March Madness and Blog Barney

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Who's responsible for Mad Cow Disease in America? Will Condi and her "husband" snort the guitar? How about some roasted Dick and free range Republican Evil Twins served straight up, blogger style? This isn't symptomatic of March Madness - it's just middle March blog blarney.

A Bit Of Blog Blarney

Rhodian Attic has discovered the origin of Mad Cow Disease in America:



Political football, anyone? Jack Morris at Drinking Liberally In Cincinnati says we should all take the NFL more seriously. After all, hasn't Condi Rice always said her dream was to be the NFL Commissioner?

I know this wouldn't change the direction of the administration, but it would get another incompetent fool out of there, and maybe by dumb random luck they might get someone in there that knew what they were doing. As for the NFL...I'd be worried if I were the Bengals, because she might send everyone in the league to attack Carson Palmer because she had intelligence that said he was building nuclear weapons inside his knee brace.

Be sure to check out Drinking Liberally In Cincinnati's homepage, and start your own local chapter if your town doesn't have one already. I can't imagine a better group of people to call friends! Speaking of Condi...

She Don't Lie, She Don't Lie, She Don't Lie...

No, I'm not talking about Condi Rice... but you knew that, didn't you? The Hollywood Liberal has the story of Condi and The Coca Leaf-laden guitar... in pictures. Bookmark it and enjoy the laughs over and over and over. Here's a whiff:



It's a hell of a... guitar, Condi.

Roasted Dick: It's What's For Dinner

Thanks to Cracks in the Facade, we have access to Maureen Dowd's review of the Prez/Dick Roast. Apparently, Senator Barack Obama was the hit(man) of the evening:

He (Obama) mocked the president's unauthorized snooping, saying he'd "asked my staff to conduct all phone conversations in the Kenyan dialect of Luo." He advised W. to "spy on the Weather Channel, and find out when big storms are coming."

After saying he'd enjoyed the Olympic biathlon of shooting and skiing, he, deadpan, turned to Dick Cheney: "Probably not your sport, Mr. Vice President."

Funny, but no one mentioned the fact that Dick Cheney (R-Bang Bang) had cited the UAE's close ties to Saddam Hussein back during the 2000 vice presidential debate. The Huffington Post has gladly brought up the subject, though, in the form of the actual transcript.

Evil Twin Alert

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has the goods on serial shoplifter/consumer fraudster/school prayer and abortion policy wonkster, Claude Allen (R-Unemployed, Arrested, and Awaiting Trial): Claude's evil twin did the crime. Hmm. Did Bush put Claude's evil twin in charge of the White House's Hurricane Katrina response? Naaaah. That was Claude.

Wait! There's more from TPM! Mean Jean Schmidt (R-Prune Face) also blames her own evil twin for her own big mouth.

So, anyway, the old article had Schmidt raging against now-Senator Liddy Dole. But the big thing was that she said young GOP activists "look like young Hitlers to me. ... They're so grim and deadly serious about the cause." Okay, so that's 1984 -- twenty-two years ago. So young GOP activists are now in their early forties to early fifties, i.e., they run today's GOP. So that's not great.

Anyway, here's where we get to the evil twin defense de Schmidt.

When confronted with the Hitler remark, Schmidt's Chief of Staff Barry Bennett, "that Schmidt made the comment, explaining that her twin sister, Jennifer Black, who was also mentioned in the paragraph, made the remark."

You can't make this stuff up. Oh, well. At least the Republicans still have Johnny Boy.

John McCain Is My Hero!

Why? Simple. Who else can have the 3rd most conservative voting record in the US Senate and still convince the backside of the Bell Curve that he's a moderate, a maverick, and not afraid to tackle George W. Bush? Yep, Another Goddamned Blog host's Paul Krugman's "The Right's Man," which neatly carves up McCain's public maverickness and private toadiness. The only thing missing: Where was presidential wannabee John McCain when New Orleans was dying? Oh, yeah. Now I remember.



I want to see that photo of those cake boys every single day during the 2008 election season. Keep licking that frosting, Johnny, and the marching morons (aka morans) will figure out that you're just another Republican reindeer games player wannabee.

Blogger Beats The Media

Film at... never mind. There probably won't be film any time soon, but The Brad Blog has scooped the MSM with the story of a new electronic voting whistleblower in my home county (of all places).

The BRAD BLOG can now report, however, that according to a Hart InterCivic company whistleblower -- who also happened to have later worked as an "election programmer" in Tarrant County -- the problems with Hart InterCivic's systems in Tarrant County, Texas and elsewhere are not new at all. Not by a longhorn long shot.

Letters sent by William Singer of Fort Worth, a former Hart InterCivic "technical specialist" and Tarrant County election worker, to state officials back in July of 2004 warned of exactly such problems. The letters, obtained and published here for the first time exclusively by The BRAD BLOG, reveal that serious problems and concerns of possible election system meltdowns were already apparent with the Hart machines in Tarrant County long ago. However, the warning letters were all but ignored by both election officials and even state law enforcement officials.

The "glitch" in last Tuesday's primary, as reported the Star-Telegram, "caused Tarrant County to report as many as 100,000 votes in both primaries that never were cast." After the problem was discovered, they report, "the local turnout from a possible record high of about 158,103 voters to about 58,000."

