Posted on 06/21/2006 5:42:42 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
The rapidly EXPLODING Blogola scandal which has engulfed the Daily Kos as chronicled in yesterday's EDITION of the DUmmie FUnnies is the hot talk of the Blogosphere. Of course, this big scandal is nowhere to be seen in the MSM. However, the shocking Blogola revelations appearing in such blogs as DONKEY CONS and the RIEHL WORLD VIEW have caused the Head KOmmie, Markos Moulitsas, to react by going into the denial mode as you can see in this THREAD titled, "Consulting." So let us now watch the Head KOmmie try to talk his way out of the Blogola scandal in Bolshevik Red while the commentary of your humble correspondent, who wishes to apologize to the KOmmies for thinking they sold out for mere sushi and booze when it is really the BIG BUCKS they are selling out for, is in the [brackets]:
Consulting
[Consulting---the modern way of receiving those green bills in the brown bags.]
by kos
[Partner of Jerome Armstrong of stock shilling fame.]
With the election season heating up, as well as 2008 starting to loom larger, and every conspiracymonger looking for hidden biases, let me take yet another opportunity to make very clear that I am not a consultant.
[I am NOT a crook...but my partner is.]
I don't consult now. I haven't consulted since 2004. I don't plan on consulting in the future. I don't want to consult. Why would I consult when I have the sweetest gig in the world? I mean, I get paid to blog and write! Why would I mess with that formula?
[Because the $$$$ is much bigger if you leave the dirty work of "consulting" to your partner Jerome Armstrong. Let's see, Armstrong receives big payments from Congressman Sherrod Brown in Ohio. Then just a couple of days after slamming Brown in the Daily Kos, you have a "miraculous" change of heart and support him in his senate bid.]
My only sources of revenue are this site (advertising and subscriptions), some freelance writings in places like the American Prospect, and CTG (eventually. It takes publishers ages to send out royalty checks). At some point in the future, SportsBlogs will be a source of revenue, but it's nowhere near that point yet. No politician, campaign, issue group, nor any other organization has directly or indirectly paid me for anything.
[I would love to check out the money flow rate in the Armstrong-Kos pipeline.]
Did I mention I'm not a consultant, and will not be a consultant in the future? Because if I didn't, let me make clear -- I'm not a consultant. And I won't be.
[I am not a crook and never will be a crook. Let me make it very clear -- I am not a crook although my partner, Unknown Jerome, might be.]
Clear?
[All too clear that you avoided answering the DETAILS of the Blogola scandal. And now on to the cult-like responses of you fellow KOmmies...]
Can I hire you as a consultant?
[Is that you, Mark Warner?]
How much do you pay?
[Replied Kos. This morning I found out that the SEIU (Service Employees International Union) pays almost $162,000.]
But Kos is pure. Won't sell out. But will definitely be accused of selling out. And probably worse. He's a big target now.
[Kos is pure as the driven slush.]
Survey USA says LIEBERMAN TANKS
[That's because Lieberman didn't pay the Unknown Jerome Political Technologies LLC "consulting fee."]
It's silly, but the reality is that if he consulted, there would inevitably be jackasses who would question his impartiality, regardless of whether he disclosed, and regardless of whether the consulting had anything to do with what he was saying on DK.
[Gee. Where would we ever get the strange idea that the much vaunted Kos impartiality is in question?]
just heading off people who insist I'm compromised because I'm in someone's employ.
[Or if Unknown Jerome is in someone's employ, kos.]
soooo who are you not consulting for then? Don't you think full disclosure is appropriate?
[Kos is NOT consulting for Sherrod Brown, Mark Warner, nor the SEIU...but Unknown Jerome is.]
Probaby you have seen it before, but it's a first for me. It is classic swift-boating, isn't it?
[Nowadays, when you investigate the misdeeds of Democrats it is called "swift-boating."]
Markos may be cranky and crazy occasionally but The Ragin' Cajun is too and he's rich and he's even sleeping with the enemy. If it is about the money or whom he consults I trust his judgement, and it shouldn't matter if I didn't. If it makes any difference he could call it 'helping' and his fees could be donations.
[Just change the word definitions and all is okay. "Scamming" will now be redefined to mean "helping" and Markos is certainly getting some big "helpings" via his partner, Unknown Jerome.]
then what do you say about the report from Jason Leopold that you were seen on the 5th floor of Patton Boggs, meeting with Mark Warner for 18 hours or half a day? Are you sure you're not both a consultant, but then again not a consultant......?
[As usual, Jason Leopold was wrong. It was Unknown Jerome who was seen on the 5th floor of Patton Boggs meeting with Mark Warner for 18 hours.]
Kos, You've become a lightening rod because you've taken bold, principled stands, using a relatively new medium, and that threatens some folks. You owe no one an explanation and the very visibility that you now have- the fact that people are talking about you, regardless of the context- equals success. And, as you gain success, we all do..it's good for the whole movement. Just keep on doing what you've been doing and don't let it burn you out. As for the critics: F*ck 'em.
[An impassioned plea for KOmmie KOs to continue stonewalling.]
I don't want to be the first to raise it, but there are serious allegations listed there against Jerome.
[REALLY???]
"It's a KOincidence, I tell ya, just a KOincidence!"
FUnnie cartoon of Kos there.
At the recently concluded "Yearly Kos" gathering in Las Vegas, candidate Mark Warner splurged for an extravagant sushi/ice sculpture/chocolate fountain "Blogosphere at the Stratosphere" bash for the KOmmies. Head KOmmie MarKO$ Moulit$a$, AKA Gov. Blogolarich, told Gov. Warner, "I've got to say, though, as a first date, this is pretty cool." And Warner replied, "If that was the first date, I hope we can get a second date. . . . Let's keep dating."
Maybe Gov. Warner doesn't realize that in Nevada you can get a "date" for a lot less than what he paid.
Congratulations! You now have the DUFU virus...
All your subscribers are infected, and they will soon trace it back to you.
Best of luck with your new Consulting business!
As clear as an ice sculpture.
It is classic money-laundering and pocket-lining.
Thanx. Might use that in a DUFU soon.
Later, KOS, in this same thread, makes the following response to someone:
Nothing (14+ / 0-)
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just heading off people who insist I'm compromised because I'm in someone's employ. by kos on Tue Jun 20, 2006 at 03:57:22 PM PDT
Hmmmm. First he states his only income is from advertising/subscriptions, freelance writing and royalties. Later he claims to be in 'someone's employ'. Do we have a slip of the keyboard here? Had Mr. KOmmie of Korruption been a little devious with his minions?
Employed by Unknown Jerome?
So - his eyes always looked like he's getting poked up the behind, eh? I suppose Mom was right when she said if you keep making that face, it'll stay that way.
That would be the logical assumption. But who knows who else may be involved?
Starting this afternoon and up until two months from today (August 21), I will be "standing down" from FR. Too much to do, too many places to go. Over the next nine weeks, I will be spending half of the time away from home:
A half-week in Chicago (June 21-24)
One week in Philadelphia (June 30-July 8)
One week in Colorado Springs (July 17-21)
One week in Door County, Wisconsin (July 22-29)
One week in Gothenburg, Sweden (August 14-21)
I'm speaking at conferences in Colorado and Sweden (which means extra time preparing papers). Philly and Wisconsin are family vacations. Chicago, my daughter and I are tagging along on my wife's business.
So hold down the fort, guys! I won't be DUFUing for PJ-Comix, or pinging the Swedish Ping List, or exchanging bon mots with martin_fierro and mikrofon. I'll check my own pings and FReepmail, I may lurk a little, maybe I'll pop in with the occasional post, but my life outside FR is getting a little too busy right now (not to mention ongoing pastoral duties and doctoral work) to be FReeping regularly. See ya after August 21!
We'll miss ya, but you and the family enjoy yourselves!
We will miss you. Have a good summer. See ya in the fall.
(have fun)
Have a great time! I hope you'll be able to gather some first-hand information about the Muslim situation in Sweden too.
AVOID venturing out into the neighborhoods. One wrong turn and you'll be a goner.
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