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Saturday, October 14, 2006

Tony Blair Sings "Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"... 



Rx of The PartyParty is at it again...




Heh.



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Friday, October 13, 2006

A Letter From Coach Dave Daubenmire To Dr. James Dobson... 



Digby is serving up the Hot Dish, this evening...

Here is a plan.


· Begin now to build the network of partnerships of those who espouse Christian values. Much of it is already in place.

· Draft Judge Roy Moore as the 2008 presidential candidate. He has proven his mettle. Begin working for his election now. There is no question where his loyalty lies. Work to get him on the ballot in all fifty states. Stay out of the Republican primary. Build a war-chest for the general election.

· Begin a training program for future candidates in Constitutional government as it relates to God-ordained freedoms. Train up men who will not compromise for personal gain. Courageous men who stand in the face of the anti-god establishment. Men who will restore Constitutional government. Men in the tradition of Madison and Washington. In two years we will have a group of God-fearing men to run in local races.

· Hire experts to create PAC’s that will support the candidates giving opportunities for Christians to donate to Godly candidates, rather than compromised Republicans. Thumb your nose at the IRS. Would Jesus be silent on the great moral issues of the day because he was afraid of losing His tax-exempt status?

· Give no money to Republican or Democratic candidates--only those who join the new party.

· Offer current God-fearing officials an alternative to status quo politics, and offer an alternative party for them to join.


I, too, am all for it. I say go for it guys... You've got the vote!



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Willie Nelson's Stash.... 



Here it is...

Read more about it via BoingBoing

BERJAYA










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Galaxy-Eating Galaxies 10.6 Billion Light-Years Away.... Hubble Continues To Impress... 



George wants to say good-bye to our friend, Hubble. Screw you, George... Look at the cool stuff Hubble is showing, and teaching us, George, you Stooge...

BERJAYAvia Tom's Astronomy

Press Release from ESA and the Hubble Information Center:

In nature spiders earn our respect by constructing fascinating, well-organised webs in all shapes and sizes. But the beauty masks a cruel, fatal trap. Analogously, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found a large galaxy 10.6 billion light-years away from Earth (at a redshift of 2.2) that is stuffing itself with smaller galaxies caught like flies in a web of gravity. The galaxy is so far away that astronomers are seeing it as it looked in the early formative years of the Universe, only 2 billion years after the Big Bang.

The Hubble image shows the Spiderweb Galaxy sitting at the centre of an emergent galaxy cluster, surrounded by hundreds of other galaxies from the cluster.


Galaxy-eating Galaxies... Think about that... The S C A L E...


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The Clash: "The Clampdown"... 



Visionaries...




Lyrics
(Strummer/Jones)

1-2-3-4!
(Hey, hey!
Ooh!
the kingdom is ransacked
the jewels all taken back
and the chopper descends
they're hidden in the back
with a message on a half-baked tape
with the spool going round
saying im back here in this place
and i could cry
and there's smoke you could click on


What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
’Cos working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers

The judge said five to ten but I say double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
No man born with a living soul
Can be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
How can you refuse it?
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D'you know that you can use it?

The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy get runnin'
It's the best years of your life they want to steal

You grow up and you calm down and
You're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown and
You're working for the clampdown
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now

In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
For working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown

Yeah I’m working hard in Harrisburg
Working hard in Petersburg
Working for the clampdown
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong
Begging to be melted down
Gitalong, gitalong
Work
Work
And I give away no secrets – ha!
Work
More work
Work
Work


Visionaries. Now... Get back to work, Slacker...



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George Issues A Signing Statement On The "Safe Ports" Act... 



Xan, my Tennessee compatriot, who telecommutes daily to the Mighty Corrente Building, posts this fine piece of signing statement work on the "SAFE Port Act" of 2006 from your President. Break out your booze stash:

Today, I have signed into law H.R. 4954, the "Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006," or the "SAFE Port Act" (the "Act"). The Act strengthens the Government's ability to protect the Nation's seaports and maritime commerce from attack by terrorists.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act that purport to require executive branch officials to submit recommendations for legislation to the Congress, including section 201, in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to recommend for the consideration of the Congress such measures as the President judges necessary and expedient and to supervise the unitary executive branch.

