Craig with Countdown’s David Shuster about Michele Bachmann’s presidential prospects (Current TV, 7/15/11)
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WooHoo?
Bachmann’s husband says gays must be disciplined. Hmmm. That is a highly suspicious statement, and leaves thoughts of a Mel Brooks movie about gay men who marry dominatrix female politicians to punish them for not having the balls to come out.
Is everyone sleeping in, or have you all been raptured?
Bethy… I was just thinking about you… and there you are. I’d vote for John Denver’s Annie’s Song as best love song.
Craig… the usual great appearance. It’s interesting to see Keith give work to both you and Shuster. If the Iowans keep picking republican candidates in their caucus that don’t go on to win nomination… I can’t see republicans continuing to pay much attention to the state.
ps… Rick told me to tell you… nice tie..
Good Morning All -- As to Mr. Bachman he strikes me as the kind of man no one of either sex would find particularly attractive which has nothing to do with his politics. Mrs. Bachman has stated that they didn’t love each other but were TOLD it was what Jesus wanted for them (say what?). So whatever is going on there probably may have more to do with power and money than it does with affection -- but that’s their business not fodder for a campaign unless it indicates fraud and deception.
In three hours I will be keeping company with Harry Potter. Keep yourselves busy while I’m gone
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
My Romance – Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland – 1 (Jamie)
No One In The World – Anita Baker
Just Because – Anita Baker
The Last Time I Felt Like This – Johnny Mathis & Jane Oliver
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
If He Walked Into My Life Today – Edie Gorme
Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor
I’ll Be Seeing You – Billy Holiday
She Dances Overhead – Matt Dennis
Dream A Little Dream of Me -- Mama Cass
How Will I Know My Love – Annette Funicello
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine & Iris Dement
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Julio Iglesias
That’s The Glory of Love – JBette Midler
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
Feels Like Home – Linda Ronstadt -1 (Jamie)
Long Ago and Far Away – Mario Lanza
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka
Image of A Girl – Safaris
Because Your You – Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
And I Love You So – Perry Como
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
All I Want Is You – 1 (Fair)
Annie’s Song – 1 (RR)
“I’m certainly not happy with everything he’s done, but neither do I believe that he is nearly as awful as some of you seem to believe.”
harbor, neither do i. in fact, it’s refreshing to have folks in the wh who think complex tho’ts or at least appear and sound like they understand a world full of complications, diverse and opposing opinions, and are civil in dealing with same.
some of the disgruntlement and mutinous declarations remind me of the wholesale trashing of the dawg (and even dumping hillary for staying with him) for not just the fib about the bj but also for his triangulations with the gopers. remember those days?
more murdoch murky messiness
http://www.123jump.com/market-update/Murdoch-Faces-More-Questions-After-Dow-Jones-CEO-Resigns/45078/
How do you figure out what your wordpress password aand name are? I think Craig must have figured mine out — and now I want to use it to sign on somewhere else….
“Mrs. Bachman has stated that they didn’t love each other…. but that’s their business not fodder for a campaign unless it indicates fraud and deception.”
jamie, and if she vowed “to love, honor and etc” in front of youknowwho and everybody, then add another oath with which she appears to be in conflict.
here’s the wsj story on hinton (lately the overseer of both the journal and the dow jones newswire) resignation
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304203304576448291349364376.html
aux is next
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/14/de-link-debt-limitbudget-debate/#comment-264532
Patsi,
Very good to read you. I remember that and the brush off the shoulders of Hill. President Obama is who he is and who that is i don’t know???
Patsi, ROFLMAO--you must have eaten your Wheaties this AM, you’re on a ROLL!!!
As to the question about being raptured, nope. I was slavering my way through the night of the full moon. Got werewolf DNA somewhere in the family--never sleep well when the moon’s full--
Ahem. I take note during Craig’s segment that, like Karl Rove, the Koch bros. and Marcus Bachmann all look like villains from a Sherlock Holmes story (I’ve been reading a collection that has the original Sidney Paget illustrations from STRAND magazine; everybody looks like a Holmes villain to me today, including McConnell, Boehner & Cantor.)
Jamie, I like the idea of us (and some of the gang at FOO) brainstorming with KO about programming. None of the rest of Current’s present lineup catches my attention either.
As for David not reading Thurber, Craig, I think he’s right. Don’t think he could do it with quite Keith’s panache.
Okay, back to my Paget illustrations & praying for rain--
“in fact, it’s refreshing to have folks in the wh who think complex tho’ts or at least appear and sound like they understand a world full of complications, diverse and opposing opinions, and are civil in dealing with same.”
Good Morning Pat
Yes, it is! I just wish their complex thoughts were not plotting the total destruction of all of FDR’s and LBJ’s great accomplishments! Nope, for me President Obama putting up SS and Medicare on the chopping block was it. There’s no going back now as that’s red meat for the goper’s.. Sadly, most Dems will go along with his “Grand Bargain” if he should get one. I’m i suppose in the minority, ah but i’m not a Dem.
I’m not a Dem either, Tony…still harbor (no pun intended) a few conservative leanings, in fact, but also still have to go with the candidate and staff most likely to move the country in the directions I’m hoping to see. The thought occurs as I read the many complaints and declarations by some that they’re ‘done, and will not be voting for Obama’, that if you truly want things done your way, you need to put your convictions where your mouths are and run for office yourselves.
