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Michael is trying to figure out how to upload pitures to FB.
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 02/15/2009 14:30:58

Michael W. Savage is trying to figure out how to upload pitures to FB………22 hours ago.
Sean Hannity | Dude get your kids to show you. I had my lawn boy, Jesus or whoever, help me with mine.

Rush Limbaugh | I just hire people to do this shit.

Michael posted a note: 25 Random Things About Me

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people (if you can) to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I wrote a lot of books about herbs. I’m famous for them.
2. I am NOT gay and I DID NOT have a crush on Allen Ginsberg.
3. Allen Ginsberg was a wanker; and I hated him!
4. I have never been to a gay bathhouse in hippie-ville San Fransisco.
5. My son, Russell, created the hippie drink “Rockstar Energy Drink” and he’s more conservative than me! Bwahahahaha.
6. I do not like masculine bodies….. not in any way.
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20 comments (Latest Comment: 02/16/2009 04:09:47 by Scoopster)

Saturday without a topic
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/14/2009 13:46:24

But I thought I'd get something open nonetheless.

Skimming the headlines this morning, I see that the stimulus bill has passed overnight; that's a good thing. It's certainly interesting to look at the way the votes broke. With 7 Democrats voting "NO" and no Republicans voting "YES", it's obvious we don't need the GOP for anything right now. The Senate had 2 independents caucus with the Democrats (which would be Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders) and three GOPers cross the line to vote "YES".

If the rest of the party is going to be about as helpful as a one-legged man at a balloon stomping contest, then it's high time we moved on without them.


So....It's a reconciled version of a compromise. Let's see what's in the bill now.

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19 comments (Latest Comment: 02/15/2009 05:52:45 by livingonli)

The Torture Never Stops
Author: BobR    Date: 02/13/2009 13:37:14

As a society, we have certain boundaries beyond which we do not cross. For most of us, we do not cross them because of empathy, our understanding of human dignity, and the moral codes we have learned or created. A small minority cannot be trusted to stay within those boundaries, so we create laws and a means to enforce them. But what happens when those we've entrusted with the power to enforce the laws step beyond the powers we've granted and become as bad as (or worse than) those whose transgressions demand prosecution? Our outrage is strong and justified, and they are made to pay for their crimes. What happens when this occurs - not at a local or state level - but at an international level?

This is a question that is becoming increasingly clear demands an answer. With a new president in office and FOIA information requests being granted once again, the documentation is startling, horrifying, and infuriating.
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240 comments (Latest Comment: 02/14/2009 13:40:36 by Random)

Y'all need to simmah down!
Author: Scoopster    Date: 02/12/2009 20:25:58

A few days ago, this news report came out citing an attorney for the US Government who had pushed to dismiss charges made by five former Guantanamo Bay detainees that they had been tortured while in captivity.

"A source inside of the Ninth U.S. District Court tells ABC News that a representative of the Justice Department stood up to say that its position hasn't changed, that new administration stands behind arguments that previous administration made, with no ambiguity at all," continued ABC. "The DOJ lawyer said the entire subject matter remains a state secret."

"This case cannot be litigated," Department of Justice attorney Douglas Letter argued. "The judges shouldn't play with fire in this national security situation."

Asked by Judge Mary Schroeder whether the change in the White House had led to any changes in the government's legal arguments in the case, Letter said it "remains the position" of the government that the case should not proceed.

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35 comments (Latest Comment: 02/13/2009 07:11:13 by livingonli)

Now let's get on with it!
Author: Raine    Date: 02/12/2009 13:28:09

So is the vote today? Word has it that President Barack Obama's recovery plan is on track for final votes in the House and Senate. I hope so. I truly do. It's been a dizzying week (month, actually). Here are some of the benefits and who gets them in this version of the bill:
First-time home-buyers would get a larger tax break. Laid-off workers would receive higher unemployment benefits and new subsidies for heath insurance.

And all but the wealthiest workers would soon get a tax credit worth as much as $800 per couple.

Bigger government checks -- long favored by lawmakers in an ailing economy -- could soon begin landing in mailboxes across the country, and new tax breaks would be available to many families, if the economic stimulus package clears Congress this week.

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120 comments (Latest Comment: 02/12/2009 23:21:05 by Mondobubba)

Idiot Awards
Author: BobR    Date: 02/11/2009 13:25:25

How many times a day do you read something in the news or see it on TV and think "wow - that was so stupid they should get an award for that"? Well today's your lucky day. As self-appointed judge, I will be doling these out based on recent news stories. As always, your mileage may vary.
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125 comments (Latest Comment: 02/12/2009 03:03:22 by trojanrabbit)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/10/2009 11:49:19

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,155th day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4243
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4104
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3782
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3385
Since Election (1/31/05): 2805

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 317
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 647
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 422
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 446


We find this morning's cost of war inching towards 600...

