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Originally Posted by RICHARD
Are you serious??? I don't see how you can believe that. Give me a
direct quote or other example of SS "fracturing" the English language.
(I'm serious)
I think she speaks "Lawyer" fluently.:) and after all, she is being questioned
on matters of law?
Pot calling the kettle black?:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
And on behalf of the majority of those living in California...you are welcome for Ms. Feinstein....that is why she keeps getting reelected.
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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
By the majority you mean the lefties that live in CAs largest population centers, screwwing over the rest of the state.Quote:
And on behalf of the majority of those living in California...you are welcome for Ms. Feinstein....that is why she keeps getting reelected.
The Nazi SS?Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
She refuses to go "rhetorical", but isn't that the whole idea of law? Going over a set of rules to protect us?
It's like those stupid laws in Podunk, California.
Let's make a rule that says, "Any person caught fishing from the open roof of a vehicle traveling over a bridge shall be subject to 250 dollar fine and/or 30 days in jail."
Let's pretend something is going to happen, so we need to make a law IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPENS!!!
I've talked to lawyers.
You have to get them drunk and slurring before you can really tell if they are serious.:confused::(
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Do I have to go back over hours of stunned people speaking, IT's there, trust me.:rolleyes::eek:
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Blue,
Now that little kid is what it's all about.
Throw a whole bunch of children into a room and they will figure how things work.
If you compare Sotomayor's “performance” to the last two, Alito and Roberts – she is doing as well as they did -- a bland performance from all three. It is a grueling process that I could not tolerate. I give anyone who can get through it without lunging over the table and shaking the stuffing out of a few senators a great deal of credit.
I hate the grandstanding of both parties in the process and my admiration for her has grown as she has graciously and judiciously withstood the assault. I liked the spunk that Ginsberg showed in her responses and would like to see more of that in Sotomayor. But then Ginsberg did not have to be wary of the shibboleth of “fiery Latina”.
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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
I secretly think those old white men on the panel would have their
boxers in a knot over any "wise women "who dared think they were the
equal (if not better) than them. Then you add "Latina" to the mix
and they sputter in rage at the thought.:D
What about a semi skilled white woman?Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
SP maybe?:D
I find your 'boxers in a knot' comment offensive and ask that you apologize.
Barbara Boxer is MY senator and I have to get her back, only because she's from Cah Lee Fuh Nee Ah!;):D
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Um, Mr. prez?
I am one of the naysayers you mentioned today.
Pay attention.....I'll speak slowly.
I want HCR, If it takes a few years and is done well, I have no problems with that. MY concern is you spending money on BS reform, just to shut the detractors up. Reform starts small, otherwise you have to reform the reform later on.
Assault on Sotomayor? The softballs they are lobbing at her hardly classify as an assault. Has she actually answered any of the questions, or has she talked her way around all of them? All I saw was alot of rambling non answers.
She doesnt understand the difference between self defence and vigilantism, her rulings on the Second Amendment show she doesnt have a clue what a Federal Right is. She made a sexist, racist comment a few years ago that she stands by today. A discrimination case she ruled on is heading the the SCOTUS, the rambling and stammering about that would drive anybody nuts. She couldnt or wouldnt answer questions about abortion.
I guess I shouldnt be suprised some people would be easily impressed.
What the heck is Franken doing on the pannel anyway? Why are they even having a confirmation hearing for that matter, are they just going through the motions?
ETA: SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas got raked over the coals by the media, the same media that is dismissing and ignoring anything negative about Mrs Sotomayor. Is it OK to question the character of a Black Justice but not OK to question the charcter of a Hispanic Justice? Is it possible the media is pandering to the POTUS and hispandering to a racial group for ratings?
shibboleth
shib⋅bo⋅leth [shib-uh-lith, ‑leth]
a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.
TOTUS down!! TOTUS down!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Titter away my friend.
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Originally Posted by blue
http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/primeinc_2055_9158772
"We have implemented security measures around TOTUS, Repeat, we have implemented security measures around TOTUS!"
Radio traffic around the WH press area.....
Still tittering.....Could I do that on a cellphone?:D;)
Check out This Link - see how very much they think alike.
After reading it, I figured they all had the same speech writer http://bestsmileys.com/writer/1.gif
Yes, bland, bland and bland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Jon Stewart's July 14 show has a great bit on the hearings. Especially the "Moment of Zen" with the two boys fast asleep!
Oh! The banality of it....
Tried it, didn't work.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
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BO investing in new water technology for the U.S. and the world.
Barack Obama is looking for investments to bolster the latest scientific research in the area of powdered water.
