Who? Me?
Posted on 05/07/2006 5:33:36 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
I wish I could be there, I am in SC on business till Thursday. Cheer extra loud for me!
I will cheer for you- and get some pics!!!
We will miss you!
I got the impression he was pissed about Goss's departure. He appeared to think he was doing a good job cleaning up the CIA.
But, don't quote me ;-)
10. Govt_Bean_Counter. #199. I remain of the opinion that these leak investigations are about to touch members of Congress and other politically active individuals. It is imperative that the CIA be seen as being run by an apolitical manager. In addition, in Hayden you are talking about a career analyst. IMO, the problem with the CIA hasn't been the data gathering, it is what happened when the data hit people like Mary McCarthy. The documents being translated by folks like Jveritas are beginning to validate the raw data and assessments made by Bush's team. It is disturbing that career analysts did not think the web of relationships constituted actionable intel. Problem methodology or people? I think that question will be asked early and often. If you think there was weeping, moaning and gnashing of teeth with Goss, you ain't seen nothing yet.
9. Bahbah #52. This post was worth the price of admission all by itself. do the Kennedy's have a family curse leading to heartbreak and loss?"
I have realized that there is a Kennedy family curse and it is that the entire Kennedy family is a curse on this country.
Also. #24, 37, 46, 95, 157, 196, 213, 230, 433, 446, 501, 509, 559, 598, 609, 684, 791, 817, 846 and 847.
8. Cardinal4: 101
Watch for this to happen. The Democrats, therefore the MSM, can and will not be happy with any notice of success on the Medicare Drug Plan. Explaining exactly why Pelosi will get rid of it. Every last vestige of "Bushness" must be eradicated..
Also, 16, 33, 66, 91, 94, 172, 295, 341, 370, 401 and 419.
7. eeevil conservative. Unfortuantly Ms E was only able to be with us a short time this week. (Yes dear one, I am being smarmy here :-*} #204. think you are spot on... but I think Patches is more interested in continuing the life of privildge and not having to be accountable...he truly doesn't have a grasp on the idea... I think he honestly believes he is ABOVE reality. His family environment has taught him that he is above the law. He is above reproach. All mistakes are covered up- IF they are ever caught. He honestly doesn't fathom that there are things that he cannot BUY or TALK his way out of... like getting hisself killed..... Not money, nor the Kennedy name will be able to bring him back to life.... it's so sad.... very sad..... you nailed it with "enabling" Also # 15, 22, 29, 38, 42, 47, 49, 55, 58, 63, 65, 73, 100, 137, 140, 152, 177, 179, 181, 211, 218, 219, 223, 229, 232, 241, 249, 259, 275, 286, 292, 297, 306, 307, 312, 319, 324, 332, 333, 337, 340, 769. 907, 908, and 911.
6. RightinVirginia. #116. I'm sitting here wondering just when Arlen Specter became the most important man in the world.
#753 Our forefathers also believed that all men are inherently corrupt, that is why we have a system of checks and balances Our forefathers also believed in the inherent wisdom of the people. Hence....the first amendment protecting above all else---the freedom of political speech.John McCain would be well served by reading the Constitution and the writings of those who wrote it. IMHO, the politician who seeks to stifle political speech--in any form--- has no business being in politics.
Also, 5. Samantha. #388 I think it is never a good idea for Biden to ppear on any of these Shows because he cannot help himself. He is like Patrick Kennedy addicted to Drugs/Alcohol,but he is addicted to going on the Talk Shows and looking like a Horses's .......fill in the blank. He comes on as arrogant,flippant,condescending, and tone deaf. He cannot control his mouth and sarcastic comments while he is running for President, and he really looks old of late. pretty soon we will be seeing his eyes in that goofy permanent surprised look like Pelosi. I think those hair plugs are growing internally right to his brain, he is so rudderless. #853 Is Conyers going to run his own impeachment hearing, for using his employees to babysit his children and be nannies 24-7 for weeks at a time? I think that would be lovely. The dems will not take over the House or the Senate, and in their case they better be careful for what they wish for with impeachment. Let's see Rockefeller,Jefferson,Mollohan just a start,Durbin,Reid,etc. Also, 117, 144, 167, 200, 361, 388, 412, 432, 449, 554, 566, 595, 637, 667, 676, 680, 681, 699, 708, 732, 750, 751, 755, 762, 764, 768, 776, 778, 786, 789, 803, 807, 810, 816, 819, 826, 830, 835, 837, 841, 843, 844, 845, 851, 852, 857, 859, 863, 864, 877, 881, 886, 889, 894, 898, 901, 902 and 903.
4.RobfromGA. You are a most welcome addition Rob! #540 But if Hillary comes close to caring for another human, it may be Chelsea. Chelsea may represent the Hildabeast's best chance to get back into the White House. I'm sure she would relish being the "First Mother" living in the WH, with a big West Wing office. Chelsea could make coffee. #495, The best thing about the Medicare bill is that it established Health Savings Accounts-- the first step in health care portability for most Americans. It is a far easier step for government to take over a job being done by employers, than to take over a job that Americans are handling themselves. Putting citizens more in charge of their own Health Care decisions is a KEY long-term shift. Also, 77, 136, 174, 189, 243, 250, 261, 282, 300, 323, 343, 357, 485, 502, 539, 549, 552, 954, and 961.
