Daily Kos Diarist Michael Schiavo Slams Joe Lieberman

I bet your first reaction upon seeing the name of "Michael Schiavo" in the title of this DUmmie FUnnies thread was "Huh?" It sure was my reaction when I saw Michael Schiavo's name as a Daily Kos Diarist SLAMMING Joe Lieberman in a KOmmie Diary titled, "Excuse me, Mr. Lieberman?" One would have thought that after all the controversy over Schiavo forcing the removal of the feeding tube from his comatose wife, Terri, over the strong objections of her parents who were willing to take care of her, that Michael Schiavo would slither away from public view and take a very low profile in life either for a very long time or permanently. However, Michael Schiavo seems to relish being on stage and is back in the public eye with a vengeance as an active participant in partisan politics with this Daily Kos DIARY. Ironically, this moral leper is doing his candidate, Ned Lamont, no favors with his open display of support in KOmmieland. In fact, his endorsement of Lamont may well backfire which makes it surprising that the KOmmies were so short sighted as to give Schiavo a political platform. As usual the KOmmie rantings are in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, stifling the urge to yell "UNCLEAN! UNCLEAN!" at the moral leper, is in the [brackets]:

In the media and political circus surrounding my case a few people stood out. Tom Delay, of course. Rick Santorum and Bill Frist. President Bush.

And Joe Lieberman.

[And Michael Schiavo who obviously loves being in the public eye as now.]

Not only did Joe Lieberman support the illegal political intervention in the private and legally protected decisions of my family, he went out of his way to defend it. On national television.

So when I thought about going to Connecticut to remind voters what Joe Lieberman really thinks about family values and personal privacy, I didn't have to think too long.

[Michael loves being on display.]

Last Friday Ned Lamont and I stood between Connecticut's historic Capitol and Supreme Court speaking to reporters (video) about Joe Lieberman's disconnect from average Americans.

[Spoken by an expert on the subject of disconnect as in disconnecting feeding tubes.]

But it was Joe Lieberman's comment while I was in Connecticut with Ned Lamont that should show everyone Joe Lieberman still doesn't get it.

[Obviously you don't get that folks want you to fade away like a bad memory.]

According to press reports, Lieberman said, "It's time for politicians to let Terri Schiavo rest in peace."

Really?

[Really. So why are YOU stirring up that hornet's nest again, Michael?]

Mr. Lieberman, where was your sense of compassion for Terri last year when you went on "Meet the Press" to say politicians should get involved?

[And where is YOUR compassion to let let your wife rest in peace?]

Mr. Lieberman, you, Tom Delay, Bill Frist, Marilyn Musgrave and other right-wing politicians thought Terri was a prime political issue then.

[Michael using his Daily Kos brush to paint Lieberman as "right-wing."]

Mr. Lieberman, I must have missed your passionate speech on the Senate floor about how this issue, this case, my family was not a cause for politicians. I missed it, Senator, because you never gave such a speech.

When it came time to count hands and be heard, Mr. Lieberman, you threw in with Bill Frist and George Bush.

[You left out Karl Rove. BTW, who knew that Michael Schiavo would turn out to be such a left wing talking points looney?]

And now that you're in a fight for your political future and down in the polls you want politicians to "let Terri rest in peace."

[Like you're doing? All you are doing is riding Terri's death by starvation (thanx to you) to more self publicity.]

I'll bet you do, Mr. Lieberman.

[Something strange here about Joe Lieberman getting a morality lecture from the starver of wives.]

I bet you want nothing more than for voters in Connecticut to forget what you did and what you said. But I went to Hartford this week to make sure they would not. And I hope they do not.

[I sort of wanted to forget what you did to your wife but you won't let me.]

Ned Lamont, Mr. Lieberman, is everything you are not. He understands that our bedrooms, hospital rooms, hospices and churches are not where we want our government. Ned told me, and the voters of Connecticut, that this issue was one of the reasons he decided to run for Senate.

[If Lamont ends up losing to Lieberman, he has Schiavo to thank for openly endorsing him.]

He's right. And I have a feeling that the voters of Connecticut know it.

Ned Lamont has my full and unconditional support. And he needs yours too. If you haven't been to his website, please go. Volunteer, donate and get involved.

[Please GO AWAY, Michael!]

You can also help us keep the pressure on Lieberman and the other politicians who acted like he did. Visit my PAC website - TerriPAC. We need your help too.

[It looks like he is going to ride his wife's tragic death into a whole political career shtick. Too bad for Michael that politicians are going to end up asking him NOT to endorse them.]

With your continued help, we'll elect a great Governor in Florida and two new members of Congress in Colorado: Peggy Lamm and Angie Paccione. But TerriPAC is just getting started and we're counting on you to keep us going and let us know where we need to be next.

[Yup! Michael sure appears to exploiting his wife's death (due to his removal of her feeding tube) to ride his way into yet more political publicity. And now to read the reactions of his strongly supportive fellow KOmmies...]

He's NeoCon inside and out. He helped plan the Iraq crime. He helped sell it. He still utters nonsense about it. He's not for Connecticut.

[Any Democrat who is rational on the subject of Iraq MUST be purged from the Party.]

Neville Chamberlain worked with Hitler. Sometimes you have to stand up to crooks, liars and criminals, not "work with them."

[A typical KOmmie tactic---equating Bush with Hitler.]

Thanks for your diary Michael. Everytime I see people use religion for their political advantage, I want to send them to confession, have them say 1,000,000 Hail Mary's and genuflect until their knees fall off.

[How many Hail Mary's if you use your own wife's death (that you caused) for political advantage?]

Isn't Lieberman just about the smarmiest enabler you have ever seen? He's an oleaginous little suck-up to the man who stole the 2000 election from him and Al Gore. Wouldn't it make more sense for him to get Gore's issues now? Not if he already has plans to cross the floor and embrace his former tormentors ... a weasely, despicable little operator.

[Strange how the Democrats call for "bipartisanship" but when it really happens they get OUTRAGED.]

Mr Schiavo - After so many years of battling with the legal system, I'm amazed that you have it in you to keep fighting for justice. Thank you.

[Michael got addicted to the publicity which is why he just can't leave the limelight.]

Michael, there is no higher tribute you could give to the tragedy that was your wife's last years than to become politically involved, and in her name. She can live on in the political activity you support, in her memory. It is only if each and everyone of us stands up and says No! this country is governed by a rule of law, not of emotion that we can hope to retain our democracy.

[After the Left accused conservatives of politicizing the plight of Terri Schiavo, guess who is now proudly riding the publicity generated by her death?]

Thank you Michael. I remember you saying at Yearly Kos that you'd be happy to help sweep all those stuck their noses in your private family business. And I'm very glad to see you're doing it.

[Did Michael visit the Stratosphere Chocolate Fountain at the Vegas Yearly Kos party?]

why wasn't the decision of her family the one that counted?

[Because in the courts, Michael's determination to starve his wife overrode their desire to keep Terri alive.]

As a person who has personally suffered at the hands of the religious right, Mr. Schiavo has every reason to stump for Ned Lamont, and every reason to publicly excoriate Sen. Lieberman.

[No mention here of Mrs. Schiavo's sufferings at the hand of Mr. Schiavo.]

TerriPAC accepts Paypal. NICE. If only all the other campaign sites did too I wouldn't think twice about sending a few bucks their way on the spot (Lamont, DNC, MoveOn, WesPAC, etc).... How many of you haven't contributed to something because your wallet was in the other room and/or you're weary of putting your credit card number out there too many times? Just throwin' it out there to any of you working on any other campaign somewhere. Paypal is the key to winning back Congress....

[Michael's political PAC is just 10 PayPal dollars away from overturning Congress.]

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DUFU Podcast 005 (We Control ALL Your Diebold Machines!)

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William Rivers Pitt Hides Behind Marc Ash's Skirt

William Rivers Pitt has finally rendered up a non-answer about his part in the Non-Indictment That Dares Not Speak Its Name. This was in response to a challenge from DUmmie kstewart33 who boldly asked in this THREAD, "William Pitt: How about an explanation?" Unfortunately for DUmmie kstewart33, Pied Piper Pitt responds with a lame non-answer as we shall see. I wonder if Pitt will be allowed to be so evasive if he is forced to take the stand if there is a criminal trial against his buddy, Jason Leopold, for making threats against various bloggers including, most notably, SEIXON. Remember, Pied Piper Pitt was in the forefront of vouching for the "noble" journalistic integrity of Jason Leopold and has acted as his chief enabler on the Web. Therefore it is to be expected that any criminal proceedings against Leopold must include Pitt on the witness stand. One can only hope that such a trial will be televised so we can watch the squirmings and evasions by Bukowski's most devout patron. As usual, the Pied Piper Pitt evasion is in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, amused at the fact that Pitt placed his entire political cojones into the greasy palms of Jason Leopold, is in the [brackets]:

William Pitt: How about an explanation?

[I was DESPERATE to claw my way into fame. I figured that since it was a sure thing that Karl Rove would be indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald, why not announce it as a fact and then lay claim for this amazing scoop when it happened? Who knew that this could have completely backfired on me and now am so openly mocked by my fellow leftists that my only consolation is imbibing deeply of liquid refreshments nightly at Bukowski's?]

Now that you're posting again, might you give us all a full explanation of what happened concerning the Rove indictment/Jason Leopold/truthout fiasco several weeks back. You remember: the series of stories that had us all convinced that Rove would be indicted after 24 business hours or 48 or whatever?

[The indictment really happened. I just got a little ahead of the news cycle on that one. The indictment will be announced the moment the Great Pumpkin arrives.]

No fair sneaking back into the forums without telling all of us chumps what the heck happened.

[What happened is that I have gone from merely predicting indictments that didn't happen to prophesizing a grand apocalyptic End of the World VISION based on a complex series of events which must fit together perfectly like a vast jigsaw puzzle for it to happen.]

calling folks out is a no no.

[How dare you call on Pied Piper Pitt to account for making fools of us all.]

This is in bad taste. Regardless of the situation...

[Yecch! A fellow DUmmie seeks the truth. This is in bad taste.]

Thou shalt not ask for accountability...ye shall bow thy head and baa in acquiescence as does the rest of the DU flock.

[Ye shall bury thy head in the sand as does the rest of the DUmmie flock.]

Is this personal? Did he take away your virginity, or something?

[That is a question that might be asked in a courtroom concerning a certain Girls School scandal in Newton.]

Hey Bill- if you are reading this, somebody still loves ya, Baby!!!

[Is that you, Jason Leopold?]

I would venture to guess that Leopold was probably right and Death Star Cheney once again pulled off the impossible (to mere mortals) anyway. What HAVEN'T these assh*les gotten away with? Just sayin'.

[Yeah, Karl Rove really was indicted and Patrick Fitzgerald merely kept mum when Rove's lawyer lied about there being no indictment. It sounds like the Good Fairy Leopold has been sprinkling Pixie Dust on your brain.]

You should be ashamed for posting this. Will has done more for this party than you ever will.

[Absolutely. Will has done more to make the Democrats look like complete fools than you ever will. That videotape of the Michigan Democrats (including Hillary) standing up and cheering the Truthout announcement of the Rove indictment just can't be topped for sheer idiocy. Thanx, Will. You done GOOD!]

No one should ever be ashamed for wanting to know if information is true or not, and while I agree that Will Pitt certainly has every right, as much as anyone else to post here, I'd like to hear about that fiasco as well.. tho I imagine they might want to post it at their site and then link it here for us all to scratch our heads over

[They already did post an explanation at the TruthOut site. Karl Rove was really indicted but they just got ahead of the news cycle in announcing it.]

Will never claimed direct knowledge-he said he trusted the people whom claimed direct knowledge, as in "I doubt they are lying".....thereby lending his considerable weight to the story.As best I can guess,some deal was in fact arranged.Myself,I am tired of people that to this day post snarky stuff against both Leopold and TO.And to bring Will's credibility in when he was a character witness is unfair....till the entire cabal is taken down and the history is written, I'll abstain....

[According to Will himself, one of the sources that he trusted was Joe Wilson. And thanx for reminding us that Pitt was a character witness vouching for that font of journalistic integrity, Jason Leopold.]

Shameful violation of the rules. This will hopefully be locked VERY soon. SHAME on you.

[Shameful violation of DUmmieland rules. Seeking the truth. SHAME on you.]

Why don't we all just alert the mods.... I did. This is clearly against the rules.

[Clearly against the rules to seek out the truth in DUmmieland.... And now the moment we have all been waiting for. An uncharacteristically cryptic "explanation" from the Pied Piper himself. Heeeeeeeere's WILLLIIEEEEE!!!]

Ready?

I can't.

Not because I don't want to, or because there isn't a good one. I do and there is. But any and all information on this issue is going to come from Marc Ash, and he is my boss, and that's how it is. I am required to abide by the rules of my employer, and that's one of them.

Sorry.

And, P.S., I've been a member here since April of 2001, so I'm not sneaking anywhere.

[So there you have it. Pied Piper Pitt could easily give us an explanation about the Hoaxmas story but he can't because he must defer to that journalistic giant and fashion photographer, Marc Ash. If only fashion photographer Ash would give Pitt a deferment on the TruthOut rules, Pitt could explain the whole thing thus lifting the weight that is crushing his political career that never happened.]

Locking. Calling out another member is against the rules. Also, in the future, if you see something like this, please just hit the Alert button instead of telling the poster why their thread will be locked. The mods will handle it.

[Locking. Also in the future, any thread daring to question Pitt about the Non-indictment That Dare Not Speak Its Name will be instantly locked.]

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"Horse’s Head Dumped in Democratic Councilwoman’s Pool"

A horse's head is dumped into the swimming pool of a Democrat councilwoman and the DUmmies of course blame the EVIL Republicans for this deed as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Horse’s Head Dumped in Democratic Councilwoman’s Pool." Perhaps Don Karlo Roveone made her an offer that she couldn't refuse. So let us now watch the DUmmies speculate that this horse head DUmping was committed by the Bush Crime Family in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, taking the Fifth Amendment on this charge, is in the [brackets]:

Horse’s Head Dumped in Democratic Councilwoman’s Pool

[Don Karlo Roveone's offer that she can't refuse.]

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. - A councilwoman found a severed horse’s head in her swimming pool Tuesday, state police said. “We’re looking at a threat as a possible angle,” Lt. Pierce Gallagher said. “Certainly, we can’t rule that out.” There have been some prior instances of harassment directed toward Wawayanda Councilwoman Gail Soro, Gallagher said.

[The Bush Crime Family Consiglieri, Don Karlo Roveone, has spoken.]

Let's hear it for those moral, Christian, family-values Republicans!

[Let's hear it for pointing fingers of blame based on NO facts.]

Yeah, I'm sure when it comes out, we'll find out it was her Dem primary challenger? It may not turn out to be an officially sanctioned Repub action, but I'm willing to lay good money that whatever sick jerk did something like this for whatever warped reason - it'll turn out that he (they) are registered Repub(s)

[Was the horse a registered Republican?]

A horse's head is a death threat. Bodyguards and a thorough police investigation is the solution.

[And The Godfather DVD should be carefully watched for clues.]

Soro's been in the middle of tussles over growth and planning that are the hot-button issues in the town. But she says she won't be scared out of office. She's up for re-election next year, and she's running.

[Ever consider that SHE might have dumped the horse's head in her own pool as a publicity stunt? Such stunts by Democrats have happened before such as that prof in California that spraypainted Hate graffiti on her own car.]

Sure hope they find the sicko who did this.

[They should start with a list of DUmmie screen names.]

I have to say that I pity the horse. What sort of freak would decapitate a horse?

[What sort of freak would decapitate a human being? Wait! We already know the answer---Islamofascists.]

I hope they find who did it and I would bet that it's a potential developer who probably also is a big contributer to the town's Republicans.

["Johnny Fontane will never get that movie!"]

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DUFU Podcast 004 (Socialist Steve)

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DUFU Podcast 003 (Bolshevik Blitz)

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DUFU Podcast 002 (Bolshevik Brian)

Okay, so I'm like a kid with a new toy. And my new toy is PODCASTING so I just have to play with it. And my latest PODCAST is of Bolshevik Brian of OYF, formerly "Republicans Suck." Bolshevik Brian seems to be more typical of the Leftists than The Rude Guy in that he is ANGRY. Very ANGRY. So LISTEN in to Bolshevik Brian and hear the ANGER which is so typical of the Left nowadays.

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DUFU Podcast 001 (The Rude Guy)

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For this inaugural DUFU audio podcast, I am DUFUing THE RUDE GUY. I know your initial reaction to the Rude Guy will be, "Is this guy for real?" Well, I assure you he is all too real. I did not make up this guy. You can listen to his podcasts from his site. To listen to this DUFU PODCAST simply left-click HERE or, if that doesn't work, then right-click and save to your computer to listen from there. And to you audio Podcast newbies, you do NOT need an iPod to listen to a Podcast. You can listen directly on your computer. Of course, if you like these DUFU audio Podcasts, you can download to your iPod or MP3 player if you have one and allow your friends to listen in on the fun.

Well, I hope you enjoy today's show and there will be a LOT more of these Podcasts in the future.

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"Dennis Kucinich looks like an elf"

Is there an anti-elvian prejudice afoot in the land? According to the DUmmies there is and I can't say I disagree with them. I mean how seriously can you take somebody who looks like a tiny elf? Even Kucinich's former press secretary (William Rivers Pitt) secretly mocked him by sending insider info on the 2004 Kucinich presidential primary campaign to the Kerry campaign in a desperate bid to ingratiate himself with the latter until the Elf discovered the betrayal and fired Pitt. Of course, if an elf cannot be elected president, does that also close the White House doors to people with a Leprechaun appearance? In any event, the prejudice against elves is dicussed in this DUmmie THREAD accurately titled, "Dennis Kucinich looks like an elf." As usual, the DUmmie elfian treatise is in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, pouring Pixie Dust on Kucinich's presidential chances, are in the [brackets]:

Dennis Kucinich looks like an elf

[Hey, it's better than looking like a Frankenstein monster which is who your 2004 presidential candidate resembled.]

