Concerning the Senate's passing of the bill suspending habeus corpus, Patrick Leahey's response to the following question was super-lame:

Amy Goodman: Senator Leahy, this was not a close vote: 65 to 34. The twelve Democrats who joined with the Republicans, except for Senator Chafee of Rhode Island, the twelve Democrats are Tom Carper of Delaware, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, as well as Senator Menendez of New Jersey, Bill Nelson of Florida, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Senator Pryor of Arkansas, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, Ken Salazar of Colorado, Debbie Stabenow of Michigan and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. They joined with the Republicans. You are working very hard to get a Democratic majority in the Senate in these next elections and in Congress overall. What difference would it make?

Lame-ass Answer Here

I'm sorry, but the so-called "argument" that Dems in Congress would be better than Reps is looking weak. If you can't stand up for habeus corpus, you need to go away. Instead of sending your ass to Cuba we need to build a time machine & send you to 1930's Italy!

An alcohol-fueled thought...

I wonder if Mel Torme got any trim?

(old school slang for Sebrone & Tim)

This could be me soon. I've talked about my love of (and guilt about) women's volleyball. It's porn.



So, some dude...I'm assuming it's a dude...and I don't want to call him a loser, because of my "closet" acceptance of beach porn comes up with a webpage...not just any webpage.

Ladies & Gentlemen, I present to you:

Beach Volleyball Asses!

I don't know if I should be thrilled or horrified. Now if you'll excuse me, I need some Whitee time.

I can't decide what to make of this quite yet. I'm sure I'll be able to distill something down the road, but you have to watch the Fox News interview with Bubba. There's a transcript, too.

Wing-nuts will say that Clinton's off his rocker, but I will admit he did have some truth to speak here and he definitely called out Fox on their BS. Of course Chris Wallace was like, "Who? Us?" kinda crap. But I'll give Bubba credit, he did OK here. Wallace was a big lame-o here.

Crooks & Liars hasn't posted Part 2 yet...so I'm sure there's more to come.

Jeez...no wonder Americans - as a group - are so freakin ignant.

The media...the whole media are really missing the boat on the Hugo Chavez UN Speech. Everyone is focusing on the fact that he calls The War Criminal, "diablo" aka the devil. I mean, even folks on the left-wing radio shows kept focusing on "diablo". BFD.

For the definitive analysis of what Chavez said, you have to go to Democracy Now's take. The transcript is the analysis, but if you can listen to the clips of the speech itself it becomes even more clear of just what Chavez did. This speech IS one of the more memorable events in UN history.


That being said...that freakin translator was a trip.

I "love" the people who defend Israel no matter what. The other day on The Lionel Show the point was made that we can criticize every country, government and individual except Israel. For some reason, Israel's doody doesn't stink. Is it prolonged guilt over the Holocaust?

So when you see/hear something like this, what are you supposed to think? Huh? Unless we get so-called classified documents or Israeli's in-the-know to testify, we'll never know for sure, but the logic makes sense.

Israel bombed businesses in Lebanon that were in competition with Israeli businesses. The excuse was they thought the businesses had Hezzy-ties, but this didn't make sense as...well, just check the link.

On a different note...

I get oogy when someone get's deified, but I gotta admit, Keith Olbermann is starting to deserve it. I don't know how much of his stuff he writes on his own, but either way, he's really pushing to become a modern day Edward Murrow.

If any of the 3 people who visit here can explain this in a non-right wing playbook kinda way, I'll stand corrected, but I'm having a bit of a problem understanding the problem The War Criminal & Co are having with the Geneva Conventions. Specifically, why do our interrogators need "more specific" laws in order to operate? The supposed War on Terror (WoT) doesn't explain it, because we've had these conventions for...uh...60 years or so and they've been fine for Korea, Vietnam & the Cold War crap. Now all of a sudden, they're vague? Especially when we know that torture doesn't give reliable info.

