A Joyous Noel

Casey's post on Mukasey for Media Dummies was featured on the JK blog today.

Go check it out and say hi.

Video: Republicans, RNC and Racism

Welcome back woz, hope your recovery moves along very quickly, just chatting about you to a friend of my sons. yesterday who lives in Hervey Bay.

Casey's post on Mukasey for Media Dummies was featured on the JK blog today.

I posted on Rebelle to with JK comments left by karen. Excellent Piece Casey, Hope you don't mind.

Video: Is Bush Crazy??
"Near the end of this interview Bush says;
"Whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, we got more work to do. We the free world has more work to do, and I believe those of us who live in liberty have a responsibility to promote forms of government that deal with what causes 19 kids to get on airplanes to kill 3000 students.
"What is he talking about???"
President George W Bush interview (Part 1)

President George W Bush interview (Part 2)

"CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND"??????

What the heck happened to:

reconstruction

diplomacy

political progress

Ex-Saudi ambassador: Kingdom could have helped U.S. prevent 9/11
Source: CNN
Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda's 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a "credible" way, the kingdom's former ambassador said in a documentary aired Thursday.
The comments by Prince Bandar bin Sultan are similar to the remarks this week by Saudi King Abdullah that suggested Britain could have prevented the July 2005 train bombings in London if it had heeded warnings from Riyadh.
Speaking to the Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Bandar -- now Abdullah's national security adviser -- said Saudi intelligence was "actively following" most of the September 11, 2001, plotters "with precision."
"If U.S. security authorities had engaged their Saudi counterparts in a serious and credible manner, in my opinion, we would have avoided what happened," he said.
Bandar was the Saudi ambassador to Washington for nearly 22 years before he was replaced in 2005. A knowledgeable U.S. official told CNN that Bandar's comments should be taken "with a grain of salt."
watch video
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/saudiarabia.terrorism/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

It will be interesting to see the U.S. mainstream media ignore this gigantic verbal slip/mental error by Bush....

Family sues government over Iraq veteran's suicide
David Edwards and Muriel KanePublished:
Friday November 2, 2007
A recent study by the Veterans Affairs Department showed that since 2001, 430 combat veterans have committed suicide either while serving in Afghanistan or Iraq or after leaving the service. Others died after returning from combat but while still in uniform.
One of those veterans was Marine Lance
Family sues government over Iraq veteran's suicide
Corporal Jeffrey Lucey, who died by his own hand in June 2004. His parents, Kevin and Joyce Lucey, are now suing both the government and the former Secretary of Veterans Affairs over their son's death. The Luceys are members of an anti-war group, Military Families Speak Out, and hope their lawsuit will help force an overhaul of the VA system.
Jeffrey Lucey returned from Iraq in 2003, profoundly depressed and drinking heavily to handle the pain. Lucey's sister Debbie told CNN, "He looked at me and, as he took two dog tags off of his neck and tossed them at me, and said, 'Don't you understand, your brother's a murderer.'"
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/U.S._Government_sued_for_causing_Iraq_1101.html

His Name Was Wellstone

If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.

- Paul Wellstone
Five years ago, Senator Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota) died when his plane went down in the woods of northern Minnesota. The crash also took the lives of his wife Sheila, his daughter Marcia, campaign staffers Will McLaughlin, Tom Lapic and Mary McEvoy, along with pilots Michael Guess and Richard Conry.
This grim remembrance is a marker for the Democratic majority in Congress, a moment for unblinking self-assessment, a chance to compare and contrast the vast gulf between who Wellstone was in life and what his party has become since his death.
http://www.truthout.org:80/docs_2006/110107A.shtml

Democrats Stand Back as War Funding Continues
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110207J.shtml
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "In the next few days, a Congressional conference committee will likely pass the largest defense spending bill in the history of the United States. Despite Democratic lawmakers' promises to stop issuing blank checks for war, the bill does not call for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq or Afghanistan, nor does it prevent military action against Iran."

Ralph, they let gaffs like that slip from him all the time.

But it is nice to finally know WHY 3000 people died that day.

Because they were students.

I so get it now.

(Insert gagging here)

(1) I never new Oz was ill; all my best for a speedy recovery!

(2) Guys, can't we wait until Thanksgiving is over before we start with Christmas? I mean, I just threw out the pumpkins....

