July 29, 2011 02:00 PM
Open Thread with The Professional Left Weekly Podcast: It gets better...for liberals?
Time for your weekly podcast with our own Driftglass and Bluegal, otherwise known as The Professional Left. I always look forward to these as my weekly dose of sanity on Friday afternoons when they first come out.
Mentioned in this episode: The World According to Chuck, Serenity.
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Open thread below...
The 'Federal Reserve' is neither federal nor a reserve.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
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me-oww!
http://www.federal-reserve.net/
Oh, and another thing, Donald Rumsfeld spilled the beans about wasteful 'spending' at the Pentagon, on September 10, 2001. He brought it to our attention that the Pentagon could not account for $2,300,000,000,000 of our dollars. Yes, that Rumsfeld, brought this to our attention! Then we promptly did nothing. Completely forgotten. Well, now it's time to remember.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
Knowing now what we know about rummy, why do you suppose he told us about it?
Really curious.
No way I believe he was once an honest man.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
Good question. Perhaps he wanted to deflect blame by getting out in front of it? He was addressing the issue though. Although he never brought it up again as far as i know.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Nixon (of all people) referred to Rummy as one real ruthless bastard.
Maybe the bushies wanted to take more direct control of the Pentagon, so he was taking advantage of the wasteful spending to do a little crisis capitalism of his own. Then something bigger came along to enable him to do the same thing.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
:)
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
Only teenaged LGBT liberals.
me-oww!
Can't find link for today's event, but held 4X year, incl. today
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
has "No Talking Points" segment where he wouldn't let Randy Paul talk over him. Awesome!!
(no clip yet.)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm looking forward to that clip!
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
WTF is up with Randy's hair??
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Randian Paul - "I think we're having some trouble understanding each other"
Hahahahh! Ya, because you won't snap out of your tea soaked trance long enough to have a conversation, dick.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Whenever Rand opens his trap I feel a deep desire to slap those curls off his head.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
Don't take no shit. I like him.
I wasn't all that impressed. He still let him yammer on endlessly and call insisting on their balanced budget amendment as somehow being "reasonable" and "compromise." The only thing Lemon really did is get onto him a few times when he asked some not so terribly probing questions on whether the "influential" "tea party" has made their point or not now and should give in to the god awful austerity "compromises" that are being discussed by both sides. It was more false equivalencies from Lemon and he got baby Paul aggravated a bit since he didn't allow him to filibuster him during the interview, but it was definitely no model for holding any of these people's feet to the fire. If anything Lemon should be called out for trying to pretend that daring to interrupt one of them once in a while for not directly answering a question, even if they answer that question with a lie and with no follow up from Lemon, is some model for what anyone would call journalism.
He let him lie and get away with it and he let him pretend that the Republicans are acting reasonable in any way shape or form during this debt ceiling debacle without really calling him on it.
Maybe it's just been so long since I've seen anyone on CNN put his/her foot down to anyone. Call it "the doormats fight back", I guess. The fact that it is so rare that anyone (Ratigen, Ed, O'Donnell excepted) call these privileged bitches out for there shit IS why they're so eager to go on in front of their mics.
Yeah, maybe Lemon's just being given enough latitude by CNN for a short-term, and then they'll toss him as just "another uppity Negro". Wouldn't surprise me at all if this is their plan. But til then, I'll support the guy in whatever attempts, even if imperfect, that are better than the other "newsmen" on that network.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
to see these guys called out in any measure, but that's really not what he did. And there's a later clip where he's bragging about the interview with some outtakes which just makes the fact that he didn't really bring the hammer down on him on anything even worse. Dave Neiwert has had some personal experience with CNN and Lemon in particular that he told me about a while back and he's got a pretty low opinion of him to put it mildly. He's not as awful as some of the others on there, but he's still pretty bad about ninety percent some of the time. And don't even get me started on Ratigan when he allows Tom Coburn and Jason Chaffetz to come on his show on a regular basis and pretend either of those two assholes aren't a major part of what's wrong with our political system right now. Ratigan talks a tough game about fixing what's wrong with our political system with meaningless platitudes that he repeats on a daily basis and then let's right wingers come on there and paints them as sane or rational.
