Let's Talk about Sex

Pump up the conservative, Republican jam, Pump it up, While your feet are stompin', Pump it up a little more, Get your conservative, Republican party going on the judicial floor.

Awkward moments abound in penis pump trial:

"BRISTOW, Okla. - Serving on the jury in an indecent-exposure trial unfolding in this conservative Oklahoma town has been a giggle-inducing experience.

Former Judge Donald D. Thompson, a veteran of 23 years on the bench, is on trial on charges he used a penis pump on himself in the courtroom while sitting in judgment of others.

Over the past few days, the jurors have watched a defense attorney and a prosecutor pantomime masturbation. A doctor has lectured on the lengths the defendant was willing to go to enhance his sexual performance."

Which begs the question, Do Penis Pumps Work?

Let's see... Texan... Republican... Smear Merchant... Bush supporter... Child Rapist. Yep, that's about right. If there ever was a dead on profile,

Texas political adviser convicted of abuse:

"EDINBURG, Texas - A political consultant whose company was behind a television ad accusing the Clinton-Gore administration of giving away nuclear technology was convicted of child molestation charges.

A jury deliberated almost two days before convicting Carey Lee Cramer, 44, of aggravated sexual assault of a child, two counts of indecency with a child by contact and one count of indecency with a child by exposure. He was cleared of nine other charges Tuesday."

4, 600 women? Rock on, Gene, Rock on.

Simmons Sex Lawsuit Settled Out of Court:

"Gene Simmons has settled a lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend claiming she was slandered in a documentary where the Kiss bassist brags about having sex with 4,600 women."

Click...Read... Shudder...

Christians: "A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the GOP"

Please stop being such suckers, my fellow Southerners. For fuck-sakes just stop it! Remove head from ass... Those Southerners whose heads ARE out of their asses, SPEAK UP! It is your Christian duty to help remove those Southern heads that remain lodged in asses.

Why Christian conservatives are souring on the GOP.

"... let's see what happens when the evangelicals he (Reed) once served absorb the evidence in the Senate report. It's damning. It depicts an enterprise that used religious voters as marks: Lobbyists effortlessly twisted them to achieve goals sometimes directly at odds with their beliefs. They were punk'd."
.....
The Reed story confirms what many devout Christians have argued since conservative social activists became a force in national politics in the 1970s: Engaging in worldly political maneuvering is ultimately debasing. Promises made at election time go unfulfilled until four months before the next election, and then suddenly Republicans are talking about gay marriage again.

Why do terror experts hate America? Why? WHY?! Damn your "thinking" and "knowledge" and "insight".

U.S. losing war on terror, experts say:

"WASHINGTON - The United States is losing its fight against terrorism and the Iraq war is the biggest reason why, more than eight of 10 American terrorism and national security experts concluded in a poll released yesterday.

One participant, a former CIA official who described himself as a conservative Republican, said the war in Iraq has provided global terrorist groups with a recruiting bonanza, a valuable training ground and a strategic beachhead at the crossroads of the oil-rich Persian Gulf and Turkey."

...And not in a good "swinging" kind of way. Y'all, this shit is serious. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever use an electronic voting machine. Use an absentee ballot.

A Single Person Could Swing an Election:

"To determine what it would take to hack a U.S. election, a team of cybersecurity experts turned to a fictional battleground state called Pennasota and a fictional gubernatorial race between Tom Jefferson and Johnny Adams. It's the year 2007, and the state uses electronic voting machines.

Jefferson was forecast to win the race by about 80,000 votes, or 2.3 percent of the vote. Adams's conspirators thought, 'How easily can we manipulate the election results?'

The experts thought about all the ways to do it. And they concluded in a report issued yesterday that it would take only one person, with a sophisticated technical knowledge and timely access to the software that runs the voting machines, to change the outcome."

We're still in this fight.

Net neutrality amendment dies

"'The tie was a procedural loss and a huge political win at the same time,'' said Adam Green, spokesman for MoveOn.org. 'Every day and every week ... members of Congress hear from their constituents and momentum moves in favor of net neutrality.''"

This came from Americablog. It is a video showing Rove dining in the evening. Pretty creepy:

I said it's hard out here for a Pimp

You must read this entire article:

Nuke the Messenger:

"It's a monstrous charge for the White House to suggest that the press is essentially aiding and abetting the enemy. But where's the evidence?
...
But not once has the White House definitively answered this question: How are any of these disclosures actually impairing the pursuit of terrorists?

Terrorists already knew the government was trying to track them down through their finances, their phone calls and their e-mails. Within days of the Sept. 11 attacks, for instance, Bush publicly declared open season on terrorist financing.