That said…is it true that Obama has appointed someone other than Elizabeth Warren to run the consumer protection commission? If so, that’s a punch in the gut for me. God! If I were not so old, tired and multiply-married, I’d consider running for something….
harbor, the appointment issue might be tied to whether he by-passed consent approval which would make it a short term. perhaps she advised (rather than he decided) against it for a future more permanent appointment.
from today’s nation:
Rupert Murdoch Has Gamed American Politics (and the Regulatory Process) Every Bit as Thoroughly as Britain’s
by John Nichols
http://www.thenation.com/blog/162020/rupert-murdoch-has-gamed-american-politics-and-regulatory-process-every-bit-thoroughly-b
“God! If I were not so old, tired and multiply-married, I’d consider running for something….”
Harbor,
Hahaha, you made me bust a gut! Me run for something, nope. I enjoy politics like lots of people enjoy sports but i don’t want to play..
Obama to Eliminate Elizabeth Warren as Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
By: Jane Hamsher
Purple,
I have taken out this line: “Then we would return to the old style bribery type of influence and corruption.”
and added two paragraphs at the bottom…please change as you have a need to. You could also just ignore what I have written…it was just fine as it was….
Imo, without the necessary first step of changing finance reform…nothing else can be changed, or will be changed…..doesn’t matter who is in power..they will be in the pockets of the puppet masters….
“Wall Street and big corporations continue to control the White House, Federal and state Governments. This would take “corporate personhood” out of Federal elections and allow states to do the same.
I have posted and sent this to my Representative and Senators, newspapers, and other blogs and not a bit of interest. Here is the whole concept. Any improvements would be appreciated.
Federal Campaign Finance Reform
In my humble opinion the only way to eliminate the Special Interests including the big banks and corporations from controlling the United States Government including Congress and put the voters in charge is a Constitutional Amendment that will create a Federal Campaign Finance Reform funding for Congress and the President. This Amendment would redefine the first amendment’s “Freedom of Speech” as it pertains to Federal General Elections and Special Interests. The Amendment would prohibit all contributions, including their own money, and advertisements, for or against, Federal General Election Candidates. Only funds provided by the Federal Government would be allowed for Campaigns. This Amendment would not fund or change state primary elections but would allow states to adopt State Campaign Finance Reform for state elections and federal primary elections.
The cost to the taxpayers would be about $10 billion every 4 years adjusted for inflation. The cost estimates are from the nonpartisan organization Center for Responsive Politics. According to them the cost of a Presidential Election is about $2.0 billion every 4 years and the cost of Congressional Elections are about $4.0 billion every 2 years. This would fund all candidates with the requirement that they achieve at least 10 or 15 percent of the vote or return all money received.
Since there may be only primary election fund raising required, one of the best, of many, benefits of this plan is the increase in family time and the time that will be available to do the work for their constituents. This is a small price to remove Special Interests and their bias, misguided influence and corruption.”
When thinking about the damage done to our nationalism that the present system of electing our officials, an era of despair has been created. The common man, the voters have given up in despair the struggle to attain true and fair elections, at present they are predestined, and in need of reform for the common good.
We can not despair.! Civilization lives in and through its upward struggle. Whoever ( the voters) despairs and gives up the struggle, that individual or a whole civilization is already dead. We must steadfastly keep the notions that we the people can elect our representatives weather it be State or Federal.
patd…I hope you’re right about Warren, but I just feel ‘had’…even more so after reading what Tony posted from Jane Hamsher.
Tony…I’m not even sure I like politics…keeps me pissed off too much of the time. It’s just that I’ve come to realize how important what politicians do can be…and that it’s foolish not to try to be watchful of them at all times. Yuck! It’s such a shame that we can’t seem to find anyone (well, very few) to run for office who is actually trustworthy.
more from my 1:11 post of nichols’ piece in the nation :
http://www.thenation.com/blog/162020/rupert-murdoch-has-gamed-american-politics-and-regulatory-process-every-bit-thoroughly-b
[craig, i went back and edited-in the url/link after posting this and my initial comment. i still don't understand how to simultaneously paste the url and the quote in the comment box...much less make it a tiny url. couldn't find the how-to of this in your instruction section. ]
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264552
Harbor,
Great post!
I like E. Warren as well but maybe its like Jane said in the piece, she will get to speak out more now? I don’t really get pissed that often. What can get at me are women’s reproductive issues and of course gay rights. Reading is my passion, online or otherwise. So i better not get mad to often.
Solar
That is great! I would hope that we will have support from our little community here and Craig to carry the message to our Representative and Senators, newspapers, and other blogs. The more this gets out in public the better the chance of being seen, remembered and maybe action taken.
need to bone-up on the various faces of murdoch? here’s a pretty good and succinct primer:
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2004/07/b122948.html
will any of the sunday talk shows have the guts to talk about corporate control of the media (their own as well as faux) in light of the murdoch scandal? or will they concentrate as usual on the politcal horse race, debt tug-o-war and the latest polls of who shot jr?
Jamie, good luck with the mob at the Harry Potter Theater.
Michele Bachmann could get the Republican Party nomination! With the Social Conservatives and Tea Party, like the notorious extremist-rightwing John Birch Society co-found by Fred Koch before them, Moderate Republicans are now extinct in the Republican Party.
I was a registered moderate Republican from 1967 to 2007 but I voted for a number of Democrats. Now I am an Old Fart, a Moderate Independent and a Florida “No Party Affiliation” register voter. I watched the Republican Party change through the years to the point where Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan would now be considered moderates and kicked out or the Party. Goldwater hated the Social Conservatives.
patd,
Remember the old rule “you never bite the hand that feeds you.” NBC and MSNBC followed that well when they were owned by GE.
