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Bill Clinton was impeached and disbarred because he lied to a grand jury in a failed attempt to conceal a pattern of predatory behavior in connection with an assault case that he settled for $800k.
Can you imagine being too fucking dishonest to be a lawyer? How low can you go?
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SORRY WINGNUTS. I’M STILL GOING TO HANG OUT HERE TO GLOAT AT YOUR COMEUPPANCE IN 2008.
Redneck,
The legal profession is one of the few professions–in fact, I can’t readily identify another–that punish lying, punishes even to the extent of denying the right to continue in the profession. You, on the other hand, given your unfamiliarity with the truth, must work in a job that rewards lying.
Will Libby be disbarred for being a treasonous felon?
Clinton was the most corrupt president ever. No doubt about it. Here is some proof:
1. CLINTON MACHINE CRIMES
FOR WHICH CONVICTIONS
HAVE BEEN OBTAINED
Drug trafficking (3), racketeering, extortion, bribery (4), tax evasion, kickbacks, embezzlement (2), fraud (12), conspiracy (5), fraudulent loans, illegal gifts (1), illegal campaign contributions (5), money laundering (6), perjury, obstruction of justice.
1. CRIME STATS
– Number of individuals and businesses associated with the Clinton machine who have been convicted of or pleaded guilty to crimes: 47
– Number of these convictions during Clinton’s presidency: 33
– Number of indictments/misdemeanor charges: 61
– Number of congressional witnesses who have pleaded the Fifth Amendment, fled the country to avoid testifying, or (in the case of foreign witnesses) refused to be interviewed: 122
Number of Starr-Ray investigation convictions or guilty pleas (including one governor, one associate attorney general and two Clinton business partners): 14
– Number of Clinton Cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 5
– Number of Reagan cabinet members who came under criminal investigation: 4
– Number of top officials jailed in the Teapot Dome Scandal: 3
The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
– Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
– Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
– Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
– Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
– First president sued for sexual harassment.
– First president accused of rape.
– First first lady to come under criminal investigation
– Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
– First president to establish a legal defense fund.
– First president to be held in contempt of court
– Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
– Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
– First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court
1. OTHER MATTERS INVESTIGATED BY SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
AND CONGRESS, OR REPORTED IN THE MEDIA
Bank and mail fraud, violations of campaign finance laws, illegal foreign campaign funding, improper exports of sensitive technology, physical violence and threats of violence, solicitation of perjury, intimidation of witnesses, bribery of witnesses, attempted intimidation of prosecutors, perjury before congressional committees, lying in statements to federal investigators and regulatory officials, flight of witnesses, obstruction of justice, bribery of cabinet members, real estate fraud, tax fraud, drug trafficking, failure to investigate drug trafficking, bribery of state officials, use of state police for personal purposes, exchange of promotions or benefits for sexual favors, using state police to provide false court testimony, laundering of drug money through a state agency, false reports by medical examiners and others investigating suspicious deaths, the firing of the RTC and FBI director when these agencies were investigating Clinton and his associates, failure to conduct autopsies in suspicious deaths, providing jobs in return for silence by witnesses, drug abuse, improper acquisition and use of 900 FBI files, improper futures trading, murder, sexual abuse of employees, false testimony before a federal judge, shredding of documents, withholding and concealment of subpoenaed documents, fabricated charges against (and improper firing of) White House employees, inviting drug traffickers, foreign agents and participants in organized crime to the White House.
DOOFUS @ 5
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz….
THERE’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE LAUNDRY LISTS FOR YOUR CHIMPANZEE’S CORRUPT REGIME.
IT’S GOING TO BE BIGGER AND IT’S GOING TO BE TRUE!
WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT ACVR?
“The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
– Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
– Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
– Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
– Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
– First president sued for sexual harassment.
– First president accused of rape.
– First first lady to come under criminal investigation
– Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
– First president to establish a legal defense fund.
– First president to be held in contempt of court
– Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
– Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
– First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court”
This was all Kenneth Starr’s unconscionable harrassment of an innocent man. $110 million taxpayer dollars for proof that the president had an extra marital affair.
Here’s just one example of how your wingnut bullshit unwinds itself.
Marc Rich and Scooter Libby: A Bad Comparison
Let us put to rest any comparison of the commutation of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s sentence and the pardon that Marc Rich received from President Bill Clinton.
They are in no way comparable.
