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Hey… I finally posted again over at Huffington. Hmm… wonder what was on my mind today?

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  2. Hey Richard! I’m watching KING 5’s 6:30 news and GUESS WHAT —

    1. They showed Bush and Reichert once, Darcy Burner twice.
    2. They showed film clips of both the Bellevue and Westlake rallies.
    3. Said rallies were on the air 10 times as long as Bush’s visit.

    Didn’t you say something earlier today to the effect the media aren’t covering Burner or her Westlake rally? Would you like ketchup to eat with your words?

  3. 2

    That is so clearly an infringement of free speech as to be blatantly unconstitutional. I predict it won’t survive its very first court test.

  5. I think the numbers prove you guys lost today’s battle.
    There were far more volunteers and contributors who turned out in favor of Bush and Reichert for this event than protestors.
    You’d think that your side could get more than 100 aging protestors (optimistic estimate) to take a bus over to Bellevue.
    Heck, I would have thought that you could have attracted more than 300 people to Westlake, in the middle of the Seventh Congressional District where your team’s candidate is campaigning.
    I’m serious here, but maybe it would be better for Darcy to change her registration to Wallingford and have her run against your current incumbent congressman. If she did so, she’d have Democrats AND Republicans across the state supporting her then.

  6. on-line gambling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_gambling

    (This link is provided for educational purposes only. Only a damn fool throws his money away on gambling, which in economic terms, is a less-than-zero-sum game.)

    There, I said the words, and even provided a link. Now let the Gambling Commission violate my civil rights — I need the money.

  7. 6

    Anytime POTUS pulls only 2 1/2 times as many people as a protest and a novice candidate’s campaign rally, the party in power is in a world of hurt.

  8. So what’s Reichert gonna do with his new-found $800,000? Buy six truckloads of rubber stamps?

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  9. Checking the site meter, I see that Goldy is averaging over 2,500 visits a day and is closing on the 1 million visitor mark (over 900,000).

  10. And those numbers should get a big bump from Goldy’s new visibility as a major radio talk show personality.

  11. Wow! This thread is already up to 12 comments. That’s more than the pathetic little competing blog gets in a week.

  12. So, Stefan, why didn’t you share the loot from your lawsuit against Dean Logan and King County with the generous donors to your “legal action fund” who paid for the lawsuit?

  14. In case anyone wants to see the photo of sillyguy and his flying machine, here it is again: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.....hopter.JPG

    Man, I’m NEVER gonna get tired of this picture! You’re gonna be seeing it on HorsesAss for a looooooong time, sillyguy.

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  18. I got curious about the on-line gambling law, so I looked it up, and found it as Chapter 290, Laws of 2006. (http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/bill.....3-S.SL.pdf )

    Frankly, I think that Gambling Commission guy quoted in the news article is an idiot who doesn’t know how to interpret a statute. RCW 9.46.240, as amended by SSB 6613, applies only to actual gambling transactions.

    This statute, prior to the 2006 amendment (which only adds the word “internet”), provided:

    “Whoever knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore or similar means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling information shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor subject to the penalty set forth in RCW 9A.20.021: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this section shall not apply to such information transmitted or received or equipment installed or maintained relating to activities authorized by this chapter or to any act or acts in furtherance thereof when conducted in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.”

    Rick Day, GC director, is not a lawyer (which may be a problem in and of itself; how appropriate is it to put someone who doesn’t understand law in charge of a regulatory agency?). He is a bureaucrat who is committing the two classic blunders made by bureaucrats who try to interpret laws themselves instead of getting the advice of their agency’s legal counsel:

    1. He is imputing a vernacular meaning to a legal term of art; and,
    2. He is giving the language of the statute an overly expansive reading.

    Usually it’s necessary to stop overbearing bureaucrats of this stripe by dragging them into court.

    I did not come up with a court case defining “gambling information” with a quick search, but based on my long experience with statutory interpretation as a government lawyer, I believe this statute when originally enacted was aimed at bookmaking conducted by telegraph, telephone, and other technological means. In SSB 6613, the Legislature makes it clear that it considers 9.46.240 to have prohibited on-line gambling all along, and this amendment merely clarifies the legislative intent. Thus, the prohibition of transmitting “gambling information” via internet does not create a new substantive crime, but simply adds “internet” to the statute’s non-exclusive illustrative list of technological means by which illegal gambling is conducted.

    No court will read this to mean citizens can’t discuss gambling on the internet, when they’re not gambling.

  19. Under RCW 9.46.240, you’re breaking the law if you place bets or engage in bookmaking by means of (a) tin cans connected with a string, (b) smoke signals, (c) waving a sheet, or (d) carrier pigeon. All of that would fall within “similar means.” The idea is that betting that is illegal in this state does not become legal by residents of this state using communication technology to place bets in an establishment physically located in another jurisdiction, even if the betting is legal in that jurisdiction.

  20. AYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A former graduate student testified Friday he used a fake Social Security number to obtain credit cards but denied accusations that he tried to help terrorists. A naturalized U.S. citizen born in the West Bank, Arwah Jaber said he was “trying to survive” and did not believe at the time that it was against the law to provide false information on credit card applications.

    Yup…he’s a Democrat.

  21. 21

    How do you know he’s a Democrat? Did you check his voter registration? That guy sounds like a Republican to me. Show me a thief, and I’ll show you a Republican. Show me a Republican, and I’ll show you a thief.

  22. Well, this was a bad day for the righties on Capitol Hill. Very few Senate Democrats voted for an arbitrary timetable to withdraw from Iraq. The Democrats aren’t as dumb as the righties were hoping. They realize the solution to the Iraq quagmire is NOT an arbitrary timetable that will tie military commanders’ hands and tell the enemy what we’re going to do; the solution is a new civilian leadership. We’re gonna fix that problem in about two years.

  23. New York- Another Washington dog has written a book. Senator Edward Kennedy was at a school in New York City today, promoting “My Senator and Me: A Dog’s-Eye View of Washington, D-C.” The putative author is “Splash,” the Massachusetts Democrat’s Portuguese water dog. The children’s book follows Kennedy and Splash through the passage of an education bill. [……………….The “guvment” unions are buying “Splash’s” book by the truck load. Kind of like Jim Wright’s book 15 years ago. Lots of public employee union hacks will find that their dues have purchased a few hundred thousand copies of this Kennedy “best seller”!!! hehe, JCH Kennedy]

  25. If gambling is so bad, why don’t the girlz shut down the Casino Americans and the state lottery?

  26. “Splash”……”That’s the sound of my 17 year old Dewar’s hitting the ice cubes while I’m driving my Oldsmobile!! Nothing like a couple stiff drinks and a night time drive with a babe.” [Teddy “Oldsmobile” Kennedy]

  27. We’re gonna fix that problem in about two years.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 7:56 pm

    Iraq better hope they have everything under control if the donks ever get back in power or else they’re doomed. Donks fight. Hahahahahahaha

  28. MTR Kennedy, Are you having a few “stiff doubles” before you head out tonight? It’s the Kennedy way!!

  29. Hey Pat – Have fun out drankin’ drivin’ and (ucking tonight. If you see anybody that needs to get smacked around, don’t hesitate.

  30. Roger Rabbit, I’ll bet you would fall all over yourself to vote for a Kennedy.

  31. We are Kennedys, and we do as we please!! Kill, rape, drink and drive, and cheat on our taxes while demanding others pay more!! And dumb ass libs always vote for us!! Classic!!

  32. Just wanted to remind the sex offenders on the right that their hero Lush Flimbaugh is peeing into a cup today in front of his probation officer while setting a fine example for republican youth!

  33. Man LT you sure have a fascination with sex offenders. You wouldn’t happen to be a Seattle public school teacher behind on their union dues would you?

  34. 32

    JCH — you sure come from a dysfunctional family! That explains a lot of things.

  37. 35…And dumb ass liberal “guvment” Democrats like you will vote for us every election because we are Kennedys!!

  38. 26

    “If gambling is so bad, why don’t the girlz shut down the Casino Americans and the state lottery?” Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/16/06@ 8:22 pm

    Why should Republicans have a monopoly on hypocrisy? There’s enough to go around.

  39. RR, surf at Kapoho is 6 to 8 feet, with 10 feet faces. But I wouldn’t know, because I live in a “double wide” in WASH, right????? “Welcome to the Jungle, Boy!”

  40. Cindy “Bitch slap” McKinney, DEMOCRAT, GA and Pat “Bitch slap” Kennedy, DEMOCRAT, RI……….. OK, Democrat dumb asses: What do these two fine Democrats have in common????????

  41. ROGER RABBIT’S GAMBLING HALL OF INFAMY

    I’m holding the First Ever Annual induction ceremonies tonight to the new “Roger Rabbit’s Gambling Hall of Infamy.” Inductees are nominated and selected by a committee consisting of me. Here are the first inductees:

    1. Jack Abramoff (R – Crook) — extorted $57 million from tribal casinos
    2. Bill Bennett (R – Idiot) — dropped $8 million in tribal casinos (tribes’ net loss = $49 million)
    3. Mark the Deadbeat (R – Welsher) — refused to pay a $100 bet

    Notice they’re all Republicans, and Mark is the small-timer of the bunch.

  42. Just wanted to remind the sex offenders on the right that their hero Lush Flimbaugh is peeing into a cup today in front of his probation officer while setting a fine example for republican youth! -Commentby LeftTurn— 6/16/06@ 8:33 pm

    He’ll probably run into a kennedy ‘icon’ {snicker} or 2 {do kennedy rapist/drunks submit to tests??} while his submitting his superior clean urine…

    Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-UI) pleaded guilty this week to driving under the influence of prescription drugs when he wrecked his car near the Capitol last month. Kennedy must comply with several conditions imposed by the court, including probation for one year,
    random drug screening and regular meetings with a psychiatrist
    and Alcoholics Anonymous.     “I’ve always said that I wanted to take full responsibility for my actions,” Kennedy said. He certainly didn’t learn that one from dear old dad.

    Kennedy did learn much while in rehab, though, including this
    pearl of wisdom: “Whether it’s alcohol or drugs, any impaired
    driving is wrong.” Indeed, police at the scene believed the Rhode Island legislator to be intoxicated, though they were forbidden from conducting a field sobriety test. Additional details have emerged as well, including Kennedy’s inability to recognize his own house when officers dropped him off. (Apparently, Kennedy spent several minutes attempting to open a gate at another house.)

    In other news, a recent GMAC Insurance National Driver’s Test
    found that “the state of Rhode Island leads the nation in driver
    cluelessness,” while Massachusetts is a close second. The Kennedy Klan, it would seem, is bumping up the curve in both states.

