Asshole #1
Proud Bush celebrates U.S. as “world’s biggest polluter”
In a final demonstration that the entire Bush presidency has been a fraternity prank that got out of hand, the U.S. President left the G8 meeting today shouting the words, “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter,” and pumping his fist.
Short of announcing publicly how much his [...]
Jesse Helms, the bigoted, hate filled GOP senator from North Carolina, USA, finally shuffled off the mortal coil yesterday to head down to the Jerry Falwell bored again pig roast in H-E-double hockey sticks:
…this is from Rockrap.com,where someone stood up and spilled on “Bono”:
President Bush described Helms as “a kind, decent, and humble man. So [...]
Straight from The Hague ( Georgie’ll be there right soon for the trial)..thank you Akbar ….and Mr McCarthy.
photo credit: akbar1947
photo credit: akbar1947
thanx 4 yer sapport. i keel U!
CASUALTIES:
_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of May 2008: at least 4,085.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of May 30, 2008: 30,143.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of May 3, 2008: 32,248…
Assassinated Iraqi academics: 371.
_Journalists killed on assignment as of June 2, 2008: 127.
CO$T:
_Nearly $525 billion so far, according to the National [...]
We spent a long good weekend in Chicago. Sunday was the “Bike the Drive” event, where the city closes Lake Shore Drive to cars and allow bicycles to use the road….. as it should be of course…. all the time..Opening our windows on Sunday morning, a beautiful day, Lake Michigan shining silver and gray..Lincoln Park [...]
started having second thoughts…
One of my favorite blogs is “Corrente, the stayed behind series“. I read it every day, as it serves as a fine example of …well…how to write a blog the right way. The Farmer, who is the genius behind this blog, writes with an amazing combination of insight and humor and …also gives valuable plant [...]
Had some things I was doing, April turned into a busy month. I will post them here this week..they include two new Obama ads, several new music pieces, several new collaborations with new people from ccMixter.org, and some really cool new connections to political and otherwise groups. Things seem to be rolling since I [...]
Barry Crimmins commenting on McGramps observation about withdrawl from Iraq..
“I’d much rather lose a campaign than lose a war.” — John McCain
“How about both?” — Barry Crimmins
McCain’s emergency appeal to boys who are more afraid of losing than anything else in the world speaks to every clown who ever got in a fist fight at [...]
this is the second part of a testimony from 3/16/08..please watch it all the way through.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-iTdxBECos8
From Lawyers, Guns and Money, whose great byline is “Family. Religion. Friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business”. Special tip to Rising Hegemon, who are quickly becoming my favorite AM place to hang.
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While making the obvious but necessary point that a McCain presidency would be [...]
Two things in my reader this morning from The Guardian..yes..being the g__less Socialist I am..I subscribe to The Guardian (they are also “responsible” for that piece on Moses below..as well as having the good sense to print George Monbiot every week)….here’s two innerstin’ little tidbits that were side x side today:
Bernanke warnings on housing slump [...]
No, it’s not about my new instrument..rather, it’s a piece I ‘ve done with a friend of mine, Perry Slade. (go to his site for more great photography, as well as the original images used here). Music is by me..saxophone by Ken Simon c/o my pal Bil Byrant and his fine company Powerfx in [...]
What I said yesterday:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xvDAiWWuvRg
…and you don’t know what it is..do you..Mr Jones..