That's why nobody would vote for him to be the next president. Because of how he looks. He doesn't have a southern accent and he doesn't have white hair. He doesn't look like a president, so people don't take him seriously.

[Time to initiate a whole bunch of anti-elf discrimination legislation.]

Well, I say enough of this idiocy. Forget Hillary. Forget Gore, Clark, Joe, or whoever the hell else. Dennis Kucinich would probably be the best damn thing to happen if people would only give him a chance. He's a pacifist, he's progressive, he seems to actually give a f*ck about the people, and he's not corrupted by big corporations and lobbyists.

[Too bad the American people are too narrow to overcome their anti-elf prejudices.]

You want to send a REAL message to the assholes right now controlling the country? Both the Democrats and the Republicans? (And don't for one second think there aren't corrupted Dems). Send the one guy who the media doesn't give a chance in hell to the white house. Show those bastards that the people are going to take the country back by putting the guy who doesn't look like a president and who was divorced in power.

[Elf for Pres!]

If you look at his policies, they're the most progressive. They're the best ideas. If he was president and people like him ran the senate and congress, things would actually start to improve. Health care, education, the economy, the world stage. So why don't people vote for him?

[Because he looks like Tinkerbell's groom?]

Because he looks like an elf.

[Cheer up. Plastic surgery could make him look like a leprechaun.]

Sad.

[FUnnie. And now to hear from the rest of the pro-elvian DUmmies...]

I got no problem with Dennis Kucinich. None.

[You are one of the rare ones who has overcome anti-elf prejudices.]

Dumberica likes only medium-to-tall white alpha males with folksy demeanor. Corporations would order the news to paint him as a crazy leaping gnome.

[More like a Gollum...like James Carville.]

He might look like an elf, but liberals are naturally adversed to... anything that looks like money - pretty is not an attractive thing to liberals, got it? Pretty means money, and in our minds, money is evil. That's why liberals don't mind that Kucinich looks like an elf.

[I don't mind either. Some of my best friends are elves.]

Progressives could have made Kucinich the nominee.
But we talk ourselves out of it with hand-wringing about "electability." Well, we picked the most "electable" candidate running in the '04 primary and we saw how that worked out.

[Lurch lost.]

Sad but true- just like Robin Cook in the UK who was a gifted politician but acknowledged that he would never become Prime Minister because he looked like a garden gnome.

[At least he was able to scare the crows away from the tomatos.]

Hes definietely the MAN... but Americans are too stupid
to appreciate him!

[They just can't get past that elf thing.]

Perhaps those shallow thinkers will be silenced should he ever run again, with his tall, beautiful wife standing at his side.

[Being towered over by your own wife? That would only emphasize his elfishness.]

I think Kerry's looks may have hurt him as well.

[Those looks scared the hell out of the kids.]

Even Al Frum, Mr DLC, said that Edwards wasn't invited to their meeting this past weekend, but not to make much of it because they didn't need a beauty contest anyway. What a snark.

[Frum was just jealous of Edwards' hairspray.]

You are wrong - Dennis has always been attractive to me and
I believe to many other women, as well. He has way more sizzle than most men.

[Dennis Kucinich as the next Fabio.]

He's Keebler, reincarnated!

[Certainly not the Jolly Green Giant.]

I saw a focus group on C-span during the summer of 2003, about the dem primary candidates. They showed the panel pictures of the nine candidates and asked for their impressions. There were something like ten people in the focus group, and a couple of them recognized a few of the candidates, the rest recognized zero of them. No one recognized Dennis. Their reaction to his picture was to laugh.

[Time to face an ugly truth---elves are FUnnie.]

I love that man, and I wanted to marry him, but that English woman Elizabeth beat me to it.

[The Pillsbury Dough Boy is still available.]

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William Rivers Pitt Vomits Up Apocalyptic Visions

The most important thing you need to know about Pied Piper Pitt's latest RANT in DUmmieland titled, "Allow me, if you please, to freak you out...," is WHEN it was posted. 4:20 A.M. on Sunday morning. Right away that tells us it was a DRUNKEN rant posted after a long night of binge drinking at Bukowski's. The heavy drinking for Pitt is necessary to kill the pain of public HUMILIATION over the Non-Indictment That Dare Not Speak Its Name. In addition, Pitt has now become a NON-PERSON over at the Progressive Democrats of America site where "his" blog no longer even bears his name much less his blogs. This also means a loss of the PDA expense account that covered much of Pitt's heavy drinking which he must now pay for out of his own pocket since his TruthOut "refreshment" funds have also dried up due to lack of contributions due to the Hoaxmas scandal. So there we have Pied Piper Pitt hitting one drink after another late Saturday night into Sunday morning trying to drown out the pain. The pain of public humiliation over Hoaxmas. The pain of a shattered political career that died before it was even born. And most of all, the pain coming from the knowledge that he will never ever be taken seriously again except for a handful of DUmmies. Such dark thoughts, abetted by copious quantities of alcohol, are sure to lead to apocalyptic thoughts. Not through any rational analysis of the geopolitical situation (remember Pitt is the one who postulated that the Third American Empire was born when happy American fans screamed "USA! USA!" when the Americans beat the Soviet Union in ice hockey during the 1980 Winter Olymics) but from the desperate hope that the entire world will be dragged down to his own miserable condition. Yes, it was a long Saturday night/Sunday morning. The many drinks at Bukowski's did little to kill the pain despite a forced happy face front put on for Ty the Bouncer and Pitt's other drinking buddies (mainly because he pays for their drinks). Finally came the time to leave Bukowki's and stagger your way home to confront the demons of your own miserable existence. The sickening nature of this condition plus your alcohol pickled stomach caused you to violently vomit up the imbibings of the long evening until you could retch no more. Sleep is not an option due to a chronic case of insomnia. So what to do? What you always do when in such a pathetic situation...vomit up nonsense in DUmmieland. Yes, you have recently been forced to avoid your favorite pastime---making erroneous predictions for fear of bringing up memories of Hoaxmas but now you are desperate. So you tap away at the keyboard with predictions and not just of the relatively mundane variety as you have before such as some obscure paper filed in an equally obscure Ohio courthouse that could possible tip the 2004 election to Kerry. No, this time you go for broke. An entire world consumed in apocalyptic flames. A post that tells us much more about Pitt himself than the actual condition of the world. A post that tells us that Pied Piper Pitt envisions himself going up in flames in a mighty apocalyptic conflagration. "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" So let us now watch Pied Piper Pitt drunkenly stagger into the demons of his personal apocalypse in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, pouring vodka on the flames of the Burning Pitt, is in the [brackets]:

Allow me, if you please, to freak you out...

[You're going to remove your shirt?]

It is easy enough to hold the violence unfolding in the Middle East at arm's length if you are an American, especially if you are an American whose knowledge of the vast complexities of the situation comes from the television news. It is easy enough to hold it all at arm's length because, goodness knows, you've heard enough about Mideast violence already over the last several years.

[It's easy enough to hold a glass of vodka at arm's length. Oh wait! It's not easy so I'll just lighten the load by tossing it down my throat.]

It may even be something of a relief to have all this unfold, because it has managed to drown out coverage of the daily drumbeat of Iraq carnage. If you are an American with a media-trained short attention span, you might even be able to pretend, for a while anyway, that the Iraq thing isn't really that important anymore. If it was important, they'd be covering it, right?

[And Pied Piper Pitt is quite the expert in drowning things out.]

Besides, you're safe. The Bush administration has spent an enormous amount of time and energy convincing you that you're covered, that they've got your back, that they are all about the defense of the homeland. Nothing else has been blown up over here since 9/11, so they must be doing something right. And besides, violence between Israel, Lebanon and Hezbollah is so totally 80's, anyway.

[You're safe, Pitt. Bukowski's remains your personal haven protecting you from the cruel world out there.]

Let's roll one version of the tape to the end.

[You mean the Will Pitt, alcohol induced, version of the tape to the end.]

The military build-up on the border between Israel and Lebanon is ostensibly aimed at Hezbollah guerillas, but it isn't too long of a drive between that build-up and the Syrian border. If enough people get nervous on either side, or if Syria decides to flex its muscles on behalf of its proxy fighters in Lebanon, or if Israel decides to strike the root instead of the stalk, then all of a sudden we have a firefight between two serious powers.

[Blah-blah--ba-bla-ba-BLAH! Will Pitt now regurgitating items he scanned from the news in order to pretend that he is some sort of geopolitical expert.]

Syria and Iran signed a mutual defense pact not so long ago, which means fighting one is tantamount to fighting both. This isn't terribly daunting to the Israeli military, because there are not many combinations of military powers in the region that can challenge their conventional warfare might.

[The main thing Pitt needs to know about the military situation in the Mideast is that he can always drink the antifreeze of the tanks for the alcohol content if necessary.]

The fight starts for real, and the first thing Israel does is establish control of the air. The Israeli air force chews up the Syrian and Iranian air forces at speed, and then begins to attack basic infrastructure: power grids, fuel depots, bridges, communications centers, anti-aircraft batteries and any troop or armor concentrations it comes across in the process.

[How long to establish control of the air? 24 business hours?]

Stage two, once air dominance is established, will be Israel attacking and destroying any and all troop, armor and artillery forces deployed by Syria and Iran. They will do this to great effect, and follow it up with their own troops and armor. Syria and Iran will find themselves, very rapidly, almost entirely outmatched.

[Stage two, a top secret lockdown meeting on the 4th floor of Patton Boggs.]

But Syria and Iran are not entirely without fangs. Iran's batteries of Sunburst missiles are unleashed from their mountainous shoreline overlooking the Persian Gulf, and a number of heavy American warships are hit and sunk, because the Sunburst has the capability of defeating Aegis radar systems. Iran likewise has the ability to, overnight, bring their fight against Israel to the American soldiers in Iraq. Iran's Shiite allies all across Iraq introduce a whole new front in that struggle.

[And every little piece of this puzzle fitting together just as Pitt forsees it. Just like how Karl Rove was indicted on May 12.]

Somewhere in this, the oil spigot in Iran is either disrupted or deliberately shut off. The global economy rocks and rolls. China, whose multi-billion dollar oil deals with Iran provides their economy a desperately needed infusion, feels the shortage severely. An ominous possibility arises, only darkly muttered previously because the ramifications are too dire to contemplate. That possibility, simply, is China's ability, with their vast holdings of American debt, to annihilate the American economy with five simple words: "We want our money back." At a minimum, China becomes a major player in the situation.

[The alcohol is talking very loudly here. This apocalyptic vision of the future isn't just based on a simple premise. No, Pitt is brazenly setting forth a complex series of prophetic visions. And knowing his track record for predictions, should we all prepare now for the End of Times?]

As if this were not bad enough, Syria is pressed into a corner by Israel's effective attacks. The Syrian leadership realizes Israel isn't simply pushing them, punishing them or attempting to bomb them to the negotiating table. Israel is out for blood and intends to topple the Syrian government. Syria's commanders, facing extinction, break the seal on the final option: their stockpile of chemical weaponry. Gas bombs are used against Israeli troops, and explode within Israel's borders.

[Prophetic vision piled upon prophetic vision. Alcohol is such an effective lubricant for inspiring such visions, mostly of the double vision variety.]

And we're off to the races.

[And we're off to the races. Can I place a bet on Rove Indictment in the 12th?]

Israel, erupting with rage, turns Syria and Iran into glass. An explosion of rage envelops the Middle East, and even the Arab governments who chastised Hezbollah are forced to choose between opposing Israel or being themselves toppled by the swell. The eruption is most acute in Pakistan, whose hard-core fundamentalists are umbilically and spiritually tied to their Taliban neighbors in Afghanistan.

[You left Tibet out of the equation, Pitt. And how does the Morrocan olive futures market affect this situation?]

Pervez Musharraf is faced with a sudden revolution, both from his population and from within the ranks of his Taliban-friendly military. His government is toppled, and all of a sudden, a nuclear power has been overthrown by Islamic extremists. The American military unit in Pakistan, whose sole purpose is to secure and remove that nations' nuclear arsenal in the event of revolt, loses the race to get hold of the weapons.

[Been reading Tom Clancy while drunk, Pitt?]

India reacts with unutterable terror, as does China and Russia and every other neighbor in the immediate region. Worse, the ultimate nightmare has become real. There are, all of a sudden, loose nukes walking the Earth.

[Even worse, Andorra doesn't react at all.]

If this last Pakistani bit seems too farfetched, someone should let the editors of the Los Angeles Times know. The following appeared in the Opinion section of their Sunday edition: "Al Qaeda has had Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in its sights for years, and the organization finally gets its man. Pakistan descends into chaos as militants roam the streets and the army struggles to restore order. India decides to exploit the vacuum and punish the Kashmir-based militants it blames for the recent Mumbai railway bombings. Meanwhile, U.S. special operations forces sent to secure Pakistani nuclear facilities face off against an angry mob."

[Meanwhile, Bukowski's is forced to temporarily close its door to its most loyal patron due to a health department inspection.]

Meanwhile, back in America, terror strikes begin to take place all across the country. It was, after all, the violence between Israel, Palestine and Lebanon back in the 1980's that inspired men like Ramsi Yousef to attack the World Trade Center in the first place. The government is powerless to stop these attacks, because anti-terror funding has been redirected to bean festivals in Indiana instead of major capitols and seats of infrastructure, and because the first-warning intelligence services have been savaged in an ideological purge.

[Meanwhile, back in America, a terror strike targets a Boston Beer Festival. Pitt wept.]

"Red Alert" is announced. Martial law is declared, posse comitatus and habeas corpus are suspended, and the Constitution of the United States is indefinitely put on the shelf. Elections are cancelled, and a sense of permanent emergency is impressed upon a cowed and unprepared populace by a pliant news media.

[And, worst of all, Happy Hour at Bukowski's is cancelled as Pied Piper Pitt feverishly works to fit more pieces into his complex apocalyptic vision puzzle.]

Sleep tight.

[Sleep tight unless you suffer from chronic insomnia and haven't slept since April...2005. And now to hear from the sleepless DUmmies.]

thanks for the bedtime story

[Yeah, it put me right to sleep.]

Lets hope he has had one beer too many. I am depressed enough already

[Make that 10 beers too many.]

Sounds like a great story line... for Movie of the Week, but you're stretching a bit.

[Just a bit?]

Someone once said that America is only three missed meals away from total chaos.

[In your case, Will, make that three missed six-packs away from total chaos.]

So ? An asteroid could slam into the earth an annihilate us all.... Whats your point other than speculation about one of many probable outcomes ? That being said, I do understand speculation and the power it holds for most. I also understand it for what it is... speculation.

[I'm speculating that Karl Rove was indicted on May 12.]

Your worst-case scenario is plausible, but unlikely... Several elements are likely, like Pakistan's Musharraf being toppled (with Pak nukes falling into al Qaeda's hands). But I just can't see Iran & Syria risking everything by going to war with Israel and, by proxy, the US.

[Don't you get Pitt's shtick yet? His worse case scenario doesn't have to happen for him to take credit as a great prophet. All that has to happen is that just one small element of his complex scenario of events has to work as "predicted" in even a most a periperal way for Pitt to claim credit as the Great Prophet of our times so he can pop it into his resume in a desperate attempt to redeem himself, on the heels of his Hoaxmas Disaster, with Mama T's Boy Toy.]

Right. And Rove might be indicted tomorrow, too. Oh great conjurer of...whatever it is you conjure up around here. Granted the situation is serious, but give it a rest.

[And this DUmmie WINS a Will Pitt Kewpie Doll for having a brief moment of mental clarity.]

Sorry, I don't get "freaked out" over fiction. What is this? DU's version of The Rapture?

[It's the DUmmie version of The Rupture. The Rupture between Pitt's alcohol induced "visions" and reality.]

Will, you have *got* to get more sleep...

[As stated before, Will hasn't slept since April...2005.]

Drink less. Sleep more. Live longer and happier. Oh, Pitt: Tom Clancy called. He demands the return of his notebook, immediately. If you use the name "Jack Ryan", he promises to sue your pants off. You have 24 business hours to comply.

[LOL! Okay, I'm breaking my One Kewpie Doll Awarded Per Thread Rule just this once.]

Civil disobedience will take hold. We'll blame all of this on Bush and the Republicans, and even the Republican voter will run scared because they'll know we are right. What will happen is that even martial law will fail since the Democrats and Independents will be justified in calling for a presidential impeachment, the US will lose its super power status, and another country will step in and take its place. Maybe it will be China, maybe it will be Russia, but we will no longer be respected in the world.

[Another DUmmie Fantasy in which the EVIL USA loses its superpower status much to DUmmie Delight.]

Everything you have said is a quite reasonable series of events. Everything.

[Is that you, Jason Leopold?]

For your scenario to unfold, numerous events (which you plausibly describe, with well referenced facts) must occur precisely in sequence, without variance. If one of these players refuses to cooperate with your scenario, the whole thing falls apart.

[A player known as Patrick Fitzgerald refused to cooperate with Pitt's last scenario.]