Chuck in Houston

Actually -- Sparrow -- is that true or is that a parody? I mean the bit about the health gift cards.

Chuck in Houston

YouTube is so cool. It saved me the trouble of typing the lyrics of "Barbara Ann"

(Ba ba ba, ba Barbara Ann.
Ba ba ba, ba Barbara Ann.
Barbara Ann,
Come take my hand,
Barbara Ann,
You got me rocking and a rolling
Rocking and a reeling
Barbara Ann
Ba ba ba Barbara Ann.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ8Vyw_zQ9Q

Chuck in Houston

Ally:

See, SoCal has nothing to be ashamed of, when you put everything in its proper perspective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy2NXt70G6I

Chuck in Houston

There needs to be accountability
The REAL Rudy: Radios

NYC Councilman Eric Gioia:
"My promise is I'll do everything I can to get answers."

With the councilman's support, we can hold Giuliani accountable for his failure to equip firefighters with radios that could have saved lives on 9/11, and get answers to these questions:

Why was nothing done to improve FDNY radio performance for seven years after a clear need was demonstrated in the 1993 World Trade Center attack?
When new radios were finally ordered, why did the city award a contract to Motorola without a competitive bidding process?
Once Motorola was given the contract, why did its cost jump from $1.4 million to $14 million?
Why were these new radios never field tested?
No, this is not the answer to the distortions of Rudy Giuliani's campaign and administration. This is just the beginning.
But it is a helluva start!

Robert Greenwald
and the Brave New Films team

By 1979, or thereabouts, the situation had developed into this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcsVOFh-Ipo

By Charles Sullivan
Behind The Facade Of Incompetence
The narcotic of state sponsored propaganda has a powerful and hypnotic effect on our collective senses, and it is rending asunder the fabric of what is supposed to be a free and civil society. We believe what we are told and accept what we are given, without demanding truth, justice or accountability.
http://www.opednews.com:80/articles/opedne_charles__071101_behind_the_facade_of.htm

One-Day Iraq Toll Is Highest for U.S. In Many Months
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, October 19, 2006; Page A01
BAGHDAD, Oct. 18 -- A roadside bombing and other attacks killed 10 American troops across Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military reported Wednesday, making it the deadliest day of combat for U.S. forces in 10 months.
The one-day toll, part of what the U.S. military has said is a 43 percent increase in attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces in the capital since midsummer, occurred as casualties among Iraqi troops and civilians are soaring far higher than at any previous time in the war, according to U.S. and Iraqi tallies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101800239.html?nav=rss_world&g=1

US army contracting alarms panel
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have stretched US armed forces
An independent panel has strongly criticised the way the US army manages contracts to supply its troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The panel said there were high levels of fraud and waste in relation to contracts worth $4bn (£1.9bn) a year.
It blamed a lack of oversight and said only about half the army's contracting staff were properly qualified.
Defence Secretary Robert Gates said he was "dismayed" by the report and the Pentagon would pursue its suggestions.
The army says it is pursuing 83 criminal inquiries related to contract fraud and more than $15m in bribes have been exposed.
The panel did not address specific allegations against individuals, but made clear that a lack of oversight and too few army contracting personnel had exacerbated systemic problems.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7074285.stm

BTW,

Happy anniversary DCP people!

This day marks 3 years exactly since we watched the biggest disappointment in probably all of our lives unfold.

At 7:37 pm,CST, it will be 3 years to the minute when we watched Kerrys 3 million vote lead, turn into bushes 3 million vote lead, almost as if by magic.

Or sumthin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMD7Ezp3gWc

Chuck,

Sadly, it's not a parady. I wish it were. If anyone here is interested in working with PDA for healthcare reform then let me know. I will find a way to email the information to you.

Sparrow:

Waht is PDA? I was thinking Personal Digital Assistant but that is probably something else.

Chuck

Chuck

Thanks for sharing the video... watching now.

Chuck

PDA also stands for Progressive Democrats of America. Their website is at pdamerica.org.

Christy

Thanks for reminding me...

Sadly, I do think W would have won fair and square when all was said and done. He did NOT have to cheat in Ohio and Florida. I know I am in the minority here when I say that, but I am still well convinced.

Kerry ran a great campaign and was a great candidate. The nation was just too brain-dead to accept him.

