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SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE, SAY IT AIN'T SO
The title of this piece is taken from a supposed comment by a baseball loving and betrayed shoe shine boy as Joe Jackson came out of the court that had banned him from major league baseball forever. Shoeless Joe Jackson and 7 other White Sox players were accused and found guilty of throwing the 1919 World Series game; The White Sox became known as the Chicago Black Sox and they left a stain on baseball that lasted for decades. Shoeless Joe Jackson himself said he took the money but he tried to give the money back and he did not participate in throwing the World Series but he was found guilty just the same. Whether he was guilty or not, has been debated since his verdict of 1920, but the fact remains a few baseball players sold out the National American pasttime for a few shekles of gold. Jupiter was conjuncting Neptune in Leo, making them think they could get away with it all. What does this 87 year old blot on the name of baseball have to do with politics and the Democratic Party caving in to a corrupt administration yesterday, giving the President every slimy thing he wants to continue this unholy war? From my perspective, everything. We just witnessed the same stunning and shocking betrayal of a "team" we trusted and millions of Americans are saying today, "say it ain't so."
May 22, 2007 the Democratic Party, elected by the people to end this war, caved in to Bush and gave him a bill with all the money requested and absolutely no oversight on how it's spent. Not any different than what we have had since 2003. Dick Cheney predicted in April that the Democrats would cave and give them what they wanted and he sure enough was right. http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041607R.shtml I used a 12:00 Noon chart because I didn't have the exact time but the Sun and Saturn were moving into an opposition to Neptune and opposing the Moon and Uranus in their party's own natal chart, the backlash to their decision will be shocking to them and far reaching. In the Democrats natal chart, Uranus is in his own sign of Aquarius, they may have just planted the seeds of their own destruction and paved the way for a new party. Transiting Saturn oppose their Uranus points to their fear of taking a stand and that fear will come back to bite them. Today, the House introduced a bill to stop price gouging of gas prices and Bush threatens to veto. The Bush administration has this Congress on the ropes and he knows it and so do the Democrats; the bully has won. He won the moment the Dems capitulated to the White House demands. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18825910/ The Senate first joint setting of Congress in Washington DC was Nov. 17, 1800 at 9:00am, right now transiting Neptune is squaring their natal Saturn and transiting Saturn is squaring the natal Neptune, Congress has lost their power and it remains to be seen if they can get it back or if they even want it back. Both Congressional parties have been found to have feet of clay. Yesterday's Sun was conjunct the Democratic Party's Sun giving them, I'm sure a belief that they could handle the anti-war progressives in their party. They were wrong. Mars was squaring the US Jupiter encouraging a stream of BS regarding the troops and a need to protect them. Mercury was conjunct the US Mars giving rise to the angry words from Democrats and Independents from around the country. Both parties are playing politics and power with the lives of innocent Iraqi's and soldiers. Yesterday was the most dramatic concern this country should have as to whether this President takes the country to war with Iran. By what band of energy holds this country hostage to the band of thieves and traitors in Washington? Voices, credible voices have all risen against this administration; politicians, former administration officials, statesmen, reporters, businessmen, other countries, soldiers, career officers have all raised their voices in a loud chorus screaming "foul, corrupt, evil, treason, impeach," and yet nothing changes. What band of energy is out there holding this country back from re-claiming their Constitution and Bill of Rights, what immobilizes the leaders we've elected from stopping this run away train? What hold could the Bush administration or a group more sinister, possibly have over all of us? We voted in November 2006 with a clear message to our leaders "end this war." We had their promise that they would do so and yet less than six months after taking the oath of office to uphold the Constitution, to demand accountability we have a Congress pleading with Karl Rove to please talk to them, an Attorney General steeped in lies and corruption laughing at them. A Congress who sits by while this administration basically tells them "up yours" when they subpoena documents; a Congress who stood by while habeas corpus disappeared from our legal system, Congress sitting by while this President gave himself unprecedented powers over all of us and now this latest betrayal. What is really going on here and is it too late to stop it? I wish I could answer that question. "Say it ain't so Joe, say it ain't so."
Sally Cheyne McDonald on May 24 | Link
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Yep, Cap'n Sally! Brava! Brava! Brava! Sally, can the democratic party redeem itself? Will it even try? I understand why the Senate can't get anything done but will the funding bill die in the House? Or are they too afraid of hurting our troops by cutting off funding? Would they really rather they died with money or come home without? I am so horribly disgusted with the whole bunch. Posted by: Teresa on May 24, 2007 03:35 AMI don't know if they can put themselves back together or not but I do know by the charts of Rahm Emuanuel, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid they will pay a painful price for their lack of leadership. There are a ton in the House who are very upset by this bill and if they can pull it together they might kill it, but not with the leadership they have. The Democrats, with this bill have deeply wounded the people (Moon square Chiron with transiting Saturn opposing and squaring respectively) One thing for sure, with GWB threatening to veto the gasoline gouging penalties bill, he is rubbing their nose in their own fear and lack of power. Bush and his gang is going to do all they can to grind the Democrats into the dirt laughing all the way like all bullies do. There are however, two aspects coming up for the GOP party that could be their swan song as well. One is Pluto squaring their Mars (a violent backlash against them) Saturn squaring their Moon (the people hardening against them) Next year Neptune will square that Moon, a dissolving away of the people's support, and in two years Uranus and Saturn coming to difficult aspects to their Mars. Be that as it may, somehow we have to get to the root of the problems in this country with our government or we will just keep swinging back and forth between aspects with no real reform. Posted by: Sally on May 24, 2007 04:24 AMGreat article Cap'n Sally! But I've said it before and I'll say it again, somebody or something has this Congress under its thumb--I think they're compromised or they're beng blackmailed. I mean, c'mon, how else could have Shriveled Dick's prediction come true? He couldn't even predict where his hunting buddy would be when he pulled the trigger! Now, as to whether that entity applying the pressure is AIPAC or KKKarl or the Mossad, that's for someone else to find out. But, the blackmail explanation is the only one that makes sense to me and I've thought that for a long time now. What planet or placement in a chart would indicate coercion or being forced to act against one's will? Namaste and love y'all.... Posted by: Garry Todd on May 24, 2007 04:30 AMLast night a friend of mine, described an imagined scene in the WH. QOP, we have got to get a camera crew following you around as you walk about your neighborhood. What an inspiration you are! Posted by: shylurker on May 24, 2007 05:06 AMGary I'm aware that the mainstream American media has sold its soul and doesn't report many of the protests but as a young man I spent some time in the USA in the 60's and I fail to understand why there is not at least the same level of protests as the 60s. Having given the question some serious thought for quite a long time. For instance I visit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ nearly every day and in the context of the above I believe Arianna would achieve much more taking to the streets (leading the crowds) and not the typepad. She has excellent qualities and maybe the best way for her and her/his kind is to literally walk their talk and typing. Easier said than done and advice is cheap but just a thought. Good question Garry, in order to be "blackmailed" or coerced you have to feel fear and fear would be Saturn, Pluto and Neptune. Neptune would be blackmail and perhaps Pluto. Uranus would bring sudden shocking revelations and we've had plenty of those. At the 2000 Election, Neptune was sitting squarely on the South Node of the US Chart and that would be our own issues coming back on us and they certainly have, but Neptune has long moved off that point. The thing is this plan didn't start in 2000, it started at least 50 years ago and maybe further back, such as 1936. It's hard to tell as one plan rolled into another. One thing for sure, Prescott Bush had a big hand in formulating this plan and it's interesting that both his son and grandson have been presidents in spite of the fact that both were incompetent. Neptune on that South Node is indicitive of bringing something from the past forward. I do know that something or several someones are pulling the strings and it isn't George Bush or Dick Cheney. Shy, I agree with you about following QOP around, I think it would make a very fascinating and entertaining documentary. Posted by: Sally on May 24, 2007 06:10 AMI expect Stan that when Uranus and Jupiter square Pluto in Capricorn (in 2011) and the US Venus/Jupiter would be the time that great unrest begins waving across the world particularly in the US. It will also be about that time that a real understanding of the danger we face with global warming will hit the masses. Look to the transit of Pluto from 1760 to 1773 (the Boston Tea Party) it was 1773 that the anger finally filled up and spilled over, with the actual War beginning in 1775. In 1773 Mars and Mercury squared Jupiter at 4/5 Capricorn and Aries, Pluto was at 21 Capricorn. In 2011 Pluto (the higher octave of Mars) will be at 4/5 Capricorn and both Jupiter and Uranus with Saturn setting it all off in Libra. It will be some year leading up to the Dec. 20 2012 date of the Mayan end date. Posted by: Sally on May 24, 2007 06:26 AMSally And sad to say as you predicted some time back don't expect the Democrats to be much better. Posted by: Stan on May 24, 2007 07:06 AMGood one Stan, and I think Olbermann is right. Your question above is another one that has puzzled me "where are the American people?" We don't hear much about it, but people are protesting all over the world in opposition to their government policies, including Israel but not here. That was my question, what kind of energy is covering the US that we are so apathetic. It doesn't make any sense that we are not in the streets. Look at the gas prices and SUV sales are up, go figure. Other countries have computers but they are in the streets. I don't get it. I can see astrologically that there is little hope for the Dems, but personally I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around it. I do watch with interest the group Bob Barr has pulled together, made up of liberals and conservatives called the Liberty Coalition, I am wondering where they are going. Posted by: Sally on May 24, 2007 07:21 AMSally, wasn't the Liberty Coalition the group you mentioned a while back would likely play a larger role in things as time progressed? I seem to remember Gore giving one of his first major post-2000 election speeches at one of their gatherings. There was quite a bit of a discussion here about it becoming a classic, and that it would be revisited in the future. I also share in the disgust with the Dems. Just what kind of intestinal fortitude does it take to stand up to cowards and fools like Bush, Cheney, Gonzales and Rove? I know that if I were a Congressman today, you would count my name among Kucinich and Paul, the only two people from both parties in Congress who have the guts to call it like it is. Of course, they are at the margins of their respective parties, so the corporate media dismisses them both as kooks. Who knows? Maybe this is the beginning of the end for both the Democrats and the Republicans? Maybe Bob Barr and the Liberty Coalition will form a party based upon a moderate, common sense platform and draft Gore as its' presidential candidate in 2008? Wouldn't that be something? Posted by: NEOBuckeye on May 24, 2007 07:59 AMAs far as looking for an astrological answer to it,I don't know, but Americans' apathy may have something to do with the fact that we're not suffering enough, personally. Not yet. Yes gas prices are higher, but they aren't breaking the budget of most, yet. And electronics are getting cheaper. Yes, oil companies are rolling in profit, but, eh, what can you do? Yes there are thugs in the white house, but ooh, look, we can see Paris Hilton on our HD screens. Yes we could protest, but it takes so long to get from our quiet, far flung cul de sacs, that... well, why bother. As long