this is such bull-klobuchar!
Aug 8, 2007 @ 10:52
So, Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) sold us all out. She sided with the Republicans and gave serial asshole Gonzales more warrantless spying power.
The US Representatives for Minneapolis and St. Paul both said no to Bush's demands. All but one of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee and half of the Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee -- plus the Senate and House Democratic leaders Reid and Pelosi -- said no to Bush's demands.
But Amy frickin Klobuchar just loves Bush and Gonzales SO MUCH she voted yes.
In honor of the freshman Senator from Minnesota, I've changed my entire lexicon!
I no longer go to take a dump. I go to take a Klobuchar.
I encourage you to update your speech patterns accordingly.
Now, for a little more background info for those of you who care, there was this gap in FISA (the law that governs a secret court that isses warrants for things like spying, hopefully protecting the rights of American citizens) where a foreign-to-foreign "terrorist" conversation that happened to route through the US required asking the court for a warrant. They always issue them, and could do so retroactively within 72 hours, but Bush said that this wasn't good enough, and if the Democrats didn't make it so Gonzo can spy anytime he wants without a warrant then the Dems would be responsible for any terrorist attacks.
Democrats had a deal struck with the Director of National Intelligence, and then Bush killed the deal and demanded even more than just a simple fix to this intelligence gap allegedly caused by FISA.
Now to quote Glenn Greenwald, the Democrats should have said, "OK, we fixed this gap and here's our bill and if you veto it, and there's a terrorist attack, then it's YOUR responsibility [Bush]." And most of them did. The majority of Democrats in the House and the Senate did.
Not Amy, though. She caved to Bush's veto threat and further demands.
back, and to the left
Aug 3, 2007 @ 15:34
Sadly, this particular image is not one I can claim ownership of.
My Snaab and I managed to escape. Good thing the Wicked Witch of the West Wing is here to console us all... nevermind the fact that she was already scheduled to be in MPLS today well before the bridge collapsed. I feel special.
you know what they say about...
Jul 28, 2007 @ 17:44
ur soul it has flavr
Jul 26, 2007 @ 12:58
Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die.
Right... "predicting"
“This is not a cat that’s friendly to people,” he said.
"news" ... in quotes
Jul 25, 2007 @ 08:32
The headline story on CNN.com right now is this:
The advisory details four incidents from the past 11 months in which screeners found unusual objects with items that could mimic bomb components in passengers' checked or carry-on bags.
In one case last September, a couple in Baltimore, Maryland, checked a plastic bag with a block of processed cheese taped to another plastic bag containing a cell phone charger. Earlier this month in San Diego, California, a passenger checked a bag containing two ice packs covered in duct tape. The ice packs had clay in them instead of the normal blue gel.
Terrorists could be testing the system, or could be conducting repeated operations to desensitize security officials, the bulletin says.
"The unusual nature and increase in number of these improvised items raise concern, and TSA personnel should continue vigilance for groupings of ordinary items that look like IED (Improvised Explosive Device) components," the bulletin says.
At least three of the four incidents involved U.S. citizens, the advisory says. While "initial investigations do not link them with criminal or terrorist organizations," the bulletin adds that "most passengers' explanations for carrying the suspicious items were questionable, and some investigations are still ongoing."
The bulletin also details a case from June in which a passenger in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, had a carry-on bag with items resembling IED components, such as a wire coil wrapped around a possible initiator, an electrical switch, batteries, three tubes and two blocks of cheese.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/24/tsa.incidents/index.html
So I see only two possibilities here:
1. These people are terrorists doing dry runs, in which case the authorities OBVIOUSLY KNOW who these people are now considering they saw suspicious items IN THESE PEOPLES' BAGS. So the bad guys have been caught. They know we're on to them. Problem solved.
2. These people are not terrorists at all, and this report does nothing but scare Americans.
Seriously, there's no fucking number three here. In order to be reporting that they found these items at the airport in checked or carry-on bags, this means BY DEFINITION that the have the name of the passenger, or that the passenger is standing right there with the TSA agent. If you think they are a terrorist doing a dry run, then FUCKING ARREST THEM.
Or maybe, if it is just some stupid coincidence, and you think it is safe enough to let these people go, then THIS NEWS STORY IS TOTAL FUCKING BULLSHIT.