So, it turns out Larry Craig isn’t gay, and to prove it, he’s planning on spending a weekend this winter locked in a cabin with nothing but Ted Haggart, a gallon of massage oil, and a couple ounces of crank. I hear Rush Limbaugh is willing to ship them a couple hundred doses of Viagra, too (from his award-winning Dominican Republic stash). Well, at least old Larry didn’t go for the “there was a scary black guy there, so I offered to pay to let me blow him, ‘cuz if there’s one thing you can ever do to placate a scary black guy, it’s offer to blow him.”
You have to wonder if it’s starting to dawn on these twisted, hate-filled, jeezus-praising morons just how fucking stupid they are for having fallen for the line of bullshit these hypocrites have been selling ’em all these years. Nah, prob’ly not. And that’s OK, I guess. It isn’t about reality, it’s about faith.
I always wonder why people of “faith” always seem to get so goddamn upset by people who don’t subscribe to their little beliefs. I mean, you’re right, I’m wrong, and I’m going to hell. Isn’t that enough for you? Life’s short, so why not just sit back and let us damn ourselves for all eternity, while you sit back, relax and smile smugly? It isn’t enough you get raptured up, while I burn in hell? You have to try to make me fucking miserable for what little time I have left here on earth, too?
Of course, it isn’t just the bible-thumpers that do that. People get downright violently upset when you don’t happen to share whatever belief it is they have (be it religion, UFO’s, their pet conspiracy theories, whatever). Why anybody should care what anybody else thinks (or who they sleep with) is beyond me. All I’ve ever wanted is to basically be left alone to do my own thing in peace (and don’t be rubbing my foot while I’m trying to do it). I think that’s all most people want. Why that isn’t good enough for the likes of Jerry Falwell and Fred Phelps is beyond me.
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You don’t want to know what revenue the Viagra mention raises.
Good morning :joe: :joe: At least I hope it is.
Yesterday I heard at least two Republicans conflate Sen. Craig and Bill Clinton. Joe Scarborough said Clinton lied to a grand jury.
Am I remembering this correctly? I thought Clinton said he didn’t have sex with Monica at a deposition for a lawsuit by Paula Jones.
And, what happened to Paula J anyway? Is she a Regent U scholar? A candidate to replace Gonzo?
Scarborough is a jerk. “Buh-buh-buh-Clinton!”
“Wide Stance” is almost finished. I want to look at it again tonight and see if I can make it a little uglier. One of my co-workers is already pissing me off royally and my shift hasn’t even started yet, so I’m thinking I can probably pull this off.
So to speak. :jerk:
Did anyone else catch the beginning of Larry Craig’s press conference yesterday? “I’d like to thank everyone for coming out today.” Jeez. Welcome to Freudian Slip Theatre.
:rofl2:
A little bathroom etiquette for you guys out there (not sure if this applies to you gals, too).
I think this could be a new line for the Republicans. It’s not that Mitt Romney flip-flops, it’s that he takes a “wide stance” on the issues.
President Bush plans to ask Congress next month for up to $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, a White House official said yesterday, a move that appears to reflect increasing administration confidence that it can fend off congressional calls for a rapid drawdown of U.S. forces.
The request — which would come on top of about $460 billion in the fiscal 2008 defense budget and $147 billion in a pending supplemental bill to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — is expected to be announced after congressional hearings scheduled for mid-September featuring the two top U.S. officials in Iraq. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker will assess the state of the war and the effect of the new strategy the U.S. military has pursued this year.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801984.html?wpisrc=newsletter
I guess it’s time to call my senators.
Democratic Senate leaders have called on the White House to consult them closely during the selection process, but administration officials warned yesterday that the president intends to nominate an attorney general who agrees with his policies. “It is the president’s prerogative to appoint someone who shares his views,” a senior administration official said.
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“They’re less concerned about confirmability and more concerned about the candidate’s ability to steer affairs in away that is consistent with good problem-solving down the road,” said a lawyer familiar with the selection process. “That means some combination of being a straight arrow and having a forceful presence, along with the diplomatic skills necessary to deal with the Hill.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801670.html?wpisrc=newsletter
:crap: :crap: :fustrate: :fustrate: :fustrate: :paranoid: :paranoid: :yuck:
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Ben is back. Within minutes, he is dragging Cenk down like a boat anchor.
Better news, Barry Lank with another blue-screen video — target Gonzo!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSE6F6JvNyg
Big Dem fundraiser wanted on swindling charges
The Los Angeles Times will report on this website later tonight and in Wednesday’s print editions that a major Democratic Party fundraiser named Norman Hsu is wanted by authorities for skipping out on an agreement to serve up to three years in prison after pleading no contest to grand theft swindling charges.
