tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post1478886190341229222..comments2024-02-24T11:50:55.413-08:00Comments on Lydia Cornell: BIG OIL IS PRETTY SLIMYFans and Friends of Lydia Cornellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512357844572930333noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-42000295348128254022008-07-05T11:04:00.000-07:002008-07-05T11:04:00.000-07:00My oh my. All those America-hatin' military guys ...My oh my. All those America-hatin' military guys hatin' on Big Oil.<BR/><BR/>The GOP base shrinks with each passing day.The Trufflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16641173488798036738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-81254429503740220042008-07-03T13:54:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:54:00.000-07:00I just posted this item about ROVE taking over McC...I just posted this item about ROVE taking over McCain's campaign. Now is the time to get the word out about this Machiavellian thug. <BR/><BR/>PLEASE EVERYONE GO OVER TO NEW BLOG THREAD. <BR/><BR/>thanks!!Fans and Friends of Lydia Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01512357844572930333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-2053030611764638792008-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:002008-07-03T13:32:00.000-07:00Just saw on cnn that Mccain is hiring staffers fro...Just saw on cnn that Mccain is hiring staffers from Rove so he can get dirty in the electionTrevorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294008785068633036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-84592799839193651872008-07-03T11:28:00.000-07:002008-07-03T11:28:00.000-07:00Employers cut jobs for sixth straight monthEmploye...<A HREF="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/07/jobs_cut_for_sixth_straight_mo.php" REL="nofollow">Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month</A><BR/><BR/><B>Employers cut jobs for sixth straight month; jobless rate holds steady at 5.5 percent</B><BR/><BR/>heck of a job Georgie and your reich wing clownsclifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-17973013528172426482008-07-03T06:10:00.000-07:002008-07-03T06:10:00.000-07:00Looks like rusty took my advice...Looks like rusty took my advice...Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-4732774319266517112008-07-02T23:37:00.000-07:002008-07-02T23:37:00.000-07:00Did your sister make you go find another place to ...Did your sister make you go find another place to sleep again, rusty? Buy a bottle of Boone's Farm and go apologize.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-18630242656869853222008-07-02T21:03:00.000-07:002008-07-02T21:03:00.000-07:00mike said,BTW, General Motors stock is at a 53 YEA...<I>mike said,<BR/><BR/>BTW, General Motors stock is at a 53 YEAR LOW.......a low not seen since the Eisenhower Administration..........btw is 53 years alot??????????<BR/><BR/>just curious was ANYONE on this blog even alive when Eisenhower was President?</I><BR/><BR/>I think you'll appreciate <A HREF="http://reconstitution.us/rcnew/?p=1291" REL="nofollow">my take on this</A> yesterday.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-12100834446710463432008-07-02T21:00:00.000-07:002008-07-02T21:00:00.000-07:00Every indicator on the horizon says the Depression...Every indicator on the horizon says the Depression has already begun. It isn't as bad as it should have been because in spite of all of Chimpy's efforts, a piece of the safety net still catches people here and there. The monkey has done what he could to rip the middle right out of it, though.<BR/><BR/>I do know what you mean about the music, though. Joe, Henry, and Jello spoke words I understood all too well way back when. Hell, they're STILL doing it; Jello hasn't changed a bit (and remember that he hated DINO Feinstein 30 years ago,) and I never miss Henry Rollins on TV. Joe, he was such a great guy, and it's such a shame he isn't here now to tell us what he thinks about all that has happened.Jolly Rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15386411633471396349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-54740028451650998432008-07-02T20:18:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:18:00.000-07:00Watta ya know, after experiencing it Christopher H...Watta ya know, after experiencing it Christopher Hitchens thinks water boarding IS torture;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/07/02/hitchens-gets-waterboarded-believe-me-its-torture/" REL="nofollow">Hitchens Gets Waterboarded: “Believe Me, It’s Torture”</A>clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-29360838682737029722008-07-02T20:13:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:13:00.000-07:00BTW, George W Bush has 201 days left to screw up t...BTW, George W Bush has 201 days left to screw up the country even more.clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-77829040500712804832008-07-02T20:08:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:08:00.000-07:00Interesting Larry, corporate greedy CEO's are layi...Interesting Larry, corporate greedy CEO's are layin' people off just as their bought and paid for sycophants in Washington's economic policies are causing unemployment benefits to run low on funds.