as it's not our son dying in Iraq, well, it's sad, but it doesn't affect us. I've said it before. We might have to ride this roller coaster all the way to the bottom, where the majority of Americans experience serious pain, before anything changes. I mean 1930-35 style pain. Posted by: Larry on May 24, 2007 10:24 AMToo many PR shills on line, selling us the Democrats as saviours. The DINO shills spin as much as the Repubs. Not so surprised, some of the people we read and consider heros spin and spin us around; it's their jobs. They spin us off the hot topics using the same old projections of false hope while laughing at the 'kumbaya' crowd. Get off the blogs and direct your anger outward. Your heros are shills. Become the heros, stop waiting for someone else to 'save' you. Save yourself. Out from under the bed, your studios, homes, especially the internet and onto the streets. Thank you for posting the planetary aspects from 1773.....Sally. It qwould seem that I am the "designated rabble rouser", with my T square of pluto 29 Cancer, mars 22 Capricorn, VENUS, MERCURY, SATURN, 10, 16 & 23 ARIES! Also Uranus 17 Taurus, conj. sun 13 Taurus ( in the 12th house ( PAST) Sally, this has to be one of your best. Shoeless Joe's act (and not the person) followed him through history. The same can be applied to both parties -- their acts will follow them. I keep wishing Kucinich and Paul would distance themselves from the party and create something that resonates with the people, enough to circumvent the demeaning media. Having experienced first hand the difficulty in getting people to participate in peace/defiance marches, i have come to see a collective karmic energy in play. It is, perhaps, a reason i gravitate toward because if offers an explanation for the disengagement of "we the people." During the marches i helped initiate, there was ALWAYS a police presence (for groups of less than 100). When we picketed Cheney's fund-raising appearance there were about twenty-five of us. There were sharp shooters on the roof of the hotel where he was speaking. Intimidation. And yes, QOP. . .you go, girl! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ShowMeTheVote/message/119 One hero= zero spinning against Olbermann who outed her as the shill she really is. BTW, some of the 'heros' talk to each other in a real way on this blog. They are the shills. Go by different names on other Dem blogs. Other 'heros' brag to their Repub pals on other blogs about the big bucks they bring in from the shilling. Go research for yourselves. Neo, I like the way you think. It has crossed my mind more than once that there is a possibility of a surprise third party group. The Liberty Coalition has a lot of savvy politicians in it from both camps. Here is their website, click on "partners" on the menu and you will be shocked who belongs. I joined as an individual as a support. I get emails from time to time. I think it was "moveon.org" that helped them get Al Gore. QOP, you may be right. I've never been much of a joiner but the DAR just could be a good platform for owning a tiny piece of reform in this country and use some of my revolutionary war ancestors, maybe a little of the 1776 spirit has rubbed off on them, maybe not, they're pretty conservative, more than their ancestors that's for sure. Posted by: Sally on May 24, 2007 02:21 PMThis is an odd personal experience that I share, but it's something that I've been wondering a lot about of late. I used to be 300 pounds, and I got "the gift of desperation" in December 2002. I got into a wonderful 12-step program that helped me lose 120 pounds which I've been able to maintain, but the thing is I had to totally get rid of sugar and flour. When I got abstinent, I started out eating frozen vegetables, but eventually found myself eating fresh. (Both in raw form and veggies I've cooked myself.) I started to notice a change in my outlook, and do you know for the first time ever in my life, I began to know true joy? I can only attribute it to the fact I got off of most processed foods. Today, my diet consists mostly of non-processed foods. Anyway, I'm just wondering if there isn't a side-effect of some of the chemicals we put in our foods that renders the populace docile. Perhaps not just in our food, but perhaps it's even in the air around the toner cartridges in our offices or whatever. I remember when I read Starhawk's "The Fifth Sacred Thing", that there was a scene in a prison in "the Southland" where one of the characters realized that the food was rendering him passive, so he stopped eating it. He fasted, basically and found it sharpened his thinking. I feel that I am at my sharpest when I walk under a canopy of trees, which I believe are combing toxins out of my spirit body. Perhaps this is a bit "woo-woo", but I have wondered about the passivity of our populace as well. Also, just to throw something out there, I sometimes get this image of the regional entities comprising North America, and I see the "United States" as a tattered shawl that has no real power over us. There are regional powers that are pretty well-formed, but they operate under a delusion that this tattered shawl is powerful. I wonder if, when one of the regional powers (perhaps New England or Cascadia?) will wake up to this notion and just push that shawl off, what would take place then? Just a thought... Btw, I'm a Pisces with Taurus Rising, Cancer Moon, CR Venus int. in Aries in 12. Posted by: Frostwolff on May 24, 2007 03:42 PM
you may enjoy the works of Alberto Villoldo PHD Frostwolf, you may be right. And there is no wondering if there's unatural stuff in food. There is. Last night I watched a documentary about obesity and how it's now a real problem in our society. Every aspect of it was covered, except for the obvious culprits, the fast food conglomerates were never mentioned. And why not? Seriously, why aren't they pointed out in the same way that the documentary 'Supersize Me' does? It would be quite simple, and just and right to pass laws that prohibits adding addictive and unnatural chemicals to fast foods. Force McDonalds to use real food without processing it with additives and junk. That would be a good start. And if they can ban ads on TV about smoking and drinking during prime time children's programming then why not ban ads about candy and food too? Especially fast food ads, unless they comply with food regulations and take out the crap that's killing us. I have a real gripe about this. Posted by: lunaoscura on May 24, 2007 04:28 PM
If Kucinich and Paul separated themselves from Ehu ehu.........he Rez just wiped his mouth on his suit lapel during the rose garden news conference.! ODEOUS MAN! Thanks WV for the link to fourwinds. I'm familiar wtih Villoldo's work--my partner's sister actually has been trained in shamanic practice there, and has gone on various trips to Peru and what not. I used to live in NYC and moved upstate to a smaller city (Albany) and it seems to have helped, though not as much as I imagine it would to go totally rural. I can dream. As far as the gov't doing anything about it, lunaoscura, I think the better thing to do is to just stop eating McDonald's, chocolate bars, pastry cakes, etc. Relocalize economies and cut out all that corporate tapeworm economy stuff. Also give up sugar and flour. It could also turn out that it's just how finely we granulate the grains to produce flour that's the ultimate culprit for our passivity problem. After reading Daniel Quinn and others, I've been wondering if the original addiction was wheat rather than the grape or booze. I know so many people who say "I could never give up bread." Here, I've gone sugar and flour free for 4+ years now, and I don't miss it for the most part. The only time I step into a fast food restaurant is when I have to pee, and I just get a cup of coffee because I feel like I need to buy something. What I'm sort of dreaming of is a "Big Eden" (film by Thomas Bezucha with Arye Gross and Louise Fletcher, a must see) post-corporate neo-stone-age-affluent existence, something that perhaps our founding fathers might have dreamed of themselves when they witnessed how the Iroquois Confederacy operated way back when, but taking the best of Indian and Western thought and melding the two together. Robert Pirsig's book "Lila" helped me to understand how what has been attractive about the USA to the world was really that indigenous component that got added to the Enlightenment Project of the 17th c. How many people read carolynbaker.org, by the way? Posted by: Frostwolff on May 24, 2007 04:47 PMwv, i know, i know but one can hope and believe that there is enough "awakening" to energize a dramatic shift. Frostwolff, you have a first-hand, personal testament to "you are what you eat." Though you have eschewed wheat, you might find a great deal of pleasure from making and eating such things as rye bread and pasta. (There are also great organic wheat flour substitutes, like spelt, for example.) Further, there are practises that engage your energy on "other" levels including yoga and meditation. If i could share with everyone the benefits of doing yoga (or tai-chi or any other low-impact exercise at least three times a week) we might witness, as well, a different way of thinking AND being. There's one another thing that has helped me a great deal. It's simple. And, that's being thankful,and practising thankfulness every single day. There's just so much beauty in the world, that i hope to magnify it through honoring it. Posted by: karen on May 24, 2007 05:38 PMActually, Karen, I eschew ALL flour. I haven't intentionally ingested anything that lists flour in one of the first 5 ingredients on the nutrition panel since Mar. 9, 2003. That being said, there are some rice and buckwheat pastas tha don't granulate the grain to the level of the "evil white powders" as I've come to refer to them. I give gratitude every day for my breakfast, and when I remember to, my other meals as well. It's a simple blessing, but also being here in Albany, I am also blessed that I live close enough to walk to work, and also a block away from a luscious and abundant park. I stand near a tree and commune with the park's luminous energy and as I walk past the Capitol (which seems to have a canine energy for some reason--I refer to "him" as "Woofers!") and then the redoubtable queen D&H Tower ("Aurora Petra Majesta"), and check in with them, I head along B'way to my workplace, along a corridor of airy power that isn't too far away from the wondrous Hudson River. I have a pretty "fabstinent" life, if I do say so myself! Posted by: Frostwolff on May 24, 2007 06:42 PMI have been taking organic food derived vitamins and organic mega-greens for the past 3 weeks and I am already beginning to feel much better. The first week was a little rough due to my body starting to detox, but now I seem to be getting use to the changes and my energy level has gone up and my stress level has gone down. They are 100% organic vegetarian vitamins made by New Concept and can be found at health food shops and online. They are the #1 seller at Whole Foods here in Houston.
Stan, one quick thing--the media is on lockdown by the neocons over here now. So, there may be protests(I know I see antiwar protesters here all the time in Nashville TN, but it NEVER makes the "news" broadcasts), but they aren't getting any coverage. TV, like the processeed junk food, is just another thing they're using to keep us all down. It's all part of the plan, so to speak. Namaste and love y'all Posted by: Garry Todd on May 24, 2007 08:51 PMQoP, Keep that lantern lit and keep banging those pots and pans! I think for the next few decades "we the people" will be on our own. Things are not going to change overnight, but this period of time will be the beginning of the changes that will occur in 50 years or so. Keep journals, WRITE about the lies of these people and times, keep an on going history for future generations and by all means do whatever you can to influence those around you. "Be the change you wish to see in the world." Namaste Posted by: Cybear on May 24, 2007 08:57 PM
I called my senator Bob Casey today, and gave his staff a message that he should NOT vote for any Iraq funding bill that does not have a withdrawal timetable. I said that while the pressure is on to suppport the troops, by funding the war, history will surely show that the courageous politicians who refused to continue to fund Bush's war will be the ones who did the right thing for the troops. It is infuriating and saddening to see the Democratic leadership revert to their spineless minority ways. They are functioning like beaten down losers, over-reacting to right wing spin that holding out on funding the war in some way fails to support the troops. History will ultimately show that those who failed to challenge Bush, those who gave in to continued funding will be the ones with blood on their hands-- unnecessary blood that could have been spared. OpEdNews will continue to criticize the weak, failed democratic leadership that is even allowing the consideration of funding Bush, without deadlines for troop withdrawals. We are a non partisan site that calls a spineless coward just that when the derisive term is called for. When the Dems do good, we'll applaud their efforts. When Ron Paul speaks the truth, we'll applaud that conservative republican. When the Dems really suck, like it appears they are doing when it comes to holding firm on Iraq funding, we'll shout it out. From Rod at Op Ed News.... Looks to me like the fall-out from the Goodey-Two-Shoes thing is going to get better and better. I sure hope so. Some great recipes here....
