Gherkins of Info.....

Bits and pieces for a slow Friday night....

It's always toasty warm and FUN over at my friend John's Crooks and Liars where I found the link to this bit of nonsense.

Here's a taste.

Marie Antoinette Pelosi?
Looks like the Republicans in the House aren't planning to play nice-nice with the Democrats after all. The emerging House Republican plan on how to address the new Democratic majority is turning toward an aggressive effort to portray Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi and her team as out of touch and liberal.

"Come January, we'll take her head off every day," said a top GOP aide involved in the planning. "It will be a pure war of ideas over the next two years."

Fine, you guys go right the fuck ahead.
Insult women, be devisive, argue against raising the minimum wage and reducing the taxes on college loans.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I saw this guy on C-Span not too long ago, and I was very impressed.
I plan to read the book as soon as I can.
Sunday December 17th he will be at Firedoglake to live discuss his book,
Whistling Past Dixie: How Democrats Can Win Without the South by Thomas F. Schaller .

Now off to go harrass the dogs....

Shorter Glenn Greenwald

Hey Wingers!!! Go read Glenn Greenwalds' piece today, and maybe you'll learn sumfin.

Just in case you're busy.....

Shorter Glenn Greenwald:

The president and his minions are still breaking the law, just really carefully.

Racist Attack On Conyers, Muslims by "Investor's Business Daily"

Wow. Just wow.

I saw this at Americablog, and thought maybe one bit would be bad,
but you really have to read the whole thing for it to sink in.

John Conyers And The Muslim Caucus
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

Posted 11/9/2006

Congress: The likely new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee says he's just fighting bigotry in leading a Democrat jihad to deny law enforcement key terror-fighting tools. But he is in the pocket of Islamists.
John Conyers, son of a leftist Detroit union activist, represents the largest Arab population in the country.
snip....

Conyers, who runs an Arabic version of his official Web site,

snip....

Expect Conyers and Pelosi to kick open the doors of Congress to Islamists from the Council on American-Islamic Relations and other militant groups

snip....

In 2003, Conyers hosted the first dinner on the Hill that celebrated the end of Ramadan for such Muslim leaders...

Since when is it "bad" to represent your constituents?

Will they criticize all the South Western State Websites in Spanish now?

"Militant" groups? Do you have any proof, and if so, why aren't you giving it to the FBI instead of writing racists screeds?

Oh yes, end the Ramadan celebrations right after cancelling the Hanukkah party.....

YOU HAVE TO GO READ THE WHOLE THING.

They are going to play this s**t for all it's worth.

YOU. CAN. BET. ON. IT.

Hilarious New Ad Gay-Baits RNC Ken Mehlman

From October 31st, 2006

Honestly, I'm the wrong person to comment on this, I feel both ways...
that it's mean-spirited to semi-out Mehlman AND it's f'ng *hilarious!!

Raw Story
Published: Tuesday October 31, 2006

A new ad, set to debut at 3:30 today will parody an ad accused of race-baiting Tennessee Democrat Harold Ford by gay-baiting Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman. An advanced copy of the ad has been acquired by RAW STORY, and is viewable below.

The ad, produced by Proud of Who We Are and BlogActive, is a parody mocking the the RNC's now-infamous "call me" ad. That spot, which the RNC eventually pulled this month, showed a scantily clad white actress saying she met Ford at "the Playboy party." It ended with her asking the congressman to call her. Many analysts believe it was produced to play on racist fears of interracial relationships.

The parody ad script:

Young man: "Ken Mehlman makes race-baiting ads. Yet he still wants my vote.
Isn't that enough?"

Woman on street: "Ken Mehlman did favors for convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff? (Laughs) So what? Me? I think government's a little TOO honest."

Young man wearing camouflage: "I don't mind risking my life in Iraq.
As long as the Bush twins get to party in New York."

Minister holding Bible: "Ken Mehlman's right. I SHOULD get my congregation to vote with him, and just forget that his friends covered up the Foley page scandal."

Young man in tank top: "Ken Mehlman and I went to an inauguration event.
We had a great time! And, we saw President Bush."

Young woman: "I don't mind having my pocket picked by the big drug companies.
They give money to Ken Mehlman."

Man in sunglasses: "Ken Mehlman helped George Bush steal the 2004 election.
But uh, what the heck? Doesn't everybody do that?"

Title screen: Ken Mehlman. He's just not straight with Americans.

Voiceover: "BlogActive.com and Proud of Who We Are heartily approve of this parody ad."

Young man in tank top again: "Ken - call me!"

Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. XXVI: Working Stiff Edition

A new job is the cause....

THIS IS THE EFFECT.....

I'm pretty lucky in that I've only worked a handful of jobs in my adult life.
Maybe I'm befuddled by my stress over this job, but I really can't remember any seriously difficult moments in any of them.
(Excluding working for my brother which is a whole 'nother universe of problems)

So, since just like Bill O'Reilly, it's all about ME, ME, ME,
I'm looking for stories or ancedotes about your bad jobs, bad bosses or bad situations.

Hopefully, I'll stop wanting to climb into the crawlspace and live there for a week.
(mmm, dark & warm... what more could you ask for?)

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I got canned from this piece of shit job the next week. It wasn't worth the pain.

Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. XXV: Michigan Punk Edition

Cross posted at Daily Kos.

First, let me advise you (in case you didn't notice) that I am not chingchongchinaman.
In parlance equal to the discourse this evening......

If this is chingchongchinaman....

Ludwig van Beethoven (pronounced [ˈbeː.to.vən]) (baptized December 17, 1770[1] - March 26, 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is generally regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, and was the predominant figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music. His reputation and genius have inspired--and in many cases intimidated--ensuing generations of composers, musicians, and audiences.

Then this is equal to paddy......

Joan Marie Larkin (born September 22, 1958) is an American rock and roll guitarist, singer, and actress best known for her hit "I Love Rock 'N Roll," which was #1 on the Billboard charts from March 20 to May 8 of 1982.

As you may know from my previous stab at SNLC, I grew up in Miami FL in the 70's,
so I arrived knee deep in the middle of Bob Seger Land Central©1973 (aka Michigan) in 1978.
Unprepared for the onslaught of Rush, REO Speedwagon and Styx I succumbed.
But only for a short while.

Punk rock is an anti-establishment rock music movement with origins in the United Kingdom and United States around 1974-1975, exemplified by bands such as the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Damned, and The Clash.

The term punk is used to describe the associated subculture, involving youthful aggression, specific clothing styles, ideologies, and a DIY (do it yourself) attitude. Historically the cities of London, New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles have been punk's breeding grounds.

Yeah it was Grand Rapids Michigan in 1978, but believe it or not there really was a "punk scene".
Had a friend who played in a horrible band called "Toxic Scott and the Syndromes" (ew),
saw X, The Clash and many more that I can't remember at the moment.
(Senility or residual brain damage? You be the judge.)

Out of all the music I've listened to so far in my life, I can honestly say that punk & new wave effected me the most. I was young enough to enjoy late nites & partying, but old enough to be (relatively) sensible about it. My ex-hubby was and is extremely unconventionable about his music and whether for good or bad, he was an influence. (how many people do you know who hung out with the Stooges & MC5 in Ann Arbor? hmmm?)

Last album I bought was Rancid, I loved Green Day when they weren't cool so I'd guess that except for an occasional foray into Funk, I'm just a PUNK kinda girl.*oops, a LOSER punk kinda girl*

I'm back

Well, I've pretty much spent the last 3 weeks like this cat.

I'm pulling my head outta the toilet now,
so I will be posting again after I copy and paste some diaries I did on Kos.

Pootie Bootie pics for all!!!!