<BR/><BR/>How convenient eh?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-81832539351862270102008-07-02T20:07:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:07:00.000-07:00In a new Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans say ...In a new Gallup poll, 68 percent of Americans say they are either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “would pursue policies that are too similar to what George W. Bush has pursued.” Nearly half of respondents — 49 percent — said they were “very concerned”:Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-65433077619822454152008-07-02T20:01:00.000-07:002008-07-02T20:01:00.000-07:00The price of crude oil was little changed yesterda...The price of crude oil was little changed yesterday after rising during the day to a record above $143 a barrel on concern Israel may attack Iran over its nuclear program and disrupt supply from OPEC's second-largest producer. Pressure on Iran to end uranium enrichment and the falling value of the U.S. dollar may drive prices to $170 a barrel.<BR/><BR/>The Bush Depression is growing near.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-68846799094021060292008-07-02T19:55:00.000-07:002008-07-02T19:55:00.000-07:00American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 empl...American Airlines expects to cut nearly 7,000 employees by the end of the year, or about 8 percent of its worldwide work force, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft because of high fuel prices, the airline told employees Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>The job cuts, which appear to be twice as big as those announced so far by any other carrier, could include as many as 900 flight attendants.<BR/><BR/>McCain and Bush don't care: They use private jets for the rich and arrogant.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-76934750191158408692008-07-02T19:49:00.000-07:002008-07-02T19:49:00.000-07:00The funds states use to pay unemployment benefits ...The funds states use to pay unemployment benefits are running low, raising fears of higher taxes on businesses and less money to help out-of-work employees during tight economic times.<BR/><BR/>Thirty-three states have funds below recommended levels, meaning they're at risk of running out in less than a year unless they're replenished as required under federal law. Nearly half the states could run out in less than six months.<BR/><BR/>The funds, totaling about $38 billion today, are in worse shape than before the last recession, when the total was about $54 billion.<BR/><BR/>The Bush Economy: Leaving Americans Poor and Destitute.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-33437427545003459962008-07-02T19:24:00.000-07:002008-07-02T19:24:00.000-07:00Is the American Dream in business? With barely fou...Is the American Dream in business? <BR/>With barely four months to go to the day of the US presidential election, the BBC's James Naughtie finds Americans worse-off than they were seven years ago - and worried about the future. <BR/><BR/>East Grand Boulevard in Detroit is still handsome, in its way. There are wooden and brick houses on spacious plots, with trees front and back. They have that early 20th Century confidence that American architects were able to exploit, with high chimneys, wide porches and plenty of room inside. <BR/><BR/>But many of them are not homes any more. They're empty, bricked up, maybe open to the sky or burnt-out. As a street, it represents a generation of inner city decline. <BR/>You can find plenty of prosperity around the edges of Detroit. But take a trip down East Grand Boulevard and into the enclave of Hamtramck, which was the heart of the American car industry, and you can sense the economic angst that's gripping the country. <BR/><BR/>It's not simply that there is poverty in Detroit - which you can find at the busy soup kitchens that were established in the Great Depression - but that a city which once boasted some of the best-paid industrial workers in the US is in steady decline. <BR/> <BR/>James Naughtie's series, American Dreams, continues on BBC Radio 4, on Mondays, at 2000 BST <BR/>Or to the first programme in the series <BR/><BR/>People who thought they would remain reasonably comfortable are discovering that rising medical bills, falling wages and petrol at $4 a gallon are making life difficult. Add to that the pressures from