Chuck,

Healthcare insurance reform is actually something I've had pretty good luck in promoting and getting people involved in the battle. Even people who aren't political care about this subject. And for those who really think they don't like Democrats or "socialized medicine" they almost always end up being able to understand the crisis and accept the idea of national healthcare insurance.

Friends and I are always trying to plan good 'rebuttals'. I'm pretty good at helping out and at helping people get connected to the people in charge over there. But it's been one step at a time.

Sparrow

The trouble is that so many people still think they have the best healthcare system on earth (after all, "only" 15% are uninsured), and don't realize how broken our system is.

They see any attempts to tamper/nationalize our system as an assault on their wellbeing.

I get this from my fellow businesspeople, virtually all of whom are Republicans due to the California Democrats' strong anti-business record.

Kangaroo

Rudy needs to taste his own medicine, when he goes out cross-dressed onto the streets of NYC, and gets assaulted by one of his Jamaican puppets.

And Motorola is one helluva hideous company, right up there with Samsung. Get Nokia, Sony Ericsson, or even LG.

Ally,

Depending on the argument, we've had success in convincing people. But I suppose it depends on what your people are saying. Make a list and see if we can come up with some rebuttals for you.

Speaking of phones, I am seriously considering the overpriced yet easy-to-use iPhone from Apple...

Sparrow

Their arguments are pretty tired old same ones. I'd love to see your arguments.

Air Force Office of Special Investigations
Three US airmen killed in Iraq
Fri Nov 2, 12:09 PM ET
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Three US airmen have been killed during combat operations near an air base north of Baghdad, US Central Command said on Friday.
The three were killed on Thursday near Balad air base, it said, adding they were "assigned to the at Balad".
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071102/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestustoll_071102160906

Ally,

I need more specifics than what you are giving. Be specific and post your list. I will let you which arguments we've seen or utilized before.

Heading to bed now.

Night all.

What is so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3_QFu7epQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJkOyc_phy4

November 2, 2007 9:02 PM
Ally McRepuke said:

Wow Ally. I do see it exactly the opposite.

There is no way in hell georgie could have won it fair and square. And yes, he had too, and did cheat in Florida and Ohio, and both times swung the nation with election fraud.

Kerry was a very capable, maybe overly qualified, candidate, but he had some serious weaknesses and made some major stumbles.

For 1. When you are completely surrounded, outnumbered and know you are taking an ass whipping, take the damn gloves off and put that politically correct politeness in the grave where it belongs and use the truth to stomp them like you ain't got nothing to lose but the presidency.

Interestingly enough though, this disease of playing political nice and proper with WAR CRIMINALS is not just a disease Kerry suffered from, but has infected the entire body politic long before Kerry made his bid.

But it sure would have been nice to watch Kerry throw off those chains and just open up a can of whip ass on georgie boy. If he has the courage to kill 'our' enemies himself, I know he had the courage to smack georgie around but he was seeking 'the high road'.

When a killer has his hands around your throat is not the time to worry about decorum.

#2, The press blackout was never effectively countered. I know they played unfair with yall, but that is the time to use the bully pulpit, which as I said in #1 Kerry refrained from doing.

And #3. No one forced Kerry to clip his words. Like it or not, we live in a soundbite world, and Kerry SOUNDS like he has been writing the i's and t's of legislation for 20 years.

Listening to him it is obvious that he is extremly bright, but only to those of us smart enough to understand the difference between listening to someone smart as oppossed to someone dumb.

I am not saying he should have been dumbed down, I am saying his speech should have been clipped, use fewer, but stronger words, to get double the impact. Go back to basic wording, then even the common man understands perfectly. No DC translator device needed.

It also helps that fewer words are more likely to make it into a 'news' clip where 'news' consists of a soundbite lasting no more than 10 seconds.

The press handed Kerry his head on a platter and he seemed to really have no clue what to do about it.

All he really needed was a poet.

Christy

Thanks for reminding me...

Sadly, I do think W would have won fair and square when all was said and done. He did NOT have to cheat in Ohio and Florida. I know I am in the minority here when I say that, but I am still well convinced.

@@@@@@@

I disagree - Kerry was leading in the exit polls (i.e. with voters on election day) in both Ohio and Florida. By winning both these key battleground states with lots of electoral votes, Kerry would have, rather easily, won the electoral college and probably the popular vote as well.

It is highly likely that both 2000 and 2004 were stolen. How about 2008???

And this one goes out to Erik Prince @ co:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSmNIecfqog

There is a reason bad governments torture poets.

All you book writers in here...a challenge.

One day, I would like to read a book called 'The Politics Of Poetry'.

Now that is a book I would personally buy two copies of. One to read often, and one to preserve in perfect condition.

I think it would probably read like The Art Of War, but with rhymes. At times.

HAHA!

One of my favorite Elvis Costello albums:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRT8nA665Gs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZFcHF-wjBA

The funny thing is, back when I was 18 (that would be around 1979 if I recall correctly), I always thought it was "What's so fun about peace love and understanding." Just goes to show ... something ....

Sparrow

The typical one is "private sector is doing its job well, and government bureaucrats will mangle it"

"Leave well enough alone."

Others fear lower quality for higher costs under government bureaucracy. But that's what the private sector has been doing well already.

Christy

Re: the poetry book idea - I am a horrible poet, but I may try for that idea of yours.

Christy and Ralpheh

Re: W winning the 2004 election - yes, Ohio and Florida were rigged, but that doesn't account for W's 3 million vote edge.

Kerry had an edge in early counts because the first states to start counting were the Northeast, where he was strong. Then we started counting the Midwest and the South, where W overwhelmed Kerry. Not even California could bring the count back in Kerry's favor - and I am even doubtful that Kerry even carried California decisively, given that the whole state outside the Bay Area was overwhelmingly pro-W.

Sparrow

The UK's NHS is not run particularly well, and that's another example my Republican colleagues will point to.

I just painted Nefertiti.

I swear she totally looke alive. It is way cool. Will try to get pics if I can.

Oh Man. Look what I did!

http://christysartblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/my-birthday-present-to-me.html

Perfect comeback for that and for the Canada one "Well, let's get theirs and show them how to improve upon it! Because right now, we have less than what they've got so... "

(1:23 middle of the night wake-upness)

Christy, great picture! I love the light the way you've placed it on her face.

Goodnight again, all.

loooooooooove the Monkey Ball

I don't even think Monkey has seen it yet.

Or, he did and is so disappointed he went dead silent on the subject.

Hmmm.

Man Nefertiti is so good Christy. You go Girl

Is that Christy's face behind the mask?

Firstly, thanks for all the greetings and concern - and entertainment - Karen - where do you stumble upon these things? I'm thankful for soluble stitches.

What do you think we should do, Woz?
By sparrow on November 2, 2007 10:01 AM

Good grief sparrow. This sounds like a nightmare in logistics and an utter waste of money, time and other resources. If anyone is to benefit it sure won't be the patient, I'll bet. Whilst ever insurance companies are involved there will be far more expense than necessary. Insurance companies and real estate agents aren't noted for their compassion or generosity.

We have a 2 layered system. A tax levy is paid by tax payers every year to the medicare fund. Those who don't want to rub shoulders with the rest of us and can afford to have private rooms and ensuites and whatever else their little hearts desire, can take out private insurance to cover it all.

They still have to pay the tax levy - so that isn't of any benefit. Like private schooling - you want it - you pay for it. Although 10 years of Howard listening to Dubya has thrown all health and education into a quagmire here too. Hopefully it can be restored before too long.

Good to see you back posting woz, take care of yourself.

Long but interesting, Remembering what Christy had to say about voting Obama

Is Iraq Vietnam? Who really won in 2000? Which side are you on in the culture wars?
These questions have divided the Baby Boomers and distorted our politics. One candidate could transcend them.

Is Iraq Vietnam? Who really won in 2000? Which side are you on in the culture wars?
These questions have divided the Baby Boomers and distorted our politics. One candidate could transcend them.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama

Christy,

Nefertiti is beautiful!

Thanks you guys. Yall are the best.

I jumped out of bed this morning and ran out here to the shop just too look at her. I may just go buy some champaign today and spend the whole day looking at her in celebration.

I told ya, I figured out Alphonse Muchas brushstroke. Not even mimicing Van Gough made me feel like this! Top of the world!

Although I do admit I have been studying two of Muchas best lithographs for almost a decade now, so it is about bloody time... But I DID IT! FINALLY!