In an exclusive story by Chuck Neubauer and Robin Fields, The Times will report that for three years Hsu has been carving out a place of political and financial influence by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions into Democratic Party coffers, much of the money earmarked for Sen. Hillary Clinton. He has earned the ranking of Hillraiser for pledging to raise at least $100,000 for her.
In just the last 36 months Hsu has been involved in raising more than $1 million for Clinton and other Democrats. Howard Wolfson, a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, confirmed today that Hsu had been a “longtime and generous supporter” of the party including Clinton. “We have no reason to call his contributions into question or to return them,” Wolfson added.
Hsu has developed a specialty of bundling hefty campaign contributions from obscure citizens who live modest lives and have never before given money to campaigns. Many are not even registered to vote.
Over the years other recipients of Hsu donations have included Sens. Dianne Feinstein, Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Edward Kennedy.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2007/08/breaking-news-b.html
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Humm…. our very own Abernoff.
:gate: :omg: :jason: :jason: :fist:
Good morning. :joe: Oh and I’m not gay. Well, so far anyway.
Calls grow louder for international overview of U.S. markets
Loan crisis blamed on lax regulators
Politicians, regulators and financial specialists outside the United States are seeking a role in oversight of American markets, banks and rating agencies in the wake of recent problems related to subprime mortgages.
Their argument is simple: The United States is exporting financial products, but losses to investors in other countries suggest that American regulators are not properly monitoring the products or alerting investors to the risks. “We need an international approach, and the United States needs to be part of it,” said Peter Bofinger, a member of the German government’s economics advisory board and a professor at the University of Würzburg.
While regulators in the United States have not been receptive to the idea in the past, analysts said that Europe and Asia have more leverage this time around. Washington might have to yield if it wants to succeed in imposing bilateral regulations on state-owned investment funds from emerging economies.
“America depends on the rest of the world to finance its debt,” Bofinger said. “If our institutions stopped buying their financial products, it would hurt.”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/28/business/reg.php
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This is apparently done all the time in 3rd world countries :reaper: :reaper:
Good Morning :joe:
I bet this guy has premature ejaculations too. :jerk:
So what are the burning man celebrants to do now that their focus is no more.. 😮
I suppose its just a big drunk anyhow so maybe no one will notice. :omg:
re: 12. It seems as if the reputation and clout of the US has been severely undermined by the administration and its minions. It is amazing that these guys have managed to do exactly the opposite of their rhetoric.
Some international monitoring may be a very good thing. Do you think they can monitor the Bushies’ warlust?
KP, have you recovered from your birthday?
We need to ask for UN monitoring of our elections. :reaper: :reaper:
The problem with oversight is that the rest of world will find that the apple has rotted to the core .. then what do they do?? 😮
Oh Yeah, Sue. I didn’t get that drunk. But I am licking my wounds after finishing a job with a psychopath client :billcat:
the suicide rate is higher than the homicide rate: Nearly a third more people die at their own hands than die at other people’s hands (the murder rate in America is about 6 per 100,000; for suicides it’s 10.8).
http://www.livescience.com/health/070829_bad_suicide.html
Go to an airport restroom, and you can probably find somebody to do that for you.
We obviously need to have a mandatory death penalty for suicide, to act as a deterrent.
Probably all those people with no health care taking the easy way out. :reaper: :reaper:
NPR reporter wondering if Craig and GOP might lose his seat (up position?). Conclusion sounded like another repugly could retain the seat but it sound to me like Craig would need to step aside and quit stalling.
I think Burning Man is a little more than just a ‘big drunk’ just like a Kp pool party and NFL football.
Hey Kevin, whatever happened with the religious issue at your job?
Sue P, re: 20, Sorry, I was meditating outside, Sue P, and the murder rate is soaring in NOLA and yet commerce and the building of OFFICE buildings from “workers” Outside LA and NOLA and makes NO look real nice, for tourism. What a sick Catch 22 (think amongst oneself LBH). A priest is keeping a :bow: Death Memorial on the outside of his church. :priest: /|\
:growl: :fist: ARREST! IMPEACH! “then” Intense Vigilance!
Tea :joe: Greetings All! ….. “poof”
A somewhat in depth Wino Watch. Hope that wasn’t posted already (didn’t see it).
andy aka Aquaman, re 11 :rofl2: :dancers: :rofl2:
:jerk: s, :fist: A!I! then V.