$595, 704, 300, 000.00



Checking in with our friends at IAVA...yesterday was day one of their "Storm the Hill" project. 17 veterans from around the country are working their way through the back hallways and front offices of congress to make sure IAVA's legislative agenda is at the forefront of the new administration's changes. After what they've been through for the past 8 years, I can hardly blame them.

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215 comments (Latest Comment: 02/11/2009 13:28:04 by Scoopster)

This was a Hate Crime
Author: Raine    Date: 02/09/2009 13:28:26

Do you remember Jim David Adkisson? He was the man who stormed the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church last July and killed two people and wounded six others during the presentation of a children's musical.

He admitted that what he did was a hate crime.
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105 comments (Latest Comment: 02/10/2009 03:49:27 by Raine)

Stimulate this!
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 02/08/2009 14:45:20

While the Senate continues to nit-pick the stimulus package, the average American struggles to pay bills, find jobs, get insurance, find someone to watch their kids on the barter system…. all while they fight over “pork” and how much or little tax cuts they might give us. It’s disgusting.

Most of the “pork” the Republicans want thrown out is the same old stuff they always want out. They ask themselves this question “does this money benefit, in any way, the poor, minorities, women’s health or gay people”? If the answer is “yes” then slash away!!

I swear, these bastards are cold-hearted.

Food stamp-programs which continue to be large on the Republican’s slashing target, and sadly, are not even offered in this package, are considered to be well worth the money. An independent provider of research, Moody’s Economy, a division of Moody’s Analytics (I respect anyone that can put the word ass next to economy) recently said that one of the fastest ways to infuse money into the economy would be to expand the food stamp program. Predicting that for every dollar spent on the food-stamp program $1.73 is generated throughout the economy.

Let me explain it in simple terms so our friends on the R side of the blog reading public can understand this:
You see, poor people, single working mothers and fathers and the elderly spend money on things like, um, food. They often pay a lower tax rate on the food. Thereby, they can afford even more food for their family.

The study showed that families that live on unemployment and food-stamps spend that money right away, thus benefiting the economy faster, and even create that “trickle down” that Raygun was always yapping on about. Groceries purchased with that dollar quickly go back to pay grocery employees, to the trucks that deliver, to the distributors and all the way back to the farmers that grew the food.
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41 comments (Latest Comment: 02/09/2009 02:16:55 by trojanrabbit)

For want of a baby
Author: TriSec    Date: 02/07/2009 13:13:20

Good Morning!

Last night, my Cub Scout Pack had our Blue & Gold banquet...which is the annual party that the Cub Scouts put on every February in honor of the birthday of the Boy Scouts of America on February 8. (We turn 99 years old this year!)

Naturally, as your blog Cubmaster, I was in charge of the festivities last night, and a fine time was had by all.

But....I might not have been there at all. Sure, I've been involved in Scouting since I joined as a youth myself *a few years ago*, but these days any adult in the movement without an actual child of his own in the program is often looked at askance. Why is he there, anyway?

Fortunately, our son is 7 years old this year, and is a happy Wolf Cub Scout.

We're lucky to have him at all.

Mrs. TriSec and I were married in 1996...for our first year or so of marriage, we were perhaps overly cautious in certain areas, taking the necesary steps to prevent an unplanned pregnancy while we were busy being newlyweds and setting up a home and getting our finances settled.

Eventually, we tried to "get it done". As the months passed, and no babies were forthcoming, we gradually realized that something wasn't working correctly. We actually went through two fertility doctors...our first round was with a quack/clinic that had a multitude of problems....not the least of which was the attitude of the doctors that thought Mrs. TriSec was crazy. After we quit the clinic, news broke that they were being investigated for insurance fraud.

So that brings us to our second clinic. We chose Boston IVF, fortunately right around the corner from home here in Waltham.

Advanced Reproductive Therapies are quite a thing, with a multitude of programs and options to choose from. After our diagnosis, some medical things were discovered with Mrs. TriSec that actually needed surgery to correct. Your poor TriSec was diagnosed with uhh....low counts and weak swimmers (probably the result of a bout of Chicken Pox I had at age 21), and that contributed to our lack of babies.

At the time, we chose the GIFT process, which was minimally invasive and had a reasonable success rate (25-30%). Alas, after several rounds, there was still no baby....so rather than try for more complex or advanced therapies, Mrs. TriSec and I decided that it was not to be, and we moved on.

By now you know "the rest of the story"...we spent another 18 months investigating adoption agencies, then going through the arduous approval process, and finally making it to Manila to bring home Javier in 2002.

Long story for a Saturday morning....why am I telling you this?

Because I'm still at a loss for words...and now the doctor is under investigation.

This is wrong on so many levels, I don't know where to begin.


 
11 comments (Latest Comment: 02/08/2009 03:14:38 by TriSec)

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