I cannot believe Obummer did that to Elizabeth Warren.
What a f—— d—.
XR comes up with the best nicknames ever
I hope Michelle Bachmann gets the Republican nomination.
Give the people (goopers) what they want. This is what the Republicans in California do…they always want to nominate the bigggest loon and sometimes they do and then it is a cakewalk for Democrats.
Jane Hamsher puts a good face on the Elizabeth Warren scandal and tries to find a silver lining. Speaking out is good --getting to be the regulator — better. I don’t mind advocating for my side but I much prefer being in charge when it comes to making change….or keeping people in line.
President Obummer is trying to get rid of U.S. jobs with his free trade policies again. Free Market Competitiveness, the race to the bottom of the barrel.
No, Obama, We Don’t Need Free Trade Agreements with Panama, Colombia, and Korea
By Ian Fletcher, July 15, 2011 08:55 PM ET
Author, ‘Free Trade Doesn’t Work: What Should Replace It and Why’
Obama is still pushing for free trade agreements with Panama, Colombia, and Korea, albeit with the thin fig leaf of demanding they be accompanied by money for so-called Trade Adjustment Assistance, a “painkiller” program designed to blunt the harm to laid-off workers.
You think America has learned its lesson from NAFTA, which the Labor Department has estimated cost us 525,000 jobs? Think again.
Free Trade Agreement with Korea will cost U.S. jobs
Robert E. Scott, July 1, 2010
Unlike the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (USITC) forecast of a small positive impact, Economic Policy Institute’s (EPI) research shows it will increase the U.S. trade deficit with Korea by about $16.7 billion, and displace about 159,000 American jobs within the first seven years after it takes effect.
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264561
KGC,
Your exactly correct, being boss is better!
Purple,
Thanks for the great links!
Harry Potter…very good
Unfortunately, two jackasses were checking their cell phones throughout the movie.
Thoroughly enjoyed Harry, but I missed something in the Epilogue. OD, did you happen to see which girl was with Draco? The panning camera went by so fast that I only saw the “adult” Draco.
No..it did go quickly and I was looking through people who were standing and stretching.
I’ll see the movie a second time soon and will take a look.
Well i’m seeing Winnie only because Craig Ferguson plays the owl. Saving Potter for when the crowds subside.
Voldemort News Voldemort Press Voldemort hacking Voldemort obstructing police investigations Voldemort controlling pols and civil servants through intimidation. Voldemort, thy name is murdoch.
I’ll bet these revelations about the evil one really piss ohbummer off.
I’m with you, Craig…ain’t no way I’m going to complete with the crowds when I want to really see and hear Potter! I think Sam and I will catch a matinee on a Monday afternoon…maybe in a couple of weeks….
I just finished watching last night’s Bill Maher, and I feel so much better. Some days, I get so bogged down by the lunacy of our political climate. It was a relief to be reminded that there are actual people out there…people with voices that get listened to…who use critical thinking skills to reach logical conclusions, and who aren’t willing to finish trashing this country for the sake of ideology or political expedience. I love Bill Maher…and now I also love Dan Savage, have a new respect for Mark Cuban, and can finally see why people are willing to listen to Chrystia Freeland. Last night’s program was really, really good!
xrep…You would have thoroughly enjoyed Maher and his panel on the topic of Murdoch!
Found the answer to my own question. For all things Potter:
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Just so you will all recognize Craig Ferguson as the owl
Actually our early morning, non 3D show was uncrowded. Just pick your time and place carefully. We sat close and comfortable.
“I love Bill Maher…and now I also love Dan Savage, have a new respect for Mark Cuban, and can finally see why people are willing to listen to Chrystia Freeland. Last night’s program was really, really good!”
Harbor,
Yes, yes and yes! Chrystia is a Canadian gem! I haven’t watched it yet but i’m anticipating a night of great TV.
I’m still catching up on “Nurse Jackie”, oh and i’ve got “Weeds” and ‘The Big C” to start…
Craig
Have you seen this indie movie?
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/end_of_america/
Enjoy, Tony! Sounds like you have some excellent TV viewing ahead of you1 This Bill Maher episode is one of the better ones in recent weeks, IMO.
RR, I’m glad you also like Annie’s Song because it always gives me chills when I hear it. I seem to feel that some of the older songs must be the most romantic, like the love duet in the first act of madame butterfly, but it also feels awkward. You Are Love is another great old one, but I keep coming back to Annie’s Song. The Pacific is still being friendly to us cuz they don’t expect a warm up till next mid-week. I haven’t noticed any comments re Casey Anthony. Has it already been disscussed? I’ve been amazed at the tone of the coverage all along. If there had been mis-trial, they would never have been able to find a new jury. I tend to think she’s guilty, but the ranting and raving going on is remarkable.
Bill Maher is great in my opinion also even tho I don’t always
agree with him. He is fearless, thank heaven.
The old ladies saturday night movie date is upon me so I’ll bid
adieu.
When I go to a film with multiple showings I ask the ticket seller what the percentage of tickets sold is for each. It is then easy to pick the less crowded theater.
The Harry Potter I attended was about 75% full…the other two were 90 and 95. At computerized theaters they have this info. on their computer screens.