  43. 42

    My money on on Jack. Do you take cold hard cash in foil bricks?

  44. What do you R-apologists think of this:

    “The bill provides $90 billion in tax cuts balanced with $21 billion in tax increases for a combined 10-year cost to the federal government of $69 billion. Among the revenue-raisers are two provisions that will cost counties money; a new withholding requirement and restrictions on pooled bond financing.

    Counties that spend more than $100 million on products and services in a year will be required to withhold 3 percent of their payments to most vendors and contractors beginning in 2011. The requirement will apply to states and the federal government but not to the private sector. The provision is projected to raise $7 billion for the federal government between 2011 and 2015.

    The Congressional Budget Office issued a cost estimate on the bill on May 9 that labeled this provision as an intergovernmental mandate exceeding the threshold specified in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. However, no point of order could be raised under that law because of a procedural loophole.”

    http://www.naco.org/CountyNews.....ntID=20217

    The devious bastards claim to cut taxes while pushing the costs onto the locals.

  45. Let’s see…

    Rush Limbaugh, mild mannered talk show host, no political power, uses a chauffeur…

    Ted the Sot Kennedy, big mouth politician, making noise and laws drives drunk kills a young woman and forgets to mention it to anyone for a few hours… for which he denies responsibility and skates above the law.

    William Kennedy Smith, a DOCTOR (for God sake), drunk and high on the beach and commits sexual assualt… for which he denies responsibility and skates above the law.

    Patrick Kennedy, 2nd generation bigmouth politician, making noise and laws, high as a kite playing dodge em cars in DC wrecks his car while high on pills and booze….after treatment for cocaine addiction in 1986.

    Joseph P Kennedy II, driver in a Cape Cod car accident that leaves one passenger permanently paralyzed.

    David A. Kennedy died from a Demerol and cocaine overdose.

    Michael Kennedy accused of statuatory rape

    Michael Skakel (Kennedy) convicted of brutal murder.

    Yep, that hapless talk show guy is far worse than drunk, addicted, murdering, rapist doctors and politicians.

  46. I’d love to see a knock-down, drag-out smackdown between Hillary and Al Gore for the presidential Democrat nomination! Who’s with me???

  47. Any chance we can get him to come to the 5th and stump for Cathy? Peter Goldmark could use the publicity also.

  49. Laura Bush killed a guy. Baby Bush’s brother Jeb has a whore and crack addict for a daughter. The Bush twins have been arrested TWICE that we know of and are well known whores and drunks. Papa Bush was in bed with Osama’s dad which is why the Bush regime let Osama’s family out of the country after 9.11 and why Baby Bush didn’t take out Osama when he had the chance BEFORE 9.11 and which is why Bush still won’t find Osama. Prescott Bush was asshole buddies with Hitler. George Bush was a draft dodging AWOL coward and document drunk with a DUI himself. But I guess this list of criminal activity by the Bush cabal is okay with inbred taliban right wingers because these are all republican criminals.

  50. Left turn, speaking of not getting Osama before 9-11, are you aware that Bill Clinton had a couple of different chances to have OBL handed over to him on a silver platter but refused?? I’d think you’d heard about that.

  53. 50

    So what. I rape a chick and killed a dude while in office. Thats small stuff. Geeesh

  56. …well known whores and drunks? Where’s your citation big mouth?
    …Laura “killed a guy”… was she charged? arrested? do any jail time?

    Draft dodging? How does one become a fighter pilot while dodging the draft?

    Prescott Bush… you mean because his investment company had investments in Germany prior to Hiltler… yep there’s a connection for your tinfoil hat.

    GW drank? Yep, he was a party boy, well beyond his college years… admitted and REFORMED.

    Have you gotten a good look at the sots nose lately? How’s his MBA coming?… oh that’s right he was kicked out of Harvard as an undergrad for CHEATING. That certainly seems a fitting predictor od his life.

  57. So, K, you are saying that you are disappointed in your boy Bill Clinton for leaving OBL out there to plan 9-11?

  59. You tell me when he had Bin Laden. We know Bush had him in the caves and let him go. What evidence was there earlier?

  60. c’mon—who’s with me??? Who wants to see al Gore and Hillary in a huge smackdown for the Democrat presidential nomination?? I’d put my $$$$ on Hillary. After all, she was the one who said “The object of politics is to pummel your opponent about the face.” Well, I think she’d definitely open up a can o’ a_s-whoopin’ on Al-buddy, alright. anyone agree?

  61. My recollection is that he launched an attack inm the Sudan to get Bin Ladin and was accused of “Wag the Dog” diversions.

  64. My recollection is that he launched an attack inm the Sudan to get Bin Ladin and was accused of “Wag the Dog” diversions.

    Commentby K— 6/16/06@ 10:12 pm

    Actually I had a headache that day and the aspirin just wasn’t doing it. Hehe

  66. OK, Bill, so you’re a silly ass with nothing to say. Not even that amusing. Now explain to me how that lets Bush off.

    You got nothing, not even wit.

  67. Got no problem with Al and Hillary debating issues?? C’mon, get excited, buddy! An Al and Hillary smackdown would be great! Wanna see that match!

  68. Did you know an anonymous CIA source reported that Bill Clinton didn’t Bin Laden, the man he called the most wanted in 1996, arrested?

    Did you know that Bill Clinton turned down at least three offers by foreign governments to hand over Bin Laden and particularly Sudan, in which both a Clinton fundraiser Mansoor Ijaz and Clinton ambassador to Sudan Timothy Carney have publicly stated is true?

    Did you know Bill Clinton in 1995 axed an FBI probe into Islamic Charities for terrorist connections?

    Did you know that Vernon Jordan, a confidant of Bill Clinton, represented the head of the Capitol Trust Bank against charges of transferring millions to Bin Laden?

    Did you know Bill Clinton authorized funding and support for the Taliban as part of a wider geo-political strategy to undermine Iran and partially because of wanting a pipeline?

    Did you know that the leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin, publicly stated that former President Clinton was not interested in fighting terrorism?

    Did you know that the Clinton Administration gave Occidental Petroleum exemptions to anti-terrorism laws prohibit U.S. companies from doing business with state sponsors of terrorism, which was likely to do with Occidentals long history of being in bed with Al Gore and his father? Now isn’t that interesting … and a bit more relevant in that we are iIN a war against terror/terrorists and Hitler war is long over and buried…

    Did you know that former President Clinton instituted a campaign to restrict the CIA from recruitment of human resources that severely hampered U.S. human intelligence?

    Did you know that Bill Clinton spent more money, time, and resources going after Microsoft for alleged charges of trying to monopolize the internet browser market than he did going after Bin Laden?

    Did you know former President Clinton received a letter at the end of his tenure from Iraqi Dictator, Saddam Hussein, thanking him and expressing gratitude?

    Did you know that a former Clinton supporter/fundraiser Mansoor Ijaz has documented proof that not only was Bin Laden offered to Clinton by Sudan, but they also offered a wealth of intelligence on his terrorist network that was also refused? “Clinton’s failure to grasp the opportunity to unravel increasingly organized extremists, coupled with Berger’s assessments of their potential to directly threaten the U.S., represents one of the most serious foreign policy failures in American history.” -Mansoor Ijaz, L.A. Times, December 5, 2001

    Did you know both the Associated Press and the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that former President Clinton had several opportunities to eliminate Bin Laden after he had been located and refused to authorize them?

    Did you know that in December 2000, then President Clinton was presented with an operation to take out Bin Laden had been located and refused to green light it?

    Did you know that in the wake on the 9-11 terrorist attack that Bill Clinton publicly lied on national television to the American people by stating that his wag the dog attack in 98 on Afghanistan with a cruise missile strike was the closet we came to getting Bin Laden while the military commander of it stated it was a million to one shot?

    Did you know that the Clinton Administration was warned of a kamikaze attack being carried out by Bin Laden in 1996?

    Did you know that in 1999, Clinton received a report in 1999 warning of hijackings that would use planes to crash them into the Pentagon, CIA, or the White House?

  69. speaking of Clinton atacking Microsoft, I well remember that when Microsoft got whammed by the bad decision in Mar.2000, MSFT stock spiralled downward and proceeded to take the entire stock market with it. Bad day at work, Bill Clinton.

  70. So what did Bush do this week? He went to Iraq to prop up a foundering GOP war, and he came to Seattle to prop up a foundering GOP congressman. Looks like Darcy Burner has made Bush’s Top Two List of Priority Problems.

  71. Yes, Ass, and Bush was the exemplar of how to pursue and prevent. First, he would have had all the info you claim (based on what, by the way) that Clinton had. We know HIS FBI (at least some of them) were screaming warnings. We know that the Clinton Staff tried to pass a warning on to the Bushies. We know that Bush gave selected Saudi’s the “Royal treatment” as he allowed them to leave after 9/11. We know that he pursued a war on false pretences against Iraq (and yes, Saddam was a bad man. So is Little Kim, why the distinction) while he knowingly let Bin Ladin escape.

    So what’s your point?

  72. Bill Clinton, Why not add “Kennedy” to your name so you can be one of the HA.ORG right wing “conspirators”?? Welcome aboard!!!

  73. ANd if you want to challenge CLinton v. Bush on the economy, you really are an ASS. Have you checked the deficit lately?

  75. 74

    By all means, let’s compare Clinton and the Bushes on the economy!

    Median income:
    Bush I: down 4.9%
    Clinton: up 14.5%
    Bush II: down 2.2%

    Americans in poverty:
    Bush I: up 6.5 million
    Clinton: down 7.7 million
    Bush II: up 1.3 million

    Job creation:
    Bush I: 2.3 million new jobs
    Clinton: 22.9 million new jobs
    Bush II: 1.5 million fewer jobs

    Federal budget:
    Bush I: deficit of $290 billion in last year
    Clinton: surplus of $236 billion in last year
    Bush II: deficit of $160 billion in latest year

    Unemployment rate:
    Bush I: up 1.9%
    Clinton: down 3.1%
    Bush II: up 1.5%

    Percentage of Americans without health insurance:
    Bush I: up 1.4%
    Clinton: down 0.8%
    Bush II: up 0.4%

  76. Do you even understand the deficit?
    Didn’t know BUSH was running again either.
    So what’s your point… beside the one on your head?

  77. The bottom line is that Republicans don’t give a shit about the national economy; they only care about their personal economy.

    Like the rich tea-sipping elites of banana republics, they’re only interested in transferring the nation’s wealth to their personal bank accounts. They could care less what happens to the people.

  79. 77

    Here’s a special ROGER RABBIT QUIZ just for you, DumbASS:

    1. Who is president?
    2. Who has been president for the last 5 years?
    3. Was there a deficit when he took office?
    4. Has there been a single year since he took office when there HASN’T been a deficit?
    5. Do deficits hurt the economy?

  80. I can cut and paste too, dumbbunny…

    The total rate of inflation since George W. Bush took over is 6.95 percent. (Click “CPI inflation calculator”). That’s an average annual rate of inflation of 1.74 percent. And, for those who are interested, that’s the lowest rate of inflation since Landslide Lyndon Johnson was President, back in the mid-1960’s.

    Unemployment Rates
    January 1, 1993 – July 31, 1996 = 6.03 percent
    January 1, 2001 – July 31, 2004 = 5.52 percent

    Total Income Growth
    January 1, 1993 – June 30, 1996 = 17.05 percent.
    January 1, 2001 – June 30, 2004 = 16.57 percent

    Inflation
    1993-1996 – total inflation = 8.58%
    2001-2004 – total inflation = 6.95%

    June 30, 1996, year-over-year wage growth (inflation adjusted):
    Business sector: + 0.9 percent
    Nonfarm business sector: + 0.9 percent
    Manufacturing sector: + 0.9 percent

    June 30, 2004, year-over-year wage growth (inflation adjusted):
    Business sector: + 1.7 percent
    Nonfarm business sector: + 1.9 percent
    Manufacturing sector: + 3.0 percent

    On the other hand, the total rate of inflation inherent in the racist economy of Clinton’s first term was . . . 8.58 percent (2.14 average annual rate).

  81. Now explain the deficit. Bonus points if you can explain the government by lies I pointed out @45

    Probably not a cut and paste

  82. OK, Bill, so you’re a silly ass with nothing to say. Not even that amusing. Now explain to me how that lets Bush off.

    You got nothing, not even wit.

    Commentby K— 6/16/06@ 10:20 pm

    Question is why would you care. You voted for me in 92 knowing the rumors of me raping Mrs Brodrick. Are you suddenly moral now that you are out of power?

  83. Like the rich CommieMommies and Tinpot Dictators of banana republics, LIBERALS are only interested in transferring the individual earnings of their fellow citizens to their “village accounts”. They could care less what happens to the earners as long as the non-earners get to suck at the village tit..

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 10:37 pm TRANSLATED INTO TRUTH BY howcanyoubePROUDtobeanASS 6/16/06 @ 10.48PM

  84. Sorry bud, when you poison the discourse with so many lies, you get ignored. Quite a large percentage of what was said about Clinton was clearly fabricated. No way to cut through your bullshit.

  86. Shall we start with the Foster lies. How many investigations? What findings?

    And I gave you my sources at NACO for the Republican government of lies. Tax cuts = cost shifts to local government

  87. Did I hear you wanted to know facts about Clinton? Well Ok then:

    1. Clinton scandals:
    Admited Perjury
    White Water
    Travel Gate
    China Gate
    Rose Law firm billing record
    Trooper Gate
    Monica Lewinski
    Juanita Brodrick-RAPE
    Paula Jones
    Lincoln Bedroom Gate
    FBI file gate
    Pardons for donations
    Vandal Gate-Trashing of White house when leaving
    And this is one guy and I can name more.

  88. More Clinton Scandals
    Cattle gate- Remember Hillary’s $1,00 investment that turned into a fortune.
    PBS Gate- selling donor lists to PBS for direct solicitation- This is against the law
    IRS gate- Auditing Oliver North come on.
    Budist temple gate- Mainly Al Gore, but directed by Clinton

  89. 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

  90. 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

  91. 79

    “When was the unemployment rate under 5%in the Clinton years?”

    When Bush Sr. left office in January 1991, the unemployment rate was 6.4%. It fell below 6% in September 1994 and never again rose above 6% during Clinton’s term. It fell below 5% in the spring of 1997 and never again rose above 5% during Clinton’s term. In the last few months of Clinton’s presidency, it fell below 4% and stood at 3.9% during his last full month in office, December 2001.

    Upon Bush Jr. taking office in January 2001, the unemployment rate immediately began to rise, and rose to 5% by September 2001 and to 6% by December 2002. Although it dipped slightly in the early months of 2003, it rose again by April 2003 and stayed above 6% for most of that year. It stayed well above 5% throughout 2004 and did not go below 5% until August 2005, then again jumped above 5% in September and November 2005. The unemployment rate has been hoving in the 4.7% to 4.9% since December 2005 — still more than a full point above the lows achieved in Clinton’s presidency. And, with the housing sector — which has provided half of all new jobs since 2001 — expected to weaken with rising interest rates, it’s almost a certainty that unemployment will climb higher during the remainder of Bush II’s presidency.

    Source of Data: U.S. Labor Department, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Civilian Unemployment Rate http://research.stlouisfed.org.....UNRATE.txt

  92. Shall we start with the Foster lies. How many investigations? What findings? -Commentby K— 6/16/06@ 10:53 pm< ?I>

    LMAO – did I bring up Hillarys favorite corpse???
    NO I DID NOT.

    Read carefully (and use dictionary.com for the really big words… the only thing chronicled (this time) was teh efforts of the Hillbilly President to abet terrorism… and he did it oh so very well.

  94. Unemployment was never below 5% during Bush I’s administration, and reached the 5.0% level in only 1 month of his presidency (March 1989, 2 months after he took office).

    Unemployment was below 5% for 32 months of Clinton’s presidency.

    Unemployment has been below 5% for 8 months of Bush II’s administration, including the first 5 months of 2006, but is now holding steady at the 4.6% to 4.7% level — in other words, it’s not showing further improvement.

  95. A batch of lies Rufus. Where to start. The alleged vandalism at the White House was clearly a lie. Took the “w’s” cute but untrue. Let’s total your alleged donations and investments and match them against Abramoff. And those investigations, easy when you control the legislative arm. And also easy to turn away from your party’s wrongdoing when you’re in charge. When will the investigations to the CIA leak begin? ANd how was Karl Rove’s memory?

    You guys keep running against Clinton. And you accuse the Democrats of having no ideas.

  96. And come on, @ 45- the Republican government of lies. Help me understand how pushing costs to local government is a tax cut.

  97. 88

    After you eliminate the “scandals” that turned out to be nothing (e.g. Whitewater) and the “scandals” that were simply rightwing fiction (e.g., Troopergate), that’s a very short list.

    Dubya and the GOP congress, by contrast, will go down in history as one of the most corrupt and scandal-wracked administrations in U.S. history.

  99. 46

    Goes to show you trailer park Republicans aren’t the only ones with dysfunctional family histories.

  100. When will the investigations to the CIA leak begin? ANd how was Karl Rove’s memory?

    If it is as bad as Clinton the MSM will be all over him. Luckily the MSM is not a monopoly anymore. Reagan openned a door that will never be shut when he got rid of the fairness doctirine.

  102. 63

    “I wonder why no one ever accused Chelsea of being a whore?” Commentby howcanyoubePROUDtobeanASS— 6/16/06@ 10:13 pm

    I notice you don’t have that problem. Lots of people think you’re a whore.

  103. 84

    Any time a wingfuck gets hold of the word “truth,” watch out!!!

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 11:07 pm

    You can say that again. I lost my freakin job. Courage rabbit, courage.

  105. Good stuff, Rufus. My recollection is that the media jumped all over the Lewinsky story. Is there a point in 101?

  106. Boy, I’ll tell you what — I never voted for Clinton … I voted for Perot in ’92 and Dole in ’96 — but Bush made a Democrat out of me!!! Up until 1992, I split my ballots about 75% Democrats and 25% Republicans, but since 2001 I’ve been voting 100% Democrat and it’s going to stay that way for a long time to come.

  107. Enough for tonight. How about some time you guys try explaining your “good ideas”. But I won’t hold my breath.

  108. They HAVE to run against Clinton, because they made Clinton look good.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 11:12 pm

    Maybe because he was the last democrat that had any power. Although it took two republicans running against each other to get him into office. I hate you Perot.

  110. Boy, I’ll tell you what – I never voted for Clinton … I voted for Perot in ‘92 and Dole in ‘96 – but Bush made a Democrat out of me!!! Up until 1992, I split my ballots about 75% Democrats and 25% Republicans, but since 2001 I’ve been voting 100% Democrat and it’s going to stay that way for a long time to come.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 11:14 pm

    So you were one of the ten dems that voted for Perot. Geesh what are the odds. Hehe

  111. 81

    The thing is, ASS, I didn’t cherry-pick like you did in comparing Clinton’s worst years to Bush’s best years. When you put it in that context, Bush’s best years are barely better than Clinton’s worst years. Next.

  112. Now, ASS, what part of 32 months below 5% versus 8 months below 5% don’t you understand?

  113. In case everybody’s forgotten, it’s now going on 5 years since 9/11, and Bush hasn’t caught bin Laden yet. He needs only 15 more years to break Reichert’s record for most years spent not catching the bad guy.

  115. Juanita Broaddrick gave two conflicting stories under oath. No jury believes a witness like that.

  116. Juanita Broaddrick gave two conflicting stories under oath. No jury believes a witness like that.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 11:24 pm

    I hear you rabbit. I know all about conflicting stories. Courage, rabbit courage.

  117. Sworn affidavit of Juanita Broaddrick dated March 30, 1998:

    “During the 1992 Presidential campaign there were unfounded rumors and stories circulated that Mr. Clinton had made unwelcome sexual advances toward me in the late seventies. Newspaper and tabloid reporters hounded me and my family, seeking corroboration of these tales. I repeatedly denied the allegations and requested that my family’s privacy be respected. These allegations are untrue and I had hoped that they would no longer haunt me, or cause further disruption to my family.”

    http://www.samsloan.com/janedoe5.htm

  118. Rabbit was that affidavit in 1970 subscript or something different? You can never tell with these donkuments anymore.

  119. That Broaddrick’s smear of Clinton was hatched by the GOP is shown by the following:

    ” … many news organizations have tried to confirm Broaddrick’s story and failed. It was first revealed by Phillip Yoakum, a gadfly Republican businessman who says (Broaddrick) told him about it in 1981. In 1992, he urged Broaddrick to come forward in a letter he later gave to the Paula Jones lawyers. …

    “As part of his campaign to get Broaddrick to tell her story, Yoakum admitted in the letter, he had taped her version of it and given the tapes to Sheffield Nelson, a Republican who ran against Clinton for governor in 1990. Yoakum said he told the story to the Los Angeles Times and the Associated Press just after Clinton’s presidential nomination. But he refused to release the tapes, and both news organizations dropped the matter. …

    “Over the past year many reporters have looked into Broaddrick’s allegation and come away unconvinced.