Snugs shall be a long to post the Top Three here later.
You called me "dear" AND were smarmy- ALL at the same time!!!!
I am SOOOOO in love!!!
LOL!
honestly...
THANK YOU Johnnie for all your hard work...we truly appreciate it!
Sheesh! Are YOU stalking guys again???
ROFLOL
Who? Me?
No.3.
Anita.
It's Sunday, It's Anita Media Nuggets, what else need be said? #577.
Thanks rod & congrats for last week. Here 's this Sunday's Media Nuggets ###### Latest casualty in Wash.Post newsroom job-cuts - health care reporter & Foxnews contributor Ceci Connolly. She is out because her reporting about Katrina from N.O. required WP to run multiple corrections. Also, reading press releases from NARAL & Planned Parenthood is ok - but passing them to readers as fact is NOT. ###### Remember Wash.Post WH beat reporter Jim VandeHei created news instead of reporting by whining about Fox on Air Force One? Wash.Post editors took him to woodshed and removed him from his WH beat. Wash.Post National desk editor Michael Abramowitz takes his place. ###### Deborah Norville is accusing Rita Cosby of anchoring "From A Whorehouse". ###### Investors are suing that XM Satellite Chief Lied and Cashed Out. ###### Howard Stern Causes Sirius' Losses to Double . Sirius Satellite Radio says that its first quarter loss more than doubled, due largely to expenses of $225 million in stock-related compensation to its star shock jock Howard Stern. ###### Many VIPs attended Fox News correspondent Eric Shawn's "The U.N. Exposed" book release festival. John Bolton congratulated him for writing the truth & not fiction.. ###### TV Newsmagazines like Dateline NBC, 60 Minutes, 20/20 & 48 Hours Mystery Struggle for Survival. ###### Radio talk-show host Glenn Beck is starting from tomorrow on CNN Headline News and already started liberal attacks prove the worthiness of watching. ###### Newspapers Circulation Expected to Fall ->Steeply Again in Upcoming FAS-FAX. It 's likely that overall circulation will show another large decline when the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) releases its semi-annual FAS-FAX report on Monday. ###### U 2 Murdock? -> Rupert Murdoch invites Bill Clinton to address News Corporation executives this August at a corporate retreat in Pebble Beach. ###### NYTimes sticks up for Zarqawi & criticising U.S. military.
#212 Bill Kristol just said we should expect the CIA to become a mini state department. Everyone being fat and happy. Krystol thinks something wrong with State Dept? German Chancellor seems to think otherwise. Hillary Clinton Dissed by Angela Merkel German chancellor Angela Merkel was here on a two day visit to meet President Bush. Hillary sought to meet with Merkel as a symbol of the power of women in politics. Merkel had other priorities so not interested, declined and met instead the CEOs of General Electric, Monsanto, Hewlett-Packard, Dow Chemical, Siemens and DaimlerChrysler. Actually, the real two power women, Merkel and Rice met & discussed the real top issue of the day, the threat of a nuclear Iran.
#251 Hillary wanting to horn in for a photo op and Merkel declines.Even more irritating to Hillary, she (Merkel) dines in private with our Prez and speaks with our Prez the next day at American Jewish Conference (1st time in history for Chancellor to speak there).
#406 There is actually a CIVIL WAR brewing inside the dem.party and media will not report about it.
#560Pat Roberts, on CNN says this for all the ex-CIA people, ex-generals and the like: "I have got a large roll of duct tape."
#579 Clinton never touched 50% in REAL elections and the democratic party started bleeding from then on. Even as MSM was hyping Clinton's high approval ratings, republicans start to gain in REAL elections. When Bush came, it accelerated even faster beating historic trends - republicans grab all three branches and local houses & governorships. Meanwhile, Sierra Club, AFLCIO & NARAL all lost their power significantly. Economy, inspite of Katrina, Corporate scandals, 9/11 attach and 2 wars grew amazingly without MSM recognition of ANYTHING. MSM lost most of its' clout if not all. History will judge differently about Bush.
Also 23, 26, 41, 48, 99, 121, 128, 163, 165, 184, 212, 234, 269, 442, 465, 469, 589, and 591.
No.2.
Phsstpok.