The teevee "liberals" who get paid a fat paycheck, to pretend to care for the lower classes. It's called acting.
allegedly use bogus threats to prevent people from signing petitions.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The right wing could never get to where they are today by being honest. It would just never happen. It should be everyone's duty to make sure that the right wingers are put back in their place - the distant past - like maybe the 1930s.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
record bankruptcy.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Right there's a perfect example of what goes on all over this nation. And look at the result.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
Mr Booze
;)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
:)
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
a show that always gets me yelling at the TV-- fucked up or sober.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The framework of a tentative deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling calls for up to $2.8 trillion in total deficit reduction over the next decade, sources tell CNN.
The agreement, still being negotiated by the White House and bipartisan congressional leaders, would allow the debt ceiling to be raised by enough to last at least through the end of 2012.
News of a possible deal came shortly after the Senate delayed consideration of Majority Leader Harry Reid's proposal late Saturday, pushing back a key procedural vote by 12 hours.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
feed. Here's hoping the fools come up with something that won't ding the country's credit and make average people suffer. Not optimistic, but here's hoping...
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
What about revenue? They can't fix the economy without revenue for stimulus and infrastructure repair.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
talk about therapeutic swearing!
I'm proud to blog. My speech is protected, many times I link around the internet, and most of it is either clear opine or pretty difficult to dispute
but my right to lampoon and employ speech unseeming, i.e. NSFW is protected
unlesss, I think, if i am obviously a communistSouth Carolina Senator James Demint professes NOT to know the difference, but dang if he shouts down ANYONE trying to explain he has his METAPHORS MIXED and his BBA acronym-ificators all K-STREETED… a Koch Brothers wolf in rooster-feather armor.
But the only America that James Demint (R-SC) can stand to live in is one where the 200-year standard for checks and balances in government go out the window...
You wanna have a different country with different rules, Demint? ...You jackals did it once before; we kicked yer states’ right ass then we’ll do it again. Non-union airplane-buildin’ m*f*s.
They’ll force Barack Obama to invoke the 14th Amendment himself by executive order.
Then they want Antonin Scalia to grab a flag, a rosary, three rifle sights with the Biblical references intact and Mein Kampf
And shove them so far up t
http://abbysbigcity.com/demint-hates-america-...
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
of the Palestinians with Kennedy's Bay of Pigs standoff. (?!)
Damn, TV sucks at this motel...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'll bet her lawyers are encouraging her, so they can get paid...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
RE: Last-minute debt deal. Anyone wanna predict it's not only going to suck, but that the Dems are going to argue that it was the "best" they could do? Anyway...
The other GOP "motivational" video. Meet the beetle. Final map of redistricted California. Yosemite not saving the trees. NATO bombs Libya TV transmitters. Troops worried about getting paid, for some reason. Funny or Die tackles Netflix price hike. Perry doesn't believe states' rights apply to gay marriage, supports amendment to ban it. Are you smarter than an IE browser user? Flight from NY crashed in Guyana. Latest FBI reward. The commenters on the link already beat me to it, but Bush returns to the scene of the crime. Jerry gives the brown-eye to the elderly. Japan can't get a break over quakes.Via @ebertchicago: Social Security "reform", Onion-style. The WSJ analyzes Breivik's behavior. Via @21stprincipal: Save Our School lashes out against Obama's education "reform". Barry won't talk to the teachers. If only he demanded the same standards of teachers that he did of himself in regards to the economy...Biodiversity on the decline in spite of an increase in protected habitats? Via @timmaughan and @guardian, Nobel laureate asks European leaders to tread the topic of multiculturalism carefully.Via @sirkowski, Pam Geller suddenly concerned about stoking violence and being insensitive.
It was always a choice about default or depression. Every economist who was right about everything else is yelling "the end is nigh", regarding austerity during a recession.
Basically.. "would you like to give America a quick death, or let it die slowly and painfully?"
Seems we're choosing the latter.
As an arborist, I can certainly understand the desire and/or need to remove trees for various reasons. I make such recommendations on a daily basis. Without knowing the specifics of the trees and sites, I can't comment whether this is good or not. Given the sensitivity of the area, I'd like to think that such decisions are being made competently. I'll have to ask my boss why we didn't bid on the job.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
. . . but if they're doing it right, it sounds like it could be a fantastic job to work on.