the banks and mortgage lenders, and you find trouble. <BR/><BR/>Watershed <BR/><BR/>More than 73,000 homes were repossessed in the city in the second half of 2007 because the owners couldn't keep up with loans: Detroit is a prime example of a contagion that's sweeping the whole country. <BR/><BR/>In the course of this year, between two and three million homes are expected to be the subject of "foreclosure". <BR/>This is one of the painful facts that lie behind the rhetoric of the presidential campaign. The reason why both John McCain and Barack Obama talk about "change", is that most Americans feel that this election year marks some kind of watershed. <BR/><BR/>They're not agreed, of course, about which way the country should turn. But there is a general sense that after the eight Bush years, in which the country has been tormented by post-9/11 national security worries and war, and in the course of which government spending has soared and personal debt has become an obsession, this electoral choice will be important. <BR/><BR/>Searching for the worries that give rise to that belief, you first of all confront the lack of economic optimism. <BR/><BR/>Although you can find those who talk of a cycle that will turn once again, about the long-term inevitably of recovered prosperity, it's much easier to find people who are starting to question their birthright. Is it true, as they've always been taught, that the next generation will always be better off than the one before it, that hard work will produce rewards and the freedom to choose a lifestyle? <BR/><BR/>In short, is the American Dream still in business? <BR/><BR/>'Katrina-like crisis' <BR/><BR/>I found in Detroit that there are doubts. Among car workers, who were once the elite of the labour force, there is deep gloom. <BR/><BR/>The weakness of the dollar overseas can be seen a measure of the troubles of the superpower <BR/> <BR/>While I was in the city, a strike at the component manufacturer American Axle was settled with a deal in which the workforce accepted much lower wages and health benefits. They got what they could, and it wasn't much. <BR/>Talking to some of those who are losing their homes through foreclosure, having stumbled into loan agreements that allowed interest rates to be ratcheted up, I became quickly aware that the problem is not one that is confined to what might be called, over-simplistically, an "underclass". <BR/><BR/>As one woman put it, it's a "Katrina-like crisis" - the waters are lapping around the feet of those who never thought that their homes would be inundated. <BR/><BR/>In America, it's always important to balance bad news or public anger with the country's innate capacity for ingenuity and recovery. But, as Joe Stiglitz, Nobel-prize winning economist, put it to me: "The reality of each generation being better off than the last is becoming destroyed." <BR/><BR/>Most Americans, he says, are worse off than they were seven years ago. So, when they come to make their political judgements this autumn, this is what will affect them most. <BR/><BR/>Remembering the effectiveness of Ronald Reagan's question in 1980 after Jimmy Carter's four years - "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" - you realise how important this is. Many Americans aren't convinced that this downturn is another blip in a cycle that will quickly correct itself; they worry about something deeper. <BR/>They know that China holds much of America's public debt, and that jobs are going overseas. And they're aware that the weakness of the dollar overseas can be seen a measure of the troubles of the superpower. <BR/><BR/>They wonder, therefore, whether they can assume that in the 21st Century their country will remain an economic superpower, even if its military strength is still unmatched. <BR/><BR/>It's a deep question, lying far beneath the surface of a presidential campaign in which the personalities of the candidates and a speech here or there often determine the headlines and the tone of the exchanges. <BR/><BR/>The truth is, this is a troubled nation. And one of the problems is this: change may be necessary but where should it lead? In the next four weeks that's what I'll be trying to find out. <BR/><BR/>To the Bush Brothers and John and Cindy "Prescription Princess" McCain the economy serves their purpose well.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05283557503536810926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-12674317286572757742008-07-02T17:09:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:09:00.000-07:00OUCH;Comical IgnoranceExcept it isn’t funny. Pitif...<B>OUCH;</B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://theamericanpatriotinstitute.