would be here!
Six long, painful years the world had suffered the crimes
Of a President who claims to believe in End Times.
But now is not the time to ease up on Dim Son.
Real change still needs to come out of Washington.
Sure, the Chimperor speaks of bipartisanship
But his word is as good as three week-old spinach dip.
The media, as well, must be made to account,
While the numbers of dead continue to mount.
Like eager freshmen donning their Rush Week beanies
Pundits sacrifice truth for their damned cocktail weenies.
Now right-wing nutjobs frantically scramble to find
A new bugaboo they can all get behind.
A Muslim American sworn in on a Koran?
My god, what will come next? We all move to Iran?
So go K.O., go Fitzy, go Media Matters!
Keep up the pressure on all these Mad Hatters.
On A-list, on B-list, and C-Z list bloggers
Fingers fleet like the feet of Riverdance cloggers.
One of these days we'll finally be able to shout
We worked as a team to kick the criminals out.
So those of you still doubting, be of good cheer.
The Internets, The Google, and Youtube are here.
A cynical optimist, I cling to the hope
That idiots hang themselves when given the rope.
That these villainous fiends who spread war like the plague
Will all wind up shackled in the dock at The Hague.
Happy Holidays to all and peace to the world. And as soon as possible, please.
Good job FDL!
No offense to you, Anthony, but I think the Pilgrims discovered America to get away from some of those recipes or food you all serve there.
Merry Christmas and happy eating anyway!
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Merry Christmas to Fitz and all his fans....I read this blog daily for your intelligence and humor...you're all the best bloggers..Thanks for keeping me informed....Suzie
To the Moderator:
Please delete my comments at 3:22 and 3:24 as I was totally drunk.
Thank You.
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