tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34388872011-06-08T01:20:17.904-05:00The Blowtorch Monkey Armadaemail at palmerhaas-at-yahoo.comPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1146334309381187352006-04-29T13:06:00.000-05:002006-04-30T14:42:44.963-05:00The Windfall Tax on Oil ProfitsSome time ago I was in my car listening to John Williams on WGN, something I don't do regularly, but no matter. On that particular day, JW interviewed Sen. Dick Durbin on dicussing Politics, Sudoku, and his proposal to create a Windfall Tax on Oil companies. Mr. Williams is neither conservative nor liberal, a fairly level headed guy, and he was gracious to Senator Durbin's proposal but made Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1144733964943910492006-04-11T00:35:00.000-05:002006-04-11T01:52:07.860-05:00Maybe We Don't Deserve DemocracyIt's been forever since I last posted. Forever.... Not that I haven't been thinking and ranting and doing, but this is the first time I've actually decided to log in and write something. A question to the very few who still actually read this blogSome bulletpoints for us to review the items of the past week or two;Tom Delay resigns with all the investigations swirling around him.Scooter Libby Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1106851151826288692005-01-27T13:36:00.000-06:002006-04-12T20:30:40.256-05:00Vital Information for compulsive MP3 collectors running out of memory on their hard driveYou Can't Be Too Thin - The skinny new audio format that will replace MP3s—and revolutionize Internet radio.
By Paul Boutin, Posted Friday, Jan. 21, 2005, at 4:44 PM PT
Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com203tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1104950502388291172005-01-05T13:40:00.000-06:002005-01-05T12:41:42.386-06:00Palmer is still aliveI guess I lost my passion for blogging for a while, along with the sense of hope for the future considering the election results. But BMA is not dead, not yet anyway.... stay tunedPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1094098356819315282004-09-01T23:12:00.000-05:002004-09-02T22:18:55.783-05:00More Signs the End is Near for DubyaThis line actually came out of Dick Cheney's mouth during his speech at the GOP Convention;
"Our Nation has the best health care in the world, and President Bush is making it more affordable and more accessible to all Americans"
It has been my beleif that much of the administration has been in an alternate universe. I have held the idea that someone in the White House has confused the word Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1090865236120149422004-07-26T12:56:00.000-05:002004-08-13T06:30:29.966-05:00Thought for the day:You can't spell PATRIOT without R-I-O-T
I've been a little behind in blogging, primarily because I've been so busy with a lot of things, among them doing my radio show at WZRD Chicago, volunteering for Kerry, planning for the future, playing with my new iPod, and waking up at an ungodly hour to enjoy my newest obssesion live, Morning Sedition.
I almost feel the same way about Morning Sedition asPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1089349591270326042004-07-09T00:03:00.000-05:002004-07-09T13:07:52.853-05:00Deregulation Creates More Litigation
or why the GOP has no one but to blame but themselves for the rise of trial lawyers like John Edwards
Right now the best argument the GOP and Dem-haters have on the newly chosen VP Democratic Candidate John "People Magazine's 50 Sexiest" Edwards is that Edwards is the lowest of all professional trades; a trial lawyer. Ambulence Chaser, Vulture, scavenger, Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1088572637551549812004-06-29T23:39:00.000-05:002004-06-30T00:17:43.510-05:00More signs the end is nearMilitary personel is supposed to be the GOP bread and butter. I have a funny feeling that trend is about to end.
Army Recalling Thousands Who Left Service
And would anyone on the right care to explain how this doesn't conflict with the constant push from the GOP to make state labor laws conform with the "Right to Work" idealogy.
One more thing - this website is fucking hysterical - enter any Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1087102217788464152004-06-12T23:48:00.000-05:002004-06-12T23:50:17.790-05:00Why does it take a Republican to hit the nail right on the head?From this artcile in the New York Times;
When Tom Brokaw of NBC suggested to Bob Dole that Ronald Reagan had been an inspiring flag-bearer for the World War II generation, it was a bit too much for Mr. Dole, who was wounded in Italy. He replied dryly that Mr. Reagan, who spent the war making Army training films in Hollywood, had never heard a shot fired. "But he was a captain," Mr. Dole said. "Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1086782039985489232004-06-09T06:47:00.000-05:002007-01-15T13:39:50.430-06:00More signs the end is near for WGotten from this article off of Capitol Hill Blue;
"It reminds me of the Nixon days,” says a longtime GOP political consultant with contacts in the White House. “Everybody is an enemy; everybody is out to get him. That’s the mood over there.”
In interviews with a number of White House staffers who were willing to talk off the record, a picture of an administration under siege has emerged, led Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1086668976124058762004-06-07T22:40:00.000-05:002004-06-08T23:42:13.416-05:00After much thought I figured out a way to pay my respects to Reagan, and expose what a third rate hack DubyaCo. is at the same time.
So What Else is News on Air America interviewed Walter Mondale about his impression of Reagan. He said he liked REagan personally, and admired his sunny optimism. Mondale even spoke in respective tones regarding the 1984 election. Reagan did not engage in the Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1086234680275308212004-06-02T22:44:00.000-05:002006-04-11T09:56:48.276-05:00Pending Draft Legislation Targeted for Spring 2005 The Draft will Start in June 2005Does anyone out there in the blogosphere feel any differently about their support of war and the government we have with this kind of information floating around? Would anyone have thought twice about their support for the war had the true cost and consequences would be if we were to engage in it?NPR had a report about how much we've asked of our Armed Forces thru the past couple of years. Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1085246634745764742004-05-22T12:21:00.000-05:002004-05-22T12:24:27.036-05:00More signs the end is nearI laughed my ass off after this one;
Bush campaign ran from Noida call centre - KA Badarinath and Prerna K Mishra, New Delhi, May 16
The political split in the US over outsourcing notwithstanding, till very recently the fund-raising and vote-seeking campaign for the Republican Party was done partly out of India. And this was handled by two call centres located in our own friendly Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com178tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1085020043302797022004-05-19T21:23:00.000-05:002006-04-14T07:04:36.906-05:00More signs the W ship is sinking...You know things are not good when the very conservative (and libertarian leaning) Cato Institute is pissed at you. I got this letter thru my email the other day;
Repeal This Unprincipled Medicare Drug Entitlement
by Michael F. Cannon
By stonewalling a legitimate investigation by House Democrats, the Bush administration is showcasing how principle was abandoned to create the new Medicare drugPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084720703103856622004-05-16T10:17:00.000-05:002004-06-01T23:15:44.610-05:00
Support our troops, dont lie to themPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084601728195449992004-05-15T00:04:00.000-05:002004-05-15T01:32:00.040-05:00it's all downhill from here....The most recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal complains about the do-gooders at the Red Cross for saying something about the prison torture. They seem to be upset about the Red Cross violating their "scrupolous adherence to confidentiality agreements"...
Since the WSJ charges for content, I'm just going to retype by hand a segment of their most recent editorial, entitled Red Double CrossPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084425592976637482004-05-13T00:17:00.000-05:002004-05-13T00:59:41.920-05:00In the latest episode of Attack of the Flat Earth Conservatives...Back in September Willima Kristol and Robert Kagan were saying that Rummy had not allotted enough troops for this war. A few weeks ago these same bozos were suggesting Bush dump Rummy in the April 26 issue of The Weekly Standard;
The shortage of troops in Iraq is the product of a string of bad calculations and a hefty dose of wishful thinking.... If his current secretary of defense cannot make Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084423674326212262004-05-12T23:46:00.002-05:002004-05-13T00:17:16.766-05:00I hate to stereotype, but....Do yourself a favor and look at the chart at the bottom of this website. I know there are very intelligent conservatives, and I have met my fair share of dumb or pie in the sky liberals, but it is hard not to feel validated when you see the stats in such stark terms.
Seeing this I can't help but think of that episode of The Simpsons where all the MENSA members, incluing Lisa, try to govern the Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084374808994831242004-05-12T09:39:00.000-05:002004-05-15T02:06:18.880-05:00Those Damn Humanitarian Do-GoodersWith the slick new template, and seeing my name in lights, I figured now was a good time to post my first entry on Palmer's blog. And, holy synchronicity Batman, we get this juicy little tidbit today:
Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe Outraged at the Outrage Over Iraqi Prison Abuses.
In it, we get some lovely quotes about how much those damn "do-gooders" are fouling up our plans in Iraq. Like:
"IBent Wookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00976608608691265316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084344495358129432004-05-12T01:48:00.000-05:002004-05-12T02:30:07.776-05:00
The blog has a new template and new capabilities, including posting photos. I'm still figuring this thing out, but while I'm at it I thought I'd post a digital photo of the dog.... Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084238418869997612004-05-10T20:20:00.000-05:002004-05-11T19:31:34.606-05:00Right about this time last year conservative talk show hosts like Limbaugh and Hannity were complaining about the Supreme Court's activist judges stiking down the Texas sodomy law. Now the same blowhards are making excuses for people who sodomized Iraqi prisoners. Sodomy is now a "fratentity prank" for those accused of torture, while those who want to engage in it should be considered felons?
AMPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084079327593248702004-05-09T00:08:00.000-05:002004-05-09T00:50:28.950-05:00I tried to figure out how to backtrack to the link connected to this soundclip, but since I don't know how to do that... click here and then click the link named Bad American Presidents.mp3
Trust me when I say you'll laugh your ass off. As annoyed as I've been at Stern before for backing certain candidates (as in NJ Govenor and former EPA director Christine Whitman, and current Govenor of NY Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1084075814567265322004-05-08T23:10:00.000-05:002004-05-10T20:10:05.946-05:00Recycled but very Relevant information - I heard Author P.W. Singer on Fresh Air while I was on vacation in Seattle last summer. The host and author discussed his most recent book The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry. I didn't hear the whole segment, but it is very apropo (sp?) right about now. It practically sounds like something straight out of a science fiction novel.
Singer wrote Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1083777899853375272004-05-05T12:34:00.000-05:002004-05-05T12:34:01.793-05:00I can only listen online to Air America Radio since we lost our affiliate in Chicago. I've been listening to Al's show pretty faithfully at my desk, and I would have to say that the segment where he has his friend the dittohead Mark come on has been the most eye opening and enlighting, as well as infuriating.