Looking at her just makes me feel greedy. Everything I ever wanted to paint, is about to get painted.

I never understood why other artists always turned Nefertiti into some kind of retro cartoon figure. They have arguably the most perfect stutue ever created as a perfect template of her perfect face, yet they turn her into Betty Boop with a wierd crown.

I swear as I painted her, I could almost feel the warmth of her skin under my hand.

The only other statue that could have rivaled hers was 'Winged Victory', but we will never know since it was decapitated. Not even Venus could have topped Nefertiti.

And no Rossi, not my face behind the mask. I no longer use myself as art, still paying a price for the last time I did.

To clarify, this is the Winged Victory I am reffering to.

http://www.caravassilis.net/victory.html

Now that, was one hell of an artist.

Now I can not get the thought out of my head...

What would Winged Victory look like with Nefertitis head...?

Oh. My. God. A perfect head in need of a body, a perfect body with no head.

I think I have to find out now. That is just too tempting. Hmmm.

Pimping my diary on the DCP Main Thread, which correlates partially with the Christy-art-love fest going on here.

sick

Blackwater Delves Into Spying
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110307Z.shtml
The Washington Post's Dana Hedgpeth reports that "The Prince Group, the holding company that owns Blackwater Worldwide ... has assembled a roster of former spooks - high-ranking figures from agencies such as the CIA and defense intelligence - that mirrors the slate of former military officials who run Blackwater. Its chairman is Cofer Black, the former head of counterterrorism at CIA known for his leading role in many of the agency's more controversial programs, including the rendition and interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects and the detention of some of them in secret prisons overseas."

Our Congress is wierd but check out this Australian dude - follow the directions on the screen:

Which Reminds me Karen,

I asked before but I don't think anyone ever responded. Will the video of her being pulled out of the hearing be allowed in court? And how do the police explain charging her when the video shows she did nothing?

You can probably forget getting that car back. They will find a reason why they are right, and you are wrong. They can find ways to keep that car for years.

Kucinich is going to introduce Cheney Impeachment bill on the 6th. We need to call congressmen and demand they take this seriously. Just slam them with calls.

Oh, and one more thing, I can't comment on any of the threads on the main blog. Everytime I sign in, as soon as I type one letter it refreshes the page and makes me sign in again.

I just tried it again and it is still doing it. Last time I played with it I tried like 14 times before I gave up.

PS. Yesterday was my birthday and I painted a masterpiece. Art is universal.

All else passes. Only art endures.

Yesterday was your birthday, Christy? HA. Beat you by one day!

Regarding the signing in problem, have you changed your internet options to a different security level? Try to do that by maybe going to medium security instead of high security.

Happy be-lated birthday Christy.

Christy
I realize we should not hijack the thread totally into art even though it is "open" but I have added photos and reorganized the story I wrote about it and will mount & photograph the Cleopatra & probably put it at the top, with text all to the left. It will look nice & balanced (between the two hemispheres of the brain, so to speak). Click on my name to see.
These paintings bespeak a pride in gender & female strength as well as beauty, and that is political/spiritual in the best way.

Here is the permalink and I am not a BlogHo!
http://silencedmajority.blogs.com/silenced_majority_portal/2007/10/christy-cole-sw.html

Thanks Sparrow. I am looking now, but so far everything already says medium security. Will go get my man in a second if nothing becomes apparent.

It did let me sign in like twice, then it just stopped and did the refresh stuff.

Maybe I was banished from the main blog! HAHA! Wait... was I?

Hehe. I told you Sparrow. When I pointed out your a Scorpio, I said, 'Oh lala'..why? Cause I know.

Oh and Karen... Sometimes it is ok to just have a loveartfest, you remember, you people invented lovefests. Not sure if Christy has to figure into it but...OK. Don't you remember how damn lusty the 60s were? I wasn't even there, but I know they must have been just by the photographic evidence alone.

Just relax baby, and enjoy it! Oh, and impeach georgie and dick.

I have to throw something political in every now and then, or else Nancy might mistake me as a homeless loiterer.

Thanks NMP will look for it.

BTW, here is the link to the Kucinich forcing a vote on cheney impeachment.

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Kucinich_says_he_will_force_House_1102.html

nmp,

Open thread is open thread.

