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I just saw Glenn Beck make the same point about this being a distraction from the financial reform bill. You guys are kindred spirits. Still though, Vilsack taking the fall for this and claiming no White House involvement smells like rich bullshit. >> ^NetRunner:

@dag, I find myself (yet again) in total agreement with what John Cole wrote on this topic.
The left blaming Obama for Tom Vilsack being duped by enemy action is purely icing on the cake.
IMO, the big score is that a landmark financial reform bill is getting zero coverage, because this non-story has taken all the oxygen out of the room. It means once again, progressives are going to generally think "Obama hasn't done anything but capitulate to the right" when in fact he and the Democratic party just scored another historic victory over Republicans and their masters on Wall Street.
But he (and the rest of the Democratic party) is getting little or no credit for it from any part of the political landscape, left or right, because we're all too busy being pissed off that one of his underlings (who, if you're a good progressive with a good memory, you never liked in the first place because he's a big agribusiness sellout) got duped by a prank from a petty prankster.

@dag, I find myself (yet again) in total agreement with what John Cole wrote on this topic.

The left blaming Obama for Tom Vilsack being duped by enemy action is purely icing on the cake.

IMO, the big score is that a landmark financial reform bill is getting zero coverage, because this non-story has taken all the oxygen out of the room. It means once again, progressives are going to generally think "Obama hasn't done anything but capitulate to the right" when in fact he and the Democratic party just scored another historic victory over Republicans and their masters on Wall Street.

But he (and the rest of the Democratic party) is getting little or no credit for it from any part of the political landscape, left or right, because we're all too busy being pissed off that one of his underlings (who, if you're a good progressive with a good memory, you never liked in the first place because he's a big agribusiness sellout) got duped by a prank from a petty prankster.

It went steadily downhill from there. It's at the stage now where a guy can't like a girls aloud song without having his sexuality questioned. That said, Cheryl Cole is one of the number one pin-ups at the mo I think.

There's not much more I can add to what John Cole said:

I can’t get over those assholes that shot that man’s pets over a miniscule amount of pot (and more than likely based on faulty information from an informant with whom they cut a deal). I’ve only had Lily 11 months (today!), but I would be out for blood if someone shot her, cop or otherwise. I’d be a helluva lot less rational than that guy was. At the very least there would have been a tasing on that video or another shooting (of me) as I lost my shit all over the place.

And why don’t we get to see pictures of these brave servants to the community? Why aren’t pictures of cops who do this in every newspaper and on every nightly show when it happens? They are obviously tough guys, of course they would want the press! Here’s Butch McCraskin, local member of the SWAT team. He likes football, Nascar, reads Soldier of Fortune, loves no-knock raids, and has tazed a teen-ager and bagged three corgi’s. He drives a big Dodge Ram truck with an NRA sticker to compensate for his tiny penis. Can’t you smell the macho? I wonder what he has cooking?

I’m wondering at what point Americans are finally going to have enough of this shit. They cut pensions slightly to keep the nation from going completely broke in Greece, and they are fire-bombing shit in protest. Here, unless you are a member of the elite you are a third class citizen, subject to any number of abuses to your life, property, and dignity, and no one seems to care or is too preoccupied.

Is Dancing with the Stars on tonight?

*** Update ***

The pit bull these tough guys shot and killed was crated. The corgi they shot survived was loose, but could hardly be considered a threat. This isn’t about law enforcement or safety to officers, this is about terrorizing people.

Not much I can add other than I'd be out for blood if anyone shot either of my dogs too.

I dunno what's broken in America that people feel so resigned about this kind of thing.

I guess it's that whole individualism thing -- it didn't happen to me, just some other poor dumb fuck, why should I care about it? Why should I stick my neck out, he was using illegal drugs! Plus, as we know from Arizona, it's completely okay to violate people's rights if you think they might be doing something illegal, like being here without the right paperwork.

Oh, and Joe Lieberman is talking about stripping citizenship from people who the government thinks might be associated with a terrorist group...

I'm sure this will all be made better when the Republicans take control of congress, because we all know they're serious limited government guys, right?

I had to go take a walk around my neighborhood after watching this. Seething with rage.

