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WELL HOWDY, REV'LERS! ________ P.O.E.T.S. 102905!

P.O.E.T.S.!
PISS ON EVER'THIN' -
T'DAY'S SATURDAY, October 29, 2ôô5
(NOW WITH FREE PORNO CLIPS!!)

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THE PAGAN BABY HAS REMINDED ME TO WISH EVERYONE AN ECSTATIC SAMHAIN! (It's pronounced SO' - wen; and Halloween has a few loose ties to the ancient Celebration of the Harvest!)
We have an impressive gathering of Rev'lers here - HOLY CRAP! Those TWO people look exactly like Donnie and Marie Osmond!!

SHRIEK! YOU'RE ALL OSMONDS!! IMPECCABLY COIFFED AND ATTIRED - AND PURGING IN THE RESTROOMS!

The others aren't ALL WINOS - there's my JUGGLER - and my AERIALIST. My SWORD SWALLOWER. And - HELLO! - my LATEX NOVELTY SUPPLIER!! 

What - no NUTRITIONISTS?! DA REV THINKS NUTRITIONISTS ARE FULL O' CRAP! (It must be all that fiber...)

ARE WE ALL CLEANSED YET?!

God whispered in my ear while I was sleeping last night. He told me he hates misogynists, homophobes and warmongers. Prove he did not.

What's the MATTER, SUE? Is your BEVERAGE unsatisfactory?

There's a SALE on STRETCH SOCKS down at the "FAMILY DOLLAR STORE"!!

I'm mentally OVERDRAWN! What's that SIGNPOST up ahead? Where's ROD SERLING when you really need him?

8 to 12 times a day, an Italian-American is COMBING his hair with brilliantine and rose oil  in suburban DES MOINES!

MY income is ALL disposable!

Artist: Craig
If Christ touches the Antichrist, do both disappear in a burst of gamma rays?

Allah is like Jehovah in a turban.

(Bongo News) NASA FORMS PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE - NASA HOPING TO FIND PORN ON MARS!
GOOGLE is the number one search engine in the world in terms of the quantity of what they find. It might be true that it's rarely relevant, and 40% porn, but whenever they go looking for something, they always find a whole lot of stuff. Right now, 40% porn is looking pretty good to NASA.

WE'VE BEEN LIVIN' HERE IN METRO FAIRBORN, OHIO A LITTLE OVER 2 YEARS  NOW...
Folks pretty much have their own way of doin things hereabouts. Its THEIR way or the highway!

For instance: "He needed killin' " is a valid defense.

Going to the City (Huber Heights) to visit Wal-Mart is a favorite past-time known as "goin wal-martin" or off to "Wally World".

A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola, or pop ... it's a "Papsee", regardless of brand or flavor

If you run your car into a ditch along Trebein Road or Spangler, don't panic. Four men in the cab of a four wheel drive with a 12-pack of beer and a tow chain will be along shortly. Don't try to help them. Just stay out of their way. This is what they live for.

They say, "You ain't from around here, are you?" - A LOT!

They know the difference between a hissie fit and a conniption, and that you don't "HAVE" them, you "PITCH" them.

A couple of bars here are really rough. Our first week in Fairborn, I happened into a bar called "Skinny Dick's Halfway Inn" and ordered a whiskey and a chaser and the bartender poured me a shot of Jack Daniels and unleashed his pit bull.

The President of the "Bikers 4 Jesus - Metro Fairborn Chapter", who lives next door to us, told me the other day, "Y'all are real nice people. Yer fittin' inta the neighborhood REAL GOOD!"

OK. NOW - I'M VERY CONCERNED!

THIS JUST _____________ IN ! !

Detroit (LaughFish.com) - Rosa Parks died THIS WEEK at the age of 92.  She will be remembered as one of the most courageous black leaders in the civil rights movement.  In December 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, AL. LaughFish contacted the white man to whom Ms. Parks would not give up her seat:

Kenny Reaves said, "Maybe if I had TOLD Ms. Parks the bus was wired with a BOMB - she would have got the HELL OFF there!"

Comedian Argus Hamilton wouldn't say, "BOO!" - but he provided these humorous takes: President Bush called Rosa Parks one of the most inspiring women of the 20th century Tuesday. It was a nice tribute but he still only has a two percent approval rating among black Americans. Everyone wants to know how many times Condi Rice got to vote.

President Bush dedicated the Air Force One pavilion at the Reagan Library last week. He paid tribute to his predecessors. He gave a speech that made it sound like the war in Iraq was Ronald Reagan's idea and the insurgency was Bill Clinton's fault.

JUSTICE IS BLIND;
SCOOTER IS LAME...

Karl Rove, though not indicted with Scooter Libby, is still in serious legal jeopardy and The Dick Cheney may still be implicated. Republicans are down to arguing that perjury is no big deal. Imagine the federal deficit when they get through paying royalties to Bill Clinton's lawyers for the use of this argument.

The White House awaited the possibility of obstruction of justice indictments. However, obstructing justice in Washington D.C. is considered no more serious than killing your wife in Los Angeles. It's nothing your lawyer can't handle.

Federal Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald decided Friday to indict The Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff and National Security Advisor Lewis "Scooter" Libby in the CIA leak case. Libby resigned from the White House within the hour. The president has repeatedly said the special counsel he appointed has been fair and honest and professional. It's a crushing disappointment.

The White House didn't deny Monday that The Dick Cheney revealed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame to his chief of staff, Scooter Libby. It's a Washington phenomenon that repeats itself every thirty years. Agnew is always the first to go.

John Danforth said Wednesday an evangelical takeover of the Republican Party will damage the party in the long run. Democrats know that. When the trumpets sound and only the righteous are called to heaven we are sure to regain control of Congress.

Donald Trump gave a how-to-get-rich speech at the Learning Annex last week. He's billions in debt. Donald Trump is so good at concealing his financial problems he's on President Bush's short list to head the White House Council of Economic Advisors.

Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said glowing things Monday about his replacement, Ben Bernanke. Meanwhile, somewhere in Crawford, TX, there's a bank teller unpacking his bags for that move to Washington D.C.

Low Culture

President Bush sank to his lowest job approval ratings. There's no need to panic. He'll always have three groups solidly behind him, wealthy people who want tax cuts, fundies who trust his moral leadership, and comedians with mortgages.

Bill Clinton announced last week he will join with the Nickelodeon TV network in a new campaign to persuade kids to eat healthier foods. Is this a good idea? The last time he told a young person what to put in her mouth all hell broke loose.

Clinton's a busy Ex-President...

HERE'S SOMETHIN' REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT!

Los Angeles, CA (LaughFish.com) - Did she or didn’t she?  That question is running rampant around tinsel town as those in the know say that they know the truth.  And the truth according to our sources is that Janet Jackson did in fact have a child with Hollywood “cutie” Gary Coleman.
Janet's long-secret "Love-Child" is 18!
"What you sayin', Willis?"

Houston, TX (LaughFish.com) - The Chicago White Sox swept the World Series last night in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park in Houston against the Houston Astros.  The last time the Chicago White Sox won the World Series was in 1917.  Game 3 lasted 5 hours 41 minutes, the longest game in World Series history.  Said President Bush, "Why did Game 3 take so long?  Heck, I decided to invade Iraq in less time."

W. Houston
One headline read: "CHICAGO BEATS HOUSTON 4 TIMES IN LESS THAN A WEEK!"
I think Bobby Brown still holds the record, though...

The Houston Astros lost the World Series amid the biggest boom in oil industry history. The team's average salary is four million dollars per player. The Houston Post refers to them as the rapidly vanishing middle class.

Security was tight during the Series. One oil executive remained outside the stadium each night so there would be one person left to run the U.S. government in case of a catastrophe.

THE SIMPSONS TV show was introduced to Mideast countries on Arab stations last Sunday. It is edited for cultural reasons. Homer is named Omar, he drinks soda instead of beer, and the nuclear power plant where he works is disguised as a baby milk factory.

Hurricane Wilma struck Florida Sunday, knocking out electricity and flooding neighborhoods. Utility crews were rushed to the beach cities before the looting could start, but it was too late. Gasoline prices jumped twenty-five cents overnight.

The Kansas City Chiefs beat Miami a week ago Friday in a game that had to be moved up so it wouldn't be canceled due to the hurricane. Time was running out. They had to get the game in before Hurricane Wilma evacuees tore up the stadium turf with their Mah Jongg tables.

Hurricane Wilma hit Florida with Category Four winds but Governor Jeb Bush was ready for it. The governor is a master of disaster evacuations by now. He was last seen forcing Karl Rove onto a school bus and driving him to Baton Rouge.
The night before the administration flew all Saudi Arabians out of Florida.

Michael Jordan gave an interview to CBS' 60 Minutes Sunday night in which he adamantly denied that he has a gambling problem. He said he has a competitiveness problem. It's everybody favorite joke at Gamblers Anonymous and he tells it so well.

NBA Commissioner David Stern issued a dress code to end the league's hip-hop image. He knew it would be racially touchy. To show dark-skinned people he's not disrespecting their culture he put George Hamilton in charge of wardrobe enforcement.