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Another Daily Kos Blogola Scandal

Take a look at the photo of Congressperson Cynthia McKinney above. Obviously the source of that picture must be some vicious hate-filled right-wing website that dislikes the "progressive" policies of Ms Mckinney, right? Wrong. The source for that picture is none other than the Daily Kos. You read that correctly. This picture is part of an ad by McKinney's primary opponent, Hank Johnson, that is figured PROMINENTLY at the top of the list of Daily Kos advertisers. I should have had a hint of this latest Kos Blogola scandal yesterday when I did a search on the Daily Kos site to see what the Head KOmmie, KOs himself, had to say about allegations of vote fraud in that election. Surprisingly I found NO COMMENT from him. And this morning I found out why. You might not be able to buy Kos's support with Blogola payments via advertising or the Unknown Jerome "consulting" fees but at least you can buy Kos's silence which is just as important. Poor Joe Lieberman. Had he only paid big bucks for a Daily Kos ad months ago, he could have spared himself the agony of a close race with Kos-supported Ned Lamont. Of course, the KOmmies themselves enthusiastically support the leftwing wacko McKinney which makes that anti-McKinney ad in KOmmieland so painful for them as you can see in this KOmmie THREAD titled, "Will Diebold Some Day Advertise on DailyKos?" So let us now watch the ENRAGED KOmmies attack their Head KOmmie for accepting Blogola money in the form of advertising in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, thinking that Cynthia actually looks cute with that red slash across her face, is in the [brackets]:

Will Diebold Some Day Advertise on DailyKos?

[Maybe President Bush should buy a Kos ad.]

Since Cynthia McKinney's strong opposition to President Bush has given her national notoriety, the Republican machine in Georgia has put extra effort into unseating her. Her district is heavily black and Democratic-leaning, so this has in practice meant running a conservative in the Democratic primary and encouraging Republicans to cross over in the open primary system.

This year the open primary used Diebold voting machines. It's likely that Cynthia was a victim of Diebold fraud. She now faces a run-off with Hank Johnson, who has piles of advertising money from Republican donors. To read about the fraud, see: http://cynthiaforcongress.com/news.php?id=29

WHY IS KOS ALLOWING ADVERTISING FOR HER OPPONENT, a Republican stooge, Hank Johnson? This is a guy that Diebold could really get behind. Why is Kos behind it too? I really hope it's just laziness.

[It's a lazy way to earn some easy Blogola Bucks.]

Cynthia McKinney is a progressive in every sense of the word. She was one of our first and only congresspeople to speak out against Bush's manipulation of the events of 9/11 for political gain, and it almost cost her her political life. She has also been more active than almost any other Democratic politician in uncovering voter fraud in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections.

[Too bad she was too cheap to shell out some Blogola Bucks in the form of an ad in KOmmieland. I guess she wrongly assumed that Kos would support her without a payoff.]

I have no connection with Cynthia Kinney's campaign, or any other. I don't work in politics. I'm just a concerned citizen. And seeing that ad makes me never want to visit this site again. If you feel the same way, reccomend this diary, so Kos and other site administrators can read this.

[Seeing that anti-McKinney ad makes me want to visit KOmmieland again and again. Ironically, the anti-McKinney ad is RIGHT NEXT to your griping about that ad. And now to read your fellow KOmmies agonizing over this latest KOs Blogola scandal...]

Are you aware that during the Cultural Revolution in Maoist China educators, professionals, and officials targeted by the mobs were forces to stand on chairs wearing placards with their names crossed out - confess their sins before the raving crowd - have things thrown at them - before they were murdered? I find the ad offensive whoever the target. But, you are right. McKinney has done so a whole lot for the progressive cause and has dared to ask unpopular, but necessary questions. It is a barometer of the future direction of this site.

[And now Cynthia McKinney must stand on a chair wearing a placard with her picture crossed out and confess before a raving crowd that she was too cheap to shell out Blogola ad payments to the Almighty KOs.]

Ad's Phrasing Looks Like A Statement of Community.Ban McKinney, she will "discredit our cause" - many people visiting the site will not completley understand that that is "just an ad", I'm sure. Whether people want to address that supposed "ignorance" or not, is another issue. However, the ad's graphic image is offensive enough that with that text, it brands the site in a very particular context that is not good for Democrats and not good for DK.

[Visitors to KOmmieland will understand that Blogola is involved.]

I have not figured out what this woman has done that has generated this kind of hostility among progressives. . .Leiberman, that's clear. But Kinney, all people write about is that she's "strident". Maybe she is, but where? when? what? who? And the stuff with that police officer. . .When a grand jury REFUSED to indict her, which makes her less indictable than a ham sandwich. . . the house "ethics committee" was going to investigate her?? Can you say railroaded?
And the only thing substantive I know about her is that she asked THE question. Is there any thing I'm missing?

[Yes. You are missing the big Blogola Bucks that the Head KOmmie, KOs, earned from that ad.]

She's guilty of being an assertive black woman. That makes white conservatives and white pseudo-liberals very nervous.

[And yet she is ATTACKED on a "progressive" blog. Sorry, but EVIL conservatives are NOT responsible for that ad.]

I mean, I know you. You're not someone to throw things like that around lightly. From everything I've learned about this women she's way out in tin-hat country. I don't care if she's black and asseritive, I do care that it sounds like she has aa few screws lose.

[ONLY a few?]

Markos has bills to pay. He pays them through ads. I don't believe he filters his ads, although I don't know. Let's say Karl Rove wants to pay the programmers' and hosters' rent, and Markos' mortgage with ads here for disgusting neocon candidates, why is that a problem? Do you think anyone here is going to be politically converted by the ads? Do you think the coverage is going to become muted if they do? Is taking money from someone an endorsement of them??? In fact, it's a way of taking money away from them and putting it to better use. Go to the ads thing and see how easy it is to buy one. And please go ahead and buy one. We'll all be very grateful you did, but if you spout bullshit, we'll still peel your face off verbally and wipe our asses with it.

[MarKOS has bills to pay. So just shell out the Blogola Bucks to him in the form of ads. It might not buy his outright support but at least it will keep him from supporting your political opponent. Joe Lieberman should have learned that lesson months ago.]

That advert is highly offensive. It should be removed, immediately.

[I say KEEP the ad. It is like an advertisement that KOs accepts Blogola payoffs.]

Ads Message: 'Ban McKinney - She Discredits Us'. That's not a welcoming message, nor is it particularly encouraging of free speech within our community or the democratic party. And given her status as one of very few African American representatives, the imagery is quite shocking, particularly to people sensitive to issues related to race or bias. Serving such an Ad here, on the front page, at the top of the page, can only serve the enemies of the Democratic party, not Democrats, nor even liberal or progressive Democrats. It's extremely offensive and divisive imagery.

[Which is why it is being featured in this edition of the DUmmie FUnnies. The source of that ad pic is the "progressive" Daily Kos itself.]

That image is burned in my brain already. That ad is extremely divisive. Being subjected to it nonstop while browsing is extremely distracting and sickening.

[That ad image has been seared, SEARED into my brain. It happened on Christmas 1968 when President Nixon sent me into Cambodia.]

This is an outrage and disgrace. Protests to Kos should ensue.

[Ah! More DUFU material!]

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"Machine Vote-Flipping Claimed in McKinney Primary"

If you want a good sneak preview about the whining SURE to happen right after this November's elections, you need to look no further than the recent Democrat primary election in Georgia in which Cynthia McKinney claims that those nasty machines flipped votes away from her. Even though McKinney got the most votes in the election she is now aggravated that she is forced into a runoff due to not getting an outright majority. So does she blame herself for not bothering to show up for her election debate? No. It is the fault of the Diebold machines as you can see in this DUmmie THREAD titled, "Machine Vote-Flipping Claimed in McKinney Primary." And if you think the incredible level of whining is bad now, just wait until right after the November elections. So let us now watch the whining over Diebold in Bold Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, wondering if a Diebold ATM machine could flip his $100 deposit into $10,000, is in the [brackets]:

Machine Vote-Flipping Claimed in McKinney Primary

[Multiply this headline about 300 times and you get an idea of the whine level following this November's elections.]

(APN) ATLANTA –“You’ve got electronic voting machines. Many people called in and shared their concern. They pushed the button for Cynthia McKinney and Hank Johnson came up. It wasn’t one time, it wasn’t two times, it was many, many times,” Karen Fitzpatrick, who has been monitoring elections for US Rep. McKinney’s re-election campaign, told Atlanta Progressive News in an exclusive interview.

[So did they complain RIGHT THERE at their election polling place when it happened or when they found out later that McKinney was forced into an inconvenient runoff election?]

Let me repeat: The McKinney Campaign says they have documented complaints of voters here in Georgia whose votes FLIPPED BEFORE THEIR VERY EYES on Diebold machines.

[Let me repeat: the McKinney mind FLIPPED BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.]

“It started early this morning. There were well over 25 to 30 calls that came in . Many of them went to the poll manager . In some cases, the poll managers said there’s nothing we can do. In some cases the voter left frustrated as if their vote had been compromised, as if it had been stolen,” Fitzpatrick said.

[Wrong. The poll workers can SHUT DOWN a machine if there are complaints about it. Also how many poll workers actually reported such complaints? Now on to the normal DUmmie paranoia...]

If it had happened to me and they told me nothing could be done... I'd have run around the voting precinct unplugging all of the PCs and calling 911!!!

[It didn't happen to you and it didn't even happen to them.]

Frankly I find this story hard to believe because out of dozens of people SOMEBODY is bound to blow a fuse and do something about it.

[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]

I hope EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS that this is what is going to keep on happenin and will be widespread this November. I am not sure of what the solution is, but I do know that I would NOT be putting my vote on one of these machines.

[The solution is don't vote then you don't have to worry about your vote being flipped.]

If you're right, they can't get away with it forever
Sooner or later SOMEONE inside the conspiracy is going to get pissed off at his or her superiors and spill the beans. As you increase the number of people who are in on a secret, the chance of it getting compromised increases exponentially.

[And what a iron-tight conspiracy it must be involving THOUSANDS of voting precincts and many thousands more of poll workers yet not ONE has broken their oath of Omerta.]

They take advantage of people they know will not challenge them... they know they can win by a state of confusion, disorganization, and vague explanations and people just leave discouraged. We need Democrat cameras, managers at each poll place -- there must be a Plan B for problems.

[How about Democrats to accompany each and every voter into the poll booth to ensure that their vote goes correctly?]

If the machine is calibrated wrong ...and when people touch one candidate, another comes up, some people will complain and some won't.

[DUmmies will ALWAYS complain from the moment they see the Diebold name on their voting machines.]

Sooner or later that will happen to a Howard Beale And the secret will be out.

["I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE ANY LONGER!!!]

There are right ways and wrong ways to accomplish things. As one of the Dem officials, I would have taken the machine out of commission and handed th voter a provisional ballot. then you can the Board of Elections and report the error.

[And isn't it strange how that DIDN'T happen in the McKinney election? The complaints came in AFTER the voting happened.]

Something stinks to me as well. McKinney is the Republican's ideal opponent at this point. She got defeated in an election before and given her escapade on the Hill I don't see why she couldn't be defeated again this year. Why in the world would you rig the machine to give someone who's less controversial the primary win?

[And this DUmmie WINS a Cynthia McKinney Kewpie Doll for having a brief moment of mental clarity.]

I would have thrown all of the machines on the ground.

[Then handcuffed them and read them their Miranda rights.]

It does not matter that she won anyway. What matters is the behavior of the goddam machines!

[Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.]

Who is going to fix this before November????????????

[Karl Rove.]

What are you going to do to help get this fixed.??? Not meant to be a bitch about this...but having watched the 2004 get stolen and no noticeable movement of people outraged about it in the streets ( I do realize some did, maybe even you did) but until the fat asses get moving and voicing their outrage in the streets and on EVERY street corner...nothing is gonna change and your rights will continue to be stripped away at every turn....

[ALL your Diebolds belong to US!!!]

May I suggest that someone first get some hard evidence of a problem? The more I think about it, the more skeptical I am of hearsay about machines doing weird things. This one is especially troubling because, putting on my tinfoil Conspiracy theory hat, I can't imagine that the Con would bother messing with this particular election. Every time the alleged conspirators mess with an election they risk getting caught. Why take that risk when there is ZERO potential return?

[We like pointlessly fixing the Diebold machines just for the risk taking THRILL of it.]

we need to bust into and destroy these god damn machines they need to become pieces of garbage to be hauled away

[Are the Diebold machines made of aluminum? You can make some good bucks by selling them for scrap.]

they owe her one for the pimp-slapping of a Capitol Cop

[So now she is pimp-slapping the Diebold machines.]

"punching the cop" is RW spin

[Correct. She was merely "pimp-slapping" the cop.]

I Personally Witnessed ES&S Machines Change Democratic Votes To Republican Votes in early voting in Dallas County Texas. HAVA is the worst thing to happen to America. You can't deny what my eyes saw while working as am election clerk.

[Which you are just now conveniently reporting LONG after the fact.]

Reported It To The Democratic Party - They Did Nothing. I was willing to sign an affidavit. No Takers!

[Translation: Even the Democrats laughed at my bogus claim.]

Only solution -- EVERYBODY MUST BRING A CAMCORDER INTO VOTING BOOTH.

[AND SUBMIT THE RESULTS TO STUPIDVIDEOS.COM.]

GREAT IDEA! I'm going to take one in for the 2006 election vote. Video proof will be shared if I experience any monkey business...

[And when the poll worker forbids you to enter the voting booth with a camcorder that will be your basis to allege vote fraud.]

Can't understand how people put up with this charade of voting - It is so obvious the votes are compromised and yet our JUSTICE DEPT is nowhere in sight. What the hell are we paying their salaries for if our legal eagles won't fly? You'd think even the local police would try to put a stop to this travesty of election fraud. Has anyone filmed a vote switching like is described? Maybe that could be put on local TV for everyone to see before they go vote.

[In Palm Beach County in November 2000, a Democrat official was caught with a Votomatic paper ballot machine and hundreds of blank ballots. He was shown with a sheepish smile on camera after he was caught. Is that good enough for you?]

WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BEFORE THE F*CKING ELECTION DAMN IT!

[Your mental meltdown this November will be FUn to watch!]

There are election reform groups all over the country
challenging these machines. Filing suits. Find one and help them. They need you.

[Bev Harris is just $10 away from filing an election suit.]

With the setup GA uses, you select your votes on the touch screen. The one you've selected is highlighted. When you're done, you get a summary screen of all of your selections. You can then change your selections, or touch the confirm button and submit your ballot. So, did people submit their ballot knowing their selections were not what they intended? Why would they do that? I'm not saying the system isn't very flawed, but I bet this is has more to do with voter confusion, in this case, than any conspiracy.

[Please don't kill this hilarious paranoid voting thread with boring rationality.]

That is the system here. You must approve your choices before you leave, so the chances the votes "changed" are nil and none.

[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]

Welcome to November 2006. I don't care how far ahead Dems are in November. the GOP and the electronic voting technology companies WILL NOT let the Dems take either house. Poll sin the fonal days and on election day will show the Dems leading. Exit polls will show the Dems winning. But the final tallies will give the key races to the GOP candidate. We are sooooooooooooooooooooo screwed people.

[You sure are!]

Will these people stop at nothing!?!?! I can't belive it. Sure, winning is great, but to go to these CHEATING lengths to win is UNCALLED for. You have to learn to loose graciously, which is something most Republicans today are totally inept at doing. God Damn.... I'm worried about november. If the Republicans win, I'm gonna know there was some vote tampering, for sure....

[The new standard of vote tampering is that if a Republican wins then that is definite proof of vote fraud.]

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Head KOmmie KOs Buries Head In Mideast Sand

An astonishing thing has happened. Despite the fact that the Mideast fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has taken center stage in the news, head KOmmie KOs (Markos Moulitsas) has boldly asserted that he WON'T be discussing this conflict as you can read in his KOs STORY titled, "Why I won't write about Israel/Lebanon/Palestine fighting." As you will see, KOs gives us a really DOPEY explanation for his ostrich-like evasion of this topic. Of course, the REAL reason is that KOs, like so many other leftists, favors the Hezbollah terrorists but doesn't want to find himself drawn into a position where he is forced to express his sympathy for them. The main reason for this reluctance is that KOs knows it will cost him $$$ in his scheme with his pal, Unknown Jerome (Armstrong), who collects "consulting fees" from various Democrat candidates which "miraculously" translates into KOmmieland endorsements for the same candidates. KOs knows that such candidates would not risk association with him or his site if he comes out and says what he REALLY thinks which is that he thinks of Hezbollah as some sort of freedom fighters. So let us now watch KOs engage in a massive evasion which doesn't satisfy his fellow KOmmies in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, reminding folks that there used to actually be an Unknown Jerome brand of cookies on the West Coast, is in the [brackets]:

Why I won't write about Israel/Lebanon/Palestine fighting

[Because it would interfere with your racket with Unknown Jerome. You say what you really think and you can kiss goodby to CHOCOLOATE FOUNTAINS at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas]

Kevin Drum explains his reasons for steering clear of this morass of a mess of a disaster of a quagmire of a sinkhole of a clusterf*ck that is completely FUBAR.

[See, someone else is steering clear of commenting on the latest aspect of the Mideast conflict so I am not alone in my convenient evasion of that topic.]

Me? I grew up in a war zone. And there was one clear lesson I learned -- there will never be peace unless both sides get tired of the fighting and start seeking an alternative.

[FUnnie how that hasn't kept you from commenting about the war in El Salvador and everything else under the sun. Somehow your rationale only applies specifically to the current conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.]

It's clear that in the Middle East, no one is sick of the fighting. They have centuries of grudges to resolve, and will continue fighting until they can get over them. And considering that they obviously have no interest in "getting over them", we're stuck with a war that will not end in any forseable future. It doesn't matter what we bloggers say. It doesn't matter what the President of the United States says. Or the United Nations. Or the usual bloviating gasbag pundits.

[Apparently you also AVOID reading history because there have NOT been centuries of conflict in that part of the world. Fact of the matter is, Palestine was rather calm under the Ottoman Empire. The conflicts between Arabs and Jews only started flaring up in the 1920s---LESS than a century ago. Continue with your evasions based on IGNORANCE.]

When two sides are this dead-set on killing each other, very little can get in the way.

[KOs sneaking in a moral equivalency jibe...]