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Comical Ignorance</A><BR/><BR/><I>Except it isn’t funny. Pitiful perhaps, dangerous maybe but, funny it aint. “It” is the response of the reich-wing bloviators I half heard on CNN late at night responding to General Wesley Clark’s well considered denunciation of the idea of flying and/or crashing a fighter plane as qualifying one for the job of POTUS. I suppose it will come as a shock to no thinking person that General Clark is waaaaaayyy more likely to be right when it comes to military issues than the chickenhawk guild. However, there are a couple of points worth expanding.<BR/><BR/>In the USN, unless you are the CO or XO of a squadron, a pilot is in command of nothing. (S)He does not lead men and flying is not generally considered a command path. Even the term/job “plane captain” does not refer to the pilot but instead, to the enlisted (wo)man who has the responsibility for just damn near everything on the bird except when it is actually in flight. Yes, pilots are officers but, few of them turn out to be leaders. Their training focuses on what they can do to avoid costing the U.S. and USN a shitload of money by giving gravity primary control of an airborne plane.(Such training apparently did not take with McSame as evidenced by his time as a POW.) They also receive some training on delivering death, destruction and mayhem on command. As a general rule, with acknowledged exceptions, O3 and below flyboys know less about leadership and command than your average E6 and up. Yea, sure the E6 will have to salute the O3 but that is more tradition and general orders than it is respect.<BR/><BR/>“Line” officers are the command path officers. They learn to drive boats and head up divisions on a ship and they cross train in a lot of different shit. In running a division, they will be the leader of the enlisted men who make up that division (if the Chief lets them) and they can dream of their own command. Interestingly enough, John Kerry was a line officer with command experience. When he was being unfairly dissed and outright lied about by veteran and chickenhawk alike, such experience wasn’t especially valuable to the GOP. Even to the point of the rank and file rethugs making graphic fun of Purple Heart earners at the national convention.<BR/><BR/>In short Barack Obama has just as much command experience as John McSame. Both have “commanded” political campaigns. It is comical ignorance indeed to believe that all military service is the same or that all military jobs are command prep. But, these comically misinformed individuals have huge misinformed audiences. Even worse, none of them seem to even want to know the truth. The relevant truth here is that Clark is right. Flying and/or crashing airplanes is in no way, shape, form, or fashion, suitable or significant preparation for the job of POTUS. Serving as a POW does not give one special insight into how to prosecute a war or, how to lead the nation in times of peace. Physical suffering for one’s nation does not entitle one to high political office. It just doesn’t.<BR/><BR/>I interacted with a lot of officers during my time in the military and, like just damn near any other enlisted puke, I learned to size them up pretty quickly. If I was being recalled into the military tomorrow and I had to choose one of the two presidential candidates to be the officer I reported to, the nation would be in trouble because with my life on the line, I would pick the intelligent, analytical, clear-headed, quick thinking one of the two. I’d pick Obama.</I><BR/><BR/>Wingnuts heads exploding in 3…2….1……clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-53342460408162611732008-07-02T15:18:00.000-07:002008-07-02T15:18:00.000-07:00It seems St Johnny is going all Rove after all .....It seems St Johnny is going <A HREF="http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/07/mccain_campaign_shakeup.html" REL="nofollow">all Rove</A> after all .....<BR/><BR/>McSame even more, with Rovian sycophants runnin his campaign.clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-43775028081206225222008-07-02T14:36:00.000-07:002008-07-02T14:36:00.000-07:00A very, very good roll up of how clueless McSame a...A very, very good roll up of how clueless McSame and his merry band of right wing fooles really are;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/m.s.-bellows/mccain-and-his-swiftboat_b_110284.html" REL="nofollow">McCain And His Swiftboat Crew</A><BR/><BR/>Read it an ask how St johnny is gonna out smart the Chinese if he is this foolish with something which has little to do with real Americans lives?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-42928078025859117842008-07-02T13:54:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:54:00.000-07:00Lookie; Not Winning the War on DrugsDespite the bi...Lookie;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/opinion/02wed1.html?th&emc=th" REL="nofollow"> Not Winning the War on Drugs</A><BR/><BR/><I>Despite the billions of dollars the United States has spent battling the cartels, it has hardly made a dent in the cocaine trade.