Now that bachmann has signed onto the IA Manifesto, we can safely run someone in the primaries against ohbummer if she gets the nomination, as I expect her to do.
The IA Manifesto claims that pre-Civil War slavery was better for Blacks than the obama Administration is. The bachmann signing means that if she is the rip up candidate, Dems can claim bachmann & ripuplicans intend ‘improve the lives’ of Blacks by re-enslaving them.
This foolish signing means that if bachmann gets the goopy nod, Blacks will turn out in droves for whoever the Dems decide to run.
She ate the poisoned apple. Damn, I hope she’s the pugugly choice ! .
When Maher first came on the air w/not pc, I didn’t think much of him. He has aged wonderfully well. In the old days he seemed committed to nothing much besides hedonism, but now he is a grown up.
I have been to the Highland Art Fair. It was 90+F and humidity to match. I am wilted, and must go plant myself in a tub of ice water to revive. Along the art crawl I saw Half Price Books was having a sale. I found a dvd of God Is Great, and i am not for $2. If I perk up, I’ll watch my Mle Tatou movie. Damn, she’s a great comedienne.
Sweet Dreams, all of you, dream up a replacement for obummer.
Jamie, here are my three picks for best love songs:
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
I’ll Be Seeing You – Billy Holiday
That’s The Glory of Love – JBette Midler
Bachmann….In Iowa, her face--at first just ghostly--turned a whiter shade of pale.
Und now, ladies and germans, a happy little two-step:
“Rupert was too busy to bribe the theater’s to pump-up the tickets sales.”
cbob, naww. he’s probably gone over to the darker side (bachmann) and made sure the half-gov played to an empty house.
however, bet she’s made use of it being at a multi-plex showing “harry potter” blockbuster in order to film crowds of people lined up outside a theatre which has her name on the marquee.
and totally agree with you about “breaking bad”
the prez should invoke his inner harry truman: declare a national emergency (recession decends to depression, joblessness, gov shutdown can’t pay bills) and nationalize the banks to release monies congress meant them to loan small businesses for recovery, big oil to limit/cap excessive profits and pay appropriate extraction royalties, and whatever it takes to get people back to work (like public works programs, conservation corps). see us code:
Harry was great. Here’s the current love song list
All I Want Is You – 1 (Fair)
And I Love You So – Perry Como
Annie’s Song – 1 (RR)
Because Your You – Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
Dream A Little Dream of Me -- Mama Cass
Feels Like Home – Linda Ronstadt -1 (Jamie)
Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
How Will I Know My Love – Annette Funicello
I’ll Be Seeing You – Billy Holiday – 1 (Craig)
If He Walked Into My Life Today – Edie Gorme
Image of A Girl – Safaris
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine & Iris Dement
Just Because – Anita Baker
Long Ago and Far Away – Mario Lanza
My Romance – Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland – 1 (Jamie)
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Julio Iglesias
No One In The World – Anita Baker
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka
She Dances Overhead – Matt Dennis
Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor
That’s The Glory of Love – Bette Midler – 1 (Craig)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack –
1 (Craig)
The Last Time I Felt Like This – Johnny Mathis & Jane Oliver
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Did a lot of sane people move out of Florida leaving us with a bunch of mentally deranged Tea Party idiots that don’t know why they believe in something they just believe as they are told?
Any one who says the Tea Party represents the fiscal conservatives needs to have their heads examined. The Tea Party is nothing more than a bunch of Koch brother funded, Bible thumbing, mindless sheep, social conservative, evangelical fundamentalists that take their ‘orders’ or direction from their pastors, radio and/or TV talk shows and never ask WHY.
Pass the tea and stop the manatee insanity!
By Sue Carlton, July 15, 2011
Possible future state slogan: Welcome to Florida, where we smite manatees.
Why? Because the Bible tells us so. Also, the Bill of Rights.
That’s right, you allegedly “gentle” sea cow: No more entitlements for you!
Just when you thought politics and public policy could get no weirder around here, local tea party members are protesting a plan to protect manatees — because it would be against God and country.
“We cannot elevate nature above people,” Edna Mattos, leader of the Citrus County Tea Party Patriots, told [St. Petersburg] Times reporter Craig Pittman. She was talking about the federal government’s plan for a manatee refuge in Kings Bay.
On the brighter side, Snooty the Manatee had his 63rd birthday party this weekend at the Parker Aquarium in the South Florida Museum in Manatee County, Florida.
Snooty is the world’s oldest captive manatee. Because Snooty was born and raised in captivity he does not have any boat propeller scars you see so often on wild manatees.
Jamie, here’s votes for 2 songs…can not pick just one…its really a tie for me…
No One In The World by Anita Baker
Unforgettable by Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole (your list
doesn’t name Natalie, just her father & its
her duet with him that is one of my all-time favorites)
Jamie… you said we could vote for 3 songs…
along with Annie’s Song I also vote for Unforgettable (the duet with Natalie) and the one I picked In Spite of Ourselves (gotta have at least one that isn’t mushy).
As for movies… we are lucky to have an independent movie theater that specializes in getting independent films only a 20 minute ride away. My next film, which I’ll be seeing sometime this coming week, is going to be the film on the Chauvet Cave in France… Cave of Forgotten Dreams…
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cave_of_forgotten_dreams/
Jamie,
My 3 song votes from the previous thread.
Jamie, looking over your list for my 3rd vote, I believe
that Solar nominated, voted for & included the video of Suavecito by Malo, but it didn’t make your list..
Before I cast my last vote, is this the final list of songs to choose from…
Coreen, RR & PIT
I have your picks. Coreen you still get one more. I’ll do an update later today. So far the leaders are Unforgettable, That’s the Story of Love, and My Romance.
It’s too late for everyone to vote early so you may need to vote often if you want other songs to take the trophy.
Last night XR posted “Can’t Help Loving That Man”. This is another wonderful song from Showboat: Only Make Believe
Jamie, when I looked back…I noticed that in addition to Solar’s voting choices on the earlier post, OD had cast 3 votes as well…not sure if you saw either of those…
We went to the movies last night and saw Woody Allen’s latest film, Midnight in Paris. It’s definitely a winner.
The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia
Jeremy Scahill
Obama’s communications gap
By David Ignatius
A progressive case for deficit cutting?
President Obama says cutting now means more spending later. It didn’t work quite that way for President Clinton
The secret war in Somalia
BY JUSTIN ELLIOTT
Thirteen years later, Republicans are still the impeachment party
BY AMY FRIED
We’re Spent
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Coreen,
“I noticed that in addition to Solar’s voting choices on the earlier post, OD had cast 3 votes as well…not sure if you saw either of those…”
Tanks a lot.! I was going to list them again….but then remembered that I am from Chicago ( A P-- also) and it just might have had a remark about voting often ( Purple)
) The next thing someone might even accused us of getting the Dead to vote HA.!
The Clash of Generations
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
Purple,
Thanks, glad that you liked it….you might want to dress it up a bit; the ,,, where they belong etc. I am sending this letter as an attachment with any e mails that I send.
How about once in a while sending it to the large, and local papers?
Why Fighting Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Is So Stupid
Posted by Bryan Walsh
Could these Republican’s get any stupider, YES!!
9th Circuit again tells Obama administration to stop discharging gays
Posted by John Aravosis
Tony,
Thanks for that post on the secret war of Obamas…not so much a secret as it is not talked about…saw it a few days ago.
…you can see a bigger picture of Obama…not just the everyday talking points…He really is a republican ….might lean a little toward the left…
I don’t understand why all of the R;s are so mad at him……..oh yes I do…they just pretend to be mad…that is a sure way of keeping obama to keep giving them what they want.!
The Bizarre Palin Documentary
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Tony,
I have to get back into fighting shape again: I almost go my but kicked by a thirtyish women yesterday.
While I was paying for my gas at Speedway, there was this lady that hit her kid (about6-8 yrs old) a cpl of times….she yelled at him again..(all he was doing was looking and asking for some candy) and way going to hit him…when I said asked to stop hitting him.
She promptly laid into me by saying to mind my own fucking business, turned to me and squared off….she was really going to swing at me…I turned my back on her…and she shut up…I stayed in store until she checked out, so she wouldn’t take it out on the kid…by now I made eye contact with him a cpl of times…he gave me a sad smile…..
You know…Im going to go back there around the same time ……..I think that I can take her….was just scared of her vampire like teeth for a while…..if you don’t see me around during the day….I was bit….and will be around at night……
Everyone … how about a link or re-listing so I don’t have to look through hundreds of messages … please.
I have OD. This is what I have from everyone else.
All I Want Is You -- U2 – 1 (Fair)
And I Love You So – Perry Como
Annie’s Song – 1 (RR)
Because Your You – Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon
Can’t Help Loving That Man of Mine – Helen Morgan -- 1 (XR)
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
Dream A Little Dream of Me -- Mama Cass
Feels Like Home – Linda Ronstadt -1 (Jamie)
For Emily – Simon and Garfunkle – 1 – (XR)
Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
How Will I Know My Love – Annette Funicello – 1 (PIT)
I’ll Be Seeing You – Billy Holiday – 1 (Craig)
If He Walked Into My Life Today – Edie Gorme
Image of A Girl – Safaris
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine & Iris Dement – 1 (RR)
Just Because – Anita Baker
Long Ago and Far Away – Mario Lanza
My Romance – Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland – 2 (Jamie, OD)
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Julio Iglesias
No One In The World – Anita Baker – 1 (Coreen)
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka – 1 (PIT)
She Dances Overhead – Matt Dennis
Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor
That’s The Glory of Love – JBette Midler – 2 (Craig, OD)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack – 1 (Craig)
The Last Time I Felt Like This – Johnny Mathis & Jane Oliver – 1 (Jamie)
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole – 3 (RR, Coreen, OD)
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole – 1 (PIT)
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264620
“I don’t understand why all of the R;s are so mad at him……..oh yes I do…they just pretend to be mad…that is a sure way of keeping obama to keep giving them what they want.!”
Solar,
Good comment. Yep, he’s a Republican, maybe not a right winger on the social issues(GAY Marriage evolving) but a Republican on everything else. I say to Grace(my tea party co-worker) I don’t know what your problem with the President is he’s a republican just like you! Grace doesn’t get it as she doesn’t read and only listens to FOX..
Another thing you touched on is how nobody talks about Obama’s wars, so true..Liberals are the worst and it disgusts me…Liberals give Obama a pass there. My little town had protests every Friday on are main street(maybe 20 people with signs) during the Bush years, where are they now????
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264622
Ah, Solar,
You are a kind person and its great your a parent!
Tommy is lucky.. You did the correct thing, the woman is a loon. Hitting kids is terrible, although while raising Ashley up she could get me steaming, hitting her or any other kid, NEVER.. Thankfully my parents never hit me or even threatened too..