By the degree of the individual’s guilt and traitorous behavior, Libby’s sentence-commutation by George W. Bush could be more aptly compared to GWB’s father’s pardon of Oliver North. North could have implicated the elder Bush in the illegal arms for hostages deal, which funded the subsequent murder of hundreds of thousands of Central American peasants, at the hands of the Reagan/Bush administration. Similarly, Libby could implicate the current underdstandably secretive holders of the offices of president and vice-president, of covering up the deliberate outing of a covert CIA operative.
Bill Clinton, in his autobiography, My Life, on pp. 940-941 has this to say about his own last-minute pardon of Marc Rich:
“The most controversial pardons went to Marc Rich and his partner, Pincus Green. Rich, a wealthy businessman, had left the United States for Switzerland shortly before he was indicted on tax and other charges for allegedly falsely reporting the price of certain oil transactions to minimize his tax liability. There were several such cases in the 1980s, when some oil was under price controls and some was not, inviting the dishonest to underestimate their income or to overcharge their customers. During that time, several people and companies were charged with violating the law, but the individuals were usually charged with a civil offense. It was extremely rare for tax charges to be prosecuted under the racketeering statutes, as Rich and Green were, and after they were charged, the Justice Department ordered U.S. attorneys to stop doing it. After he was indicted, Rich stayed overseas, mostly in Israel and Switzerland.
The government had allowed Rich’s business to continue to operate after he agreed to pay $200 million in fines, more than four times the $48 million in taxes the government claimed he had evaded. Professor Marty Ginsberg, a tax expert and husband of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, and Harvard law professor Bernard Wolfman had reviewed the transactions in question and concluded that Rich’s companies were right in their tax computations, which meant that Rich himself had not owed any taxes on these transactions.”
I call bullshit on Republicans for using the Marc Rich pardon as an example that is in any way comparable to the commutation of Scooter Libby richly deserved sentence. Incidentally, one of Rich’s former lawyers was the ubiquitous Scooter Libby.
re 5: These are all empty allegations. Name the names. Show the proof.
Your allegations are thin. Just because Jimmy Carter’s brother was an alcoholic doesn’t make Jimmy Carter a moonshiner.
Think about it.
DOOFUS’ BELOVED RIGHT-WING PROPAGANDA IS HIS PROOF BUT HE WON’T LINK TO IT BECAUSE HE DOESN’T LIKE PEOPLE LAUGHING AT IT OR POKING HOLE IN IT.
HIS WORLDVIEW MEANS EVERYTHING TO HIM AND IT’S CRUMBLING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM.
POOR DOOFUS.
These are all empty allegations. Name the names. Show the proof.
All the allegations are backed up by the USDOJ. You can hyperventilate all you want, you can not change history. Not even Sandy “socks” Burgler can help you now. The facts are the facts.
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Hehehehehe
YOS IS PRETTY LIPPY AFTER THE DEMS ONE VICTORY IN 06. IT WILL SURE BE FUN HEARING THE WHINES WHEN YOU DEMS GET DUMPED ON YOU ASS AGAIN. HEHEHEHEHEHEHE
This was all Kenneth Starr’s unconscionable harrassment of an innocent man. $110 million taxpayer dollars for proof that the president had an extra marital affair.
Well a lot of the money was spent because most of the Clintonistas were uncooperative like the following:
Number of times that Clinton figures who testified in court or before Congress said that they didn’t remember, didn’t know, or something similar.
Bill Kennedy 116
Harold Ickes 148
Ricki Seidman 160
Bruce Lindsey 161
Bill Burton 191
Mark Gearan 221
Mack McLarty 233
Neil Egglseston 250
Hillary Clinton 250
John Podesta 264
Jennifer O’Connor 343
Dwight Holton 348
Patsy Thomasson 420
Jeff Eller 697
If a republican tried this he would be publically flogged.
call bullshit on Republicans for using the Marc Rich pardon as an example that is in any way comparable to the commutation of Scooter Libby richly deserved sentence.
No. My above posts show that the real bullshit is when dems try to equate Bush to Clinton. Clinton was by far the most corrupt president to ever occupy the White House.
Well the first head has rolled.
Louisiana Senator, David Vitter, a married man, and a REPUBLICAN has apologized for a “past” sin. Seems his phone number is on the DC Madams contact list.