And I, for one, sure as heck have no desire to get sucked into that no-win situation. I just hope that war-fatigue sets in at some point.

[I for one hope that the conflict just peters out before I have to say what I REALLY think. And now the reaction from his fellow KOmmies...]

I respect many of Kos's opinions on domestic realpolitik, but clearly, in international policy he's being wise by staying mum. By the way, can anyone name the one nation in the world whose foreign policy is absolutely off-limits for rational discussion (let alone criticism) in the US? One hint: it's not the US.

[I know of one nation in the world whose foreign policy is absolutely open to irrational discussion as we shall soon see.]

There is no centuries old conflict. None. So many people just completely talk out of their ass about this issue that it boggles the mind. Not to sound more incredibly self righteous than I already do, but I really wish more people would at least read ONE book before becoming armchair diplomats.

[KOs talks out of Unknown Jerome's fee-raising butthole.]

KOS fiddles while Beirut Burns. "...troubling that someone like Kos, whom I respect immensely, would just throw off a bunch of blatantly false, but oft repeated trivialities like, "they have centuries of grudges to resolve"..." SO "I won't write about Israel..." THUS. KOS is not an "independent", he's a DEMOCRAT. This is not an independent NETROOTS BBS ~ this is a Democratic Party NETROOTS BBS.

[In the not so distant past, KOs would have been more than happy to say what he REALLY thinks but not since Unknown Jerome began collecting hefty "consulting" fees.]

FOR ONCE G.W. Bush got something right... ...that Syria is the key to clamping down on Hezbollah. Talking "shit" to Blair. Hezbollah is wholly financed by Iran. To the tune of $250,000,000 a year. Syrian "intelligence" thugs are integrated with the Hezzies down by the border. Ride in the same Ford Explorers

[Prepare to don your asbestos suit for the inevitable flames to come your way fo daring to praise Bush in KOmmieland.]

Bush got nothing right sitting there like a little goddamned rajah, chowing with his mouth hanging open, yammering about "they need to stop this shit." He knows f*ckall about anything but his complete arrogance and ignorance combines to give us pronouncements like that. And the other day he couldn't care less about the war breaking out because he was too goddamned excited about eating a pig. Since we can't impeach the little motherfucker, I say every Democrat worth a tin shit ought to replay that little snippet of him spraying bread all over Blair and smirking about "stop this shit" on every campaign ad they make. He is a murderous little incompetent who needs to be run out of office on a rail. Goddamn him, I'm so pissed I can't even type.

[Spoken in the true KOmmie spirit.]

The Bush cabal is the most immoral and non-religious bunch imaginable. They intentionally avoid problems to make them worse and then laugh all the way to the bank, with our stolen tax-payer dollars!

[Avoiding problems like the way KOs is avoiding discussing the Mideast?]

follow the money our government wants israel killing arabs with our weapons

[Try following the money generated from Unknown Jerome's Blogola "consulting" fees.]

Kos doesn't want to unpack the Israeli/Arab conflict because it presents a fissure within the united Democrat front. Right beneath our eyes a whole generation of young Jewish professionals are abandoning their parent's party and going republican, and unquestioning support for Israel is a primary reason.

[KOs is clamming up mainly because he doesn't want to stop the flow of those lucrative Unknown Jerome "consulting" fees.]

I find this post by kos really disappointing.

[Tough luck. Live with it.]

Yeah, this Kos post is just politics isn't it? A guy who doesn't want to take a position on a controversial subject? Understandable but not very sincere right?

[Right.]

I'm not sure I follow the logic... wherein because Markos made a website and wrote a book, he is now incapable of criticizing Israel.

[You'll be able to follow the logic when you follow the Unknown Jerome "consulting" fees money trail.]

I certainly respect KOS to write about what ever he wants. So what. This web site needs to continue growing toward a peoples Democratic site or perhaps a new site should be established. With all due respect, I thought it was an improvement when KOS was on a book tour and their was more variety of front page writers. The truth is discovered through multiple view points. Less KOS and more others will ensure healthy site development. Too much power always leads to eventual corruption.

[A not so subtle allusion to the Unknown Jerome "consulting" fees Blogola scandal.]

I found Kos' statement a little offensive. The Central Americans were no more restrained than the Israelis and the Palestinians when it came to killing each other - as long as their wars were fueled by competition between the US and the Soviets. Once some of the external sources of fuel were removed, the fire still burned but not nearly as badly. The current situation is much worse in part because we have the bad luck of having two men in their 50's with the emotional maturity of 17 year olds - Bush and Ahmedinejad - who have been perfectly willing to stand back and condone or encourage the worst behavior on the part of Israel and Hizbullah alike. I'm not saying, necessarily, that Bush wanted Israel to respond the way that it did this particular time, only that his wanton failure to engage in a meaningful peace process set the stage for the meltdown of Palestinian self-governance and the spiraling Israeli violence.

[And I found your moral equivalence statement more than a little offensive.]

Invoking moral equivalency doesn't cut it...

[It does in KOmmieland.]

Does this mean Kos will be ceasing all comment about the Iraq 'war zone'?

[No. He will continue to ignorantly shoot his mouth out on that topic.]

Gee Kos. With bullshit like that you should run for office.

[Better yet, he is collecting (via Unknown Jerome) "consulting" fees from people running for office.]

OMG what a cop out. Just say the truth: you don't want to piss off the Dem establishment, which is vigorously and heavily pro-Israel (not that there's anything wrong with that!) and see potential donors/clients run the other way. Kos, I don't blame you for wanting to protect your business. I would do the same. But to cloak mercenary pragmatism in this kind of post hoc rationale is weak, just weak.

[That "consulting" fees business is all important to KOs.]

The United States is only funding one side, and only sanctioning one side. The progressive left is tired of it and unwilling to remain silent after thirty years of intellectual terrorism, lies and bullshit promises about peace negotiations from the Zionist wing of the party, and the wonks are worried about the party splitting over the issue. Ducking the issue in hopes that it will blow over won't work this time.

[Ducking the issue in the hope it doesn't interfere with his Blogola business.]

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"mission statement- talented and gifted individuals group"

In yesterday's EDITION of the DUmmie FUnnies, the DUmmies proposed a new group for former gifted children. Mostly what we saw was a bunch of whining about how they were/are treated as outcasts for being "gifted." Today, we look at this DUmmie THREAD titled, "mission statement- talented and gifted individuals group." Yes, the DUmmies just can't get enough of trumpeting to the world, that despite the fact they are a bunch of misfits, that they are really gifted...in their own minds. So let us watch the DUmmies pat themselves on the backs in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who does admit that the DUmmies do have a gift and talent for inducing gales of laughter, is in the [brackets]:

mission statement- talented and gifted individuals group

[mission statement - smug and elitist individuals group.]

this group is a safe place for talented and gifted people to let our brains hang out, as well as our warts, scars and wounds. it uses an expansive view of who is gifted that includes talents in the arts, sports, business, etc, as well as those the have been identified as gifted, on standardized tests or otherwise. highly sensitive people are also included. it welcomes the families and friends of same, especially hopes to help and nourish parents raising gifted children, and welcomes those young people. we hope to support each other in identifying and coping with the downsides of our gifts, the less than useful gifts that often accompany high intelligence, and our negative interactions with regular folks and institutions. we hope to share our knowledge of the gifted personality and the ways we are different. we hope to share knowledge and resources for coping withour trials and tribulations, and making the most of our talents. we hope to create a place where the norm is "normal for gifted".

[this group is a safe place for self-identified talented and gifted people to relate our war stories about beaten up by the normal folks angered about the way we put on smug airs of superiority despite being a bunch of socially maladjusted nerds.]

Gee, I dunno. Bragging about talent or giftedness seems arrogant. Generally, it doesn't take much to demonstrate one's talent, but to announce it seems a little, uhh...gauche?

[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]

You must be a "norm." Seriously, I think the group is intended to be more of a support group than a place to boast about who has the biggest brain.

[Already elitistism is setting in. A "norm" is like a "prol."]

But people who think of themselves as smarter than average must be perfect. Surely they wouldn't need a supportive environment.

[LOUSY NORM TROLL!!!]

Wanna see my Phi Beta Kappa key?

[Wanna see my Norm knife?]

It would not be a forum I would visit. Too many good things already going on to get stuck in mire of unhappy childhoods and thin skin.

[But such a forum would provide a regular source for laughs.]

As an educator with additional certification from UCSD in gifted education, and years spent working with gifted students as well as all other students, I know that there is a group of people generally referred to as "gifted" whose brains work differently than the norm.

[The norm brains just aren't up to your high standards.]

actually, it's very elitist because people in this group are assigning themselves to an intellectual class above the rank-and-file DU membership. It would make more sense to have a group for people above a certain IQ certification, although then you would be assuming that people of a lower IQ have nothing of value to contribute to a discussion.

[No norms need apply.]

No wonder we are isolated. Seems like wherever we go we have to hide our brains and act like we are only average, to avoid being accused of arrogance and other such rot.

[Hide! HIDE from the jealous norms!]

apparently this is the grade school playground. i hope there are not too many people experiencing flashbacks, here.

[It's Norms vs Nerds all over again.]

Unfortunately, American society is like a flock of chickens. Anybody who is different without a peer group of similarly different people is singled out for attack.

[The Norms have singled out the Nerds for attack.]

My mind works differently from a lot of peoples' minds. That doesn't make me a better person, but it means I can do some things better. How is it elitest to acknowledge that?

[VERY elitist although you are not quite smart enough to see the self-irony in your statement.]

i'm all for it, especially as a haven to discuss our frustrations in dealing with the 'normal' world. it would be great to be able to freely communicate with like-minded people, maybe learn how to freely communicate for the first time. what do we have to lose by trying?

[Like a safe house to protect you from the Norms.]

I quit my job as a reporter for one of the largest newspapers in the country because I just couldn't accept their corporate style of journalism, and I consistently clashed with the big boss. I basically walked out after sending a big F*ck You to the company via e-mail to the entire newsroom. Needless to say, my chances of getting hired at another large metro daily were slim, not that I even tried.

[Is that you, Jason Leopold?]

i, for one, credit evolution for my gifts. they are certainly genetic. they are all over my family tree. the good ones and the bad.

[An un-PC comment in DUmmieland. Claiming that heredity is related to intelligence. Of course, DUmmies forget about being PC when they need to assert how wonderful they are.]

It's words like "mediocrities" and "mundanes" and "less-than-gifted folks" and "regular folks" who have "slower, less complex thought processes" that clearly indicate an air of superiority and condescending attitude.

[My personal fave is "Norms."]

Okay, so you're smarter than the average bear. You're gifted, you're talented, you need to be surrounded by other smarties who appreciate and challenge your superior intellect. And you haven't managed to accomplish this in your everyday, non-cyber lives because ...? You're still stuck in grade school? You were too busy writing letters to SRA and other curriculum providers to persuade them to create more levels so you could compete with yourself and that one other kid who bested you about half the time? You were too busy with the therapy you needed because of that one teacher who tried to help you get your ego in check? The dum-dums all banded together and thwarted your plans? The dog ate your homework? What?

[And this DUmmie WINS a Norm Kewpie doll for having a brief moment of mental clarity.]

Usually, with extremely intelligent people, you can usually see their intelligence without having them have to inform you that they are "gifted".

[How about issuing "I'm Gifted" T-Shirts?]

There is no end to the foolishness on this site.

[A truer statement about DUmmieland was never said.]

If the "gifted" label bothers people, well, as far as I'm concerned, you can call it something with less positive value associated. How about "anxiety ridden, unhappy, isolated, can't figure out how to talk to other people outside of grad school group"?

[How about "socially maladjusted, soil my diaper, need to feel superior, crybaby group"?]

To honestly say that you were fortunate enough to be smarter than other people or more "talented" than other people and, boohoo, mean meanies treated me bad is childish and - frankly - moronic. I don't like seeing DU represented with this crap. You need to grow up.

[LOUSY NORM TROLL!!!]

you know, if I stick a harmonica in my ass crack, I can play Yankee Doodle (pre-performance bean dinner required). Am I gifted enough yet?

[Only if you can also play Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.]

this group has been refused. I'm sorry, but I think we are going to decline this idea for a group. I seetwo problems with this: First, I don't think there is any way for us tofairly determine who would qualify to participate in the group. And second,I think some have argued rather persuasively that this could be devisive. I am sorry. -Skinner

[I'm sorry too, Skinner. Such a DUmmie group would have provided a SURE source of humor material for the DUmmie FUnnies.]

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"new du group- former gifted children?"

I remember a high school class where we were asked to write an essay about whether we were a conformist or a non-conformist. Of course, everyone wrote that they were non-conformists except for ME. I figured that if you are a TRUE non-conformist you would go against the crowd and actually proclaim yourself a conformist PLUS I also figured out that we have to act as conformists in at least 95% of what we do in order to function in society. For example, speaking a common language, abiding by traffic regulations to avoid accidents, getting vaccinated, etc.. Of course, my essay stood out from the rest of the other essays of the "non-conformists" proclaiming themselves to be non-conformists. Likewise we now have the DUmmies proudly asserting that they were all young geniuses in this THREAD titled, "new du group- former gifted children?" Yes, DUmmies, you are all just too good to be true...in your own minds. So let us now watch the DUmmies engage in an orgy of self-congratulation in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who learned to speak by the age of nine, is in the [brackets]:

new du group- former gifted children?

[new du group- current braggarts?]

i know there are lots and lots folks at du who are what the pinheads call gifted and talented. at the risk of sounding like a braggart, i am, at the age of 51, finally realizing that my membership in this group has kinda screwed up my life. living among "normal" people (no offense intended) can be extremely difficult. most of us wish we were just normal folks. most of us deny our gifts, and consequently make a lot of bad decisions in life. gifted and successful go together a lot less frequently than most folks would think. gifted and miserable, or troubled, probably outweighs that by a lot. i think it would be great if there was a du group where we could hang out with our peers. anybody?

[strange how this "gifted" dummie never learned learned the rules of capitalization.]

Agreed. The world rewards superficially affable mediocrities -- the more well-connected, the better, of course -- over those who see and speak clearly...and it infuriates me. Always has, always will.

[We're just too good to be true.]

I can remember being told I was "gifted". I can remember being told that teh sky was teh limit. It was all a lie because society today no longer rewards the genius (I say that without any trace of snobbery, it's simply a description), it no longer rewards the free-thinker or teh maverick, it rewards the mediocre, the safe and dependable. You have to put up with being resented your whole life, called an "elitist" because you don't think the world should be run by mediocrities dumber than a box of rocks and as a child, you get physically attacked too.

[I can't help it...I'm a friggin' GENIUS!]

Often, we have problems with personal relationships as well. We often end up with minor mental illnesses (depression most often) too. Theories vary as to why but the most common one is that our minds are set up for analytical thought and therefore, we have problems with the irrationality of emotion (my own theory is that this is why so many of us end up in computing or hard sciences. If something goes wrong, it's not because teh PC doesn't like you or resents your intellect or is having a bad day, it's because you got something wrong and you can go through and fix it).

[MINOR mental illnesses?]

There was a time, when my own depression was at it's worst (I was unmedicated at the time which didn't help) when I wept and wailed and would have given absolutely anything to be "normal". To be happy with the small life of the masses, to believe what I was told, to not see the complexity of everything.

["Please make me stupid like the normal people!"]

I too was a "gifted" kid, and the hardest part for me is that real life has matched up to the endless possibilities I was told would be open to me because of my intellect. I think it is very common for people who work with gifted children to present this idea that gifted kids are guaranteed success, and it can be kind of a rude awakening to discover that being gifted doesn't give a person any more opportunities than anyone else. Sometimes being gifted can even be a disadvantage because, as you said, society rewards the mediocre. Being very intelligent just makes a person appear strange or like an outcast or misfit.

[Nice try. You are a misfit and an outcast so you blame it on the fact that you THINK you are a genius.]

In many ways I see gifted education as a form of special education, because gifted kids aren't able to fit in with mainstream kids in many cases and they need different education taught at a different pace. There have honestly been many times I wished that I were just average, and I didn't wish for my kids to be gifted. It seems like life looks a lot easier when you don't have the inclination to analyze or question everything.

[This looks like a common theme in DUmmieland. A bunch of socially maladjusted misfits who blame their creepiness on the fact that they THINK they are geniuses.]

When you clear away all the BS, American culture is very anti-intellectual, and very punishing of people who are different. Sports is an acceptable means of standing out —- it’s terrific if you are a star at basketball or football —- but gods forbid you should mention excelling in calculus or English class.

[Then the jocks promise not to beat you up if you let them cheat off you in class.]

You are absolutely right about how American society not only doesn't value intellectual ability, but it distrusts it and discourages it. There is a strong and growing anti-intellectual attitude in this country. Just look at the 2004 elections and why people said they voted for Bush - they would prefer a guy they'd like to have a beer with than someone they considered "too smart" like Kerry.

[Too bad for your theory that Bush scored HIGHER than Kerry in a military INTELLIGENCE test required for officers.]

My beautimous and bright daughter, "Kaghime", was in G&T classes from 1st - 3rd grades. It was quite the experience and thankfully, at the time, there were progressive thinking folks in the schools of Colorado (mid-80's). Unfortunately the program was axed when she hit mid-3rd. However, she continues to be very gifted and talented, IMNSHO.

[You're such a genius for naming you beautimous daughter, "Kaghime."]

i went to lutheran schools my whole life- and there was no effort made to seek out nor accomodate "gifted" students- after all, god loves everyone equally, right...? had i been in public schools, i would most likely have been skipped ahead- instead i was pretty much told to "hold back" to be fair to the other kids.

[A DUmmie blames the Lutherans for being a misfit.]

I am now a classic underacheiver who has struggeled with depression and substance abuse issues for most of my adult life. I do ok - have a decent job, etc. but I deeply unsatisfied with my life. I feel like I think everything through too much and come up with the notion that most of what goes on in daily life is just pointless. I think part of that is depression, but I believe my thinking is what gets me depressed in the first place.