Every time the court-appointed administration makes a claim about successes in this alleged WoT, they cannot give examples or details. The same goes for when they claim that Democrats in Congress say this or that...when asked specifically who, they say...uh...I'm not sure.

For everything they pull out of their asses, I hope they have a good proctologist on hand...the only thing is, it's our tax dollars that's paying for him.

Here are a few Crooks & Liars clips to check out on this, that just doesn't make sense:

Dumb
Dumber
Uh...there's a lot of dead people who would have appreciated you having balls a while ago.

OK, after I typed all of this I noticed the comment by John Amato that said the same thing (that Article III has been fine all along), but honestly I did think it before I saw it...so it's a "great minds think alike" kinda thing.

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A couple of other short political thingies:

I point out when a Dem does something good as well. It just doesn't happen that often. What Senator Landrieu says here is what Dems should be shouting from the mountain tops!

Former Texas Governor, Ann Richards died. I have to admit, I didn't know a lot about her. But now that she's dead, everyone wants to talk about her and I have to admit, this chick could give a speech. You gotta check out this one about Airport Security. I swear to god, this is stand-up quality...good stand-up quality. The transcript is OK, but if you can, listen to it.

Project Censored is out with their Top 25 Censored Stories of 2006:
#1 Bush Administration Moves to Eliminate Open Government
#2 Media Coverage Fails on Iraq: Fallujah and the Civilian Death
#3 Another Year of Distorted Election Coverage
#4 Surveillance Society Quietly Moves In
#5 U.S. Uses Tsunami to Military Advantage in Southeast Asia
#6 The Real Oil for Food Scam
#7 Journalists Face Unprecedented Dangers to Life and Livelihood
#8 Iraqi Farmers Threatened By Bremer’s Mandates
#9 Iran’s New Oil Trade System Challenges U.S. Currency
#10 Mountaintop Removal Threatens Ecosystem and Economy
#11 Universal Mental Screening Program Usurps Parental Rights
#12 Military in Iraq Contracts Human Rights Violators
#13 Rich Countries Fail to Live up to Global Pledges
#14 Corporations Win Big on Tort Reform, Justice Suffers
#15 Conservative Plan to Override Academic Freedom in the Classroom
#16 U.S. Plans for Hemispheric Integration Include Canada
#17 U.S. Uses South American Military Bases to Expand Control of the Region
#18 Little Known Stock Fraud Could Weaken U.S. Economy
#19 Child Wards of the State Used in AIDS Experiments
#20 American Indians Sue for Resources; Compensation Provided to Others
#21 New Immigration Plan Favors Business Over People
#22 Nanotechnology Offers Exciting Possibilities But Health Effects Need Scrutiny
#23 Plight of Palestinian Child Detainees Highlights Global Problem
#24 Ethiopian Indigenous Victims of Corporate and Government Resource Aspirations
#25 Homeland Security Was Designed to Fail

Go to the site to read the details of each.

I'll just start out by saying that I'm pro-sex toy. I don't own any, but I have bought them. Some for a party (you had to be there), I've also bought the occassional toy as a gift (I had to be there). So it pains me to see just how dangerous these things can be...

Auto-eroticism undoes driver

All I can say is...Duuuuuuuude. Come on, Bro. Penis pump on the highway? Hey, I'm fine with the pump...go for it...celebrate, god dammit! But not when you're driving.

Holy Crap, if that happened here, there would be some dumbass politician proposing a new law. How would you like to have that named after you? "Yeah, you know, Whitee's Law? You know, the one that says that you can drive & diddle? Named after me."

And this guy will no longer be able to bust any of his friend's chops ever again. Anything he tries to come up with will be automatically trumped by this. Know what I'm saying, Pump Boy?

Oh, but that's not all. Greenpeace (in Europe, of course) is warning folks about the plastic in sex toys. Appearently there's stuff in there that's been banned from children's toys.

"We have tested many products in the last few years but never have we encountered such high concentrations." Damn, now there's a job.