Dan Rather, can he resign or be thrown out of office for this? I mean he actually paid money to fuck some woman who was not his wife. While he was married. While he was a congressman. While he was a member of the self-righteous Republican party. While he was supposed to be representing the good people of his district.
Of course, it is all Bill Clinton’s fault. Right?
I guess that is one more seat we will pick up next cycle.
Have a good evening.
Asshole.
Dan Rather at too many to remember:
Fuck you!!!
Bush lied to lead us into war. He absolutely mismanaged its planning and implementation. He compromised CIA operatives to advance his aims. He broke the law using federal offices to advance political agendas. He appointed incompetent fools to federal posts ( what do one’s views on abortion have to do with reconstruction of Iraq?)
People are dead because of Bush’s crimes.
Lets not forget a president who is a war that can’t be won. A president who ignores lawful orders of congress. A president who despite the best advice on earth, continues to go his own way. No matter what.
I imagine having Dick Cheney’s hand up your ass will do that to you.
Gas is now 3 bucks a gallon. The housing market is in the dumper.
Worst president, Ever. GWB.
A smart crook as president is better than an idiot anytime.
Hey, let’s talk about budget deficits.
Guess we need a Democrat in office to fix that.
This exchange between me and Proud Leftist is so good, I am going to post it in every thread on HA from now on. It destroys the Publicans’ stupid talking points – period.
“I’m working really hard to understand how President Bill Clinton’s actions act as justifcation for the righties. Read this fuckwads.
If your lame ass argument is that Bill Clinton was a bad President – which is what you say – and if your argument now is that the AWOL coward GW Bush is in someway comparable to Bill Clinton, what you are actually saying is that GW Bush is NO BETTER THAN CLINTON.
Does it hurt to be that stupid? I really want to know.
proud leftist says:
RES @ 18
You’ve hit it on the nose. The rightwing fringefucks consider Clinton to be the personification of evil–indeed, he is the devil incarnate in their twisted little minds. Nonetheless, their justification for all of the Bushites’ sins is, always, “well, Clinton did it, too.” Methinks they never studied logic.”
And what’s better, is that the rightie traitor keeps pointing out that this is true. Thanks MTR. Please keep proving my point for me.
Pop Quiz – which President has the most relatives with criminal indictments?
DING DING DING – if you said GW Bush you’d be right. The winning number? Lucky 13 between Jeb’s daughter and the two twin whores, the Bush clan has racked up quite a record. Of course, there’s the Pretender and Thief’s own DUI just to add a cherry on top.
Once we finish investigating this crooked regime, maybe we can add some more to that total?
And speaking of Bush Administration lies, they began lying the moment they walked in the door. Remember the alleged Clinton staff vandalism?
“Speaking for the Bush administration in an April 18 letter, Phillip Larsen, the director of the White House Office of Administration, told the GAO that it could not document any damage or repairs.”
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/arti cle.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/05/19/M N169709.DTL
YOU
DEMSWINGNUTS GET DUMPED ON YOU ASS AGAIN. HEHEHEHEHEHEHEYOU’RE REALLY BLIND AREN’T YOU DOOFUS?
re 12: What were they being asked about? Each individual.
And where did you get those numbers? Or don’t you recall?
re 13: That is an absolute lie.
Whitewater is bullshit, hombre.
re13: So, you compare pardoning a man who committed no crime as being the same as commuting the sentence of a convicted treasonous felon.
You can spout all the lies you want, but it does not make up for the fact that Republican government is a sewer of corruption.
AND, our kids get killed in their bogus wars.
Fuck you and the horse you rode in.
http://www.tfp.org/TFPForum/we.....pelayo.htm
One fascinating aspect of the Old Testament is God’s interventions favoring those who do all they possibly can while facing overwhelming odds and counting on Him to do the impossible. As we read about David and Goliath, Gideon and the Battle of Jericho, the Maccabees and others, we have the impression that God actually dons armor and goes to battle on their side. New Testament history counts a number of such interventions. Among these is the marvelous story of the Reconquista, or recapture of Spain from Islamic domination.
Jihad
Less than seventy years after the death of Mohammed in 632, his followers had already conquered most of the Middle East and North Africa. In the beginning of the eighth century, the leaders of the new religion turned their eyes to Christian Europe, dreaming of new Moorish conquests.