The executive branch shall construe provisions of the Act, including subsection 401(c) and subsection 2(d) of the Act of March 3, 1927, as amended by section 402 of the Act, that purport to make consultation with congressional committees a precondition to execution of the law, to call for but not mandate such consultation, as is consistent with the Constitution's provisions concerning the separate powers of the Congress to legislate and the President to execute the laws. [ed.: "Fuck that Required congressional Consultation shit, already. Have we "Consulted" with you at any time over the past six years, about anything??? Clue up, Congress]

The executive branch shall construe subsection 301(h)(2) of the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978, as amended by section 403 of the Act, which purports to give a subordinate official within the executive branch authority to prevent an action by the superior official to whom the subordinate official reports, in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch. [ed. "yeah... screw Junior Boy... I'm the Deciderer!]

The executive branch shall construe section 709 of the Act, which purports to direct the President to perform the President's duties "acting through" a particular officer, in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch. [ed. The Deciderer don't "act through" no other man... 'cept GiGi Gannon, of course...]

The executive branch shall construe as advisory provisions of the Act that purport to direct or burden the conduct of negotiations by the executive branch with foreign governments, international organizations, or other entities abroad, that purport to direct executive branch officials to negotiate with foreign governments or in international organizations to achieve specified foreign policy objectives, or that purport to require the executive branch to disclose deliberations between the United States and foreign countries. Such provisions include subsections 205(d) and (i) and 803(b) of the Act; subsection 431(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by section 301 of the Act; and subsection 629(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 404 of the Act. Such provisions, if construed as mandatory rather than advisory, would impermissibly interfere with the President's constitutional authorities to conduct the Nation's foreign affairs, participate in international negotiations, and supervise the unitary executive branch.[ed.: The Deciderer ain't talkin' to, thru, or wiff nobody the Deciderer don't wanna. Don' make me get up... I's gots me a Foreign Policy-- it's called "YEE HAW!!!"

GEORGE W. BUSH

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 13, 2006.


George has taken Executive control of Port Security, and doesn't see a reason to include Congress in on his BIG PLANS... Wonderful. has he EVER had a non-reactive plan aherad of time? I mean BESIDE his Pre-Emptive War Plans...

It's a really good thing that we have a SOLID Checks and Balance system in place to keep the Executive Branch in line with the Law...

...oh... yeah... Rubber-Stamp Crony Republicans aren't exactly all that... Sorry.

Folks...

The Boy King NEEDS a Bit and Bridle.... GET OUT ON NOV. 7th, and VOTE DEMOCRATIC.


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Torture Is Sex For Sen. Shays (R-Apparent Fetishist) 



Digby's got the goods on this... Sen. Shays... We THOUGHT you were SANE.. Why would disappoint us all this close to an election?

via Digby's Hullabaloo

What in the hell is wrong with these people? That's not torture? That stuff is over and above the things we've all seen with the forced masturbation, simulated fellatio, smearing feces on prisoners and forcing them to wear women's underwear while chained in stress positions to their cells or beds.

Characterizing what happened at Abu Ghraib as a "sex ring" is bizarre enough but he defends his comment the next day which means it wasn't a slip of the tongue or a badly worded phrase. He's thought about this and he believes it.

He said he looked at all those pictures and saw sex. Did you? I sure didn't. But then we libertine lefties base our belief that people should be able to do whatever they like in their private lives on the bedrock principle of individual freedom, agency and rights. It's the coercion that makes all this stuff so wrong. When somebody is coerced or forced into doing "sexual" things against their will, it can most certainly be torture. (I can't believe I even have to make that argument.)


Indeed, my friend... What the hell is WRONG with these people? Better questions... HOW did they get into office, and WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR THEM? Shame on the lot... Shame.


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Frank Lloyd Wright's Marden House Has Been Restored.... 



I don't talk about it here much, but, I am a Frank Lloyd Wright fanatic. I'm a Degreed Scenic Designer, and I have always looked to Wright for design advice. My library is rife with books on Wright and his work. While I was stationed in Northern Virginia, ten years ago, in the Navy, I did my best to see every Wright house in the area.. The Pope-Leighey House, which I visited regularly while I was stationed at Ft. Belvoire-- just a short bike ride away, is right next to Mt. Vernon, and the Marden House was the second house I visited... totally uninvited... just pulled up, got out, and walked around. I was sort of saddened by my visit. When I saw it, it was unoccupied, vacant, overgrown, and worse for wear... The land, and the shell of the place were still absolutely stunning.

I was Googling around for some fireplace designs, and came across this great article about the place being bought and restored...