The funny thing about these two things are that I found them on Yahoo News under the "Most Popular" list of stories. I mean, the first story is ridiculous and has no business being on a news wire, but the second one is important - the story even has a photo of a bunch of vibrators. Again, celebrate! But why isn't it in health news?

F-ing Pump Boy.

I had never heard of Fred Phelps before, but this Mo-Fo is one crazy old dude. Check out this video (wmv). It's not captioned and I can't find a transcript.

It's crap like this that proves that we have a relatively open society - if this stuff can go over ANY airwave...

My main issue with what he's putting down is this...OK, God hates sodomites. I get that. And God's supposed to be coming down to do that voodoo that he do to us sodomites. Right? Fine. But here's the thing...I ain't getting no sodomy so I don't think I should be struck down or whatever fate is supposed to be waiting me until I start getting a little sodomy...know what I'm sayin?

While I'm talking about dumb-ass stuff going over the airwaves, I guess I'll put my two cents in about this ABC turd, Path to 9/11. I guess I'm glad that people are putting up a fuss because it is pretty wacked...but here's the thing...most of these people will continue to watch ABC, ESPN, & Disney crap. Don't just threaten to boycott them - do it! You don't have to start a movement. By yourself, just don't watch that stuff. Will your life really have a gaping void that can't be filled without Desperate Housewives or SportsCenter? If that's the case, then you may need a little more sodomy in your life, Sparky. Talk about gaping...OK, I'm done.

I think I've posted on gym ettiquette before. If I just dreamt it, you can do a web search on it...you know, stuff that's just considered rude at the gym. Don't crash weights, no gratutious grunting, leave your cell phone in your locker, no homoerotic spotting. I never thought anyone would need to say this, but tonight I experienced a new one...a couple of roidheads actually, worked out, finished then went to this BBQ joint next door, got versions of their garbage plate to go, then came back to the gym and ate it there! The M-Fing smell of these things permeated throughout the gym while others are trying to work out. I should have went over to them and flicked my sweat right in their dinners.

I tried giving them the stink eye a few hundred times but they are too f-ing stupid to realize it. I hope they get food poisoning...dickheads.




Too bad this site isn't scratch & sniff.

I know I may be a bit paranoid here, but I seriously think this is a trap to catch illegal aliens.




This ad is on every time you log into your Yahoo e-mail now. Every time. No more "Wanna be a Mystery Shopper?" ad or that one for the college with some stupidly hot chick in a limo that would never talk to you anyway. Nope. Every time, they want you to apply for a permanent green card. I should try it...maybe they'll deport me somewhere and I could use it as a vacation. You think they'd buy that I'm really Puerto Rican?

And how many of these illegal aliens - who are supposedly stealing the real job I can't get - have Yahoo accounts? I'm sure after a full day of picking cabbage, Juan can't wait to go online from his wifi-enabled laptop to check on his investments. How many cabbage fields do you know that have wireless internet? And with poor Juan's luck he just gets e-mails about making his penis larger. What the hell does Juan need with a big penis anyway, he already has 30 kids that he fits into his trailer and is too tired to have any more sex anyway. (Thanks to the late Reggie White for that last piece of racism)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I said I'd be posting more. Hey, I've been busy committing the same mistake for the 101st time.

Anyway. This kills me. Someone in the media finally does something right...or at least has the intention of doing it and does it such a messed up way that it makes it almost useless. I shall explain...

Mother Jones came out with this online tool that shows - chronologically - all the lies the War Criminal & Co have told about the Iraqi invasion.

The problem is that the graphic uses Flash 2000000000000 or whatever version it is. So unless your computer is at the Pentagon it slows everything down to a crawl. Then, it's set up so awkwardly that unless you know exactly what you're looking for you'll need to pack a lunch to figure out what's going on.

This is a great idea, but all they needed to do was make a pdf of a timeline/chart thing that showed the lies.

I hate websites that have annoying flash intros that don't do anything...I just want the porn...uh....ahem...I mean...not porn...I just want the content.

It could've been somebody...it could've been a contender...