Blog ho'ing? ha ha ha. You're so funny! Why would anyone think the Silence Majority would be a blog-ho? You frequently bring our stuff there and visa-versa. You also have great photos and your writing is exemplary. And you also have many friends here.

Blog ho'ing (as someone explained to me long ago) is just plopping down links without visiting and being friends with the people here. I remember long ago, someone told Dr. Ron and K-goddess to stop blog-ho'ing here.

Besides, overall, I hate the phrase "blog ho" and even the one "pimping a diary" because they are both very much derogatory towards women.

Thanks Sparrow, Christy
You are both right, in fact. It's kind of nice to have the "Home" page with the main thread header because people new to the blog will see that first and it is a good introduction and timely. I always make a point to see it, as it is very focussing & thought-provoking. I don't think we need a million comments r/t it to have it be so.

As for the "Open" page, it reminds me of the best things that happened on the candidate blog many of us were involved with, where it became communal and fun. It was often a balance between the repository of depressing world events we all made each other aware of, and the things we used (& still use) to cope, such as recipes, music lyrics and now (thanks to the expertise of Dwahzon) photos and videos.

I guess some words like "pimp" and "ho" are starting to be used more ironically, so that they could refer to both genders, but they do have their start in sexist reality & it's not obvious always about the irony. It's a sad thing. I assume alot of people realize that, but it's not maybe a safe assumption. I went through the whole feminist linguistic thing in the '70s, and for Christy, I think the sexual freedom of the '60s is partly a myth but I still think the closet cases in government are trying to make up for lost time.

The sexual freedoms of the 60s is a myth?

Now that is just damn disappointing.

You are not a blog ho? HAHAHAHA!! OMFG that is funny. Not sure about the degrading part, but it is still hillarious.

"As for the "Open" page, it reminds me of the best things that happened on the candidate blog many of us were involved with, where it became communal and fun. It was often a balance between the repository of depressing world events we all made each other aware of, and the things we used (& still use) to cope, such as recipes, music lyrics and now (thanks to the expertise of Dwahzon) photos and videos."

Exactly. It was very fun, wasn't it?

I mean, we might as well have some fun in this conversation. The world is melting and we are all going to die anyways, so we may as well just say whatever.

Our political situation is barely even describable with words anymore.

Christy,

The degrading part is just in the use of the words 'ho' or 'pimp'. It's sort of like calling someone a "b***h" isn't reflective on the male persona, but is reflective on the person's mother. It's the whole language that has negative connotations.

I know there are people who think if you repeat the phrase yourself then you take away the sting and can make it take your own meaning. I'm not sure I agree with that philosophy.

Darn your birthday was the night we all sat and wept, the night JK lost, the night we got 4 more years of death and corruption sentenced upon us. Happy Birthday Girl, the time Rebelle was born thanks for our site Christy.

Happy birthday sparrow

Developing Bush scandals:

PHONY FEMA PRESS CONFERENCE

IMMUNITY GIVEN TO BLACKWATER SHOOTERS

VOTE CAGING IN FLORIDA/2004

CONDI RICE SUBPOENAED TO TESTIFY IN AIPIC SPY TRIAL

BUSH CAN'T REMEMBER DETAILS ABOUT 9-11

For 1. When you are completely surrounded, outnumbered and know you are taking an ass whipping, take the damn gloves off and put that politically correct politeness in the grave where it belongs and use the truth to stomp them like you ain't got nothing to lose but the presidency.

Interestingly enough though, this disease of playing political nice and proper with WAR CRIMINALS is not just a disease Kerry suffered from, but has infected the entire body politic long before Kerry made his bid.

But it sure would have been nice to watch Kerry throw off those chains and just open up a can of whip ass on georgie boy. If he has the courage to kill 'our' enemies himself, I know he had the courage to smack georgie around but he was seeking 'the high road'.

When a killer has his hands around your throat is not the time to worry about decorum.
Darn right

Not a single US MS media has covered Bush's misstatement

- Bush - '19 Kids Getting On Planes Killing 3000 Students' WTF??
Bush - '19 Kids Getting On Planes Killing 3000 Students' WTF?? 3:50 Mark On YouTube Vid.. interview with Australian SkyNews ...
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Liberty Post: Bush: " 19 kids to get on airplanes to kill 3000 students." (Video)
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Ralpheh
Check out http://www.romewithtelevision.blogspot.com
Small..but covered it.