[Thinking about what a nerd you are is what gets you depressed in the first place.]

It would be interesting to read this group though I am not quite sure what kinds of people you would get.

[I'll let the next DUmmie who wins a Kewpie Doll for having a brief moment of mental clarity answer that question...]

Lots of smug superiority, methinks. So it WOULD be interesting to read.

[And FUnnie!]

lots of jealous, insecure, mean spirited onlookers i suppose. just like life.

[lots of entertained onlookers.]

i was also a very gifted child. i would like to be part of this group

[if you are a dummie with warm blood flowing through your veins and have a false sense of smug superiority hiding the fact that you are an awkward maladjusted creep, you qualify as a former gifted kid despite the fact that you can't capitalize.]

Being in the "Gifted Program" in grade school only got me shunned, beat up and recess deprived by the same type of people who are running our country now. Being in that same program in Jr. High made me an outcast and a nerd. By the time I was in high school, I had given up on academics and just did enough to get by. I was grateful to get to college and realize that everyone was "gifted" in one way or another. I am not so sure that being branded as "Gifted" when you are nine years old does one any good.

[WAAAAHHHH!!! George Bush beat me up for being "gifted!"]

I was in a g/t program in grade school. One of my grade school teachers gave my parents advise AGAINST me joining this program but we went ahead with it. I had to change schools, make new friends - mainly new friends who were a lot more 'book smart' than I was. It did nothing for my self esteem. In fact, I think it destroyed my self confidence. The expectations were high. I could never live up to them. I could talk an owl out of tree when it came to current events and politics at a very young age. I had zero interest in learning anything about science or math. Even those branded as gifted have different gifts. I felt like a failure. I never measured up. It took me years to get over this...I don't know if I really ever have.

[You are correct. You never did get over the fact that you are a socially maladjusted NERD.]

I know as a child I imagined myself as being an alien from an advanced society who was implanted in my human mother.

[An alien from the Planet Cretin.]

In the first grade, in 1949, I had a teacher who was outraged that I could read; that I "read ahead" in Dick and Jane and finished in ten minutes what she had planned for a whole week's reading aloud experience. Her response was to isolate and humiliate me in front of the whole class.

[She must have been an EVIL Republican.]

When I was four years old I marched into the local library and asked the Librarian to give me the hardest book you could ever read, because I was smart and could read Anything.. and I was dead serious, I'd been reading at High School level or higher at age 4.. She gave me Kant, philosophy.. smart lady.. but I realized that while I could read the WORDS that the concepts were meaningless to me as a child, so I put the book back on the shelf and vowed to have many life experiences so that everything in that philosophy book would ring true when I was older, and I knew I'd have to be much older to completely comprehend Kant and others (my younger brother's middle name is Durant, after Will Durant, my father's favorite philosopher)..

[Too bad the librarian didn't give you a book by Whittaker Chambers.]

had four scholastic scholarships and a 136 IQ and lost it all first semester in college to go completely wild. and i still once in a while fight the resentment that my parents or anybody did not step in to see what the hell was going on with me.

[A DUmmie is angry at OTHERS for not keeping him from acting like a jerk.]

Yeah I could use a group like this. Giftedness f*cked me over bigtime.It lead to alot of the abuse I went through growing up.It is so very hard to relate to people when they do not understand. It sure had a way of alienating me from day 1. I could use a group like this,alot.Please DU add it,and I'll join it!

[Please DU, add a group of fellow misfits who also conveniently blame their failures and social awkwardness on being "gifted."]

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William Rivers Pitt Bashes Israel

For the past several weeks, WILLIAM RIVERS (Pied Piper) PITT has been waging an ingratiation campaign in DUmmieland in a desperate attempt to make the DUmmies forget that he was the ringleader of the infamous Hoaxmas fraud in which he claimed that Karl Rove had been indicted by Patrick Fitzgerald on May 12. The angry reaction by the DUmmies when they learned they had to eat crow after jubilantly celebrating Rove's indictment has caused Pitt to lay low for the most part. However, he has made much reduced appearances in DUmmieland lately in order to post what for DUmmies are innocuous, but popular topics, such as bashing Bush. As part of his latest ingratiation campaign, Pitt has now taken to bashing Israel as you can see in his THREAD titled, "Israel is rolling tanks. This is what I was most afraid of." So let us now watch WILLIAM RIVERS PITT pathetically try to crawl back into the good graces of the DUmmies by bashing Israel in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, thanking Pitt for reinvigorating the DUmmie FUnnies after a week in the summer doldrums, is in the [brackets]:

Israel is rolling tanks. This is what I was most afraid of.

[This geopolitical insight comes from the same genius who came up with the Hockey Puck Theory of geopolitics who theorized that the Third American Empire was born in the aftermath of the American victory over the Soviets at the 1980 Winter Olympics when nationalistic fans began screaming "USA! USA! USA!"]

The bombings on both sides are bad enough. The wrecking of Lebanese infrastructure, the missile attacks into Israel, the massacre of those 20 civilians trying to flee the fighting, was all bad enough. Syria committing its "resources" to Lebanon was a frightening escalation.

[But now the worst has happened...Pied Piper Pitt has entered the fray as part of his ingratiation campaign.]

But until today, this was all about missiles and air strikes. This was about blowing things up, and not about taking land and holding it.

[In Pitt's mind it is worse to have a tank down the street than being hit by a missile.]

That just changed. Israel is rolling its armor into Gaza, and that has been what I've been most afraid of. The news people talk about "escalations" all day long, but tactically speaking, missiles and air strikes are about punishment and fear (and maybe about bombing people to the negotiating table), and not about siezing and holding territory.

[Territory from which rockets are launched is seized. For Pitt this is some sort of ominous portent of the Armageddon. Several yards in Gaza.]

You can't do that with warplanes and artillery.

You do it with tanks and infantry.

[In addition to his geopolitical expertise, did I also mention that Pitt is also a military strategist?]

Israel is rolling tanks. This just got worse by orders of magnitude. The armor rolling out is a signal the other nations over there cannot possibly miss.

[Pitt is rolling ingratiation. This just got worse by orders of magnitude.]

Where did you hear about this? I've been surfing the M$M all
afternoon & haven't heard it mentioned...

[Jason Leopold told him.]

MSNBC. The TV said it.

[David Shuster also said it on MSNBC. Not the tank thing. Only about how Karl Rove WOULD be indicted for sure.]

WWIII.....we're all fuggin' doomed. kiss yer ass g'bye...

[The latter part is what Skinner should have told Pitt for perpetrating the Hoaxmas Fraud.]

Over tanks in Gaza? Except for the particulars, what else is new? Tanks in Gaza are pretty par for the course, over the long haul. If it's not tanks, it's bulldozers. Gaza is "occupied" for all intents and purposes, even when it isn't. Even tanks in southern Lebanon wouldn't surprise me at this stage.

[Shhh! Don't stop Pitt when he is on an Ingratiation Tour roll. After all he made it possible for me to DUFU the DUmmies about the latest events in the Middle East.]

Really, Gaza is sad, mean, unkind...but Gaza ain't WW3.

[Hey! Pitt is desperate to latch onto ANYTHING to ingratiate himself with the DUmmies.]

It seems like maybe people don't know the difference between the Gaza strip and Lebanon?

[And those people are known as...DUmmies!]

Tanks entering Gaza isn't exactly a shocker - Israel only withdrew troops in Sept. 2005, less than a year ago; & Israeli troops have been conducting raids in Gaza since the soldier was captured. The problem is, most Americans have no idea what they're talking about when it comes to Mideast politics, & that includes me.

[And that includes Pied Piper Pitt.]

If only these people were equally armed, Israel would let them alone. Protected by big bad guns and planes (and mostly from the US) is the only reason Israel is the bully of the ME. Yet people who lay down their lives (their only real weapons)in suicide bombings are called cowards and terrorists. Most countries in the area want to live in peace with Israel but it's a peace that Israel will dishonor in the drop of a hat is they so choose. I fault all the Arab nations that will not unite to bring strength to the Palestinains and Arab cause. The leaders of these government have sold their people out, just as the leaders in Israel have sold their people out to conflict and the low moral ground. It is so unnecessary and so one-sided.

[Your Hezbollah membership card is in the mail.]

Actually Israel launched preemptive attacks in '48 and '67. And the Israel-as-Victim rhetoric doesn't work here, as you may have found out.

[Yes, Israel was at fault back then for not sitting on their butts and just allowing themselves to be wiped out by the attacking armies surrounding them.]

Please provide evidence to back up your claim that Israel was the agressor in 1948. Nor does the assertion that 1967 was unprovoked hold water.

[LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]

The simple fact is you can't gather up and destroy hidden arms caches from the cockpit of an F-16.

[And this DUmmie WINS a Kewpie Doll for having a brief moment of mental clarity.]

When Israel pulled out of Gaza, Hamas agreed to a ceasefire and worked to try to get other factions in on the ceasefire as well. And then a certain someone happened to fire artillery at a civilian beach and killed 8...

[And that certain someone was NOT Israel as the media so loudly proclaimed at first. Check out for yourself the true STORY about what happened at that Gaza beach.]

Israel is taking over Lebanon and then Syria. its pretty obvious...

[its pretty obvious that their next target is Bukowski's.]

What does Israel ALWAYS do? Take land and hold it. It's their specialty, stealing land and brutalizing the occupants...oh, and then acting all innocent when someone retaliates.

[Kind of like WILLIAM RIVERS PITT acting all innocent when someone mentions Fitzmas.]

Israel is being duped by Bush. They think they are going to get US back up when they need it (now). But what they will get instead is vengence after they become a martyr. This will allow Bush to have his war with Iran in a political popular form.

[You forgot to blame Karl Rove.]

Indeed...post is about a week late. Gaza is in the south, Lebanon in the north. Jeez.

[It's never too late for Pied Piper Pitt to attempt to pathetically ingratiate himself with the DUmmies over the Non-Indictment That Dare Not Speak Its Name by bashing Israel (or Bush).]

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Is Alison Stewart Of "The Most" A Vulcan?

We depart today from the usual format of the DUmmie FUnnies to bring you this SPECIAL REPORT. It now appears that the future of the Earth is at risk, not due to Global Warming, but because of an imminent invasion of space aliens from the planet Vulcan. It is my contention that the sentinel of this Vulcan invasion force is Alison Stewart, the host of MSNBC's The Most which airs from 3 to 4 P.M. EDT on weekdays. In case you think I have gone completely off my rocker, I submit the two candid photos of Ms Stewart above. NO human can possibly have ears that large. Years of watching the various incarnations of Star Trek have taught me that only one group of beings have ears of that specific size and shape---Vulcans.

Therefore I have been watching every move Alison Stewart makes on her show to look for signs that she is going to signal the Vulcans to invade Earth. The only reason why Ms Stewart has not already sent such a signal is that she is continuing to collect information about our planet that might be useful to the Vulcan invaders. Because of her job with The Most covering the various aspects of the Internet, Vulcan Stewart is well aware of what is going on throughout our terrestrial civilization.

Fortunately, the interesting nature of The Most makes it very easy to monitor Vulcan Stewart's every move. In contrast to the vast majority of BORING cable news shows, The Most is VERY watchable with its focus on the Web as opposed to the typical yakety-yak of sparring politicos. The only recommendation I would have for The Most to make it even more interesting for me to check up on Vulcan Stewart's activities is to concentrate COMPLETELY on the Web and INCREASE it's coverage of the Blogosphere.

Most folks have forgotten that this was the initial purpose of MSNBC (thus the "MS" part). In the first few months of that cable network's existence they did have some great coverage of the Internet. Specifically I am thinking of their reporter Omar The Weird Looking Dude (and whatever happened to him?) who provided detailed reports of Web happenings. This Web coverage lasted only a brief time until the Old Farts of NBC stepped in and completely eliminated Web coverage. I guess the Old Farts considered the Internet to be just some sort of newfangled passing fad and reverted to the same dull news coverage that merely duplicated what other cable networks do.

Therefore it is REFRESHING that MSNBC is reverting (in a limited way) to their original concept of covering the Web. In fact, there should be MORE of it, not just on MSNBC but on the other cable channels as well. Why not have one show devoted to, say, interesting YouTube videos and another show about what is going on in the Blogosphere? I guarantee there is a big viewership out there for such topics.

As to the Vulcan, Alison Stewart, it is fortunate that her show is highly watchable due to its content consisting primarily of Web coverage. And remember, Alison, although you might be watching us in your role as sentinel for the Vulcan invasion force, I am watching YOU. In particular I am looking for any unusual twitches from your enormous Vulcan ears. This will be her signal to the Vulcan forces on the edge of the Solar System to commence their invasion.

So I warn my fellow Earthings. Watch Alison Stewart. Watch her Vulcan Ears!

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"John Dean says that 23% of Americans are rightwing authoritarians"

The leftists are in such a funk with their string of electoral losses over the past few years that they are desperately searching for their political Holy Grail that will show them how to win again or at least explain why they are constantly losing. Thus we have a plethora of books such as by George Lackoff explaining that the real reason the Democrats keep losing is that they have lost control of the use of the language and need to "frame" the debates differently. This explains why we have constant yakety-yak lately about "framing." And now we have yet another book by Watergate Stool Pigeon, John Dean, on the heels of his flop of a book called Worse Than Watergate called Conservatives Without Conscience in which he maintains that 23% (not 22% or 24%) of the population are "rightwing authoritarians" which means that the whole notion of "framing" is meaningless since 23% (not 22% or 24%) of the population are hopeless mind-numbed robots incapable of being reframed. This notion gives DUmmies a sense of futile self-satisfaction by dehumanizing conservatives as you can see in this DUmmie THREAD titled, "John Dean says that 23% of Americans are rightwing authoritarians," as well as this THREAD titled, "About John Dean`s Authoritarian Figures," and finally the self-righteous, ANGRYYY!!! I AM ANGRYYYY!!! (John Dean's book). So let us now watch the DUmmies fasten a big chip on their shoulders thanx to John Dean in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, currently listening to a rightwing authoritarian radio talk show so I'll know how to think, is in the [brackets]:

John Dean says that 23% of Americans...are rightwing authoritarians. He was on "Countdown" tonight promoting his new book, "Conservatives Without Conscience."

[Dean seems to be perpetually promoting books lately slamming conservatives.]

That was pretty damn sobering. I do disagree with his ending though. I believe Fascism is already here.

[DUmmie DOgma.]

Dean called it so spot on. They are like robots.

[Make it MIND-NUMBED robots.]

I quite enjoy slapping them around and insulting them.

[That's to compensate for the fact that you can't DEBATE them.]

I'm intriqued by this 23% who readily fall sway to authoritarian control. I wonder if this percentage is a constant in any significant population, ready to be unleashed, to be used, when an appropriate leader arrives.

[23% are mind numbed sleeper agents who come out of hibernation to blindly follow the orders of their appropiate right-wing leader when he arrives.]

That's 23% too many... I say let's whittle it down to less than 1%.

[The term is "Liquidation" my Chekhist friend.]

how? as Dean stated, these people are true believing morons. They are programmed to be following assholes. They lap up every lie and act of incompetence that Bush throws at them.

[We were programmed by Rush Limbaugh to be mind-numbed robots.]

it would be nothing for this type to justify election fraud. Dear Leader must not be denied a second term, after all! They'd easily justify throwing out Dem registrations, changing votes from Bush to Kerry with little white stickers, dreaming up fake lock-downs, etc etc.

[Is that you, RFK, Jr.?]

I've always said that their hard core was 27-37 % with a high of 37% because of 9-11. If it can be proven that the 19 hijackers were arranged and the vote in FL was stolen, it will drop to 23% - since I believe that some in that group have a logical mind and can finally figure out what they and we have lost.

[That should be easy. Just prove the wacko MIHOP theory and the number of rightwing authoritarians will instantly drop.]

At least 80% Rethugs are Fascists! I have thought this for many years. The RW, for the most part, have not and do not believe in democracy.

[Fidel Castro is a Republican?]

He breaks them down into two groups: leaders and followers. And you know- you might also draw the same distinction within the religious right. The leaders and followers are very different sorts in that crowd as well. Seems like the leaders desire nothing but wealth and power, and are essentially amoral, while the followers just want to be told what to think.

[I'm desperate. Rush is on vacation this week so I have no one to program me and tell me how to think. And now on to the next DUmmie thread on this topic, About John Dean`s Authoritarian Figures.]

John Dean`s interview with Keith Olbermann last night caused a mental chain reaction for me. First his alert, then a bright yellow warning sign, then a sickish feeling. I`ll be saving up for a copy of CONSERVATIVES WITHOUT CONSCIENCE, starting today.

[You should have enough saved up to purchase that book by 2008 when it appears in the discount bins.]

Dean may have held back a bit on the F word, fascism, but his cautionary tone made me think long and hard about that road we`re going down. It can`t happen here? Think again. America`s fear, resulting from the horrors of September 11th, left us ripe for a takeover by the dangerous authoritarian figures Dean described. Even our Constitution has fallen victim to these tyrants. Many of the 23% Dean mentions are in the White House, in the Office of Special Plans, flying secret torture planes. They jammed Democrat`s phone lines in New Hampshire, perhaps rigged elections in Ohio, designed the campaign against Michael Schiavo for trying to respect his wife`s wishes and convinced Verizon to secretly work against their own customers. Laws be damned, just do what they say...or else. It`s like there is only one acceptable answer to WHO`S YOUR DADDY? Get it right or you`re under suspicion for unAmerican activities.

[Hey! Don't knock those torture plane flights. You get really good discounts on them if you ride along as a passenger. The only downside is that they only serve rice pilaf and orange glaze chicken for dinner.]