You know what pissed me off more than anything regarding the prisoner abuse? The Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1083397469305533312004-05-01T02:44:00.000-05:002004-05-12T00:12:58.446-05:00Does anybody remember when Howard Dean was asked how many people were in Iraq back in maybe it was April? Howard Dean answered I believe Approximately 135,000. He was off by a few thousand, and those who were taking potshots at Dean over his answer being not right on the money.
At that time, the assumed Democratic Presidential Nominee answer to Tim Russert regarding the number of troops in Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1082254198589940292004-04-17T21:09:00.000-05:002004-04-18T23:31:27.983-05:00For all those who consistently bleat "MY MONEY! MY MONEY! MY MONEY! LIBERALS ARE ALWAYS USING THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE AWAY MY MONEY!!!!, here is a question to ponder:
"If it's really my money (or your, or anyone else’s for that matter), then WHY IS IT A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO DESTROY A FEDERAL TREASURY NOTE $$$$$?"
You know who you are. I posted this just a couple of days ago, but back then I Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1082117369589983062004-04-15T11:00:00.000-05:002004-04-16T12:36:39.340-05:00"Al, I'm listening to you debate taxes with conservatives, and I'm about to explode. If you want to win this argument you have got to be a little smarter about how you debate this...."
Posted by datorres at 04.15.2004 01.27 PM (on the Air America Radio O'Franken Factor Show)
I totally agree with datorres's statement, your dittohead friend did a better job on the debate AND I agree with datorres'Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1081358315467464182004-04-07T12:18:00.000-05:002004-04-16T07:14:05.733-05:00At 8:30 eastern time, as heard on Air America Radio on Morning Sedition;
Let's hear what you want to ask Condoleeza Rice, I have Jared from Chicago...
That was yours truly, Palmer Haas going by his given name. When AA first went on the air last Wed I listened for a little while and I have to say I was rather dissappointed. Fast forward a week, there is a lot of room for improvement but it is Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1081357760083047542004-04-07T12:09:00.000-05:002004-04-16T12:38:15.326-05:00From this article;
In the Sept. 2003 Atlantic Monthly, the conservative writer David Brooks, citing the late liberal political activist James Chapin, observed the following:
[E]very place becomes more like itself. People are less often tied down to factories and mills, and they can search for places to live on the basis of cultural affinity. Once they find a town in which people share their Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1081226976874835762004-04-05T23:49:00.000-05:002004-04-05T23:54:41.200-05:00I got the following from a letter in the reader response section of Salon;
You disappoint me greatly in that you do not ask why wages are so low in India. Indians pay less for food, housing and services because many of their agricultural, construction and menial workers are held in debt bondage and victimized by caste discrimination. This is common knowledge, which you ignored.
I feel sure Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1080013321487705712004-03-22T21:42:00.000-06:002004-03-22T21:57:10.360-06:00Doesn't this say it all?
For all the grief that Kerry has gotten regarding the world leader comment he made, who doesn't think it's true? You can't tell everyone that disagrees with us to fuck off and then expect them to do what we ask them (as in helping out in Iraq) 6 months later. When the fuck is the cabal in the White House gonna get that? Half the European Union would be more Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1079979952276562772004-03-22T12:25:00.000-06:002004-03-22T12:28:34.606-06:00More proof that the White House is being run by members of the Flat Earth Society (decidee what the truth is first, then figure out how to get to that truth) From this 60 Minutes / CBS article;
"I think they wanted to believe that there was a connection, but the CIA was sitting there, the FBI was sitting there, I was sitting there saying we've looked at this issue for years. For years we've Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1075892579276108822004-02-04T05:02:00.000-06:002004-02-04T05:07:12.640-06:00So I read William Safire's most recent editorial (The View From Purgatory, Published: February 4, 2004 in the NYT), a fictional interview with Richard Nixon in purgatory;
Q: Will the dominant issue in the campaign be jobs or Iraq or health care?
Richard Nixon: You forget the Quemoy-Matsu syndrome. What decides a close race is how candidates react to an October surprise. What if bin Laden is Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1073447328233758482004-01-06T21:48:00.000-06:002004-01-06T22:09:11.983-06:00I haven't posted for quite some time, even though I've written some entries. I've tried to do something complex, well thought out and well researched with factual information but since I don't have the time, take the previous entry as a scathing editorial.
Much has transpired since I last blogged - some good, some bad. My significant other's father died very recently, which has generated a lotPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1069044558576262892003-11-16T04:27:00.000-06:002004-01-07T04:44:30.700-06:00From Bill Maher's most recent blog entry (from 11.14.03);
New Rule: Hey media, you can stop saying "it's been six months," "it's been six months and one day," "it's been six months and a day and a half" since the president declared major military operations over. We get it! Bush said the war was over and it's not - now stop saying it every time the subject comes up!! It's stupid shit like that Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1068911115872660672003-11-15T09:45:00.000-06:002003-11-15T09:45:53.076-06:00Why Rush is probably not going to jail for his illegal purchasing of prescription drugs;
It's not a war against drugs. It's a war against blacks; That's the obvious conclusionto be drawn from the front page article in the summer issue of the Compiler, journal of the Illinois Criminal Justice Authority. According to data from various state and government agencies, black people make up 28% of Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1068143008254293042003-11-04T20:30:00.000-06:002003-11-06T12:30:26.623-06:00"The science is not sound behind the myth, the hoax of global warming," said Senator James Inhofe, an Oklahoma Republican.
