Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who lived on a farm. She was friends with a lazy dog name Boehner, a sleepy kitty named Palin, and a noisy yellow duck named Lieberman.
One day the little red hen found some seeds on the ground. The little red hen had an idea. She would plant the seeds .
The little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me plant the seeds?"
"Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red hen brought the wheat to the mill all by herself, ground the wheat into flour, and carried the heavy sack of flour back to the farm.
The tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me bake the bread?"
"Then I will," said the little red hen. So the little red hen baked the bread all by herself.
When the bread was finished, the tired little red hen asked her friends, "Who will help me eat the bread?"
"I will," barked Boehner. "I will," purred Palin. "I will," quacked Lieberman.
"No!" said the little red hen. "I will." And the little red hen ate the bread all by herself.
Moral to this story:Cooperation and teamwork benefits most everyone while the Republican obstructionists and one DINO sit on the sidelines complaining about being hungry!
and this old footage from CNNs Jack Cafferty says it ALL. I have seen circular reasoning but I have never seen scatter-gun reasoning used with such self-devastating effect!! I guess that since she is a hunter, from a helicopter, that all she can do is shoot from the lip and hopes she hits something!
*I must warn you that watching this video will significantly enrage your cringe factor!!
As I posted yesterday, I see a close kinship between Pailn, Dobbs and Beck with Larry, Moe and Curly.
If history teaches us anything about republicans it is 1). sooner or later they will shoot themselves in the foot - or someone else in the face and 2). they will be caught with their hands in the cookie jar or your back pocket!!
The one thing that a republican is unable to counter is laughter. They can not handle ridicule, not Nixon, not McCarthy, not Bush 1 & 2, not Cheney, and not the current three stooges. The only exception was Ronald Reagan and he started out as a Democrat so he understood the devasting effects laughter has on a stiff candidate. They are petty and stiff ... remember Nixon on Laugh-in ... sorry if I date myself but SOCK IT TO ME!! Then there's Palin on SNL ... and who in their wrong mind can, but should, forget the nightmare that is known as Rappin' Rove!!
It is time to revive that marvelous aliteration from the FDR era, no not "lions and tigers and bears, Oh my!" I am talking about those 3 famous republicans from the past and update it for the present. I am talking about ... Martin ... Barton and ... Fish!! Lets update it to Palin ... Dobbs and ... Beck!!
Repeat after me PALIN ... DOBBS and ... BECK!! ... Repeat Palin ... Dobbs and Beck!! ... Say it again ... PALIN ... DOBBS AND ... BECK!! CAN I GET A WITNESS!! AMEN!!
Spread the word, that a new group of stooges has been born in the United States and they shall be forever known as ... Palin ... Dobbs ... and Beck!!
First it was Larry Palin on her non-political self promotional book tour, then it was Moe Beck and his adolescent obsession with prostitutes and tears, and finally Curly Dobbs who swears that he can save America from itself and the alien Obamas.
... but the more I think about the idea of any or all of these stooges running for president the safer I feel. I mean think about it. I they decide to run they will split a very small but vocal minority in what is becoming an ever dwindling fringe of the Republican party. When you divide 18% by 3 ... well you see where this goes.
Then there is the backlash from the moderate Rhino Republicans, you remember they are deserting or being thrown out by the Radical Republicans, who will want to be seen as progressive and will vote Democratic.
As someone reminded me today ... watching what is left of the Radical Right self-destruct is sort of like watching crabs trying to crawl out of a bucket. Each time one gets near top the others pull it back down. It is an amazing sight but the end result is that none escapes and they ALL become gumbo.
Enjoy the show, remain vigilant, but give them plenty of room to implode without harming us.
Okay, so here we are, eight years to the day from the invasion of Afghanistan, and still mired in bickering about what we need to do. The Taliban continues to hold sway over a large part of the country, the US-backed government is as inefficient and corrupt as the Bush Administration, and General McCrystal is trying to circumvent the Constitution by telling the President what to do.