    “‘This is a story that’s been knocked down and discredited so many times, I was shocked to see it in the Journal today,’ says Jack Nelson, Washington bureau chief of the Los Angeles Times. ‘Well, not shocked, since it ran on the editorial page. Everyone’s taken a slice of it, and after looking at it, everyone’s knocked it down. The woman has changed her story about whether it happened. It just wasn’t credible. I don’t know if NBC will run it, but if they do, they’ll do it knowing there are real problems with it.’

    “Significantly, the Wall Street Journal’s own news department has declined to run the Broaddrick story in its pages. When asked if Journal reporters had pursued it, the paper’s Washington bureau chief, Alan Murray, replied, ‘I’m not going to comment on how we devote our resources. But you’re right to observe this has not appeared in our news pages, except in brief references.’ …

    “Later, in its Washington Wire column, the (Washington Post)revealed that House Judiciary Committee counsel David Schippers had decided not to include the Broaddrick materials in the impeachment trial, since she had given different versions of the story ….”

    http://archive.salon.com/news/.....news2.html

  120. In other words, Broaddrick’s rape accusation against Clinton was so devoid of credibility that even the Republicans trying to impeach Clinton refused to use it.

    And Dufus wallpapers his posts with it as if it were gospel truth. ‘Nuff said.

  122. The Clintons are probably the most investigated couple in human history, and all the Clinton-haters came up with is that he lied about a blowjob.

    The really obscene thing about this is they did it with the taxpayers’ money. Starr’s investigation, alone, cost the taxpayers $70 million. That was enough money to buy a year’s health insurance for 7,500 families.

  123. Looks like DOOFUS and ASS have gotten a whoopin’ tonight!!

    They’ll never let go of their hate and their right-wing lies. It’s all they have.

  124. 111

    In 1992, Perot received 19,743,821 votes. Since only 10 of these were Democrats, that means Perot received 19,743,811 votes from Republicans.

    In 1996, Perot got only 8,085,402 votes, and Dole got almost the identical number of votes that Bush Sr. did in 1992 (39,198,755 vs. 39,104,550), while Clinton got 2,490,319 more votes than in 1992 (47,400,125 vs. 44,909,806).

    That means Clinton did such a good job in his first term that 2,490,309 Republicans who voted for Perot in 1992 voted for Clinton in 1996.

  125. 124

    I never feel guilt over kicking the shit out of a trollfuck. It’s like kicking a rock — there’s no moral component to it.

  127. Let’s ponder this now. How can Hillary get votes from the right? She knows that she needs them to win in ’08. What can she offer them? Let’s come up with ideas.

  128. For the record, Wikipedia, which is fussier about fact-checking than Dufus is, says: “Some polls later showed had Perot not been in the race his vote total would have spread equally between Bush and Clinton, and a large amount would have abstained from voting at all.”

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Perot

  129. I should have qualified that as “religious right.” She’s aware enough to know that she does need some of those to get into the office of prez.

  132. I’m not a Hillary fan. Apart from the problem that she would be easy pickings for the GOP, she is underqualified to be president. Her only experience in elective office is one term as a U.S. senator. Her positions seem governed by opportunism. There’s no question she’s smart and knows a lot about public policy, but she doesn’t have the charisma to mobilize public support for the bold policy initiatives that will be required to get America back on track after 8 years of neglect of many of our nation’s most pressing problems.

    I think Gore would be a very successful president, and is very electable. Many presidents suffered defeats before they finally won the office. Voters grow more comfortable with candidates as they get to know them better over time. But Gore says he isn’t running, and I don’t blame him for not wanting to put himself and his family through another presidential run — which is one of the most stressful and exhausting undertakings there is.

    So who does that leave on the Democratic side? We ought to be looking at big state governors. Historically, people just don’t ascend to the presidency from Congress, and governors have the executive experience that most legislators don’t.

    To tell you the truth, if you want to elect a woman Democrat to the presidency, I think if you’re patient through another presidential election cycle, and assuming Christine Gregoire is re-elected in 2008 and has a successful 8-year run as Washington governor, as I believe she will, I think she really could run for president in 2012 if she wanted to. I think, overall, Gregoire has more presidential potential than Hillary does. She’s very smart, has charisma, and has an undefinable but dramatic ability to get things done, plus I think she understands complicated issues very well, and is an extremely fast study. It would be a big leap from Olympia to the White House, but I think she has what it takes to make it. But I doubt that Gregoire believes she could get elected president someday, and I doubt she will ever want that job.

  133. Looks like DOOFUS and ASS have gotten a whoopin’ tonight!!

    They’ll never let go of their hate and their right-wing lies. It’s all they have.

    Commentby For the Clueless— 6/16/06@ 11:59 pm

    Yeah sure. One down, ninety nine to go. Hahha

  134. In 1996, Perot got only 8,085,402 votes, and Dole got almost the identical number of votes that Bush Sr. did in 1992 (39,198,755 vs. 39,104,550), while Clinton got 2,490,319 more votes than in 1992 (47,400,125 vs. 44,909,806).

    That means Clinton did such a good job in his first term that 2,490,309 Republicans who voted for Perot in 1992 voted for Clinton in 1996.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/17/06@ 12:07 am

    He did such a good job that a majority of voter voted….. eh um
    nevermind.

  136. Here, I’ll help you out, Dan Blather.

    Clinton won a war and stopped a genocide without the loss of a single American life in combat.

    Clinton turned deficits into surpluses.

    Clinton added 22 million jobs and knocked unemployment below 4% for the first time since the peak of the Vietnam War.

    Clinton caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned the World Trade Center bombers.

    Clinton brought the U.S. military into the technological age.

    Clinton presided over the longest stock market boom in history.

    Clinton presided over a period of low and stable inflation and interest rates.

    Clinton enacted comprehensive welfare reform.

    And … Clinton would have accomplished a lot more but for Republican obstructionism.

  137. Well, it’s 1 AM, and I work the night shift, so it’s time for me to hop up the hill and chomp on Stefan’s garden — and shit on Stefan’s lawn! See you guys again tomorrow. In the meantime, you trolls can go fuck yourselves.

  138. HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

    Roger surely you can be more professional than just annoying people with your comments. When you do so – people don’t read any future comments for content.

  139. And these are similar comments that do not garner any support. They only noise and are ignored.

    Checking the site meter, I see that Goldy is averaging over 2,500 visits a day and is closing on the 1 million visitor mark (over 900,000).

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 7:00 pm
    #

    And those numbers should get a big bump from Goldy’s new visibility as a major radio talk show personality.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 7:01 pm
    #

    Wow! This thread is already up to 12 comments. That’s more than the pathetic little competing blog gets in a week.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/16/06@ 7:02 pm

  142. 114
    “In case everybody’s forgotten, it’s now going on 5 years since 9/11, and Bush hasn’t caught bin Laden yet.”

    Did anyone ask Rumsfeld why he didn’t have the dialysis clinics along the Pakistani/Afghan border checked out? Seems to me that a guy in his condition wouldn’t be straying too far from a dialysis machine. Unless, of course, he’s already corked off from chronic renal failure. Kind of pathetic, if you think about it: having to pretend that an ostensibly dead boogie man is actually alive, so that the gullible stay scared enough not to see through the endless supply of lies and disinformation spewed out by this administration.

  143. ASS @ 81

    I know you just cut and pasted, and wouldn’t know any of these things yourself, but you somehow conveniently left out the years from 1996-2000, when unemployment hit lows no economist thought were even POSSIBLE, real wage income skyrocketed, economic growth sizzled, and all boats were truly lifted.

    Why not compare 1994-1998 to 2002-2006?

  145. Clinton brought the U.S. military into the technological age.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/17/06@ 12:57 am

    You forgot China you dumb bunny. Geeesh these donks rewrite history as soon as it happens.

  146. Let’s ponder this now. How can Hillary get votes from the right? She knows that she needs them to win in ‘08. What can she offer them? Let’s come up with ideas. -Commentby Go Hill— 6/17/06@ 12:26 am

    Suicide?
    Martyrs death?
    Permanent veegatative state?

  147. HCYPDTBAA – TSWITW is unelectable. She’s way too divisive. She’ll get the extremist kook vote, but that’s it. In fact, she won’t even be able to capture the “woman” vote because she is such a bitch.

    The nomination is hers if she wants it. Between her and screamin’ Howard Dean, GOP will easily win next election.

  148. Hey Rabbit – Check your math. How many more days until HA goes over a million? Can you do higher math?

    LMAO…

  149. Rabbit @ 137 – Let me correct you:

    Clinton won a war and stopped a genocide without the loss of a single American life in combat. WRONG. The world was at peace when he came to power because Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War.

    Clinton turned deficits into surpluses. WRONG. It was 100% the result of Newt’s contract.

    Clinton added 22 million jobs and knocked unemployment below 4% for the first time since the peak of the Vietnam War. WRONG. He was the lucky recipient of the largest peacetime economic expansion that started under Reagan. Internet bubble helped him look good. He had nothing to do with any of it.

    Clinton caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned the World Trade Center bombers. WRONG… instead of confronting radical islam, he was content to get his dick sucked by a skank in the OO.

    Clinton brought the U.S. military into the technological age.
    WRONG: He downsized the military and underfunded it leaving it in a severely weakened state that has to be built back up by the grown ups currently in charge.

    Clinton presided over the longest stock market boom in history.
    WRONG: The economic expansion started under Reagan. It ended in April of the last year he was in office.

    Clinton presided over a period of low and stable inflation and interest rates.
    WRONG: Greenspan was 100% responsible for inflation and interest rates. WJC didn’t get a vote and had absolutely no influence.

    Clinton enacted comprehensive welfare reform. WRONG: He went along with what Newt forced on him in the Contract.

    And … Clinton would have accomplished a lot more but for Republican obstructionism. WRONG: Republicans managed to stop him from implementing his extremist agenda.

    SOrry to burst your bubble…

  150. Republicans Hire Ex-Convict To Run GOP Campaign School Under
    Matrix.com

    HOW MANY ANTI-GAY REPUBLICAN MEN ARE REPUBLICAN GAYS?
    ANSWER: PLENTY

    1. Robert Bauman, Republican congressman and anti-gay activist from Maryland, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar. Source: Washington Blade

    2.Howard L. Brooks, Republican legislative aide and advisor to a California assemblyman, was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy

    3. Andrew Buhr, Republican politician, former committeeman for Hadley Township Missouri, was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy

    4.Merrill Robert Barter, Republican County Commissioner from Maine, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

    5. Neal Horsley, anti-abortion activist from Georgia. Has called for the arrest of all homosexuals. Admitted on the Fox News Radio’s The Alan Colmes Show, that he’s had sex with mules.

    The list goes on. Had ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN CRIME FAMILY VALUES YET?

