Open Thread

Got any observations?

15 Comments

keres on September 4, 2007 at 7:11 pm

Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where the boidy is?

Actually there are lots of boidies about, pairing up and presumably starting to build their mortgage-free nests.

Hello from the Antipodes, where we are having a lovely early spring day.

keres on September 4, 2007 at 7:33 pm

We have your president (and his 700 staff and security people).
- dada on September 4, 2007 at 7:54 pm
  
  but it’s interesting you mention that….since it appears PM Howard has turned Sydney into an armed fortress. interesting that wherever chimpy goes he travels w/ a small army and the overall security arrangements are comparable to a world class despot in fear of assassination would require….it’s gonna be a problem for him starting 21 jan 2009….security’s gonna cast him a bundle..cause the ss only goes so far, and l think after some period of time, even they go away. [just sayin’ enessay…]
  
  lTMF’sA
  - billjpa on September 4, 2007 at 7:58 pm
    
    estimated cost of security= 60million a day!why duesn’t some one ask howard what 1/4 of that could do for the indiginous folks?
    Howard was hatched form the same nest as the stinking chimp!
    billjpa
    - keres on September 4, 2007 at 8:35 pm
      
      Howard is a chimpy wannabe.
  - keres on September 4, 2007 at 8:38 pm
    
    Unfortunately, Bush is my president and Howard is my Prime Minister. So I’m doubly cursed.
    
    I’m pretty sure ex-pres’s get secret service for life, but you are right, after having a small army for protection, he’s gonna fell nekid with only a small cadre of SS protecting his skinny butt.
- Alice on September 4, 2007 at 8:44 pm
  
  Keep them all.
  - keres on September 4, 2007 at 8:52 pm
    
    Thanks, but no thanks.

afox on September 4, 2007 at 7:26 pm

Potentially very big:
Iraqi peace talks held in Finland

The link is one of the few from the U.S., but it is all over Europe. There was a brief post on DailyKos, a copy from Common Dreams, but nothing so far commensurate with the possibilities.

The Guardian has more, including a twelve-point peace plan.

What is NOT clear: whether the Sunni and Shia participants enjoy the confidence of other Iraqi leaders.

on September 4, 2007 at 8:02 pm

Yet more emails are coming in about accounts I don’t have. It might appear that the net is on the declining curve of device functionality.

When scamming becomes the norm people will just shut it off.

Renee in Ohio on September 4, 2007 at 8:42 pm

Still working on helping Son in Ohio finish summer homework, leading me to revisit the absurdity of the banning of The Rabbits’ Wedding

http://www.myleftwing.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=18661

Totally different topic–just heard Olbermann say he’s doing a special comment tonight.

Second Nature on September 4, 2007 at 9:14 pm

Wow….he’s pissed. He actually said the “L” word. Lie.
- Renee in Ohio on September 4, 2007 at 10:22 pm
  
  I’m not positive, but I think he’s used that word before.
  
  The comment is available online now. Here’s the link
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20593445/