Last point first. Once upon a time, children, there was a very popular general named Douglas MacArthur, a true American hero and icon. He believed thet he had a better grasp of the Korean Conflict than his boss, President Harry truman, and so he took it upon himself to criticize the commander-in-chief, and ultimately to ignore orders and implement his own preferred strategy. Was he right or wrong from a strategic point of view? We may never know, because "Give-em-Hell" Harry did what he had to do and fired his treasonous ass on the spot.
General McCrystal is the American commander in Afghanistan and has recently given a very public speech, in Europe, demanding that the president accede to his wishes and send 40,000 new troops to his command. What he said may be quite right from a strategic standpoint, but he has violated the same chain-of -command considerations that MacArthur did in Korea. Am I suggesting that Obama fire him forthwith? Maybe...maybe not. But, at a minimum, the good general needs to apologize publicly for his inappropriate outburst and acknowledge the correct relationship between military and civilian leadership. By the way, Republican Defense Secretary Robert Gates is firmly on the president's side in this melee. ...more...
Businesswoman's bid of $63,500 will benefit wounded vets' program
Cathy Maples likes Sarah Palin - so much so that she is paying $63,500 to have dinner with the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate.
Maples, 53, of Huntsville, outbid the other contenders in an eBay auction that ended Friday to share a meal with Palin. The dinner brought in the highest bid of the 10 items offered in the auction that raised $95,000 for the Ride 2 Recovery program, which supports wounded veterans through bicycling programs. A dinner with Karl Rove went for $16,000.
The efficacy of these attacks remain to be seen -- John McCain attempted unsuccessfully to link President Obama to ACORN during the 2008 campaign -- but it's clear from the reaction of the White House that leading Democrats understand that being seen as defenders of the community group is political suicide.
White House says ACCORN must be held accountable! Damn, you would think ACCORN sent our troops to war for nothing. Or raided the surplus to give the rich a tax cut. Or tortured people. Or spied on the American people without a warrant. Or leaked the name of an under CIA agent, or gave no bid contracts to their buddies, or politicized the justice department. Or let people suffer and die in the aftermath of Katrina or something. Oh wait, I fogot, no one should be held accountable for silly stuff like that.
James O’Keefe, one of the two filmmakers, said he went after ACORN because it registers minorities likely to vote against Republicans: "Politicians are getting elected single-handedly due to this organization," O’Keefe told The Washington Post. "No one was holding this organization accountable."
*This organization must be held accountable for registering them there minorities I say!
POTUS boycotted Faux News and they are squealing like pigs (no offense ph)!
And Fox milked it. When he was not talking about Acorn, Mr. Wallace bemoaned the presidential slight, asking, “Whatever happened to reaching out to all Americans?” He told Bill O’Reilly that the White House aides were “a bunch of crybabies.”
Apparently, the feeling is mutual. “We figured Fox would rather show ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ than broadcast an honest discussion about health insurance reform,” a White House deputy press secretary told ABC News on Saturday. “Fox is an ideological outlet where the president has been interviewed before and will likely be interviewed again; not that the whining particularly strengthens their case for participation any time soon.”
"Obama Says Race is not an Issue" says the media. Obama says America needs health care reform too. Actually Obama didn't say "race is not an issue", this is what he actually said, not what the media said he said.
In his conversation with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Mr. Obama said that “race is such a volatile issue in this society” that it was difficult for people to tell whether it was simply part of the backdrop of the current political discussion or “a predominant factor.”
“Are there some people who don’t like me because of my race? I’m sure there are,” Mr. Obama said. “Are there some people who voted for me only because of my race? There are probably some of those too.”
Can someone 'splain to me why Eric Holder was just yesterday sworn in as Attorney General? Wasn't he confirmed back in February?
Sarah Palin's approval ratings are dropping faster than David Vitter's pants! She has decided Alaska don't need no Federal money for education, special needs children, energy development.