Good for you Frostwolff. Albany is a beautiful city and has good vibes. If you have a car there are also many places to commune with nature in any direction! A bird expresses it's opinion on Bush's speech today! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x31214 VIDEO: Bird poops on Bush, he wipes it off with bare hand, YUK QOP, somebody suggested Molly Ivins sent the bird. I like that idea. Hope she sends a bald eagle next time. Heh heh. Posted by: shylurker on May 25, 2007 04:09 AMSally, someone else said it but I want to say it again; what wonderful words, what clear thinking. Beautiful!! You ave captured the very source of my sadness-betrayal. I was right to feel outraged but I hoped that there were better people than myself in Washington. Alas!! Thank you so much. I will sleep tonight because your clear thinking and clean words have rested my spirit and my soul. I will fight another day but tnight I will relax. Posted by: clymela on May 25, 2007 04:44 AMSally, someone else said it but I want to say it again; what wonderful words, what clear thinking. Beautiful!! You ave captured the very source of my sadness-betrayal. I was right to feel outraged but I hoped that there were better people than myself in Washington. Alas!! Thank you so much. I will sleep tonight because your clear thinking and clean words have rested my spirit and my soul. I will fight another day but tnight I will relax. Posted by: clymela on May 25, 2007 04:45 AMWell don't know quite how I did that. Please excuse the second post. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! Yes Shy good idea, everyone on the count of 3 1 2 3 Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday to you; Happy Birthday dear Clymela, Happy Birthday to you. And mannnnnnny moooooore By the way don't tell anyone I said so but Sunday is Morgana's birthday. It's a good week. Shy, I LOVED the thought of Molly Ivins sending that bird to poop on George and she would do just that kind of thing. Clymela, thank you for sharing your birthday cheer with such kind words, it made me feel like it was my birthday. Posted by: Sally on May 25, 2007 05:53 AMExcellent article! Sally, well done! And bless you wv and Frostwolff! Kucinich and Paul are the best options available - very impressed with Paul at the debates. He is making an impact with the media, they are scared which is why they are sending in the attack dogs. He's made of sterner stuff than that to be put off. Any chart/birth details available for Paul? Posted by: Liberty on May 25, 2007 10:31 AMRon Paul Aug. 20, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA. Very fixed, very stubborn. Sun in Leo, Moon and Uranus in Taurus, Mars and Jupiter in Scorpio. Saturn in Pisces opposes Mercury. Paul is an ultra conservative who does not believe in this war. He has been great in getting the debate started and the GOP is furious. I would not vote for the guy myself, on some issues he's further right than George, but I love what he stirs up. Paul on the right and Gravel on the left are great for calling these candidates on their bull and both the Dems and GOP are really mad about it all. The GOP is trying to eliminate Paul and I think the Dems are trying the same thing. These two guys are just too honest for the "spin zones." Posted by: Sally on May 25, 2007 01:38 PMHappy Birthday Clymela! Hey Aw's, I have been leaving at the crack of dawn this week to travel, meeting young students at schools and I can say they have an alive look in their eyes and it's refreshing to my inner state to be around them. PS I do not know how these kids do it, get up so early every morning for school, I am so exhausted and I'm only there for the mornings. On that note,,,,,, http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/latest.htm Your article certainly captures my feelings Sally. What a disgrace these people are. It's not the economy, it's the corporations. On the other hand.... http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/uc/20070524/lta070524.gif Posted by: Pat C on May 25, 2007 01:50 PMHappy Birthday Clymela!! Posted by: Pat C on May 25, 2007 01:53 PMThank you ,my AW friends,
Was it good for you too? Created 05/23/2007 - 8:02am Voters last November gave Democrats the keys to the kingdom of Washington because they wanted American soldiers out of George W. Bush's failed war in Iraq. Instead, the Dems bent over, grabbed their ankles, let Dubya screw them into submission, and all they did to resist was scream "please sir, may I have some more?" On Tuesday, the last remaining whiff of fading Democratic integrity vanished as Congressional leaders in both the House and Senate backed down on demands for a withdrawal timetable and caved in to Bush's belief that he has absolute authority to wage war any damn way he pleases. Amazingly, the party with a mandate from an electorate that overwhelmingly wants this country out of Iraq went head-to-head with the most unpopular President since Herbert Hoover - and lost. Hell, they gave in to Bush's screwing with such ease that I think they enjoyed it. http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/2554/print Posted by: wv on May 25, 2007 03:25 PM
Happy Birthday Clymela! Posted by: Cybear on May 25, 2007 04:10 PMHappy Birthday Clymela and all of you bright and shiny Gems. Posted by: karen on May 25, 2007 04:27 PMHope this is not a double post (just tried, but was rejected). For your Friday humor break (just saw it at fdl): Hi everyone and Happy Birthday to Clymela and Morgana! Something to cheer about. It's Florida law now. http://www2.csoonline.com/blog_view.html?CID=32943 May 23, 2007 Florida Bans Touch-Screen Voting Machines [snip] more... Posted by: lunaoscura on May 25, 2007 06:26 PMRaven thank you, I'm 55 on the 27th. My work world is nuts...but Blue Moon coming up, I'll be back. Sally, say it ain't so Joe, I sent it to Olbermann when you first put it up, excellent excellent comparison between the two! back later.. Posted by: Morgana on May 25, 2007 07:15 PMAl Gore | Drive for Global Domination Puts Us in Greater Danger http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052507A.shtml Al Gore writes, "Moral authority, which is our greatest source of strength, has been recklessly put at risk by this willful president." Posted by: Pat C on May 25, 2007 09:37 PMSally, Re your question: "What is going on here (band of energy) and is it too late to stop it?" There are cryptic references here and there re The 'HAARP Project' which this murderous government is working on most secretly & which may be complete now, using electromagnetic-low frequency pulses-emf- for mind control of citizens, weather wars (Katrina), etc. etc. and which could raise the heat in the ionosphere and destroy earth. "HAARP, Weather Wars and EMF Mind Control" I'm relieved that my Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Barbara Boxer voted no on the Iraq funding bill. Yesterday I heard Barbara Lee on the radio and you could hear the disappointment in her voice. She sounded crestfallen. Today I received an email from Barbara Boxer explaining why she noted no on it. They aren't all sell outs. Posted by: lunaoscura on May 26, 2007 12:54 AMHappy Birthday from me too Clymela! More on HAARP http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/haarp.html Posted by: wv on May 26, 2007 01:53 AM
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles.html Posted by: wv on May 26, 2007 01:54 AM
By John Major Jenkins Twentytwelvology. You won’t find it in Webster’s dictionary. Not yet. But believe me, before this decade is out, we’ll have that as well as plenty of 2012 -isms and -ographies. “The 2012 Phenomenon” was recently the subject of a paper written by anthropologist Robert K. Sitler.1 The sub-title of his paper brings focus to his approach: “New Age Appropriation of an Ancient Mayan Calendar.” In his assessment of the writings and statements of popular writers, New Age teachers, and independent researchers (including myself), he sorts the wheat from the chaff and exposes “merely tangential connections to the realities of the Mayan world.” To his credit, he distinguishes the serious work done by myself and Geoff Stray2 from the wild and unfounded speculations of other writers. http://www.newdawnmagazine.com/Article/The_Mayan_Lord_of_Creation_and_2012.html Thank you all for the good wishes. Morgana Happy Birthday. I'm really disappointed in my senator, McCaskill. Everytime when the vote counts, she votes with the Repubs. I'm sorry I ever supported her. Posted by: Teresa on May 26, 2007 03:00 AMHere we go again.....call your unresponsive Cngress Critters! WV, Thanks for research on HAARP Project and mind control=certainly gives one pause!! Could this be the answer as to why Americans seem so passive as our train careens over proverbial cliff....and Al Gore writes about the loss of reason.... Posted by: Kat on May 26, 2007 03:50 AMHoping you'll join me in sending these brave women every encouragement you can: Happy Birthday, Clymelia & Morgana! Wishing you great joy. As Geminis, may you be, in the words of the poet, "Forever Young." Reading the article about 2012, wv, made me look forward to it. May it be a year of true freedom and goodness for all. May it bring great renewal, healing, and unity. Posted by: Sharon on May 26, 2007 06:04 AMLooking at the horoscopes of commander and deputy I always wondered who is in charge. I think this link might give us an answer to that question. http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/may2007/250507Cheney.htm HB Clymela! BTW all: the bird of choice here in NH is the great blue heron. The oldtimers call it the S*h*i*t Boat which should give you a clue as to the huge amount of digested fish which can plop on your car and peel the paint! That's the bird to call on... Posted by: MoonSiren on May 26, 2007 10:26 AMChilling. Maybe now that Gore is in front of the public and being asked questions directly he's getting worn down by that one question everyone is asking. GORE: I MAY RUN FOR PREZ AGAIN SOME DAY May 25, 2007 -- Former Vice President Al Gore said last night he may run for president again - but not necessarily in 2008. Still, the mere fact that Democrat Gore - who won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the electoral tally to President Bush in a bitterly contested race - entertains the thought of running again will energize diehard supporters to persuade him to enter the race now. Gore said he's focusing on sounding the alarm about the dangers of global warming and rousing an uninformed and disengaged American citizenry into action. "I do feel very passionately about the need to try to rally people to rise up to save the habitability of this planet. It is at risk," he said to cheers. PBS talk-show host Charlie Rose interviewed Gore in the packed auditorium. When Rose asked if the former veep believes he won the state of Florida in 2000, Gore said, "I don't know. Maybe I'll write another book about that." In his book, Gore's slams Bush as a horrible president and last night said the decision to invade Iraq was "the worst strategic mistake in the history of the United States." Posted by: lunaoscura on May 26, 2007 04:13 PMLet me see............we sat there mesmerized, and watched those repug goons stop the recount in Miami. Did anyone call their Senator, and urge them to contest the electoral result? I didn't. http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/22933 New Senate Report Is Worst Betrayal [snip] more... Posted by: lunaoscura on May 26, 2007 05:03 PM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7963555722939047362 Posted by: wv on May 26, 2007 05:51 PMI've already stated above that I'm very proud of my Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Senator Barabara Boxer, but Dianne Feinstein is another story althogether. Here's a picture of her new house and everything the poster says is true. Including the condescending way she responded to me when I urged her to vote no on the Patriot Act and the war on Iraq. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x968363 Posted by: lunaoscura on May 26, 2007 05:54 PMThere was a small park in front of that house, lunaoscura. It belongs to and is maintained by The City. The rich, who get real mad that people think they are "entitled" to Social Security or welfare when they cannot support themselves, think they are entitled to just about everything. So, DiFi and hubby tore up the small park as part of their new landscaping plan. Never dawned on them to check and see where the property line was. I hope The City made them reimburse for all the expenses in tearing up and then replacing the little park. Posted by: shylurker on May 26, 2007 07:16 PM"Our Natioinal Nightmare Has Begun" Fascinating article by Raw Story's Larissa re recent spat between Rosie and Elisabeth--the violent reaction to this spat by so-called "guardian angel" Sliwa, and the pending nervous breakdown felt by all Americans, and the eerie similarities now to the fall and chaos of Russia, which Larissa lived through. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/our-national-nervous-brea_b_49396.htm Posted by: Kat on May 26, 2007 07:53 PMHAARP has been operational since 2000. If you can find a copy od "Angels Don't Play this Haarp" read it. And then read "The Physics of Immortality". Posted by: Raven on May 26, 2007 09:38 PMIf you can find a copy of.... Posted by: Raven on May 26, 2007 09:38 PMKat, The link for Larisa Alexandrovna's piece you gave in your post takes you to an error page on the huffingtonpost.com site. Posted by: lunaoscura on May 26, 2007 11:24 PMBut if you go directly to Huffington post it is in the bottom left column under "recent posts". Thank you soo much, QOP. I have link karma, for sure! Posted by: Kat on May 27, 2007 01:36 AMThis one's for you, wv (and other like-minded folks): Raven, Thank you for key info on HAARP Project. Operational since 2000...how deeply scary!! The 2 books you mentioned, "Angels Don't Play This Haarp" and 'The Physics of Immortality" are both available on www.amazon.com Could HAARP's electromagnetic waves be the reason we are sooo passive when our USA train is careening over the cliff, and also, Al Gore's new book:"Assault On Reason", discusses how massive our new non-reasoning mode is here. Are we victims of our military's emf mind control? Posted by: Kat on May 27, 2007 02:49 AMA paragraph in Sally's new article:"Say It Ain't So Joe, Say It Ain't So": "By what band of energy holds this country hostage to the band of thieves and traitors in Washington? Voices, credible voices have all risen against this administration; politicians, former administration officials, statesmen, reporters, businessmen, other countries, soldiers, career officers have all raised their voices in a loud chorus screaming "foul, corrupt, evil, treason, impeach," and yet nothing changes. What band of energy is out there holding this country back from re-claiming their Constitution and Bill of Rights, what immobilizes the leaders we've elected from stopping this run away train? What hold could the Bush administration or a group more sinister, possibly have over all of us?" This started the google Haarp research...aka MIND CONTROL!! There are many pages on HAARP's negative, secretive effects on USA/world/ionosphere/earth....