John Dean helped me understand why Arnold captured California, why Kerry`s windsurfing was compared to Bush`s chainsaw, why there`s a debate about PTSD, why Donahue was out and Savage was in, why there are so many SUVs, why social programs are being extinguished, why Bush`s tax cuts mostly benefit those at the top, why the United Nations has been branded wimpish, why some Washington Journal callers demand we nuke Iran, why Bush showed up in a flight suit, why he was given Saddam`s pistol as a gift and even why that young girl in Iraq was raped, murdered and burned.

[Did Dean's book also explain why you have to save up for years in order to afford his book?]

It`s dark, it`s frightening, it`s dead serious. We`d better wake the hell up before Bush`s New America becomes the established norm.

[It's hilarious...to read your paranoia.]

Could you explain about the "23% Dean mentions"? which 23 percent? The 23 percent who eat the strawberry first out of a carton of Neapolitan icecream, or, the 23 percent who are secretly wearing ladies' underwear, or the 23% who say "aborted fetuses" to every question on a Rorschach test, or the 23 percent who would like to see Bush declare himself emperor for life, round up his critics and throw 'em in jail without charges or trial, and declare war on Mexico, France, Iran & China all at once, or the 23 percent who misreport their eye color as blue and their hair color as blond? Or...Is he referring to some group identified through polling, or a clinical definition that could be isolated by non-political non-volitional factors, or what?

[I'm among the 23% (not 22% or 24%) who eat the strawberry icecream first while secretly wearing men's underwear and misreporting my hair color as Neapolitan.]

I sorta figured he was headed that way, I was wondering how he got that # 23% is a very specific figure. My impression of Dean is that he's a very scrupulous, meticulous person and that he wouldn't loosely throw around specific numbers at something that is really only a guesstimate.

[The true number was 23.2436% but Dean rounded it off to just 23%. And now on to ANGRYYY!!! I AM ANGRYYYY!!!... ]

ANGRYYY!!! I AM ANGRYYYY!!!

[Yes, and you are NUTSSS!!! YOU ARE NUTSSSS!!!]

It's great. I was only becoming politically aware in the early 90's, so I was made really ANGRY when I read how the rightwingers tried to smear John Dean and his wife by insinuating that she was a prostitute and he was the true mastermind of the Nixon spying. He was fighting them (that ape Liddy and others) in court for many years. You will also meet names like Brit Hume (time to buy) that showed their colors back then. I HATE THESE PEOPLE!!! The recap of Clinton impeachment and the vast right-wing conspiracy (no quotation marks needed) made me angry all the more. Rightwingers really suck and they should PAY. Get the book

[Round up the Rightwingers and make them PAY for being authoritarians!]

This book can serve as a playbook to finally get these bastards out of the Congress.....read it and pass it on !!!!!!

[Yeah, just like the Lackoff "framing" book was going to get them out of Congress and What's The Matter With Kansas?


Dean Book "Without Conscience" I'm buying the book right away! The least we can do is support someone who is not afraid to take these poisonous toads on. I said back in 2000 right after the stolen election this filthy Republican Party was a reincarnation of the Nazis and everyone should read "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" to see the parallels. Folks I dared to say this to, were appalled at such an opinion. Well!!! I may not be the brightest bulb, but I saw the light with the thieving Bush and the lying, vicious murderers in his circle. The media Fascists spewing the right wing propaganda and brainwashed millions Pied Pipering along keep this hideous ideology alive and thriving in our country.
Would that we could rid the country of them, but short of a revolution I don't see how it is going to happen. Voter fraud rules our elections, the "opposition" party (Democrats) are completely cowed; so cowed they are afraid to even say the words, "Vote Fraud." Through vote fraud they are destined to lose elections no matter how much money they throw at them and their refusal to acknowledge that the last three elections were rigged is rendering them irrelevant. We need to invigorate the liberal wing of the liberal Democrat Party and quit trying to appeal to a "center" which does not exist. I predict the 2008 "election" will never take place because Bush will have pushed the nuclear button on either Iran or North Korea and the hammerlock the Repugs will have on the government by that time will allow them to simply declare Bush president into eternity. What a mess! What a mess! I am eternally grateful I have no grandchildren to inherit the Fascist state and live and die at the government's pleasure. Life will become so unbearable that eventually people will have to take to the streets with potent demonstrations against the Fascists. It does one good to rant and post a comment occasionally, but that will never get the job done. Broken Top

[Thus ranteth DUmmie Broken Top with the Broken Mind.]

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Leftwing NUttie Professor Makes SICKO Threats

One of the basic themes of the DUmmie FUnnies is that the looniness demonstrated by the DUmmies (and the Kos KOmmies) is not an exception but the RULE among the liberals. Therefore it was no great surprise to see the bizarre RANTINGS by University of Arizona psychology professor, Deborah Frisch, against Jeff Goldstein of PROTEIN WISDOM as chronicled below by MICHELLE MALKIN. After it was discovered that the SICKO anonymous postings were made by Frisch, she resigned her post at the University of Arizona but after a lame "apology" Frisch quickly reverted back to Moonbat form. My main question is WHAT is Deborah Frisch's DUmmie screen name? After all, does her rabid rantings not sound EXACTLY what we constantly read over at the Democrat Underground? So let us now read the NUttie Professor's threats to Jeff Goldstein in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, noting that there are MANY other NUttie Professors just like her, are in the [brackets]:

"I’d like to hear more about your “tyke” by the way. Girl? Boy? Toddler? Teen? Are you still married to the woman you ephed to give birth to the tyke?

Tell all, bro!"

[This is DEBORAH FRISCH making a veiled threat against Jeff Goldstein's two-year old son. Keep in mind that this NUttie Professor teaches psychology.]

"[...] as I said elsewhere, if I woke up tomorrow and learned that someone else had shot you and your “tyke” it wouldn’t slow me down one iota. You aren’t “human” to me."

[This is a more direct threat by NUttie Proffesor, DEBORAH FRISCH, against Goldstein's son.]

" Ooh. Two year old boy. Sounds hot. You live in Colorado, I see. Hope no one Jon-Benets your baby.

Are you still married to the woman you humped to produce the toddler? "

[Yet more evidence that DEBORAH FRISCH needs to be institutionalized.]


Give your pathetic progeny (I sure hope that mofo got good genes from his mama!) a big fat tongue-filled kiss from me! LOTS AND LOTS OF SALIVA from Auntie MOONBAT, if you don’t mind!

Somehow, Jeffy boy, I think you get off on the possibility of Frenching your pathetic progeny, even if it is a boy. You seem like a VERY, VERY sick mofo to me, bro.

[Speaking of a VERY, VERY sick mofo... And now to see the the LAME APOLOGY followed by a quick backtrack by the NUttie Professor herself...]

I wrote some inflammatory comments at a blog by a guy named Jeff Goldstein called protein wisdom that infuriated many bloggers and commenters. Many of these bloggers emailed my boss at the University of Arizona to tell on me.

[Notice how DEBORAH FRISCH quickly turns it around to make HERSELF the victim. "They told on me! WAAAAAAH!!!"]

In hindsight, the things I wrote were over the line of nastiness. I apologize to Mr. Goldstein.

[Lamest apology ever. As we have seen she is already already making herself the victim.]

I have resigned from the University of Arizona so there is no need for other enraged people to write to administrators there. I am a temporary worker there and I am in Oregon for the summer.

["Please stop telling on me for threatening Jeff and his son!"]

Some blogs have posted comments that I perceive to be physically threatening. I have contacted the FBI and the Pajamas Media staff to determine how to proceed with this aspect of this unbelievable experience.

["I'm the REAL VICTIM here! I have to GALL to claim victimhood for threatening a two-year old boy!"]

My intention in this post is to de-escalate the situation. The comments that started this all were nasty, not threatening. But I feel very threatened by the response.

[Sorry, but your posts were most definitely THREATENING. Oh, and very very SICK as well.]

Jeff - I lost my job. You won. Could you call off the troops?

["Jeff - I lost my job for threatening your boy. You won. Could you please tell people not to be outraged by my sickeness?"]

UPDATE: I have been receiving emails alluding to the fact that I got fired. I was not fired. I resigned. I was not pressured to resign. I just sent my boss an email explaining what was happening and told him I thought it was best for all involved if I resigned.

["It was best for all involved if I resigned before they could fire me."]

Protein Wisdom has been down since this all started so it is not possible to see all the comments and everything that led up to this. People are posting snippets of what I posted that have been embellished with references to french kissing and other things I didn't say.

[Sorry, DEBORAH FRISCH, but your SICKO posts have already been saved so there is no convenient walking away from your own NUttiness.]

When and if protein wisdom comes on line again, it will be hard to tell what Jeff added or deleted to the transcript.

["I'm a victim! I'm being framed! WAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"]

I have been trying to get in touch with Pajamas Media to discuss some of my concerns about what has been published at Black Five about this issue. I feel threatened by some of the comments there.

["I feel threatened by the outrage over my threats of harm to a two-year old boy~ WAAAAHHHH!!! Pity MEEEEEEEE!!!! I'm the TRUE victim!"]

(UPDATE: Michelle Malkin now has a video VENT about this NUttie Professor over at HotAir.Com.)

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DUmmies Nail Jason Leopold

WILLIAM RIVERS PITT has kept a LOW profile recently in DUmmieland due to his prominent role in perpetrating the infamous Hoaxmas fraud which claimed that Karl Rove had ALREADY been indicted last May 12. However, his partner in crime, Jason Leopold, displays no such shyness. Not only is Leopold continuing to post his FABLES at TruthOut, but the cocaine addict and degenerate crook (according to HOWARD KURTZ) is now attempting to defend his "reputation" in DUmmieland as you can see in this THREAD cynically titled, "Leopold writes story - thousands rejoice, grown men cry." The problem for Leopold is that most of the DUmmies, having been burned bigtime by acting like fools celebrating the Rove "indictment," are now very ANGRY at Leopold for causing them to reveal their incredible gullibility to the great amusement of the rest of the Internet World. Most notable by his ABSENCE in this thread is WILLIAM RIVERS PITT who is now confined to merely posting the DUmmieland equivalent of supporting Mom's Apple Pie (i.e. slamming Bush and conservatives) rather than risk being taken to task for his role in enabling Hoaxmas. So let us now watch the DUmmie piranhas flail away at Jason Leopold in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, willing to send a case of Thunderbird to WILLIAM RIVERS PITT, if he ever comes clean about his role in perpetrating Hoaxmas, is in the [brackets]:

Leopold writes story - thousands rejoice, grown men cry
policemen turn in their badges.. birds fly backwards, water flows uphill..

So now he's back, just like Ike and Tina Turner.. "I won't beat you anymore Kevin Nealon.." used to be one of my favorite skits..

I feel abused by this guy, seriously, does anyone else?

Where's the Target Letter? Where's the Indictment? TWICE he said that, TWICE mind you..

I agree with another poster, I believe that Leopold's stories should be posted in the Lounge..

As I recall Skinner said that Leopold had blown it, "Publicly AND Spectacularly"..

I love that, Skinner's cool

[That was DUmmie symbolman posting with a bit of sarcasm. However, I believe that Skinner also stated that WILLIAM RIVERS PITT had "blown it." (Don't be jealous, benburch.)]

Have you some reason to think the present story is incorrect?

[Because Jason Leopold wrote it, my gullible DUmmie, benburch.]

Experience matters. Would you believe anything written by... Jayson Blair, Stephen Glass, or Judith Miller?

[Or WILLIAM RIVERS PITT.]

all a journalist has is his credibility. Once that's lost, it's almost impossible to get back.

[WILLIAM RIVERS PITT is searching for his credibility in a bottle.]

I take people on a case-by-case basis. Perhaps because I married a social worker it has rubbed off on me? But people are not always good nor always bad. You have to live with an assumption of good faith.

[You married a social worker, benburch? What was his name?]

Its not even a story. Its old news, hyped up as if it were exclusive. He is deliberately presenting old, previously reported information as if its "scoop," exclusive to TO. Thats just more lying. TO and RS do it all the time and thats the reason I think they have no credibility whatsoever. Self-aggrandizing rabble rousing for the gullible is what it is, but for people seriously interested in acccurate information, they're worthless.

[That "self-aggrandizing rabble rousing for the gullible" sure worked beautifully on all those DUmmies who broke out their victory champagne when Karl Rove was "indicted" on May 12.]

Think about it the only way for him to rehabilitate himself is to "write" stories that are factual and been checked out.. this one has been checked out MONTHS ago, by everyone from the National Review to Common Dreams, hell, Capitol Blue probably wrote this one too. Safe, sanitized for Leopold's convenience.

[I still don't believe it.]

I was the one who said Leopold's stories should be posted in the Lounge. Or perhaps they could be put in a DU Group for Fairy Tales.

[Wasn't Tinkerbell one of the sources for Leopold's Hoaxmas story?]

Put him in with the horoscopes. Miss Cleo, meet Jason. Jason, meet Miss Cleo.

[Miss Cleo, meet WILLIAM RIVERS PITT.]

Psychic Reporter Friends Network! Now THERE's a Job for this guy..

[Wasn't that Jason Leopold's prison job while serving time for grand larceny?]

Oh, Leopold is a serious journalist alright... I am positive Rove is still slowly eating up his 24 business hours to get his affairs in order. That 24 business hour reporting was some mighty fine journalism. I think Leopold just didn't realize that Rove would be allowed to divide up the 24 business hours however he saw fit. Any reporter could miss that right? So, it would seem that Rove has deviously incorporated a few minutes of the business hour block into each day passing day. Hell, for all we know, Rove might only be using 1 minute of his business hours each day. That could mean the eventual disclosure of his indictment could take 1440 days - and that is assuming Rove has to use 1 minute of his business hours on weekends and Federal Holidays! When all those minutes are finally used up, you can bet we will all be "returning" to "06 cr 128" when we will discover Leopold was right all along! So yeah, I take Leopold's journalism very seriously

[And that of his editor, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT.]

Okay tell me why there's no Bev Harris here? Tell my why there are some links not allowed on the DU.. I'll tell you why, because they were full of shit, no one could trust them, yet the DU GAVE Harris a Million bucks(AAR helped there), while she threatened to SUE them, and DURING a fund raiser here. Like Virginity, Credibility once gone for a reporter is GONE.. Why do I read him, because people keep POSTING HIS CRAP.. Why do people go to trainwrecks, carwrecks, etc.. Morbid curiosity.. But when we get Leopold IN CAPITAL LETTERS THRUST IN OUR FACES some people get mad.. I do. Why doesn't he be a nice boy and go live at TO where he's wanted

[Bev Harris suckered the DUmmies out of a MILLION BUCKS? That's even MORE than I thought she scammed out of you suckers.]

Leopold's defenders are deliberately destroying their own reputations by defending him. They should not cry and accuse those who can see the Leopold scam for what it is. You choose to defend the indefensible, you get what you deserve, how dare you suggest that because we're all democrats we have to tolerate and support liars among us. As I point out above, Leopold's most offensive attribute is the way he hypes his non-stories in a deliberate, and deceptive, effort to make it seem like he is some kind of intrepid hero, a super-sleuth, which gets the emotional and easily excitable readers who are into personality cults (A lot of overlap here with Pitt followers, because Pitt is adept at plucking the same kind of strings) into "worship" mode, whereupon they have to start denying reality to defend their hero. Leopold is about Leopold, he obviously enjoys making himself the story, rather than reporting the story. Give him up. He's bad for you.

[Yes, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT is also adept at plucking the suckers from the rich fields of DUmmieland.]

Have they explained what happened to "stand down"? I mean, how can they move on without explaining themselves?

[Maybe it is more like a "sit down" like sitting down on a toilet seat in order to "move on" and rid themselves of their constipation.]

Ashton Kutcher starting a new show: "YOU'VE BEEN LEOPOLED!"

[You've just brought a big smile to the face of DUmmie benburch.]

Scam artist. Flim-flam man with nowhere else to go. He's burned too many bridges, and now he's looking for a fifth or sixth chance.

[Jason Leopold or WILLIAM RIVERS PITT? And now to hear from an ANGRY Jason Leopold himself...]

Wow! Mike Stinson is REALLY mad. Normally, I don't respond to personal attacks. But the vitriol coming from Mike Stinson and his wife Julie Sigwart has forced me to log on. Mike, you need psychological help. You're anger toward me is unwarranted and unhealthy. You're completely unhinged. Clearly, their must be something else going on in your life that has you so messed up inside. Sane people don't speak the way you do. To think that you're a father is really sad. I certainly hope you don't speak or treat your child the same way. If you do you're abusing him/her. You have already formed an opinion about me long before the Rove story. So be upfront about that. Bottom line: you don't like me and that's OK. But get a grip. Seriously. You come across like a child when you speak this way. It's no different than a child having a temper tantrum because they can't get their way. It also reminds me of a high-school bully. And if that's how you and the other people on this board want to come across because you believe I deliberately wrote a story so it could turn out the way it did well then you're really not helping your cause because no one will take you seriously.

[Jason Leopold slamming DUmmie symbolman without a trace of self-awareness of the irony of accusing him of needing psychological help, being unhinged, or throwing a childish temper tantrum. This must be one of the side effects of snorting copious quantities of La Cocaina up the nasal passages. And now more of the Leopoldian rant...]

Here is what is so amazing: right now all you have is Karl Rove's attorney claiming he has a letter from Fitzgerald saying Rove won't be indicted. We have yet to see the letter to determine if a plea deal was cut. Fitzgerald's office won't confirm the existence of the letter nor will they comment on whether Rove is out of danger. So you have the attorney and that's it. How sad that you're willing to give a man who has to represent his client's best interest so much credibility. And another thing: for three years we knew that Karl Rove was under intense scrutiny. In late April/early May of this year Michael Isikoff wrote a story in Newsweek right after Rove's 5th grand jury appearance saying that Fitzgerald told Luskin last year that he intended to indict Rove. David Shuster said, quote, "I am convinced Karl Rove will be indicted." Yet suddenly, in the course of one month, from the time I reported my story, Rove was suddenly off the hook. I ask you this: are you not at all curious whether something went on behind the scenes during that time to change Rove's status? How could a man who the public record shows was intimately involved in this scandal and lied on numerous occasions suddenly be given a free pass? The mainstream media has not even bothered to ask these questions and won't report it. They simply took Luskin's statement printed it as fact and said "story over." And there you have it. A press release from Rove's attorney on the front page of every newspaper and no digging as to what went on behind the scenes. You and others are simply lapping up what you are being fed by the very media you claim to deplore.