Sparrow
The place where reclaiming the slang or derogatory words breaks down is because there is still the history of the old meaning, and all the people who don't "get" the deconstruction and irony. It may work within one peer group but not universally.

Christy
About the sexual freedom of the 60s - I guess what was different was that it was kind of a new idea, like expanding consciousness or exploring the inner realms. It just wasn't done in polite society and might be pretty damn subversive to the social order! I think it's all stiill going on and it's all still controversial (& the form morphs with time) but just not so new. In the early 60s it was civil rights, in the later 60s the war protests and hippie movement, in the early 70s feminism and environmentalism, in the late 70s the punk/anarchy thing, then the "me" generation, then Gen X and Gen Y and all the stuff with technology (MTV, cell phones, iPods, internet, YouTube, MySpace & the lot).

I think there are always those who fear change and especially any change with potential for people to either question authority and/or utilize free will and rational thought.

What?!!

Rumsfeld Urged Staff to Exaggerate Terror Threat
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110307E.shtml
The Washington Post's Robin Wright reports: "In a series of internal musings and memos to his staff, then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld argued that Muslims avoid 'physical labor' and wrote of the need to 'keep elevating the threat,' 'link Iraq to Iran' and develop 'bumper sticker statements' to rally public support for an increasingly unpopular war."

And Georgie is worried about Iran, should be worrying about Pakistans Nuclear Weapons

White House has asked President Musharraf to quit the army office before he is sworn in as the presi
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said, "The United States is deeply disturbed by reports."

"A state of emergency would be a sharp setback for Pakistani democracy and takes Pakistan off the path toward civilian rule. President Musharraf has stated repeatedly that he will step down as chief of army staff before re-taking the presidential oath of office and has promised to hold elections by Jan. 15. We expect him to uphold these commitments and urge him to do so immediately."

The state of emergency complicates what was already, in the view of U.S. officials, a complicated relationship.
Read more: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=31613

Wonder he wasn't locked up at Gauntanamo first, and questioned later. Source: Associated Press
Man falsely links son-in-law to al-Qaida
32 minutes ago
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - A Swedish man accused of falsely telling U.S. authorities that his son-in-law had links to al-Qaida has been charged with defamation, a newspaper reported Friday.
The false warning spoiled a business trip to the U.S. for the man's son-in-law, who was stopped at a Florida airport and questioned for 11 hours before being sent back on a plane to Sweden, the Sydsvenska Dagbladet daily reported.
U.S. authorities apparently reacted to an e-mail sent to the FBI saying the man "likely has links to the Muslim terror organization al-Qaida's network in Sweden," the newspaper reported.
The 52-year-old father-in-law admitted to having sent the e-mail after it was traced to his home computer, the paper said. He reportedly told police he sent the e-mail in anger after a dispute with his son-in-law, who was divorcing his daughter.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_fe_st/sweden_al_qaida_hoax

New Life for Initiative to Apportion Electoral Vote
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/110307B.shtml
Jennifer Steinhauer, The New York Times, writes: "Republican donors are pumping new life into a proposed ballot initiative, considered all but dead by Democrats a month ago, that would alter the way electoral votes are apportioned in California to the benefit of Republican presidential candidates."

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By Richard Clark
Former High-level Officials Challenge The Conventional Explanation Of How And Why The Twin Towers Came Down
Former high-level CIA officials and military officers now suspect that three World Trade Center buildings came down with the help of powerful explosives and radio-controlled incendiary devices. There is hard new evidence to support this belief presented in this article. Much of it has been documented by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth, and can be seen at their web site, www.ae911truth.org.

Sorry Link Here
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Nmp--Christy.

It's gorgeous!!!

Beautiful canvas, Christy!

On the main thread (pimping again) I wrote a little hint about what is coming. We just got back from seeing RENDITION. I am not liking my country so much.

But hey! Dennis is putting impeachment on the table Monday.

November 2, 2007 10:44 PM
Christy said:
There is a reason bad governments torture poets.

All you book writers in here...a challenge.

One day, I would like to read a book called 'The Politics Of Poetry'.

Yeah, Christy. Sounds good to me.