On the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar, Visigoth Catholic Spain was in a state of decadence, undermined by the Arian heresy, steeped in vice, its army and people lax, and its leaders divided.
In 711, because of internal divisions, traitors informed the Muslims about the weak points along the Spanish southern coast. Not waiting for a second invitation, the Islamic army landed. The poison of treachery added to the ruthlessness of the scimitar conquered all of Spain in a few years.
But the Lord of Hosts had long prepared the Spanish David who would face the new Islamic Goliath.
A Warrior, a Cave and a Queen
The Cantabrian Range in northern Spain forms a natural fortress of lofty peaks, deep gorges, narrow valleys, steep cliffs and evergreen forests. This region numbers among the “Peaks of Europe” and was once the paradise of hermits, and the home of bears, mountain goats and soaring eagles. It is also known as the cradle of Catholic Spain, and it is the starting point of our marvelous saga.
One day, around the year 718, a troublemaker clambered desperately up rocks and boulders fleeing from a young warrior intent on his capture. Suddenly, the pursued man dashed into a large cave and disappeared into its dark depth. Chasing after him, the warrior found the troublemaker clinging desperately to a venerable hermit. Beside the old man stood a small image of Mary Most Holy with the Infant in her arms. At the hermit’s request, the warrior granted the troublemaker sanctuary and gave up the chase. “God will bless you for this, my friend,” spoke the hermit.
The troublemaker’s and the hermit’s names perished with history, but the young warrior’s name was Pelayo, a nobleman of royal lineage and fearless disposition. The cave is known to this day as Covadonga, and the diminutive image of Mary venerated there as Our Lady of Covadonga, Deliverer and Queen of Spain.
Early Spain
In the beginning of the eighth century, Spain was ruled by the Visigoth King Vitiza, a man as insolent as he was corrupt. While still a prince, Vitiza murdered the Duke of Fáfila and exiled his son Pelayo.
After Vitiza died, his sons were unable to secure the throne because of their cruel father’s unpopularity. Taking advantage of the chaos, the worthy Rodrigo, Duke of Bética, seized power and proclaimed himself king. At this, the supporters of Vitiza and his sons swore revenge. They sent messengers to Mohammed’s followers across the Strait of Gibraltar in North Africa and revealed to them all the weak points along the Spanish southern coast.
Tariff bem Ziyad was the one chosen for the task by the shrewd Musa bem Nusayr, governor of Muslim Africa. Aided by yet another traitor, the Count of Olian, Lord of Gibraltar, then at odds with King Rodrigo, Ziyad won many successive battles in 711.
What began as a simple incursion became a full-blown war of conquest as many enemies of the Visigoth regime joined forces with Ziyad.
The Fateful Battle of Guadalete
Finally, King Rodrigo was able to gather an army of 100,000 ill-trained men and met the Muslims in Guadalete. In the heat of the battle, the supporters of Vitiza and his sons joined the invading Moors, and attacking from behind decided the day for Ziyad. King Rodrigo was killed and his body vanished. Centuries later his tomb was discovered in Portugal.
Pelayo Emerges
In that battle, Pelayo, whose father the Duke of Fáfila had been killed by Vitiza, also fought. After the defeat of Guadalete, Pelayo fled with family members to Asturias in northern Spain.
Meanwhile Nusayr grew jealous of Ziyad and decided to share in the glory and the spoils of conquering Spain. He crossed the Strait of Gibraltar with a powerful army and, with it, conquered Granada, Malaga, Merida, Seville and Zaragoza.
Continuing to join infamy to treachery, Vitiza’s followers surrendered town after town to the invader. Like dominoes, region after region fell, leaving only a few towns free from Muslim domination in the Cantabrian region near the Pyrenees.
The Muslim Munuza was appointed governor of Gijón in this region and was to cross paths with Pelayo by falling in love with the Spaniard’s sister. Pelayo opposed the match and was sent prisoner to the south of Spain. Evading his captors, he returned to his family to find Munuza planning a wedding. His opposition enraged the governor, who ordered his imprisonment.
The Resistance Begins
Warned by friends, Pelayo sought refuge in the mountains of the Cantabrian region and swore to resist the new regime. His natural leadership, his fame as a fearless warrior and his rank as a prince of royal lineage attracted many Catholics who wished to combat the invader. Around him gathered a force of about a thousand strong. Unanimously, they proclaimed Pelayo king in 716 or 718.
