Steve Clemons discusses what it feels like to be on Rove’s enemies list, and makes me wonder what has “been noted” about our efforts at BT:
Apparently, both Ken Mehlman and Karl Rove were briefed about the conference — and I was told that the White House, at least Karl Rove, was well aware of the role that TWN played in helping to block the Senate’s confirmation of John Bolton as America’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
One of my unnamed friends who worked doggedly (and successfully) on President Bush’s reelection told me that my role in the Bolton fight had “been noted” by Rove, Karen Hughes and others — and that they really, really didn’t like being forced to make a recess appointment.
The reason for this preamble is that Rove allegedly stated that “Steve’s conference looks important and seems mostly balanced. We should participate, but the price for Bolton is that he won’t get a ‘Top Dog’ but we’ll give him a strong ‘Deputy Dog.'”
Note that these comments were reported to me second hand.
The President’s Deputy Chief of Staff may be the one in the dog house now.
I take great pleasure in thinking that we may have kept them up late at night trying to figure out what the hell ‘cheesecake’ is a code-word for.
clearly a reference to something that causes fierce hostility and jealousy for its possession.
Them are fighting words. I almost choked on a fudgsicle reading these first two comments. I am so glad we have each other to laugh about this shit. Y’all have a great night. My cat is calling me.Time to hit the couch.
If we weren’t before (not likely,) we sure will be as soon as our google-bombing campaign of Leslie “Wolf” Blitzer runs its inevitable course.
Can you believe that P.O.S. Blitzer used to work for AIPAC? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_Blitzer)
We can now add AIPAC Blitzer to the list of faux journalists working for the MSM. Another outing this week, was that punk Pete Williams who
“”is an NBC News correspondent based in Washington, D.C. He has been covering the Justice Department and the U.S. Supreme Court since March 1993. Williams was also a key reporter on the Microsoft anti-trust trial and Judge Jackson’s decision.
Prior to joining NBC, Williams served as a press official on Capitol Hill for many years. In 1986 he joined the Washington, DC staff of then Congressman Dick Cheney as press secretary and a legislative assistant. In 1989, when Cheney was named Assistant Secretary of Defense, Williams was appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. While in that position, Williams was named Government Communicator of the Year in 1991 by the National Association of Government Communicators.”” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Williams)
I wasa thinking that next time I was going to GB traitors and the link would take you to the REPUBLICAN PARTY 🙂
Couple random thoughts:
Who the Fuck is paying 50Cent to pump Bush and rebuff Kanye West’s commentary on Bush???
Anyone hear Olbermann refer to Limbaugh & Hannity as “reactionary parrots?” LOFL
I honestly don’t think 50 gives a fuck about Bush. But the rap game is driven off feuds, and he and Kanye have got one going.
So, he is required (possibly by contract) to start shit with Kanye at every possible opportunity.
“Reactionary parrots” was one of the best lines to come out of Olberman’s mouth. He sure can spit out the zingers.
I don’t doubt that the major outlets are being monitored in some fashion. (I’ll bet they just loved our photo spread!)
I’m just upset that since the time change I have to stay up an hour later to get my coded marching orders from Jon Stewart!
We’ll know we’re being watched when they all start drinking absinthe! ;-D
Well, Steve Clemons was brushing up right against them … as a journalist in D.C. and planner of an event in which the administration’s participation was desired.
I don’t worry about it much. It’s pretty amusing how many people I’ve known — living around here — who think that their phones are tapped.
I think that reading about crime all the time can make one hyper-alert and paranoid about being robbed or raped or murdered … ditto reading about politics.
There are millions of us writing e-mails and blogging against the Bush administration. And we seem, for the most part, to be left to do our thing, which is pretty damn cool.
No matter how pissed off we get in this country, we have SO much more liberty and privilege than people in other parts of the world. Hell, as bad as Guantanamo may be for its prisoners, it’s a deluxe country club compared to most prisons in most countries.
I’d prefer a country like Sweden, etc. where social and health concerns are cared for more. But, we could do worse living here.
Multiple SS’s on your boarding pass? Strip searches, canines sniffing about your naughty bits….Hmmmm…Methinks your cover’s blown Boo. Covert my ass, you gotta be a ‘Deep Cover’ plant.
Dog house my ass
Peace
Funny that crossed my mind, and the next thought I had was about the irony. People tracking us and then realizing.. hey these guys might have a point!
This morning I looked at my file of police documents about Jim Hatfield’s death, including the arrest and search warrants for the credit card fraud case against him, and copies of the notes and some other things that were found with him in room 312 at Days Inn in Springdale, Arkansas, where the housekeeper found him dead July 18, 2001.
Hatfield was the biographer of G.W. Bush whose book Fortunate Son: The Making of An American President was big news twice in one week in October 1999, before it was withdrawn and burned by its publisher St. Martin’s press.?
I think this is what happens when one makes the enemies list. Steve might just have made the WTF? list of Rove’s.
I’ve noticed something that will come back to haunt the Rove networks. That friend-access enemies-denied looks just like paid access to democracy. The Senate Abramoff hearings are bringing out the worst of all of them….black books, friends list, TBP (to be punished), access denied…it’s mostly based on reciprocal donations but actions count too.
The biggest problem will be the agent provocateurs who will try to incite violence from within our various anti-war protest groups, in order to discredit same. That you can count on.
To what extent “they” are monitoring email, websites, and blogs remains to be seen, as there is little to no historical precedence on this.
If you are running for office, or one of the main honchos of a publicly known anti-war group you should expect to be monitored in some fashion.
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my mind! Hmmm.
The few bloggers I have contact with thru personal email do seem to have some Internet monitoring and/or harassment from persons calling them with a reminder of illegal activity, presenting themselves as FBI persons.
When I took an Internet account only one year ago, I made sure to select the best provider in The Netherlands, who opposes EU legislating closer monitoring of all emails, etc. The team originally were involved with Internet as hackers, so I feel safer than average here. Lots of knowledge on hacking available at the reknowned Technical University at Delft.
However, initiatives taken by any national government is secundary to the data mining done by a friendly foreign power.
I always wondered what happened at Daily Kos with IP incident on March 15, 2005 – 9:00AM PDT, can anyone explain in layman’s terms? Egerwaen perhaps.
For a President who never reads, bad memories, I wish all secret lurkers – most likely electrons running its routes in a lot of computer power – nevertheless a lot of reading pleasure. LOL.
Amdocs – Comverse – DEA – Mossad – Verint
“Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY
he certainly must be gleeful- as he watches us scramble from one ‘outrage’ to the next and like good short sighted easily duped people, soon forget the previous outrage..
Fortunately, the investigations are in legal hands and although our attention span may be short on some important subjects, the LIGHT is causing the vermin to scurry.
I picture Karl Rove sitting at his computer, after hours, going from blog to blog and watching the frenzy of bloggers as he spins and starts his rumors, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if he is a good troll here and there, adding fuel to the fire, playing his sick game with both sides.
by the DLC, and you have Pat Lang and Larry Johnson as front pagers whenever they need to say something and today’s Larry Johnson says quite a big bit, and you have been linked to a far bit by Buzzflash lately, and you steer the blog away from silly fights and most of the time everybody sticks to the issues at hand. You also have “world” connections and there is an air of integrity about you and all of this. I don’t know Booman……You are probably being watched. SuzyQ broke new ground too on the Gitmo stuff……Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t watching you.