He plans to market the powdered water to the only logical place on the planet-The Middle East. "If we can begin production of powdered water on a large scale, we can open up a trade agreement with the countries that are located in the ME." Obama said. "We can then use the leverage to possibly trade for oil or reduce the cost of buying petroleum products from the area. Who doesn't like a fresh glass of water while they are stumbling around in the desert?"
So now the brilliant nominee is shown as what she is, just as banal as Shrubco's picks. No wonder they are throwing her softball questions to ramble through.
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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
Well, they had to throw softball questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
BO was pitching the game of his life at the All-Star Game.:confused::o
They pulled him after the first pitch because of his jeans.:rolleyes:
I thought they pulled him for allmost bouncing the ball in front of the plate?Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
So is it ironic or sad that a proffessional comedian is now a senator?
No better, nor worse, than a song-and-dance man as Senator (George Murphy, R-Ca.).Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
Or the three female stooges from Cah Lee Fuh Nee ah?Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
:D
I could see them slapping each other around while they went thru menopause.
Street rat craaaazeeee!
California has had two governors who were "B" movie actors. One went on to be what some consider a good president.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
I do not know what is the "right" or "wrong" former occupation for a politician. Sarah Palin was a sports reporter, right?
Al Franken is a Havard graduate and author in addition to be a comedy writer and performer. I know....I have all his books....;);):D
Not to mention, he was also a tool maker, a miner, a real estate agent, chairman of the CA Republican Comittee, and president of SAG. Ild say that makes Mr Murphy far better then a comedian/comentator.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Maybe yes; maybe no. Guess we will have to wait and see how Senator Franken's term plays out.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
BTW, Mr. Franken is also an author, and USO volunteer. Earlier this year, he was presented with the USO's Merit Award for his 10 years of service to the organization through visiting injured and deployed service members.
Excellent article on Palin. This pretty well sums it up.
John McNamara Writer and Producer
July 15, 2009 01:31 PM
Palin: Idiot? Genius? Or Something Else?
She's too cunning to be labeled stupid.
She doesn't read, write or speak well enough to be called intelligent.
She loves the camera and the camera loves her right back.
She has the ability to constantly surprise and unsettle -- kind of like a stalker, appearing at odd hours on the door step with a tray of "I'm sorry I set your desk on fire but I love you" cupcakes, smilingly oblivious to the restraining order.
So let's add it up:
Not a moron.
But not smart.
Charismatic.
Determined.
Full of surprises.
What does it all mean?
Cary Grant had a theory. A career is like a crowded bus. When your ride is up, you get off and someone else gets on, taking your place. Not another you, necessarily but a younger, fresher someone who fills a similar space. You could argue that just as Cary Grant stepped down onto the curb, Tom Hanks grabbed the rail, so that older affable, shrewd, enduring, iconic star with a gigantic appeal and talent to match gracefully made way for the next generation of same.
I think there's a lot of truth to what we'll call The Cary Grant Theorem and it's borne out by the two biggest cable news cycle events of the last 30 days:
Michael Jackson got off the bus.
And Sarah Palin grabbed his seat, probably knocking a few old ladies like Ann Coulter and Newt Gingrich out of the way.
Because like Michael Jackson, Sarah Palin, more than anything else, is a weirdo.
Is she Jackson-level weird? Not yet. But Michael Jackson was famous for forty years. She hasn't even been famous eleven months. And she's plenty weird already. Which is kind of an achievement in itself. I'm hard-pressed to think of anyone in the public eye who's shot this high, this fast, starting out a little odd and then, in mid-ascent, before all eyes, blossomed like a display of Fourth of July fireworks into a bursting full tilt, hi-def, fruit loop weird-plosion.
Michael Jackson's music stopped entertaining us long ago. His fame was his life, his life was bizarre and the arc of that life was on a downward trajectory. But he blazed as he fell. And we all watched. He played his part, we played ours. He needed to be looked at with awed eyes and open mouths.
Palin, arching upward now, has the exact same need. She does not have the need to identify and fix problems. She does not have the ability to think of others outside her enabling, tight circle.
She certainly does not have the capacity or character to lead.
Based on her having resigned from two of the most important posts she's held in her political career, day to day governance bores and annoys her.
What she has is the need to amass power.
Sarah Palin seeks fame in order to make more fame then live on that fame, then hunt down more fame still, then live inside fame, until fame finally consumes her.
Sarah Palin will dominate the public stage for as long as she wants to. She may never be at the center of it but she will be a loud, bright, ongoing side show for a long, long time.
We need to keep her happy and far, far away from any real power.