Tradition says that since the crimson flag of the Goths had disappeared in the fateful battle of Guadalete, the hermit who inhabited the cave of Covadonga placed in Pelayo’s hand a wooden cross saying, “Behold the sign of victory.” Pelayo positioned this cross at the top of his standard to be carried in battle.1
Noticing that Islamic attention was now focused on trying to conquer France,2 Pelayo launched forays against Muslim strongholds obtaining successive victories.
Hearing of the insurrection, Munuza sent word to Alahor, the Emir of Córdoba, who in turn sent his lieutenant Alkama with a large force to crush the rebels. With him, Alkama brought Don Opas, the bishop of Seville, a relative of Pelayo and a Muslim collaborator, hoping that he might convince Pelayo to give up the impossible task. Meanwhile, Pelayo had distributed his small force throughout strategic positions of the Cantabrian Range while he with a few men took their positions inside the cave of Covadonga where the image of Mary Most Holy was venerated.
Interview with Don Opas
Before the battle, Alkama sent Don Opas to try to persuade Pelayo to put down his sword by promising pardon and many benefits. Don Opas is quoted as saying, “Brother, I am sure that you work in vain. What possible resistance can you put up when all of Spain and its armies could not resist the Ismaelites? Listen to me. Settle down, and enjoy your many possessions in peace with the Arabs like everyone else is doing.”
To this, Pelayo answered,
I want no friendship with the Islamites and will not be subject to their empire. Don’t you know that the Church of God is like the moon that once eclipsed returns to her fullness? We trust in God’s mercy and know that from this mountain will emerge the health of Spain. You with your brothers as well as Olian, minister of Satan, decided to give to these people the kingdom of the Goths. But we, having Our Lord Jesus Christ as our advocate before God the Father, despise this multitude of pagans in whose name you come. And by the intercession of the Mother of God, who is Mother of mercy, we believe that this small army of 105 Goths will multiply like seeds from a tiny grain of mustard.3
Realizing there was no compromise in Pelayo, Don Opas returned to the Muslim army and said, “Go on to the cave and fight because only the sword will obtain anything from him.”
The Battle (718–722)
On that day, two different civilizations and religions faced each other. Islam, which had triumphed over the Middle East and North Africa, was now poised to crush the last stronghold of a ruined country, a destroyed civilization, an enslaved people and a profaned religion. There, at Covadonga, was to be decided whether Spain would be an extension of Islam or the spearhead of Christian Civilization.
As Pelayo and his men looked down from the cave of Covadonga they saw a massive Muslim horde. Alkama and his men jeered, sure of an easy victory. A chill of fear compounded the chill of the cave but the indomitable leader, pointing to the small image of Our Lady of Covadonga, reminded his brave men to place all their confidence in her protection. This little Lady “beautiful as the moon, brilliant as the sun, terrible as an army in battle array,”4 could not disappoint their trust. Thus began that terrible, unequal fight.
At a signal from Alkama, a multitude of stones and arrows were hurled against the men in the cave. It was then that a wonderful thing happened. The acclaimed sixteenth-century Spanish historian, Father Juan de Mariana, describes the battle:
They fought at the entrance to the cave with all sorts of weapons, and a shower of stones. Then it was that God’s power was manifest, favorable to ours and contrary to the Muslims because the arrows and spears that the enemy launched returned to them causing great harm among them. The enemy was astounded at such a miracle. Heartened and on fire with the hope of victory, the Christians emerged from the hideout, few in number, soiled and ragged, and engaged in a melee. They fell fiercely upon the enemy who, thrown off balance, turned and ran.5
Meanwhile, the other warriors, placed in strategic positions throughout the mountains, pushed down huge boulders and tree trunks on the Muslim army now trapped in the deep valleys of the region. Others shot their arrows. At the same time, a frightful storm broke out, which added to the panic, and caused the Muslims to flee in disarray. Pursued by the Christians, they were killed in the Cangas Valley in a terrible battle.
The traitorous Don Opas was taken prisoner, and Alkama was slain along with thousands of Muslims. The remaining Moorish army took flight only to be buried by a mountain close to the Deva River that suddenly fell upon them and drowned them in the river. For centuries after that, whenever the river swelled in winter, bones and parts of armor floated to the top.