Nefertiti is gorgeous, Christy

November 3, 2007 11:19 AM
not my president said:
Our Congress is wierd but check out this Australian dude - follow the directions on the screen:

OMG nmp! Talk about getting caught with your finger in the pie. I'm so glad I'm not interesting enough to be filmed.

Happy birthday sparrow and Christy

nmp - thanks for putting up Christy's art and her life philosophies and expectations for a future. It is a remarkable account and I've sent it off to relatives I know will appreciate her. My sister came down from Queensland to support me through the surgery last week and Christy's painting was here at home as I hadn't had a chance to go to the framer with it.

Christy - Cleopatra is truly beautiful. Everything I've seen of yours is so incredibly different from everything else. I too, love the Monkey Ball posters. Being around to witness - and receive these amazing works is such a bonus to meeting and chatting here.

The Open Thread is a great feature of this blog, I think. If we only ever concentrate on the bad of life, it will be too hard to climb out. And Christy, you said it - art is the truth - down through the ages, embedded in the cultures. Art, music, dance. These are certainly the mainstays of our lives.

And for my painting titled A Beautiful Mystery, I needed the woman to have a name. Her eyes are on me at all times, and she's becoming such a friend and companion. I have called her Leyla which is an Iraqi name meaning Dark haired beauty; Night. I hope that's ok with you, Christy.

Leyla. Wow. That is beautiful. It's perfect!

"Her eyes are on me at all times," HAHA! I swear I turned that canvas to every angle I could think of, even upside down, and it doesn't matter how you look at her, there is no escaping that stare. It doesn't matter how far from her you are. I love that canvas.

I am thinking of holding a fake auction for the Nefertiti. Just to get an idea of what my work is worth on the the real market. I have sold some nice pieces before, but the price was always set before I painted anything. I am not displaying those works because they were commissioned portraits of peoples family members, some of them passed away.

I have no idea what these pieces I am doing now are actually worth, but I have enjoyed every moment of it.

They've caught another one.

Florida politician caught soliciting gay sex in mall restroom

http://pageoneq.com/news/2007/Florida_politician_caught_soliciting_gay_sex_in_mall_r_1103.html

I can not think of a grosser place to get freaky than a public restroom.

God that is sick.

It really is true isn't it? That the ones screaming the loudest against gays are usually worried we will find out they are gay...?

Just think how much easier these peoples lives would be if they were not hypocrits. It is not even being gay that is the problem, the fact they are the biggest liars on earth is the problem.

'Just because I got busted soliciting gay sex does not make me gay!'

What the hell ever.

You know the phelps idiot protesting the soldiers funerals with 'God Hates F*gs" signs...?

Is it just me, or does anyone else suspect that dude is actually himself gay?

Christy
Oh totally!

Christy
One comment about art & painters - I have a friend who was in graphic design for years and only recently started to paint as a full-time gig.
She is finding that the galleries are snobbish and look for the Masters of Fine Arts & strong resume of lots of shows & lots of connections. She turned to coffeehouses and is doing well that way, to start getting more exposure and a "track record." http://www.livingstonotey.com/Paula_gallery.html

I would think you could sell over the internet too, & alot of those sort of "rules" wouldn't matter. You could also have a real auction of a painting on eBay or something and start with a fairly high price, see what happens.

NMP that is a good idea with the coffee shops and stuff. We have a lot of 'Trade Days' type of events locally too, so I think I could do well there too and online.

It is wierd cause as an artist my stuff always goes out so fast, even the stuff I just paint for practice, someone usually wants it before it gets off the easel, so really the reason I don't have an extensive collection to start off with is because of that. Most other artists I know always have a lot of their own stuff amassed. I only collect my mistakes really. I have lots of canvasses that were started and went wrong. The rest are grabbed up as soon as I'm done.

Yeah it don't surprise me the art world is snobbish. So is the literary world. That is why I challenged others in here to write a book detailing the politics of poetry, cause last time I tried writing a book the damn thing got me blacklisted. I prefer painting anyway.

And it doesn't matter if the art world is snobbish because the only thing I need to say is said on canvas and I don't care if they reject it or not because as I said, in just my personal life my work is already sought after.

I was thinking of taking commissions online, but seriously that would tie me up with so many other peoples images I would barely have time to paint what I want to.

Yup. phelps is totally gay. What a sad little man.