[Oh well, if David Shuster said that he is convinced that Karl Rove will be indicted that CHANGES everything! Now I see how Karl Rove was indicted on May 12 just like you said, Leopold. And now can I have another hit from your crack pipe before you continue foaming at the mouth...]

I wrote a story based on what my sources told me and I have damn good sources. I never said I would "OUT" my sources if my story didn't pan out. I said, and there is audio of this available so feel free to listen to it, that if my sources knowingly lied to me or led me astray they know I would no longer be obliged to protect their anonymity. Well, they did neither. So there is no reason to OUT them. This is just another rumor that has been started by bloggers and commentators who muddy the facts with untruths.

[Yeah, that Sonny Crockett source sure worked out great for you, Leopold. And as to outing your sources, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT already outed Joe Wilson as a source. There is still another long line of white powder on the table awaiting your ingestion before continuing on with your comedy act which continues...]

And as far as this latest story is concerned. This is a transcript that has not been released. It's 128 pages and it has never been released publicly. There are other people in this world beside you who want to read it. So if it contains "old news" that's too bad. I am reporting on what took place during that hearing. It's not a story I wrote for you personally. And another thing: I am going to keep on reporting whether you like it or not. But here's my advice in the event another one of my stories angers you: STOP READING. Change the channel. Remember, the world does not revolve around you. I find it funny that you have so much contempt for me yet you are the one who started this thread and this dialogue. Perhaps you're secretly in love with me. I don't know.

[Jason Leopold suggesting that symbolman might have the hots for him? Is this yet another Leopoldian degeneracy of which we are yet unaware? Let us watch as Leopold continues foaming at the mouth...]

You need to grow up and stop acting like a child. You sound like a lunatic and you're wasting your energy spewing venom on me when there are people dying in Iraq for an unjust war. Use all that energy you have and direct your anger at the people responsible for more than 2,000 deaths.

[(Marijuana) Pot calling the kettle black. And now Leopold finishes off Rant #1...]

Lastly, here is my email address and my phone number for anyone who would like to have a dialogue with me about my reporting, my life, my book, or what have you. jasonleopold@hotmail.com 310-556-XXXX. I'm accessible. Here's your chance to speak to the horse's mouth. Go for it.

[Here is your chance to speak to the horse's ass. Go for it. (I knocked out the last 4 digits of the posted phone number since Leopold has a bad habit of using OTHER people's phone numbers.)]

Prove it, Jason. It's your claim and it's your job.
So, where's proof of the indictment? Did you ever get proof or base the story solely on sources you obviously couldn't verify?

[Don't you know Leopold's gimmick yet? He expects you to prove HIM wrong first. You need to provide proof that Rove wasn't indicted. I claim that a meteor destroyed the ancient city of Atlantis. Now it is up to YOU to prove me wrong. Until that happens, I am RIGHT according to Leopoldian logic.]

Are you seriously insisting others DISPROVE your claims rather than proving them to be true? And WHO sounds like a lunatic? My niece told me she saw TinkerBelle. She'd NEVER lie to me. You should print that, buddy. It's solid. PROVE IT'S NOT TRUE, I dare you.

[And I guarantee that Jason Leopold was snorting Tinkerbell's Pixie Dust.]

Have fun. Resume piling on. You have proven that you're incapable of engaging in mature dialogue. I honestly couldn't give a shit what you think. I don't know you. What matters is that I have the support of editors who are well aware of the facts and sources and the information.

[That's right, Jason. WILLIAM RIVERS PITT has your back.]

You have a pattern of making claims with no proof. That's not a common trait of journalists.

[Unfortunately, nowadays it is a common trait of "journalists."]

Did you maybe think this might not be him?

Oh, it's him. The tone is unmistakable.



[The tone of a drug-addicted degenerate shmuck is unmistable.]

Normally, I don't respond to personal attacks. But the vitriol coming from the Leavitt's has forced me to log on. Thomas, if this is you, you need psychological help. You're anger toward me is unwarranted and unhealthy. You're completely unhinged. Clearly, their must be something else going on in your life that has you so messed up inside. Sane people don't speak the way you do. To think that you're a father is really sad. I certainly hope you don't speak or treat your child the same way. If you do you're abusing him/her. You have already formed an opinion about me long before the Rove story. So be upfront about that. Bottom line: you don't like me and that's OK. But get a grip. Seriously. You come across like a child when you speak this way. It's no different than a child having a temper tantrum because they can't get their way. It also reminds me of a high-school bully. And if that's how you and the other people on this board want to come across because you believe I deliberately wrote a story so it could turn out the way it did well then you're really not helping your cause because no one will take you seriously.

[I'm trying to decide if this latest Leopold rant is the result of a rabid dog bite or just withdrawal symptoms from not using La Cocaina for the past hour. There is more to this rant but Leopold actually copy and pasted what he already posted above.]

Jason, my name is not Thomas. I use my real name. I live in Missouri, which is known as the "Show me" state, and you have shown me a decided lack of character, professionalism, and the lack of ability to address the right person on a thread you are responding to.

[You have to forgive Leopold. Foreign substances in his body system have eaten away at his mental facilities.]

Hey, you already posted this crap in #64. What gives?

[Leopold only had one good rant in him before the OD set in so he copy and pasted with only a few minor changes in the first paragraph.]

We need to calm down and take a deep breath and realize that there is no way that the GOP is going to go after Jason Leopold to get to the Democratic Party. For cryin' out loud, DU is the biggest and brightest and it still has only 80,000,000 registered members. And that is only the number of the people who have register, not the small amount that read and post every day.

[VERY SMALL amount. When you deduct tombstoned DUmmies and LOUSY FREEPER TROLLS, you are left with only around 3000 real DUmmies still in DUmmieland.]

Please stop the madness. I have been doing this type of reporting for 15 years. I have written more than 2,000 news stories. I broke many stories on the california energy crisis and Enron, which appeared in the WSJ. But please DO NOT accuse me of fabricating a story. I have never, ever been accused of that crime by any news organization I have ever worked for. Those accusations have been peddled by bloggers and their ilk and never supported by facts because none exist. There is no basis for you to say such a thing. I have endured serious beatings because the story I wrote on Rove did not pan out. But more will be revealed soon when we hear from Fitzgerald. Seriously, what purpose does it serve for you to make such vicious personal attacks? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Does it make you feel strong and powerful? Do you get off on it? Why does a guy like Symbolman, Mr. Takebackthemedia in all of his self-righteous glory get so, so, so upset by someone like me? Think about it. He makes zero sense in all of his arguments. You don't have to trust me. But you also don't have all of the facts---yet.

[Now I know the drugs are really affecting your judgement, Jason. Just for starters, Salon.com and your almost book publisher, Rowman & Littlefield, accused you of FABRICATING news stories, my little lying sleazebag. Please continue now with more lies...]

The story I wrote for Salon four years ago which was removed from their website turned out to be 100% true. Just look at the indictment on Jeff Skilling and you will see that is the case. This story, the CIA leak story, is about a popularity contest. It's about the bloggers who think that a guy like me, a person with a past, a drug history and a criminal record, can't find redemption and do good work. That was a lifetime ago. That's my past. I "outed" myself in my book. I admitted everything I did. Do you realize the attacks on me are no different than what the vicious right wingers did to Joe Wilson? This community is no different from those on the right that you vilify. You're the same when it comes to character assasination. That's not progressive and it's not liberal and it's not democratic. Guys like symbolman with his vicious comments are the ones that are really pulling you and this community down.

[Yeah, you sure "redeemed" yourself with that Hoaxmas story, Leopold. Tell us again about the 15 hour sealed lockdown with the Secret Service on the 4th floor of Patton Boggs. Continue with your comedy act...]

Do you honestly think I am sitting out there making shit up? Did you forget that Scott McLellan said in 2003 that Rove and Libby had nothing to do with this leak and the reporters bought it? Yet two years later it turned out that Rove and Libby and now Cheney WERE involved.

[Which is why Rove was indicted on May 12 just like you and WILLIAM RIVERS PITT said. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!]

I'm going to lock this now.

[Said Head DUmmie Skinner before launching into his own brand of weirdness...]

A few things:

1) I really do not appreciate being referenced in someone else's flame bait thread topic. The quote from me in the OP is taken way out of context.

[Yes, you also implied WILLIAM RIVERS PITT in your original flame.]

2) Moderating this thread has been extremely complicated due to the fact that Jason Leopold is something of a public figure, and has been personally attacked on this website repeatedly for months. As most of you know, we generally permit personal attacks against public figures, which is why we have permitted attacks against Mr. Leopold. When Jason Leopold showed up in this thread (which personally attacks him) and started to attack back, would it have been fair for us to delete Jason's posts right off the bat? Deleting his posts would have been justified under our rules, but to me it did not seem fair to do so -- particularly since we were not going to go back and delete thousands of personal attacks against Mr. Leopold posted over the last few months. I felt it was only fair to let Mr. Leopold say his piece. I instructed the moderators to keep their hands off of this thread overnight, and I would deal with it in the morning.

[Thank you, Skinner, for allowing us to see, in his own words, what a complete mental case, Jason Leopold is.]

3) Now that everyone has had a chance to say their piece and get a response, I am going to lock this thread. When I get into the office later this morning, I will discuss with the other admins whether we should go back and delete the personal attacks from this thread.

[Too late, Skinner. All the best juicy stuff has already been chronicled here in the DUmmie FUnnies.]

4) Even though we made an exception last night, we are not going to continue allowing exceptions to our rules against personal attacks. If Mr. Leopold returns to DU and attacks our members, he will get his posts removed. If any of our members personally attacks Mr. Leopold when he is participating on DU, we will remove those posts. But everyone needs to understand that since Jason Leopold is a public figure, we will continue to permit free and open discussion about his public activities, including personal attacks -- as we do with any public figure. HOWEVER, as I said above, when Mr. Leopold is participating on DU we will not permit members to attack him.

[Some bizarre Skinner logic here. He permits personal attacks on Jason Leopold but ONLY if he isn't participating in DUmmie discussions. And what about Jason Leopold's enabler, WILLIAM RIVERS PITT? Are DUmmies still being tombstoned for daring to voice even the slightest criticism about his MAJOR role in perpetrating the Hoaxmas fraud?]

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DUmmies Lose ANOTHER Election In Mexico

It was a typical DUmmie Freudenschade experience. A far left candidate is ahead in the polls. The DUmmies celebrate their "victory" only to have it taken away from them when the final results come in. Election 2004? Well, yes but also last night's official tally of the Mexican presidential election in which Communist candidate, López Obrador, narrowly lost to PAN candidate, Felipe Calderón. Wait! Did I just describe Obrador as the COMMUNIST candidate? You bet I did. He can call himself a member of the Democratic Revolution Party or a Zapatista or a Socialist but the bottom line is that Obrador, like Hugo Chavez, is a COMMUNIST no matter what he chooses to call himself for PR purposes. And like Chavez (and Fidel Castro), Obrador enjoys great popularity with the DUmmies. So let us now watch the DUmmies watching the Mexican presidential election RESULTS in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, celebrating the Communist's loss with muchas cervezas, is in the [brackets]:

90.89%....still 1.18 lead.... no gain for Calderon

[WOO! HOO! Break out the Freudenschade victory champagne!]

91.03 %....1.16 lead

[Okay so Obrador slipped a tiny bit. Nothing to stop our victory celebrations over.]

At the rate things are going, i'd say obrador will win by half a point.

[Of course, of course. Let us FINALLY gloat over an electoral victory after such a long dry season of utter failure. WHOOPEEEEE!!!]

91.21% reporting - 1.13 lead

91.39% reporting - 1.11% lead

91.56% reporting - 1.08 lead

[Um...why is it that my victory champagne is starting to have a bitter taste?]


Please don't let this get stolen from him.

[Susan Estrich is already starting to get sloppy drunk.]

We Are Not In Control Of Anything....Anywhere There is little justice left in the world. We are becoming extinct.

[Give up hope...NOW!!!]

Formato 21 Mexico City is calling election for Obrador! According to Formato 21 Radio-Mexico City the trend looks permanent for Obrador.

[YIPPPPEEEEE!!!! Suddenly my victory champagne is tasting good again!]

91.96 1.04% C'mon Obrador. HANG ON.

[But...but didn't Formato 21 Radio-Mexico City already declare him the winner?]

1.04 lead now, that's it I'm going to bed. Is this last ten percent taking suspiciously long or are they just getting tired of counting? I'm getting tired of watching, I'll hope for the morning

[Better have a large bottle of Tylenol on hand in the morning.]

92.30% reporting - 0.98 lead

[That victory champagne is starting to taste bitter again.]

92.57% reporting - 0.94 lead

[I'm suddenly feeling some acid reflux from the acidic bile building up inside me.]

You Didn't Really Think They Were Going To Let Obrador Win? Haven't you guys been through this enough times before? Most recently it was the San Diego election....prior to that the Canadian election....2004, 2002, 2000.....sense a pattern? When you're in control of everything, you're not going to let a lefty down South have a real chance. King george needs to keep his neighbors in line. He's got a grip on Canada, and he's not going to let Mexico fall into democratic hands. Watch....argue with me if you must....by the time the clock strikes midnight in CA, the outcome will be the one they want.

[We would control ALL your Diebold machines...if Mexico used them.]

losing fast now - 92.83 - 0.9% lead

[Losing fast now...with verifiable paper ballots.]

It's All Over But The Counting..... Ya know who controls that.

[Carlos Rove of course.]

I am truly beginning to wonder if it is even possible to defeat any of these people legally and peacefully. They get away with whatever they want, whenever they want, and they do it virtually unopposed. Why would they ever stop, unless something rises up and PHYSICALLY stops them? I can only hope this time will be different, but I worry about out fate here in the states as well. I have zero confidence in our Electoral Process here right now. Perhaps the pendulum will swing our way.

[More likely a sledgehammer will swing your way.]

93.20 .86 lead

93.32% .85 lead

Obrador has this in the bag.

[Is that you, Jason Leopold?]

93.57% .79 lead

93.67% .77 lead

[So what does Crow taste like?]

i think it's .73....Obrador may eke it out

[Is that you, Pollyanna?]

This is bullsh!t. There aren't enough landed, well heeled people in the country to cast those votes.

[I hate to tell you this but most of the poor ones moved out to El Norte.]

94.76% .60 lead i'm losing hope. looks like Calderon will eke it out....and will claim legitimacy based upon the erroneous preliminary count......A classic move from the Bush 2000 playbook

[When they also used verifiable paper ballots in Florida.]

The Bush crime family has it programmed for Calderon to win by .25% of the vote at about 4:00 AM EDT. Somewhere at about 98-99% he will take the lead and cruise to victory. It's Deja vu all over again as Yogi would say.

[Those paper ballots were programmed to make Calderon win.]

What you are probably seeing tonight is a preview of November 2006 and 2008 in this country. Christ, what is the point anymore. Is it even realistic anymore to think these people can be beaten legally and peacefully through this process? Maybe it's time to pull out the playbook from the late 1700's. At least in this country.

[Yes, there is no point in voting so stay home on Election Day.]

You probably aren't going to like what you wake up to.

[Unless he wakes up in the Alternate Universe.]

95.17 % 0.52 pts. this is killing me

[But FUn for us!]

96.08% .36 difference looking bad for the good guy

[Looking GOOD for the good guy.]

I tell ya, I'm glued to the computer and I've built a little spreadsheet to follow the results and try to keep track of trends, as if I could somehow actually affect this thing. I don't know why I bother, as it seems it will only lead to even greater disappointment.

[Freudenschade, baby!]

This is pathetic theater at this point. Calderon stole it. TWICE. This is just them having fun torturing the "hopeful masses" as somehow the pre-determined victor pulls ahead at the finish line. This is Their idea of Pornography, and it is the most sickening thing I have ever seen. Somehow I hope I am wrong, but we have seen this before. It's getting old.

[Yes, it is FUn watching the DUmmies being tortured by yet ANOTHER election loss.]

And you know, I hope it comes to that, if it must. They NEED to reap the whirlwind. It is past time for them to pay the check. They have done enough to this planet, and enough to us. As far as I'm concerned, it is time for them to get what is coming to them. They deserve the whirlwind, and much, MUCH worse. It's getting to the point there may not be a punishment fit enough for them.

[Another DUmmie engaging in the usual sadistic fantasies.]

Reminds me of a sports bet where I'm winning big at halftime then blow every possesion the second half.

[Reminds me of EVERY election where the DUmmies have an emotional stake in the outcome.]

97.44%... 0.05%...

[Going...]

97.51%... 0.03%...

[Going...]

97.77% .03 lead for Calderon.

[GONE!]

Once again, the interests of the people have been slaughtered by the narrow interests of a handful of Power Drunk Criminal Thugs. How much longer are we going to take this? And Open Question to the people of Canada, this country, and Mexico: How much longer are we just going to sit and take this?

[For as long as WE are entertained by your comedic election loss antics.]

And THAT'S A WRAP! Another atrocity committed, Another Election Stolen. The interests of the people once again successfully raped and trampled by a handful of selfish, greedy, soulless thugs. HOW MUCH LONGER?

[As long as you continue to keep us laughing it will keep on keeping on.]