Pat QOP, yupper I was screaming at my senators and congress critters during the recount fiasco. Lunoscura, I sent DiFi my two cents worth,and I am looking for a recall movement to support. Cited her beholding to her husbands defense industry contracts, and AIPAC, told her she was useless to the Democratic Party and the American people. That each day forward when an Iraqi or a troop dies in Iraq their blood is on her hands. I will not go quietly into the night. Rock'n boats time. Posted by: Morgana on May 27, 2007 03:56 AMMichael Moore and Bill Maher http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Michael_Moore_discusses_Sicko_on_Bill_0526.html Posted by: wv on May 27, 2007 04:17 AM
by Frank Rich WHEN all else fails, those pious Americans who conceived and directed the Iraq war fall back on moral self-congratulation: at least we brought liberty and democracy to an oppressed people. But that last-ditch rationalization has now become America’s sorriest self-delusion in this tragedy.
http://donkeyod.wordpress.com/2007/05/26/operation-freedom-from-iraqis/ Posted by: wv on May 27, 2007 04:20 AMThis entire thread has me in stitches. Saturday night humor. Political junkies, do not miss.
http://www.earthpulse.com/src/product.asp?productid=69 Posted by: wv on May 27, 2007 02:24 PMReading the link and the names on the list made me sick to my stomach. And did anyie check this out after reading the guest list? "For reasons you will understand as you read this I can not divulge my identity. I am an aircraft mechanic for a major airline. I work at one of our maintenance bases located at a large airport. I have discovered some information that I think you will find important. http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=1669 ANon, above @ 2:53pm.....................If you follow the companies, it becomes even more stomach churning! I'm reading 'Assault on Reason' and I hope every American reads it. It's an easy read because Al Gore writes clearly and without affectation. The deeper you get into it the harder it is to put down. It's intensely interesting. Believe me. He outlines the way we've come to our present circumstances and enlightens in the process. There are no unnecessary filler paragraphs or words. Every sentence counts and every paragraph has quotable sentences in it. Posted by: lunaoscura on May 27, 2007 07:11 PM "What is it about our collective decision-making process that has led us to this state of affairs where we spend much more time in the public forum talking about -- or receiving information about -- Britney Spears shaving her head or Paris Hilton going to jail?" Gore asked. http://www.breitbart.com/print.php?id=070525210259.epc45uh7&show_article=1
http://rinf.com/alt-news/911-truth/al-gore-911-truther/ Posted by: Liberty on May 28, 2007 10:02 AMHer first vote put her in prison Woman is one of five from city convicted of voter fraud GOP warned of fraud In the days leading to the election, Republicans leveled accusations that the vote was subject to fraud and challenged 5,600 addresses of voters on Milwaukee's rolls, while Democrats warned of intimidation and potential suppression of minority voters including African-Americans, such as Prude. The election was held. The votes were counted. The debate died down. But the issue did not go away. In early 2005, Republican officials in Wisconsin complained to senior White House political adviser Karl Rove that Milwaukee U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic was not being aggressive enough in pursuing voter fraud cases. Biskupic has said he was unaware of those complaints and has repeatedly denied that his office prosecuted any voter fraud case because of White House pressure. As early as 2005, Biskupic was on an "evolving list" of 26 U.S. attorneys to be fired by the Bush administration, according to The Washington Post. After all the allegations of voter fraud made during the 2004 presidential campaign, federal attorneys in Milwaukee brought 14 cases. Six of those were dismissed before trial, and only five convictions were secured, all Milwaukee residents. Prosecutors had to prove that the voters intended to defraud the system. http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=608187 It Occurred to me last night.................that it was only 2 weeks after the 2004 election, when I worked so hard for the Dem. The headline says it all on the Huffington Post That's OK Sally...............the best times peicesfind their way to donkeyod or huffington or truthout, very quickly. This is the MOST BEAUTIFUL SPRING, in recent memory! Said like a true sociopath speaking out... http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-05-28-wolfowitz-bbc_N.htm Wolfowitz blames media for flap, resignation LONDON (AP) — The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, denied his actions were the reason for his departure and blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign, in a radio interview broadcast Monday. more... Moon Siren thank you for the ideas and suggestions regarding solar returns. They have found black holes ON Mars! They have a picture of one. Do you think it's one of Snarly's underground bunkers? From the alternative universe.
For some, patriotism is “the last refuge of a scoundrel.” For others, it means dissent against a government’s abuse of the people’s rights. I have never met a politician in Washington, or any American for that matter, who chose to be called “unpatriotic.” Nor have I met anyone who did not believe he wholeheartedly supported our troops wherever they may be. What I have heard all too frequently from various individuals is sharp accusations that because their political opponents disagree with them on the need for foreign military entanglements, they were “unpatriotic, un-American, evil doers deserving contempt.” (Read the rest here) http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/ Posted by: wv on May 29, 2007 12:39 AM Why I Am Leaving the Democratic Party http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17784.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17783.htm
http://fairuse.100webcustomers.com/fairenough/bost72.html Last update - 03:16 29/05/2007 Ayalon was ahead in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the kibbutzim, while Barak was leading the race in Dimona, Holon and the Druze village Beit Jan. The current party chairman, Defense Minister Amir Peretz, was in the lead in Lod, Bat Yam and Eilat. Exit polls by two of Israel's major television channels predicted different outcomes in the primary Monday, with Channel 1 giving Barak a narrow lead over main rival Ayalon, and Channel 2 saying that Ayalon had forged far ahead of Barak. Posted by: wv on May 29, 2007 01:46 AM
BY JOSH GERSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun URL: http://www.nysun.com/article/55175 The decision follows a judge's rejection last month of the government's proposal to limit public access to the trial of the two former staffers for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Steven Rosen and Keith Weissman. Judge Thomas Ellis III concluded that the prosecution's plan, which involved using codes and playing surveillance tapes on headphones for jurors, infringed on the constitutional rights of the defendants. The decision sent prosecutors and the intelligence community scrambling to assess the implications of a trial that laid bare more details about surveillance tactics and about the information allegedly disclosed by Messrs. Rosen and Weissman. http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=55175&v=9000040811 Posted by: wv on May 29, 2007 02:00 AMSay it ain't so Cindy
By Auslan Cramb, Scottish Correspondent Video: Making the Rosslyn chapel stonework sing Now cosmology has been added to this rich brew after the ornate symbols on its walls were likened to giant cloud formations photographed on Saturn. The link was made by Stuart Mitchell, 41, a composer, who with his father Thomas, 75, a former RAF codebreaker, deciphered a musical score they believe was hidden in the 13 angel musicians and 213 cube-like shapes carved on the chapel arches. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/29/nchapel29.xml Here's a metaphore for you...........
Turn up the sound for My Generation....
Cindy Sheehan is a great icon of the Saturn/Neptune opposition. She is showing us the polarization of the parties. How it operates to separate rather than join together. As above so below. Remember that the midpoint of your natal Saturn/Neptune is the place where something needs to be pruned so new growth can take over. Do your Saturn and avoid the Neptune grandiosity and worship of outside forces to liberate and evolve. It's always a personal journey. Happy Belated bd Morgana , 55 = Go-Go in Japanese, hope you have a Go Go Bootist kinda year. Posted by: bhakti on May 29, 2007 04:35 PM
"Good Riddance Attention Whore" By Cindy Sheehan
I have come to some heartbreaking conclusions this Memorial Day Morning. These are not spur of the moment reflections, but things I have been meditating on for about a year now. The conclusions that I have slowly and very reluctantly come to are very heartbreaking to me. Posted by: wv on May 29, 2007 04:39 PMHi Kat,
You don't sound like a nut at all. It was reported, and I don't remember where, that the Chem trails are making people sick all over the Don't trust the bastards! Republicans or Democrats...we are not first on their agendas.