As far as I can tell, all these disclosures do is alert the American public to the fact that all this stuff is going on without the requisite oversight, checks and balances.

How does it possibly matter to a terrorist whether the government got a court order or not? Or whether Congress was able to exercise any oversight? The White House won't say. In fact, it can't say."

Reagan didn't win the Cold War with the U.S.S.R. Bin Laden and the Afganies won the Cold War by draining the resources of the U.S.S.R. Rinse and Repeat:

The Blotter:

"Abu Bakr Naji, an al Qaeda insider and author of the book, 'The Management of Savagery,' believes that the 9/11 attacks accomplished what they needed to by forcing the U.S. to commit their military overseas. He says 9/11 forced the U.S. to fall into the 'trap' of overextending their military and that 'it began to become clear to the American administration that it was being drained.'"

How the Democrats would run Congress...:

Democrats vow to block pay raises until minimum wage increased:

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Democrats ratcheted up their election-year push for an increase in the federal minimum wage Tuesday by promising to block a congressional pay hike unless some of the lowest-paid hourly workers get their first raise in nearly a decade.

'Congress is going to have earn its raise by putting American workers first: A raise for workers before a raise for Congress,' said Senate "

...and how the Republicans DO run Congress:

Senator Wants IRS to Chase After Pimps:

"WASHINGTON (AP) - Pimps and sex traffickers could soon find themselves being chased by tax collectors, not just the vice squad."

"It's hard out here for a Pimp". I'm tellin' ya...
...

But, but, but, there's still a debate. THERE STILL A DEBATE! JESUS TOLD ME!!!! WHY DO SCIENTIST HATE JEBUS!

Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy:

"WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving 'An Inconvenient Truth,'Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy."

Too bad that Dumb Asses will still be driving them:

Report: Smart cars coming to U.S.

LimpBalls

I usually don't waste pixels commenting on anything Limbaugh/Coulter/Malkin related, but.... heh-heh-heh-he-he-he-he Ha-Ha-Ha-Ha.... BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA *gasp* *gasp* O-ho-ho-ho-ho... oh ...oh....oh..... fucking hypocrite.

Limbaugh Detained At Airport:

"(CBS4 News) WEST PALM BEACH Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening.

Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic when officials found the drugs, among them Viagra."

Of course, TDS does what needed to be done about the Miami 7. Watch and read:

Crooks and Liars TDS: The Miami Seven

I've spent some time in Palau and my best friend is an attorney for the President of the island nation. Check out my pictures from this paradise and get ready for some truthiness about the U.S.A.'s good ally served up by Mr. Stephen Colbert:

The Colbert Report goes to the UN for inspiration; picks on Palau:

"UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The ambassador of the tiny western Pacific country of Palau will appear on an episode of the Comedy Central show The Colbert Report.

The show lampoons TV news programs, with Stephen Colbert playing a pompous, clueless commentator. An upcoming show will feature Palau's UN ambassador, Stuart Beck."

Good! And I'm glad CNN is losing viewers also. Worthless and harmful... they whole lot of 'em.

FAUX News losing viewers:

"Slackers at Fox News Channel, you’re on notice! Your boss is not pleased. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes is on the warpath following his network’s recent ratings slump, and he won’t hesitate to clean house to turn things around.

So far during the second quarter, the No. 1 cable news channel’s primetime schedule has dropped 22% in its core 25-54 demo and 8% in total viewers. The first quarter was even worse.

Chief rival CNN has also dipped in recent weeks, but less dramatically, off 18% in the demo and 2% in total viewers."

'Wannabes'

See, it's all a bunch of election year, Repug, bullshit slinging, boogity, boogity, boogity....

BBC: Sears Tower 'plotters' just 'wannabes':

"In a BBC news broadcast today, Miami Herald reporter Mani Garcia remarks that the government's arrest of seven men in connection with a 'plot' to blow up the Sears Tower is probably overblown.

'They've been described to us by sources as 'wannabes' -- still to be determined if making a connection about talking about doing an attack and and being able to finance an attack,' Garcia said. 'We've seen previous cases where the Federal government has announced with great hoopla breaking terrorist cells. And when you start deconstructing a case, you see that there's a lot of talk.'"

UPDATE: Courtesy of Townser in the comments, you've got to check out the picture of the "kingpin" of the Miami 7 and read the hysterical commentary over on Rising Hegemon. Money quote:

"He also was under the delusion that he was in the DeBarge family"

Looks like the Repugs and the U.S. Military 'Wannabe' Democrats:

Democrats Cite Report On Troop Cuts in Iraq:

"Senate Democrats reacted angrily yesterday to a report that the U.S. commander in Iraq had privately presented a plan for significant troop reductions in the same week they came under attack by Republicans for trying to set a timetable for withdrawal.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that the plan attributed to Gen. George W. Casey resembles the thinking of many Democrats who voted for a nonbinding resolution to begin a troop drawdown in December. That resolution was defeated Thursday on a largely party-line vote in the Senate.