I am becoming increasingly convinced that if we want to wrest power from these people, we will have to PHYSICALLY take it from them. FORCEFULLY and without quarter. I am no longer afraid of actually saying it. It is time for Revolution. It is time for these people to pay the price of their actions. It is WAY past time.

[Don't trip over the pizza carton at the doorway of Mommy's basement on your way out to start the revolution.]

I know I'll never forget it. I hope a multitude of people in Mexico were up all night, as well, and will be letting their reactions known in the morning.

[Please make them demonstrate in a way that I'm too lazy to ever attempt.]

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DUmmies Launch North Korean Missile Attack On Bush

The worst hell on earth has to be North Korea. Not only are the people starving and working in slave labor, every free moment they have is spent in singing praises to their Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il who is truly mentally Il. Here we have a moral and physical midget who is living in the lap of luxury while much of his slave population often die of starvation. Nobody in his right mind would consider living under such conditions yet the DUmmies put Kim Jong Il on either the same moral plane as Bush or even on a higher moral standing as you can see in this THREAD titled, "CNN: North Korea has now test-fired LONG-RANGE TAEPODONG-2." So let us now watch the DUmmies use the North Korean missile launch to slam Bush while the commentary of your humble correspondent, wishing to send Kim Jong Mentally Il a Team America DVD, is in the [brackets]:

CNN: North Korea has now test-fired LONG-RANGE TAEPODONG-2

[Bush's fault!]

David Ensor says two short-range missiles, believed to be SCUD missiles, were tested, and then the missile that has been feared, the long-range Taepodong-2.

UPDATE: Ensor reporting that indications are that the Taepodong missile test-fire failed.

[Bush's fault!]

Like they're wondering what they do with a nut who really has WMDs? Well, invite him to the White House. Then there will be two nuts with WMDs in the same place at the same time.

[Moral equivalency from DUmmieland.]

As I said in another thread, it's really sad when you worry just as much about our possible reaction as you do about their provocation.

[More moral equivalency.]

I lose no sleep worrying about the Koreans. It's our bunch of crazies that worries me. The Koreans will only affect us indirectly through our jackbooted Admin.

[No moral equivalency argument from this DUmmie. In his warped mind we are WORSE than North Korea.]

I'll bet NK has embarassed the crappola outta the administration soooooo it'll be compelled to drop a bomb here and there killing more innocents. After all, the sky is the limit with our profiteering regime.

[As opposed to the "benign" North Korean regime.]

Bush Administration caught off guard AGAIN
No surprise, really

[Caught off guard? We only knew about these launches way in advance plus we monitored them from the moment the missiles left the ground.]

North Korea was reportedly one of the sources of SCUD missiles for Iraq.

[Bush's fault!]

I lay awake at night worrying about North Korea... NOT!
But the MSM is trying hard to make us fear the Manchurian Emmanuel Goldstein.

[Yeah, Kim Jong Il is really a SWELL guy.]

You got a delusional man in North Korea begging for attention, and we got our own delusional man in the White House with access to the largest stockpile of WMDs. Who do you think scares the shit out of me?

[Since a DUmmie is asking the question, the answer HAS to be Bush.]

This whole problem was avoidable. The framework established by Clinton, if followed, would have had better results.

[i.e. Succumb to blackmail by tossing money at Kim Jong Il so he can build more palaces for himself.]

Bush will get us all killed in the name of Christ.

[But Kim Jong Il is a man of peace.]

Crushing poverty does funny things. North Korea's economy is about as bad as it gets. Their GDP per capita is $1500 per year - most of which goes toward government.

[Most of the money going to the government is a DUmmie Wet Dream.]

I think they chose today to launch because being a holiday, Bush is probably drunk.

[FEEL the LOVE emanating from DUmmieland.]

Can someone explain to me again Why a sovereign nation shouldn't be allowed to test its weapon systems?

[This same DUmmie was probably protesting U.S. weapons tests.]

Failed in flight? Who really knows. It is the Bush admin making this claim.

[Bush Lied, DUmmies Cried.]

north korea is really wanting Bush's attention. what does he have to do? Hit America before Bush negotiates with him???

[Bush's fault!]

'lil Kim is sticking his finger in the Chimperor eye. Another spectacular policy failure brought to you by Busco.

[You mean that North Korean long range missile test was a success?]

I wonder how long it will be before our bases in Korea are blown up? THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT BUSH!!!!!

[That HAS to be a LOUSY FREEPER TROLL!!!]

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"How did we lose the momentum?"

Remember the DUmmie jubiliation of only a few weeks ago? They were ecstatic over the "fact" that they would become a majority in the House and maybe even the Senate. It was pretty much a done deal and the November elections were just a mere formality. Well, that confidence has pretty much evaporated as you can see in this DUmmie THREAD gloomily titled, "How did we lose the momentum?" I knew the DUmmies would start acting whacky the closer we got to this year's elections but I admit I didn't expect the defeatist attitude to happen quite so soon. Yes, the DUmmies have already been defeated in their own minds and we can now see the bitterness emerging. So let us now watch the DUmmies engage in electoral gloom and doom while the commentary of your humble correspondent, enjoying the spectacle of DUmmies losing it, is in the [brackets]:

How did we lose the momentum?

[How did you lose your minds?]

As srewed up as things are, how is it that we're not assured of GOP landslide losses this fall? I heard Alterman on with Seder today and he said that the Dems are blowing it. The right's back in full force, framing the debate with their media machine - NY Times being the latest. Forget any real talk of just how deep Abramoff went, Saipan, truth about Iraq. It aint happenin'. People are more worried that Superman, a fictional character, ferf*cksake, says 'the american way' or not. It keeps going back to the media. As long they have it, we don't have a prayer. So thanks, again, Bill Clinton, for signing that damn '96 telcomm bill!

[Saipan? Yeah, you really had us on the ropes there with Saipan...whatever it was. Anyway, if you think "we" have the media that just shows how delusional you are. "We" have the NY Times, Newsweek, Time, See-BS News, NPR, PBS, WaPo, L.A. Times, etc., etc.? If you ever get back to reality, send me a telegram.]

I've got to say that I'm not confident about Nov. either.

[Every day in every little way, you are growing weaker and weaker.]

Immigration, flag-burning, gay marriage. Democrats stood and did nothing during the immigration debate. And that probably ended up costing votes because there are many Democrats that are angry about illegal immigration. And the Dems should have called the GOP's bluff. Pass the flag-burning and gay marriage bans. I gurantee you that the GOP would kill the amendment themselves because they need the wedge issues. Karl Rove is also playing his chess game again. And the DNC doesn't have a clue how to play.

[Why are you worried about Karl Rove? Wasn't he indicted on May 12 as WILLIAM RIVERS PITT assured us?]

I get so mad at this. The Dems don't even know there is a game going on!

[The Dems don't even know there is a real world going on.]

The corporate news media has proven to be the bane of leftism in the US. The corporate news media simply reports viewpoints instead of objectively analyzing the viewpoints of the talkers with facts and evidence. As a result, I could have a segment where one side says we should go to war with Iran in the name of freedom and the other side objecting citing military difficulties and political ramifications of such a war. Absent, however, is the clear anti-war voice that opposes war not on technical grounds but on principle. Anti-war folks, as a result, are more likely to feel vulnerable, isolated, which can hinder their ability to organize.

[You get biased media served up in you favor on a silver platter and STILL you complain. What's the matter? Not satisfied with the way See-BS News or the NY Times reports supposed straight news completely with a leftist bias? And what time may we change your diaper my angry little crybaby?]

America is sick of bush. America does not want what it has in the way of "leadership." America rejects bush and his insanity. That won't change. What daily impression among those who monitor this and that with the microscope appear to me at times to be irrelevant. The big truth is, America has had enough of bush and his party. Whether that will be allowed to carry the day in November is a big damned question mark. But I don't sense any loss of momentum. I sense instead a change of camera angles in some fake wrestling exhibition put on for the benefit of those watching. If the votes are counted, as cast, Dems win. If the votes aren't counted accurately, then its all moot anyway.

[We control ALL your Diebold machines so it's all moot anyway.]

You're right. There's an awful lot of defeatism around here lately. People have lost all perspective since Fitz declined to indict Rover. Confusion. Fatalism. Even, parroting the Repug line.

[Fitz declined to indict Rover? But how can that be? According to WILLIAM RIVERS PITT, Rove was indicted on May 12.]

I've been sick of bush since I first heard of the twerp back in '99. For others, it has taken five years of continuous attacks on America and its Constitution by the soulless, greedy criminals we have "elected" to run America into the ground. We're sick of bush, sick of cheney, sick of rumsfeld, rice - the whole lot of them. I want them all to go away to an undisclosed location which can then be permanently sealed so we will never have to see any of them ever again!

[Weren't they also indicted on May 12 as WILLIAM RIVERS PITT assured us had happened to Karl Rove?]

We have one weapon that we need to be using every day and it is highly effective. Many DU-ers are great at just getting one little statement in during a random meeting with complete strangers. . .at the store, the gas station, at work, on the street. Every single one of us needs to touch each person to remind them that we see how screwed up the country is, and we know the Republicans are to blame - believe me, every reinforcing thought that is shared with friends, neighbors, complete strangers helps reinforce THEM to offer their thoughts with even more people.

[Oh yes. The famous DUmmie conversion stories in which clueless reactionaries are made to see the light by the force of brilliant DUmmie arguments. Such stories always feature an "Of Mice and Men" scenario with a quick witted DUmmie George wisely guiding a slow witted reactionary Lennie to see the Leftist "truth."]

We have a 13 to 20% lead in the polls...how is that not a landslide type of situation?

[And John Kerry did win a landslide...in the exit polls.]

Now that the BFEE has gotten the CIA firmly under its control so they could shut down that pesky Fitzgerald investigation, Karl is back in the saddle and the media will do whatever he says.

[You...you mean Karl Rove wasn't indicted on May 12? You need to ask WILLIAM RIVERS PITT how that happened.]

We'll see. Keep in mind things haven't been this screwed up in recent memory. We know we won the presidency in 2000. I don't know everything about the Ohio vote-counting debacle in 2004, but if we honestly didn't win 2004, we came damn, damn close. I remain confident, but we cannot allow any more swift-boating without fighting back with everything in our arsenal. We did fail to do so in '04.

[Yeah, too bad John Kerry failed to send in his Form 180 in 2004 to release his military records. Of course, he promised to send in his Form 180 sometime in the future.]

No One To Blame But The American People. The American People have no one to blame except themselves. They buy into all the media Bullshit, a lot have become one issue voters, instead of looking at the whole picture. At any Given time, less than half of the electorate vote. People need to wake up and take control of the situation, in stead of crying " woe is me". take control of your destiny, the people have the power!!!!!!!!!

["We're gonna have a cow, and some pigs, and we're gonna have maybe a chicken. Down in the flat, we'll have a...field of alfalfa for the rabbits. And I get to tend the rabbits."]

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"Put Away the Flags"

It's the Fourth of July and the DUmmies are "patriotically" urging each other to "Put Away the Flags." They are so disgusted with the USA that they frown upon such displays of patriotism. The DUmmies are supported in this belief by left wing whacko, Howard Zinn, as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Put Away the Flags - Howard Zinn." Almost half the replies have been deleted so one can only imagine what extreme anti-American rants were worthy of not even being allowed in DUmmieland. So let us now watch the DUmmies tell each other to put away their flags in Bolshevik Red (but not White and Blue) while the commentary of your humble correspondent, lighting another firecracker beneath the DUmmie pretenses as usual, is in the [brackets]:

Put Away the Flags - Howard Zinn

[Oh, if he said so...we must, we MUST!]

Put Away the Flags
by Howard Zinn

On this July 4, we would do well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, its anthems, its insistence in song that God must single out America to be blessed.

[Thanx Howie for expressing the TRUE feelings of the Left.]

Is not nationalism -- that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder -- one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred?

[Flying the flag leads to mass murder according to the bizarre Zinnian logic.]

These ways of thinking -- cultivated, nurtured, indoctrinated from childhood on -- have been useful to those in power, and deadly for those out of power.

[Flag flying as indoctrination. Um, can we question your patriotism NOW?]

National spirit can be benign in a country that is small and lacking both in military power and a hunger for expansion (Switzerland, Norway, Costa Rica and many more). But in a nation like ours -- huge, possessing thousands of weapons of mass destruction -- what might have been harmless pride becomes an arrogant nationalism dangerous to others and to ourselves.

[So it is okay for small countries to fly their flags but really horrible for the USA to do it. Meanwhile Zinn slams the USA with not a MENTION of the Islamo-fascists who are truly dangerous. And now on to the FAVORABLE DUmmie reaction to this article...]

I agree w/Howard. The thought of celebrating tomorrow makes me ill.

[Can we question your patriotism now?]

Zinn speaks for me. sadly, this is how I feel this year.

[This is how you feel EVERY year.]

I agree wholeheartedly with Howard! I haven't flown the flag since the psycho illegally invaded Iraq. I fly a PEACE flag ONLY. It stays up until we get the hell out of there.

[I have seen a lot of Pali flags at the "peace" demonstrations to the exclusion of American flags.]

Arrogant nationalism. That's the problem.......it's the sense of entitlement that is destructive.

[Like the sense of entitlement of claiming election victories even when you LOSE?]

You need to read some actual history of the American Revolution. Many of the founding fathers were not Christians. And Americans by and large do NOT trust Bush; alcoholics can never be trusted.

[YOU need to read some actual history of the American revolution. Such as how the revolution started as a protest AGAINST higher taxes.]

NOOOO! That is the worst possible things those of the left could do because it confirms the right's propaganda that the flag is theirs. It's the exact opposite thing those on the left should be doing. Wave the flag, Democrats, wave it proud!

[A pragmatic DUmmie who wants to fool people into thinking the leftists are really patriotic so he supports flying the flag...but only as a cynical PR ploy.]

I have no pride in my country today. I will not celebrate tomorrow in a big way.

[And don't forget to not enjoy the fireworks.]

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An Inconvenient Truth---Al Gore's Cynical Campaign Ploy

The DUmmies have come right out and admitted what most of the rest of us have already suspected---that Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth movie and Global Warming shtick is really nothing more than a cynical campaign ploy to get the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008 without having to work the normal campaign circuit filled with the usual hazards of being too closely analyzed. Another incovenient truth for Al Gore was revealed by Rush Limbaugh last Friday. It was his highlighting of an admission that Al Gore has been working the same Global Warming slideshow for 13 years, complete with his warning that we have only 10 years to go before the entire planet is DESTROYED by Global Warming which means we are already 3 years overdue for such destruction. However, the DUmmies and the other leftists are actually quite happy that Chicken Little Gore is cynically using the Global Warming routine to campaign for the nomination as you can see in this DUmmie THREAD titled, "Gore insider: Gore is running a 'brilliant campaign'.." So let us now watch Al Gore cynically campaign for president as a babbling Chicken Little in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, wondering what happened to the Global Cooling warnings of a few years ago, is in the [brackets]:

Gore insider: Gore is running a 'brilliant campaign'..

[An Inconvenient Truth: Gore is runnin a 'cynical campaign'..]

While it's not a traditional campaign, "it's the most brillant campaign anyone is running right now", said Martin Peretz, a long time Gore friend and the editor-in-chief of the New Republic..."It may be the most brillant campaign launch in our time".

["It may be the most cynical campaign launch in our time."]

This does not mean that Gore is just another cynical pol though, as another Democrat points out in the article:

[Gore is not just another cynical pol? Where would we ever get the crazy idea that he is cynical?]

"If he is running, he's doing all the right things," said Brian Melendez, the chairman of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota. "He tried it the traditional way last time and look what that got him. This time, he's a passionate man indulging his passion. If that happens to take off for him in the next year, he would be very well positioned."

["Rather than running the traditional way with all the hazards of the campaign trail, Al Gore is cynically flogging the Global Warming routine to get the nomination."]

He's walking the walk of a leader. Good campaign for living one's life -and more important than politics. I happen to think that we need someone who isn't consumed in politics to lead us out of bush's swamp.

[Gore is campaigning by not campaigning.]

it will absolutely require someone with some detachment...
...and perspective-- most current pols are too deeply immeshed in the gamesmanship to find solutions independent of the process, and will therefore risk perpetuating the more fundamental problems.

[And, of course, there is no gamesmanship on the part of Al Gore by campaigning via the Global Warming "non-campaign. Look for special showings of An Incovenient Truth in Iowa and New Hampshire.]

He almost has that confident strut. And he deserves it! Many are lamenting voting for the Chimp over Gore in 2000. They are now seeing what they could have had - an intelligent, compassionate man who could lead.

[That confident strut taught to him as part of his Alpha Male lessons in 2000. Oh, and has be started wearing his prosthetic crotch enhancer yet?]

Not only a man that can lead....a man that can read!

[Definitely a man that can feed!]

Agree. Saw the movie. We have a new and BETTER Al Gore. RUN AL RUN!!!

[So much for the Global Warming "message" of the movie. This DUmmie understands the REAL message.]

I love Gore's new thinking, his action centeredness. If he's gonna run, then he should come out now and help the dems with this election midterm as a future presidential contender, and this rainmaker role will give him the fancy of the nation. Gore's new thinking, yes! refreshing!

[Refreshingly cynical.]

Gore has already declared he'd let it rip this time around. He oozes confidence now. He's made a wad on the board of Apple and won't be looking for $$$ like the other corporate whores.

[Yes, Gore made a wad of money by doing nothing on the board of Apple. Thank God he's not like those other corporate whores.]

GORE/RFK JR. 2008-The HOTTEST ticket EVER!

[WHACKY/TACKY 2008 or is it the other way around?]

I like him; I just wonder if he's too into the corporate cookie jar

[You mean like making a wad of dough at Apple by doing nothing on their corporate board?]

Whatever he decides to do, he's a hero!

[Al Gore can do NO wrong! He's our hero!]

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