The idea of electing her to an office that has an American eagle on the carpet and a view of a rose garden is as frightening to imagine as going back in time to an alternate universe in 1992 -- where the ribbon is being cut on The Micheal Jackson Cuddle 'N Tickle Day Care Center.
Like Jackson's desire to play peek a boo with six-year-olds, Palin's desire to become a world leader should create waves of genuine panic then a constant storm of jokes, to be rained down upon her hourly, forever.
These jokes are crucial to nullifying her. She has no sense of humor and she actually takes them personally then engages in battles with TV hosts and comedians. Her inability to let the tiniest critique roll off her back could save us from that Judgment Day missile launch her fervent little Book of Revelations heart may desire.
Palin jokes are like Ali's rope-a-dope strategy with Foreman -- drive her crazy (well, -er), tire her out, taunt her to her feet, repeat, keeping her in the fight and well away from actual decisions.
In other words, Man's Only Hope could be David Letterman.
In the meantime, watch her.
Watch the drive, the focus, the paranoia, and most of all that little extra something you catch in the smile, glimpse in the high voice or the rambling, self-justifying speeches that seem like alien messages from another planet being beamed into her head, all of it adding up to a dominant trait only Michael Jackson showcased with the same hungry pride:
Weirdness heard the world over; weirdness that will live forever and, most disturbingly, weirdness that will attract, amass and empower the even-weirder.
Call it The Corey Feldman Theorem.
Schadenfreude.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
These are the only requirements for the office of United States Senator that are specified in Article I, Section 3 of the U. S. Constitution.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
Individuals must be:
* at least 30 years old.
* a U.S. citizen for at least nine years at the time of election to the Senate.
* a resident of the state one is elected to represent in the Senate.
No mention of previous job experience, no Law degree required, not even a mention of education.
Liz - that reminds me of one of my favorite scenes in Fiddler on the Roof. The townspeople asked the wise old rabbi - "Rabbi - you say there is a blessing for everything, what is the blessing for the Czar?" The rabbi replied - "God bless and keep the Czar - far away from us."
I wish Ms. Palin every good thing possible in life. Bless her and keep her....far away from us!:D:D
p.s. Oh Grace...there you go with that pesky Constitution again! ;-)
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Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
I'm tucking this little gem away.
Funny stuff, you saying this.
You can change the persuasion of the person being written about and it comes to the same conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
Most politicians come from the same cloth. The cloth that covers the seat of my pants.
I call it the CYA theorum.
I made no comment on requirements to be a representative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
That's correct, you didn't. However you listed all the positions Senator Murphy had held, as if to imply he was better qualified because of his work history. Not one of those positions matter a whit to the Constitution.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
Glenn Beck having a meltdown. Warning - Mr. Beck totally loses it, and is loud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_dEIqSaV4
Wow...what a whack job! Is he the guy who cries or something on tv?
The very one. He has a TV show, on FOX, and a radio show, also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
I in no way mentioned or implied that Mr Franken was either fit or unqualified to hold public office.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
You tried to minimise, and possibly insult, Mr Murphy's accomplishments by calling him a "song and dance man" when he was clearly much more. Where as Mr Franken is first and fore most a very talented satirical comedian, comentator, and writer. Ild include politician to that list but Ill wait and see how his satire helps his new career. I do have to commend Franken for his work with the USO over the last 10 years.
Where did I say that being a song-and-dance man was a bad thing?Quote:
Originally Posted by blue
You asked the question whether it was sad or ironic that a comedian is now a senator - (I would consider that to be just as minimizing/insulting as you seem to imply I have been toward Senator Murphy).
Thats pretty typical for Beck when people call in and read off talking points but lack any real information.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
Anybody else notice that the uploader of the audio was www.typicalnegroes.com?
If you want really good melt downs listen to Ed Schultz.
You didnt answer the question though, you redirected then like you are redirecting now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grace
ETA: TO answer my own question I think its ironic as most politicians are a joke, and Franken might actually do a better job then most of them.
Jello Biafra once ran against [EDIT]Quentin Kopp[/EDIT].
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Originally Posted by Further Edit from Wikipedia
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Originally Posted by blue
DUDE!
Jello Biafra!!!!!!! I hadn't thought of him in years!:D:)
Thanks!
Senator Lindsay Graham apologized to a candidate for the Supreme Court.
For what?...for the pain of being called out for membership in what could be perceived as a racist organization. Apologized to him and his family for enduring such a thing.
Was it Sonia Sotomayor?
Of course not....it was Samuel Alito.
Now that is irony!
You can see it on the July 16 Jon Stewart Daily Show.
I think of him every time I hear the name Diane Fienstien.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD