Waiting for Fitzgerald

[Not Bob]

Originally posted by Captain
Did Justice Holmes know this?

Bravo, sir, bravo. Now *that* is an avatar.

(theme song disclaimer -- re line was Not Googled)

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
You teach us a new course of instruction:
Poetics of Personal Destruction.

Very nice.

S_A_M

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
And does anyone else think it was Bush who sucked Harry Reid's hairy reed to get his moronic endorsement ("I am very impressed, although I have not worked with her much or known her long") or is Rove the designated cocksucker?

Bush is an Alpha Male. Rove does his cocksucking for him.

S_A_M

[Captain]

Originally posted by Not Bob
Bravo, sir, bravo. Now *that* is an avatar.

(theme song disclaimer -- re line was Not Googled)

Thank you. I'm proud of my captains. Very good job on the lyrics:


The end of the Civil War was near
When quite accidentally,
A hero who sneezed abruptly seized
Retreat and reversed it to victory.

His medal of honor pleased and thrilled
his proud little family group.
While pinning it on some blood was spilled
And so it was planned he'd command F Troop.

Where Indian fights are colorful sights
and nobody takes a lickin'
Where pale face and redskin
Both turn chicken.

When killing and fighting get them down,
They know their morale can't droop.
As long as they all relax in town
Before they resume with a bang and a boom
F Troop.

[Penske_Account]

From Federalist #76 (as cited in today's WSJ):

"To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation. It would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity… He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." [emph. added]


I pray that the Senate does not succumb to the President's misguided and ill conceived arrogant spirit of favoritism. Amen.

[Penske_Account]

Listening to Bush talk about the bird flu ("bird to bird....bird to person......person to person....") is exacerbating my merlot flavoured kool-aid induced headache.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
From Federalist #76 (as cited in today's WSJ):

"To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation. It would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity… He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." [emph. added]


I pray that the Senate does not succumb to the President's misguided and ill conceived arrogant spirit of favoritism. Amen.

Interesting what triggers a newfound respect for the "consent" portion of Advise and Consent. Usually, a philospohical conversion this profound would require a change in administrations.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
From Federalist #76 (as cited in today's WSJ):

"To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation. It would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity… He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." [emph. added]


I pray that the Senate does not succumb to the President's misguided and ill conceived arrogant spirit of favoritism. Amen.

I thought that Mr. Bush had a mandate as of November 2, 2004, and anyone getting in the way is obstructing the Will of The People.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I thought that Mr. Bush had a mandate as of November 2, 2004, and anyone getting in the way is obstructing the Will of The People.

I think he had political capital then. Unfortunately, he spent that as if he were a congressional appropriator.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Penske_Account
From Federalist #76 (as cited in today's WSJ):

"To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation. It would be an excellent check upon a spirit of favoritism in the President, and would tend greatly to prevent the appointment of unfit characters from State prejudice, from family connection, from personal attachment, or from a view to popularity… He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure." [emph. added]


I pray that the Senate does not succumb to the President's misguided and ill conceived arrogant spirit of favoritism. Amen.

No attempt to misguide; Bush really believes she's qualified. His intelligence on her is solid.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I thought that Mr. Bush had a mandate as of November 2, 2004, and anyone getting in the way is obstructing the Will of The People.

The Right reserves the right to always be right, even when they're hoist higher than the Chrysler Building on their own petard.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by taxwonk
That wasn't my original intent. I was just responding to Sebby in a style he would appreciate. I personally feel that one should take care of one's kids, and beyond that, I look to the words of Andrew Carnegie: The man who dies wealthy dies disgraced.

If I were one of Carnegie's kids, I'd have had him stuffed and used for archery practice after that shit he pulled. Why people still applaud that hollow abominable attempt to make amends for a liftetime spent fucking and screwing people people in business is baffling. In my view, the man fucked everyone he met on the way up tha ladder, and for a signature move, tried to buy his way to heaven by pushing his kids off the top. Maybe that worked for Abraham, but if there is an afterlife, my guess is, Carnegie is giving Idi Amin his brunch blow job right about now...

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Spanky
http://news.yahoo.com/s/weeklystanda...anddemoralized

Bush did not nominate this women because he did not feel he could get his nominee through. Bush put in the people he wanted. This is just the classic example of a conservative not believing that W. is one of him. He refuses to believe he has been pandered to and bought it.

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/today.guest.html

Limbaugh doesn't get it either.

I can't wait to read Coulter's column. She did not like Roberts. She is really going to freak out over this one.

I'm surprised Kristol gets anything. The man's career is built on the coattails of his father, who's "geopolitical masterwork" was floating the idea that we should try Manifest Destiny on a global scale. He hasn't had an original thought in his fucking life. If he hadn't the luck of his last name, he'd be a goddamned number cruncher somewhere in a basement, spending his evenings clipping nose hair and jerking off to Paris Hilton.

And while I'm at it, watch the Hollinger board investigation. I am waiting to see them filet Richard Perle for accepting all sorts of improper fees and loans. May he be raped regularly, and wider than a firehose socket, in jail.

[taxwonk]

Originally posted by Spanky
I do. Manson was delusional and what he claimed "was not so".

I agree with all that. It's just that, unlike Penske, I don't claim to be omniscient.

[Penske_Account]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I thought that Mr. Bush had a mandate as of November 2, 2004, and anyone getting in the way is obstructing the Will of The People.

He breached.