I want one of my love songs changed…piece of my heart to this one:
For the Spider lady…now I can bite your nose off….or just move your neck this way just a little…….
Solar,
Now if we could just get Chloe and Carol here.
Solar the v goes after the p and before the colon. If you want a slightly larger image then you type vh after the p and before the colon.
really a fine song:
http://youtu.be/vhG8zC4npsE
Solar,
Got Love Song for a Vampire. What do you want for your other two choices?
Jamie…I vote for Annie’s Song, Come Monday, and Something In the Way She Moves.
Jamie,
The v thing…yes I know..but this vid was dropped by u-tube…and thats why I did it the other way….was just kidding…the ones that I listed are the ones that I want….
Are nations by their nature amoral?
http://firstcenturychristian-theway.blogspot.com/?spref=fb
Except I need to know the ones you listed that I missed or a link to them. See above plea to the masses.
HW
I got your votes -- Thank you
So the President continues to disappoint…for me, having the opportunity to maybe appoint another Supreme Court justice, is just not enough…
Obama picks former Ohio AG to run Consumer Bureau, bypassing Elizabeth Warren, the woman who first came up
with the idea…
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/07/president-obama-picks-former-ohio-attorney-general-to-run-consumer-bureau-bypassing-woman-who-first-came-up-with-the-idea.html
Jamie..regarding your 12:33 post, that message came from someone other than me…
I just watched the women’s world cup final and while it is nice as a fantasy that Japan won the final — they cheated to do so with the only player to be red carded in the entire tournament.
If you have to cheat to win..what is the value --
If Japan needs to cheat to gain some chauvinistic advantage — they are indeed pathetic
Coreen
I was hoping Obummer would appoint Elizabeth Warren as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It was her baby and she is great. I hope the she “consults” with them and steers them in the correct, don’t want to use “right”, direction.
Richard Cordray looks good on paper. I hope he works out. Whether it is Elizabeth Warren or Richard Cordray there is still a major problem with Senate confirmation. I am also concerned about the anti-regulators Ben Bernanke and Tim Geithner that will oversee the agency.
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jamie,
that’s the glory of love
when i fall in love
can’t decide from such a good list on a 3rd one, maybe i should think outside the box and go with danny boy… now that one, not a dry eye in the house.
Aaron Pace Says Indiana Blood Center Rejected Him For Appearing Gay
rebekah brooks arrested for bribing a policeman. London’s top cop has resigned.
Who will be next ? I’m hoping that the morning news shows pix of britt hume, roger ailes, d. s. garcia, davids devoe, chase carey, goopert murdoch, and Saudi Prince al walid bin talal, all taken into FBI custody for 1) bribery of pols, espionage : hacking Pentagon communications, plus 2) funding al qaeda, and giving them information on US and NATO troop movements, 3) buying AK47s and cigars with cuba, and 4) supplying AK47s to the zetas.
Where have all the war protesters gone?
BY TODD GITLIN
Here’s a piece that gives reasons other than pure partisanship as to why war protests have ceased!
OMG, watching Sunday shows, Liz Cheney bitching about President Obama’s insatiable appetite for spending, what a load of BS! The hypocrisy of Republican’s never ceases to amaze me.. A Cheney on excessive spending, give me a break!
Meanwhile, fawke’s noose is all agog that rightwingnutlicans in the House want to investigate former Rep Massa -- like the 1st time they did a crappy job.
Apart from a namby-pamby reports on rebekah brooks ‘volunteering to speak’ with MI6, and the Commissioner of the London Police resigning over having appointed a criminous murdoch spy to a sensitive police job, fawke’s noose is ignoring this Crime Story Of The Year. The Anthony murder case still gets more attention than the fawke’s noose/conservative espionage/murder case.
At this point one has to wonder just how many children have been murdered so that fawke’s noose can sell shitty news coverage through lurid photos and doctored crime scenes.
Meanwhile, faux news had Herman Cain on this morning. Apparently, things have gotten so bad that britt hume can no longer lure real newsmakers in for interviews, and must settle for toy candidates.
I expect the pug uglies to immediately turn on newsCrap as soon as the perp walks begin on this side of the pond.
The End Game: Saving Obama From Himself
Robert Kuttner
Letting Bankers Walk
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Tony,
Ya, fog snooze got liz cheney on. Maybe she was the big headliner for britt hume rather than Herman Cain. She sure is believable, and a huge figure on the political scene, what with her Kreep America campaign and all. Oh yeah, and I should add that she’s sooooo credible. YukYukYuk
“Love is evol spelled backwards” -- Mike Callahan
Whadda nutcase.
G’night all
Jamie, I’ll cast my votes for Annie’s Song, I’ll Be Seeing You,
and You Are Love, an all too often song from Showboat.
Does anyone know about about Obamacare to know what, if anything, in it would cause patients to stop going to the doctor right now?
MQW, if you’re around, I wonder if you know a guy ( Jim Patterson) in St Louis who owns a company called Osage Marine.
I don’t expect to like o and I mute whatever he says, but he still beats hell out of mc cain and palin. Think re it -- what if those two had won. Maybe instead of Sotomayer, we’d have Phil Gramm on scotus.
BB
No I don’t know Jim pattterson”but I do know Osage fleet very well ” that’s usually where we drop off our northbound barges and pick up southbound barges and head back down to new Orleans
I can’t wait to see what new 1st degree murdochs have been committed since faux news big Sunday morning with Herman Cain and the Cheney lizard.