By the way, Chicago set a new all time high for recorded temperature for November 4th, 68 degrees. It also thunderstormed. I thought we only had thunderstorms in the summertime.
More speeches by Inhofe -
http://inhofe.senate.gov/pressreleases/climate.htmPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1067278275637285642003-10-27T12:11:00.000-06:002003-10-27T12:25:21.080-06:00Is the Onion psychic? Those Madison Wisconsin Expats are sheer geniuses. Saw a headline on today's MSN homepage about job creation and the economy in this country:
The threat of the job-is-worth-less recovery
Yes, jobs are finally being created, but U.S. workers will find their incomes increasingly pressured by lower wages, higher benefit fees and global competition. That’s good for your Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1065220993418331182003-10-03T17:43:00.000-05:002003-10-07T12:26:29.360-05:00Well, I finally got my first article up, about Ephedra, DSHE Act, Canadian drug importation and my favorite GOP sin Hypocrisy, posted on OSP. It has been very rewarding, and you should go read it right now (This means you Bent Wookie and Public Citizen!) I only got one comment, but maybe after some time it'll get more attention maybe? Spent a lot of time researching, and I wound up learning Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1064778567211246602003-09-28T14:49:00.000-05:002003-09-28T14:50:22.963-05:00Oh, this is too funny - anybody thinking about voting for Ahnuld in the California "Let's blame Grey Davis for all the bad shit that former Govenor Pete Wilson's fault" Recall election really ought to see this! I call it a really bad judgement call. This guy is genuinely creepy damnit!
Found this little nugget courtesy of this guy, I'm Your Huckleberry the blog.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1064097804698827152003-09-20T16:57:00.000-05:002003-09-20T17:59:27.700-05:00The good news is I'm not alone... The bad news is I may be right. Apparently I am not the only one who feels something potentially catastrophic is on the horizon. And what's more distressing is that someone who knows way more than I do is in accord with that feeling I have in my gut. I read this interview with Paul Krugman on Calpundit (BMA highlighted comments relevant to previous post and Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1063263040350240502003-09-11T01:10:00.000-05:002003-09-11T18:18:15.510-05:00Lately I've been having a thought that while not outright disturbing, I can't help but shake my head when ever it pops into my thoughts. And after talking to a couple of fellow Default Dems, I know I'm not the only one who it has occurred to.
I've made mention of it many a time on this blog that Karl Rove and Bush have both said publicly that they hope to re-establish the GOP dominance that Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1062111630386195102003-08-28T18:00:00.000-05:002003-08-30T19:08:15.213-05:00So Attorney General Ass-christ has decided that, of all the terrible shit that is going on in the world, the single greatest threat to America is Lizzie Borden and the smut she peddles.
It was a weird day yesterday. Yet another gun managed to find it's way into the hands of someone who shouldn't have one. 6 innocent people die before the gunman was shot by the cops.
Thru all of this I am onlyPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1061511703521336262003-08-21T19:21:00.000-05:002003-08-28T17:47:50.430-05:00This post was supposed to show a picture of protestors in Alabama trying to prevent the authorities from removing the monument of the 10 Commandments. Unfortunately the photo didn't load so you'll have to do without it.
Still even after much of the hoopla is done, I can't help think of all those conservative pundits bleating how liberal anti war protesters were draining resources when they are Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1061333215564668582003-08-19T17:46:00.000-05:002003-08-19T17:48:20.390-05:00This site is for Republicans Against Bush. It's about fucking time some of the righties come to their senses. The GOP is so blind that they can't see that their beloved leader has managed to violate every statute that the Republicans are supposed to believe in. Theodore Roosevelt and Isenhower are spinning in their graves.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1061259199649228202003-08-18T21:13:00.000-05:002003-08-19T17:54:06.880-05:00For the past 6 months or so I've taken the habit of calling myself a Default Democrat. I've been using the DD term in hopes in would catch on and I could take credit for it, but I have yet to hear anyone else use it just yet.
If you're wondering what it means, it's not a big mystery, the name says it all. Politically I'm pretty much a liberal at heart, although one who is aware of some of Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060986735093636272003-08-15T17:32:00.000-05:002003-08-15T18:27:21.760-05:00Got this email from Nancy Skinner Campaign - she was a co-host of a liberal talk show in Chicago (Sundays 12-3pm on WLS Chicago, 890AM) until they let her go because she declared that she would be running for the Senate seat that Peter Fitzgerald will be vacating since he declined to run for re-election. Take note, this is why Greg Palast is the man;
POWER OUTAGE TRACED TO DIM BULB IN WHITE Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060901796604492822003-08-14T17:56:00.000-05:002003-08-14T18:01:06.316-05:00For every person who called you a fool for switching to solar or off grid power, this one's for you.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060836884150250492003-08-13T23:54:00.000-05:002003-08-14T12:48:40.956-05:00The economy is really getting better? Get real.....
Acutally I'm not sure. I still doubt it. But it is conceivable that the economy will show some signs of short term life. What makes me scared is there is a chance that Bush has done just enough so that when Nov 2004 comes around the economy is positive enough to gets him re-elected.
Politicians are notoriously short sighted and don't thinkPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060727963514964782003-08-12T17:39:00.000-05:002003-08-14T00:04:09.863-05:00Disappointed in Howard Dean
Recently Tom Rob, one of the more politically active DJs at WZRD Chicago, tried to get an interview with Howard Dean. Actually it never got that far; I think he only got as far as the Students for Howard Dean chapter at Northeastern Illinois University. I emailed him to get the skinny after I heard some rumors about what had happened.
To be perfectly honest I am Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060641466893201512003-08-11T17:37:00.000-05:002003-08-12T12:55:26.193-05:00While trying to clean my apartment this weekend I started perusing thru an older issue of The Reader, Chicago's weekly arts/alternative newspaper, in fear that I'd miss something important if I tossed it out without checking it out first. I am really glad I took the time to do just that.
One of my favorite parts of The Reader is a section called The City File by Harold Henderson. It's a weeklyPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1060297171400988782003-08-07T17:59:00.000-05:002003-08-07T17:59:31.440-05:00You know, after seeing this posted I hope the silly idea known as the National Missle Defense Sheild will die. I mean for god sakes the Pentagon says it aint gonna work. And then I remember that the Pentagon had evidence disputing that Iraq had WMD but the President ignored it. The Pentagon had disputed the supposed connection between Saddam and Osama and 9.11 (even after Osama called Saddam Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1059758732261606552003-08-01T12:25:00.000-05:002003-08-14T18:31:13.893-05:00I'm way behind - all these people with blogs were kind enough to link to me but I have yet to update my own. Here's a very incomplete list of people I should be thanking;
Barry at Rush Limbaughtomy
Kahlil at Reach Em High
Lilith of A Rational Animal
Joe F of Apathy Inc.
Emma Goldman of Notes on the Atrocities
Major Barbara of Arms And The Man
Sam of Blunted on Reality
Don Waller of Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1059330475583076622003-07-27T13:27:00.000-05:002003-07-29T17:18:17.576-05:00
Wasn't Larry Linsey fired for telling the press that the cost of a war with Iraq would be 100-200 Billion? I thought I heard he was blackballed by the White House after that statement, and many people were contradicting him that the real cost would be less than that. I guess he was a lot closer to the figure than anyone in the White House will fess up to.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1059262143127870352003-07-26T18:29:00.000-05:002003-07-27T13:32:33.636-05:00Here's an astute observation as to why so few politicians in the White House aren't that worried about the economy - I saw this in ReachM High Cowboy Network Noose, who in turn got it from this article;
Today the Washington-area unemployment rate is 3.4 %, roughly full employment, while the rest of the country struggles by with a 6% unemployment rate which stubbornly refuses to fall. Of the Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1059022725054330232003-07-23T23:58:00.000-05:002003-07-24T12:33:31.700-05:00"and one more soldier was killed....."
"and another soldier died today....."
"another US Service person died in an ambush....."
This is the way my morning seems to start every day, a sort of mobius strip of current events, making it unable for anyone to tell where is the beginning and where is the end. I keep asking myself “Is that the same story I heard this morning, or did another soldier Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1058914036087590662003-07-22T17:47:00.000-05:002003-07-22T17:47:15.973-05:00Again, since I have no time I am forced to cop other people's stuff. Suburban Limbo has been lighter on quantity since Rich got a more demanding job, but it is always very high in quality. I lifted this from Rich of SL, who got this scathing little post because he has contributors to Sub Lim who are professional writers. Bastard - I need published authors contributing to my blog. From his Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1058827684307045812003-07-21T17:48:00.000-05:002003-07-21T17:49:00.056-05:00Since I have no time I can only post things I've read that have caught my eye - From this Daniel Gross penned article in Slate.com.
Marked for Debt - The Bush administration says we'll grow out of our deficit. But the Bush tax cuts make that impossible.
By Daniel Gross. Posted Friday, July 18, 2003, at 2:05 PM PT
When he announced the record $455 billion federal deficit last week, Office of Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1058483159545451702003-07-17T18:05:00.000-05:002003-07-17T18:19:10.173-05:00Just want to let those who have linked me that I appreciate it very much. Much thanks to ArchPundit and Ultra-Deb for their recent links.
Deb - saw your most recent post and you're on fire! I can't blame you for feeling the way you do, but the anger and resentment you have will not make anything better. I myself frequently wonder if we're preaching to the choir or ranting in an echo chamber.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1058222606889156302003-07-14T17:43:00.000-05:002003-07-14T18:01:04.526-05:00I'm back - and I started a couple of entries but it's a mess. I figured though that, since it's been so long, it is better to have some of the newer if sloppy, incomplete, incoherent blog entries that I started on the road rather than no entry at all, right? Right?!?!?!?