Project Censored.... http://www.projectcensored.org/ Posted by: wv on May 29, 2007 08:59 PMConsidering what the actual dynamics are with sending a focused radio frequency resonance pulse into the ionosphere entails, somehow it doesn't seem so far fetched to see how the earth could be destroyed by fire. I do recall that another name for the HAARP array was an ionic heater. It actually heats the ionosphere. Seeing as how the ionosphere acts as an amplifier. Can you imagine if something went wrong, and the wrong pulse or frequency was focused, the corresponding cascade effect that would result? Man causing global warming? Yeah, but not like we're led to believe. Legend tells us that the Atlantians brought about the flood by the misuse of hydrogen technology. Here we go again! Posted by: Dihlon Rants on May 29, 2007 09:45 PMOh and thanks wv for the link about 2012. I really appreciated that. It has always made sense to me that the ancients understood the cosmos so precisely it makes us look like drooling-drip-slobber cavemen today. I had't heard that Atlantean legend...I've only heard they were using some sort of crystal technology...but then crystals pulse don't they?And, yep, here we go again! Posted by: Raven on May 29, 2007 11:17 PMI suspected as much................ Fatah-al-Islam ( in reality ) is a creation of the “Welch Club”. This club is named for its godfather David Welch - the current assistant to the Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He is the “point man” for the Bush administration and is guided by Eliot Abrams. Key Lebanese members of the Welch Club ( aka: the “Club” ) include: The Lebanese civil war veteran, warlord, feudalist and mercurial Walid Jumblatt of the Druze party ( the Progressive Socialist Party or PSP ) The FM created Sunni Islamist “terrorist” cells were meant to serve as a cover for ( anti-Hezbollah ) Welch Club projects. The plan was that actions taken by these cells - of which Fatah el-Islam is one - could be blamed on al Qaeda, or Syria, or anyone but the Club. To staff the new militias, FM rounded up remnants of previous extremists in the Palestinian Refugee camps that had been subdued, marginalized, and diminished during the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. Each fighter got $700 per month, which is not bad in today's Lebanon. The Atlateans were trying to unlock the power of the water molecule. Crystals are natural amplifiers, are they not? Perhaps in trying to discover energy sources contained within an abundant resource all around them, and by using amplification techniques to unlock that energy, they created a cascade effect that enveloped the planet. Sound familiar? Posted by: Dihlon Rants on May 30, 2007 01:52 AMThe Atlateans were trying to unlock the power of the water molecule. Crystals are natural amplifiers, are they not? Perhaps in trying to discover energy sources contained within an abundant resource all around them, and by using amplification techniques to unlock that energy, they created a cascade effect that enveloped the planet. Sound familiar? Posted by: Dihlon Rants on May 30, 2007 01:52 AM
David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Tuesday, May 29, 2007 Astronomers on teams from UC Berkeley and Australia reported the discovery of 28 new planets all at once on Monday, and their leader -- working through the night all this week at the world's biggest telescope in Hawaii -- is now on the hunt for rocky planets that might resemble Earth. "An overarching question now is whether our own solar system is really alone," said Geoffrey Marcy, the Berkeley astronomer whose team has led in the discovery of what are now widely known as "exoplanets." Marcy and many of his colleagues are in Honolulu for a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, and in telephone interviews and e-mails he said he and Katie Peek, 26, a Berkeley graduate student, are scanning 70 more stars right now to seek still more of the increasingly common objects. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/05/29/MNG9CQ336T1.DTL&type=printable Posted by: wv on May 30, 2007 02:06 AM
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 4 questions for the presidential candidates Editor -- Here are four reasonable questions all presidential candidates should answer: 1. If the United States was invaded by foreigners who bombed, killed and crippled many thousands of your countrymen in a war of aggression based on lies, then occupied the nation with soldiers who break down doors in the night, terrorize families and haul people off to unaccountable torture prisons, would you cooperate with the foreigners or join the resistance and fight the occupiers to the death? 2. If an American vehicle in Iraq is struck by a bomb that sets it on fire trapping American soldiers screaming for help and a group of Iraqis gathers to watch, is it likely that they would help the soldiers or cheer, dance with joy and call out "death to America" and "God is great"? 3. The war was sold with lies in violation of international law. Would any "victory" mean the triumph of lies and lawbreaking? 4. The majority of Americans and Iraqis want the occupation to end. The Pentagon is building military bases and planning to be in Iraq for decades. What is the use of giving all that money to the military if all they are doing is making enemies for the American people?
Change Inuit leader: stop expansion of Stansted airport By Cahal Milmo One of the most prominent members of the Inuit community will today plead for an end to the expansion of Stansted Airport and deliver a devastating critique of the link between Britain's cheap flights culture and the effects of climate change on his people. Aqqaluk Lynge will present evidence of the increasing loss of Inuit villages and hunting grounds across the Arctic. His testimony will be given to the public inquiry opening today into plans to dramatically increase the number of passengers using London's third airport. The Government and British Airports Authority (BAA), the owner of Stansted, argue that expansion of the aviation industry is vital to the UK economy. BAA is seeking to raise the number of flights leaving Stansted by 80,000 to 264,000 a year and increase the number of passengers from 25 million to 35 million a year. http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2594163.ece Posted by: wv on May 30, 2007 02:47 AMDuh! Now this Can't but help feel this is an example of the impact of the current Saturn/Neptune dynamic at a personal level Is this lady confused or is this lady confused? Posted by: Stan on May 30, 2007 05:35 AMI heard Cindy Sheehan's interview on Ed Schultz and I didn't think she sounded confused. I thought she sounded highly discouraged, and that would be consistent with Saturn going over all her Leo Planets (July 10, 1957) what's interesting about her Chart at this time is Saturn squaring her North Node and Uranus forming a grand trine with her Sun and NN. She seemed to be articulating a new direction toward helping those affected by this war into a healing process. I think she's tired of the lies and deceit behind politics and her realization that she doesn't have the resources to continue. I just heard change, not confusion. She'll be back in a new and perhaps more effective way. Posted by: Sally on May 30, 2007 05:48 AMSally The bottom line for her was that she longer wished to be "the face" of the protest movement. Is there private person remotely on the horizon who has anything like the manna of Cindy? I hope Cindy keeps fighting on in whatever way works best for her. I was recently fortunate to see and hear her speak at Kent State on May 4th for the 37th anniversary of that tragic day in 1970. You know, it's one thing to read someone's comments in the news, but it's another thing entirely to see them in person. I must say that I was struck by the fact that there is absolutely nothing pretentious about her. Cindy Sheehan is very much an average lady, albeit with a not-so-average will (by today's standards) to stand up and make her voice and opinions heard. If we had even just 100 more people with her gumption to confront Bush and Congress, the Dems might not have caved and Bush's war would be on life support today. A thousand more like Cindy and the war would be over, while the man himself plus Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, et. al. might be doing a perp walk to The Hague for War Crimes and Crimes Againt Humanity. Posted by: NEOBuckeye on May 30, 2007 07:15 AMNow if we had 10,000 people like Cindy Sheehan? Well then, maybe we could really do something about issues such as this: NASA: Danger Point Closer Than Thought From Warming Even "moderate additional" greenhouse emissions are likely to push Earth past "critical tipping points" with "dangerous consequences for the planet," according to research conducted by NASA and the Columbia University Earth Institute. With just 10 more years of "business as usual" emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas, says the NASA/Columbia paper, "it becomes impractical" to avoid "disastrous effects." ... The forecast effects include "increasingly rapid sea-level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones," according to the NASA announcement. By heralding the new research paper, NASA is endorsing science that places considerably more urgency on the need to reduce emissions to avoid "disastrous effects" of global warming than was evident in the recent reports from the world's scientists coordinated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. More: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=3223473&page=1 Posted by: NEOBuckeye on May 30, 2007 07:51 AMSomething you might share with your pet starting in 2010 if you want to work. What I got as the main gist of what Cindy said was that she felt that what she has been doing has proven to be ineffective, therefore she and her group intend to choose a strategy that will produce some effects. I think she basically said that she realizes nothing she does politically will prove effective because the entire political system is corrupt, so she intends to come at things from a different angle. Perhaps there is some confusion at this time regarding what that strategy should be, but to me she doesn't seem the least confused about whether to do something or not. It seems that she did believe in the political process until the Dem vote for the war funding and it's a pretty hard fall when that illusion is destroyed, so I am guessing she's very sad and possibly even grieving the loss of her illusions and ideals of America about now. But she's still got an incredible spirit, and I believe she will come back stronger than ever, and with a more effective strategy, because now she knows that the problems of the system can't be fixed working from within it. Just my humble 2 cents worth.... Posted by: kristl on May 30, 2007 12:55 PMn late March, Cindy's long belt of road-bound activism brought her to Boston, where she spoke at a rally commemorating the four-year anniversary of the war. My bar is a favorite spot of hers, and I brought her and some of her friends out that night to have a beer and relax for a bit. I'd brought her to my place twice before, and both times I saw the same woman of passionate energy and committment who sat in a Texas ditch until the country could no longer ignore her, or the war. The light was in her eyes, the hope things could be changed was in every word she spoke, and as ever, the sorrow from her loss was there like a shroud. She was motivated, optimistic, cynical, tired, inspired and resolute at the same time. This last March, however, I saw a different Cindy. I know how she feels...........I was only carrying one town on my shoulders for 2 years, not an entire nation! Kristal,humble 2 cents worth....sums it up rather nicely. I think one crucial point we should all keep in mind. Today in the year 2007 the US and most other States systems are still feudal systems. We are still the servants, they are the overlords. All that is *allowed* to us is to work eat sleep and die for the lords pleasure>> their guaranty of income and not to forget to fight their wars. Jerry, we hardly knew ye. http://www.madcowprod.com/05302007.html Posted by: Pat C on May 30, 2007 03:20 PMThat should have been "Particulalry, not articulalry! Your morning laugh!
By Shankar Vedantam The e-mail came from the next room. "You gotta see this!" Jorge Moll had written. Moll and Jordan Grafman, neuroscientists at the National Institutes of Health, had been scanning the brains of volunteers as they were asked to think about a scenario involving either donating a sum of money to charity or keeping it for themselves. As Grafman read the e-mail, Moll came bursting in. The scientists stared at each other. Grafman was thinking, "Whoa -- wait a minute!" The results were showing that when the volunteers placed the interests of others before their own, the generosity activated a primitive part of the brain that usually lights up in response to food or sex. Altruism, the experiment suggested, was not a superior moral faculty that suppresses basic selfish urges but rather was basic to the brain, hard-wired and pleasurable. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/27/AR2007052701056_pf.html Posted by: wv on May 30, 2007 04:06 PMAmusing... http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/?last_story=/ent/video_dog/comedy/2007/05/29/red_state_rosie/ Posted by: wv on May 30, 2007 04:19 PMWow Pat C that was some article and explains how the "boys" from Liberty University got ahold of bomb making materials in order to blow up anyone who disrupted Jerry's funeral. What a sickening web across this world has been woven. I talked to a friend of mine in London last night, he's very active in politics there and he said Blair has been destroying the form of Government in England exactly like GWB has been destroying this form of government. Wonder what's going on here. Posted by: Sally on May 30, 2007 04:44 PM
Saving the Future From Cowards By Rob Kall It's been a tough week. Screwed by the dems on the Iraq funding, Cindy Quits, our most productive editor quits, the head of a local voting integrity org-- another inspiring bundle of energy and inspiration quits-- This sucks. When legislators let you down, there is blowback. I don't fault any of the hard working, dedicated activists who have announced they're quitting. Hearts can only run on empty for so long. These people all have hearts that are so big... it's tough when the return is so rancid, as in the case of the Iraq funding vote. I expect more disgusted, discouraged people will also quit. The Dems, even without the votes to pass legislation in the senate, could have blocked funding in the house. But they were afraid of being labeled, that a principled stand against the war would be spun by right wingers as betraying the troops-- spun by the people who actually ARE betraying the troops. Posted by: wv on May 30, 2007 05:50 PMHere's Zoellick! Leo..... Robert B. Zoellick http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Zoellick Today I met first graders. I'll bring up how often I make mistakes in my art or writng and ask everyone including the teachers to raise their hands if they make mistakes. One teacher refused to raise her hand. Sally, as the web is untangled, do you think we can stop them before it's too late? All roads seem to lead back to the bushes. ........ http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2007/05/torquemada-of-boalt-hall-from-michael.html The Torquemada of Boalt Hall From the Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas Newsweek story on the Justice Department: While easygoing and congenial on the surface, Yoo was a fierce bureaucratic infighter with a penchant for circumventing his superiors. Though all the top officials at Justice were conservative Republicans, Yoo seemed to regard them as political dolts. “He had this calm, unruffled, almost ‘devil may care’ attitude when he talked about issues that were extraordinarily sensitive,” recalled a former Justice Department official. “He would sort of come flying by your office and say things like, ‘We’ve done a little analysis, it’s no big deal’.” Only later, the official said, would he discover that Yoo had sent the White House an opinion authorizing some sweeping new—and constitutionally dubious—program. Yoo was increasingly seen as a rogue operator inside the Justice Department….. Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 02:33 AMhttp://www.timesrecordnews.com/trn/local_news/article/0,1891,TRN_5784_5562143,00.html U.S. soldiers with missing limbs allowed to return to active duty SAN ANTONIO (AP) — In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn’t be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williams is running again with a high-tech prosthetic leg and plans to take up a new assignment, probably by the fall, as an Army job counselor and affirmative action officer in Okinawa, Japan. In an about-face by the Pentagon, the military is putting many more amputees back on active duty — even back into combat, in some cases. More… Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 03:23 AMThere they go again............... Bottled water costs way more than the few bucks you pay at the store. Across the U.S., rural communities are footing the bill for the booming bottled water industry. Nestlé's advance on a small town in California is the latest example Sally , I can name a view more european governments/heads who are destroying our social democratic form of Government.