Hi Bethyboo !
The thought of phil gramm on the SCOTUS is enough to make even tough old men hurl their waffles. gramm is well known to be a powerful and dangerous emetic. Bethy, you owe me for the breakfast you made me spew.
I think it was the late great Ms Mary Tyler Ivins who informed us that even Gramm’s best friends hate him. Among other disasters, he is the man who worked tirelessly to deregulate banks so that America could enjoy this nice long republican Depression.
Fundraising Truthiness from Obama Reelect
by Taylor Marsh
Americans on Debt Ceiling Solution: Just Do It Already
Failure to blink before 8/2/11 will give o the chance to cut all payments to the House Ripups, their staffs, communications, lights, water, power, pensions, health, their Secret Service protection, yatta yatta. in the name of saving money. o can go to the country and the troops with the argument that it is wartime, that times are tough and the enemy is near (the argument that nixon and 2 bushes and a cheney used to get what they wanted), and that the choice was to cut pay of soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, or to cut costs of congress.
Simultaneously the FBI can shut down fox under the Homelans Security Act as a criminal enterprise materially aiding the enemy, and trading with Cuba.
patd
Got your picks. Here’s a lovely version of Danny Boy by Eva Cassidy
Bethy
Got your picks. For those who don’t know this old love song: You Are Love
Lots of people not voting but the top winners are: Annie’s Song, That’s The Glory of Love, and Unforgettable.
All I Want Is You – 1 (Fair)
And I Love You So – Perry Como
Annie’s Song – 3 (RR, HW, Bethy)
Because Your You – Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon
Can’t Help Loving That Man of Mine – Helen Morgan -- 1 (XR)
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett – 1 – HW
Danny Boy – 1 -- Patd
Dream A Little Dream of Me -- Mama Cass
Feels Like Home – Linda Ronstadt -1 (Jamie)
For Emily – Simon and Garfunkle – 1 – (XR, Bethy)
Gentle On My Mind – Glen Campbell
How Will I Know My Love – Annette Funicello – 1 (PIT)
I’ll Be Seeing You – Billy Holiday – 2 (Craig)
If He Walked Into My Life Today – Edie Gorme
Image of A Girl – Safaris
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine & Iris Dement – 1 (RR)
Just Because – Anita Baker
Long Ago and Far Away – Mario Lanza
Love Song for a Vampire – Annie Lennox – 1 (Solar)
My Romance – Frank Sinatra & Judy Garland – 2 (Jamie, OD)
Ne Me Quitte Pas – Julio Iglesias
No One In The World – Anita Baker – 1 (Coreen)
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka – 1 (PIT)
She Dances Overhead – Matt Dennis
Something In The Way She Moves – James Taylor – 1 HW
That’s The Glory of Love – JBette Midler – 3 (Craig, OD, Patd)
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack – 1 (Craig)
The Last Time I Felt Like This – Johnny Mathis & Jane Oliver – 1 (Jamie)
Unforgettable – Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole – 3 (RR, Coreen, OD)
When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole – 2 (PIT, Patd)
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
You Are Love – Showboat – 1 -- Bethy
Will Eliabeth Warren run for Senator of MA?
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/07/elizabeth-warren-massachusetts-senate-race-scott-brown/1?csp=34news
This is one that might make me move in with our favorite candy maker.
huzzah…..I have to buy 2 really obsolete cabinet door hinges for a customer and what Ad do I see at the top of the TrailMix but an Ad for Rockler: HINGES……buying 2 forthwith……it ain’t much, but holy cow, there they were.
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264623
Two more, for sheer contrariness: the Everly Bros. original recording of “Let It Be Me” (for the angelic harmonies) and Miss Emmylou’s “Tennessee Rose” (the long version from, I think, her CIMARRON album, back in the eighties--for fairly obvious reasons.
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Matt Stoller: Elizabeth Warren Versus Barack Obama on Leadership
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Jack
Put Your Head On My Shoulder – Paul Anka
Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
OK that is my final selection and if I were go through the list again My picks would be different Because I had other songs in mind before I went through the list, Mama Cass, Glen Campbell, OOOhhh Nat King Cole. Renee’s pick “In Spite of Ourselves” came out as the wife and I were working out the problem of two set in there ways 50yr olds trying to live together, It became a theme song for us.
Jack
Happy 93rd birthday Nelson Mandela.! Noble Peace Prize winner, and liberator of a country.!!!!
Noble Peace Prize winner Obama…and liberator of his Il Hyde Park Home; with illegal manipulations. After he got a huge break from his mortgage obligations; after becoming potus….he gave no help to millions of home owners that lost their homes (don’t feel sorry for the home flippers/investing in multiple homes for profit) and for liberating himself and his family of the church that held him hostage for more than …….15 yrs or more, like what is happening in the country…he did not know what was being preached by his minister……
But most of all; and meriting the nobel peace prize for advancing all of the existing wars….and creating some new ones…….oh and yes…for buying him and his wife a new image while doing all of those things mentioned and more……Oh and for Arugula….”let them eat cake”….no make that my B S…yeah thats the ticket…let them believe my lies……….
Dang, how can i forget….He also Liberated the Banks and others….I still don’t believe the too big to fail bs…was just a bunch of lies…..there is plenty of things that point this out…..most of all is that they are ready to do again…the same people are in charge of it all……..