I'll work on them later, they were written in haste since the girlfriend and I were always going somewhere and didn't have Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1057766390308939862003-07-09T10:59:00.000-05:002003-07-29T17:30:16.500-05:00Yet more observations that have occured to me while watching cable while in hotel rooms;
Saw a minute of some new Instant conservative TV show - I'm pretty sure it was MSNBC's Scarborough County, which is really just a replacement for lower than low Michale Savage. Savage's show was cancelled I believe after saying something that is politically unacceptable. He should listen to Limbaugh more Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1057265489849844352003-07-03T15:51:00.000-05:002003-07-29T17:40:09.323-05:00So here I am in Lincoln City, Oregon at an internet cafe (The Cyber Sun) trying to get my thoughts on a blog while on vacation. Portland is beautiful, although it has what I can only describe as having a sort of patina of depression to it. It's hard to explain - maybe it's the unemployement and the economic difficulties (Oregon has the highest unemployement rate in the country), or maybe it's Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056921640902134062003-06-29T16:20:00.000-05:002003-06-30T21:50:46.340-05:00As the Cowboy says I'm going on vacation to Northwest for nearly two weeks. I hope to post while I'm out there and even before I leave, but it may not happen. It'll just be nice to have some time off.
Well the rash of layoffs in the nation one has hit one of the better bloggers I've linked to. If you live in the Houston area, or anywhere in Texas for that matter, and are in need of someone Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056670399543201412003-06-26T18:33:00.000-05:002003-06-26T18:42:25.676-05:00Well, if the Center for Individual Rights were reconsidering their stance on the Texas anti sodomy law in Texas after my scathing post by lending their legal muscle and expertise to this case, it's too late now. They probably never would have anyway, in fear of offending the bible beating conservatives that make up the majority of their contributors.
I hadn't heard much about this case Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056581116743188182003-06-25T17:45:00.000-05:002003-06-25T17:47:46.230-05:00I guess I'm not alone in my logic.....
O'Connor voices hope for day affirmative action not needed
In a rare interview the day after issuing a landmark University of Michigan ruling, a key justice reflects on racial preferences, her groundbreaking career and life on the high court.
By Jan Crawford Greenburg, Washington Bureau
Published June 25, 2003
WASHINGTON -- A day after announcing the Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056563420151177512003-06-25T12:50:00.000-05:002003-06-25T12:50:39.900-05:00It's now not just "Da Chicago Bears"anymore. Now it's "Da Bears football presented by Bank One". What the fuck is this world coming too?
Actually I hear this is a bit of an exaggeration, but it's still very odd and a little disturbing.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056414455623820532003-06-23T19:27:00.000-05:002003-06-25T12:30:21.493-05:00Well the thinner than a bulimic supermodel of a margin in the Supreme Court maintained Affirmative Action with some minor changes.
Even thought I'm in favor of Affirmative Action, I understand some of the trouble it presents legally, socially and otherwise. What really gets me though is the people who brought the lawsuit, and even more so those who supported it from the sidelines - those Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056318610781859672003-06-22T16:50:00.000-05:002003-06-22T16:50:10.770-05:00well, after much trouble you now have the ability to tell me off again, which is nice. Lookng forward to some nasty commentary on BMA.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1056062861885029022003-06-19T17:47:00.000-05:002003-06-19T17:50:42.636-05:00As you can see I'm remodeling BMA. I really don't know all that much about HTML so I'm monkeying around with the hexadecimal numbers to see what color changes thru trial and error. I'm also doing my best to learn from Webmonkey HTML tutorial on line. I was up late last night (11:30pm) trying to make BMA look how I wanted but it's still not quite working out.
For some odd reason the links are Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1055982598541587912003-06-18T19:29:00.000-05:002003-06-18T21:16:47.266-05:00Un-fucking-believable. We're running a record deficit and we're cutting a tax that as of now only 2% of Americans pay a dime of now. I didn't think this administration could do anything that could shock me anymore, but alas I was wrong.
I've said this before, but today it holds more true now than ever - Everyday I wonder how can it possibly get worse, and everyday it actually gets does. It's Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-1055895220360419142003-06-17T19:13:00.000-05:002003-07-29T17:53:43.933-05:00Sorry it's been a while - I started a post and it got too long and I didn't finish it so I'm taking it off and will post it another time.
It doesn't take much to make me pissed - a lot of people in this country are turning into cold hearted bastards. Either that or cold hearted bastards are over represented in Washington DC. Here's what I posted most recently on this site in regards to thisPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-955137792003-06-10T12:23:00.000-05:002003-06-18T20:00:54.566-05:00I've always spent a lot of time in my own head, trying to figure things out. Sometimes it's trying to figure out really deep and serious things like the nature of God and Religion. Others it's how I could not see just how bad the dialog was on those old Star Wars movies, and why George Lucas didn't have the brains to let someone else direct the recent SW prequels.
Since this President took Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-953352222003-06-05T12:33:00.000-05:002003-06-05T12:34:10.000-05:00Yet another really poignant and well written Slate article. The distribution of wealth in our society just keeps getting worse - I have a major blog entry in me about this, but it's gonna have to wait.
The Return of Class War - Bush and the new tyranny of the rich.
By Michael Kinsley. Posted Thursday, June 5, 2003, at 7:14 AM PT
Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-953037092003-06-04T17:34:00.000-05:002003-06-04T18:02:48.000-05:00This is not so current news, but it's still kinda stunning just how low some people in Washington DC are willing to go. I haven't seen too many bloggers linking the little tidbit either. It's just so childish that it's almost hard to believe. Almost......