BERJAYAvia Washington Life

The Marden House exhibits many elements that characterize Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian style, particularly the concrete slab flooring, built-in furniture, and abundant natural views. The use of construction materials drawn from nature (opposite page, bottom) is in keeping with Wright's belief that buildings should grow naturally from their environment. Much of the furniture in the house was designed by the architect, including the cabinetry that runs across the far side of the living area.


The masterpiece in this case was none other than a Frank Lloyd Wright house built in 1952 - one of only three properties that Wright designed in the Washington area. Known to Wright's disciples as the Marden House, this hemicycle design set into the rocky hillside was named after Luis and Ethel Marden, the photographer and mathematician couple for whom the home was designed. The Marden's occupied the residence until 2003. Presented with a choice, Kimsey decided to do what any steward of a masterpiece would, and he undertook its restoration to exactly what the artist intended it to be. Kimsey even visited Wright's archivists at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, housed at Taliesin West in Arizona, and in 2004, he began the $1 million-plus restoration. The result is pure F.L.W., a cinderblock work of minimalist genius suspended over a torrent of rapids half a mile south of the Key Bridge.


Thank you for doing what you did, Mr. James V. Kimsey.



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Thursday, October 12, 2006

American Dreamblogging: GREAT NEWS Edition! 



TOTALLY APPROOOOOOOOVED! woot woo!

To be totally honest... I'm FLOORED about being approved. Sure, the Housing Market is in Freefall, but.... GEESH! I DID spend the past three years repairing my credit, and really worked hard to get out of debt. I'm still surprised at how much resdue is still staining my record... So, I wrote letters to the Companies telling them that I fixed this, and repaired that, and paid off all of this stuff... provided scans of receipts, the whole works... I think my Lender must have better access... Dig THIS!

October 12, 2006


Dear Monkeyfister,

Thank you for applying with this Credit Union for your mortgage financing needs. Your loan application has been received in the ******* Mortgage Section and I have been assigned as your Loan Processor.

Shortly, you will receive a package with your initial loan disclosures and a request for any additional documentation required. Please review this information carefully. It is necessary that you sign, complete and return the paperwork within a specific time period as noted on the disclosures.


Every Day... In Every Way... It's getting better and better...

We march foward smartly... As soon as I'm done dancing around the room with the cats...


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More Gitmo Abuse... 



I salute the brave young Sargeant for coming forward and testifying under oath...

via The ABC Blotter

The Pentagon says it is fully cooperating with a brand new investigation into allegations of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay.

The allegations come from a Marine Corps sergeant, 23-year-old Heather Cerveny, who spent a week at the base in late September as a legal aide to a military lawyer representing detainees.

In a sworn affidavit filed with the Pentagon Inspector General, Sgt. Cerveny says she met several Navy prison guards at a club on the base where, over drinks, they described harsh physical abuse.

"One sailor specifically said, 'I took the detainee by the head and smashed his head into the cell door,'" Sgt. Cerveny tells ABC News in an exclusive interview.



George and Rummy gots some splainin' to do...


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The Sandbox... 



A fairly new feature of the Doonesbury website.

Welcome to The Sandbox, our command-wide milblog, featuring comments, anecdotes, and observations from service members currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is GWOT-lit's forward position, offering those in-country a chance to share their experiences and reflections with the rest of us.


Some of those letters are heart-rending...


Hat-Tip to Pat.




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Fox News Techniques... 



Ohhh... DO watch this!





I saw it at Bartcop!



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Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Big Ammo Dump Explosion At Camp Falcon, North of Baghdad.... 



Hitting the news now:

BERJAYAvia BBC

A fire at a US base in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has caused a series of explosions, the military has said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties at the base, known as Forward Operating Base Falcon.

The US military blamed the explosions on ammunition "cooking off" in the heat. They said they did not know what had caused the initial fire.

Blasts from the base, in the south of the city, were heard for miles around.

The BBC's Andrew North, in Baghdad, said the explosions started at about 2300 (2100 BST) and were becoming "evermore frequent" as the fire appeared to be spreading.

"Given the number and the scale of these explosions - and this is a very large base with a large number of troops - casualties are a possibility," he said.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry said the blasts had shaken three neighbourhoods close to the base in the southern district of Doura.



Be safe, my Brothers and Sisters...


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Monday, October 09, 2006

The Waterboys: "The Whole Of The Moon"... 



One of my all-time favorite pop-tunes...






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The Three Little Bops... 



Best Merry Melodies animation EVER...





I've been busy the past few days, working out the details of what is soon to be my new home. So... enjoy this materpiece by Friz Frieling.


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