"I doubt the tea partiers screaming about individual liberty will notice this. After all, it isn’t like the cops were going to raise their taxes or provide them with affordable healthcare coverage. They were just shooting his dogs in front of his family and then made up some bullshit excuse to try to take away the kid. No big deal." John Cole

After the USS Cole bombing in Yemen the FBI investigators arrested one of the local planners of the attack and through treating him with kindness and respect made him realize that his world view was wrong. He cooperated fully and gave everything he knew to them. All that took only about a week. Are these Republicants saying they can get more out of a suspect who's being waterboarded and will resist giving answers as long as he can and lie as much as possible?

The old adage, "You catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.", is true. Even the CIA interrogators admit that torture has proven extremely unreliable as a means of intelligence gathering.

It's amazing to think that this dog still has more talent than Cheryl Cole (UK X-Factor judge).

>> ^LostTurntable:
Bush did "inherit" 9/11 in as much as Clinton didn't do a great job fighting Osama Bin Laden on his watch, but Bush just flat out IGNORED him. There's more then enough blame to go around on that one.


Actually, Clinton wanted to go after Bin Laden more. There was just this little issue with an intern's stained dress that the GOP thought was more important at the time. Had the GOP-heavy congress given him the OK, he probably could have found Bin Laden before 9/11 would've ever happened. After all, the attack on the USS Cole did happen on his watch, so you'd think that the GOP would've put bringing him to justice for it up on their list of priorities. Sadly, pursuing terrorists is only a priority when it makes one of their own look good for doing it.

But Clinton knew something big was going to happen the second week of September 2001. He even made sure to let the Bush administration know everything his administration knew about it. Condi Rice had been photographed several times carrying around that report, but I could never find a pic of anyone actually reading it.

That report was leaked not long after 9/11 happened. The media largely ignored it, however. It spelled out a number of scenarios, as well as counter-strategies for dealing with issues as they came up when it came to diplomacy and the Middle East. Sadly, none of the warnings were heeded. The rest, as they say, is history.

So let us place blame where it should fall - on the Republican-led Congress that Clinton fought with for 6 years. They repealed Glass-Stegall. They put more effort into looking at sperm on a dress than intelligence reports. They put party before country, and we're STILL paying for it, over 10 years later.

So Fuck Newt Gingrich. Remember, he resigned as Speaker of the House (who is next in line after if the Prez and VP are unable to perform their duties) because he was a fucking hypocrite who, despite being an ugly, fat sack of shit, managed to find someone other than his wife who would let him fuck her. His intended successor was guilty of the same crime, so they had to get Dennis fucking Hastert, a retired high school wrestling coach, to play third-string House Speaker. (And someone who made a living of watching young men grapple and roll around isn't gay at all. Really.)

And Mary Matalin must have her head so far up her ass she can see an alternate reality. Let's get NASA on that shit.

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>> ^longde:
How many children has bin Ladin killed?


According to the first thing that came up in Google Isreali troops have caused the deaths of 1400 children since the year 2000... not to mention collateral deaths from denial of basic infrastructure in Palestinian areas that could be blamed on other deaths.
According to CNN 8 children died on 9/11 (on the planes). I suppose there might have been kids on the USS Cole or the African embassies but I doubt it.

So - Isreal, a country that we (the US) supports with allot of money and vetos to UN resolutions has very conservatively killed 175 times more children than the world renowned organizer of killings Osama Bin Laden from what I can tell.

You still want to ask that question?

I went to school with a couple guys who went over there. I knew and talked regularly to all three of them, one died, Cole Bartsch . the other two I have seen at the bar.

I think its a mistake we are there and should fix our own problems before we go and try and patrol the world.

Thanks gayboy!

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>> ^Enzoblue:
If you're bored and alone, sit down and try to repeat this monologue. The amount of inflection and facial expressions and hand gestures this guy puts out is staggering. After a few minutes of trying, you'll really appreciate this master.


Hmm yeah but this is guy(actor) is gay and well..By the way i loved this show in the 90's it was like nothing id ever seen, great stuff.

She reminds me of the "Amber Cole" character in "A Mighty Wind"