Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. (1 Peter 3:15b)
Five parts Rican, Four parts Irish and one part who knows what, yet somehow: ALL-AMERICAN!
23 April 2008
Planned Parenthood
I heard about this on Laura Ingraham's show. It is pretty disturbing.
Where are the Democrats on this. Where is Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson? Where is Barack Obama? Where is the Mainstream Media?
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OK, that was trippy. I think you'll be waitn a long time for any of the people you mentioned to condemn PP tho.
As far as PP goes, they want the money regardless of the reason. I love the aff action reasoning by the caller. Unbelievable.
Ok, this is my only problem with this. Twice he talks about wanting the donation to be for blacks because of wanting less of them. The one time the lady says, "whatever", clearly annoyed. The other time he gets an uncomfortable laugh and some commentary. She could have very well have been rolling her eyes and just agreeing so he'd stop talking about his reasons.
The other times he says he wants his money to go toward an African American, it could be taken to mean that he feels they need the help more monatarily. sp? That he wants to do something to HELP them. I realize he's helping them abort a baby, but he's speaking as tho he just wants to help them. Like someone might make a donation to Habitat for Humanity, and want their money going to a house for an African American family. So I feel like it was a little bit of entrapment.
I think there were a few calls where the PP person was annoyed or uncomfortable, but there was at least one (I'm sure I remember more than one, and not the same person just repeated) who was like, 'yeah I know what you mean'. Maybe they were playing along, but why has Planned Parenthood not spoken out about this, taken action or whatever. Here's your answer...$$$$$$$$
Oh the other answer is this, abortion is the liberal sacrament. That's why the civil rights activists haven't said anything. What's worse, what Imus said, which was a bad joke by someone who has made a career out of outrageous statements, or people saying they want to donate money to make sure someone is killing black babies, and that company saying, no problem we'll take care of it for you?
The thing is, as far as we know, this is one guy calling these places trying to see what happens. He's basically making prank calls trying to see what kind of response he gets.
I'm not sure I understand what you expect PP to do here? I mean they need to explain their donation policies for sure. (I'm not sure I understand why you can make requests for your donations.) And the gals that didn't stand up to the prankster probably need to explain, but other than that, what's the action that needs to be taken?
Like I said earlier, you can look at requesting placement of your donation 2 ways. When I look at it the way you are, the place outta be shut down. When I look at it the "helping" way, it's just a legal transaction.
I don't think you can compare Imus (public) and PP taking a donation over the phone (private).
I think the thing that bugs me the most bout Planned Parenthood is their name. This organization is dedicated to anything but parenthood. It's like Air America or People For The American Way or the ACLU; all are anti- when the names say pro-.
Reck has a point about things not being what their name says. Like the People's Democratic Republic of China. It's none of the first three things. I think it would be better if PP was called abortions R us. Maybe they could put the R backwards too. Maybe they could advertise like this; (To be read by deep voiced sales pitch guy, slightly up tempo)
'Unwanted pregnancy? Come on down to Abortions R Us and get this weeks special where we will vacuum your unwanted child out of you for only $450. What's that you say, late term unwanted pregnancy? For only $50 more we'll dismember your unwanted child inside of you and then remove the little nuisance and save you 18+ years of headaches. Minority??? Ask us about donations given to specifically eradicate your race,(crescendo) from the face of the earth.'
It's Bush's fault for the price increase. If he hadn't a sold us out to "big oil" it would be much cheaper to snuff out a potential life.
Cool about the play. Maybe he's a future star. Goin to a 3rd grade Fiesta party this afternoon myself. Chance to bring up charcoal caused acid rain w/ her teachers perhaps. Hmm, maybe not, don't want to appear "un-green".
Fiesta party sounds fun. Maybe you could approach the teacher w/ that green bag from HEB over your shoulder. You could score points while calling her out. It'll really confuse her.
That was fun. They marched through the halls w/ floats they made outta shoe boxes. All the boys were army man, cowboy, ect themed; and all the girls were barbies or flower themed. Best one had a skate board underneath and root beer floats on it..it was a float float, very clever.
Big nite tonight. Can't wait for Lost; tghink they'll start explainin how the six got off tonight. Bummer it's only a few episodes and the seaqson's done.
Man, yall gotta try this Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater Butter popcorn. It IS just like theater popcorn. Think Summer found it at Costco.
I like the Pop Secret MTB. Not tried OR's. I like how they're replayin the old ads w/ him, tho.
I noticed no one asked about my GB dream. Afraid I'm gonna dirty up the rated G site? Jeez..it wasn't THAT bad. He was a perfect gentleman. Sorta. ;)
Really big nite here. In addition to the obvious, the Wings are startin their second round. Think I'll lose D for awhile.
Heading up north tomorrow after school, returning Monday. (Takin Monday off.) Spring clean up there as it'll be tough to get up there in May w/ tball games every Saturday. Memorial weekend is big up there. Opening of bass season on that Sat. so we and our neighbors have a big contest. Put in a buck, biggest bass. Then we fry em up on Sunday for a big fish fry. Anyway, we're goin up to get the pontoon in the water and clean up.
Was at school again today...they had a big bulletin board with a map of Mexico (and some of TX), w/ FIESTA in big print. Guess Cinco de Mayo is comin up, eh?
Well tnite "the Wings" mean Red AND hot as D picked up some boneless ones on the way home.
No worries, I wasn't gonna tell you anyway. :)
As it stands, it'll be busy weekend interuptus. Wings playin Sat. mid day, and there's a NFL draft we apparently care about. ? Who's kidding who...it'll be some work and plenty of lazying around. Always nice to get the boat back, tho. Weather's not lookin great.
Ok, what the hey. Go Red Wings! My predictions...Rockets down 0 and three after tonite and Whosoevers lose 6th straight fri.
Watchn the Evening News tonite for the first time in a long time. Now I remember why I don't watch that propanda laden crap. That's right Stan..*OPEN your eyes.
So yeah, if we come down could you make a Friday fish 3-8:00 on Friday, July 18th? Flights leave at an ungodly hour on Sunday morning, so I'd rather not do it Sat. No biggie, still just lookin. We still have to go thru the...
The house is officially in dissarray. Having the carpets cleaned tomorrow (puppy stuff). Have you tried to get everything off the floor lately? It's amazing.
Got sucked into that Rockets game, last qtr. I rest my case, tho. Wait till the last 3 minutes, saves ya lots of stress. See, at 2 min. left in a hockey game, they pull the goalie. Hectic, yes. But not quite the nail biter. Glad y'all won!
The Rockets. Maybe I'll say GO SPURS GO. Maybe not so much. I try to watch the Spurs but they're so boring. Even if they are really good. I think I'll root for the Pistons again this year. My Knicks are so bad that I have to have someone else to root for, and the Spurs aren't doin' it for me, and I can't stand all things Boston.
But, the Rangers take on the Pens tomorrow and the real sport, America's pastime, is getting into the swing of things. (pun intended) The Mets apparently lost again. What's up with the scheduling BTW? It seems like the Mets have played all 21 games against division teams so far. I can see the first 6 and maybe last 9 but come on, 21 straight division games?!?!
The Mets. You guys got Beltran, so there's nothin to complain about. Arlington still has a team? Seriously, I think they (Rangers) could win it all...in AA...maybe.
Well, I'm off to Helotes for a KB job and then back to Kerrville to rplace a toilet I broke. It was a fluck accident. Was pullin plastic and somehow lifted the tank lid into the air and it crashed down on the tank (crackin it) and then broke. Only I could do something like that.
Not sure if you knew this, but I was talking about the REAL Rangers...the ones who play in Manhattan. The other Rangers...didn't they have some guy who talked funny who owned the team? Some guy who traded Sammy '600+ homeruns' Sosa?
Have a good weekend all! I'm takin the bible, Carl Sagan, CS Lewis and John Grisham. I think that should cover it. Don't get too comfy without me, cuz I always come back! (Aw shoot, why'd I have to go and say that? Probly jinxed myself.)
After getting off to a rough start, giving up 12 runs in the first inning, The Bad News Baptists made a game of it but lost in the end 20 to 12. With four games remaining in their season the chances of pulling out a victory are diminishing.
Well, the good seats were taken for Beck. HOWEVER, I was unaware that there's an Insider Convention that morning in Akron. Meet n greet, breakfast, q$a, pictures, etc. So I bought tickets. I can't pass that up, can I? No. I'm already nervous.
Worked a lot up north. (Man, the cobwebs drive ya nuts.) Caught a John Wayne movie. Real cowboys and Indians flick. These particular Apaches weren't big on pants. Don't know the name, but his character was Hondo Lane. Ring a bell? I liked it, but I felt bad for the Indians at the end.
Watched your Rockets. :( Nestor's Rangers :( Lin's Red Wings :) and Pistons :)
Welcome home L. Sounds like you had a good workin weekend. Hondo Lane doesn't ring a bell.
Just got home from Austin myself. Went to finish job there sat, but got half way there (San Marcos) and realized I'd forgotten the paint :(
Got the day off manana, gonna go comput shoppin...maybe.
Startn another job in Austin wed or thurs for Verizon bigwigs. Looks like I'll be makin quite a few trips there Nest in the coming weeks, wouldn't mind attendn one a yer Bible studies (if it's ok). Our wed nite breaks for summer this comin wed (which I'll probably miss, again). Am lookin forward to wed mornins again, got a few left.
I googled the movie. 1953, called Hondo. The leading gal was nominated for an academy award. Hm. Musta been a slow year. Sorta surprised you'd not heard of it. Then again, he did a bunch, eh?
Probably seen it, just can't recall it right now. Have heard a the movie now that I think about it.
Caught about 15 minutes a Rev Wrights speech this mornin at the dentist off. Man, I love this guy. If Obama loses, it'll be cause a the good rev Wright.
Workin indeed. Took a bbq grill, a mattress, a chair, 2 automans (sp?) and 11 ginormous industrial type black garbage bags to the dump. Only lost one bag off the trailer (I saw it fly off, so we went back for it). gnite.
Oh, turns out I was right about Svet bein at TH as MarinaRose. She's in full force takin on libs and talkin bout the Sov. Union. Seems "Helen" has moved on from Stan. So if you miss Lilly, you know where to find her.
Yes, new compute manana. Takin tomorrow off as well, my mother's giving us hers; since she's gettn a new one. Don't know too much about it; she had it built for her by this computer dude (who's suppossed to come out here manana and splain me some things). I do know it has XP, which will be a huge step-up from Windows 98. Gonna copy some things tonite to disks and then shut her down. Takin this opprtunity to rearrange my office area (which is simply part of mstr bedrm).
We'll post our sur picks later, just in case I'm down for a few days..ya never know.
Speakin a comin up w/ things. Gonna do a short skit sun after next to promote our Koinonia family movie nite. It's gonna be a take-off a those Geico commercials (ie. so-and so is a regular customer and not a paid celeb); gonna do my George W. Bush impersonation..oh, I can do him pretty good.
Here's the first part:
Person: May 18th, we are going to have a family movie nite here at the church. The feature presentation will be C. S. Lewis' (yes this is a Reck pick btw) The Chonicles of Narnia. Bush: May 18th, were gonna watch a.. recordafication.. a Jerry Lewis' The Chroneckels a Nar-nia.
Well that's a bonus gettin mom's puter! Good luck w/ the transition. I realize you never experience snags, and everything seems to go swimmingly in your world, but you never know. You might experience a first and break something. Stranger things have happened.
That skit is very clever. :) Have you seen the AT&T add for the Go Phone with Meatloaf? "Let me sleep on it..." Cracks me up.
Oh! Have you seen the Cheeto that looks like Jesus?? Saw it on the news this weekend. It IS a good likening. He put it in a box. He calls Jeetos. I'm not kidding.
I've one more day of January to read in my chick bible. Got into the Joseph story this weekend, had to see how it turned out. No one told me this bood was that long. :)
I had a rough mornin, too...dentist. What started out as 2 tiny cavities, not needing novacaine, turned into numbing both sides of my mouth. Now normally I get gassed. Yes, for cavities. Can't help it...get the sweaty palms, and ya never know when my body decides it's best to just pass out. Today, I convinced myself that I'm a big girl, and I don't need it. So she's numbing me, and half way thru she quits, and lays a teddybear on my stomach. When I didn't move, she lifts up my arm and makes me hold it, and she says she'll come back after I'm more relaxed. I thought I was doin well, apparently not. So any pride I had in not getting gassed.. went out the window as I lay there holding a yellow bear. Good grief. I told her I picked the wrong week to quit nitris oxide. I hope she's seen Airplane, otherwise she thinks I just this week put my tanks in storage.
Ok, maybe I'm dumb..but I downloaded google earth and would now like to actually use it. The problem is, where do you start? All I'm gettn are youtube examples. How do you use this darn thing?
Wow, didn't expect to hear from you till at least Saturday. ;)
I can see how you're having trouble. I've not figured out the best way to get you to where you want to be, but try this just to get you in. When you're at the home page, go down to where it says "Plazes" and click on the link to google underneath that. It'll take you to the earth and zoom in on a place, but from there go to the upper right corner and zoom out. Click and drag on the earth to spin it. Let me know if that works, cuz if it doesn't I'll try something else.
Ok, it's not that I don't believe you that it didn't work...but I don't believe you. What happens when you click on Gallery, from the home page? You should get a page w/ examples of what you can do. Underneath "Plazes", there's a link that's labeled "Open in Google Earth" (in red) that's next to "World Population Density". Pls try it and let me know what you get. (I really want you to get this.)
Did you download the software off of the site? When you're at the home page, to the right, you'll see "download google earth 4.3." You need to do that! Then I think it'll set you up with a desktop icon. (That's from my bro in Seattle, I didn't think that maybe you didn't download.)
Yes, I did download the 4.3 thing but there's no icon to speak of. I'll look into it more later (cause I'm as interested in this as you are interested in me bein interested) or something like that.
Man vs, Wild starts again fri btw. You know, for someone who doesn't watch tv, I watch alotta tv.
S and I went and saw Expelled this weekend, was actually pretty good.
Speaking of t.v., I don't normally watch it in the morning, but I flipped around for an hour. Here's some snippets...
1. The Today Show. A disturbing study: 58% of married moms fantasize about men other than their husbands. This is not what disturbs me. The top 3 men we fantasize about: 1. George Clooney (k, I get it.) 2. Tom Brady (check) 3...Barack Obama. OBAMA??!! You're kidding me with this, right? Now THIS is disturbing.
2. Tyra Banks Show. Tyra remembers that when she was in high school, she was worried about her Trigonometry class, cuz she didn't know what a proton was. ?????
3. A judge show,(Mathis I think). The judge asks the defendant something like 'what are the due dates on the utility bills?' And the woman answers, "well, don't quote me on this, but..." Um, you're in COURT. See that nice lady sitting up by the judge typing everything you're saying? SHE'S QUOTING YOU!!
Now I know why I don't watch daytime tv. The Tyra Banks Show, that's gotta be must se television. I might watch it if she did the entire show in Sports Illusrtated swimsiut gear...maybe.
So what are the other 42% thinkin about?
Still haven't gone to my blog, kids are stalking the computer. "Are ya done Dad? What about now? I called it next! Bubba was on for an hour before you got home Dad, it's MY turn! No I wasn't, I just got on!"
Hope they won. Won't say anything about sur or Lost (tho was alittle disappointed in Lost this time). Expectations too high I guess; that and all the freakn commercials. It's turned into a GB thing, too many comms.
No winning or losing in t-ball. I know, but a lot of em still don't know what the heck's goin on. I have a picture of kids doing handstands in the outfield. They're little. Ben, tho, is a major leaguer. (2nd year doing this.)"Bases loaded, baby!" funny
Totals for y'all... Old draft: D- 60 S- 50 L-44 R- 32
New: D-16 L-16 S-13 R-6
You actually had a pretty good night. You'd think the scoring would be getting easier, but for some reason, it's not. See ya...
How long is this ATX job? Glad you got the new CPU up and running. Still haven't seen expelled. Funny how I plugged it and haven't seen it. I'll probably seen Iron Man before I see expelled. My wife and I went on a date this week too, but we mostly hung out and talked and window shopped on SOCO. It's pretty cool there. There is this bumper sticker I saw at work that really describes South Congress, and South Austin in general. It goes; 'South Austin, we're all here because we're not all there.'
ATX job will be goin on and off for next 3 weeks. Next Verizon job will be there as well (off of Lamar). The skinny is I'll be doin these things anywhere between Waco and Brownsville over the next couple a years. You and Sharp both promoted Expelled to me (and others) and neither have seen it; it's not earth shatterin, but it is good.
4th place ain't that bad. Next season I'll use a different strategery :) Maybe we should do a Lost draft; I say Juliet dies next :)
Power outage here at the O-sky coral yesterday. I learned something in my hours of darkness. I really like electricity. Reeeeealy like it. Problem with us losing power is that we're on a well. So no power = no water. And no water = well... no water. Came back on at midnite.
Sorry about the Rockets. Oh, that reminds me...Dave was golfing with Shane Battier's brother, Jeremy yesterday. I guess they're decent friends, and know each other thru the Transpotation. Club of Det.
Cool about D's golfn buddy. Battier (the BB playr) is a real team player and never gives up. Yeah, Rockets are out. Proud a how they hung tough w/ all the injuries. When we lost Alston again last nite, knew it was over. We're gonna be a dangerous team next year tho (barrin no injuries).
Bapts lost again, 12 to 4. Thinkn 'bout askin to be traded ;)
They've got umpteen tutorials on navigatn the site, only problem is there's no way to get started. The only thing I can access are maps that I can access pretty much anywhere else.
Hey R, did you try clicking on your start button and going to Programs, and finding GE there? You should have 4 options, one of which is uninstall. The top one gets me into the earth screen where you fly around. Maybe try that? (Assuming you're just typing in the URL now.)
If I had a blog, I'd post this there, but I don't, so sorry Nestor...I'll try to make this as short as possible.
I got the Townhall magazine yesterday (free). There's an article in it that bothers me. Thought I'd get y'alls take on it. It's about Al Franken (who I'm no fan of btw), and his quote about Karl Rove and Scooter Libby during his appearance on Letterman back in '05.
Here's the quote on Letterman: "Geroge H.W. Bush, the President's father, was the head of the CIA, and he had said that outing a CIA agent is treason. And so, basically, what it looks like is going to happen is that Libby and Karl Rove are going to be exectued." Letterman says, "Really?" And Franken says, "Yeah, and I don't know how I feel about it, because I'm basically against the death penalty but they are going to be executed."
Now I guess he was recently interviewed by a gal from CNN, Chetry is her name. She says to him, "You said some things about Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, saying they should be executed for treason because of their-" Franken interupts- "I did not say that, Kiran." "In a joking manner, in a satirical way?" she asked. "Nope. I didn't even say that in a joking manner." Franken replied.
Now listen to the last paragraph in TH mag...."To her credit, Chetry called him on it by reading the text of his actual Letterman joke on the air. And how was she rewarded for good journalism? That night MSNBC's Olbermann cited Chetry in his "World's Worst Persons" countdown."
Now I gotta go w/ Franken on this one if I'm reading the quote right. Did you hear him say they "should be executed"? No, he said they "will" be exectued. TH thinks this is good journalism on her part? Am I missing something here??
In the first part he is not saying they should, he is saying they will. The second part is where he is implying they should be executed. He says he's against the death penalty, yet he's implying the death penalty isn't a bad thing in their case. It was almost certainly a joke on Franken's part, and it was also good journalism on the reporter's part as well. And as for Keith Olbermann...I REALLY wish he would go back to ESPN.
But I think he was saying in his comment that Rove and Libby should get the death penalty, and when called on it, he ducked the question. I wonder if he got the QUACK, QUACK on Laura Ingraham's show.
I hear what you're saying. But I don't think implying something is the same as saying it. Technically, he was right. He never said they "should be executed". It's annoying, because you know the implication he's making. It's sorta what Stan does a lot. Sort of a game. But still, you can't say someone said something when they didn't. And a journalist especially should know that someone can always throw that back in your face with the "I didn't say that...that's how YOU took it to mean", *IMHO*. :)
No icon. I'll ck programs, Miss Google earth defender.
Youngest and I went swimmin today. Never play this game if your kid asks, "Hey Dad, let's play bus, I'm the bus driver, ok?" Apparently the "bus" is required to swim UNDERWATER w/ the "bus driver" sittn on his back.
Good morning all! I'm off to church! Don't adjust your sets. D and B are off to tball pictures, so I'm taking number one son. Had some cool church dreams this morning, so I figured I'd go. I'm donning my confidence hat, so hopefully I'll feel less uncomfortable. Wish me luck.
Later, I wanna read how Reck flew over his house via GE!
Hooray! Check out Walled Lake, MI! They'll take you to the lake that's a mile east of our house. On the northern tip, there's a picture of Bayside, which is a cool place in the summer, w/ a deck right on the water. And there's a public beach there where we swim. Just tried the canyon...that is cool. They've updated their pictures. And I noticed when you come close to your house, it's at an angle now. Used to be total birdseye. If you're interested, look D up in the yellow pages on line and fly over our place! :)
This morning was good! Still feel like I have a sign on my forehead saying 'not sure if I'm buyin this'. But I don't know if I'll ever be able to reconcile that, so I'm just tryin not to let it be the bain of my existence while I'm there. T enjoyed it, I felt better w/ him w/ me.
I'll ck-it out (the lake) not the casa tho; must have some boundaries ;)
Glad you & T went. For whatever reason (tho I think I know) kids love church. We had 16 kids in the Kids Church this mornin (a record, for me atleast). Definately tests the ol Spirit gift a patience.
Oh, people usually can tell if you're new or alittle uncomfortable in church. When you see them speaking in hushed tones, they're talkn about you....I'm kiddn...maybe ;)
It's a house from the sky. It's not like you're peekin in the windows. But I'll accept that you have boundries, I apparently do not. :) I was just floatin around Helotes. Lotsa trees down there...
Yeah, lotsa trees, but we got short trees round these parts. Helotes area is nice, gets pretty hilly just north a there. We live ENE a Helotes... and our windows are tinted :)
Didn't realize there were other tenants in that building! Bummer OT ending, tho. We were watchin it while we were putting together a t.v. stand. Only (ha) one noticable error. The very bottom shelf, under the drawer, is on backwards so that the unfinished side shows. Time for brown magic marker. Too much trouble to dis-assemble after we saw it. Oh, and there is the 2 marks I made coming through the wood screwing the screws in too hard. I call that manufacturer's error, tho. Screw shouldn't have been that long.
K, I'm hooked on Deadliest Catch. Gotta admit, tho, it's tough for me keeping track of all the boats and captains. Get em confused.
I'm a happy girl you got that sorted out. Let me know what you think is worth a look. I like that there are points of interest you can click on and it gives you actual pictures. I noticed today, too, that you can check off "street views" or something like that...and it'll take you down to street level. There was quite a bit of that in your area I think. At any rate, so you know.
Hey, did you guys hear about the horse who was put down after getting second at the KY Derby this weekend?? How sad was that?
I went to the Derby in...'93? Just had tickets in the infield. What a buncha nuts! I guess it's like the infield of a car race, etc. I was havin my mint julip thinkin, 'I'm too old for this', and I was 26? That's how crazy those folks are. Funny side note, too....I never actually saw a horse. They have the big screens set up out there, but the crowd's so thick you can't actually see the horses. Just a heads up incase you ever wanna go...get a bleacher seat.
Yeah, they take that horse race alittle serious there. My experience w/ horse racin is always let the chick you're w/ pick the horse to bet on if you wanna win some money. Girls pick horses based on their names (as opposed to a guy handicappn) and it ALWAYS works.
Was just sittn here this mornin, sippn coffee and readn different new sites stories a Barak Obama and solidly convinced that his campaign wrote most a them; especially MSNBC. It was sickning.
Einstein dies and goes to heaven, Saint Peter tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?"
Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?"
Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.
Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says. "Welcome to heaven!"
The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials.
Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"
Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."
Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.
Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!" he says. "Come on in!"
Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"
George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"
I recall back when that was going down, and it was a common joke (based on fact (except, they probably aren't gonna get executed for their treason. IMHO they should be executed for their treason) he used on his old radio show.
What the RosenBERG's did was treason. What many people have done in selling National Security secrets to the Soviet and Chinese governments is treason. What Libby did was to 'out' a CIA employee who wasn't undercover. I guess it would be like her neighbor saying to a friend; 'Yeah that lady next door, Valerie, she does something at the CIA.'
BTW: (now that Nestor stipulates that Libby outed Plame) Libby wasn't the only one that outed Plame. It was a "vast right-wing conspiracy" (former First Lady Clinton) that outed her.
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OK, that was trippy. I think you'll be waitn a long time for any of the people you mentioned to condemn PP tho.
As far as PP goes, they want the money regardless of the reason. I love the aff action reasoning by the caller. Unbelievable.
Ok, this is my only problem with this. Twice he talks about wanting the donation to be for blacks because of wanting less of them. The one time the lady says, "whatever", clearly annoyed. The other time he gets an uncomfortable laugh and some commentary. She could have very well have been rolling her eyes and just agreeing so he'd stop talking about his reasons.
The other times he says he wants his money to go toward an African American, it could be taken to mean that he feels they need the help more monatarily. sp? That he wants to do something to HELP them. I realize he's helping them abort a baby, but he's speaking as tho he just wants to help them. Like someone might make a donation to Habitat for Humanity, and want their money going to a house for an African American family. So I feel like it was a little bit of entrapment.
I think there were a few calls where the PP person was annoyed or uncomfortable, but there was at least one (I'm sure I remember more than one, and not the same person just repeated) who was like, 'yeah I know what you mean'. Maybe they were playing along, but why has Planned Parenthood not spoken out about this, taken action or whatever. Here's your answer...$$$$$$$$
Oh the other answer is this, abortion is the liberal sacrament. That's why the civil rights activists haven't said anything. What's worse, what Imus said, which was a bad joke by someone who has made a career out of outrageous statements, or people saying they want to donate money to make sure someone is killing black babies, and that company saying, no problem we'll take care of it for you?
The thing is, as far as we know, this is one guy calling these places trying to see what happens. He's basically making prank calls trying to see what kind of response he gets.
I'm not sure I understand what you expect PP to do here? I mean they need to explain their donation policies for sure. (I'm not sure I understand why you can make requests for your donations.) And the gals that didn't stand up to the prankster probably need to explain, but other than that, what's the action that needs to be taken?
Like I said earlier, you can look at requesting placement of your donation 2 ways. When I look at it the way you are, the place outta be shut down. When I look at it the "helping" way, it's just a legal transaction.
I don't think you can compare Imus (public) and PP taking a donation over the phone (private).
I think the thing that bugs me the most bout Planned Parenthood is their name. This organization is dedicated to anything but parenthood. It's like Air America or People For The American Way or the ACLU; all are anti- when the names say pro-.
Well, Abortions R Us probably wouldn't go over that well.
Done w/ Austin? Don't forget picks pickers.
Havin a hard time gettn my comments through, I'll try again.
Abortions or Us..nice.
Didn't finich Austin, they were still installn tile, back today (maybe).
S picks James.
R picks Eric.
I know. It was a little crass.
Let's see..R's goin w/ Erik, so I'll pick Cerie! No, really..
L takes Jason
D takes Alexis
3rd grade play last night. Three Billy Goats Gruff. The boy was a tree. He's a serious ham.
Hey, don't forget Lost is back tnite! Kinda bummed it's on at 10:00 now, tho.
Reck has a point about things not being what their name says. Like the People's Democratic Republic of China. It's none of the first three things. I think it would be better if PP was called abortions R us. Maybe they could put the R backwards too. Maybe they could advertise like this; (To be read by deep voiced sales pitch guy, slightly up tempo)
'Unwanted pregnancy? Come on down to Abortions R Us and get this weeks special where we will vacuum your unwanted child out of you for only $450. What's that you say, late term unwanted pregnancy? For only $50 more we'll dismember your unwanted child inside of you and then remove the little nuisance and save you 18+ years of headaches. Minority??? Ask us about donations given to specifically eradicate your race,(crescendo) from the face of the earth.'
Oh there should also be a dramatic pause at the same place as the crescendo.
I take that back about me being crass. Nestor wins.
They've really gone up in price. I remember when they were $250.00. Ahhh, the good ol' days!
It's Bush's fault for the price increase. If he hadn't a sold us out to "big oil" it would be much cheaper to snuff out a potential life.
Cool about the play. Maybe he's a future star. Goin to a 3rd grade Fiesta party this afternoon myself. Chance to bring up charcoal caused acid rain w/ her teachers perhaps. Hmm, maybe not, don't want to appear "un-green".
Fiesta party sounds fun. Maybe you could approach the teacher w/ that green bag from HEB over your shoulder. You could score points while calling her out. It'll really confuse her.
Ah...chaos, I like that. Maybe I should fill the green bag w/ charcoal :)
Ha! Now you're thinking!
That was fun. They marched through the halls w/ floats they made outta shoe boxes. All the boys were army man, cowboy, ect themed; and all the girls were barbies or flower themed. Best one had a skate board underneath and root beer floats on it..it was a float float, very clever.
Big nite tonight. Can't wait for Lost; tghink they'll start explainin how the six got off tonight. Bummer it's only a few episodes and the seaqson's done.
Man, yall gotta try this Orville Redenbacher's Movie Theater Butter popcorn. It IS just like theater popcorn. Think Summer found it at Costco.
FYI, don't type while eatn this stuff. Now excuse me while I go to get some clean wipes for the keyboard.
Mmmmm...rootbeer float.
I like the Pop Secret MTB. Not tried OR's. I like how they're replayin the old ads w/ him, tho.
I noticed no one asked about my GB dream. Afraid I'm gonna dirty up the rated G site? Jeez..it wasn't THAT bad. He was a perfect gentleman. Sorta. ;)
Really big nite here. In addition to the obvious, the Wings are startin their second round. Think I'll lose D for awhile.
Heading up north tomorrow after school, returning Monday. (Takin Monday off.) Spring clean up there as it'll be tough to get up there in May w/ tball games every Saturday. Memorial weekend is big up there. Opening of bass season on that Sat. so we and our neighbors have a big contest. Put in a buck, biggest bass. Then we fry em up on Sunday for a big fish fry. Anyway, we're goin up to get the pontoon in the water and clean up.
Was at school again today...they had a big bulletin board with a map of Mexico (and some of TX), w/ FIESTA in big print. Guess Cinco de Mayo is comin up, eh?
Wow, sounds like your gonna have a busy weekend, eh?
Will pass on the PG-13 Glenn Beck dream, if ya don't mind. Not a picture I want in my head. You know, still haven't read his latest book.
Still not sure what "the Wings" means ;)
Well tnite "the Wings" mean Red AND hot as D picked up some boneless ones on the way home.
No worries, I wasn't gonna tell you anyway. :)
As it stands, it'll be busy weekend interuptus. Wings playin Sat. mid day, and there's a NFL draft we apparently care about. ? Who's kidding who...it'll be some work and plenty of lazying around. Always nice to get the boat back, tho. Weather's not lookin great.
Ok, what the hey. Go Red Wings!
My predictions...Rockets down 0 and three after tonite and Whosoevers lose 6th straight fri.
Watchn the Evening News tonite for the first time in a long time.
Now I remember why I don't watch that propanda laden crap. That's right Stan..*OPEN your eyes.
Good luck up north.
Thanks, but I'm not gone yet. :)
Lookin up flights to Harlingen on July 16. Is summer a big time down there? I woulda thought it was the off season.
So yeah, if we come down could you make a Friday fish 3-8:00 on Friday, July 18th? Flights leave at an ungodly hour on Sunday morning, so I'd rather not do it Sat. No biggie, still just lookin. We still have to go thru the...
L: I dunnoooo. That's a lot of moneyyyy....
D: Just book it! Let's go!
L: Are you suuuuuure????
D: Seriously. We're going!
This is what we do before every trip. :)
July 18th sounds bueno.
Let me know when you've seen sur; I'm still laughin 'bout it.
Awww...poor sap. So trusting!
Speakin of saps, here's the totals. Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Old draft:
D: 60
S: 50
L: 44
R: 32
New:
S:13
D:11
L:10
R: um, 4.
The house is officially in dissarray. Having the carpets cleaned tomorrow (puppy stuff). Have you tried to get everything off the floor lately? It's amazing.
Thoughts on Lost?
Too many dadgum commercials. Thought it was good (have more to say tho). Gotta get back to the game, Rockets and Jazz ties at half.
I forgot about the game....
Your Wings won tnite, btw. :)
Got sucked into that Rockets game, last qtr. I rest my case, tho. Wait till the last 3 minutes, saves ya lots of stress. See, at 2 min. left in a hockey game, they pull the goalie. Hectic, yes. But not quite the nail biter. Glad y'all won!
Go Wings! Go Rockets! Red all around.
Big win, still alive. Basketball IS fantastic.
The Rockets. Maybe I'll say GO SPURS GO. Maybe not so much. I try to watch the Spurs but they're so boring. Even if they are really good. I think I'll root for the Pistons again this year. My Knicks are so bad that I have to have someone else to root for, and the Spurs aren't doin' it for me, and I can't stand all things Boston.
But, the Rangers take on the Pens tomorrow and the real sport, America's pastime, is getting into the swing of things. (pun intended) The Mets apparently lost again. What's up with the scheduling BTW? It seems like the Mets have played all 21 games against division teams so far. I can see the first 6 and maybe last 9 but come on, 21 straight division games?!?!
Speaking of the Rangers, did you notice the whoopin we gave em on Wed? 19-6 I think it was.
The Mets. You guys got Beltran, so there's nothin to complain about. Arlington still has a team? Seriously, I think they (Rangers) could win it all...in AA...maybe.
Just felt like talkn some smack this mornin :)
Well, I'm off to Helotes for a KB job and then back to Kerrville to rplace a toilet I broke. It was a fluck accident. Was pullin plastic and somehow lifted the tank lid into the air and it crashed down on the tank (crackin it) and then broke. Only I could do something like that.
Peace homeys.
Not sure if you knew this, but I was talking about the REAL Rangers...the ones who play in Manhattan. The other Rangers...didn't they have some guy who talked funny who owned the team? Some guy who traded Sammy '600+ homeruns' Sosa?
My bad. You meant the Winnipeg Rangers ;)
Just don't know sqwat 'bout hockey I'm afraid.
Verizon cut me a break and they're gonna replace the toilet I broke for me. Back to Helotes for final coat and done for the day.
Whoops! Sorry, I was thinkin baseball. You're lucky you got Shanny.(Shanahan) Miss him bein here.
Yeah, I briefly mentioned hockey and jumped quickly to baseball. I didn't have much of a segue.
Have a good weekend all! I'm takin the bible, Carl Sagan, CS Lewis and John Grisham. I think that should cover it. Don't get too comfy without me, cuz I always come back! (Aw shoot, why'd I have to go and say that? Probly jinxed myself.)
Have a safe trip O-ski's. And don't go gettn supersticous on us. You'll be back...knock on wood ;)
Battlin Baptists Drop Sixth Straight
After getting off to a rough start, giving up 12 runs in the first inning, The Bad News Baptists made a game of it but lost in the end 20 to 12. With four games remaining in their season the chances of pulling out a victory are diminishing.
It was all set up (by the "vast right-wing conspiracy"), IMHO.
"They're getting in
They're getting inside" - Supertramp ('Brother Where You Bound')
Hi! Was thinkin you might win this Fri. shucks
Well, the good seats were taken for Beck. HOWEVER, I was unaware that there's an Insider Convention that morning in Akron. Meet n greet, breakfast, q$a, pictures, etc. So I bought tickets. I can't pass that up, can I? No.
I'm already nervous.
Worked a lot up north. (Man, the cobwebs drive ya nuts.) Caught a John Wayne movie. Real cowboys and Indians flick. These particular Apaches weren't big on pants. Don't know the name, but his character was Hondo Lane. Ring a bell? I liked it, but I felt bad for the Indians at the end.
Watched your Rockets. :(
Nestor's Rangers :(
Lin's Red Wings :) and Pistons :)
Cold here again.
Welcome back Linda.
Thanks! It's good to be home. Hope you had a good weekend.
Welcome home L. Sounds like you had a good workin weekend. Hondo Lane doesn't ring a bell.
Just got home from Austin myself. Went to finish job there sat, but got half way there (San Marcos) and realized I'd forgotten the paint :(
Got the day off manana, gonna go comput shoppin...maybe.
Startn another job in Austin wed or thurs for Verizon bigwigs. Looks like I'll be makin quite a few trips there Nest in the coming weeks, wouldn't mind attendn one a yer Bible studies (if it's ok). Our wed nite breaks for summer this comin wed (which I'll probably miss, again). Am lookin forward to wed mornins again, got a few left.
I googled the movie. 1953, called Hondo. The leading gal was nominated for an academy award. Hm. Musta been a slow year. Sorta surprised you'd not heard of it. Then again, he did a bunch, eh?
Probably seen it, just can't recall it right now. Have heard a the movie now that I think about it.
Caught about 15 minutes a Rev Wrights speech this mornin at the dentist off. Man, I love this guy.
If Obama loses, it'll be cause a the good rev Wright.
Operation Chaos is in full gear!
Workin indeed. Took a bbq grill, a mattress, a chair, 2 automans (sp?) and 11 ginormous industrial type black garbage bags to the dump. Only lost one bag off the trailer (I saw it fly off, so we went back for it). gnite.
Ooooh! Jinx again! You owe me a coke. Couldn't resist.
Ha! Jinxed me again. Went ahead and googles Hondo, not much info. Was Al Bundie's fav movie, that's about it.
gn.
bye bye
Hey, I noticed when I bought those GB tickets, it said on the site, "Houston dates TBA". Sounds like he's adding planet Houston to his schedule!
Reck, if that's all you found on Hondo, you need to get your Google fixed. :)
Oh, turns out I was right about Svet bein at TH as MarinaRose. She's in full force takin on libs and talkin bout the Sov. Union. Seems "Helen" has moved on from Stan. So if you miss Lilly, you know where to find her.
Interestn, MarinaRose. Seems like I remember something about that awhile back.
Sounds delicious and is full of wanderfels ;)
Any luck on the computer front? Finally found a tv stand, picked it up today at Target. Something else to assemble! Does it ever end?
..full of wanderfels...I dunno where you come up with this stuff.
Yes, new compute manana. Takin tomorrow off as well, my mother's giving us hers; since she's gettn a new one. Don't know too much about it; she had it built for her by this computer dude (who's suppossed to come out here manana and splain me some things). I do know it has XP, which will be a huge step-up from Windows 98.
Gonna copy some things tonite to disks and then shut her down. Takin this opprtunity to rearrange my office area (which is simply part of mstr bedrm).
We'll post our sur picks later, just in case I'm down for a few days..ya never know.
Speakin a comin up w/ things. Gonna do a short skit sun after next to promote our Koinonia family movie nite. It's gonna be a take-off a those Geico commercials (ie. so-and so is a regular customer and not a paid celeb); gonna do my George W. Bush impersonation..oh, I can do him pretty good.
Here's the first part:
Person: May 18th, we are going to have a family movie nite here at the church. The feature presentation will be C. S. Lewis' (yes this is a Reck pick btw) The Chonicles of Narnia.
Bush: May 18th, were gonna watch a.. recordafication.. a Jerry Lewis' The Chroneckels a Nar-nia.
Gonna be fun.
Well that's a bonus gettin mom's puter! Good luck w/ the transition. I realize you never experience snags, and everything seems to go swimmingly in your world, but you never know. You might experience a first and break something. Stranger things have happened.
That skit is very clever. :) Have you seen the AT&T add for the Go Phone with Meatloaf? "Let me sleep on it..." Cracks me up.
Just in case...we both pick Eric.
Ha, very funny! Yes, I have a flawless life.
Have seen the Meatloaf commercial :) Also like the Framton (Geico) "I pulled my hair out".
Rockets still alive! Piston made a statement in their game.
Never got any a my disk copies done...manana.
Eric huh?
S goes w/ Parv.
I pick James.
gn.
Reck -
> Rockets still alive!
I kind of mention it in a comment/response over on my blog. :-)
Yes. Eric. Why does it sound like you know something I don't? Stop that. You're making me paranoid.
Hey, good bball nite for both, huh? I was watchin hockey. That takes priority in this house.
Had that Frampton Comes Alive album as a kid. Remember the pin-up of him when you unfolded the album?
Enjoy your day at home....
Oh! Have you seen the Cheeto that looks like Jesus?? Saw it on the news this weekend. It IS a good likening. He put it in a box. He calls Jeetos. I'm not kidding.
I've one more day of January to read in my chick bible. Got into the Joseph story this weekend, had to see how it turned out. No one told me this bood was that long. :)
He calls "him" Jeetos. Missed that.
Jeetos..think I might use that as an expression of exasperation from now on.. like "jeetos, come on guys, get a hit" or "that was a foul ref, jeetos!"
Yeah, I'm guru-ish when it comes to Survivor :)
Thanks for the day off well wishes. Been kinda a tough mornin, woke up w/ a minor migrain, better now. Get em every now and then. Jeetos they hurt.
Well, fixin to shuter down (comput); gonna miss the ol girl.
I'll be back.
I had a rough mornin, too...dentist. What started out as 2 tiny cavities, not needing novacaine, turned into numbing both sides of my mouth. Now normally I get gassed. Yes, for cavities. Can't help it...get the sweaty palms, and ya never know when my body decides it's best to just pass out. Today, I convinced myself that I'm a big girl, and I don't need it. So she's numbing me, and half way thru she quits, and lays a teddybear on my stomach. When I didn't move, she lifts up my arm and makes me hold it, and she says she'll come back after I'm more relaxed. I thought I was doin well, apparently not. So any pride I had in not getting gassed.. went out the window as I lay there holding a yellow bear. Good grief. I told her I picked the wrong week to quit nitris oxide. I hope she's seen Airplane, otherwise she thinks I just this week put my tanks in storage.
Dentist too, eh?
Well, new comput up and runnin. no problems so far :)
Ok, maybe I'm dumb..but I downloaded google earth and would now like to actually use it. The problem is, where do you start? All I'm gettn are youtube examples. How do you use this darn thing?
Wow, didn't expect to hear from you till at least Saturday. ;)
I can see how you're having trouble. I've not figured out the best way to get you to where you want to be, but try this just to get you in. When you're at the home page, go down to where it says "Plazes" and click on the link to google underneath that. It'll take you to the earth and zoom in on a place, but from there go to the upper right corner and zoom out. Click and drag on the earth to spin it. Let me know if that works, cuz if it doesn't I'll try something else.
Sorry, you need to go to "Galleries" from the Home page first,(in the left side menu) then Plazes.
Ha..saturday,very funny.
I'll try that.
Been gettn my backgammon fix at Pogo for the last hour anda half. I've missed my BG and dominoes. Wouldn't load on old pute.
Tried it, didn't have any luck. Found some drawings a some buildings on another deal. Wow (insert sarcasm).
Ok, it's not that I don't believe you that it didn't work...but I don't believe you. What happens when you click on Gallery, from the home page? You should get a page w/ examples of what you can do. Underneath "Plazes", there's a link that's labeled "Open in Google Earth" (in red) that's next to "World Population Density". Pls try it and let me know what you get. (I really want you to get this.)
New idea, R.
Did you download the software off of the site? When you're at the home page, to the right, you'll see "download google earth 4.3." You need to do that! Then I think it'll set you up with a desktop icon. (That's from my bro in Seattle, I didn't think that maybe you didn't download.)
Mornin all.
Yes, I did download the 4.3 thing but there's no icon to speak of. I'll look into it more later (cause I'm as interested in this as you are interested in me bein interested) or something like that.
Man vs, Wild starts again fri btw. You know, for someone who doesn't watch tv, I watch alotta tv.
S and I went and saw Expelled this weekend, was actually pretty good.
Well, gotta vamanos to Austin, have a good one.
Speaking of t.v., I don't normally watch it in the morning, but I flipped around for an hour. Here's some snippets...
1. The Today Show. A disturbing study: 58% of married moms fantasize about men other than their husbands. This is not what disturbs me.
The top 3 men we fantasize about:
1. George Clooney (k, I get it.)
2. Tom Brady (check)
3...Barack Obama. OBAMA??!! You're kidding me with this, right? Now THIS is disturbing.
2. Tyra Banks Show. Tyra remembers that when she was in high school, she was worried about her Trigonometry class, cuz she didn't know what a proton was. ?????
3. A judge show,(Mathis I think). The judge asks the defendant something like 'what are the due dates on the utility bills?' And the woman answers, "well, don't quote me on this, but..."
Um, you're in COURT. See that nice lady sitting up by the judge typing everything you're saying? SHE'S QUOTING YOU!!
Now I know why I don't watch daytime tv. The Tyra Banks Show, that's gotta be must se television. I might watch it if she did the entire show in Sports Illusrtated swimsiut gear...maybe.
So what are the other 42% thinkin about?
Still haven't gone to my blog, kids are stalking the computer. "Are ya done Dad? What about now? I called it next! Bubba was on for an hour before you got home Dad, it's MY turn! No I wasn't, I just got on!"
Now oldest has to get on for homework, ya right.
The other 42%...shopping.
First t-ball game tnite. Brrrr. They did well, tho. I think they could probably take your Battlin Baptists. We're gonna be a bit behind on Survivor.
Hope they won. Won't say anything about sur or Lost (tho was alittle disappointed in Lost this time). Expectations too high I guess; that and all the freakn commercials. It's turned into a GB thing, too many comms.
Early start manana..gn.
No winning or losing in t-ball. I know, but a lot of em still don't know what the heck's goin on. I have a picture of kids doing handstands in the outfield. They're little. Ben, tho, is a major leaguer. (2nd year doing this.)"Bases loaded, baby!" funny
Totals for y'all...
Old draft:
D- 60
S- 50
L-44
R- 32
New:
D-16
L-16
S-13
R-6
You actually had a pretty good night. You'd think the scoring would be getting easier, but for some reason, it's not. See ya...
Reck,
How long is this ATX job? Glad you got the new CPU up and running. Still haven't seen expelled. Funny how I plugged it and haven't seen it. I'll probably seen Iron Man before I see expelled. My wife and I went on a date this week too, but we mostly hung out and talked and window shopped on SOCO. It's pretty cool there. There is this bumper sticker I saw at work that really describes South Congress, and South Austin in general. It goes; 'South Austin, we're all here because we're not all there.'
Mornin yall.
ATX job will be goin on and off for next 3 weeks. Next Verizon job will be there as well (off of Lamar). The skinny is I'll be doin these things anywhere between Waco and Brownsville over the next couple a years.
You and Sharp both promoted Expelled to me (and others) and neither have seen it; it's not earth shatterin, but it is good.
4th place ain't that bad. Next season I'll use a different strategery :) Maybe we should do a Lost draft; I say Juliet dies next :)
Well, did the BB's pull one out?
Power outage here at the O-sky coral yesterday. I learned something in my hours of darkness. I really like electricity. Reeeeealy like it. Problem with us losing power is that we're on a well. So no power = no water. And no water = well... no water. Came back on at midnite.
Sorry about the Rockets. Oh, that reminds me...Dave was golfing with Shane Battier's brother, Jeremy yesterday. I guess they're decent friends, and know each other thru the Transpotation. Club of Det.
Cool about D's golfn buddy. Battier (the BB playr) is a real team player and never gives up. Yeah, Rockets are out. Proud a how they hung tough w/ all the injuries. When we lost Alston again last nite, knew it was over. We're gonna be a dangerous team next year tho (barrin no injuries).
Bapts lost again, 12 to 4. Thinkn 'bout askin to be traded ;)
We lose power alot during thunderstorms; always keep the ol flashlite handy. What I hate is it messes up the alarm clocks.
Google Earth...sucks!
They've got umpteen tutorials on navigatn the site, only problem is there's no way to get started. The only thing I can access are maps that I can access pretty much anywhere else.
I don't get it.
Google Earth does not suck. Garbage in, garbage out. I'll see if I can figure something out. No desktop icon, right?
Traded...that's funny!
Hey R, did you try clicking on your start button and going to Programs, and finding GE there? You should have 4 options, one of which is uninstall. The top one gets me into the earth screen where you fly around. Maybe try that? (Assuming you're just typing in the URL now.)
If I had a blog, I'd post this there, but I don't, so sorry Nestor...I'll try to make this as short as possible.
I got the Townhall magazine yesterday (free). There's an article in it that bothers me. Thought I'd get y'alls take on it. It's about Al Franken (who I'm no fan of btw), and his quote about Karl Rove and Scooter Libby during his appearance on Letterman back in '05.
Here's the quote on Letterman: "Geroge H.W. Bush, the President's father, was the head of the CIA, and he had said that outing a CIA agent is treason. And so, basically, what it looks like is going to happen is that Libby and Karl Rove are going to be exectued."
Letterman says, "Really?"
And Franken says, "Yeah, and I don't know how I feel about it, because I'm basically against the death penalty but they are going to be executed."
Now I guess he was recently interviewed by a gal from CNN, Chetry is her name. She says to him, "You said some things about Karl Rove and Scooter Libby, saying they should be executed for treason because of their-"
Franken interupts- "I did not say that, Kiran."
"In a joking manner, in a satirical way?" she asked.
"Nope. I didn't even say that in a joking manner." Franken replied.
Now listen to the last paragraph in TH mag...."To her credit, Chetry called him on it by reading the text of his actual Letterman joke on the air. And how was she rewarded for good journalism? That night MSNBC's Olbermann cited Chetry in his "World's Worst Persons" countdown."
Now I gotta go w/ Franken on this one if I'm reading the quote right. Did you hear him say they "should be executed"? No, he said they "will" be exectued. TH thinks this is good journalism on her part? Am I missing something here??
Linda,
In the first part he is not saying they should, he is saying they will. The second part is where he is implying they should be executed. He says he's against the death penalty, yet he's implying the death penalty isn't a bad thing in their case. It was almost certainly a joke on Franken's part, and it was also good journalism on the reporter's part as well. And as for Keith Olbermann...I REALLY wish he would go back to ESPN.
But I think he was saying in his comment that Rove and Libby should get the death penalty, and when called on it, he ducked the question. I wonder if he got the QUACK, QUACK on Laura Ingraham's show.
I hear what you're saying. But I don't think implying something is the same as saying it. Technically, he was right. He never said they "should be executed". It's annoying, because you know the implication he's making. It's sorta what Stan does a lot. Sort of a game. But still, you can't say someone said something when they didn't. And a journalist especially should know that someone can always throw that back in your face with the "I didn't say that...that's how YOU took it to mean", *IMHO*. :)
No icon. I'll ck programs, Miss Google earth defender.
Youngest and I went swimmin today. Never play this game if your kid asks, "Hey Dad, let's play bus, I'm the bus driver, ok?"
Apparently the "bus" is required to swim UNDERWATER w/ the "bus driver" sittn on his back.
Keith Olbermann should be executed...in effigy of course.
Good morning all! I'm off to church! Don't adjust your sets. D and B are off to tball pictures, so I'm taking number one son. Had some cool church dreams this morning, so I figured I'd go. I'm donning my confidence hat, so hopefully I'll feel less uncomfortable. Wish me luck.
Later, I wanna read how Reck flew over his house via GE!
Linda,
Hope it goes well today.
How to be L. The more you go, the more comfortable you'll be.
No flyn yet; maybe later.
It worked!
Just "flew" through the Grand Canyon, very neat.
I'm pro GE now.
Was able to access it through programs as you sugged.
Hooray! Check out Walled Lake, MI! They'll take you to the lake that's a mile east of our house. On the northern tip, there's a picture of Bayside, which is a cool place in the summer, w/ a deck right on the water. And there's a public beach there where we swim. Just tried the canyon...that is cool. They've updated their pictures. And I noticed when you come close to your house, it's at an angle now. Used to be total birdseye. If you're interested, look D up in the yellow pages on line and fly over our place! :)
This morning was good! Still feel like I have a sign on my forehead saying 'not sure if I'm buyin this'. But I don't know if I'll ever be able to reconcile that, so I'm just tryin not to let it be the bain of my existence while I'm there. T enjoyed it, I felt better w/ him w/ me.
I'll ck-it out (the lake) not the casa tho; must have some boundaries ;)
Glad you & T went. For whatever reason (tho I think I know) kids love church. We had 16 kids in the Kids Church this mornin (a record, for me atleast). Definately tests the ol Spirit gift a patience.
Oh, people usually can tell if you're new or alittle uncomfortable in church. When you see them speaking in hushed tones, they're talkn about you....I'm kiddn...maybe ;)
It's a house from the sky. It's not like you're peekin in the windows. But I'll accept that you have boundries, I apparently do not. :) I was just floatin around Helotes. Lotsa trees down there...
Ha! Whispering about me...thanks a lot.
Nestor! Rangers goin into overtime! What a game...gluck!
Yeah, lotsa trees, but we got short trees round these parts.
Helotes area is nice, gets pretty hilly just north a there. We live ENE a Helotes... and our windows are tinted :)
Hey, I think I saw your house! You were on the front lawn puttin the wrong end of your smoke in your mouth! Who else could it be??
Sorry bout the Rangers, N.
Well at least the Rangers made it to the playoffs, unlike the other tenants of that building.
Didn't realize there were other tenants in that building! Bummer OT ending, tho. We were watchin it while we were putting together a t.v. stand. Only (ha) one noticable error. The very bottom shelf, under the drawer, is on backwards so that the unfinished side shows. Time for brown magic marker. Too much trouble to dis-assemble after we saw it. Oh, and there is the 2 marks I made coming through the wood screwing the screws in too hard. I call that manufacturer's error, tho. Screw shouldn't have been that long.
K, I'm hooked on Deadliest Catch. Gotta admit, tho, it's tough for me keeping track of all the boats and captains. Get em confused.
Ah, the ol Reck assembly method..nice.
Yeah, who'da thunk a show about a buncha crab fishermen could be so interestn.
Google earth gettn waaaay cool.
I'm a happy girl you got that sorted out. Let me know what you think is worth a look. I like that there are points of interest you can click on and it gives you actual pictures. I noticed today, too, that you can check off "street views" or something like that...and it'll take you down to street level. There was quite a bit of that in your area I think. At any rate, so you know.
Hey, did you guys hear about the horse who was put down after getting second at the KY Derby this weekend?? How sad was that?
I went to the Derby in...'93? Just had tickets in the infield. What a buncha nuts! I guess it's like the infield of a car race, etc. I was havin my mint julip thinkin, 'I'm too old for this', and I was 26? That's how crazy those folks are. Funny side note, too....I never actually saw a horse. They have the big screens set up out there, but the crowd's so thick you can't actually see the horses. Just a heads up incase you ever wanna go...get a bleacher seat.
Yeah, they take that horse race alittle serious there. My experience w/ horse racin is always let the chick you're w/ pick the horse to bet on if you wanna win some money. Girls pick horses based on their names (as opposed to a guy handicappn) and it ALWAYS works.
Was just sittn here this mornin, sippn coffee and readn different new sites stories a Barak Obama and solidly convinced that his campaign wrote most a them; especially MSNBC. It was sickning.
Fixin to head to Austin, yall have a good day.
The other tenant of that building is the team formerly known as the Knickerbockers.
Einstein dies and goes to heaven, Saint Peter tells him, "You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?"
Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, "Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?"
Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.
Saint Peter is suitably impressed. "You really ARE Einstein!" he says. "Welcome to heaven!"
The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials.
Picasso asks, "Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?"
Saint Peter says, "Go ahead."
Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.
Saint Peter claps. "Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!" he says. "Come on in!"
Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter scratches his head and says, "Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?"
George W. looks bewildered and says, "Who are Einstein and Picasso?"
Saint Peter sighs and says, "Come on in, George."
Har Har!
Bush heard this jike..his response.."I don't git it."
You didn't seem to miss anything, Linda.
I recall back when that was going down, and it was a common joke (based on fact (except, they probably aren't gonna get executed for their treason. IMHO they should be executed for their treason) he used on his old radio show.
LOL! (responding to Linda's joke)
Stan,
What the RosenBERG's did was treason. What many people have done in selling National Security secrets to the Soviet and Chinese governments is treason. What Libby did was to 'out' a CIA employee who wasn't undercover. I guess it would be like her neighbor saying to a friend; 'Yeah that lady next door, Valerie, she does something at the CIA.'
Nestor -
> What Libby did was to 'out' a CIA employee who wasn't undercover.
Can I use the long form of "BS" on this site? I won't for the time being (until Nestor gives me permission) and simply say this instead -
Garbage. She was totally undercover.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kvu3Ecnvd74
BTW: (now that Nestor stipulates that Libby outed Plame) Libby wasn't the only one that outed Plame. It was a "vast right-wing conspiracy" (former First Lady Clinton) that outed her.
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