WARNING! PG - 34!

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The Pagan Baby and I were watching "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" while we are in bed. I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?"
"No." She answered.
I then said, "Is that your final answer?"
"Yes." She replied.
Then I said, "I'd like to phone a friend."
That's the last thing I remember.

ARE YOU SURE YOU GOT THE KIDS
ALL THEIR BACK- TO- SCHOOL SUPPLIES?
Here's the list:

   1. Old Navy Kevlar Tech Vest
   2. Triple barrel gravity bong
   3. "I'm With My Baby's Daddy" T-shirt
   4. "Puberty Party" Headband
   5. Gap Kids® "I Heart the Dominant Paradigm" T-shirt
   6. Stone Cold Steve Austin Hebrew school yarmulke
   7. Cornea-B-Gone® Laser Pointer
   8. "No Fat Chicks" tennis visor
   9. "Mavis Beacon Teaches Autoerotic Asphyxiation"
  10. Locker-sized kegerator
  11. Richard Simmons Fanny Pack
  12. "Pop My Cherry" pencil box
  13. "Dick and Jane" Cliffs Notes
  14. "Not Until I'm Married" baby doll t-shirt
  15. Carton of Marlboro Mediums
  16. Sean Hannity Text Book Covers
  17. National Honor Society beer coozie

Three Texas surgeons were playing golf together and discussing surgeries they had performed. One of them said, "I'm the best surgeon inTexas. A concert pianist lost 7 fingers in an accident, I reattached them, and 8 months later he performed a private concert for the Queen of England."
One of the others said. "That's nothing. A young man lost both arms and legs in an  accident, I reattached them, and 2 years later he won a
gold medal in field events in the Olympics."
The third surgeon said, "You guys are just amateurs. Several years ago a cowboy who was high on cocaine and alcohol rode a horse head-on into a train traveling 80 miles an hour. All I had left to work with was the horse's ass and a cowboy hat. Now he's president of the United States."

Two South Alabama hunters were dragging their dead deer back to their car. A hunter visiting from Metro Fairborn, Ohio approached pulling his along too. "Hey, I don't want to tell you how to do something, but I can tell you that it's much easier if you drag the deer in the other direction. Then the antlers won't dig into the ground."
After the Ohio hunter left, the two decided to try it. A little while later one hunter said to the other, "You know, that Yankee was right. This is a lot easier!"
The other added, "Yeah, but we're getting farther and farther away from the truck!"

A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote "Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door.
When the offering was processed the following Sunday, he found that his card had been returned. Added to it was this cryptic message, "Genesis 3:10."
Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."
Genesis 3:10 reads. "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."

FINALLY - THE (SOMETIMES) OBLIGATORY BLOND JOKE:
Did you hear about the blonde who needed gas money?
She sold her car to get it.

EVERY YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME - SHE CRUISES PAST THE LAST CHANCE GARAGE - JUST BECAUSE SHE CA-A-A-AN!!

... IT'S CHRISTINE ...


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WHITHER JUDY MILLER? FOX NEWS?

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NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER JUDY MILLER
- Is in Talks Over Her Job Status  ___   Slate

Move Follows Public Break With the Newspaper;
Severance Package Discussed...

Joe Hagan writes in The Wall Street Journal - October 26, 2005.

New York Times reporter Judith Miller has begun discussing her future employment options with the newspaper, including the possibility of a severance package, a lawyer familiar with the matter, said yesterday.

The discussion about her future comes several days after the public rupture of the relationship between the Times and Ms. Miller, a 28-year veteran of the paper. Both the editor and the publisher of the Times have expressed regret for their unequivocal support for Ms. Miller when she spent 85 days in jail for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating the unmasking of a Central Intelligence Agency operative.

...the paper effectively ended Miller's career as a serious journalist last Sunday by portraying her as a newsroom loon and weapons-grade egomaniac. Assisting the paper in that assessment was Miller herself, whose accompanying first-person account described how she clawed her way into the Alexandria Detention Center and wimped her way out 85 days later.The Times won't break free of Miller's malevolent spirit until the paper commissions an exorcism in print

The NYT's editor, Bill Keller said:

...if I had known the details of Judy's entanglement with Libby, I'd have been more careful in how the paper articulated its defense, and perhaps more willing than I had been to support efforts aimed at exploring compromises.

NYT Columnist Maureen Dowd wrote: ...before turning Judy's case into a First Amendment battle, they should have nailed her to a chair and extracted the entire story of her escapade.

GEORGE ALLEN IS AN ATTRACTIVE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE - but will REDSKINS vote for him?!

Chris Lehane in Slate on the possible presidential candidacy of GOP Senator George Allen:

George Allen will be George Bush without the brains or the fig leaf of compassion. . . a Confederate flag-waving, tobacco chewing, Bob Jones stumping, Bin Laden missing, economy dumping, Schiavo diagnosing, country dividing right winger at a time when the public will be looking for someone who will be a strong leader, non-partisan, capable of making the right choices for the country, and tough on national security and right on the economy. . . And HRC will make that character match-up.

Something tells me LeHane's spot on...

TOMORROW - FRIDAY: UP TO 5 INDICTEES?

Karl Rove, Scooter Libby, Stephen Hadley, The Dick Cheney, John Hannah, Bob "The Dark Angel" Novak, Judy Miller? 

By now you know that Harriet Miers has dodged a bullet.  She won't be a justice on SCOTUS - but she probably won't end up being indicted...

Salon.com has this:

Libby is reported to have been deeply involved in analyzing and distributing intelligence on Iraqi issues. The vice president, himself, visited CIA headquarters at least five times during the run-up to war, to question analysts. Yet little is known about the vice president and Libby's dealings with analysts, or what, if anything, the White House did that was inappropriate. A criminal trial of Libby, or others in the vice president's office, might peel back this curtain.

KARL KOMMENTS: "If Patrick Fitzgerald HAD a dick it'd be this big!"

THOSE FORGED DOCS?

...a recent report by UPI, quoting sources at NATO, revealed that Fitzgerald's team "sought and obtained documentation on the forgeries from the Italian government." This included a full, as yet unpublished, report to the Italian Parliament on the documents. It is possible that Fitzgerald now knows more about the origins of the forged Niger documents than many members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

(...the leading Italian newspaper La Republica the Italian military intelligence service, or SISMI, was behind the forgeries, and that the head of SISMI bypassed the CIA and took the documents directly to Stephen Hadley, at the time the deputy national security advisor. According to the articles, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi wanted to curry favor with the Bush administration. Laura Rozen gives an account of the articles in the American Prospect.)
claimed that

PISTOL PACKIN' LIBERALS?!

PAGE SIX says Hollywood liberals love to pack heat. "It's fascinating that Hollywood is so hypocritical," John Milius, the screenwriter behind "Apocalypse Now," tells the paper. "Many people own [guns], but consistently vote against them and never talk about them. I used to shoot with Spielberg and [Robert] Zemeckis and Robert Stack. But no one else would admit they had any."

Apparently, the Gun-Fearing Wusses @ page Six think this passes as entertainment gossip. But the real story may that Page Six (and perhaps, Mr. Milius, if he provided said list) may be more interested in "outing" celeb gun-owners than providing any substantive information. Page Six goes on to list some Hollywood other gun owners: Steven Seagal, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel. Also Donald Trump, Howard Stern and Don Imus.

OK. Just a cursory glance at these names tells me Page Six's point, if any may be obscured. Bob Stack (deceased) was a prominent Goldwater-Reagan conservative. Trump and Imus don't strike me as "liberals"; I'd guess Stallone and Seagal lean rightward from the middle, but I could be wrong; I have no idea about Zemeckis; DeNiro and Keitel are liberals and Stern postures as one lately. Like Da Rev and a lot of other progressives, I'd guess we may count as many firearms owners as the card-carryin' NRA fringe-types. Just a guess.

$TAR IN A COAT MADE FROM THE FUR OF HUNDREDS OF VARMINTS SHE ATE LAST FRIDAY EVENING - and her husband Al. (Yes, I noticed the bow-tie. How gay is that?)

Radar Online has this - $TAR'S FOR $ALE

This mag prank'd STAR JONES' AGENT:  they attempted to book her for an eating contest. The price for Jones' participation starts at $25,000 and moves quickly to $50,000 and then higher, with her agent at one point saying, "Make a hundred-grand offer and I'll get her to do everything on your list except strip." 

Radar: Oh, we don’t want her to strip. Please, no.

Agent: I was kidding.

Radar: That's it. The dining with guests, the eating contest, working as a dealer, dancing, singing a cappella at brunch, and arm wrestling. So what's the number? I want her to say yes.

Agent: I'd say $125,000 …

Radar: But for $125,000 …

Agent: She'll eat as much as she can …

THAT EDWARD R. MURROW FLICK
Actor David Straithairn as Murrow

We almost never go to theaters. We are well-served by pay-tv options on our big-screen HDTV - albeit, six months to a year later than first-run. But I can't wait to see "Good Night & Good Luck"!