The Arctic Wildlife News Website has a link to a Detroit Free Pres article about the whole fiasco here. The press snipet below was Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-952105982003-06-02T17:54:00.000-05:002003-06-04T12:43:52.000-05:00It's been a while since I last blogged - I spent this past weekend on the road;
The old 91 Honda Civic (with 102K+ miles on it no less) took the girlfriend and I from homebase in Chicago to Columbus, Ohio and then to Louisville, KY, and back to home in Rogers Park. I love road trips, and I have to confess I am a bit envious of my friends and former band mates Knife Of Simpson, who are on tour Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-947643182003-05-22T20:41:00.000-05:002003-05-22T20:56:34.000-05:00
This was posted here by chas_m at The Chasbah recently.
I am shamelessly lifting yet another graphic found via The Chasbah. This one is too good and also higly relevant to my recent thoughts (see below) I only wish I knew where Chas found all those good .gifs so for once I could beat him to it, instead of resorting to using his blog content for inspiration for my own.
About a year ago my Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-946558632003-05-20T18:03:00.000-05:002003-05-27T18:01:05.000-05:00As much as I dislike and distrust this administration and it's policies, I am beginning to wonder how the hell anyone would address the North Korea situation sanely, even handedly and/or intelligently. It's a bloody mess no matter how you add it up.
Trying to reason with Kim Jong Il is like trying to have a logical conversation with someone in a mental institution. They keep threatening Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-945888072003-05-19T12:10:00.000-05:002003-05-19T12:10:48.290-05:00Ari finally leaving! What a gift, and it wasn't even my birthday!
Of course it won't change a damn thing as far as what this administation actually does, but I am sick of Fleisher and am glad to see him go.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-944174652003-05-15T18:27:00.000-05:002003-05-20T12:20:01.000-05:00I've been meaning to blog in depth about this particular subject recently, and I still might one of these days. But since someone who knows way more than I do on this subject, you might as well check out what this most recent Salon article had to say which discusses the new book by Eric Schlosser has to say. There's also an interview with the author as well;
Hypocrisy is one of the Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-942975192003-05-13T19:37:00.000-05:002003-05-14T13:07:24.000-05:00The FCC is currently reviewing it's policies of limiting ownership of media outlets. With the GOP in charge they plan to -big surprise- DEREGULATE the communication industry, allowing media conglomerates to own (almost) as many media outlets as they want in the big markets, with some minimal limits on ownership on smaller markets.
A question for those here in America whose synapses have not Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-940495042003-05-09T08:18:00.000-05:002003-05-09T08:18:37.273-05:00I can completely relate to your hectic schedule. Mine has been awful. Why did I want to go to a brand name university? Especially one with rumors that if your roommate commits suicide, you get an A? Anyway, I had to take a minute and post this link. Surprise surprise, Halliburton has been giving bribes: http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/05/09/halliburton/index.htmlPublic Citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875978942549860193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-934338012003-04-28T19:57:00.000-05:002003-05-03T15:51:49.000-05:00I've been so busy lately that I literally slept only 2 hours over the course of 66 hours, so blogging has fallen off the priority list. The sleep deprivation was a situation created by too much stuff to do on my schedule, and compounded by my piss poor time management skills - working a full time job and trying to take grad classes part time will do that. I hope to resume blogging on a regular Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-932509872003-04-25T12:32:00.000-05:002003-04-28T19:53:14.000-05:00About a week or two ago I was watching This Week on ABC, and George Will made a statement that really rubbed me the wrong way. I guess that's not any different then a lot of what he says over time, but as far as conservatives go George Will is the only one I can stomach regurlarly and for long periods of time without wanting to puke. Hell, I even respect the guy on many levels.
His Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-930116462003-04-21T18:49:00.000-05:002003-04-21T20:02:14.000-05:00Well I'm not really surprised by this news story about how Bush administration has ceased fighting China's human rights abuse record, but it does serve as a reminder as well as provides even more proof that nobody in this administration gives a fuck about human rights, geneva convention violations, and all those grab bag justifications the White House threw out in press conferences when trying toPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-929449522003-04-20T15:45:00.000-05:002003-04-21T18:36:23.000-05:00I've had a lot on my mind but I''ve had trouble deciding what to blog about. While I'm mulling all the awful stuff going on the world, enjoy this little gem. I saw it on Chasbah and had to "borrow" it. Enjoy!
Sums It Up, Really.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-928040362003-04-17T17:38:00.000-05:002003-04-17T17:40:34.000-05:00Taken from The State of the Union Address way back in January - seems like ancient history now doesn't it?
The United Nations concluded in 1999 that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons sufficient to produce over 25,000 liters of anthrax -- enough doses to kill several million people. He hasn't accounted for that material. He's given no evidence that he has destroyed it.