'That means the only people who have fought us and fought us against the timetable, the only ones still saying there shouldn't be a timetable really are the Republicans in the United States Senate and in the Congress,' Boxer said on CBS's 'Face the Nation.' 'Now it turns out we're in sync with General Casey.'"

Here's what BRUUUCE has to say about the troops:

Bruce-Springsteen - Bring 'em Home

Well, well, well... Isn't this just special.

Ethics: White House Frequent Fliers:

"According to filings with the Office of Government Ethics, White House staffers have accepted nearly $135,000 in free trips since November 2004. Among those picking up the tab: some of the president's top business supporters, including the National Association of Manufacturers, and dozens of conservative and religious groups, among them the Southern Baptist Convention, Focus on the Family and the Federalist Society."

Alablawg has a great conversation on medical marijuana. Something that I fully support:

The Alablawg Medical Marijuana

Granting for the sake of argument that marijuana is harmful, why does that mean it ought to be banned under all circumstances? All drugs are harmful if used improperly, yet we still let doctoros prescribe them. Should we ban oxycontin because of Rush Limbaugh?

Go ahead! Take that shit back!!

Take Action: Take back your privacy!

For the sports fan and geek in you...

World Cup Game Theory - What economics tells us about penalty kicks:

"Both striker and keeper must make subtle decisions. Let's say a right-footed striker always shoots to the right. The keeper will always anticipate the shot and the striker would be better off occasionally shooting to the left—because even with a weaker shot it is best to shoot where the goalie isn't. In contrast, if the striker chooses a side by tossing a coin, the keeper will always dive to the striker's left: Since he can't guess where the ball will go, best to go where the shot will be weak if it does come. But then the striker should start favoring his stronger side again."

Be Scared, America!!!!! BOOOOOOOOOOO

Since they've done away with the color coded terror alert system to scare people to the polls, they've decided to just create terror out of thin air. John on Americablog sums up my feelings on the matter. I do have one more thing to add, though... utter bullshit. Complete, and utter bullshit.

AMERICAblog: Yes, how convenient:

I just don't believe a thing this administration says any longer.

Seven people were arrested Thursday in connection with the early stages of a plot to attack Chicago's Sears Tower and other buildings in the U.S., including the FBI office here, a federal law enforcement official said.

And they just happened to arrest them today. Uh huh. What's the matter? A good Orange Alert just doesn't get out the vote like it used to?"

They have to create these fake terror alerts to justify the raping of the Constitution and your privacy rights. Here's how it goes: "We caught 7 Americans in Miami planning to blow up the Sears Tower because we did the following even though it is illegal as fuck... so look away, America, look away:

Bank Data Secretly Reviewed by U.S. to Fight Terror:

"WASHINGTON, June 22 - Under a secret Bush administration program initiated weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, counterterrorism officials have gained access to financial records from a vast international database and examined banking transactions involving thousands of Americans and others in the United States, according to government and industry officials."

Watch Bruce on CNN:



Ava Lowery has created another outstanding video in response to Tony Snow's statement that the 2,500 troops killed in Iraq are "just a number". You must watch and you must give love to Ava. Remember, 15 years old.

Not Just a Number

If you didn't see the Frontline special called "The Dark Side". You must watch it.

FRONTLINE: the dark side: watch online | PBS

Blue Gal, one of my new blog associates, offers an excellent discussion on why the Republican's don't really want to get rid of Roe. (Blue Gal is hot, too! In a NY Times crossword in bed kind of way. Give her a read. She's becoming one of my favs).

Blue Gal: Beyond the usual suspects....:

"Let me put it this way. Pat Robertson and James Dobson may talk loudly about protecting the unborn. But if Roe is overturned their ability to fundraise on the issue is as good as over. And Karl Rove does not want Roe overturned. I guarantee you. Who has more power within the Republican Party, do you think? Pat in-any-sane-world-I'd-be-committed Robertson? Or Karl in-any-just-world-I'd-be-indicted Rove? "

A good take on blogs as the new/reviving the old media:

The Washington Monthly:

"Yes, blogs are often shrill, boisterous, and unapologetically partisan. But that's a good thing. People who prefer reading to listening or watching haven't really had a rabble-rousing mass medium at their disposal for a long time, and blogs are a chance to recreate a part of Americana that we've sorely missed for the past half century. Hooray for us!"

