Hey fTucker!!!!

Guess Chuckles got his door prize!!!

A Clerk's Blog Spells Trouble

It all started with a simple video rental. Who knows where it will end?

Potomac Video store clerk Charles Williamson, 28, posted a message on his blog, Freelance Genius, Dec. 23 that described how he set up a movie rental account for MSNBC host Tucker Carlson at the MacArthur Boulevard store the day before.

MSNBC talker Tucker Carlson might want to rent DVDs by mail from now on. (By Craig Blankenhorn -- Msnbc Via Associated Press)
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"I could tell you what he and his ridiculously wasped-out female companion (wife?) rented if you really want to know," he wrote. "I won't tell you where he lives, though. That would be wrong and stupid." Williamson also joked that he wouldn't send 10,000 copies of Jon Stewart's best-selling political satire, "America (The Book)," to Carlson's home; Stewart ridiculed Carlson on "Crossfire" before the 2004 election.

A week later, Williamson had forgotten all about it, he told us yesterday. That is, until Carlson, 37, reappeared at the video store and, said Williamson, "got pretty aggressive." According to Williamson, Carlson confronted him about the blog and said he viewed the post as a threat to him and his wife. "He said, 'If you keep this [expletive] up, I will [expletive] destroy you,' " Williamson recalled.

The blog in question? Freelance Genius

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Pickle

FABULOUS CAJUN PICKLES
This spicy recipe comes from the Pickle People, wholesalers in Long Island, N.Y.

8 cups cold water

1/2 cup kosher salt

2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar

2 teaspoons pickling spice

1 1/2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning

1 1/2 teaspoons chili powder

1 1/2 teaspoons dried Italian herb seasoning

3/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns

3/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

3/4 teaspoon ground cumin

8 cloves garlic, peeled and minced

50 small kirby pickling cucumbers (about 4 pounds), each about the size of an index finger, well scrubbed

10 cherry peppers, quartered (we left this out)

2 jalapeno peppers, thinly sliced (don't seed)

1/4 large sweet white onion, thinly sliced

4 clean quart jars (or 8 pint jars) with lids andbands

In 2-quart measuring cup, measure water. Stir in salt, vinegar and seasonings until salt is dissolved. Stir in garlic.

Pack cucumbers and equal parts cherry peppers, jalapenos and onion into jars. Ladle in spiced brine, covering vegetables. Screw on lids and let pickles ferment at cool room temperature for 3 days. Refrigerate another 5 days, and they are ready to eat. They will keep up to 3 months, refrigerated.

Makes about 4 quarts.

Saturday Night Things To Pucker Up Over.....

Sad, sad days. The convolutions ABC/Disney are going thru are truly sickening to see. Even after the lying manipulations of truth were outed in "The Path to 9/11", they continue to push hate speech (Spockos' Continuing Saga) and hire bigots (Gibbering Glen Beck On GMA. F**k the mouse.

Faux News and right wing mouthpieces (CNS News, Newsbusters, CW meme) get all aflutter over

"Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young," Boxer said. "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families."

Yet this?

Nancy Pelosi, however, could breastfeed on the speaker's podium and receive the plaudits of the mainstream media. (snip)

Lady Macbeth had a child (Act I, Scene 7), but she wouldn't be my first choice to run a country. It is no less offensive for Pelosi to run based on her uterus than it would be for a man to campaign based on his working prostate.

Or how about this?

I mean, whatever it was that I said in criticism of Democrats, it was not personal, like they have turned it into on the Democrat [sic] side. (snip)

Limbaugh later added: "[L]ook at Ms. Pelosi. Why, she can multitask. She can breastfeed, she can clip her toenails, she can direct the House, all while the kids are sitting on her lap at the same time."

And my personal favorite for the week, maybe not as earthshattering as some, but on a basic level just as bad.

Tucker Carlson gets a blogger fired, stalks him and then when the WaPo gets into it, denies everything. The poor blogger doesn't even get a mention in the WaPo as a door prize for losing his job.

This is why I've been quiet....

Helping Jeff get over


I was joking about how whiny and pathetic he is, but truth be told he's doing terrific and should be driving again in two weeks.
Medicine can really rock sometimes.
(go google "knee replacement surgery". OH MY GOD, they can put some freaky pics on these internets!! EEEEWWWWWWWW.)

The Surge Has Started Already....

Lookie here.... shiny objects....


Don't look over Here.

Troop Surge Already Under Way

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007— President Bush's speech may be scheduled for tonight, but the troop surge in Iraq is already under way.

ABC News has learned that the "surge" Bush is expected to announce in a prime time speech tonight has already begun. Ninety advance troops from the 82nd Airborne Division arrived in Baghdad today.

An additional battalion of roughly 100 troops from the same division are expected to arrive in Baghdad Thursday.

It is the first small wave of troops in a new White House strategy that is expected to put more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops on the ground in Iraq and likely require new call-ups of the National Guard.

Hmmm, Eerie .....

Watch this clip now, then watch the president tonite.
Document the similarities.....