They say that folks vote their pocket book. If so then Obama may have a black problem as well as a liberal problem.
Jack
Jack,
The Spanglish community is not so happy with him either…
Okay Jack and Fair -- Late submissions taken into consideration. Might as well keep adding to the list folks. We can put it in the archives as the Trailmix playlist for that romantic mood.
It’s been a long, long time since I heard Miss Emmylou singing Tennessee Rose and I listen to her sing several times a day.
Coreen,
About E. Warren: When I read that she was not getting the nod;that’s the same thing that came into my mind. I said to me…..this is going to be the last straw to many people; yes, very disappointing….
I can never vote for the R;s b/c of what they stand for now…in the past they were a lot different…but that wont and doesn’t mean that we can stay at home come election time. Thats the message and the headlines….”voters stay at home”
But if those that have a mind to do so…maybe just vote for any third party…imo that will give the papers a different story. ” The voters send out a strong message” by voting for third part nut cases….I can see it now….( fill in your favorite nut case here)…… Dennis K…runs on the platform of leaving earth and going to mars during his term…..I will vote and vote often for him……
My Official Top 6
1. For Emily
2. The First Time Ever (Chad Mitchell)
3. Piece O’ My Heart
4. Annie’s Song.
5. C’est Si Bon (Eartha Kitt)
6. Santa Baby (Eartha Kitt)
Jamie, who won the trifecta ?
Yeah — I made it on this computer…
Tonyb,
From your article:
“But when Gallup asked whether a voter’s congressperson should actually vote to raise the debt ceiling, only 22% said yes, with 42% giving a firm no.”
Remember whskyjack had the article Half of US social program recipients believe they “have not used a government social program” that had 40% of Medicare and Social Security recipients and Armed Forces veterans are being fooled by the rightwing propaganda machine. The same 40%? What happened to good old common sense?
Tony,
That 40% is about the number that have actually paid in what they are taking out. I suspect that most of those don’t consider it a social program when they are simply trying to get their money back.
XR
The winners were announced above at http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264677, but I will add in your top three.
Did rupert murdoch go to Britain to oversee the murder of his former employee Sean Hoare ?
Inquiring people want to know !
Some of you are disappointed that Richard Cordray is Obama’s pick to head the Consumer Protection Agency. Here’s what Elizabeth Warren has to say about it herself…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elizabeth-warren/richard-cordray-cfpb-consumer-financial-_b_901370.html
“Unfortunately, this means that the official Zahi Hawass clothing line, started by one of the many American companies that goes through Hawass to access Egyptian relics, is probably off.” -- The Atlantic.com, courtesy of CBob
That’s okay, the Chinese slaves probably have enough work without the hawass line.
President Obama openly admitted that the social security program was busted flat broke “when he said that he couldn’t gaurantee that social checks would go out if the debt limit wasn’t raised ‘
What ? You mean there is no social security trust fund ”
I’m shocked
Renee,
Some of us would have been thrilled to see Cordray made Treasury Sec’y.
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264682
Jack this from the Stoller piece you posted as well!
NEW THREAD
http://craigcrawford.com/2011/07/16/bachmann-overdrive/#comment-264699
Jax,
Maybe that’s so but whatever happened to plain ole common sense as Purple described. I don’t think it makes good sense for any of us to expect from government exactly what we’ve paid in, especially when most receive far more than they have paid in(and they know it too) I also don’t like hearing programs like SS and Medicare being called entitlements, makes them sound like welfare..It reminds of my tea party co-worker who’s husband has just lost his job because the space shuttle is no more..Grace hates government until it comes to NASA and receiving SS and Medicare, she loves them government goodies, oh and tri-care for life too..
Mqw,
obummer may have meant that the check writers & mailers might not be considered ‘essential’, and might be sent home. Maybe. As to the ‘missing’ social security trust fund :
Yes ! We have no s.s. fund;
We have no s. s. fund today.
We’ve Morgan and GM,
And Goldman and BA,
And all sorts of frauds to pay.
But, yes we have no s. s. fund,
We have no s. s. fund today !
I was hoping that Sturgeone could get this one up on You Tube before the IA caucuses.
MQW, Jim Patterson is an old old friend. His sister and I were best friends in high school and I just saw him again in San Antonio at my friend’s son’s wedding. He worked his way up from the bottom in all these years since I last saw him. I have a feeling you’d like him so if you ever meet him, tell him Bormann said to say hi. He’s hard nosed but underneath it, very kind. His dad and mine used to drink at Cousin Hugo’s on the outskirts of our suburb.
Jamie, thanks for the link. I never thought much about that song because Make Beleive over-shadowed it, but ten or so years ago, there was a Showboat revival on B;way, and I flew to NYC for a long weekend to see it. We had outrageously fantastic seats, and seeing and hearing that sung up close…well, I fell hard. I love Allen Jones, and who knew Irene Dunne could sing? I had a vcr of that film and lent it to someone, and of course, never saw it again. I adore Howard Keel, but Allen Jones….
XR, Okay, what do you want for brekky? Sorry, but I should have guessed Gramm made others as ill as he made me. I couldn’t come up with a name that would be as attention-grabbing to make my point. Armey? Delay? Cornyn? Nah. Gramm is conceivably the most disgusting man to even look at in the history of the world. I can just see, if O loses, and the new rep prez appoints
Brownback or Coburn -- doubters will be screaming more than bloody murder. Does anyone feel like adding to the list of repubs who might want to be on scotus?