Fred, re 18 We need to ask for UN monitoring of our elections. :yippee: :pirate: :yippee:
re 12 Calls grow louder for international overview of U.S. markets 8)
Kevin, Yes what did happen to religious case? I hope all turns out well. I was P.I.O. (Public Information Officer for “southern” CA) for C.O.G. — not important unless regarding certain religious issues. no longer for C.O.G., yet I am interested. As SoCA says, I am my own church–although I am (now especially) Too Political, so just a certain grouping. Been on major news show (even larry king, if he really does news :barf: ).
A “certain” paper even has been monitoring different types of religion issues. (never a Name is needed) but all this is just to advise you there are many Now protecting your rights. As Hoggle (in Labyrinth) said, “If You Want Me…” ( 😉 )
:rofl2: :rofl2: :rofl2: A!I!V! :nana:
But I am licking my wounds
Go to an airport restroom, and you can probably find somebody to do that for you.
Comment by pjsauter — August 29, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Wow, I never had to wipe salad dressing off my monitor before.
:rofl2:
And thanks for the Wino Watch. I hadn’t read that one yet. A sad story that hopefully won’t end in tragedy.
Concerning the other thing that people are asking about, I’ll post later today. Better to not do it here at work.
re 27 PJ, it was wonderfully informative with great pixs … She looks good for all the :crap: the parents-in-law are putting them thru. She DOES NOT look anorexic. If Amy and hubby are walking a fine line, “riding the horse” (is it still called that?)? Well I compare it to walking “A Loose Rope” compared to “A Tight Rope”.
:pirate: A!I!V! :dancers: I will be checking back, but I too have to fly around. 😉 C-Ya *poof*
Better get Angus working on this story.
Two-thirds fewer greenhouse gas, with the same great taste!
How does Bio alcohol from beer residue get to be CO2 neutral. ?? C6H12OH + O2 == ??
Yeh Thomm ya finally are getting it … yes, Thom we americans are STUPID Twits :smack: 🙄
we, Americans, look so weak … bloody “L” …
Pj and Fred, 😉
I heard of this Beer Fuel, even in 80’s … 8) …
Now we USA twits are again looking pathetically weak. A Day Late….Whatever 🙄 Let everyone else win, so we continue to lose!
ARREST! IMPEACH! NOW!
actually bio fuel was being looked into (and even used in early “70’s) — our only hope is to immediately go into Solar, and HEMP fuel and “hemp” clothing. 🙄 Twits. :fustrate: :paranoid: :fustrate: … :fist: A!I! the V!
Hilly Kristal passes
Morning Sedition – CBGB’s
The show download here (I think)
http://www.airamericaplace.com/upload/aams080505.mp3
Country
Bluegrass
Blues
:gate:
:bow: The Bell Tolls for those that Passed. NOLA …
(I heard A Elderly Woman Giving Her OATH thru 🙁 OATH for her and others Never To Leave!) … 👿 bush and your 👿 adm The Bell Tolls For Thee, but not in the same way! :dancers: of :reaper:
The White Rich are :fu: are building. :barf: , et tu DITTO, accordingly.
******
Dear Sir, You were (are) Wonderful as the portal of The Music
:dancers: 🙁 :bow: Hilly Kristal passes /|\ :gate:
Sorry if I disappointed those of you who wished it had been Hillary or one of the Kristols.
It actually uses the spent mash, which is a grain. They don’t just dump the beer in the gas tank, which would be wasteful.
Hilly, Marc, & Mark
pjsauter, :nod: … In the article they spoke of “mash” therefore it was so the “joke” was spoken from someone who has been around this belief for decades. I know what you speak. I will make sure no LBH i.e. no “beer” but mash :smack: (it was a bit of a joke — evidently a LBH, it didn’t “fly” ,,, :rofl2: no one would put in just beer, I hope. :omg: $ :omg: … :fist: A!I!V! 😉
I was actually talking about it being carbon neutral.
My Bad, :spank: I still will use the proper terminology.
As Gilda would say, “Nevermind.”
:rofl2: i thought it was all about me again :smack: 🙄 … LBH
re 39 thx, I copied picture for me 🙂 🙁 :dancers: of :reaper: A!I!V! ,,, :rofl2: Down is my vote.
Gasoline Supply At Record-Low 20 Days
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. gasoline supplies are the lowest level ever recorded in terms of demand, just 20 days of average fuel consumption, the Energy Information Administration said Wednesday.
“This is even fewer days than seen following the hurricanes in 2005,” the EIA said in its weekly review of the oil market. “While the absolute level of total gasoline inventories has been slightly lower a few times in recent years, when the level of demand is taken into account, it has not been this low before.”