By Clarke Canfield "In a way, I'd say I'm trying to reinvent the suburbs and put food back on the suburban landscape," says Doiron, a freelance writer and consultant who grows vegetables, blueberries, strawberries, apples, cranberries and herbs on his third-of-an-acre lot. Around the country, from Doiron's home state of Maine to California, people are spreading the word about the benefits of gardens in what some are calling a "grass-roots gardening movement." Doiron's Web site, Kitchen Gardeners International (www.kitchengardeners.org), extols the virtues of taking control of your food while reducing the distance it travels from the farm to the fork, which some estimates put at a U.S. average of 1,500 miles. Heather Flores started a "Food Not Lawns" campaign in Oregon several years ago and last year wrote a book by the same name. There now are about 10 "Food Not Lawns" chapters in the United States and Canada. Posted by: wv on May 31, 2007 02:52 PMhttp://villagevoice.com/blogs/bushbeat/archive/2007/05/bilderberg_aler.php Bilderberg Alert! Attention, planet Earth: Your future is being decided today at the annual Bilderberg Group conference. This year's five-star resort site is the Klassis Hotel in Silivri, Turkey, 40 miles from Istanbul. Conspiracy theorists have long thought that the Bilderbergers were a shadowy cabal of pols and industrialists trying to rule the planet and even establish a New World Order. And some of the attendees would smugly agree with that assessment. That's what Brit author Jon Ronson says in a fascinating CNN Europe report from a couple of years ago that you can view here. Among this year's attendees at the extremely private (nay, secretive) meetings, according to the Turkish paper Today's Zaman, will be ousted World Bank prexy Paul Wolfowitz, along with the usual cast of characters led by Henry Kissinger. More.... Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 02:53 PM
Big headline -- Reagan's diary outsells Gore's book. No surprise, you
May 31, 2007 Injustice 5, Justice 4 The Supreme Court struck a blow for discrimination this week by stripping a key civil rights law of much of its potency. The majority opinion, by Justice Samuel Alito, forced an unreasonable reading on the law, and tossed aside longstanding precedents to rule in favor of an Alabama employer that had underpaid a female employee for years. The ruling is the latest indication that a court that once proudly stood up for the disadvantaged is increasingly protective of the powerful. Lilly Ledbetter, a supervisor at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in Gadsden, Ala., sued her employer for paying her less than its male supervisors. At first, her salary was in line with the men’s, but she got smaller raises, which created a significant pay gap. Late in her career, Ms. Ledbetter filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A jury found that Goodyear violated her rights under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Goodyear argued that she filed her complaint too late and, by a 5-4 margin, the Supreme Court agreed. Title VII requires employees to file within 180 days of “the alleged unlawful employment practice.” The court calculated the deadline from the day Ms. Ledbetter received her last discriminatory raise. Bizarrely, the majority insisted it did not matter that Goodyear was still paying her far less than her male counterparts when she filed her complaint. In dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg noted that there were strong precedents supporting Ms. Ledbetter. The Supreme Court ruled in a similar race discrimination case that each paycheck calculated on the basis of past discrimination is unlawful under Title VII. The courts of appeals have overwhelmingly agreed. So did the E.E.O.C., the agency charged with enforcing Title VII. In addition to interpreting the statute unreasonably and ignoring the relevant precedents, the majority blinded itself to the realities of the workplace. Employees generally do not know enough about what their co-workers earn, or how pay decisions are made, to file a complaint precisely when discrimination occurs. At Goodyear, as at many companies, salaries were confidential. The court’s new rules will make it extraordinarily difficult for victims of pay discrimination to sue under Title VII. That is not how Congress intended the law to be enforced, merely how five justices would like it to be. It is disturbing that Anthony Kennedy, the court’s swing justice, cast the deciding vote in favor of gutting a key part of the Civil Rights Act. Fortunately, Congress can amend the law to undo this damaging decision. It should do so without delay.
Ya think this could be why the Dems caved and why HRC is not to be embraced? Hilary wears red underwear under her blue suits. Posted by: Raven on May 31, 2007 09:14 PMHere's one for ya: http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread284961/pg1 scarys of scarys.... Posted by: Raven on May 31, 2007 09:15 PMhttp://www.thenation.com/doc/20070611/ehrenreich CEOs vs. Slaves Recent findings shed new light on the increasingly unequal terrain of American society. Starting at the top executive level: You may have thought, as I did, that the guys in the C-suites operated as a team--or, depending on your point of view, a pack or gang--each getting his fair share of the take. But no, the rising tide in executive pay does not lift all yachts equally. The latest pay gap to worry about is the one between the CEO and his--or very rarely her--third in command. According to a just-reported study by Carola Frydman of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Raven E. Saks at the Federal Reserve, thirty to forty years ago, the CEOs of major companies earned 80 percent more, on average, than the third-highest-paid executives. By the early part of the twenty-first century, however, the gap between the CEO and the third in command had ballooned up to 260 percent. Now take a look at what's happening at the very bottom of the economic spectrum, where you might have pictured low-wage workers trudging between food banks or mendicants dwelling in cardboard boxes. It turns out, though, that the bottom is a lot lower than that. On May 16, a millionaire couple in a woodsy Long Island suburb was charged with keeping two Indonesian domestics as slaves for five years, during which the women were paid $100 a month, fed very little, forced to sleep on mats on the floor and subjected to beatings, cigarette burns and other torments. This is hardly an isolated case (see my book Global Woman: Nannies, Maids and Sex Workers in the New Economy, co-edited with Arlie Hochschild). If the new "top" involves pay in the tens or hundreds of millions, a private jet and a few acres of Nantucket, the new bottom is slavery. Some of America's slaves are captive domestics, like the Indonesian women in Long Island. Others are factory workers, and at least 10,000 are sex slaves lured from their home country to American brothels by promises of respectable jobs. More... Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 09:23 PMhttp://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=48596 New Legislation Would Bring Wind Power to 'Grinding Halt' snip Introduced this week by Congressman Nick Rahall (D. WV), and scheduled for action in early June at the House Resources Committee which he chairs, H.R. 2337 would burden wind power with sweeping new requirements that have never applied to other energy sectors, Swisher said, noting: -- Subtitle D of the bill would direct the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to review every existing and planned wind project, a mandate far beyond the agency's resources and capabilities, and criminalize operation of wind energy facilities not formally certified by USFWS. -- Under the legislation, landowners and farmers with wind turbines on their property would be subject to invasive inspection requirements. -- Landowners and farmers could face jail time or a $50,000 penalty for putting a wind turbine, regardless of whether it is for personal use or of a commercial scale, on their property without certification by the USFWS director. More... Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 09:57 PMI bet Nick Rahall wears Hillary's red underwear. Posted by: Raven on May 31, 2007 10:26 PMThe whole thing gives me a headache! http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/media/update0607/alert053007.html I called the State of Montana and talked to a very nice woman. Of course the problem goes back to the Govt! The Nat. Park Sevice COULD solve this problem, by eradicating the disease in the Buffalo herd: BUT They don;t want to spend the money! It's a FEDERAL Law that brucellosis infected critters must be put down, BUT the Feds won't do it, leaving the livestock people in Montana dealing with Let's Help Chris Dodd End the Occupation http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/31/lets-help-chris-dodd-end-the-occupation/ Posted by: Pat C on May 31, 2007 11:29 PM
An out of state company has aquired land in West The Swedish have invented a windmill that doesn't kill birds and bats. But soince WE are #1, we wouldn't dream of admitting that someone esle might have a viable technology! his, of course, is not the way the Bush administration sees it. The White House sees terrorists as born, not created by history, bearing the mark of Cain, not the mark of circumstance. There is a scarlet "T" written on their foreheads at birth and the only answer is to destroy them. This kind of thinking, of course, relieves the thinker of any responsibility for the presence of the insurgent-terrorist-whatever in our innocent midst. What's more, there is not much real give in the administration's policies. True, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other American diplomats met Memorial Day weekend with the Iranians in Baghdad (a good first move but limited, since the Iranians have most of the power because of our incredible stupidity in Iraq). But by all reports, President Bush is more convinced than ever of his righteousness. Friends of his from Texas were shocked recently to find him nearly wild-eyed, thumping himself on the chest three times while he repeated "I am the president!" He also made it clear he was setting Iraq up so his successor could not get out of "our country's destiny." QOP Posted by: on June 1, 2007 03:20 AMAn interesting post Pat C re the rising gap in incomes. The last Us bastion is about to fall. A skilled and secretive turnaround outfit, Cerberus is expected to overhaul Chrysler in a way that could create a new model for Detroit, which badly needs a tuneup. Last year, GM, Ford and Chrysler combined to lose more than $16 billion, as the remnants of Henry Ford’s old model finally ran out of gas. Detroit insiders say they expect Cerberus to shake up the moribund American auto industry by asking this simple question: does a car company have to build all its own cars? Posted by: on June 1, 2007 08:29 AMBig Brother is here! Wonder if this is available through google? http://www.kansascity.com:80/449/story/130718.html Posted by: karen on June 1, 2007 12:46 PMIf you click the linkI provided, there are only 5 cities available on Google at present; NY, San Francisco, Las Vegas ( "what happens here stays here?"), Denver, Miami,...... Pat, the above is a link to sordid story of waste, our luxury-plus embassy in Iraq covering some 140 acres and replete with all the amenities you could ever ask for, in addition to its own power station, waste facility, et al. I keep repeating over and over to myself, that this is only a small part of reality, that Love is the greater energy. It's calming, but no refuge. We're living in ugly, ugly times. Posted by: karen on June 1, 2007 01:53 PMOh, i also want to add rhetorical question. How can an embassy built upon a river of blood endure? Posted by: karen on June 1, 2007 01:56 PMDan Bartlett, high level Bush aid, is quitting. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070601/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_aide_resignation_6 Posted by: Pat C on June 1, 2007 02:34 PM
As counselor to the president, Bartlett has been at the center of White House decision-making, stepping into the public eye in times of trouble to defend Bush on everything from the unpopular war in Iraq to the government's bungled response to Hurricane Katrina and the Republicans' loss of Congress. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PG1KPG0&show_article=1 How can an embassy ( OR COUNTRY) built upon a river of blood endure? Well at least 235 years.................................. THE WHOLESALE PRIVATIZATION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/06/murphy200706?printable=true¤tPage=all When you understand that we don't even HAVE a government, but rather an empire run by corporations and financial systems, you realize how meaningless presidential candidates and elections really are. Posted by: Pat C on June 1, 2007 05:20 PMPEGGY NOONAN Too Bad http://tbogg.blogspot.com/2007/05/mourning-becomes-margaret-ellen-noonan.html Mourning becomes Margaret Ellen Noonan Posted by: Pat C on June 1, 2007 06:30 PMIt's Friday. Time for a little snark break:\ As Cap'n Sally said it would, the sludge just keeps on oozing out from every nook and cranny (this time Alabammy): More sludge............. Warmest congratulations, QOP!! You're the best, see? Posted by: shylurker on June 2, 2007 12:57 AMSweet QOP! Love hearing good things!! I apologize all my mundane job has me working way too much and I haven't even looked at the Blue Moon. Posted by: Morgana on June 2, 2007 02:29 AMAnd a happy belated birthday to you Morgana! I should have followed my first instinct and included you with Clymela last Friday............. QOP I knew I was right to ask for your signature on your calendar I bought last year. Congratulations Pat QOP I know it's been a pretty long slog uphill (both ways) for you and this is fabulous news. Great links here this week and PatC, mourning does look good on Peggy Noonan, the left has known they were betrayed from day one but the GOP must be going through a lot of pain. Posted by: Sally on June 2, 2007 06:34 AMAwesome! Just awesome, PatQ! Congratulations ten times over! Posted by: karen on June 2, 2007 01:22 PMQOP-congratultions. I love hearing about your success. No one deserves it more. I am one of your fans-at least in words-wish I could actually see some of your work. Cap'n Sally, does this indicate a future trend (i.e., the world fights back)? Thanks for posting the link to the Peggy Noonan article. Nice to see her getting a well deserved bitch slap from the reality Gods for once. Living here in the deep south it's been a fight to keep control on sanity at times. Down here Walmart is King and on Saturdays the creme de la creme of the red states show up to do their weekly shopping. Since it's near my daughter's home we made a quick stop today to get an oil filter for her car and while she paid for this item I went over to check out their book selection. In the Best Seller section there were two rows of "The Reagan Diaries" and a good lot had already been sold(no surprise there) - no sign of Al Gores "Assault on Reason" so I asked one of the Walmart Managers where they had put this book. She told me she had no idea that Al Gore even had a book out .. so my daughter and I had quite a bit of fun making her fill out a Walmart customer slip asking for this book. I'm sure it hit the circular file the moment we left. Last month 100 Alabama church pastors sent signed letters to all the major supermarkets here asking that they either stop selling or cover up what they believed to be offensive magazines or covers. The only one that complied was Publix Supermarkets who have now started to put covers on shelves selling what they claim are offensive tabloids or magazines showing women in offensive attire, these magazines now have white covers on the front with just the name of the magazine on the cover sheet. I've stopped shopping there as a result. Now this same group of pastors wants Publix to give them two check out isles where no magazines or tabloids will be shown so that their religous right followers can check out without their little darlings seeing these inappropriate magazine covers. Just gotta wonder where this will spread to next. Thanks to all for the wonderful articles - always a treat to stop here and read what you have all posted! Posted by: Camille on June 3, 2007 01:51 AMCamille, I once lived in North Carolina, Florida and Texas and it always blew me away that on the weekends you couldn't buy liquor or pantyhose. There were other items but those are the two I remember. Pantyhose? When I asked they just said "Blue Law" Needless to say, people stocked up on forbidden groceries on other days of the week. Posted by: lunaoscura on June 3, 2007 02:33 AMRon Paul vs. the Throng Put together Murdoch's Fox News, a mid-May debate between Republican presidential candidates and the state of South Carolina and you have a hotbed of stupidity. But to the fury of the Republican organizers there was an intrusion of rational thought, in the person of Ron Paul, a US congressman from Texas, classed as a rank outsider in the nomination race. Texas used to send true individualists to Washington DC. One of the brightest moments of my early years, visiting the nation's capital, was watching Rep. Wright Patman, head of the House Banking Committee, tell the red-faced chairman of the federal reserve that he deserved to be locked up in the penitentiary. Paul is the last of the breed. As a small-government tight-money Republican this gynaecologist-obstetrician (4,000 babies claimed as a career total) regularly votes No on pork barrel projects that would put money into his own district. But as a Republican in the isolationist, libertarian tradition he also votes No, sometimes alone among the 535 members of the US congress, on war funding, on laws allowing US presidents to order arbitrary imprisonment, "coercive interrogation", suspension of freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution. Posted by: Camille on June 3, 2007 02:50 AMHi Lunaoscura, Some counties in the Deep South of long long ago did allow a few stores to sell wine or beer. Since the wine was usually rot-gut, I think even today some people in the Deep South think people who like wine are outta their minds. Of course, n-o-t-h-i-n-g could be sold on Sundays. Blue laws they called 'em. Finally, they were relaxed a bit and you could buy some things on Sundays. But never alcohol, unless of course you knew about the alcoholic content of patented medicines such as Hadacol or even vanilla flavoring. A major exception, which no one ever owned up to knowing anything about, was sale of White Lightnin', whether on Sundays or not. I departed too early to experience the Sunday prohibition on pantyhose, but the one thing that always cracked me up was the sale of beer and condoms at the gas stations--all week long. Yessirrrrrrreeeeeee! Posted by: shylurker on June 3, 2007 03:36 AMPhiladelphia had Sunday blue laws into the late 60's early 70's.......( I think they changed them for the bicentennial in 1976, when there was a spate of new restaurants opened for the event)
Op-Ed Columnist By FRANK RICH A few weeks ago I did something I never expected to do in my life. I shed a tear for Richard Milhous Nixon. That’s in no small measure a tribute to Frank Langella, who should win a Tony Award for his star Broadway turn in “Frost/Nixon” next Sunday while everyone else is paying final respects to Tony Soprano. “Frost/Nixon,” a fictionalized treatment of the disgraced former president’s 1977 television interviews with David Frost, does not whitewash Nixon’s record. But Mr. Langella unearths humanity and pathos in the old scoundrel eking out his exile in San Clemente. For anyone who ever hated Nixon, this achievement is so shocking that it’s hard to resist a thought experiment the moment you’ve left the theater: will it someday be possible to feel a pang of sympathy for George W. Bush? Posted by: wv on June 3, 2007 04:41 PM NY Times Dick Cheney Rules Americans are accustomed to Vice President Dick Cheney’s waiting out a terrorist threat in a “secure undisclosed location.” Now it seems that Mr. Cheney wears the cloak of invisibility in secure disclosed locations. The Associated Press reported that Mr. Cheney’s office ordered the Secret Service last September to destroy all records of visitors to the official vice presidential mansion — right after The Washington Post sued for access to the logs. That move was made in secret, naturally. It came out only because of another lawsuit, filed by a private group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, seeking the names of conservative religious figures who visited the vice president’s residence. This disdain for accountability is distressing, but not surprising. Mr. Cheney has had it on display from his first days in office, when he refused to name the energy-industry executives who met with him behind closed doors to draft an energy policy. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/opinion/03sun2.html?pagewanted=print Posted by: wv on June 3, 2007 05:45 PMGOP, you reminded me of the 'good ol' days' all those Old White Men pine for, when we had to wear garters that never fit right, where the tops of the stockings cut off your circulation if you were a little pudgy, then the 'relative' improvement of the tight girdles with the longer legs. And remember having to sleep in curlers?! I'm convinced the women in the 60s going natural with straight hair, no bras and no shaving was more than just fashion. It was about no more ill fitting stockings, garters, or curler bumps and indentations in our scalps or ratting (euphemistically called 'teasing') hair and breathing all that noxious hairspray! And they wonder why we old ladies like our purple hat Posted by: lunaoscura on June 3, 2007 06:00 PMSpeaking of Purple Hat, I found this site: http://www.forwardedfunnies.com/the_purple_hat_000696.html Age 3: She looks at herself and sees a Queen. Age 8: She looks at herself and sees Cinderella. Age 15: She looks at herself and sees an Ugly Sister (Mom, I can't go to school looking like this!) Age 30: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly" - but decides she doesn't have time to fix it, so she's going out anyway. Age 40: She looks at herself and sees "too fat/too thin, too short/too tall, too straight/too curly" - but says, "At least, I am "clean" and goes out anyway. Age 50: She looks at herself and sees "I am" and goes wherever she wants to go. Age 60: She looks at herself and reminds herself of all the people who can't even see themselves in the mirror anymore. She goes out and conquers the world. Age 70: She looks at herself & sees wisdom, laughter and ability, goes out and enjoys life. Age 80: Doesn't bother to look. Just puts on a purple hat and goes out to have fun with the world. Maybe we should all grab that purple hat earlier. Please send this to five phenomenal women today. If you do, something good will happen; you will boost another woman's self esteem. If you don't... your left boob will drop off. Posted by: lunaoscura on June 3, 2007 06:03 PMYou described the whole picture lunascura! Didn't pantyhose come in with short shift dreses ( no waistline) and srtaight free hair? I don't know that you're the Senior Poster, QOP, but you got me beat by about 2. Posted by: shylurker on June 4, 2007 12:51 AMJust catching up on posts. Many congratulations POQ!!!!!! That's wonderful news! Posted by: Sharon on June 4, 2007 12:59 AMNo Incumbents in 2008-Corporate Interests Get Out of State..........CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT Best slogan wins a new republic. Posted by: Timmy J on June 4, 2007 03:47 AMHelp! Mine came USPS, so rule me out, QOP. Posted by: shylurker on June 4, 2007 05:54 PMhttp://www.buzzflash.com/store/reviews/639 Wolves in Sheep's Clothing It's sub-title at first scared us off: "The New Liberal Meance in America." It sounds like it was published by the radical right wing Regnery Press, which mass-produced all those Clinton attack and slander books. But actually "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing" is quite the opposite. It is a scintillating intellectual journey that explores how liberalism for many politicians and pundits has become associated with expanding U.S. global markets under the theory that "open economic markets" (which is an ideal, not a reality) guarantee democracy and liberty. So much of the behavior of "liberal politicians" in D.C. can be explained by understanding that they want to complain about the Iraq War, but they don't want to disrupt the economic status quo. (This is also true, the book's author contends, of well-meaning celebrities like Bono. Bono makes us feel better by seemingly raising more money to fight poverty, without changing institutions that perpetuate economic injustice like the World Bank.) More... Posted by: Pat C on June 4, 2007 05:57 PMWell there are 6,000. hardline demonstrators in Germany, protesting the G8. They are protesting the misille shieldin The Prague, where Bush arrived.......... Hey QOP - I had them as an email attachment that you sent me a while back. I just shot them back over to you. Posted by: Sharon on June 5, 2007 04:39 AMWHEN.........................DID we have hurricanes in the Gulf of Oman that jumped the price of has & oil to $4.00 a gallon??????????????????? How about years back when gas was $1.00 a gallon, did the Corporationss eat the loss from the hurricanes or............................ DIDN'T THEY HAVE THEM THEN? "Rockin' In The Free World" There's colors on the street Keep on rockin' in the free world, I see a woman in the night Keep on rockin' in the free world, We got a thousand points of light Keep on rockin' in the free world, Shine on All my people, who been broken hearted (chorus) Sing on (chorus) (bridge) (chorus) ...somebody please send us a prayer! Congratulations on your book deal QoP! Has anyone else noticed as the gas prices have gon up, the mileage goes down? In the past few months, both of our cars have dropped about 5 miles per gallon. Thats BS! Posted by: Cybear on June 5, 2007 03:49 PMHere's a little something you can do in support of protecting our food supplies: The Passion of Al Gore http://www.weather.com/newscenter/tropical/index.html?from=wxcenter_news Since 1945, there is no record of any type of tropical cyclone striking Iran.
