I sincerely hope we are now purged of all racists and bigots both overt and covert.

Yes, I know about Byrd, but he has publicly repudiated his past.

This man obviously had mental issues, but who knows, maybe he was happy having rats as friends rather than humans?

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) - A deputy investigating neighbors' latest complaint that a reclusive homeowner fed rats and didn't take out the garbage found a decomposing body in the home with rats feeding on it.

Health officials believe the body found Monday is that of the house's resident, Thomas H. Stone, 67, though the medical examiner's office hadn't confirmed his identity as of Thursday.

"In the end, he wouldn't even take out the garbage," said Tom Ellis, a neighbor. "It looks like he never took down the Christmas decorations from when his mother died in 1999. It was all very Edgar Allan Poe-ish

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I just ran across this quote from former President Franklin Pierce, an ancestor of the current idiot in chief:

There's nothing left . . . but to get drunk. - Franklin Pierce, when asked what a President should do after leaving office

Too bad the chimp didn't wait until after he left.

is it just coincidence that the vultures fly into town just as there is plenty roadkill to be had up on Capitol Hill?

And WTF is up with Michael York?


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Michael York, the British actor who epitomized 1970s suave (now best known as spoofy spymaster Basil Exposition in the "Austin Powers" flicks), touring the International Spy Museum Saturday with former Lockheed Martin chairman Norm Augustine and members of the super-elite Bohemian Club, in town for some super-secret dinner. York wore a tan suit with a double-vented back and a powder blue tie.

Abraham Lincoln:




Woodrow Wilson:



Franklin Roosevelt:



Lyndon Johnson:



George W. Bush:

How dare you denigrate and demean a fine young citizen of this state, a VIRGINIAN by birth, not some fake ass wannabe confederate cowboy Virginian, a REAL Virginian, because of the color of his skin.

You should resign immediately on the grounds that you are not fit to represent the people of this state. I am embarrassed that anyone in this state even considered you as a leader. You are a racist and a scumbag.

Go back under the rock you crawled out of.

folks, there WILL be another major terrorist attack in this country, and NOTHING and NOBODY will be able to stop it. There will also be another major hurricane, another epidemic, another earthquake, etc. etc. etc. That's why we need to be pouring our money and resources into FIRST and SECONDARY response to these disasters. We need to have an adequate public health and emergency system in place to deal with it. THAT is what will save lives. The coward-in-chief will do NOTHING for you when the time comes, he'll be off eating cake, playing the guitar and drinking himself into a stupor.

Get it through your thick heads, it's the fire department, police department, EMS, national guard, and public health professionals who are going to save your ass. The stupid and delusional sheep in this country just don't get it.

I was listening to the old fogies station the other day and the song Wives & Lovers by Jack Jones came on. I remembered it as a kid, I used to love that song, but I guess I never paid any attention to the lyrics before. All I can say is I hope it was written tongue in cheek, but Burt Bacharach apparently could be an asshole according to his ex-wives.

Ladies, be prepared to puke

(Burt Bacharach & Hal David)

Hey! Little Girl
Comb your hair, fix your makeup
Soon he will open the door
Don't think because there's a ring on your finger
You needn't try anymore

For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
I'm warning you...

Day after day
There are girls at the office
And men will always be men
Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers
You may not see him again

For wives should always be lovers too
Run to his arms the moment he comes home to you
He's almost here...

Hey! Little girl
Better wear something pretty
Something you'd wear to go to the city and
Dim all the lights, pour the wine, start the music
Time to get ready for love
Time to get ready
Time to get ready for love

So what if it gets thrown up in his face? What's he doing now?

Let's start judging people by their current actions, at least let's put a heavier emphasis on the present.

I think we Democrats are all well aware of what kind of person John Kerry is, and have debated it ad nauseum.

Fine, you like him or you don't. But let's stop trashing him, it serves no good purpose.

9/11! Yes, that's right, you guessed it kiddies, 9/11 is the reason why the U.S. Government cannot enforce illegal hiring by companies! It all makes sense, though, doesn't it?

Illegal Hiring Is Rarely Penalized
Politics, 9/11 Cited in Lax Enforcement

By Spencer S. Hsu and Kari Lydersen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, June 19, 2006; Page A01

The Bush administration, which is vowing to crack down on U.S. companies that hire illegal workers, virtually abandoned such employer sanctions before it began pushing to overhaul U.S. immigration laws last year, government statistics show.

Between 1999 and 2003, work-site enforcement operations were scaled back 95 percent by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, which subsequently was merged into the Homeland Security Department. The number of employers prosecuted for unlawfully employing immigrants dropped from 182 in 1999 to four in 2003, and fines collected declined from $3.6 million to $212,000, according to federal statistics

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Andrew Hurst is a progressive Democrat running in a primary for Tom Davis' seat in the 11th District Va. His traditionally majority Republican district went for Bush by just 1/2 percentage point in 2004.

I got this flyer in the mail today:

(big sour-puss photo of the Chimp overlayed by a brick wall containing the words):

The war in Iraq was built on a foundation of lies.

It's time for a leader who won't just look the other way.

"This war is wrong, and I will fight to end it and bring our troops home" Andrew Hurst

His campaign called about 5 minutes after I received this asking for my vote, and I said "you betcha".

I want to see more Democrats running like this!



P.S. I like the other guy who's running, but he doesn't have the money unfortunately.

I'm sitting in the hair salon an unfortunate captive audience to the following conversation:

Ditzy Lady #1(a reincarnation of Alice Ghostly of 60's sitcom fame): So, what is your full time job?

Ditzy Lady #2 (Corporate Elvira type and purveyer of cosmetics): I'm a fundraiser

D.L. #1: Who do you fundraise for?

D.L. #2: Um....(mumbling)Bush...and some other Republicans

D.L. #1: Oh, really?

D.L. #2: Oh, you like him? (sounding very surprised)

D.L. #1: Oh, yes, I like him, I was at a fundraiser last month for George Allen!

D.L. #2: He's going to be our next President!

D.L. #1: I hope so, or at least the Vice President!

D.L. #2: No, he wants to be President.

(V.D. has to hold her head very tightly now before it explodes)

D.L. #1: Next month I'm going to a fundraiser where Dick Cheney is going to speak, I'm so excited.

D.L. #2: Oh, that's great!

Mark my words, friends, if George Allen is our next President, I for one, WILL have to drop out of society. It's bad enough living in a state where people elected that useless twat to the Senate, but President would just be too much for me to bear.

Excuse me now, while I

"I want to know that after November the father of Marine Lance Corporal Jimmy Webb will be in the Senate thinking and leading on the best course for American troops," Kerry said. "I dare any Republican to question this man's courage, character, or moral authority on questions of war and peace."

Yeah, Swiftboat this, George Allen....

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