It was only a matter of time 'til the first Joe McCarthy apologists began beating their chests and telling us there REALLY WERE COMMUNISTS in our gummint. Yes there were, but McCarthy, along with the closet queen FBI-Director damn near turned the USA into a nation of Stalinist snoops.

Whether McCarthy's motives were pure or not, he fabricated stories and fudged figures. He was notoriously disorganized, which had as much to do with his brief ascent as with his rapid descent. A lot of his problems are traceable to his binge drinking. As with some of the people around DUBYA, the majority of the GOP were looking for a way to distance themselves without having their names added to the "alleged" list of Commies and sympathizers...

Matthew Gross blogs: And the question remains-- why?

Not for WMDs. Not for oil (output is far lower than before the war). Not for "democracy." Not for the war on terror-- we've created more terrorists and more terrorism.

For what?

WHO IS CONDI RICE? WHO IS SUSAN RICE?!

A corollary to all the indictment speculation is the other discussion about whether Cheney will be damaged by the revelations and be forced to resign. And Condi Rice would be grabbed-up by DUBYA to be VP and the designated favorite to run to retain the Rethuglickers' hold on the Oval Office.

But just who is this Condi Rice? Eugene Robinson has written, "...she grew up in a protective bubble as the tumult of the civil rights movement swirled around her..."

Steve Gilliard blogs:  ...Rice has always been the special girl. Her parents made her special, her mentors made her special. At no time was she obligated to help or assist anyone behind her. Because she was special. Everything is all about her. Rice also has benefitted from the approval of her elders. Why challenge those who help you along and praise your manners?

Her parents raised her with the idea that achievement was good enough. If she was cultured and smart enough, it would be a sign that she could compete with whites and that was important. The problem was that Rice is blind to the fact that her position was only possible by the sacrifice of others. So while Rice played her piano, other kids were being beaten by the local police. She has never thought she owed them anything, despite her success.

The fact that she is single, childless and an only child also comes into play. She's never had to worry about anyone else. Ever. Now, some people say she's a lesbian, others that she's Bush's mistress, either way, she's never had a public, adult relationship with anyone which required responsibility to another human.

By comparison, *** her cousin, Susan Rice***, also a likely candidate to be Secretary of State one day, is held in much higher esteem by her peers as a foriegn policy expert. She's also a liberal democrat who worked for the Clinton Administration with a completely different world view. She does not defend her cousin. Condi's second rate education has been quietly accepted as a sign of genius when if a man had it, he'd be transcribing tapes at the NSA.

Christianity Today describes the education of Condoleezza:  St. Mary's Academy, an independent Catholic school was the first integrated school Condi attended. It was also where a school counselor advised her parents that their daughter was not college material. At 15, she enrolled in the University of Denver...

Rice pursued a degree in piano performance...Rice encountered, perhaps for the first time, world-class competition... which made her think twice about a career as a performer...

Rice enrolled in a course on international politics at the University of Denver where she graduated cum laude with multiple honors and a degree in political science. The 19-year-old then headed to Notre Dame University to earn a master's degree in government... Rice returned to Denver to earn a Ph.D. in international studies.

STRANGER THAN FICTION!! Washington Post

Remember how Abe Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theater, and John Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas?

Guess what we found -- more proof of the global politico-media cabal secretly running the world! Get this: The man at the center of the CIA leak scandal is the vice president's chief of staff, Lewis Libby . . . and the National Public Radio reporter assigned to cover his saga is Libby Lewis.

They were born Irving Lewis Libby and Dorothy Elizabeth Lewis, and if they went by Irving Libby and Dottie Lewis, there would be no dots to connect. BUT . . . "Scooter" Libby never uses his first name, and Lewis can't stand her first name ("I'm not a Dorothy. I'm a Libby"). Coincidence? We think not.

"I've never met Mr. Libby personally," Lewis told us yesterday. "But I do think he ought to tell me everything, because of our connection."

MARTYRS & PESTLES
Dahlia Lithwick writes in Slate: 

Should pharmacists be allowed to refuse to dispense birth control? "... whatever you may think of the morality of taking a morning-after pill, the incontrovertible fact is that it loses efficacy after 24 hours and becomes virtually useless after 72. So, one pharmacist's refusal to dispense them can rapidly morph into an unwanted pregnancy. That means—particularly in isolated or rural communities—the religious objections of the pharmacist can trump the mother's legal rights. This may well lead... to an increased number of later-term abortions. Which would be ironic, were it not so sad.

 

IT'S SUNNY AND A LITTLE CLOUDY TODAY, SO WE'LL LEAVE THE TOP UP ON THIS SEXY '41 PLYMOUTH COUPE CONVERTIBLE.                              




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LET THE EXECUTIONS BEGIN!

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE...

Anne Tyler, who is 64 today, wrote the novel, Back When We Were Grownups - which begins:       

"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person. She was fifty-three years old by then—a grandmother. Wide and soft and dimpled, with  two short wings of dry, fair hair flaring almost horizontally from a center part. Laugh lines at the corners of her eyes. A loose and colorful style of dress edging dangerously close to Bag Lady. Give her credit. Most people her age would say it was too late to make any changes."

 AL FRANKEN, APPEARING On NBC's TODAY SHOW: 

“I Think Rove And Libby Will Be Executed”…

Even after the EXECUTIONS of Cheney, Rove and Libby (& Hunt and Liddy?) the true believer-reactionaries and nut-fundies will still be squealing about how the Democrat Liberal Communists RAILROADED these great Christian PATRIOTS onto Death Row just for SPITE and to advance the HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA!
 

AMAZON has the hillarious video clip of Franken attacking a conservative, beating him with a chair, and then it gets UGLY!

Metafilter blogs this:

You wanna be free?  Accept pornography.  Or so says Salman Rushdie.  He argues that a free and civilised society should be judged by its willingness to accept pornography.  So which comes first, the liberty, or the boobies?

I know not what course others may take. But as for me, give me Boobies or give me death!!

Check out Salman Rushdie with his wife in Da Rev's Atheist Pin-ups and you'll have a new appreciation for Mr. Rushdie's appreciation of pornography!

SACK THAT "NEW BOND"

Daniel Craig will have a problem playing the new James Bond - because he hates guns. Yes, the actor will wield 007's famous Walther PPK in the movie Casino Royale.

But he revealed in OK! magazine: "I hate handguns. Handguns are used to shoot people and as long as they are around, people will shoot each other..."

This GUN FEARING WUSS (GFW) also doesn't take his martinis shaken! I read all the Ian Fleming books from which the movies spun and I say this: THE NEW BOND'S UNACCEPTABLE!

CINDY'S GONNA TIE HERSELF TO THE WHITEHOUSE!
Can't they shoot ya for that?

I hope someone displaces this lame war protestor. She's could end up doing the anti-war movement more harm than good. Cindy Sheehan's a media hound. Two weeks away from cameras and she's jonesin'. Opposition to the the Iraq War is a good message, but Cindy's the wrong messenger.

I won't support people just 'cuz they wear the "liberal" label. There are some other prominent personalities on the left that I find worrisome or embarrassing to the anti-war movement and the Progressive Cause:

Bobby Kennedy III
Noam Chomsky
Howard Zinn
Michael Moore (But he's VERY FUNNY!)
Warren Beatty
Alec Baldwin
Rob Reiner
Barbra Streisand
Cynthia McKinney
Steve Earle
Mike Wallace (*GFW)

*Gun Fearing Wuss

EYE OF THE NEEDLE

QUESTION: Rev, you still refuse to address my question - "What is the "eye of the needle"?

ANSWER: HOLY CRAP! You mean it's one of those obscure metaphors Jesus liked to toss into the mix? That Jesus! If he'd spent a little less time trying to confound the ignorant goat herders, he might have written something of substance by which we might better understand his purpose. Oh, but wait. That couldn't be. Jesus was illiterate, wasn't he? (That's a question back at'cha, Questioner.)

As for this needle - (No, it's not some apocryphal "gate" into Jerusalem - that's no longer widely accepted). Maybe the Hebrews mangled the original Greek. The needle in Matthew and Mark is a "rafic". In Luke it is a "belone". But both are synonyms for needles used in sewing, but Luke's is more likely to be used by a surgeon than a seamstress. Are you with me so far?

The late Bishop Fulton J. Sheen appeared to me in a dream and insisted that the needle was a 6 inch carpet needle and the rope was made of camel hair - but I think that standing there naked except for his giant white wings - Bishop Sheen is clutching at straws, or camel hair.

The Eye of the Needle is either of these two:

1) A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband. (Movie 1981) based on the book by Ken Follett.

2) The Greek word kamilos ('camel') should really be kamêlos, meaning 'cable, rope', as some late New Testament manuscripts actually have. Hence it is easier to thread a needle with a rope rather than a strand of cotton than for a rich man to enter the kingdom.

You choose...
Glad to help,  Rev. Art - Atheologian

A REFERENDUM FOR A GUN-BAN?!