No Racism in Texas.... Yeah, right.

Could this be the most ridiculous statement in the history of mankind?

Some Texas Republicans don't believe racial bias exists in state anymore:

"I don't think we have racial bias in Texas anymore,' Congressman John Carter (TX-Rep) said after House Republican leaders suddenly cancelled plans to vote on a renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, according to an article slated for Thursday's edition of Houston Chronicle, RAW STORY has found."

Lying sack of shit. This really is a sick, pitiful attempt at election year politics. Lying, liar...

Santorum: We Found the WMD:

"Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) took to the microphone today to announce a shocking discovery — that WMD have been found in Iraq:

Congressman Hoekstra and I are here today to say that we have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons. … Since 2003, coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 weapons munitions which contain degraded mustard or sarin nerve agent. Despite many efforts to locate and destroy Iraq’s pre-Gulf War chemical munitions, filled and unfilled pre-Gulf War chemical munitions are assessed to still exist.

The Bush administration commissioned the Iraq Survey Group to determine whether in fact any WMD existed in Iraq. After a year and half of meticulously combing through the country, here’s what the administration’s own inspectors reported:

While a small number of old, abandoned chemical munitions have been discovered, ISG judges that Iraq unilaterally destroyed its undeclared chemical weapons stockpile in 1991. There are no credible Indications that Baghdad resumed production of chemical munitions thereafter, a policy ISG attributes to Baghdad’s desire to see sanctions lifted, or rendered ineffectual, or its fear of force against it should WMD be discovered."

Because Republicans REALLY don't want ANYONE to vote:

House Delays Renewal of Voting Rights Act:

"WASHINGTON, June 20 — House Republican leaders today abruptly canceled a planned vote to renew the Voting Rights Act after a rank-and-file rebellion by lawmakers who say the civil rights measure unfairly singles out Southern states and promotes multi-lingual ballots.

The reversal represented a significant embarrassment for the party leadership, which has promised a vote on the landmark anti-discrimination law and hailed its imminent approval in a rare bipartisan press event on the steps of the Capitol last month."

Just so you know....

White House Briefing:

"You wouldn't know it from the coverage of David H. Safavian's conviction yesterday for lying and obstructing justice, but some of his criminal activity actually took place while he was working at the White House.

Safavian managed to avoid being frog-marched out of the White House by resigning three days before his arrest."

Lie and Die... Lie and Die... Lie and Die...

Yes, he is rather stupid, but he's not the problem. It is the entire Republican party lead by Cheney and Rumsfield.

How Bush chose stupidity.

"Richard Perle, foreign policy adviser: 'The first time I met Bush 43 … two things became clear. One, he didn't know very much. The other was that he had the confidence to ask questions that revealed he didn't know very much.'

David Frum, former speechwriter: 'Bush had a poor memory for facts and figures. … Fire a question at him about the specifics of his administration's policies, and he often appeared uncertain. Nobody would ever enroll him in a quiz show.'

Laura Bush, spouse: 'George is not an overly introspective person. He has good instincts, and he goes with them. He doesn't need to evaluate and reevaluate a decision. He doesn't try to overthink. He likes action.'

Paul O'Neill, former treasury secretary: 'The only way I can describe it is that, well, the President is like a blind man in a roomful of deaf people. There is no discernible connection.'"

Bush doesn't like being out-mentally challenged by anyone. Click the link to learn things today...

Things I Learned Today:

"# Al-Qaedist Abu Zubaydah was captured in March 2002.
# Zubaydah's captors discovered he was mentally ill and charged with minor logistical matters, such as arranging travel for wives and children.
# The President was informed of that judgment by the CIA.
# Two weeks later, the President described Zubaydah as 'one of the top operatives plotting and planning death and destruction on the United States.'"

Blowjob or cheating rat bastards..... When Democrats have sex we are hell bound with no chance at redemption. When Republicans have sex and cheat on their wives all they gotta do is ask Jeebus for forgiveness. Fuck up? Just ask for forgiveness from the lord. Rinse and repeat. No actually accountability....

"High Infidelity":

"Lurking just over the horizon are liabilities for three Republicans who have topped several national, independent polls for the GOP's favorite 2008 nominee: Sen. John McCain (affair, divorce), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (affair, divorce, affair, divorce), and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (divorce, affair, nasty divorce). Together, they form the most maritally challenged crop of presidential hopefuls in American political history."

I love ya, Kerry. I think you would have made a fine President. BUT... where the fuck was this in 2004? I'm glad you've ditched those Beltway consultants and are speaking your mind. "It's a little too little, its a little too late". Still a great sound bite to repeat over and over. Lie and die... lie and die... lie and die.... give it a try!

Kerry says Republican Iraq plan is 'lie and die':

"KERRY: 'Stay the course' is not a plan. And what this administration wants is to have a fake debate, as usual. Uh, they're--you hear the drumbeat on every television show from every commentator, 'cut and run, cut and run, cut and run, cut and run.' That's their phrase. They've found their three words, they love to do that, and they're gonna try to make the elections in November a choice between 'cut and run' or 'stay the course.' That's not the choice. My plan is not 'cut and run.' Their plan is 'lie and die.'"

Quickest way to an Alabama Ass Whuppin' via a Georgia bartender:

Man tries to pay with bartender's checks:

"STATESBORO, Ga., - A 21-year-old Georgia man was arrested after trying to buy drinks with a checkbook he found at a bar. Unfortunately for Jody Brian Minor of McRae, the checkbook's owner was the bartender serving him."

That crank was bunk, anyway

Look, enough with the "gut feeling" crap. My gut is pissed that I drank cheap beer this weekend and is telling me to be careful with the farts I'm shooting into the cushion of my desk chair because I just might crap myself. Seriously, what comes out of your gut? Shit, that's what. Bush's guts are linked directly to his empty skull, thus giving him... wait for it..... wait for it.... that's right, shit for brains.

Bush's Gut Feeling On Maliki Is Positive:

"President Bush flew to Baghdad last week to size up Iraq's new leader. 'I have come not only to thank you,' he told American troops gathered in the Green Zone on Tuesday, 'but to look Prime Minister Maliki in the eyes -- to determine whether or not he is as dedicated to a free Iraq as you are.'

The presidential determination? 'I believe he is,' Bush said."

Alabamaian Ava Lowery kicks ass on CNN and makes the interviewer look foolish. This girl rocks and I'm proud she's from my state.

Crooks and Liars:

"The fifteen year old girl from Alabama that has received almost as many death threats as I have for making 'this video' was on CNN last night. (Here's some information about Ava.)

The interviewer was pretty jerky, but please focus on her courage in the face of the insane ridicule this young girl has endured since she spoke out against the war."

"There's a lot of good folks down here... Neil Young just wasn't around"

Ava! Ava! Ava! Ava! Spectacular Ava on CNN!:

"If you were at the YearlyKos Conventon, then you saw the awesome video that 15 y.o. Ava created for us.
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Recently, Ava has been getting quite a bit of media attention, and some unwanted attention by right wing wackos who have been sending her death threats.

Last night Ava discussed this in her interview on CNN.

Y'all, Ava absolutely hit a home run! Crooks and Liars has the footage, which includes clips of her 'Jesus Loves Me' creation.
....
Ava Lowery: Patriot and Hero"

What else needs to be said about this....

Federal contracts up 86% under Bush; Halliburton rises 600%:

"Top contractor Lockheed got contracts larger than budget of Congress, Dept. of Interior

WASHINGTON -- A new report claims that a 'shadow government' of federal contractors has exploded in size over the last five years.

The document, compiled at the request of Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and distributed to RAW STORY, indicates that procurement spending increased by over $175 billion between 2000 and 2005, making federal contracts the fastest growing component of federal discretionary spending."

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"That crank was bunk, anyway"

DBT - Shoreline - SF, CA

Hell No I Ain't Happy
Cottonseed
Easy On Yourself
Aftermath U.S.A.
Gravity's Gone
Never Gonna Change
Let There Be Rock
Living Bubba
Outfit

They sounded awesome. No problem playing amphitheatres, that's for sure. Really, really, really tight. They had a lot of fun on stage,too. Great energy. Crowd filtered in througout the set. Only 5Ktickets were sold and the place holds 15k-20k. Patterson had some great ad libs in LTBR. He misses his little girl on Father's Day. Outfit as a final was a nod to Father's Day. Witnessed a few t-shirts being sold. They just rock, y'all.

Can't wait to get them back from TBC, though.

Click them and they get BIG....

Empty Parking Lot

Inside the Venue


Nobody's home, yet


A little tuning


A lot of Rocking

The following are pictures from the giant video screens:


Purty Girl


Purty Girl Singin'


R.O.C.K in the U.S.A.


EZB (I heard he ain't THAT easy, though)


The Man


The Man lookin' cool in his shades


The Man-Child Slidin' his ass off


I wish I could do that


Some Dude They Call Cooley


Oh yeah, lay it on me, baby.


Cooley Makin' Panty Tea.


Sweet Ass Baxendale


They Fuckin' