Open Thread

16 Comments

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   Brendan Skwire on July 24, 2008 at 5:44 pm

   I’m pretty freakin’ pissed that Nancy Pelosi appointed Porter Goss to co-chair the new Office on Ethics.

   She’s really sticking it to her base eh?  

   I mean how does someone wake up and say “I know.  I’ll appoint someone totally enmeshed in corruption to head the Ethics Office. That’ll be great.”

   Oh well, looks like Murtha didn’t have much to worry about after all.

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     BooMan on July 24, 2008 at 5:55 pm

     I’m not sure how that worked.  The pick was obviously made by John Boehner.  Did Pelosi have veto power?  

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     Isis on July 24, 2008 at 10:42 pm

     And Feinstein’s and Schumer’s support for Mukasey; another blunder? deliberate blunder? by the Dems.

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   BooMan on July 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm

   They figured out what causes the Northern Lights.

3. 

   robertdsc on July 24, 2008 at 6:22 pm

   I’m tired. I’m irritated that I have to work on my day off to make up for being laid off a day earlier in the pay period.

   I’m tired and irritated about McCain getting the breaks for his screwups and Obama not getting enough credit for his accomplishments this week.

   And to top it off, I can’t see my dear lady friend until Saturday. <grump>

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     Hurria on July 24, 2008 at 7:09 pm

     Accomplishments like what? Shamelessly pandering to Israel while blowing off the Palestinians?

4. 

   Hurria on July 24, 2008 at 7:08 pm

   “There will be no Iraqi athletes in Beijing for the Olympics.“

   It’s a complete outrage! It never bothered the Olympic Committee that the Iraqi team was completely run and controlled by Saddam’s regime. It never bothered them, either that athletes who were not sufficiently obedient or did not perform up to expectations were subjected to horrific punishments by Saddam’s sadistic son. Oh, no, THAT was not a problem. But NOW they decide to be strict about the rules.

   Haven’t Iraqis had enough heartbreaks?! Can’t they be allowed just this one small source of pleasure and pride?

5. 

   jimstaro on July 24, 2008 at 7:10 pm

   Air Force missile launch crew fell asleep

    

   WASHINGTON (AP) — Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday.

   The probe found that the missile launch codes were outdated and remained secure at all times. But the July 12 incident comes on the heels of a series of missteps by the Air Force that had already put the service under intense scrutiny.

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     dada on July 24, 2008 at 7:40 pm

     probably because they didn’t have a “comfort capsule” like the big brass wants. what’s a few hundred thousand dollars of counterterrorism money when the v.i.p.’s need a cozy retreat on those spartan military flights.

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     Isis on July 24, 2008 at 10:45 pm

     Well good. No one was launching missiles from North Dakota this week.

     Guess this is what Rumsfeld meant by downsizing the military.

6. 

   greenbird on July 24, 2008 at 9:02 pm

   iraqis should be adopted by us. honorary citizens of usa-world.

   also: doncha love gettin’ messages when you post, like this one, at boston.com?
   “Thanks for commenting. Depending on the blogger, your comment may or may not go live right away. We want to keep the troublemakers at bay, so this blogger may choose to look over the comments he or she receives before posting them. Just trying to keep the discourse civil. Don’t worry; the fact that you’re getting this message means that we received your comment, so there’s no need to submit it again. Thanks for taking part.”

   “troublemakers: the new evildoers”

   but hey! john mccain makes eggs disappear!

7. 

   dada on July 24, 2008 at 10:25 pm

   another low-rent call by chimpy and CONdi:

   The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama’s public rally today, which the State Department this week labeled a “partisan political activity” prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.

   The American Foreign Service Association, a union of Foreign Service workers are opposing the rule.

   huffingtonpost

   these people are certifiably nutzoid control freaks…no word on whether they went or not.

8. 

   judiper on July 24, 2008 at 10:52 pm

   I’m frustrated in Michigan.  A group is trying to get a reform proposal on the ballot in Michigan that’s very progressive and we’re getting hammered in the press from both sides.

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   billjpa on July 25, 2008 at 7:55 am

   so lets see- oil makes a dramatic rise frome 120 per bar to over 140 per bar and gas rises steadily to over 4.00 per gal!
   now, oil drops from over 140 per bar but where the hell is gas?
   Answer?

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     Isis on July 25, 2008 at 9:53 am

     People are still paying for the $$$ futures contracts. Gas won’t drop until the newly-priced oil hits the refineries and then the distribution network, but then, that’s when supply and demand was a cornerstone of market pricing. The cornerstones of pricing now seems to be greed and hype.

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       billjpa on July 25, 2008 at 10:15 am

       Thanks. Greed! The magic word.
        Don’t you find it fascinating that when it was going up(oil) the price of gas kinda just rapidly climbed also but on the way down, there appears to be a slowdown?
        BTW- do you have any idea just how many refineries are off line at the present time?