(AP Photo/Evan Vucci) He later stopped by the Whole Hog Cafe for lunch with business leaders. Bush loaded up a plate of barbecue and prodded photographers to hurry with their pictures so he could eat. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) Continue reading Caption this
Dang, somehow I let this one slip by. From yesterday’s speech inArkansas, regarding No Child Left Behind. Does Not Understand The Meaning Of “Uh-Uh” People say, well, they’re just teaching to test. Uh-uh. We’re teaching a child to read so they can pass a reading test. Continue reading Your President Speaks! Bonus Edition
For Badger hockey has begun and it is good: Still using his Wisconsin goalie pads, glove, blocker and goalie mask with the trademark moose on the back, Elliott turned away 27 of 28 Thrashers’ shots to earn his first career victory. Here is a excerpt from the Associated Press recap posted on the Ottawa Senators home page: Elliott did his part to keep the winning streak going, though he wasn’t even expecting to play. He’s only on the roster because No. 1 goalie Ray Emery is recovering from offseason wrist surgery. “It was a surprise,” said Elliott, the 291st overall … Continue reading Marry Me, Brian
Presidential candidate Barack Obamagreeted an overflow crowd of 4,000 in Madison today — with a sports joke:“Never before have this many Packers fans cheered for a Bears fan,” (AP Photos/Andy Manis) Continue reading Obama the Uniter
Chimpy’s job approval rating fell four points in the newHarris Interactive Poll. Bush Job Approval Rating Approve: 27% (one point over his record 26% rating in July) Disapprove: 72% (one point below his record high of 73% in July) Dick Cheney Job Approval Rating Approve: 23% Disapprove: 72% Here’s some verbiage for you. After a small rise in September, President George W. Bush’s job performance numbers have dropped to right above his lowest ever. Currently, just over one-quarter (27%) of U.S. adults view his job performance positively. The lowest recorded in The Harris Poll® was 26 percent in July of … Continue reading Ride A Naked Pony
This I will want to see… NEW YORK – David Simon has made the streets of Baltimore famous with gritty television dramas such as “The Wire,” “Homicide: Life on the Street,” and “The Corner.” Now he wants to take on the Big Easy. The next series he hopes to produce for HBO is about musicians reconstituting their lives in New Orleans, he told The New Yorker for its issue hitting newsstands Monday. Simon, whose dramas are known for their authenticity and detail, has been spending time there researching the music scene. “This show will be a way of making a … Continue reading “The Wire” creator to take on New Orleans
Mercenaries in Iraq could be consideredunlawful combatants. As the Bush administration deals with the fallout from the recent killings of civilians by private security firms in Iraq, some officials are asking whether the contractors could be considered unlawful combatants under international agreements. The question is an outgrowth of federal reviews of the shootings, in part because the U.S. officials want to determine whether the administration could be accused of treaty violations that could fuel an international outcry. But the issue also holds practical and political implications for the administration’s war effort and the image of the U.S. abroad. If U.S. … Continue reading Send Erik Prince To GITMO!
Our allies inIraq. On Sunday afternoon, Salih Saif Aldin set out for one of Baghdad’s most dangerous neighborhoods. He knew exactly where to go. He nodded, smiled, grabbed his camera. There was nothing he needed to say. Saif Aldin always came back — from death threats, from beatings, from kidnappings, from detentions by American soldiers, from the country’s most notorious and deadly terrain — but on Sunday he didn’t. The 32-year-old Iraqi reporter in The Washington Post’s Baghdad bureau was shot once in the forehead in the southwestern neighborhood of Sadiyah. He was the latest in a long line of … Continue reading The Company You Keep
According ToGaggle Back-Bencher Tony Farto, Your Tax Dollars Are Paying To Fly Chimpy Around To Raise Money For Republikkkans Today MR. FRATTO: Congressman John Boozman will meet the President at the airport and will be with us during our time in Rogers. And then from there we’ll go to Memphis for Lamar Alexander’s fundraiser. Tony Farto Says Chimpy Won’t Negociate Through The Media… Q Back on S-CHIP. Speaker Pelosi said that she is waiting for an overture from the President before any talks would begin. Is the President — MR. FRATTO: Well, the President made an overture. He made an … Continue reading Today On Holden’s Obsession With The Gaggle
The Freepi don’t take kindly to being written about: A face that only a nanny stater could love. I can see a burkha being a plus for her and the people that may come in contact with her. LOL! Dear Allison, Fvck off you commie bitch. HOLY COW! I hope that is a really bad picture. That’s a face only a lesbian could love. She’s a handsome woman. Allison, you stupid, little Nazi witch, no one cares what you find offensive. Your parents would like you to stay out of their liquor cabinet though. And stop hitting your little brother! … Continue reading We’re Not A Hate Site, You Filthy Bitch
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled The U.S. military believes it has dealt devastating and perhaps irreversible blows to al-Qaeda in Iraq in recent months, leading some generals to advocate a declaration of victory over the group, which the Bush administration has long described as the most lethal U.S. adversary in Iraq. Oh, yeah! We kickedtheir asses! A parked car bomb struck worshippers heading to a Shiite mosque Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least nine people as Iraqis celebrated a Muslim holiday. Authorities said 18 others died the day before when a suicide truck bomber followed by a swarm of gunmen … Continue reading Where’s My Flight Suit?