The low gasoline inventory will not likely cause a sharp spike in retail fuel prices, but will limit the usual decline in pump prices after this weekend’s Labor Day holiday, the EIA said.
Drivers now are enjoying the lowest gasoline prices in almost five months, the government said.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/2007-08-29-gasoline-record-low_N.htm
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Good time for a massive disruption of supply
😮 😮 😯 😯
Northern Iraq hit by major cholera outbreak: minister (8 dead so far: 4000 cases)
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – Health officials in northern Iraq are treating nearly 4,000 suspected cases of cholera and eight people have died so far, the health minister for Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Wednesday.
………..
Othman said Kurdistan had declared a state of emergency to prevent the spread of the acute intestinal infection, which is caught through contaminated water or food.
“The epidemic could move to other northern provinces and even to Baghdad,” he warned.
In Geneva, the WHO said it was aware of two outbreaks — one in the Kurdish province of Sulaimaniya and the other in Kirkuk, a province abutting Kurdistan with a large Kurdish population
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070829/hl_nm/iraq_cholera_dc_1
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Didn’t the Us army deal with the last group of idiginous people we wanted off “our” land in a similar manner.. ??? :reaper: :reaper:
In case you weren’t aware of the 9/11 General Strike.
More Male Restroom etiquette
5,100 Boy Scout leaders removed for abuse
CBS News reported Tuesday on “disturbing revelations” regarding the Boy Scouts, saying that “over the last 60 years, at least 5,100 adult leaders were kicked out of the Scouts because of allegations of sexual abuse.”
That figure emerged as the result of a lawsuit against the Scouts by two brothers, who told CBS they were abused throughout their entire childhoods by an assistant scoutmaster who has since acknowledged his guilt.
“Thousands of secret Boy Scout files … were turned over to the brothers’ attorney” as a result of the suit, CBS reported, and the attorney told CBS his analysis showed troop leaders were being tossed out for suspected abuse every three days before 1991 and every 2 days since then.
http://rawstory.com//news/2007/CBS_5100_Boy_Scout_leaders_removed_0829.html
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😮 😯
OK, as promised here’s a recap of my religious workplace crisis. Last Friday our department held a pot-luck dinner (actually lunch). About 30 minutes prior, we had a brief stand-up meeting during which some small gift bags containing office supplies and candy were passed out. Nothing major, but a nice cheap way to schmooze the employees. So far, so good.
Then one of the supervisors announces that Athena (one of my co-workers) will be blessing the food for the pot-luck, is that OK with everybody?
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The company I work for is not religious in nature, so this struck me as at least odd, if not inappropriate. So I left and went back to my desk.
At which point I composed a three-paragraph e-mail to my supervisor, suitable for forwarding to HR (which so far I haven’t), detailing what went on and why I was objecting to it, as someone who does not practice religion.
Said supervisor spent the rest of Friday avoiding me, although to be fair I was kind of busy myself and didn’t exactly seek her out. But when I saw her Monday morning, she still didn’t mention it! I don’t know if she was still investigating the situation, or hoping I was not as bent after a weekend off. (She doesn’t know me very well, obviously.)
So we met after lunch and I detailed my concerns. I was stunned to learn that according to the supervisors, a blessing is standard operating procedure prior to a potluck. News to me… I’ve been there five years and this was the first time I’d encountered such a thing. I reassured the supervisor that had it happened before when I was there, I would have raised it as an issue at that time.
We figured out that apparently this has been going on informally, rather than as part of a meeting. I told her that I don’t have a problem with co-workers praying if that’s what they want to do, but I object to it being a part of a meeting and forced upon me. Her response was “Well, this wasn’t a formal meeting, it was a FUN meeting!” which I guess was supposed to make it OK. I let her know that the meeting had not turned out to be fun for me once the religious portion of the program got underway.
Bottom line is that they are not going to stop praying, but if they feel the need to announce prayer in a meeting, they will provide notice so that we heathens can leave the group. Of course, now everyone will notice who leaves, not that I give a shit about their opinions, but some of the people participating in the prayer are the same supervisors who do the interviewing for promotions in my department. And the last time there were positions opened, both of them were filled by people who participate in the prayer group. Supposedly I just missed the final cut.
At this point, I could speak to the HR manager, who I get along with really well, but I don’t know that anything she would do would resolve anything. After consulting with both of my work wives, I’ve decided to hold off for now and see what happens in the near future. I’m documenting like crazy in the meantime, so if there is another occurrence I can escalate the complaint either to upper management or to HR.