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BRAZILIANS VOTE ON GUN BAN

With 99,57% of the votes counted, 63,89% of the voters had chosen "no" while only 36.11% were in favor of "yes." In states like Rio Grande do Sul, famous for its spirit of independence, almost 90% (86.82%) opposed the ban to the commerce of weapons. 

Prior to the referendum yesterday, the media reported heated campaigns on each side of the issue:

New York Times Gun-Happy Brazil Hotly Debates a Nationwide Ban - by Larry Rohter

Proponents of the ban, bolstered by a letter of support from several Nobel Peace Prize winners, say this is Brazil’s chance to vote for a safer society. “This is not Switzerland or England or even the United States, this is the country that kills with firearms more than any in the world,” said Rubem Cesar Fernandes, the director of Viva Rio, a civic organization that has championed the ban. “We’re experiencing an epidemic, a plague, and radical steps are required to control the spread and irresponsible use of firearms.”

And this by Monte Reel in the Washington Post foreign Service:

Weighs a National Gun Ban - Country Is First To Vote on Issue ...every citizen from 18 to 70 will confront a clear, yes-no question: Should the sale of all types of guns and ammunition be banned nationwide for everyone except the police and military?... In a shopping mall in the beachside neighborhood of Copacabana, the doors of the Guns & Security shop have been locked for the past week. The owner, Cirme Carvelho Alvim, said he stopped buying guns two weeks ago, figuring it was a waste to invest more in a business that might be forced to close within a month.

"Criminals don't buy guns from shops like mine," said Alvim, reached at a telephone number he had taped to his darkened shop window. He said most of his customers are police officers and retired military members. Criminals "smuggle their guns from other countries," he said. "Brazil's borders are too big, and the police can't stop that."

The retired military man said he kept a gun and two big dogs at home for security.

"Any time I hear the dogs bark, I get my gun," he said. "The problem is not whether people have or don't have guns. . . . No one I know would buy a gun legally to commit a crime. The gun ban won't do anything to help decrease crime because criminals will still be able to get their guns without a problem. They can just go to the border of Paraguay. You can get a bazooka there if you want one."

"It's already very difficult to buy a gun in Brazil," said Flavio Bolsonaro, a representative in Rio's state legislature who is leading a local drive against the ban. "If a citizen can go through all the steps necessary to buy and register a gun here, then it's his right to defend himself."

...(A voter) who realizes that many of her neighbors will vote for the ban, said she has decided to vote against it. She said she hates the culture of guns and would love to see them disappear, but doesn't think the ban would reduce their presence in her neighborhood. She also fears it would increase the black-market gun trade.

Brazilian Artist: Simanca

Well, this lady has figured it out - whether you love 'em or hate 'em, banning firearms ownership or sales will ensure that only law-abiding citizens will be without weapons.

From Mad Ogre: 

Buy a gun, buy lots of ammo for it, and buy some range time and practice.  Everyone who can legally own a gun should own a handgun, a rifle, and a shotgun, in serious calibers… and a .22 of some sort.

Also this: Without secure borders, there is no Homeland Security outside of the Second Amendment.

And this from Kim du Toit - "The Gun Guy":

Without local authority, your home is not safe outside of the Second Amendment.Remember that little fact the next time some GUN FEARING WUSS acquaintance asks you why you "need” a gun.

WHAT IF - A GUMMINT COULD BAN FIREARMS FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT POLICE AND SOLDIERS - AND MAKE IT STICK - THAT IS - PREVENT A BLACK MARKET IN FIREARMS?
I've got the bumper sticker for just such a scenario:
When guns are outlawed, only the cops and soldiers will have guns!

Memo to wing-nuts, right and left: The Bill of Rights is our protection against the tyranny of gummint, any gummint, elected Democrats, Republicans, or some other. All of the enumerated amendments assert our rights as American citizens. They aren't meant to make our existence less messy. The First Amendment permits speech and imagery that may be offensive to many of us and, yes, the Second Amendment may increase the murder rate, but we'll be free - as long as we don't permit our rights to be abridged. Ain't that America? 

THE WILL TO DOUBT
IF you believe in a historical and literal Jesus, please speculate as to how he and the 12 cronies managed to live without working for wages? I know Jesus had a couple of wealthy patrons in Lazarus and Nicodemus, which raises other questions, ahem.

Some of the apostles were fishermen. Did they basically support the rest of the gang?

Did Jesus pass the offering plate after presenting a few parables or homilies?

Did Mary Magdalene have to turn over all her earnings to Jesus?

Did he hit up his parents for a few coins now and again?

Nowadays, at least, Jesus would be entitled to a Public Defender at his trial... 

Good fortune. COMMENT!! Please spread the meme. Don't smoke in bed...

WELL HOWDY, REV'LERS! _____ P.O.E.T.S. /\ 102205!

PISS ON EVER'THIN' -
T'DAY'S SATURDAY, October 22, 2ôô5

"EGO"
Illustrated cover of Ayn Rand's novel, "ANTHEM"...

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"Besides telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our   children and, die, the GOP has done a fine job of getting gov't out of our lives."     [Parker]

"You have the economic anxiety that existed in 1994. Republicans will stay home,  independents will cast a protest vote and every Democrat will come out. What reason  do Republicans have to wait in line an hour to vote? Everyone's disappointed.  I can't find a happy Republican out there." [Frank Luntz, Republican pollster ]

So much for the House that Rove Built: The roof leaks, the foundation is collapsing, and the timbers are rotten with termites. [Bruce Reed]

Here's a site that presents the online version of James Audobon's "Birds of America" . It is from an 1840 "First Octavo Edition" of Audubon's complete seven volume text, and presents Audubon's images and original text descriptions. Bird species can be found listed alphabetically, or categorized by family. Audubon's drawings of some species' anatomical features are also included in the "Figures" section.

I always try to stand to the left of others when having a converstion. Surely you realize, the person on the left always speaks first. Well - it's that way in the COMIC strips!

I miss Kojak!

Lately life is a blur of Republican malfeasance and other natural disasters! I think Scooter's CAREER is RUINED!!

Our veterinarian here in Metro Fairborn taught a PORCUPINE to lay down quills to show his ZIPCODE... And now he has his own``VISA''!!

Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink, I think female alcoholics should be told not to fuck.

I have OMNIVERSAL AWARENESS - and I can TEACH it to YOU!

Who would like to hear my BOBBIE VINTON medley?

I was riding the subway into Dayton (where I always go to get crabs) Friday morning and when it came to my stop I tried to make my way through several people who were standing near the exit. I said, "Excuse me... Excuse me... Excuse me..." A middle-aged fellow in a suit turned and barked rudely, "Tomorrow, why don't you play something we all like."
As I rushed out the door, I replied, "But tomorrow is Saturday!"

While I was on the subway, a woman sitting next to me told me her child was "autistic", and I thought she said "artistic". So I said, "Oh, great. I'd like to see some of the things he's done."

Some see the glass as half-empty, some see the glass as half-full. I see the glass as too big.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO SEE
SENATOR JOE BIDEN ASK HARRIET MIERS:    
1. Is it correct for a comma to appear before a coordinating conjunction linking the parts of a compound predicate?    

2. You have called President George W. Bush the "BEST PRESIDENT EVER!" In your opinion, who would you say is the SECOND BEST PRESIDENT EVER?

3. If Jesus and President Bush got into a fight, who would win?

CONFERENCE REPORT: OBESITY IS MULTI-FACTORAL.
From Breitbart.com: Researchers were reporting at an Obesity Conference in Canada on fat triggers other than overeating and inactivity that include - a genetic tendency to store fat among groups whose ancestors survived famines - medications such as treatments for psychotic mental disorders - toxins in the environment like organochlorines - and infectious agents like bacteria, viruses and prions.

That's IT! I'M NOT FAT - I'M INFECTED!
*My Irish ancestors came to Brown County, Ohio during the British Gummint-induced Famine in Ireland in the mid-1800s.
*There were more than a few psychotic mental disorders among my German antecedents.
*And I have used the public restrooms at professional sporting venues - and those places are usually SWIMMING in bacteria and viruses, literally!
*I'd better not go into any details about all the plump and fluffy grrrlz Da Rev has played tongue-hockey with. Hey, who knew?!
*As for PRIONS? I dunno. I've never been able to fit into those little sub-compacts...

HURRICANE WILMA became a Category Five has begun heading toward Florida. It's the biggest hurricane ever measured! Residents saw what happened in New Orleans and learned a lesson. They know when they loot Wal-Mart they should bypass the tee-shirts and head straight for the guns and the electronics department.

THIS JUST ______ IN ! !

Karl Rove is selling the line that he found out about Valerie Plame from Scooter Libby and that Libby says that his source for the Plame leak was none other than Tim Russert. Russert has CLEVERLY maintained from the first that he didn't KNOW THE IDENTITY of Joe Wilson's wife. Right. But Russert told Libby that WILSON'S WIFE worked at the CIA.
It's long past time that Mr. Meat, The Press, got the kind of treatment that Judy Miller has received. He's up to his neck-folds in this thing.
TIM - WHAT'S THE TOP NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK?
Cheney resigning? What did The Smirking Chimp know, and when? DeLay frog-marched in Austin? The endless quagmire in Iraq? The panic racking the GOP? Bush's male hooker being exposed? Frist's "blind" luck with that  stock?
WHAT'S THE TOP STORY, TIM - MEEEeeee...?