</I><BR/><BR/>Another war Bush is a losin' .....<BR/><BR/><BR/>It seems the only war he is a winnin' is his war on the American Middle Class.clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-29347659267582526872008-07-02T13:52:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:52:00.000-07:00Car Sales at 10-Year LowSales of new vehicles plun...<A HREF="" REL="nofollow"> Car Sales at 10-Year Low</A><BR/><BR/><I>Sales of new vehicles plunged in June, as high gas prices and a weak economy kept consumers away from showrooms.</I><BR/><BR/>Could it be because a C- economics student was selected by five right wing judges instead of the will of the American people, and he f*cked up the job on the economy as badly as he f*cked up in Iraq?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-35129768837580065582008-07-02T13:49:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:49:00.000-07:00Who knew?China Inspired Interrogations at Guantána...Who knew?<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/02detain.html?th&emc=th" REL="nofollow">China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo</A><BR/><BR/><I> An interrogation class at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was based on a 1957 study of Chinese Communist techniques used to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh right those of us who aren't bedwettin' cry baby chicken hawks;<BR/><BR/>pagin' crusty, doltron et al ........clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-40230536939073842322008-07-02T13:47:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:47:00.000-07:00George W Bush's true legacy; Deepening Cycle of J...George W Bush's true legacy;<BR/><BR/><A HREF="" REL="nofollow"> Deepening Cycle of Job Loss Seen Lasting Into ’09</A><BR/><BR/><I>Experts say the troubles dogging the economy will be stubborn, leaving in place a combination of tight credit and scant job opportunities perhaps well into next year.</I><BR/><BR/>He trashed the good economy from the Clinton years and has the US embroiled in his illegal wars.<BR/><BR/>heck of a job BOZO.clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-59526891472319299722008-07-02T13:44:00.000-07:002008-07-02T13:44:00.000-07:00Oops both the DOW and Nasdaq are now in bear terri...Oops both the DOW and Nasdaq are now in bear territory;<BR/><BR/>DOW 11215.51<BR/><BR/>nasdaq 2251.46<BR/><BR/><BR/>That means both have dropped at least 20% from their previous highs.<BR/><BR/>Dow 14164 (all time high)<BR/><BR/>nasdaq 2,859.12 <BR/><BR/>Could 144.12 a barrel for oil be part of the reason;<BR/><BR/>I though Cheney had an energy meeting early in the <I>bush criminal administration</I> and had a plan?<BR/><BR/>Oh right that Iraq war thingy ......<BR/><BR/>I guess it didn't turn out as he and PNAC planned back in the late 1990's did it?clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102706.post-35504085405155456712008-07-02T13:10:00.001-07:002008-07-02T13:10:00.001-07:00BTW wanna know who Steve Schmitt is?Well he is the...BTW wanna know who Steve Schmitt is?<BR/><BR/>Well he is the guy McSame picked to run his day to day ops in the losing campaign he is a runnin' right now.<BR/><BR/>Before this Schmitt also;<BR/><BR/>Chief strategist in charge of Supreme Court nominations of Samuel A. Alito. and Chief Justice John Roberts for the George W bush Administration.<BR/><BR/>Counselor snd spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.<BR/><BR/>Member of the exclusive "breakfast club" led by top White House adviser Karl Rove that ran President Bush's re-election campaign. (2004)<BR/><BR/>Some wonder why we call him McSame.<BR/><BR/>The McSame crass operators tryin' to foole the sheeple once again .....<BR/><BR/>the McSame tired old talking points ......<BR/><BR/>the McSame dishonest claims which have never actually helped America in the last three decades .....<BR/><BR/>So McSame's takin' a page from Hillary's campaign play-book, campaign a floundering?, change the "people" causing it to flounder instead of tryin' to do what the voters really want; like change the course in Washington from the failed policies which have afflicted us all ever since Ronnie Reagan began his campaign to undermine the future of this country for the greed of a few well connected right wingers.<BR/><BR/>Oh and no 100 years in Iraq, McSame seems not to understand unborn generations really don't want this war and their living future ancestors really don't either. (Talk about spending people's money with no representation. Didn't some people long ago fight against that idea?)clifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01789324243613548212noreply@blogger.com