  151. 151 continued…

    WJC was impeached and disbarred because he lied to a grand jury in an attempt to conceal a pattern of predatory behavior in connection with a felony assault case that he later settled for $800k.

    Slimeball piece of shit through and through…

  152. guess you boys don’t have anything better to do than engage in internet pissing matches and circle jerking. you’re not imparting anything worth reading and frankly, you come off as bitter middle aged white men who can’t get laid. so piss off and start yer own blog, mmkay?

  156. Went to bed last night, check in today at lunch, and still no actual ideas from Rufus and ASS.

    You all keep running against Bill Clinton. Did you forget who is supposed to be governing?

  158. Chelsea is too ugly to be a whore… but I hear she’s just like her dear ol’ dad the rapist and young woman slurpee factory and pays for them.

  159. Let’s not forget the Kerry duaghter and her realtime uglyporn at the Cannes Film Festival

  160. Funny though, I do remember the young-woman-slurpee-factory being offered goats for his ugly daughter…

  161. Hey Rabbit – Check your math. How many more days until HA goes over a million? Can you do higher math?

    LMAO…

    Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/17/06@ 11:33 am

    Math is hard for the left. It’s obvious given they believe the 2004 election was stolen.

  162. “Progressive” math: If you work and save $10,000, then since we are all equal, everyone should get $10,000 and you should pay because anything less would be hateful, racist, and evil.

  163. don’t you boys have anything better to do? it’s a lovely day in seattle. turn off the ‘puter and go do something besides jerkin’ off here. geez.

  165. @18,

    Two words:

    Neil Goldschmidt

    http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=5091
    (excerpt)

    The woman, whom WW is calling Susan, suffers from physical and psychological ailments that have robbed her of health and happiness. She weighs little more than 100 pounds; she suffers insomnia, nightmares and a recurrence of flashbacks. Her hands shake constantly, despite the anti-convulsive medicine she takes to control seizures she’s experienced.

    She didn’t change overnight from the bright and beautiful girl her childhood friends remember to the woman who eventually served time in a federal penitentiary. It is undeniable, however, that her future was never again so promising as when Goldschmidt first led her into her parents’ basement.

    The late ’70s were a giddy time in Portland. Goldschmidt had put the city on the national map with such projects as Pioneer Courthouse Square, Tom McCall Park and the blocking of a proposed interstate highway that would have cut across Southeast Portland to Mount Hood.Goldschmidt surrounded himself with the best and the brightest aides–including, for a time, Susan’s mother.

    Goldschmidt, who was married, would sometimes hire Susan (aged 14) to watch his two small children. But, according to a cousin of Susan’s and more than a dozen of her friends, he used her for much more than babysitting. He would often take her down to her parents’ basement, to hotels and other private spots and have sex with her, the sources say.

  168. PBJ_SAYS @ 166
    So, an un-“biased” media would mention Bush, Burner, and each how many times?

    Seems to me that from a news perspective, the plucky challenger mounting an unexepectedly stiff challenge to the incumbent IS the big story.

  169. MTR @ 151

    OOooh, convincing. Not.

    Commentby Daddy Love— 6/17/06@ 2:51 pm

    Clinton’s election into office in 92 & 96 = Not convincing.

    The 94 slaughter fo the democrats = Convincing.
    Nuff Said

  170. 94 happened because a guy who got 42% of the vote started acting like he had a mandate. The people told him where to stick it with the mother of all ass beatings. Hehe

  172. Another day in prison, another big black cock sucked by republican Deke CUNT Cunningham. Aren’t you righties proud?

  173. Another day in prison, another big black cock sucked by republican Deke CUNT Cunningham. Aren’t you righties proud?

  174. Wonder if Delay will ask for protective custody when they finally get him wrapped up. If not, he can take lessons from the Dekester.

  175. Then again I hear the Bush Twins like to pull trains, maybe they can tell Tommy how to bend over and take it like a woman!

  176. He got more votes than the other candidates, at least.

    Commentby Harry Tuttle aka voter advocate— 6/17/06@ 3:29 pm

    Yeah two other republicans. I hate you Ross Perot!!!

  177. Reply to 139

    “annoying people with your comments. When you do so – people don’t read any future comments for content” Commentby sillyguy— 6/17/06@ 1:48 am

    a) I’m SOOOOO glad to hear that my comments annoy you!
    b) Please feel free to not read my comments in the future! Ain’t it great that we live in America, Land of the Free, where nobody has to read Roger Rabbit’s comments!
    c) Reading Roger Rabbit’s comments is a voluntary activity.
    d) Don’t forget to fuck your armadillo. She’s lonely, and she’s waiting for you!

  179. 154

    “guess you boys don’t have anything better to do than engage in internet pissing matches and circle jerking. you’re not imparting anything worth reading and frankly, you come off as bitter middle aged white men who can’t get laid. so piss off and start yer own blog, mmkay?” Commentby ginger— 6/17/06@ 12:03 pm

    I agree with everything you said except the last sentence — this isn’t your blog, so what do you care who posts on it, or what is posted? It’s none of your business.

  180. 156

    Really? Who did Hillary kill? I haven’t heard that one before. Is this the new Wingnut Lie of the Week?

  181. 157

    “Now if she would just kill herself the world would be a happier place” Commentby howcanyoubePROUDtobeanASS— 6/17/06@ 12:30 pm

    Don’t overlook the contribution YOU could make to human happiness by killing YOUR self. The Seattle-Tacoma area has a number of bridges and buildings suitable for this purpose. For example, the Aurora Bridge is traditionally popular with wingnuts who want to end their miserable and useless lives for the greater good of humanity, due to its advantages of height, convenient location, and its choice of landing in water or on concrete.

  182. While we’re at it, any hope that AIDS infested cunt Ann Coulter might get some sort of nuke up her pussy and just explode?

  183. 163

    “Hey Rabbit – …Can you do higher math?” Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/17/06@ 11:33 am

    Redneck — can YOU do THIS math?

    Bet lost to Goldy: $100.00
    Payments made: 0.00
    Amount overdue: 100.00

  184. 165

    “don’t you boys have anything better to do?” Commentby ginger— 6/17/06@ 1:57 pm

    No; and neither, apparently, do you — or you wouldn’t be posting here.

  185. It is amazing — President Bush travels 3,000 miles from his home to campaign for Dave Reichert in the 8th district, while Darcy Burner travels 30 miles from her home to campaign for herself in the 7th district.

  186. It is amazing – Righties protest the expense of a few thousand dollars for music education in local schools but don’t mind footing the bill so that the draft dodging coward Bush can fly half the security people in the fucking universe out here so that Rubber Stamp Reichert can make a few bucks. Too bad Baby Bush wasn’t available to help Sheriff Davie find the Green River Killer.

  187. Just before he flew out, Bush bypassed a waiting limousine and walked along the tarmac to Air Force One. Rain began to fall in sheets, soaking the president as he continued to wave to well-wishers.

    I guess Pat Robertson would say God is trying to send the Pretender & Thief a sign that killing women and children for oil is going to get you wet!

  188. The president surely has a plan 9if only he knew what it was0 to make a success of iraq. From Juan Cole:

    “The Sunni Arabs of Iraq are opposed to the US presence almost to a person. They are 5 or 6 million strong, and probably have 60,000 or so fighters if we count weekend warriors (I know this is higher than US military estimates, but if US military estimates were correct there would not still be an insurgency. The US military tends to grossly underestimate the enemy; one general in spring of 2004 said he thought the Mahdi Army only had 1,000 fighters.) The Sunnis have the best educated managers in their ranks, the best trained strategicians and tacticians, and they probably know where tens or hundreds of thousands of tons of munitions are still hidden. They make enormous sums of money through petroleum and other smuggling, and can easily get big money from hard line Sunni Gulf millionaires. Moreover, the US cannot militarily concentrate all its forces on the Sunni Arab areas, since there is a (Shiite) Mahdi Army low-intensity guerrilla effort in Maysan Province in the South, and Sadr City can’t be all that stable either.

    The US simply does not and never will have enough fighting troops in Iraq to impose a purely military solution on the guerrilla movements. It must find a political solution. but that in turn would require the kind of willingness to compromise and approach national reconciliation coolly that the Shiites and the Kurds have so far vehemently rejected. The US is as hobbled by its allies as by its foes, in making a settlement.”

  189. Rubber Stamp Reichert voted against homeland security measures recommended by the 9/11 Commission and the 2004 Intelligence Reform Law. (HR 2360)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted against VA funding and extending healthcare for families National Guard and Reserve personnel. (Amdt to HR 1815)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted against the creation of a plan for withdrawal from Iraq. (Amdt 26 to HR 1815)
    (Amdt 26 to HR 1815)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted in favor of weakening House Ethics Committee rules – and has voted with Tom “Abramoff’s Bitch” DeLay 91.3% of the time. (HR 5 & Congressional Record)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted with the credit card companies and for the Bankruptcy Bill so people overwhelmed by medical bills may never recover. (S 256)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted to allow federal officials to use secret warrants to search library records and bookstore sales. (H Amendment 280 to HR 2862)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted consistently against protecting a woman’s Constitutionally protected right to choose, including United Nations efforts to provide essential family planning and healthcare services to poor nations. (HR 1815 & HR 748)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted against stem cell research. (HR 810)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted to cut funding for sewage treatment, leaving Carnation’s citizens with a $400 per month bill for clean water. (Amdt to HR 2361)

    Rubber Stamp Reichert voted to allow nuclear waste to be stored at Hanford – “Surprisingly” said the P-I on June 1, 2005 – and voted for massive tax breaks for oil companies. (HR 2419 & HR 6)

  190. 151

    “Clinton won a war and stopped a genocide without the loss of a single American life in combat. WRONG. The world was at peace when he came to power because Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War.”

    Okay, so you’ve convinced me that you don’t know Milosewicz started four wars in the Balkans. You’ve convinced me you’re as stupid and uninformed as I thought you were. I’m convinced! It really isn’t necessary to drive the point home by saying Reagan ended the Cold War — I’m already sold on the notion that you’re an ignorant fuck.

    “Clinton turned deficits into surpluses. WRONG. It was 100% the result of Newt’s contract.”

    See comment above.

    “Clinton added 22 million jobs and knocked unemployment below 4% for the first time since the peak of the Vietnam War. WRONG. He was the lucky recipient of the largest peacetime economic expansion that started under Reagan. Internet bubble helped him look good. He had nothing to do with any of it.”

    See comment above; addendum: then go check out what the unemployment rates were when Reagan was president. Hint: Reagan is the only president since the Great Depression to preside over double-digit unemployment. What you’re saying is that a guy who had 10% unemployment when he was in office is responsible for the 3.9% unemployment under, not the president who succeeded him, but the next president after that. You’re even stupider than I could have thought imaginable.

