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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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between 4 & 20 blackbirds will be baked in a pie
and Dick Cheney will be named as an unindicted co-conspirator.
Link here.
It is a list of the 15 worse hacks in the Bush administration. I could only access the bottom 8, but they are pretty amazing. Take this guy for instance, called “Altoid Boy” and in charge of reining in Jenna Bush, until . . .
“Fresh out of college and seeking a job on George W. Bush’s 1994 Texas gubernatorial campaign, Israel Hernandez showed up an hour early for his interview with the candidate. Impressed by his punctuality, Bush hired Hernandez within days and eventually invited him to live with the Bush family in their Dallas home, where Hernandez reportedly became like an older brother to Jenna and Barbara Bush. Serving as Bush’s travel aide for the next few years, “He was always there with the Altoids, the speech box, the schedule, whatever I needed,” Bush later wrote in his autobiography. After getting a master’s degree at (where else?) the George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M (named after H.W.), Hernandez–or, as Bush called him, “Altoid Boy”–joined Bush’s 2000 presidential campaign and later worked in the White House as an assistant to Karl Rove. There, he helped choreograph Bush’s events and was once made part of the first lady’s official delegation on a trip to Europe so that he could keep an eye on Jenna. All of which, apparently, was good preparation for managing more than 1,800 employees in more than 80 countries, because, earlier this year, Bush nominated the 35-year-old Hernandez to serve as an assistant secretary of Commerce and to run the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, the federal government’s key export promotion agency.”
(I don’t know who to do the box thing–can someone help?)
[blockquote]Text here[/blockquote]
except replace the [ and ] with < and > so you end up with
A good way to figure out how folks got some effect is to click the “view source” or “page source” or something like that in your browser’s “View” menu. Then use your browser’s Find or Search function (under Edit) to find the text (say the text that’s in a box) you’re interested in. Then see what the code is before and after it. If you search this page’s source for part of
you can see how the quote code works.
Since you did so good with that one — I don’t know how to do that picture thing? Can anyone help? 🙂
This is a little more complex:
< img src=”http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b62/beagleandtabby/SammyNEllieCute.jpg“ >
However, remove the spaces between the < and the img and then the ” and the > .
This will get you this:
beagleandtabby
Much. You are a born educator, i think.
And your friends are most attractive!
thank you;)
And there is this old diary by superscalar wherein much is expounded.
Trying again. This is in the New Republic now:
Now can someone tell me how to penetrate the New Republic’s subscription wall and find out who was the #1 hack in the Bush administration?
Anbody see Maher’s government mascot thing last night. I can’t for the life of me remember one specifically, but they were all pretty funny.
Yankees eliminated yet?
Blue guys in Civil War I think. Also, G.I.s in WWII, from the Brit perspective. But those damn Brits and their sloppy language. It was always “Yanks.”
I smoked a lot of pot in high school during lunch, and I had American History fifth period.
This must be why I don’t know.
A plague oer the land.
A pox upon humanity.
A collection of over-ego’ed baseball players.
(Booman loves them.)
http://www.democrats.com/node/6324
from roberts’ speech after being sworn in:
they just happen to share the same goal of total and complete domination of every mother fucking last one of us!
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who say Cheney/Bush will be impeached, I’ve just gotta luv ya!
I voted just three upper officials. Just sticking with whatever Fitzgerald’s initial paper serving is, and rampantly speculating (can’t help it):
Karl’s number is up. Scooter too, I plumb reckon. Too long, too silent, too much damn work not to grab those two. After that, Magic 8-ball says cloudy future. I’m pulling for Cheney as unindicted co-conspirator, especially if Powell flipped and, say, the plane document passing counts as conspiracy. So I voted for “three high-ranking,” with the fallout doing crippling damage (hope springs eternal).
In a reality-based world, any scenario with more than three indictments would mean George would be well-charred toast, albeit possibly not via impeachment. Whatever the legal damage, he’d be completely radioactive politically and would need “containment.” The depressing sequence posted recently by Cali Scribe is one possibility (Cheney steps down, Bush appoints new trusted VP, Bush steps down, VP pardons Cheney and Bush).