Yesterday, at theWhite House, during a CNBC Interview. Lay-offs Are Exciting! A couple of factors, I think, trouble Americans. One is that there’s a lot of churning in the job market. In other words, if you’re under 30, you’re likely to have had seven jobs by the time you’re 30. And older people like me take a look at that kind of volatility or some would call it excitement in the job market, and they wonder whether or not this job turnover is going to affect them. There Has Been Concerns Secondly, there’s been concerns about health care. People want … Continue reading Your President Speaks!
Show us them. A. Continue reading Saturday Blogwhoring Thread
Not that anything’s likely to convince them to take the duct tape off their mouths, but anyone inclined to listen to Bill Donohue and his ilk should take note of this study: The number of abortions annually fell to under 42 million from 46 million between 1995 and 2003, with rates decreasing most significantly in Eastern Europe, said the report from the Guttmacher Institute and the World Health Organization. The number of abortions fell most in developed countries where it is legal compared to poorer countries where it is largely banned and considered unsafe, the researchers said. Western Europe had … Continue reading Lifers
Right now, I’m having a nice warm piece of angel food cake with some kind of coconut glaze thing on it. Mmmm, cake, the breakfast of champions. Okay, now that we’ve gotten today’s pleasant things out of the way, let’s talk about the unpleasant.The Freepi ain’t pleased about the recognition for our 43rd president: Let me know when they give the prize to Reagan, then it may actually mean something. I mean, nobody in the world did anything to create or promote peace? Nobody? Bush created democracy for 50,000,000 more people in the last couple of years and he doesn’t … Continue reading Today on Athenae’s Obsession with the Freepi: Gore Derangement Syndrome
The Tulane medical students atHope in Grace inform me that $3070 in donations have been raised since yesterday. It is wonderful and everyone is extremely grateful for the donations. Thanks to the very many bloggers who have posted on the Joseph family. As you can see more needs to be done to reach the goal. So keep spreading the word. Donations can be made HERE To leave a message of hope for the Joseph family Previous Post–Please Blog…Fund Raising Drive to Bring Miracle and her family home to the Lower 9th Ward Continue reading Bring Miracle Update
(money via People Get Ready though we did get a few of these on last NOLA trip)) Dollar Bill Jefferson is to be indicted today according to the AP.Jeffrey at Library Chronicles has more. For some background on his thoughts…there had been rumors in Louisiana that Nagin is looking to make a run for governor. UPDATE: He has been indicted on “federal charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering”… The indictment handed up in federal court in Alexandria., Va., Monday is more than an inch thick and list 16 alleged violations of federal law that could keep Jefferson in prison … Continue reading Dollar Bill Jefferson to be indicted today
Bush continued his dog and pony show last night on Newshour with Jim Lehrer. Here are some quotes. Revenge is a dish of hard work I was disappointed and felt like they fumbled the – particularly the Saddam Hussein – execution. It reinforced doubts in people’s minds that the Maliki government and the unity government of Iraq is a serious government, and – which makes it harder for me to make the case to the American people that this is a government that does want to unify the country and move forward.[..] But then, when it came to execute him, … Continue reading Bush Speaks