Well, as someone pointed out, when your kids and husband are high school dropouts, education money doesn't seem so important, does it?
She will go to her grave thinking "Drill Baby drill" is the answer to the energy problem. But someone else will have to figure out why she, of all fifty governors, would reject money for special needs children.
Meanwhile the citizens of her fair state can see volcanic ash from their front porch, which they are blaming on her, and that does provide a nice segue to a state far south of Alaska. Follow if you please...
There are but three days to go, Gentle Reader, and the McCain campaign is now down to fear and Joe The Plumber.
Those who seek to spread The Fear are resorting to fantastic schemes and amazing leaps of logic in an effort to find something to make The Fear rise in voters.
But to be honest, the crazy speculation lacks...imagination.
I believe I can present crazy speculation that is at least as interesting as what they’ve put out—and funnier to boot—and with that and the Halloween just past in mind we present the final weekend edition of the 2008 campaign cycle's blogging.
So, ya wanna hear a few debunked made up rumors that, frankly, have a lot more creative style?
I wonder how many undecideds, independents, Republicans visit this site. According to The Management a surprisingly broad and numerous array of persons visit day in and day out.
I hope that the Bobby Bright Campaign, and other Democrats -- who are sometimes skittish about just standing up to Republican bully and bluster -- will take a page from the notebook, and conscience, of Senator Chuck Hagel, a Conservative, Very "Pro Business" (as if Democrats aren't), Republican Senator from the VERY Conservative state of Nebraska.
I should note that Conservative Republican State Senator Harri Anne Smith, with her endorsement of Mayor Bright for Congress last week, demonstrated her putting State and Country before Party.
Anyway, the lesson begins:
Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel, Nebraska:
A fourth generation Nebraskan, Hagel was born in North Platte, Nebraska on October 4, 1946. He graduated from St. Bonaventure High School, Columbus, Nebraska; the Brown Institute for Radio and Television, Minneapolis Minnesota; and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Hagel and his wife, Lilibet, have two children...
Hagel served in Vietnam with his brother Tom in 1968. They served side by side as infantry squad leaders with the U.S. Army's 9th Infantry Division. Hagel earned many military decorations and honors, including two Purple Hearts.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Hagel to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration, a nomination confirmed by the United States Senate. Hagel also served as Deputy Commissioner General of the United States for the 1982 World's Fair. From 1977 through 1980, Hagel was Manager of Government Affairs for The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in Washington, D.C. From 1971 to 1977, he was Administrative Assistant to Congressman John Y. McCollister (R-Nebraska). Beginning in 1969, Hagel worked as a newscaster and talk show host with radio stations KBON and KLNG in Omaha, Nebraska.
Now, here's just a part of what Senator Hagel says about Palin, McCain, and the Republican race for the Presidency this year (article dated November 3, 2008 -- as in, it's just hitting the news stands):
"'I don't believe she's qualified to be President of the United States,' Hagel told me. 'The first judgment a potential President makes is who their running mate is - and I don't think John made a very good selection.' He scoffed at McCain's attempts to portray her as an experienced politician. 'To try to make the excuse that she looks out her window and sees Russia - and that she's commander of the Alaska National Guard.' He added, 'There is no question that this candidate is arguably the thinnest-résumé candidate for Vice-President in the history of America.' Hagel's criticisms have prompted protests from Republicans, including Senator Orrin Hatch, of Utah . . .
"For Hagel, almost as disturbing as Palin's lack of experience is her willingness - in disparaging remarks about Joe Biden's long Senate career, for example - to belittle the notion that experience is important. 'There's no question, she knows her market,' Hagel said. 'She knows her audience, and she's going right after them. And I'll tell you why that's dangerous. It's dangerous because you don't want to define down the standards in any institution, ever, in life. You want to always strive to define standards up. If you start defining standards down - "Well, I don't have a big education, I don't have experience" - yes, there's a point to be made that not all the smartest people come out of Yale or Harvard. But to intentionally define down in some kind of wild populism, that those things don't count in a complicated, dangerous world - that's dangerous in itself.'. . .."