What a canvas for an artist.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
Tons of cops on the skytrain today. :(
far left loon >.<
Skyway
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
had one of the worst days of my life. My sister who I happen to live with has declared that she's an Independant. Yes terday we got our ballots in the mail. When I saw mine I asked her if she got hers and she said after a moment of weirdness, Uh Huh and that is all she said. A little later I saw her ballot in the waste basket. She can't be independant if she won't make serious decisions.
As we are constantly boxed into this "either or" situation, I can understand your sister's frustration. Our elections are being reduced into voting for crooks, or voting for sociopaths, who are often also crooks. I generally vote for the crooks (dems) over the sociopaths (repub), but basically, that is all our elections revolve around.
No, and I'm sure you're thankful to have not had to live some of my worst ones either, my friend.
Very clever turn of a phrase, whether intended or not. ;)
Don't really know what to say. I've got a couple of really good friends who haven't voted in 20+ years. They're basically pretty liberal, but basically argue that (right or wrong) their votes don't matter. We're long past the days of arguing about it. I've just got to accept it, but I wish I could fill out their ballots...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
We've seen the movie.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/articl...
There are genetic experiments going on that involve the implantation of human components into animals.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8653962/Sc...
There was a 3 tiered approach to this issue that I saw on internet TV. Basically, the 3rd tier was to not go down the "planet of the apes" avenue.
Google didn't give me the link.
And you thought Christine O'Donnell was merely a witch. Turns out she knew all along.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
At one point in the Professional Left podcast, they suggested that we "Stand up as Liberals" and make statements like "Here's a dollar -- that's more than Exxon paid in taxes last year. How do you feel about that?"
Most people I know will simply say that paying any taxes is immoral, unconstitutional, and generally wrong. Their response will probably be that they envy Exxon, and wish they could figure out how to avoid paying taxes themselves. Usually in such situations they add that I'm free to pay more taxes if I want to, but I shouldn't tell them what to do.
So how do you deal with this? I've tried reframing the situation and pointing out that taxes pay for various government services and infrastructure that everyone uses, but the response to this is always that (a) these services suck, (b) they don't want most of the things that are done with their tax dollars, and (c) they didn't ask for any of it.
And I can certainly see the point about not wanting most of the things that are done with my tax dollars. It causes me a great deal of pain to think that my taxes are going towards killing people in Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Libya. It feels downright insulting to think that my taxes are paying subsidies to giant industries that destroy the environment or outsource jobs to other countries. It makes me tired to think that my taxes are paying for a massive government that prosecutes people for nonviolent drug violations and whistleblowing, while financial organizations get away with destroying the economy.
Given all that, what do I say? Hell, is there even a point anymore? Maybe I'd enjoy what's left of my life a little better if I just sat back and had another drink, before the shooting revolution comes along and stands me up against the wall.
Yeah, thre is a point. Don't quit, don't give up and maintain an attitude that says, "Kick some ass!
Rock on!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
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When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
but start jockeying for a good spot in the front row that's not downrange of the shooting. Don't forget canned food, bottled water, and popcorn.
Radix Omnium Malorum Avaritia
I can give you a million reasons for my decision, but here's one you cannot argue with:
You'd have to be nuts to pay the people who are killing you. They may not know you exist, but none the less they are doing everything they want with no regard for your life. And it's killing you. It's that simple.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
love to know who is pulling the strings behind your right wing politicians. When asked they only have boiler plate responses to questions"who's fault is the debt"? etc. I guess they are trying josef goebbels the big lie. If something is repeated often enough and loud enough eventually people will believe it? I mean sometimes I want to reach through the TV and smack these guys upside the head for the stupid remarks they make
Jeezzuss.
Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
This Fractured Fairy Tale is hilarious
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kby4oA1nQZM
far left loon >.<
:~D
Corruption favors the wealthy.
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Humpty Dumpty was pushed.
reselling cookies and rerolled cigarettes stolen on Xmas Eve...
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---Southwest Airlines
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