    “Clinton caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned the World Trade Center bombers. WRONG… instead of confronting radical islam, he was content to get his dick sucked by a skank in the OO.”

    How does the fact that Clinton got his dick sucked by a skank under the desk in the Oval Office, which he ultimately admitted, negate the fact that the 1993 WTC bombers were caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned by his administration? Let me try to explain elementary logic to you. The basic concept here is that there is no connection between A and B. Let me try this illustration: The fact you’re a stupid fuck does not mean the moon is made of green cheese. Does that clarify things for you?

    I could have added that Clinton, before leaving office, developed a comprehensive plan to fight and defeat al Qaida, which he offered to the incoming Bush administration. He also told the incoming Bush administration that al Qaida was the #1 threat facing America. Bush ignored both his warning and his plan.

    “Clinton brought the U.S. military into the technological age.
    WRONG: He downsized the military and underfunded it leaving it in a severely weakened state that has to be built back up by the grown ups currently in charge.”

    Actually, that’s not true, Mark. Military spending declined under Bush Sr. and rose again under Clinton, and Bush Jr. went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq with Clinton’s military. That’s very easy to prove:

    a. The federal budget year runs from October 1 through Sept. 30.
    b. The first budget written by Bush was the one he proposed in his January 2002 state of the union address for the fiscal year beginning October 2002.
    c. Bush invaded Afghanistan prior to Oct. 2002, and invaded Iraq in March 2003, only six months after his first budget went into effect.
    d. The lead time for designing, procuring, and deploying weapons is years, not months.

    As an example of the military improvements Clinton made, in the Gulf War only 10% of the bombs were “smart” and 90% were “dumb” iron bombs; in the Iraq War the reverse is true: 90% of the aerial ordnance is “smart” and only 10% is “dumb” iron bombs.

    “Clinton presided over the longest stock market boom in history.
    WRONG: The economic expansion started under Reagan. It ended in April of the last year he was in office.”

    I didn’t say economic expansion, Mark, I said stock market boom. They’re not the same thing. Perhaps that’s too deep for you. Maybe four alleged degrees is not enough for you to understand that GDP and stock prices don’t necessarily coincide. Here is a chart of stock prices. http://www.stockcharts.com/cha.....a1900.html I know you won’t look at it, so I’ll tell you what it says. When Reagan took office, the Dow Jones Average stood at about 1,000 and within a short time plunged to about 800. When Reagan left office 8 years later, it was about 2250. When Clinton took office 4 years after that, it was about 2500, and when he left office it was about 11,000. The market did not enjoy a sustained rise under Reagan and Bush Sr.; in particular, it took a steep dive in 1989, and a smaller pullback at the end of 2000. The market began a sustained rise at the end of 1991, about a year before Clinton took office, and peaked at the end of 2000, just before Bush Jr. took office, and has gone nowhere since then.

    Reagan’s deficit spending and “supply side” policies did not produce the Clinton stock market. The stock market did not begin its sustained rise until after Reagan and David Stockman admitted the failure of “supply side economics” and Reagan and Bush Sr. had raised taxes five times.

    “Clinton presided over a period of low and stable inflation and interest rates. WRONG: Greenspan was 100% responsible for inflation and interest rates. WJC didn’t get a vote and had absolutely no influence.”

    If Clinton did not preside over the period of low and stable inflation and interests that existed during that period, then someone else did. Would you please tell me who was president from 1993-2001, since Bill Clinton wasn’t. “Hillary Clinton” is an acceptable answer. We all know who really runs the White House — the First Ladies do.

    “Clinton enacted comprehensive welfare reform. WRONG: He went along with what Newt forced on him in the Contract.”

    ha-ha-ha-ha-ha … you know what, Mark, if Newt forced welfare on Clinton as you assert, all Clinton had to do was veto it.

    “And … Clinton would have accomplished a lot more but for Republican obstructionism. WRONG: Republicans managed to stop him from implementing his extremist agenda.”

    I really don’t have a good rebuttal for you here, Mark. I agree with you completely that Republicans succeeding in stopping the Democrats’ “extremist agenda” of creating jobs, balanced budgets, peace, low inflation, and funding government programs that benefit American citizens who work and pay taxes.

    SOrry to burst your bubble…

    The only thing I’ve burst is my rib cage from laughing so hard at your bullshit.

    Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/17/06@ 11:38 am

  191. From the NY Times:

    “After years in which Republicans capitalized on rapid growth in outlying areas, Democrats now see an opportunity to make gains in close-in suburbs where changes in the composition of the population are working in their favor. In a dozen or so Congressional districts that are leading battlegrounds in the midterm elections, older, more densely packed suburbs are trending Democratic, helping to offset Republican dominance on the sprawling exurban frontier.

    Democratic hopes of retaking the House, party strategists say, could hinge on places like Bellevue, a city of 107,000 just across Lake Washington from Seattle. Here, a fast-growing Asian population and an influx of empty-nesters and singles living in new residential complexes have helped to make this the kind of district that, while continuing to send a Republican to Congress, has turned increasingly Democratic.”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06.....ref=slogin

  193. 184

    “While we’re at it, any hope that AIDS infested cunt Ann Coulter might get some sort of nuke up her pussy and just explode?” Commentby BushWentAWOL— 6/17/06@ 3:56 pm

    Ask Dufus and Kim Jong Il — Dufus can supply the AIDS and Kim can supply the nuke.

  194. 187

    “It is amazing – President Bush travels 3,000 miles from his home to campaign for Dave Reichert in the 8th district, while Darcy Burner travels 30 miles from her home to campaign for herself in the 7th district.” Commentby Richard Pope— 6/17/06@ 3:59 pm

    Just goes to show — Democrats are 100 times as fuel efficient as Republicans.

  196. Greg Palast has a bombshell article, “,a href=”http://www.gregpalast.com/massacre-of-the-buffalo-soldiers”>Massacre of the Buffalo Soldiers” on his web page (and also reported on Democracy Now) charging that the Republican National Committee organized a campaign to ‘scrub’ African American soldiers serving overseas from the voter registration rolls. Here’s how he tells it:

    “A confidential campaign directed by GOP party chiefs in October 2004 sought to challenge the ballots of tens of thousands of voters in the last presidential election, virtually all of them cast by residents of Black-majority precincts. Files from the secret vote-blocking campaign were obtained by BBC Television Newsnight, London. They were attached to emails accidentally sent by Republican operatives to a non-party website.

    “…Here’s how the scheme worked: The RNC mailed these voters letters in envelopes marked, “Do not forward”, to be returned to the sender. These letters were mailed to servicemen and women, some stationed overseas, to their US home addresses. The letters then returned to the Bush-Cheney campaign as “undeliverable.”

    “The lists of soldiers of “undeliverable” letters were transmitted from state headquarters, in this case Florida, to the RNC in Washington. The party could then challenge the voters’ registration and thereby prevent their absentee ballots being counted.

    “One target list was comprised exclusively of voters registered at the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Station. Jacksonville is third largest naval installation in the US, best known as home of the Blue Angels fighting squadron.”

  197. I guess when you’re spending someone else’s money it’s tempting to use 100 times as much gas.

  198. Actually, it’s a lot more than that, because Darcy’s car probably gets around 25 mpg, whereas Bush’s tax-supported plane gets 5 gallons to the mile. So we’re talking 2.2 gallons versus 28,000 gallons … Burner is about 12,000 times as fuel efficient as the Republicans.

  199. The latest Wall St. Journal/NBC News poll brings more good news for Democratic congressional candidates. The survey, conducted 6/9-12 by the bipartisan Hart/McInturff polling team, finds that 49 percent of registered voters prefer a Democratic-controlled congress after the November elections, compared to 38 percent favoring Republican control. The figures show a 4 percent increase for Dems and a 1 percent decrease for the GOP since the last (April) poll. Poll respondents also said they were more concerned about continuing Republican control with “not enough” change than Democratic control with the “wrong kind of change” by a margin of 51 percent to 36 percent. Further, as John Harwood notes in his WSJ report on the poll, voters

    …prefer Democrats by a wide margin on issues such as health care, gasoline prices and the economy, while traditional Republican advantages on values and terrorism have shrunk.
    Five months before Election Day, Democrats also enjoy an edge on voter intensity. Some 60% of self-described Democrats expressed a very high level of interest in fall elections, compared with 52% of self-described Republicans.

    The poll results suggest that Democratic candidates may have some challenges ahead in honing their policies on Iraq and immigration. But, with less than five months until the election, it’s clear the GOP has a lot more to worry about.

  200. Not only that, but Burner has hugged a rabbit! Reichert doesn’t know how to hug a rabbit. Bush doesn’t know what a rabbit is. Cheney shoots at rabbits and hits Republicans.

  201. Rabbit – Name one fucking idea that came from Bill Clinton’s fertile mind. One. Just onethat turned into a successful policy. THere are none. None. Not one. All the good stuff that happened during dick suck’s administration was because GOP controlled Congress.

  202. MTR
    Funny how it was all Gingrich and the Contract on America (announced in 1994) that was responsible for “welfare reform” when Bill Clinton ran on a promise to “end welfare as we know it” in 1992. Funny, huh? I can hear you giggle.

  203. Here’s an idea for ending abortion and reducing welfare dependency. Make effective contraception, including Plan B, available for subsidized prices for all men and women in the US. Make them available without parental consent for all persons above the age of consent in their state. Welfare recipients get a small bonus for conraceptive use and a small penalty for lack thereof.

  204. Bill Moyers:
    “The hopes of common people rest not with saints but with flawed champions who understand that in a world where bad ideas wear brass knuckles, big ideas need sharp elbows.”

  205. MTR – “Name one fucking idea that came from Bill Clinton’s fertile mind.”

    From TheAtlantic.com, subscription like mine req’d(http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200102/cannon):
    “In 1992 Clinton vowed to cut the projected annual federal deficit in half during his first term, raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, increase assistance to the working poor under the Earned Income Tax Credit, increase federal spending for worker retraining, greatly expand Head Start, support the North American Free Trade Agreement, beef up the Pell Grant program (which provides assistance to disadvantaged college students), and give all Americans access to “quality, affordable” health care. These things taken together, he promised, would jump-start the economy, which would respond by creating eight million new jobs. The attempt at health-care reform foundered, but in all other respects Clinton did everything he said he would, and the economy created nearly 11 million new jobs in his first term alone.