The United Nations Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-926916492003-04-15T22:13:00.000-05:002003-04-15T22:19:07.000-05:00GOP, Teamsters join forces on environment
This isn't really new news, since the Teamsters decided to back Dubya almost two years ago during the energy crisis. This item may be an attempt to by Salon to prod people into action, but in reality it's just depressing the hell out of me, and it is a sad reminder. It ain't easy being a Democrat. Oh well might as well wathc The Daily Show and or KaijuPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-924554262003-04-11T17:49:00.000-05:002003-04-11T21:04:20.000-05:00I said something a while ago that translated roughly into the root causes of epic disasters today are usually because of terrible actions sometime 5,10, 20 years or more ago. I know, this iss not exactly the kind of insight that ranks up there with say, oh I don't know, e=(mc)2 or some sort of rocket science kind of statement. Of course the the past affects the present, any idiot can tell you Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-923880312003-04-10T17:26:00.000-05:002003-04-11T12:48:46.000-05:00I've been wanting to blog recently, but haven't had the time to say all I want to say without sounding like a blithering idiot. And since at least a hundred good writers out there are voicing most of what I've been thinking, better off I just keep it simple and quote a few others.
One of the reasons I had opposed the war was I had feared we were going to bring home at least 1000 dead American Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-922635772003-04-08T22:00:00.000-05:002003-09-10T12:36:44.690-05:00There are countless dead, almost a hundred dead American soldiers, at least 23 dead British troops, countless injured, and, oh yeah I almost forgot since no one seems to care about the people were supposedly liberating, over a thousand dead Iraqi civilians. I'm still waiting for Saddam to launch one of his attacks. We've had some of the war bloggers breifly ecstatic over the allied forces Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-920186642003-04-04T20:44:00.000-06:002003-04-04T20:44:29.000-06:00I love harping on this mainly because it's been so poorly publicized, but check this transcription from Greg Palast via the BBC;
I received a phone call from a high-placed member of a US intelligence agency. He tells me that while there's always been constraints on investigating Saudis, under George Bush it's gotten much worse. After the elections, the agencies were told to "back off" Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-920128152003-04-04T18:08:00.000-06:002003-04-04T20:30:02.000-06:00I'm really glad I read this most recent article in Salon by Joan Walsh - yet again you need Premium. I'll post the more interesting parts later. I can't say agree with every last comment, but the split liberal sensibility of it is something I can appreciate. Does agreeing with her make me ineligble for Peaceblogs.org?Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-918131032003-04-01T20:44:00.000-06:002003-04-04T18:01:07.000-06:00Here's a really wacky question -
If this war isn't about oil, then why it so easy to find the money for funding the reconstruction of Iraq, and yet it is so difficult to get the White House and GOP to cough up dough for Afghanistan? Just thought I'd put that out there.Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-917458602003-03-31T19:43:00.000-06:002003-04-20T17:25:52.000-05:00I was thinking about this last night, trying to find the right words to communicate how I feel how screwed up the priorities of all the warbloggers are, in their rabid witch hunts for lefties so they can congregate in their hatred and scream bloody murder at how liberalism is the pure manifestation of evil. Then I read this entry today and figured "this guy said pretty much what I was thinking, Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-915755522003-03-28T18:12:00.000-06:002003-03-28T18:16:13.000-06:00Thanks to Ultra Deb's Rant o Rama for the link. You've been linked here and permalinked in the blog list - I called you you a raging-bitchy-foul-mouthed liberal, which is a compliment - I am thanking you thru the blog cuz I can't find your email address! Is it because of all that hatemail you'd be getting if your email was posted?Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-915108252003-03-27T17:57:00.000-06:002003-03-27T18:55:41.000-06:00Apparently Blowtorch Monkey Armada and it's sister blog The Link Farm have recently been linked by Waxy.org, in a post about an informal survey of blogs and their reaction to the first reported and then disproven news story about the supposed Chemical Weapons Factory. Definitely check it out, (and thanks for the link). It's a neat site and has interesting analysis (well, that one post was coolPalmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-913521142003-03-25T10:17:00.000-06:002003-03-25T10:17:31.890-06:00I just heard Bush on NPR giving a speech about the war and financing the war. Please tell me if anything seems a little bit off with his statements. I'm paraphrasing but he basically said that he's asking for just under $75 billion for the war (because it's somehow going to cost less than last time...) and that now is not the time for "business as usual" in Washington. He explained that what he Public Citizenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02875978942549860193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-913127192003-03-24T18:48:00.000-06:002003-03-24T21:15:06.000-06:00Since Monday, 03.17.03, right after hearing Dubya's speech on NPR, I've had this perpetual feeling of nausea in my gut, which is without a doubt psychosomatic. I think that's when it finally hit me that this war was going to happen. It has increased or decreased in intensity depending on what I know or what I think about at any given moment. It doesn't help that at work things have Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-911517912003-03-21T17:32:00.000-06:002003-03-21T17:35:13.000-06:00Well, to all those who are curious, and for those who claim to care about the Kurds so much in their justification of this war I'm sorry to say it's pretty much a done deal. Bush's first betrayal of liberating Iraq has been commited; We're selling out the Kurds, for some stinking air space to advance a northern front in this atrocity.
I always hated this war, but I thought, for a second "Could Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3438887.post-910684302003-03-20T11:13:00.000-06:002003-03-20T11:31:39.000-06:00Truth be told I don't know what's wrong with BMA. When I publish it reads error 203, which means my computer is having trouble reading at least one character. I was furious when I posted the comment of trying to encourage Texas to suceed from the US, but now I'm too depressed to blog about it. Here's what I've been reading lately;
CNN reporter Kevin Sites' blog from the road - in Afghanistan Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750216982370477353noreply@blogger.com0