Formidable intellect in action. Read every one of his posts. #665"Dominance = majority = 55 percent. "Meaningless drivel. It takes 60 to pass anything in the Senate. And have you ever heard the term "RINO?" To reverse a Will Rogers line, "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Republican." The point is that sitting it out or, worse, voting for a dim because the Republicans aren't perfect is the kind of stupid attitude that got us 8 years of Bill Clinton. You are serving the wrong interests when you let this type of thinking dominate how you view the choices before us (there, that's an appropriate use of the concept). There are people to work for who can make a difference within the Republican party. No libertarian has a chance of getting elected so working for them is counterproductive. There are no Democrats so good on any issue that their election will make giving one or both houses to the Democrat party as a whole into a worthwhile thing. So get over your greviences with clowns like Specter and find people you can work for. I don't care if they're not in your district or state. Support them. And if you have to hold your nose and vote for the Specter's of the world if they are your available candidates so that the better party has a chance of getting something, if not everything, accomplished then do it. The power (and willingness) to destroy something is the absolute power to control that thing. Right now the dims are willing to destroy our country if they can't control it. Don't cooperate with them.
#829 The US Navy guards our sea lanes. Yes, but you know what I meant.What you are proposing is a new, land based mission for the CG. We already have 10,000 border patrol agents in DHS who are doing the same thing. What we need are more border patrol agents, physical barriers, and technology to control our southern land border with Mexico. The Coast Guard is tasked with protecting our sea coasts. Why create a new mission for the Coast Guard? The border patrol ain't cutting it and they are too tied up with "la Migre" to be anything but "the enemy" to immigrants. If they are moved in as part of the CG structure you have a very good beginning of the force structure necessary. Add in the MEU type RDF under the CG command structure and tradition and I think you have a winning formula. It's all about how they are perceived. The BP has an image which is both incapable of doing the job and universally perceived as "the bad guys." How many movies can you think of where border patrol types were the bad guys? I can think of quite a few. Now, how many movies can you think of with CG types as the bad guys? I can't think of any. And the drug cartels would s**t bricks.
Also, 75, 82, 103, 112, 166, 173, 220, 228, 256, 287, 305, 308, 317, 329, 353, 474, 516, 567, 578, 583, 654, 660, 665, 724, 725, 748, 754, 756, 759, 765, 781, 794, and 912.
BACK SHORTLY WITH NUMBER ONE
Stalking??? I know we live in a sad and sorry Politically Correct age but when did FLIRTING become a crime? :-)
Maica.
Maica brought formidable analytical skills to the thread today. Well done! #145;
Specter is a closet Dem. He values the Senate much more than the Executive Branch, He is repulsive, and the decision by Rove et al to support him in the last election, when he had a primary challenger, was a terrible decision, IMO
#153 "They're saying that the drop in Bush's numbers are due to CONSERVATIVES." #### That is true. All the libs have given negative answers to pollsters since Jan 20, 2001. I just commented that only now are commentators mentioning the fact. New democrats are not being made.
#203 When discouraged conservatives say they are going to send a message to their R congressman, by a protest vote, because of the weak voting record in Congress of said congressman, I remind them that the most important vote said congressman makes is the vote for Speaker and Majority Leader. After that, it is up to us to tell them what we want, but if they are in the Minority we have NO say.
#280 I see elections as a wave effect. Republicans had a virtual tsunami in 1994 because the momentum against the Clintons was so strong. Pioneer Republican congressmen were the spokesmen and guides for the party Gingrich Armey Barr Kasich the fellow from NY married to another congresswoman the fellow from NY who was persuaded to run for Senate against Hillary etc These were all forward scouts, but because they were willing to go so far in front of established paleo-conservatives, they did not stay on in those offices when the waters calmed and everyone caught up, more or less, in a Republican majority. Now, twelve years later, we see a lot of 'brackish water' Republicans, fat and lazy, acting like what we hate about Dem politicians. It is time for a new wave of Cleansing conservatives to get to power within the Republican caucus, WHILE maintaining our majority.
#346 Are these poll respondents the same ones who cannot find Louisiana on a map? Or say that six inches of rain is deeper than six inches of snow; or cannot name the National Anthem, or the Vice-president or ...
#749 The opposition to Hayden because he is military, and would make the CIA too military seems to be a talking point. If the CIA was not invented for the DEFENCE of our country, what are we funding it for?
#801 The walls were WITHIN agencies. FBI investigations could not share info with FBI counter terrorism. That is why no one inside the FBI would give permission to look at Moussaoui's laptop in August 2001.
Also. 11, 20, 62, 72, 106, 115, 169, 185, 237, 245, 280, 284, 355, 682, 687, 743, 745, 747, 796, 798. and 801.
Well deserved for one of the best. Congratulations.
And your post #749 is one for the ages.
LOL! It is only a crime when flirting is done in only the eeevil way that I can do it!
You ralize I am a professional stalker, right?
Ask Mark Levin....
;-)
Thanks for posting the ribbons, snugs!
Thanks for all your hard work, Johnnie....
and CONGRATULATIONS maica! You have been MOST impressive!!!
GREAT to see at #1!!!
Thanks so much for the honor and the compliment. I love the company here on Sunday mornings and read every post.
Thanks, I am in great company here. I love everyone's comments. Amazing that we can routinely get to 900 or 1000 comments without getting bogged down in some of the negative trends that some other threads take.
Congratulations everyone!
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Be careful what you wish for!
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