Argus Hamilton   offers these humorous musings on current affairs:

President Bush's teleconference with GIs in Iraq backfired last week. White House aides tried to script it. The GIs were told to laugh out loud when the president told a joke - and agree when he predicted victory - and they got it backwards.

The White House is awaiting news of indictments by the special prosecutor in the CIA leak investigation. It looks more ominous every day. This year all the Halloween shops are selling see-through President Bush masks with Nixon masks underneath.

The New York Times said someone in the White House testified secretly to the grand jury about all the president's men. This is not Watergate. The original Deep Throat told people to follow the money while this one tells them to follow the Lord.

Media Whore Judy Miller addressed the Society of Professional Journalists this week in Las Vegas. It was at the Aladdin Hotel. When she saw the billboards she probably  wished she had never been photographed wearing handcuffs.

Saddam Hussein's trial began this week in Baghdad, drawing a firm no comment from President Bush. He should lay very low. Saddam Hussein is being prosecuted under the legal principle that leaders are personally accountable for the wars they start.

President Bush decided to fly to Los Angeles on Thursday. He was shaking hands and making friends. If the special prosecutor has a talking witness inside the White House, the only thing that can save the Bush Administration is an L.A. jury.

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers  admitted Tuesday she was suspended from the Washington D.C. bar association for failure to pay her monthly dues. She was once suspended by the Texas bar for failure to pay her dues. If she believed in paying her dues she never would have accepted the nomination for the Supreme Court.

Saddam Hussein was defiant as his war crimes trial got underway Wednesday. He told the courtroom that as the president he has immunity from prosecution. President Bush just announced it's time for the United States to adopt an Iraq style democracy.

Saddam Hussein has become a royal pain. We threw him out of power, seized his country, took his money, and threw him in prison for having weapons he didn't have and he won't shut up about it.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas offered an eight-point plan for Middle East peace last week. Israel must be extremely wary. Robert Blake had an eight-point plan to patch up his marriage and points two through eight were burial arrangements.

Liberia held its first election in many years last week, drawing congratulations and praise from the White House for the African nation. President Bush maintains a personal interest in the country. He likes to tell everyone that before they got married, his wife was a Liberian.

HERE'S SOMETHIN' REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT!

President Bush had lunch Wednesday with rock star and global activist Bono in the White House. The invocation was moving. Bono prayed for President Bush to help feed the poor and President Bush prayed for Bono to get back together with Cher.

PEOPLE Mag is suffering gossip-mag humiliation over a big mistake in this week's cover story. The main photo spread shows Vince Vaughn with his arm around someone who looks very much like Jennifer Aniston, with the caption: "On the Set. Filming 'The Break Up' in August, 'they had great chemistry,' says costar Jon Favreau." As it happens, the woman is actually Jennifer Aniston's movie double.

ATTENTION GAMERS!  Click here!

The Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson celebrated her 68th birthday Thursday, October 20. "Right or Wrong" - "Let's Have A Party!"

Friday, October 21 marked the 88th anniversary of the birth of jazzman John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, the Be-Bop trumpet player. AU REET!

ANSWER: Marionette!
QUESTION: What did most teen boys of Da Rev's generation want to do?

Happy 63rd Birthday to Annette Funicello, Saturday, October 22!

WARNING!
PG - 34!

A girl asks her boyfriend to come over Friday night and have dinner with her parents. Since this is such a big event, the girl announces to her boyfriend that after dinner, she would like to go out and make love for the first time. Well, the boy is ecstatic, but he has never had sex before, so he takes a trip to the pharmacist to get some condoms. The pharmacist helps the boy for about an hour. He tells the boy everything there is to know about condoms and sex. At the register, the pharmacist asks the boy how many condoms he'd like to buy, a 3-pack, 10-pack, or family pack. The boy insists on the family pack because he thinks he will be rather busy, it being his first time and all.

That night, the boy shows up at the girl's parents house and meets his girlfriend at the door. "Oh, I'm so excited for you to meet my parents, come on in!"
The boy goes inside and is taken to the dinner table where the girl's parents are seated. The boy quickly offers to say grace and bows his head. A minute passes, and the boy is still deep in prayer, with his head down. 10 minutes pass, and still no movement from the boy. Finally, after 20 minutes with his head down, the girlfriend leans over and whispers to the boyfriend, "I had no idea you were this religious."
The boy turns, and whispers back, "I had no idea your father was a pharmacist."

ACTRESS NORMA SHEARER - She knew SHEER!

An American tourist in London decides to skip his tour group and explore the city on his own. He wanders around, seeing the sights, occasionally stopping at a quaint pub to soak up the local culture, chat with the locals, and have a pint of bitter. After a while, he finds himself in a very nice neighbourhood with big, stately residences. No pubs, no stores, no restaurants, and worst of all no public restrooms. However, he really has to go, after all those Guinness's. He finds a narrow side street, with high walls surrounding the adjacent buildings and decides to use the wall to solve his problem. As he is unzipping, he is tapped on the shoulder by a London bobby, who says, "Sir, you simply cannot do that here, you know."
"I'm very sorry, officer," replies the American, "but I really have to go, and I just can't find a public restroom."
"Ah, yes," said the bobby, "just follow me".
He leads the American to a back delivery alley to a gate, which he opens. "In there," points the bobby, "Whiz away sir, anywhere you like."
The fellow enters and finds himself in the most beautiful garden he has ever seen. Manicured grass lawns, statuary, fountains, sculptured hedges, and huge beds of gorgeous flowers, all in perfect bloom. Since he has the policeman's blessing, he relieves himself and feels much more comfortable. As he goes back through the gate, he says to the bobby "That was really decent of you. Is that what you call English hospitality?"
"No sir...", replied the bobby, "that is what we call the French Embassy." 

Three old guys are out walking. First one says, "Windy, isn't it?"
Second one says, "No, its Thursday!"
Third one says, "So am I. Let's go get a beer."

Morticia & Da Rev wish you Good Fortune. Please spread the meme. COMMENT!! Don't smoke in bed...

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PLAME ENDGAME 

John Hannah, WHIG* member  Mary Matalin and two names new to me in connection with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation - David Wurmser and Cathie Martin have been called in to talk with Inquisitor Fitzgerald. Increasingly, there's the delicious rumor that Cheney's on the verge of resigning - which has most of us lefties salivating - but, really, that WOULD be too good to be true - wouldn't it?

(*WHIG - White House Iraq Group)

Liz Smith:  Bush's "government is simply reeling with rumor. It's like the old days of Watergate with almost as much at stake."  [NYP]

Salon.com has this: The Plame speculation has gone on for so long and with such intensity that bloggers across the political spectrum have gone from euphoria to the five stages of grief, imagining and reimagining every possible outcome - from 22 indictments and Cheney's resignation to no indictments at all and no final report. But the fact is very few people have any idea what's going to happen, and the waiting game continues... [Peter Daou]

Roc LaRue Gallery

EXCELLENT CAREER OPPORTUNITY FOR BOY* GENIUS!
Craigslist Ad - Desperately Seeking Puppetmaster

Excellent career opportunity!!!

 

Seeking Deputy White House Chief of Staff to take over all United States domestic affairs! Run the entire country from your office in the West Wing. Direct and instruct POTUS, CIA, and top journalists (NYT, Time, etc.) on all issues of national importance.

You must have excellent contacts with evangelical Christians, NASCAR fans, true patriots, and angry white males. You are equally friendly with billionaire corporate raiders, oil barons, and godless capitalists.

The ideal candidate is very comfortable speaking exclusively on "deep background" and avoiding public appearances. You are the kind of person who does not have to say anything publicly -- you make journalists, folks at town hall meetings, and American troops say it for you.

Note: We will only consider applicants with a flair for dramatic and patriotic settings, including but not limited to aircraft carriers, Mount Rushmore, Ground Zero, rustic ranches, and well lit statues (Liberty, Andrew Jackson, etc.). Need to be skilled at supervising POTUS bike rides, brush clearing, video conferences, and segway rides.

Experience with push polling and direct mail a plus.

Job may start as soon as NEXT WEEK!!!! Maybe even sooner. Please send your resume and references to [email protected], with "Boy Genius" in the subject line.

The White House is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

(*As Wonkette pointed out - if the WH is really an equal op employer, shouldn't the ad read: GENIUS NEEDED: MFGBLT?)


"YOU GOT THE RIGHT ONE BABY" - NOT!
Salon.com: Blumenthal says DUBYA's "No longer the 'Right Man' "

For his second term, Bush took his narrow victory as a mandate to govern from the hard right. At last, he would begin the privatization of Social Security, rolling back the signature program of the New Deal. But he stumbled upon a dirty little secret of conservatism: Members of the public support conservative presidents so long as they leave the liberal programs that benefit them alone...