    “Clinton also promised in 1992 to push for a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, quash regulations that would sharply restrict abortion counseling at health clinics receiving federal funds, use federal money to put 100,000 new police officers on the nation’s streets, establish a new youth service corps, personally forge a compromise on logging in the Northwest, sign the Violence Against Women Act, push for campaign-finance reform, and ‘end welfare as we know it.’

    “Clinton fought for all these things except campaign-finance reform, which he dropped when congressional Democrats balked. The rest are now law. Whatever one thinks of Clinton, or of these policies, it must be pointed out that the Democrats’ campaign slogan of 1996, “Promises made, promises kept,” has a retrospective ring of truth to it. Sure, one can quibble here and there: The 100,000 cops actually amounted to something closer to 60,000. He vetoed welfare reform twice before signing it, under protest. But many other results exceeded Clinton’s promises: The budget deficit wasn’t just cut in half; the budget is now in surplus. And whether it was 60,000 cops or 100,000 cops, violent crime decreased markedly year after year on Clinton’s watch.

    “This habit of delivering on his promises continued after the 1996 election. Besides granting capital-gains relief, Clinton vowed that year to set aside vast tracts of pristine land for environmental protection, to increase spending on teaching kids to read by the third grade, to offer working-class American families $1,500 tax credits for college, and to expand Medicare coverage. He delivered on those promises, too, and most likely would have accomplished much more in his second term if not for the chaos of impeachment.”

    But, hey, crime’s rising again. Didn’t Bush promise that?

  206. Here’s some of the ideas we’ve seen come from the hazy mind of George Bush

    1) Let me see if my daddy can get me into the National Guard so I don’t have to go to Nam.
    2) Let me see if my daddy can fix it so when I go AWOL from the National Guard I don’t get into trouble.
    3) Let me see if I can bankrupt the three companies my daddy gave me.
    4) Let me see if I can get drunk and get a DUI on my record.

  207. NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Five people ranging in age from 16 to 19 were killed in a street shooting early Saturday, the most violent crime reported in this slowly repopulating city since Hurricane Katrina hit last August.

    All were believed to have been gunned down in a volley of bullets on a street in the Central City neighborhood just outside the central business district. Three of the victims were found in a sport utility vehicle rammed against a utility pole and two were found nearby on the street. [……………………..Young Democrats at play. I say, “USA out of New Orleans!”]

  208. A hurricane of fraud?
    FEMA did mismanage Katrina relief, but it’s wrong to blame victims for spending irresponsibly. [LA Times]………………………….OK, This is why the Democrat MSM are idiots. And this is why taxpayers are leaving the Idiot Hillary Village of Kalifornia.]

  209. Daddy – Impressive list. Too bad it’s bullshit and not the answer to my question.

    I asked what ideas came out of his fertile mind. OK, maybe raising taxes was his idea. The rest came from other people, and all the good stuff came from Newt.

  210. BUSH CABINET MEMBER CAUGHT IN DISGUSTING SCAM

    The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is the federal agency responsible for protecting the American people from epidemics and major public health threats.

    Because these threats can occur anywhere in the country, rapid response is vital. Therefore, the CDC leases a private jet for $3 million a year to use for “medical emergencies,” such as responding to the Katrina disaster.

    According to ABC News, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, a Bush cabinet member and political appointee, has taken over the CDC jet and is using it for personal transportation. Leavitt, like other government officials (except the president, vice president, top military officials, and a few others), is supposed to use commercial airlines for official travel.

    Leavitt used the CDC plane to fly to at least 91 cities last year to attend meetings and give political speeches, using $720,000 of fuel. On at least two occasions, the CDC had to rent another plane (at taxpayer expense) because its own plane was unavailable due to Leavitt’s junketing.

  211. New Mexico state republican party is in complete chaos. They just replaced their existing Governor candidate because the original one was loooooosing so bad. The guy they replaced him with favors drug legalization. I suppose all the hypocrites on the right think this is great since it may keep their heros like Lush Flimbaugh high without facing jail! HE HE!

  212. Mark the Reddick is truly desperate! He is being ripped into shreds by a 10 15/16-lb. rabbit — and there’s nothing he can do about it!

    @203

    “Rabbit – Name one fucking idea that came from Bill Clinton’s fertile mind. One. Just onethat turned into a successful policy.”

    Balance the budget. This was, as you should recall, part of the GOP’s “Contract With America” but it took a Democratic president to get it done — and as soon as the GOP took control of the government again, they wasted no time breaking it.

    @211

    “all the good stuff came from Newt.”

    You mean running the government for the benefit of its citizens instead of corporations was Newt’s idea? not Clinton’s idea? Was this “Contract With America, Phase II?”

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    Hey Reddick — want to suck a bunny pecker? For a good time, call 1-800-BLOW-ROG

  213. GOP SOLUTION FOR IDENTITY THEFT: FUCK YOU!!!

    The Republican-dominated Congress is responding to a recent rash of security breaches that have compromised the personal data of tens of millions of Americans by pushing a bill to make it harder for identity theft victims to freeze their credit.

    “Buyer Beware: Bill Would Make It Harder To Protect Your Identity
    “June 16, 2006
    “By Connie Thompson
    “Video : KOMO 4 NEWS

    “Under Washington state law, you can freeze your credit file if you have written proof of a security breach, or proof that someone has stolen your identity. But a new bill in Congress will preempt all state laws and make credit freezes harder to get.

    “House Resolution 3997 – the Financial Data Protection Act – restricts credit freezes to only victims of identity theft. Lifting the freeze would take up to 3 days. If your private information is breached you’d have to wait until fraud occurs.”

    http://www.komotv.com/stories/43965.htm

    Who is the GOP congress pandering to? The credit bureau industry, of course.

  214. Leavitt – can you imagine RR the uproar, the screams, the name calling, the hissey fits that the right wing hate radio and Internet trolls would be exhibiting if Leavitt were a Dem. This is why no one I know takes the GOP seriously. All their bluster and bullshit shows through. They are hypocrites attacking characteristics in Dems that they themselves exhibit in spades. That’s why no republican will EVER have any credibility. Watch…the right wing trolls will try to justify this fuck’s waste of their money. And that’s the really funny part. These inbred morons have been hypnotized into taking positions that are counter to thier own interests!

  215. 216

    They don’t have any public relations sense, either. If a cabinet official is gonna misappropriate a government plane to travel in the style to which he would like to become accustomed, then grab a jet from an agency nobody likes. Making off with the CDC’s plane was the height of stupidity.

    The arrogant prick probably will now spend a couple million dollars of public money on an internal investigation to find the CDC staffer who tipped off ABC News.

  217. Hey Reddick — why don’t you tell us that you were a Rhodes Scholar, like Clinton.

    (pause)

    (rabbit snickering noises in background)

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  218. Reddick — why don’t you pay your $100 gambling debt first, then tell us how successful you are.

    (snicker)

    (whoop)

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  219. I don’t see a reply from Reddick to my repartee @192 — looks like he’s out of ammo.

  220. I hear Bush is gonna rename his “No Child Left Behind” program to “No Child’s Behind Left.”

  221. GOP DISENFRANCHISED SOLDIERS

    Daddy Love @198 linked to a bombshell news story: GOP operatives deliberately targeted soldiers serving in Iraq for voter challenges to deprive them of their right to vote!!!

    We need to plaster this stunning election-fraud scandal all over
    America.

    According to journalist Greg Palast, the scheme was carried out by the familiar GOP m.o. of targeting Democratic, especially minority, precincts for mass mailings of letters marked “do not forward” to voter’s addresses listed on registration rolls, then challenging voters whose letters came back undeliverable. This tactic scooped up a lot of military personnel serving in Iraq — and the GOP challenges resulted in their votes not being counted in the 2004 presidential election.

    The scheme was top-secret but leaked to the outside world when a hare-brained (no relation to Roger Rabbit) GOP operative accidentally sent e-mails with attached documents detailing the operation to a non-party web site, which then fell into the hands of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

    The GOP’s targeting of African-American servicemen for disenfranchisement was not random or accidental: “One target list was comprised exclusively of voters registered at the Jacksonville, Florida, Naval Air Station.” Not too many civilians on THAT list, huh.

    “The BBC obtained several dozen confidential emails sent by the Republican’s national Research Director and Deputy Communications chief, Tim Griffin to GOP Florida campaign chairman Brett Doster and other party leaders. Attached were spreadsheets marked, ‘Caging.xls.’ Each of these contained several hundred to a few thousand voters and their addresses. A check of the demographics of the addresses on the ‘caging lists,’ as the GOP leaders called them indicated that most were in African-American majority zip codes.” Racist fucks!

    When asked by reporters about the “caging lists,” a GOP official “suggested the lists were of potential donors to the Bush campaign.” Oh really — the GOP is targeting black soldiers in Iraq for campaign contributions right before an election? Yes, the article goes on to say the GOP later backed off this lie and a GOP official reluctantly acknowledged the lists would be used to block voters from voting.

    For the entire article about this disgusting (and illegal, and racist) Republican conspiracy to keep American citizens fighting for Iraqi freedom from voting in their own country, see http://www.gregpalast.com/mass.....o-soldiers

  222. House Resolution 3997 – the Financial Data Protection Act – restricts credit freezes to only victims of identity theft. Lifting the freeze would take up to 3 days. If your private information is breached you’d have to wait until fraud occurs.”

    http://www.komotv.com/stories/43965.htm

    Who is the GOP congress pandering to? The credit bureau industry, of course.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/17/06@ 7:19 pm

    Hey rabbit what about tougher laws on voter identity theft to cut down on election fraud? Rabbit……….crickets…..more crickets. Rabbit? Hey rabbit!?? Thought so.

  223. In #50 above, the enumeration of the antics of the Bush Crime Family leaves out the real prize. How could you possibly forget Brother Neil, who sells crappy software to school districts cowed by No Child Left Behind and uses the profits to go to Thailand and fuck little kids?

  226. To be a librul, you have to believe that oppression comes from corporations and freedom comes from gummint.

  227. I want to know if Darcy Burner will come out against the war in more than words. I am tired of Democrats who go along with the Rethugs and claim to be Democrats. Otherwise, what is the difference? Might as well stay home on election night.

  228. 228

    To be a Republican, you have to believe that freedom comes from corporations and oppression comes from government.

  229. 227

    Mark, I’m a reasonable rodent, and I’ll go halfway with you — let’s split “fucking idiot” 50-50. I’ll be the “fucking” half and you’re the “idiot” half.

  232. figures a liberal would choose a rodent with a brain the size of a shriveled peanut for a hero…

    but,
    hey hero rabbit…
    can we have a conversation here… I have a legitimate legal question I’d like to ask you…

  233. 234

    Of course! I’m always glad to help a Republican get out of trouble. Can you raise bail?