Imagine my shock (not really) to learn that Fort Worth Republicans tried to cheat. Humiliation, yes. Shock, no.

Feingold Gets The Finger (In More Ways Than One)

Senator Russ Feingold (D- No Fear) took a stand this week and called for the president to be censured by the US Senate. Can-O-Fun has the videos (2 of them) of the guy giving Feingold the one-finger salute, and Because Nobody Can Eat 50 Eggs has the best pro-Feingold rant. Period.

oh, ¿you need more proof? howsabout, even though Global warming gases are at the highest levels ever: UN George Porgey opted out of the Kyoto Protocol because, "working to meet targets would seriously damage the U.S. economy." oh, yeah. the economy, you mean this thing:

but, of course, Feingold is a nutcase for merely suggesting Congress Censure the Pres for tucking the Constitution and FISA down his pants and giving a big ole Texan cheer. ¡gods! Feingold was the only (THE ONLY) Senator to stand up to Bush back on '02 when he declared War and now the Democrats (hereafter knows as the Dims) won't even hold ranks for a Censure. and, let's not even talk about Impeachment. it's not like the guy was doing anything serious like having "relations" (titter) in the Oral Office

For the facts behind the Feingold censure proposal, Republicans For Satan is your go-to blog.

Jabbing The Beast

Are you keeping up with JABBS's jabs at right-wing radio radical, Mark Levin? Here's a snippet:

Levin repeated his basic premise: the White House has "inherent authority" and doesn't need Congressional approval or oversight.

That didn't answer my question, though, so I tried a different tact, even though I was clearly irritating him by daring to ask a follow-up.

So I asked him: Why did the White House cut a deal he felt it didn't need to make? Why didn't President Bush get warrantless surveillance approved in the first Patriot Act, when "he had Congress at his disposal."

But that was too much for Levin, who quickly dismissed me, saying "You're annoying me!" before hanging up. To his listeners, he suggested I was just going around and around in circles, and would never understand his logic -- a point I'd agree with.

Read the rest. It's mind blowing how stupid Bush supporters are willing to sound, even when a billion dollar defense contract isn't motivating them. Keep on jabbing, JABBS!

Ask Not For Whom The Yellow Magnet Fades

Brainshrub's photoblog series on faded yellow ribbon stickers reminds me of the Republican run on hardware store American flags after 9/11. Interesting note: most Democrats where I lived at the time (Northern Michigan) already owned flags, and they were in excellent condition. Sadly, each of Brainshrub's faded yellow sticker photos is accompanied by a new report of military war deaths.

While you're at Brainshrub.com, be sure to check out Carnival of the Liberals #8: The Haiku Edition.

Bring on the Boston Legal Eagle

If you missed James Spader's summation to the jury on Boston Legal this week, One Good Move has the video link. Well worth the few minutes to install Quicktime 7 if you don't already have it, and the scene's writing makes you wonder why elected Dems don't hire screenwriters instead of political insiders.

Sex, Candy, and Scientology

Isaac Hayes has left the construction paper cutout TV town of South Park, citing the show's disrespect of religion as his reason. Hollywood, Sex, and Candy writes:

Okay, so it's okay for Isaac to tell people to suck on his chocolate salty balls AND have an episode where a Christian religious icon has a stigmata from her ass but they can't tell Tom Cruise to come out of the closet. Scientology is the only religion that requires for you to hand over your balls. Especially if they're chocolate. And salty.

Hmm. Will the Easter Bunny bring Isaac a new set of salty chocolate huevos this year? Isaac could really use them.

Move Over, Kos!

Just in time to join the fight against Republican privitization of the internet, Democratic Underground is now hosting the Journals (blogs) of its members. If you clicked through to the Blog Box from the DU home page, you're looking at one right now.

The DU Journals are Finally Here!
Posted by Skinner Added to homepage Tue Mar 14th 2006, 03:53 PM ET

WHAT ARE DU JOURNALS?

Have you ever wanted to blog, but can't find the time? Are you intimidated by the idea of setting up and maintaining a blog? Are you looking for a way to attract visitors to your blog? Now you can maintain a blog while you post on the DU discussion forums! Introducing DU Journals -- a totally new and original idea that blends the best features of a discussion forum and a blog.

The directions are simple, the hosting is free to members, and everyone who wants one can have one. Does it get any better than this? Not if you love blogs. Check out DUer wyldwolf's excellent Max Cleland post. If only Nixon could go to China, only Max Cleland could tell this particular joke.

Still need more blog links? Try Barry Fockler's new News & Blogs (Warning! Content heavy), Blue Meme (I'm a huge fan!), or visit some of the old masters: Smirking Chimp; BartCop; and Democrats.com. Better yet, start your own blog (or DU journal) and send me the link - Before the Republicans really get serious about trying to shut us down.

Go a little mad this March and blog some blarney for the cause, y'all. We are the media now.

-- Delilah Boyd

[JABBS]

1. thanks

It's been an uphill climb talking about warrantless surveillance. Glad to see someone is taking note. :D

[Cobalt Violet]

2. That top picture of * is just darling.

I wonder if we can get a picture of him "milking" male horses. Maybe Laura has some of those in her family album.

[KoKo]

3. Good "Round Up!" and a GREAT READ!!!! Thanks!

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