Yes, I have multiple work wives. My first one was thinking about changing jobs, so I developed a relationship with someone else in case the first one left. Due to health reasons, she is still around, but having two work wives is working out OK so far because I can rotate them and not wear either of them out. I know that sounds sexist, but my first work wife has at least two other work husbands that I know of.
And to answer the inevitable next question, yes, I watch Big Love. A show I was introduced to by, you guessed it, my second work wife. 😀
Sorry this was so long, but you guys asked for it.
This fortune 500 corp strongly discourages any “relationships” between its professional employees …Observation seems to indicate that this does not apply to the worker bees ( especially the intern bees) and management bees having relationships however. :billcat:
If someone prayed at one of our company picnics it might cause serious questions as to how long the potato salad had set out in the sun. :reaper: :reaper:
Leona Helmsley’s Unusual Last Will
:pup:
pj’s rolling free enterprise below just had a link for Phoenix Pools http://www.bloomingdesert.com/
fred, you are hereby admonished for #50 and the ignored :bee: ops.
Kevin, it’s very hard to be a non-believer. Whenever people talk about religious discrimination, I always say the most oppressed are the atheists.
I was brought up by atheists (even grandma was one) and everyone always told me to just keep my mouth shut. I went to a public school where we recited the Lord’s prayer everyday and read from the bible at assembly. Neither I nor my folks ever said a word.
I think it’s great that you speak up. I wonder what would have happened if someone had objected when I was a kid. They probably would have called House Unamerican Activities Committee, and had my entire family arrested.
Things are changing too slowly, put they’re changing.
Oh man! Jeff Farias is talking about pastries on the air! :love: They’re only a couple of blocks away, if it wasn’t 112 degrees I might hike over there for cake!
Kevin M, I will track down … you can’t find it? Is it still on
You Tubes, but I will research………….it was on the night of FULL Moon, Eclipse, and Mars. If the video not there then IT MUST BE HERALDED (written about somewhere) … That was a profound video, except I have also read online Wash DC ALL the prez directives….and then I have to “dissect” aka peruse w/ a fine-tooth comb. It Was Succinctly Profound! :growl: A!I!V! I had a friend, who was/is gay, (he died), many boyfriends until I met hubby — But Never A Work Husband (Hubby) — female friends yes, but work hubby. I did have Professors some I dated, some called me their Granddaughter. 8) (Grand. thx for the memories) Rats … that’s my work soon. I have to change cat litter boxes (or whatever they are called) and Rat Mansions. :smack: :pirate: A!I!V! … Not Ready To Give In….Dixie Chicks
And now I am the only one here — *poof*
Kevin, I have to step away. Thanks for the story.
Brother
Geez, Kevin,
Boy, you are in a tough spot with all those work wives and a boss who kind of sounds like Dolores Herbig, as in “herbig brown eyes”, Millie’s boss in Dead Like Me :reaper: — gotta be tough to break through those barriers! :slap:
Sounds a lot like the Insurance World cubby drama scenarios I used to witness when I was covering for the marketing people of the rehab case management company I worked for — that’s why The Office & shows like Dead Like Me are totally among my favorites :boobs:
Hey, keep up the good work — assumptions (especially when it comes to “blessings” & religion) make an “ass” of “u” and “me” — don’t let ’em forget it!!! :slap: :nixon:
Or, as Al Franken would constantly say (though it wasn’t at all funny), you make an ass out of Uma Thurman.
Off the subject a bit but I would like to propose a pool, to guess when, soon to be former senator Craig finds Jesus. The winner could get a pint of “Sauter’s Special Lager”.
Perhaps that pool should take a guess at when he’s going to discover that he’s an alcoholic and go tearfully in rehab.
I don’t know Sue, I think he’s gonna find Jeebus. Praise Gawd!
I think logically, finding jeezus is the next steep. He can go pray himself straight again, and go on.
Thanks for standing up for the religious free work place, Kevin. You can’t let em have even an inch! :growl:
Re 58: I always hated that joke. And he was so relentless about repeating it over and over :doh: :smack:
Hilly Kristal, yay
Billy Crystal, nay
Looks like I get to work on my first Vista computer on Friday. For some reason the owner keeps getting popups complaining about driver incompatabilities. Imagine that.
WebHubbleTelescope, I had heard that Ben was to come back only for a visit. Riddle me this? Is he coming or going? :omg: :pirate: A!I!V! Nickelback … If Everyone Cared… :dancers:
I have been listening to all night (since received) Missed sleep :doh:
afternoon gang,
good stuff upbloggiem thanks!