H/T the Fine Men of AmericaBlog!!!

More Googlelicious Fun For fTucker!!!!

Bwah ha ha..... it's going EVERYWHERE!!!! Chuckles revenge is sweet!!!
Remember THIS?

Tucker Carlson Gets Blogger Fired For Blogging About Tucker!!

Apparently, the fTucker has learned how to google, and he's not too happy.
I know, I know. But I don't have a job that Tucker can get me fired from,
so maybe he could come visit and shake his finger in my face for this diary,
or even for this one?

His Bowtie Knows Where You Sleep...err...Work

The wingnut wankjob I mentioned in the formerly removed post, Tucker Carlson, has threatened the video store where I now formerly worked with legal action and as a result, I no longer work there. I do not have access to these threats but I can imagine that they consist of something similar to this:

"I'm easily the most recognizable conservative pundit today, as my wikipedia page will attest, but goddam it, I deserve to be recognized only if I stand to benefit from it! I am a huge asshole and I expect to be treated like one. I will fucking destroy anyone who dares to poke fun at me and so help me god my bowtie is stylish and not at all funny! I can't believe that I might be subject to ridicule after I physically threatened another man with destruction because he mentioned me on his blog!(This part is absolutely true.)

Freelance Genius is really funny!! I'm not going to cut and paste all of it, but go bump up his hit counter and read the rest. Worth the guffaw.
Anyone who had to put up with this

Tucker: If you keep this shit up, I will fucking destroy you.
The Genius (Me): Whoah, perhaps you would like to take this outside where you can continue threatening me without disturbing the other customers.
Tucker: *Looks out the window, then back at me* I am not threatening you.
The Genius: You just said you would fucking destroy me.
Tucker: No, I didn't.

Deserves our admiration.

Indiana Sandwich Stackers....

South Bend Tribune

Court upholds voter ID law in Indiana
ACLU of Indiana legal director says he's disappointed by ruling.


DEANNA MARTIN
Associated Press Writer

INDIANAPOLIS -- Republicans hailed a federal court ruling upholding Indiana's voter ID law as a victory for voting reforms, while opponents of the law planned their next move.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled 2-1 last week that Indiana's law, which requires voters to show a photo ID at the polls, has the potential to do more good than harm.

The Republican-controlled Legislature approved the law in 2005, saying it would help prevent voter fraud. But the Indiana Democratic Party and the American Civil Liberties Union say the law unfairly affects people who may struggle to obtain a photo ID.


Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU of Indiana, said he was disappointed with the ruling by the three-judge panel.

"I have not spoken with my clients yet, but I'm going to recommend a rehearing before the entire 7th Circuit," he said Thursday.

The three-judge panel questioned arguments that Indiana's rule is unfair to poor, elderly, minority and disabled voters, and pointed out that opponents could not find anyone unable to cast a ballot under the new law.

"No doubt there are at least a few such people in Indiana," wrote Judge Richard A. Posner, "but the inability of the sponsors of this litigation to find any such person to join as a plaintiff suggests that the motivation for the suit is simply that the law may require the Democratic Party and the other organizational plaintiffs to work harder to get every last one of their supporters to the polls."

Indy Star


Can 25¢ more a pack help us kick the habit?
Proposal to raise cigarette tax, insure 120,000 is poised to be one of the legislature's top issues

By Mary Beth Schneider
mary.beth.schneider@indystar.com

Dr. Judith Monroe, Indiana's health commissioner, calls the numbers "staggering."

The Indiana Legislature begins work today. A key decision this session will be whether to raise the cigarette tax, and by how much, in order to fund health care coverage for more Hoosiers. Hearings will be held in both the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee, and the House Public Health Committee on health coverage plans, while the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee will have to debate the cigarette tax.

The health care debate
The General Assembly will debate several proposals to provide health coverage for uninsured Hoosiers, including one by Gov. Mitch Daniels. His plan would:
• Create a voluntary program for Hoosiers who earn up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level and are not eligible to enroll in employer-sponsored health insurance and lacked insurance a minimum of six months.
• Enrollment would be on a first-come, first-served basis, with the number enrolled based on the amount of money the state has available.
• The program would be paid for in part by an increase in the cigarette tax of at least 25 cents. The higher the tax, the more people who could be covered, with 120,000 covered with a 25-cent cigarette tax increase and 200,000 with a 50-cent cigarette tax increase.
• Participants would contribute up to 5 percent of their gross family income.
• Participants would get up to $500 of preventive care each year. Dental, vision and outpatient mental health services would not be covered.
• Personal Wellness Responsibility -- or POWER -- accounts would be created for each participant of up to $1,100 per adult, which could be used for health expenses or eventually withdrawn for other needs as long as enrollees took advantage of the preventive care.
• Participants would get $300,000 in annual insurance coverage with a $1 million lifetime cap.
Source: Governor's office.

For starters, about $2 billion annually is spent in the state on health care costs related to cigarette smoking.
And there's the human toll. Each year, about 9,800 Hoosiers die from smoking-related illnesses.
(snip)
When the legislature convenes today, lawmakers will begin debating a proposal by Gov. Mitch Daniels calculated to address those numbers and one more: the state's more than 500,000 uninsured.
Daniels has proposed a minimum 25-cents-a-pack increase to Indiana's current 55.5-cent cigarette tax. That increase, he has said, would reduce the number of smokers and generate $95 million to create a health plan that would cover 120,000 Hoosiers.
The state's cigarette tax is among the lowest in the nation, and Monroe and others say it's one reason Indiana has the second-highest rate of smoking in the nation, trailing only Kentucky. They point to numerous studies showing that higher taxes have reduced smoking rates and boosted state revenues.

Ft Wayne Journal Gazette

Nothing of any interest. What a crappy paper.

How the West will make a killing on Iraqi oil riches

The UK Independant Online

Future of Iraq: The spoils of war

By Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb
Published: 07 January 2007

Iraq's massive oil reserves, the third-largest in the world, are about to be thrown open for large-scale exploitation by Western oil companies under a controversial law which is expected to come before the Iraqi parliament within days.

The US government has been involved in drawing up the law, a draft of which has been seen by The Independent on Sunday. It would give big oil companies such as BP, Shell and Exxon 30-year contracts to extract Iraqi crude and allow the first large-scale operation of foreign oil interests in the country since the industry was nationalised in 1972.

The huge potential prizes for Western firms will give ammunition to critics who say the Iraq war was fought for oil. They point to statements such as one from Vice-President Dick Cheney, who said in 1999, while he was still chief executive of the oil services company Halliburton, that the world would need an additional 50 million barrels of oil a day by 2010. "So where is the oil going to come from?... The Middle East, with two-thirds of the world's oil and the lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies," he said.

Oil industry executives and analysts say the law, which would permit Western companies to pocket up to three-quarters of profits in the early years, is the only way to get Iraq's oil industry back on its feet after years of sanctions, war and loss of expertise. But it will operate through "production-sharing agreements" (or PSAs) which are highly unusual in the Middle East, where the oil industry in Saudi Arabia and Iran, the world's two largest producers, is state controlled.

Proposing the parliamentary motion for war in 2003, Tony Blair denied the "false claim" that "we want to seize" Iraq's oil revenues. He said the money should be put into a trust fund, run by the UN, for the Iraqis, but the idea came to nothing. The same year Colin Powell, then Secretary of State, said: "It cost a great deal of money to prosecute this war. But the oil of the Iraqi people belongs to the Iraqi people; it is their wealth, it will be used for their benefit. So we did not do it for oil."

Supporters say the provision allowing oil companies to take up to 75 per cent of the profits will last until they have recouped initial drilling costs. After that, they would collect about 20 per cent of all profits, according to industry sources in Iraq. But that is twice the industry average for such deals.

Yesterday someone told me about a t-shirt thats says "I hated Bush before it was cool".

Brings to mind the fact that we knew what this war was about before it was cool to say it.

75%.

That is just stunning. We go in, destroy their infrastructure, ruin their cities, send refugees fleeing (but we won't take them into the U.S.) and then we take the money that so famously was supposed to rebuild their country and give it to the oil companies?

The United States Taxpayer is paying a half a TRILLION dollars for this?

Over 1000 Form "IMPEACH" On San Francisco Beach

San Francisco Affiliate

Protestors Join In S.F. To Impeach BushOver 1,000 Join Beach Bash
By: Noel Cisneros
Jan. 6 - KGO - To voice their displeasure with the current administration, hundreds of people lined up on Ocean Beach Saturday morning to call for the impeachment of President Bush.

Over one thousand protestors decided to make a stand - by lying down.

Protestor: "I'd like to see him impeached for every crime he's committed since he was appointed to his office."

Fingers up - heads down - they lined Ocean Beach, to form the word impeach -- exclamation point included.

Dan Brook, Protestor: "Every great idea starts with people -- it has to start with people or it will never happen -- so it has to start with us."

ABC7's Noel Cisneros: "Do you think the country has the stomach for another impeachment?"

Dan Brook: "I think we don't have the stomach for another two years of Bush."

The "Impeach on the Beach" project is the brain child of Brad Newsham -- who got the idea from looking at Google satellite images with his daughter.

Brad Newsham, Event Organizer: "I hope we send a message of what a great country we have, and what horrible leadership we have, and we hope the message gets back to Washington -- and impeachment gets put back onto the table where the American people want it to be."

ABC7 Legal Analyst Dean Johnson: "You can't impeach a president for incompetence."

Dean Johnson is a former prosecutor and he says the strongest legal case against Mr. Bush would likely be for the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretaps of millions of American telephone calls.

This really could work into a thing. Think about it. What if all the people who owned farms started cutting their crops into "IMPEACH" designs? People whose homes' roofs are visible to airports or other mass transit? Or even a sign between two windows in an apartment in a big city?


Cross posted at Daily Kos......