When last we met, Gentle Reader, we were talking about more or less $150,000 in clothing and beauty services that had been purchased mostly for Sarah Palin’s use by the Republican National Committee.
Since then, we have learned that John McCain himself once tried to outlaw the very type of contribution that led to this situation, we’ve heard McCain’s campaign offer a very non-maverick-y denial...and we’ve learned that the highest paid member of the McCain campaign staff—the person who presumably has the magic touch needed to turn this thing around—will be working her magic with a makeup brush.
As we discussed yesterday, I think I could have dressed Palin for 1/3 of what the RNC paid. Yesterday we “purchased” five of the outfits I think she needs...and with half the shopping done, we’re $670 over budget.
Can she be dressed for a mere $43,000? Let’s see if we can pull it off...
Remember after 9-11 when Bush told us that patriotic Americans should “go shopping”? Obviously, Sarah Palin and the RNC got stuck in that mode, and in spite of their constant referrals to fiscally conservative reforms, the shopping continues. As retirees see their hard earned retirement funds vanish, and in spite of the biggest financial crisis America has faced in over six decades, they shop on.
Jeanne Cummings at “Politico” has this to say:
‘The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began in early September and included bills from Saks Fifth Avenue in St. Louis and New York for a combined $49,425.74. The records also document a couple of big-time shopping trips to Neiman Marcus in Minneapolis, including one $75,062.63 spree in early September. The RNC also spent $4,716.49 on hair and makeup through September after reporting no such costs in August.immediately raised questions among campaign finance experts about their legality under the Federal Election Commission's long-standing advisory opinions on using campaign cash to purchase items for personal use.”
Additionally the AP is now reporting the following concerning Palin’s role as a “Reform” Governor in Alaska:
“ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business. The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York, where the governor attended a five-hour conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel. In all, Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.”
John McCain is all excited today, because, in his mind, Joe Biden has really Screwed It Up This Time by claiming that Obama will be tested by a foreign policy challenge, that Obama will act in a way we might not immediately trust, and that we should stand by him if it happens.
Oh My God You Have To Vote For Me, is the McCain response, because we can’t afford someone who will be tested in office.
As it turns out, Joe Biden is the smarter guy in this argument, a few calm words are in order...and I’m here today to offer a response that will set McCain’s foolishness right back on its heels.
I don't know what disturbs me more: the Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Sarah Palin appearance I've now watched over half a dozen times, or the collective cognitive dissonance that overtook the national media -- and, apparently, almost everyone in America -- with respect to that appearance.
No, I did not find it -- or, needless to say, Sarah Palin -- charming. Certainly not "hilarious." Yes, she does, demonstrably, have "rhythm." No, the fact that she was able to be a "good sport" and appear on a television program that has been skewering her for weeks does not raise her in my esteem one single iota. And no, that sketch did not make me smile. It in fact made me want to vomit.
Where is my sense of humour, you ask? Am I, in fact, a dour liberal determined to glower through November 4th? What exactly is my f*@$ing problem? Glad you asked -- if, in fact, you asked. Yeah, I've got a couple of problems...
Every four years, as Americans, we face a duty and a privilege. We walk into a voting booth and decide the direction our great nation will take. We elect a president and vice president and we elect legislators in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Every election year we hear that this is the most important election since...whenever.
Well, here it comes again. I am writing to suggest that this is indeed the most important election since Abraham Lincoln's second term. In that fateful year, the republic affirmed the action Lincoln had taken to defend the inseparability of the union, an endorsement of a doctrine of indivisiblilty and unity. A defeat for Lincoln would have meant either a retreat from the concept of one nation, or a headlong rush into draconian punishments heaped on the South for its actions. But Lincoln won and even though he died for his ideals, the nation did survive, and survives to this day.