Despite Bush's faithful implementation of conservative ideas, disloyal ideologues blame him personally to deflect attention from the failure of their ideas as they position themselves for whatever or whoever is next. Like Trotskyists for whom communism always remained an unfulfilled ideal, conservatives now claim that conservatism has not been tried, and that Bush is a "betrayer" and "impostor." In his attempt to avoid the nemesis of his father, he is reliving it. [Sidney Blumenthal]

REPLY TO ALL NUT-FUNDIES,
EVANGELISTAS, THEOCRACISTS, ET AL...

The proof of God is God? You're welcome to your belief, Friend, but you seem oblivious to the fact that others may choose a different religion or a different interpretation of the Bible than you - or they may choose REASON. I don't believe anything unless I can see it, hear it, eat it, drink it, drive it, boink it or perceive evidence of its existence. I don't say you're delusional because you believe as you do - but because you seem to be incapable of recognizing the validity of other life-views.

 

If the monotheist religions were "true", wouldn't their scriptures - purportedly the "word of God" - be consistent? If God told Abraham and all monotheists accept it, why do their scriptures disagree? This brings us back to the original question concerning "lost" or rejected texts. Who cares? I'd rather waste my time watching "Deadwood" or "Rome" on HBO; or "Desperate Housewives"; or "The Daily Show"; or timeless film noir on Turner Classic Movies.

 

BTW, I have two grown sons who were raised to believe in only one scary guy and he warn't in the sky. We raised them to respect themselves and their family and to extend that respect to everyone. We taught them that there are rules in society, for better or worse. If you break the rules, even the stupid ones, there are consequences. It ain't rocket science, but it was enough for them, apparently. They're raisin' good kids and they've never been in jail. I think we did well without Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, Marx or Jack Kemp.

AND THEN SHE SAID, "DIE, YOU STUPID SHITHEAD, DIE!"
Andrea Harris blogs @ Least-Loved Bedtime Stories

 Men say they want equals, but all too often what they really seem to want is an impossible combination of adoring audience, virginal prostitute, (cook) and nursemaid, and this is as true in the arena of internet pontificating as it is in meatspace.

Cheeses! That's GONZO! Andrea, you go Grrrl!

Good fortune. COMMENT! Please spread the meme.
Don't smoke in bed...
 

I'M NOT FAT - I'M INFECTED!!

"I ain't fat - jes' fluffy..."

QUOTE / UNQUOTE

"If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it."  - [Arthur Schopenhauer]

"The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." - "Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) English Mathematician, Philosopher."

MONEY QUOTE

Susie Essman, who plays Susie Greene, the wife of Larry David's agent on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," on the perks of her job: "Just to constantly tell Larry David to go fuck himself and that he's an asshole, take after take after take after take, is just so much fun." (N.Y. Daily News)

INTELLECTUAL - RICHARD DAWKINS, Zoologist

THE TOP INTELLECTUALS IN THE WORLD?

From "The Prospect" - a Brit Mag of Politics - ran an on-line poll to find the "100 Top Intellectuals in the World". The results are skewed heavily toward North Americans. There are fewer conservatives - but then, there are so many conservatives who eschew intellectuals, y' know.

I could have guessed the anarchist-postmodernist anti-American American Noam Chomsky would win by a landslide - but I'm still disappointed. My guy Dr. Dawkins (the most prominent atheist in the world today , they say) came in at #3! Some from the l Dudes - LIST:

1 - Noam Chomsky

3 - Richard Dawkins

4 -  Vaclav Havel

6 - Paul Krugman

10 - Salman Rushdie

16 - Tom Friedman

20 - Camille Paglia

26 - Stephen Pinker

31 - E.O. Wilson

33 - Peter Singer

49 - Germaine Greer

60 - Larry Summers

75 - Martin Rees

TOP I - DUDE? CHOMSKY...

Oliver Kamm on Chomsky:

Noam Chomsky remains the most influential figure in theoretical linguistics, known to the public for his ideas that language is a cognitive system and the realisation of an innate faculty. While those ideas enjoy a wide currency, many linguists reject them. His theories have come under criticism from those, such as the cognitive scientist Steven Pinker (#26), who were once close to him.

Paul Postal, one of Chomsky's earliest colleagues, stresses the tendency for the grandiloquence of Chomsky's claims to increase as he addresses non-specialist audiences. Frederick Newmeyer, a supporter of Chomsky's ideas until the mid-1990s, notes: "One is left with the feeling that Chomsky's ever-increasingly triumphalistic rhetoric is inversely proportional to the actual empirical results that he can point to..."

Prospect readers who voted for Chomsky will know his prominence in linguistics, but are more likely to have read his numerous popular critiques of western foreign policy. The connection, if any, between Chomsky's linguistics and his politics is a matter of debate, but one obvious link is that in both fields he deploys dubious arguments leavened with extravagant rhetoric—which is what makes the notion of Chomsky as pre-eminent public intellectual untimely as well as unwarranted ... But Chomsky went beyond the standard left critique of US imperialism to the belief that "what is needed [in the US] is a kind of denazification." This diagnosis is central to Chomsky's political output...By the time of the Kosovo war, this prophet of the amoral quietism of the Major government had progressed to depicting Milosevic's regime as a wronged party...

In A New Generation Draws the Line: Kosovo, East Timor and the Standards of the West (2000),

Chomsky wryly challenged advocates of Nato intervention in Kosovo to urge also the bombing of Jakarta, Washington and London in protest at Indonesia's subjugation of East Timor. If necessary, citizens should be encouraged to do the bombing themselves, "perhaps joining the Bin Laden network..."

Chomsky has a dedicated following among those of university education, and especially of university age, for judgements that have the veneer of scholarship and reason yet verge on the pathological.

WHY ISN'T THE USA #1 ANYMORE?

Our tax system is said to be the MOST FAVORABLE to business of any competing country. The wealthy get to keep their wealth and they're able to fund more research, development and good jobs, right?

Why is our healthcare system less efficient and SAFE than Cuba's?

Why do we pay through the nose for gasoline when Venezuelans pay a buck a gallon?

Why do we have regulating agencies when all they do is encourage utilities and telecoms to raise rates and cut services?

Why do laid-off workers in America get 30% of their pay IF they QUALIFY for unemployment - and then for only 6-months?!

Why are young mothers shoved out of the welfare safety net with little or no support? Why don't they get continuing help with day-care, transportation, healthcare and education?

I love this country, but I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted with the cruel joke that has replaced the American Dream. The Democrats AND the Republicans had better start doing something about restoring hope for social mobility and economic security or this country is going to GET CHANGED from the bottom up!

OBESITY IS MULTI- FACTORAL, YES!
I'm not FAT - I'm INFECTED!!

Breitbart reports:

When babies receive shots against diseases like polio and measles, their vaccinations may in the future include protection against getting fat, according to researchers. Infection by certain pathogens triggers rapid increases in fatty tissue in animals, Nikhil Dhurnadha told the annual meeting of NAASO, the Obesity Society in Canada.

At the same time, the discovery that many more obese people than normal-weight people have been exposed to a certain virus suggests a link between obesity and viral infection.

Researchers are reporting at the conference on other fat triggers that include a genetic tendency to store fat among groups whose ancestors survived famines, medications such as treatments for psychotic mental disorders, toxins in the environment like organochlorines, and infectious agents like bacteria, viruses and prions. "Obesity is multifactoral," Dhurandhar told scientists at the conference. 

Researchers are reporting at the conference on other fat triggers that include a genetic tendency to store fat among groups whose ancestors survived famines, medications such as treatments for psychotic mental disorders, toxins in the environment like organochlorines, and infectious agents like bacteria, viruses and prions.
 

EVOLUTION OF REV. ART

I KNEW IT!! My Irish ancestors came to Brown County, Ohio during the British Gummint-induced Famine in Ireland in the mid-1800s.

There were more than a few psychotic mental disorders among my German antecedents. And, yes, I live better chemically with PROZAC and RITALIN.

And I have used the public restrooms at professional sporting venues - and those places are usually SWIMMING in bacteria and viruses, LITERALLY!

Prions? I dunno. I've never been able to fit into one o' those little sub-compacts...

"I'M SO INDICTED!!" 
             The indictments are coming - and soon...

I'll handicap 'em:

65%: John Hannah - Fitzgerald's secret source.

90%: Scooter Libby

75%: Karl Rove

60%: The Dick Cheney

25% DUBYA, unindicted co-conspirator...

BUSH IS AUDITIONING REPLACEMENTS FOR CHENEY - JUST IN CASE...

Wonkette wonders: 

Can a Veep be indicted? Why, yes, yes he can.

And has been: "Not long after he killed Alexander Hamilton in their famous 1804 duel, Vice President Aaron Burr was indicted for murder in both New York and New Jersey." [WaPo] 
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TEX-MEX meets ROCKABILLY

"The Rhythm Orchids" (L-R)
Jimmy Bowen, vocals, bass;
Buddy Knox, vocals, guitar;
Don Lanier, lead guitar.