With winds of 160 miles per hour and gusts of 195 miles per hour, Cyclone Gonu headed northwest through the Indian Ocean toward Oman's east coast, with rain from its outer edges already reaching some areas. Posted by: Pat C on June 5, 2007 09:38 PMMcClatchy reports: Bush “Justice” department sues only Democrats to purge voters, sues only Democrats to use electronic voting
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I know that ,........all I'm saying is it looks like what it is.............. I don't know if any of you have been following this but the police have found the body of Kelsey Smith who was abducted from Target in Overland Park, KS. Her body was found near Longview Lake in Lee's Summit, MO, about 15 minutes from my house. It is so sad that someone could do this to a young person who shows such promise. I did not know Kelsey or her family but my heart goes out to them. It is an unimaginable loss. Posted by: Teresa on June 6, 2007 10:20 PMAccording to CNN, she was found alive in a little locked room, and in the hospital being checked over.........????? QOP: I think you're talking about the 15 year old in Connecticut. Posted by: Teresa on June 6, 2007 11:04 PMSome really GOOD news! http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/7/12526/68093 Restoring Habeas The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (S. 185) this morning, with no amendments and no debate, 11-8. Specter was the sole Republican supporting the legislation. The bill should head to the full floor this month. From the ACLU's Find Habeas blog: Though far from the comprehensive legislation needed to either close Gitmo and transfer the detainees into secure proceedings in civilian courts, or provide the detainees with a full and fair opportunity to challenge the grounds for their detentions, S. 185 is a crucial piece of lawmaking. It signals to the White House and the Republican minority in Congress that this is a real issue, and that the quick and dirty passage of the MCA in the final days of the GOP-controlled 109th Congress was ill-advised and somewhat ham-handed. More... Posted by: Pat C on June 7, 2007 05:25 PMOh good Pat C not quite in time to help this reporter with a press pass tho. http://www.jonesreport.com/articles/050607_reporter_arrested_giuliani_orders.html Well....if anyone had any doubts...........Bush has just gone VERY PUBLIC! He's sitting on the veranda, in Heiligendamm with Angela and Tony having a nice cold beer........on National TV! CNN. QOP, I found a photo of Bush definitely drinking beer at the G8 in the following site (Getty images) http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?eventId=74415757 his photos are in the 4th and 5th rows. Click on the images to enlarge. Posted by: on June 8, 2007 12:18 AMHere's a photo of Bush drinking beer http://editorial.gettyimages.com/Search/Search.aspx?eventId=74415757 Posted by: lunaoscura on June 8, 2007 12:19 AMQOP, I just saw a photo of Bush actually drinking the beer. I hope this link works Posted by: lunaoscura on June 8, 2007 12:26 AM
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Yup! They both work! We'll ALL need a beer after viewing this: Sorry for all the links! I swear they weren't loading when I posted them. Posted by: lunaoscura on June 8, 2007 02:37 AMshylurker, that portrait is about as subtle as a sledgehammer! The message may be too subtle for us ordinary people to figure out. Posted by: lunaoscura on June 8, 2007 02:40 AMShylurker, I love what one DUer wrote as a caption. Stone, Stone, Stone Stone and Stoned LOL! Posted by: lunaoscura on June 8, 2007 02:42 AMDeutche World did a wonderful in depth, about the "JR 8" at the G8 conference. UNISEF brought children from all over the world to the G8 summit. It looks like they were housed in a tall ship on the coast. They had their own conference to solve world problems and attended events with the World leaders. Oh .the pRez is resting comfortably in his room this morning........ QoP, must of been that good German beer that he drank. You know they drink it a room temp, so he probably got snot slinging drunk and the powers that be did not want anymore pics of him to end up on the net. So they hid him away... Posted by: Cybear on June 8, 2007 01:44 PM QoP, must of been that good German beer that he drank. You know they drink it a room temp, so he probably got snot slinging drunk and the powers that be did not want anymore pics of him to end up on the net. So they hid him away... Posted by: Cybear on June 8, 2007 01:45 PM My thoughts exactly, Cybear! My thoughts exactly, Cybear! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/opinion/08fri1.html?_r=2&hp&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Editorial For months, senators have listened to a parade of well-coached Justice Department witnesses claiming to know nothing about how nine prosecutors were chosen for firing. This week, it was the turn of Bradley Schlozman, a former federal attorney in Missouri, to be uninformative and not credible. It is time for Senator Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to deliver subpoenas that have been approved for Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers and their top aides, and to make them testify in public and under oath. snip Congress has now heard from everyone in the Justice Department who appears to have played a significant role in the firings of the prosecutors. They have all insisted that the actual decisions about whom to fire came from somewhere else. It is increasingly clear that the somewhere else was the White House. If Congress is going to get to the bottom of the scandal, it has to get the testimony of Mr. Rove, his aides Scott Jennings and Sara Taylor, Ms. Miers and her deputy, William Kelley. The White House has offered to make them available only if they do not take an oath and there is no transcript. Those conditions are a formula for condoning perjury, and they are unacceptable. As for documents, the White House has released piles of useless e-mail messages. But it has reported that key e-mails to and from Mr. Rove were inexplicably destroyed. At the same time, it has argued that e-mails of Mr. Rove’s that were kept on a Republican Party computer system, which may contain critical information, should not be released. This noncooperation has gone on long enough. Mr. Leahy should deliver the subpoenas for the five White House officials and make clear that if the administration resists, Congress will use all available means to get the information it needs. Posted by: Pat C on June 8, 2007 02:45 PMAn interesting article I ran across. “The media can take a man like Ralph Nader and make him an instant folk hero. Or they can take an enemy of the Rockefellers (like Goldwater) and create the image that he is a cretin, a buffoon, a bigot, or a dangerous paranoid.” In an interesting aside, Ralph Nader, a perennial ‘independent’ presidential candidate, “much admired for his anti-establishment stance,” is financed by the Rockefeller network in his attempt to destroy the free enterprise system. Principal Nader financiers are the Ford Foundation and the Field Foundation, both CFR-interlocked. According to a Business Week article reprinted in the Congressional Record of March 10, 1971, “John D. Rockefeller IV is an advisor to Nader.” Posted by: Penelope on June 8, 2007 03:09 PMDear Cybear, how can you say something so disgusting as Germans drinking beer at room temperatur,juck!!!. You should get your facts straight or maybe visit Germany. My German buds, from Germany drank it a room temp...sooo, that's where that came from. Yuck indeed! Posted by: Cybear on June 8, 2007 04:39 PMI second the warm beer, fact. WHen I was there for a summer...it WAS WARM! Oh, please do not disappoint, QOP. I've been waiting and waiting for your reaction to the "Stone, Stone, Stone, Stone and STONED" portrait. Posted by: shylurker on June 8, 2007 08:55 PMhttp://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/6/8/16815/07110 NOLA pumping bombshell The Army Corps of Engineers internal investigation into the floodgate pumps is out, and it is a blockbuster. The news is horrible. I have written about it and linked to a copy of it at my blog, http://fixthepumps.blogspot.com. Much more… Posted by: Pat C on June 8, 2007 10:24 PMWell....I say stone, stone, stone, stoned, super toned out of his mind s ( that would be the artist!) http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/060807C.shtml Blackwater Heavies Sue Families of Slain Employees for $10 Million in Brutal Attempt to Suppress Their Story AlterNet The following article is by the lawyers representing the families of four American contractors who worked for Blackwater and were killed in Fallujah. After Blackwater refused to share information about why they were killed, the families were told they would have to sue Blackwater to find out. Now Blackwater is trying to sue them for $10 million to keep them quiet. 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Left with no alternative, in January 2005, the families filed suit against Blackwater, which is owned by the wealthy and politically-connected Erik Prince. Blackwater quickly adapted its battlefield tactics to the courtroom. It initially hired Fred F. Fielding, who is currently counsel to the President of the United States. It then hired Joseph E. Schmitz as its in-house counsel, who was formerly the Inspector General at the Pentagon. More recently, Blackwater employed Kenneth Starr, famed prosecutor in the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal, to oppose the families. To add additional muscle, Blackwater hired Cofer Black, who was the Director of the CIA Counter- Terrorist Center. More…. Posted by: Pat C on June 9, 2007 03:43 AMI knew I'd love your review, QOP. You did NOT disappoint. Many thanks --my weekend's off to a great start. Posted by: shylurker on June 9, 2007 04:47 AMhttp://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014509.php Dem Congressman Jerry Nadler: "This entire warrantless wiretapping is illegal and the President and Attorney General are engaged in a criminal conspiracy. I mean, to me this is worse than Watergate." Posted by: Pat C on June 9, 2007 04:53 PM
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I'm sorry, but I'm not comfortable having a US Senator serve active duty in Iraq as a "colonel" when there has been persistent chatter about his sexual orientation and whether it conforms to the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. The Republicans, and Senator Graham, can't have it both ways. Did the Pentagon investigate the rumors about Senator Graham's orientation prior to choosing to have him serve active duty? Doubtful. But the rumors are out there, and the Senator's very presence has been known to fuel such rumors, so it is not out of the realm of the possible that others with whom he served had the same questions. And once they have those questions, per Don't Ask Don't Tell, there is a threat to unit cohesion. So why did the Pentagon risk unit cohesion in this case? I'm serious. They can't have it both ways. Either there is a problem with gays, or people who are suspected to be gay, serving in the military or there isn't. But Senator Graham, the Pentagon, and every other supporter of the gay ban can't talk about how the presence of someone known (or thought) to be gay would destroy unit cohesion, but at the same time let a senator serve who may not meet the criteria of the ban itself. Yes, it's not polite to discuss such things. But we do discuss them, we are forced to discuss them, under the very bigoted and not-polite policy that Senator Graham embraces.
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