Back in Gijón, on hearing of the astounding defeat, Munuza fled with his troops, only to be pursued by the Spaniards who caught up with him near Oviedo, killing him and his men.
Growing Support For the Cause of Spain;
Don Pelayo After Covadonga
Encouraged by such a victory and Pelayo’s example, an increasing number of Christians joined him. One of them was Alfonso, the son of the Duke of Viscaya, who left his father and his lands to join the fight at Pelayo’s side. Alfonso later married the hero’s daughter, Ormisinda, and at the premature death of Pelayo’s son Fávila, became King Alfonso I the Catholic.
Rather than establishing his court in Gijón, the most important city of Asturias, Don Pelayo chose Cangas de Onis, in the region of the “Peaks of Europe,” since it was a more defensible position.
Pelayo did not enjoy much peace. He neither sought it nor could he expect it from the Muslims. He spent the rest of his life battling the Moorish invader. He died from natural causes in Cangas de Onis in 737 and was buried by his wife Gaudiosa near the altar of Our Lady in the Cave of Covadonga. The epitaph on his tomb reads:
Here lies the holy king Don Pelayo,
elected in the year 716, who in this
miraculous cave began the
restoration of Spain….
Scooter never outed a CIA agent. If he did he would have been cnvicted. He is guilty of lying about the truth. That’s it.
Of course, the real story is that they were afraid of what would happen if Libby went to prison. You see, Libby said that on his very first night behind bars, he would flush a Koran down the toilet — and that would trigger riots around the world. Bush had no choice but to give in to the blackmail, and so Scooter goes free to keep millions of Muslims from going on the rampage yet again.
Hey, I read it in Newsweek. You can\’t question that!!!
Don\’t cry for me Argentina, I can\’t help being a dumbass… Love, Fat Al… ps wanna buy some carbon credits, little boy?
Buenos Aires gets first snow since 1918
By BILL CORMIER, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 9, 7:20 PM ET
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Thousands of Argentines cheered and threw snowballs in the streets of Buenos Aires on Monday as the capital\’s first major snowfall since 1918 spread a thin white mantle across the region.
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Wet snow fell for hours in the Argentine capital, accumulating in a mushy but thin white layer late Monday, after freezing air from Antarctica collided with a moisture-laden low pressure system that blanketed higher elevations in western and central Argentina with snow.
\”Despite all my years, this is the first time I\’ve ever seen in snow in Buenos Aires,\” said Juana Benitez, an 82-year-old who joined children celebrating in the streets.
Argentina\’s National Weather Service said it was the first major snow in Buenos Aires since June 22, 1918, though sleet or freezing rain have been periodically reported in decades since.
One man stripped to his shorts to welcome the snow. Children scraped snow of cars and threw snowballs. Motorists honked horns, some with small snowmen on their hoods. Some fender benders were reported on slick suburban streets.
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The snow followed a bitter cold snap in late May that saw subfreezing temperatures, the coldest in 40 years in Buenos Aires. That cold wave contributed to an energy crisis and 23 deaths from exposure.
Two more exposure deaths were reported on Monday.
Damn that global hot air… oh nevermind…that\’s Al!
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They started lying before they ever got to the door. Surely you remember the mantra about putting the “grownups” back in charge?
Turns out we ended up with spoiled, sociopathic children, mentally if not physically.
The lies continue on today, among the Bush crime family and their followers. I give you as evidence everything our headcase who thinks he’s a newsman posts.
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THAT’S FITTING. AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR RIGHT WING BULLSHIT.
re 26: Glorioski, Batman! This bitch had got the power of Jesus H. Christ on his side!!!!
re 29: Unusual weather patterns are proof that global warming exists — idiot.
re 29: You are unmoved by the unusual heat that has been changing arctic areas for years, yet a few days of a cold snap in Argentina has you in full global warming denial mode.
Why is that? Is it because you have arrived at a conclusion before considering all the evidence?
They started lying before they ever got to the door. Surely you remember the mantra about putting the “grownups” back in charge?
Turns out we ended up with spoiled, sociopathic children, mentally if not physically.
Reid
Pelosi
Murtha
Kennedy
Durbin
Franks
Murray
Cantwell
Clinton
re 35: Do you really think that Darcy Burner, or any of the Democrats in your list, will look dumb next to their Republican counterparts?
Good luck with that one — fool.