BUDDY KNOX

In 1957 and 1958 Buddy Knox and the Rhythm Orchids placed a total of eight songs on the charts (Roulette label), including the mega-hit Party Doll, Rock Your Little Baby To Sleep, Hula Love, and Somebody Touched Me. They appeared in the movie Jamboree along with some of the top rock-and-roll stars of the day in 1957. 

Jimmy Bowen (w/Rhythm Orchids) recorded I'm Stickin' With You. The lyrics were hokey - "Be-Bop, I love-a you, Baby, Be-Bop, I don't mean maybe..." but it hit #14. Jimmy Bowen managed to put four songs in the top 100 before becoming a top record executive and producer on the West Coast. While Buddy continued to work as a performer, Jimmy worked for Chancellor and Reprise (and produced  some of Waylon Jennings' best recordings) before moving to MCA Records in Nashville in the 70's; MCA was renamed Universal Records in 1988 with Bowen as its president. Buddy died in '99 of cancer. He was 67.

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"A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer."   [Robert Frost]
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BURYING GODWIN'S LAW?
From The Fulcrum: John in DC has not only buried Godwin's Law he's spit on its grave in this post on christian fundamentalists wanting BushCo to muzzle the ACLU.

Time to state the obvious: The religious right is filled with Nazis. You don't like the term "Nazi?" Well too bad.

One good thing I got out of the Holocaust Museum this past weekend was an amazing lesson in how quickly Hitler consolidated power his first six months in office by banning the opposition and slowly (or quickly) whittling away at the rights of Germany's citizens in an effort to create a murderous totalitarian regime...

Wikipedia explains Godwin's standard & corollaries here. 

Godwin's standard answer to this objection is to note that Godwin's law does not dispute whether, in a particular instance, a reference or comparison to Hitler or the Nazis might be apt. It is precisely because such a reference or comparison may sometimes be appropriate, Godwin has argued, that hyperbolic overuse of the Hitler/Nazi comparison should be avoided. Avoiding such hyperbole, he argues, is a way of ensuring that when valid comparisons to Hitler or Nazis are made, such comparisons have the appropriate semantic impact.

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THE WILSONS MAY SUE BUSH, CHENEY, OTHERS @ BUSHCO
Talk Left: Bloomberg News reports that Joseph Wilson may sue Bush, Cheney and others in the Administration:

In an interview yesterday, Wilson said that once the criminal questions are settled, he and his wife may file a civil lawsuit against Bush, Cheney and others seeking damages for the alleged harm done to (Valerie) Plame's career.

If they do so, the current state of the law makes it likely that the suit will be allowed to proceed -- and Bush and Cheney will face questioning under oath -- while they are in office.

The reason for that is a unanimous 1997 U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that Paula Jones' sexual harassment suit against then-President Bill Clinton could go forward immediately, a decision that was hailed by conservatives at the time.

What's good for the goose - or "BJ", as they habitually refer to him - is Just Desserts for the goofy ganders...
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IN METRO FAIRBORN, OH, USA - I PAY  $160.  A MONTH FOR: DIGITAL CABLE (with a movie package); STANDARD IN-HOME PHONE; and BROADBAND IP CONNECTION!

S. Derek Turner, writes in Salon: 

In France, you can get super-fast DSL, unlimited phone service and 100 TV channels for a mere $38 a month. Why does the same thing cost so much more in the U.S.?

In South Korea, super-fast connections are common for less than $30 per month. Places as diverse as Finland, Canada and Hong Kong all have much faster Internet connections at a lower cost than what is available here. In fact, since 2001, the U.S. has slipped from fourth to 16th in the world in broadband use per capita ... These nations all have something the U.S. lacks: a national broadband policy, one that actively encourages competition among providers, leading to lower consumer prices and better service.

Indulge in derision and smirking concerning the French, mon frere, but don't think all the laughs are on them 'til after you count your disposable income - accounting somewhere in there for what you have left to spend after taxes and what they still have left to spend after taxes - and gummint benefits...

WOW! PRICES ARE SOARING! IS THIS INFLATION YET?!

Actually, events such as the DELPHI bankruptcy, the pressure on their suppliers to cut prices, the closure of plants and excess capacity, resulting in lower demand and prices for facilities are all DEFLATIONARY. Outside of a couple of segments of the economy that are outta whack - energy and healthcare - productivity is high and prices should remain stable - except where there is scarcity (energy) and/or inefficiency, such as the creaking, obsolete, overlapping bureaucracies in the largely private healthcare delivery system.

Oil prices will probably never come down to the levels of 2 years ago. We've passed the point of diminishing returns for the world's oil supply. When you have less available to sell than you have sold to date - your impulse isn't to lower prices.

US wage workers need to unite behind labor-friendly candidates and organize their workplaces. The main cause of distress among workers isn't lack of jobs, but sub-poverty wages. It isn't high prices, it's cramped-down wages and benefits.

It's a STELLAR day for a drive. I just had this sleek 1960 Plymouth FURY pulled around from the Last Chance Garage - d' YOU wanna drive?

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P.O.E.T.S.! ... PISS ON EVER'THIN'
- T'DAY'S SATURDAY, October 15, 2ôô5

Da Rev's Dad, Elmer, celebrates the 91st anniversary of his birth, Sunday, October 16, in Florida.

It's the birthday of a great military man, Dwight D. Eisenhower born in Denison, Texas (1890).
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A cat in Dobson, N.C., is believed to be the only cat in the world with two tongues, according to a Local 6 News report.The cat, named Five Toes, was born with two tongues and five toes on each paw.

CHECK THIS OUT - It doesn't matter what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature.

I think maybe INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY - but I could be wrong.

If it weren't for the J.C. Whitney Automotive Catalog, I wouldn't know about all the stuff I need for my pick-em-up truck. I'm gonna stand next to my truck now - and PLEASE tell me the TRUTH - do you think I need STRUTS? This week I replaced the headlights on my truck with strobe lights. Now it looks like I'm the only one moving.

Whenever I think of the past, it brings back SO MANY memories. NOSTALGIA isn't what it used to be - but things are more like they are TODAY than they ever were BEFORE.

In 1962, you could buy a pair of SHARKSKIN SLACKS, with a ``Continental Belt,'' for $10.99!!

Did you ever notice - the severity of the itch is proportional to the reach?

Did you hear GREENSPAN's latest SCARY ANNOUNCEMENT?

Disco oil bussing will create a throbbing naugahide pipeline running straight to the tropics from the rug producing regions and devalue the dollar!

ZOUNDS!

The ECONOMY can't hurt me!! I have an ASSUMABLE MORTGAGE!!

I'm continually AMAZED at th'breathtaking effects of WIND EROSION!!

Does someone from PEORIA have a SHORTER ATTENTION span than me?

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HALLOWEEN (and horror movie) SURVIVAL GUIDE EEK!

When it appears that you have killed the monster or evil spirit from the netherworld, never check to see if it's really dead.

If you find that your house is built upon or near a cemetery, was once a church that was used for black masses, had previous inhabitants who went mad or committed suicide or died in some horrible fashion, or had inhabitants who performed satanic practices, move away immediately.

Do not search the basement, especially if the power has just gone out.

As a general rule, don't solve puzzles that open portals to Hell.

Do not take anything from the dead.

If you find a town which looks deserted, it's probably for good reason. Take the hint and stay away.

Don't fool with recombinant DNA technology unless you're sure you know what you’re doing.

If your car runs out of gas at night, do not go to the nearby deserted-looking house to phone for help.

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In an effort to overcome the continuing criticism that he is unsupportive, and in fact dismissive of Israel, one of America's closest allies, today President Bush announced that he is converting to Judaism in the hope that this will demonstrate his affinity and empathy with the Israeli people. Authorities have been unable to handle the millions of applicants who volunteered to be the moyel.

Baroness Thatcher (Little Black Moustache sold separately) has criticised Tony Blair for taking Britain to war in Iraq on the basis of flawed evidence about Saddam Hussein's weapons. The former prime minister's embarrassing criticism emerged as Mr Blair was among the 670 guests who attended a party to mark "Ol Tin Knickers' " 80th birthday. CHEESES! If Hitler had lived to issue support for the Jewish Homeland in Israel, it would not have seemed stranger than THIS!

Bakersfield, CA (LaughFish.com) - Former Education Secretary Bill Bennett said in a speech that the media is to blame for twisting his words on Blacks, abortion and crime.  Said Bennett,

I was attempting to present a preposterous position concerning the issue of Blacks and their relationship to the high crime rate in this country.  The media focused on the abhorrent argument and made it sound like I endorsed the idea.  The media shaped and molded that story intentionally to present me as a racist.  The media did that.  And we all know who controls the media…. The JEWS that’s who.

COMEDIAN ARGUS HAMILTON
has the week's best humorous current affairs musings:

President Bush hosted a ceremony last Friday honoring Hispanic Heritage Month where he thanked Hispanic volunteers who are helping to rebuild the Gulf Coast. He got a mixed reception. This was the first they have heard they are not going to be paid.