As for smaller fry, anybody take odds on the W.H.I.G.? I’m hoping for Bolton and Judy Miller, but don’t guess it will happen. Does anyone know how Fitzgerald’s other investigations rolled out? Condi, Hadley, McClellan, mustn’t forget Novak… so many worthies!
If you have the stamina for it, emptywheel has a great timeline of events here. And there’s also the ThinkProgress one, with nice pictures of second-tier players.
mmm… Plamelicious!
Sadly it feels like we left reality about twenty something exits ago.
Remember the war photos for porn access story? The web site operator has been arersted on charges unrelated to those war photos.
…
“In my 33 years of law enforcement experience, this is one of the most horrific examples of filthy, obscene materials we have ever seized,” Sheriff Grady Judd said in a statement. He did not elaborate.
Karma’s a bitch.
Condi does stans. Condi’s off to visit some stan countries next week spreadin’ that “freedom agenda”. Between her and Karen Hughes, guesses are the insurgency against America in all countries they’re visiting will have increased by the end of the year. Doesn’t the US government have any nice, friendly to women to send to that continent? Just a thought.
shycat is just one post below you.
My post has provided you a little breathing room, but if that cat gets a whiff of you you are in big trouble!
My catnip plants have never lasted an evening outdoors.
Phew! Thanks. I’ll have to keep an eye on her. 🙂
“shy” – that’s what they all say…until they pounce and devour you!
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand o’er your grave
‘Til I’m sure that you’re dead
Copyright © 1963; renewed 1991 Special Rider Music
Columbia Records
I am reposting this ,I am listening to Steve Perry’s (of Pearl Jam) version of this song right now. VERY powerful.
Masters of War-
catnip is just one post upthread!
pounce…pounce…
hurry before beagleandtabby split and tabby gets it!
It’ok -I am safe under the sofa- where even a beagleandtabby can’t get me.
Very tasty video from Badmash..”Bush?…I don’t know what he’s talking about…” Check it out
Peace
Each year since 2000, on my birthday I’ve tried to put together some predictions for the coming years.
I have a mixed record as far as accuracy is concerned, (I was wrong about Gore in 2000 but right about if bush became prez that we’d be at war soon after).
In any case, today’s the day again and I want to share at least one (unscientific) prediction here.
I predict that Bush won’t finish out his second term; that he’ll have to step down as a result of health issues, (i.e. a return to alcohol abuse followed by a more or less complete mental and emotional breakdown).
Regardless of what happens with his “brain”, (Turdblossom), I think it’s accurate to say that now that Bush doesn’t need to win any more votes, his handlers and guardians are not maintaining such tight control over his words and actions. I think this Miers nomination is an example of Bush simply refusing to obey his masters and deciding on his own to nominate this unqualified corporate attorney cum evangelista mommy figure to be a Supreme. And the fact that his handlers didn’t inject him with a knockout drug to prevent him from making this idiotic nomination I think is a further sign that, as far as the neocons are concerned, he’s served his purpose to them and is now pretty much expendable.
I fully expect to see and hear more and more idiotic pronouncements from our haples leader in the months to come. I think he’s so far removed from reality now that he firmly believes all the praiseworthy rhetoric about himself and now is determined to assert his own authority by defying his handlers and bosses. Also, I think he’s having a “mommy deficit” in the White House. His 2 main maternal enablers, Rice and Hughes, are actually busy doing other things, and little George is no longer the prime focus of their jobs. This absence of maternal surrogacy will undoubtedly accelerate his mental and emotional decline in a way even the pompous Andy Card will be helpless to prevent.
So, there’s one drama I’ll be looking forward to seeing play out. I realize of course that with Bush out of commission that Cheney will be elevated to the top spot, but since he’s been running the important parts of the show all along the change in overall strategy won’t likely get any worse as a result of this. (Plus, of course, Cheney needs darkness to be effective. The spotlight of direct scrutiny he would be under as #1 instead of #2 would probably impair his ability to make things worse for the planet.)
Thank you!
Teflon baby, that boy W. is teflon! he’s not going anywhere. I hope I’m wrong and you’re right, but nothing seems to stick!
But Happy Birthday anyway.
p.s. your initials are the exact reverse of my bosses initials(… is that you Jon?)
He may be teflon, but it’s teflon that’s breaking down, losing it’s chemical integrity and ceasing to function. IMHO.