  235. oppression comes from government.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/17/06@ 11:18 pm

    Couldn’t have said it better myself. Amen.

  238. 237

    Bush is trying hard to prove your point.

    Commentby Roger Rabbit— 6/18/06@ 12:04 am

    Yeah, I know. Damn those oppressive tax cuts. Hehe

  239. OK serious question rabbit… WA LAW or tort law…

    Our home had a modest view of our lake…we’ve had it for 14+ years and when the builder planned the house he planned it and seated it for the view.

    Now, our neighbor behind us, in all his wisdom and graciousness decided to build a shed (that if had a half moon would suspiciously look like an out house) and put it directly in our line of lake view sight. He has plenty of other property on which he could have built it and I believe him when he says he didn’t (bother to) consider how it would affect us.

    Isn’t there a provision in tort law that says something about loss of enjoyment of OUR property based on his decision? We don’t want money/lawsuit, we want our damned view back and our property value based on that view restored.

  240. Mr. Ass, with all due respect, our great constitution gives me the right to build my shed anywhere I gosh darn please on my property. If you don’t like it then may I suggest coastal property in Cuba? I understand the zoning regulations there are highly restrictive and enforcement quite efficient.

  241. 241

    “Loss of enjoyment” (usually stated as “loss of enjoyment of life”) is not a tort but a component of the general damages that a jury may award as compensation for a tortious injury. For example, if a negligent driver crashes into your car and you suffer permanent injuries that will prevent you from participating in many of life’s enjoyable activities (e.g., you will be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life), the jury can award additional damages for “loss of enjoyment of life,” on top of what you’re entitled to for pain and suffering.

    Regarding the shed problem, it’s always best to talk with the neighbor and try to resolve the issue. Litigation is very expensive; if you hire a lawyer and sue the neighbor to force him to remove the shed, it will cost you many thousands of dollars. However, it will cost him plenty, too; and possibly a letter from your attorney threatening legal action would be enough to motivate the neighbor to move the shed.

    As far as legal recourse you have goes, I can think of four ways the law might help you get rid of the shed.

    a) Find out if your city or town has a municipal ordinance regulating actions that block views.

    b) Find out if the subdivision plat or individual property deeds contain a restrictive covenant or any other type of provision that protects views.

    c) Washington like many states has a “spite fence” statute under which you could get an injunction against the neighbor if his placing the shed to block your view, or refusing to remove it, is malicious. He may have valid reasons for not moving the shed, in which case you can’t sue under this statute. However, if there is a history of conflict between you and the neighbor, and there’s no good reason why he can’t put the shed somewhere else on his property, this law may enable you to force him to move the shed.

    “RCW 7.40.030
    “Malicious erection of structure may be enjoined.

    “An injunction may be granted to restrain the malicious erection, by any owner or lessee of land, of any structure intended to spite, injure or annoy an adjoining proprietor. And where any owner or lessee of land has maliciously erected such a structure with such intent, a mandatory injunction will lie to compel its abatement and removal.”

    d) If you can’t prove the malice required under the “spite fence” law, you still may be able to get him under a general theory of nuisance.

    Because the outcome of a case of this nature is extremely dependent upon the precise facts of the case, you will need to hire an attorney to determine whether any of the above approaches will work in your case.

  242. 211

    Really MTR? And how would you know that?

    But of course. NOTHING is EVER “the answer to your question.” Whatever anyone answers to you, you claim is somehow beside the point and then denigrate the posters for not rising to your challenge. Although I did see one extended sequence where in the face of good answers you changed your question repeatedly.

  243. Thanks rabbit, I appreciate the info.

    There is no ugliness between us, they are simply unfriendly people. We welcomed them when they moved in and they were gracious, but since then we could be mowing right next to them and they can’t be bothered to even say ‘go to hell’…simply unfriendly folks that keep to themselves.

    My first call was to the neighborhood association and my 2nd call was to the the city attorney… city attorney said there were no local statutes; the neighborhood association evidently gave him OK, but did say that while he is in within his right to build it as he did they were unaware where he was locating it… the problem for OTHERS in the neighborhood is that he has no true front yard as most of his property is on both sides of his house… he took the area that is the main intersection of our neighborhood and the gateway to the lake, fenced it off and built this outhouse. While we look at it from our deck and back windows the entire neighborhood is treated to it as they walk/drive by or attempt to enjoy the lake. When the HO Association went to talk to them about it, he was shocked as he “never even considered” the view from our house.

    We invited him over to look at what we see, he essentially said ‘yep I agree it’s ugly but I’m not moving it.’ We offered to help move it (physically and monetarily) to a blind corner of his yard and his response was that corner has “landscaping there”.

    We’ve spoken with an appraisor and 2 realtors who all say the loss of view most definitely have an effect on the value of our home but the bottom line is we hate to open the kitchen blinds in the morning and we no longer can enjoy or enjoy entertaining on our deck…. so now I guess we find an attorney.

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    Did he offer any reason for not moving it? Does he have one? Can you think of a legitimate reason why moving it might create a problem for him?

    If he’s just being a mule, then keep telling yourself litigation is as costly a hassle for him as it is for you, and sit bacn and enjoy watching him spend his money on lawyers.

  245. His reasons:
    He has landscaping.
    He wants a swing set for his kids.
    It’s already built.

    I’m having a tough time accepting those as “legitimate” especially in light of the fact he has so much room on other side, he has a corner (landscaped don’t ya know!) where it will offend no one and we offered to help get it moved by whatever means necessary.

    So, a property lawyer or a litigator?

  246. 247

    I think option (d), general nuisance law, is the only theory you can proceed on. Your view vs. his right to use his property. Do you have an option to permanently secure your view by building up? A $150,000 remodel might be a better investment than a $30,000 lawsuit that you stand a 50% chance of losing.

    I knew a property owner in Seattle who owned an older home in a premium neighborhood that had a sliver view of Puget Sound. It was a one-story brick rambler whose foundation wouldn’t support a second story. An ingenious architect solved the problem by cantilevering the second story over the original walls and carrying its weight on exterior piers. The new master bedroom had spectacular sweeping sound views, and when it was sold, the owner not only recouped the cost of the addition but also reaped a handsome appreciation profit because of the value of the views.

  247. We’re already a 2 story house, and since September have spent close to 40k renovating and “freshening” the house … now I get to see an ‘outhouse’ from my damned kitchen window.

    So yes, I guess we have to go the lawyer route :(

    I hope that, like you suggested, just a letter from an attorney will be enough…

    Thanks RR…. consider yourself a rabbit hugged by a conservative!

  248. 249

    I’ll take hugs wherever I can get them! I think you have a tough, but not impossible, case. I’m not a real estate specialist, and there might be some stronger law protecting views than what I’ve described, although I doubt it.

  249. Roger, you have been a true gentleman in discussing Mr. Ass’s difficulties with the shed on my property. Sadly, most of my esteemed conservative colleagues would not return the favor to you.

    You have also been quite polite in not pointing out that Mr. Ass might consider the contradiction between his prior advocacy of private property rights versus his current attempt to limit mine. This illustrates that NIMBYism can afflict everyone — but it is only bad when someone else does it.

    As for me, my shed will stay where it is until I am told otherwise by the government. Why? Because I am a PRODUCER. If Mr. Ass would follow in my footsteps, he could buy the view property of his dreams. I don’t mean to sound cold and harsh by suggesting that he redirect his energies into a more productive direction.

  250. Um, when we bought it, long before came along, it WAS the property of our dreams.

    This is an aesthetic nightmare that affects us certainly, but also affects the desirability and value of the entire neighborhood. It’s also about common courtesy and consideration of others. We were told point blank they never even considered us when they placed it in our kitchen window.

    But gosh dick, considering your kitchen window very closely abutts our fence because you have no yard, I’m wondering how you’ll feel if/when we decide to celebrate the northwest heritage with the biggest, gaudiest, ugliest totem pole/tiki god/fertitlity goddess possible standing proudly at the fence line looking in your kitchen window…will the kids mind that at breakfast?… and perhaps a few gargoyles on the fence posts… framing a banner sized picture strung between out trees of YOUR shed from our point of view… with some poster sized pics of aborted babies thrown in for good measure… after all, it is our private property…

    And yes, RR has been terrific and I appreciate it greatly.

  251. Roger Rabbit,

    “Thanks RR…. consider yourself a rabbit hugged by a conservative!”

    That was sweet of ProudASS…but if I were you I would jump in the flea dip…just as a precaution.

  252. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) and
    Rick Santorum (R-PA) assert what the Iraq Survey Group has already dismissed, that the 500 shells containing degraded mustard and sarin gas are proof that Saddam Hussein had WMD.

    These are generally regarded as left-overs from the pre-sanction era before the 1991 Gulf War which were not destroyed by the Iraqi regime. These weapons, made over ten years years prior to the Iraq attack, were unusable, having long since passed their stable shelf-life

    Sarin has a shelf life of five years. Scott Ritter wrote in 2002 that any Sarin that hadn’t been found would have been “useless, harmless, goo”.

    Mustard gas is somewhat more stable than the nerve agents. But it too would have been useless as a weapon in 2003.

  253. nice post rugrat… one problem though…. how the fuck do they know the temperatures from the last two thousand years? The answer is “they have no fucking idea”. None. For any of this bullshit to have any statistical validity, the historical temp data needs to be within a tenth of a degree. The historical wildass guesses they make are at least 100 times less acccurate than that. Fucking idiot. Drink the kool aid. Worship your god Algore… but don’t attempt to pass this shit off as science. Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/23/06@ 9:46 pm
    Thumb – I’m just asking a simple fucking question. Real basic. Get this wrong and the whole argument falls apart. That’s why you guys REFUSE to answer… are current temps within range of natural variation? yes or no question. Easy to answer if you have the data. Just answer the fucking question… Commentby Mark The Redneck Kennedy— 6/23/06@ 9:52 pm

    The resident, arrogant and ignorant MTR will never give up spreading very cramped and inaccurate distortions of available data that coming from Exxon-Mobil paid scientific whores. The answer is NO, they are not within historic norms.
    Reviews of all the data make clear that Earth has warmed significantly over the last 140 years; global warming is a reality. Multiple paleoclimatic studies indicate that the recent year, decade, and century are all the warmest, on a global basis, of the last 600, and most likely 1,200 years. It appears that the global warming of the last century is unprecedented in the last 1,200 years.

    A very clear and complete article on this very subject (done this year, so it includes the most current data) can be found here. It also discusses the limitations of paleoclimatic measurements and how recent studies have dealt with them.

    I have no doubt that MTR will arrogantly continue his fools mission, sucking the cocks of Exxon execs, but the peer reviewed science by those working in the area of climatology is clear.

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