Condoleezza Rice visited earthquake-ravaged Pakistan Wednesday and promised more American aid is on the way. She said the United States will be there for the long haul. Those helicopters we sent there have cargo bays loaded with quagmire.

The Iraq constitution referendum is taking place as this is written (Saturday), yet changes were added Friday. You can tell that U.S. administration officials helped to compose the document. The preamble says Saddam Hussein purchased bird flu virus from Niger.

Bill Frist was subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a probe of insider stock trading. It's blatant racial profiling. Have you ever noticed it's always white guys who get pulled over by the police for insider stock trading?

President Bush's tax reform panel on Tuesday urged limiting mortgage interest deductions to homes under three hundred fifty thousand dollars. They're a bit out of touch. In Los Angeles, houses in that price range read Frigidaire on one wall and This Side Up on the other.

President Bush helped construct new houses Tuesday as he visited the hurricane-ravaged areas of Mississippi and Louisiana. The administration keeps getting bad news from the Weather Channel. The five-day forecast for Harriet Miers is two days.

Harriet Miers, it was learned Monday, was born Catholic and raised Presbyterian, then educated Methodist. She goes to an evangelical church in Dallas as well as St. John's Episcopal in Washington. President Bush said he nominated her because she will never change.

Harriet Miers attended her evangelical church in Dallas Sunday. It's a breakaway church that holds its services in a local Doubletree Hotel. Jimmy Swaggert could only dream of preaching in a church sanctuary with hotel rooms right upstairs.

Senator Arlen Specter said Sunday he is going to examine Harriet Miers' law school transcripts. He should get her high school records. When she didn't miss biology class in Texas for two years she was credited with perfect church attendance.

Karl Rove was reported Friday to be on the verge of indictment while the FBI probed Dick Cheney's staff for espionage. All the news is bad for President Bush. Fuel costs are so high that the Nixon Library refuses to send a helicopter for him.

HERE'S SOMETHIN' REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT!

George Bush sent a craft to Mars and Bill Clinton sent one to Venus. That's the culture war in a nutshell.

The U.S. Supreme Court turned down an appeal from a Wiccan priestess Tuesday. She was suing Chesterfield County in Virginia for not allowing witches to lead the opening prayer at local government meetings. She was previously turned down arguing the same case in 1998, 1981, 1845 and by the King's Bench in 1666.

New York held its Columbus Day parade on Monday, honoring the sea captain who discovered America. He was trying to sail to India and he came ashore in Haiti. To this day Italy is never considered a serious contender in the America's Cup race.

John Daly missed a three-foot putt to lose the American Express Championship Sunday. He forgot the putting advice his teaching pro gave him. The last thing Dean Martin ever told John Daly was to always aim for the middle of the three holes.

AHHHHhhh! The President hopes to restore that ol' "OZZIE & HARRIET" AMERICA!

Tom Cruise rushed to the microphones in Hollywood Tuesday to announce he and fiancee Katie Holmes have conceived. It makes a lot of people wonder. London bookmakers posted three-to-one odds that the baby's astrological sign will be Pyrex.

WARNING!
PG - 34!

A teacher at an elementry school tells the kids that she is going to pass out a bunch of different foods and they have to guess what it is. So, she hands out all kinds of different food... She gives them the first item and they all try it; She hints: "It's Itallian and goes with spaghetti." and the kids scream out "Meatballs!" She tells them "Correct!" and passes out the next item. "It goes 'cluck cluck'" she hints. They all scream out "Chicken!" Happy that they are enjoying this game, she hands out one more "Now, this one is a little harder" she tells the class (She hands them venison, which is deer meat). They sit there and chew on it for a minute and have looks of confusion on their faces. She says "Okay, I will give you a hint, it's something your mother calls your father." They are silent for a second, and then a boy jumps up and yells "EVERYBODY SPIT IT OUT, IT'S ASSHOLE!"

A man has six children and is very proud of his achievement. He is so proud of himself, that he starts calling his wife,
"Mother of Six" in spite of her objections. One night, they go to a party. The man decides that it's time to go home and wants to find out if his wife is ready to leave as well. He shouts at the top of his voice, "Shall we go home 'Mother of six?"
His wife, irritated by her husband's lack of discretion shouts right back, "Anytime you're ready, Father of Four."

There are these 3 guys wandering the South American jungle. They're captured by a tribe of nomadic men, and held captive. The chief goes to the first man and tells him, "You can take the mumbamumba or die..."
The guy doesn't want to die, so he says "Mumba mumba."
Chief yells "MUMBA MUMBA!" and they take the guy out to the forest, ass rape him and let him go. Same result with the second guy. But the third guy speaks the language. The chief tells him, "You can take the mumba mumba or die!"
The guy spits in his face and says, "You can just fucking kill me!"
The chief glares at him a moment before throwing his head back and yelling , "DEATH BY MUMBA MUMBA!!!"

AY, CARAMBA! ES SENORA RAQUEL WELCH!

A man comes home from work and sees his wife has thrown all his stuff on the lawn, so he runs inside and she's about to haul more of his shit out when he says, "What's going on?!"
The wife looks furious and says,"I just found today that you are a pedophile!"
He smiles and says, "Well, well, isn't that a BIG WORD for a seven year old?!"

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JESUS LOVES YOU - EVER'BODY ELSE THINKS YOU'RE AN ASSHOLE!

RESCUING JESUS - By Alessandro Camon
from Salon

Bush & Co. have hijacked Jesus, using him as the poster child for their callous worldview. It's time to rescue Christ from his kidnappers.

The American Christian right has hijacked Jesus Christ. It has made him into a brand, a logo, a bumper sticker. It celebrates his suffering on the cross, but largely neglects what he had to say. It prefers an Old Testament God, a "Jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children." It elevates success to proof of God's favor, and washes its hands of responsibility for the poor. It combines a self-righteous vision of Americans as the chosen people with shrill intimations of imminent apocalypse, to justify indifference to the rest of the world and to the planet itself. It sticks to the letter of the Bible with arbitrary selectiveness, so that it can endorse creationism and condemn homosexuality while acknowledging that (contrary to Old Testament wisdom) the earth is in fact round, and slavery is not OK.

It's a twisted, schizophrenic form of religion that mirrors the most reactionary form of Islam. (Not by chance, both the Christian right and conservative Muslims are at odds with women's rights, and fiercely homophobic.)

...Jesus was a poor man. He started a movement of the poor, for the poor. This isn't socialist revisionism: This is what the Gospels say. Jesus defied authority, and spread a message of hope, tolerance, inclusion...

Houston Indie Media

STICKIN' IT TO THE DICK - Liquid List

WASHINGTON -- Senator Frank R. LautenbergVice President Dick Cheney to forfeit his continuing financial interest in the Halliburton Co reiterated his call for (HAL), in light of the surging value of Vice President Cheney's Halliburton holdings. Vice President Cheney continues to hold 433,333 Halliburton stock options, now worth $9,214,154.93 (at close yesterday.)

"As Halliburton's fortunes rise, so does the Vice President's, and that is wrong," said Senator Lautenberg. "Halliburton has already raked in more than $10 billion from the Bush-Cheney Administration for work in Iraq, and now they are being awarded some of the first Katrina contracts. It is unseemly for the Vice President to continue to benefit from this company at the same time his Administration funnels billions of dollars to it"...  

MEANWHILE: The SEC has subpoenaed Senator Bill (Buttah won't melt in mah mouf) Frist for personal documents related to the sale of his health care stock. He's gonna have t' testify under oath.

 "WHAT? YES, ME WORRY!

Wonkette reports:

Judith Miller recalls June 23, 2003 conversation with "Scooter" LibbyJoseph Wilson during her last day of testimony in the leak investigation; contempt-of-court threat is lifted.  Attorneys believe Patrick Fitzgerald "is looking into a broad conspiracy charge against a group of administration officials or into charging one or more officials with easier-to-prove crimes such as disclosing classified material, making false statements or perjury." [WP, WSJ, NYT]

AND THIS:

We hear Cheney, too. We hear "Watergate-esque." We hear "perjury."

Billmon @ WHISKEY BAR opines: 

Fitzgerald and his team . . . appear to understand well the psychology of the kind of people they're dealing with: self-pity, mixed in equal measure with a quivering fear of being anally raped in prison.

BUSH'S "OWNERSHIP AGENDA"
Robyn Blumner in the St. Pete Times

...Before Katrina, there were plenty of jobs in New Orleans. More than 67 percent of households in the Ninth Ward lived at least in part on money made through wages and salaries. Their average household income was $27,500 (median income was not available) - a figure less than half the national average. These people were working, they were just badly paid...

Look at a town like Las Vegas, where low-skilled workers are largely unionized. There, even hotel maids get paid vacation and a pension; even food service workers can afford to buy a home. Yet Bush has been openly hostile to labor organizing and worker interests in general...

In 1965, GM still manufactured Oldsmobiles and they had Genuine DELCO Parts...
 

 

Meanwhile - out behind the Last Chance Garage:

"Bye, bye, Miss American Pie, Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy..."

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