I'm just going to pass this on as is from "Think Progress"....but others in the MSM are reporting the same:
"Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin.By Faiz Shakir on Oct 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin. Watch Sarah Palin get booed in Philadelphia before the Flyers’ hockey game tonight: The AP reports it as “a mixture of boos and cheers.” The Wilmington News Journal describes it as “an avalanche of boos.” UpdatePalin had hoped her daughter would shield her from the boos. Fox reports, "The GOP Vice-Presidential nominee said at an earlier fundraiser that she would stop some of the booing from the rowdy Philadelphia fans by putting her seven year old daughter, Piper in a Flyers jersey. She said, 'How dare they boo Piper!'"
Following is a letter about the Palin hate machine from a Jew in NYC to McCain's rabbis:
Rabbi Daniel Cohen, Congregation Agudath Sholom Stamford, Connecticut
Rabbi Barry Freundel Kesher Israel Congregation Washington, D.C.
Dear Rabbis Cohen and Freundel,
Please forgive the presumption -- not only don't we know one another, I'm the kind of "cultural Jew" who makes even Reform Rabbis weep.
But as far as I can tell, now that Joe Lieberman and his family have moved from New Haven to Stamford, you, Rabbi Cohen, are his primary Rabbi in Connecticut. And you, Rabbi Freundel, lead the congregation where Sen. Lieberman worships in Washington. Sen. McCain loves Joe Lieberman -- he wanted him as his running mate, if press reports are accurate. Sen. McCain listens to Joe Lieberman. Sen. Lieberman is, if you will, John McCain's rabbi.
So I thought I would write to you and ask you, as Sen. Lieberman's rabbis, to talk to Sen. Lieberman about the hatred that the McCain-Palin campaign is encouraging --- and the special understanding we Jews have of how that hatred plays out. Why this public forum? Because I feel this is an urgent moment for American Jews. And because, in this moment, the men who can perhaps do the most to help us all -- Jews, Gentiles and Muslims alike -- should be identified and challenged to step up and do the right thing. And make no mistake: Your voices do matter. If Joe Lieberman is the devout Jew he professes to be, you two are the most influential voices he can hear. He'd never listen to me. But to you -- how can he turn away?
I often think about Kristallnacht, that terrible night in Germany when it became unmistakably clear what the Nazis intended for the Jews. Almost a hundred Jews murdered, tens of thousands deported, windows smashed, businesses seized -- and hundreds of synagogues burned. Quite the "November surprise," if you will. But even after this horrific orgy of violence in 1938, there were many German Jews who didn't get it, who thought they were safe, who thought this was where it ended. Now we know better. We say "Never again." But look around you, gentlemen. History does repeat, and in this case, with spooky echoes of Germany's darkest decade. A bad economy. A search for someone who can be dehumanized and blamed. The cries for "justice". And then....? How would we recognize Kristallnacht if it happened today? My fear: It's on the horizon, and coming closer every day. Today "The Other" is Barack Obama. At a McCain-Palin rally the other day, there was a cry from a yahoo in the crowd: "Off with his head!"
John McCain and Sarah Palin have not condemned that man. Indeed, they promise to ratchet up their "questions" about Obama in the final weeks of the campaign. At this point, it seems, they'd find nothing upsetting if the audiences at their rallies showed up with torches and pitchforks. Jews, above all others, should fear this kind of hate speech. It may start with the demonization of one black man. Then it will move on to greedy Wall Streeters and "Jewish bankers" and a "liberal media" owned and controlled by Jews. [It's already happening: The Anti-Defamation League reports "a dramatic upsurge in anti-Semitic statements" on financial message boards on the Web. ] And then -- it sounds crazy, but it sounded crazy to many Jews in Germany -- the mob will come for us. Because that's where this goes. It's where it always goes. No matter where it starts, it ends with the Jews -- we're the ultimate "Other."
On your synagogue's web site, Rabbi Cohen, I note that you have a large family. Six daughters? Mazel tov. We have only one, but she is as precious to us as your girls are to you and your wife, and the thought of having her wrenched from my hand at some 21st century equivalent of a railroad freight yard -- it wakes me in the night. I know I am asking a hard thing of you -- to confront Joe Lieberman and ask him to talk to John McCain, and, if McCain won't stop this madness, to call upon Sen. Lieberman to condemn his friend. But maybe if I make this request both public and personal -- maybe if I invoke the images of Germany, just seven decades ago -- and ask that you do what you can to keep our children from harm, you will see how crucial this moment is to each and every Jew. And how much power you have to help us, all of us, who dare to hope for better from this country but find ourselves, in the middle of the night, awake and terrified.
A healthy and productive New Year to you and yours.
I have a rant and a push for a cause - hear me out, even if you don't agree with my political position - I feel you will agree with what I have to say.
John McCain's negative campaigning is bringing about some rather negative parts of our country. I am deeply disgusted by what is going on with it. (I don't agree with Obama with his push back using negative campaigning either, but McCain's campaign is doing something that I very much do not like.)
One rally with McCain had someone yeah a response to McCain's question that asks "Who is Barack Obama?" The person yelled "A Terrorist"
A rally with Palin, someone shouted to "Kill Him" - cannot be confirmed if they meant Obama or Bill Ayers - either case, shouting "Kill Him" during a presidential election in potential reference towards a presidential candidate - this is unacceptable.
And to make matters worse, Racism is coming back.
People are using the "N" word towards Obama
We have people calling Obama a Muslim with the idea that he is a radical terrorist from Africa.
We have people introducing Palin using Obama's name and making reference to his middle name of "Hussein" to connect the dots between our hatred towards Islam and him.
Hate against the media for Katie Couric's interview with Palin - Palin is using this as an excuse to get people angry at the media.
Written in a story by the Washington Post, some of this hatred & racism is causing innocent press workers to be targeted: "At that, Palin supporters turned on reporters in the press area, waving thunder sticks and shouting abuse. Others hurled obscenities at a camera crew. One Palin supporter shouted a racial epithet at an African American sound man for a network and told him, "Sit down, boy." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/06/AR2008100602935.html
Palin will not do a Press Conference; when she does an interview and it goes bad, she blames the reporter and the media; reporters are barred from mingling with the crowds at gathering because "there have been negative things written in the past and they aren't going to put up with it."
The more one learns about McCain's Mavericky pick of Sarah "Not Smarter than a 5th Grader" Palin, the more one has to laugh . . . or cower in fear over.
Here's the latest on that "new, fresh brand of politics" Palin would bring to Washington, traveling along the Bridge to Stupid:
"When Palin needed to sell her house during her last year as Wasilla mayor, she got the city to sign off on a special zoning exception - and did so without keeping a promise to remove a potential fire hazard.
"She gladly accepted gifts from merchants: A free 'awesome facial' she raved about in a thank-you note to a spa. The "absolutely gorgeous flowers" she received from a welding supply store. Even fresh salmon to take home.
"She also stepped in to help friends or neighbors with City Hall dealings. She asked the City Council to add a friend to the list of speakers at a 2002 meeting - and then the friend got up and asked them to give his radio station advertising business.
"That year, records show, she tried to help a neighbor and political contributor fighting City Hall over his small lakeside development. Palin wanted the city to refund some of the man's fees, but the city attorney told the mayor she didn't have the authority. . . ."
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This would be funny if it weren't the truth!! 
If history teaches us anything about republicans it is 1). sooner or later they will shoot themselves in the foot - or someone else in the face and 2). they will be caught with their hands in the cookie jar or your back pocket!!
Ok. When I came across this, I have admit that I spit Diet Pepsi all over my keyboard.
