Open Thread

26 Comments

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   Second Nature on April 10, 2006 at 3:05 pm

   Break a leg!

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   Street Kid on April 10, 2006 at 3:16 pm

   Interesting Bernstein link!

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     spiderleaf on April 10, 2006 at 3:28 pm

     yeah, you gotta wonder if he knew his partner Woodward was one of them or not a) when he worked with him on Watergate and b) when he wrote that story… pretty sure he’s well aware of it now.

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       CabinGirl on April 10, 2006 at 3:30 pm

       How are you?

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         spiderleaf on April 10, 2006 at 3:36 pm

         Howdy CG! I am lurking quite nicely thank you very much 🙂

         Oh, and in terms of myself, me, personally… it’s spring and I’m chillin’ with the pooches and a beer so it ain’t all that bad chez spider.

         How you doing? Good to see ya sister!

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       Street Kid on April 10, 2006 at 4:44 pm

       Good points…wonder if the answer will ever come out…

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     Real History Lisa on April 10, 2006 at 7:24 pm

     I’m having trouble with that link, but I’d bet you anything it’s a copy of this. I was the first one to put this data on the Internet, about 10 years ago. And to date, if you search for Bernstein’s piece re the CIA and the Media, you will see people carrying the same “tidbits” I first typed up. The full article is sixteen two-column pages long – so I had to slice and dice. But the full article is worth reading.

     If you can’t get to that link, you can read the same thing on my site here.

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       Real History Lisa on April 10, 2006 at 7:29 pm

       And for more info re the control of the media – see this page. Especially see Robert Parry’s talk on Fooling America, and the CIA docs on media asset Priscilla Johnson McMillan, who I just saw yesterday on the “History” channel.

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   latanawi on April 10, 2006 at 3:17 pm

   Guy is absolutely right to chastise Gonzales, the Attorney General as arrogant towards Congress in the hearings last week, as loyal to Bush rather than to the public.

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   dada on April 10, 2006 at 3:20 pm

   seems they’re feeling ripped off…

   BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

   Peace

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     CabinGirl on April 10, 2006 at 3:23 pm

     Isn’t that just a crying shame…NOT.

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     Street Kid on April 10, 2006 at 3:26 pm

     Wah!

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   latanawi on April 10, 2006 at 3:23 pm

   My favorite Guy James quotation today?  Hard to choose.

   “He wants to reinterpret the Constitution so it benefits him…. He has mocked the Constitution.”

   “I will not back any Democrat who continues to be silent on this issue.  I want them to do the right thing for America and condemn Bush’s action…. By keeping silent they’re enabling him to continue on this ruinous path for this country.”  

   “If this insanity is allowed to continue and he’s allowed to take us into military conflict with Iran… we’re in more trouble than I want to think about.”

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   Omir the Storyteller on April 10, 2006 at 3:33 pm

   I’m recording this because I probably won’t be able to listen live, even though there should be an archive up on White Rose Society later on.

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   boran2 on April 10, 2006 at 3:35 pm

   Go BooMan!

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   Family Man on April 10, 2006 at 3:45 pm

   Booman you’re sounding great and making a hell of a lot of sense. Gooooooo Booman!

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     CabinGirl on April 10, 2006 at 3:46 pm

     Especially with such a complex series of events!

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       Second Nature on April 10, 2006 at 3:48 pm

       Never heard his voice but he sounded a tad nervous at the beginning, but then he loosened up and sounded great!  Got a good plug in for the Tribune too!

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       cotterperson on April 10, 2006 at 3:51 pm

       I’ve been struggling to try to keep up the last several days, and there’s Booman ‘splainin it so it’s easy to understand!

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   BooMan on April 10, 2006 at 3:49 pm

   I’ll never get used to doing that…

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     Second Nature on April 10, 2006 at 3:50 pm

     You did great!  I like that guy, Guy.

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     cotterperson on April 10, 2006 at 3:52 pm

     And you’ve still got a diary on the Rec List at the green place. Great to see you weilding such influence!

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       Second Nature on April 10, 2006 at 3:55 pm

       Hey, does he have another green place we don’t know about? 🙂

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         cotterperson on April 10, 2006 at 9:10 pm

         So much wonderful news today it boggles my mind (or what there is left of it!).

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    idredit on April 10, 2006 at 4:23 pm

    The Hartford Courant is reporting

    “Lieberman Not Ruling Out Running As Independent”

    HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, facing a challenge from within the Democratic Party for renomination, said Monday he has not ruled out the possibility he would seek a fourth term as an independent.

    “I have not foreclosed the option,” Lieberman said at a news conference at the Capitol. “If I wanted to run as an independent, I would. I’m running as a Democrat. I’ve been a Democrat all my life.

    Ned Lamont, a Democratic activist and anti-war candidate from Greenwich, is challenging Lieberman for the party’s nomination this year. He has been garnering support from some Connecticut Democrats dissatisfied with Lieberman’s pro-war stance and his perceived closeness with President Bush’s administration.

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    spiderleaf on April 10, 2006 at 7:14 pm

    (AP)WASHINGTON – Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.

    The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who recently was convicted in the case, made two dozen calls to the White House within a three-day period around Election Day 2002 — as the phone jamming operation was finalized, carried out and then abruptly shut down.

    And it just keeps rolling along…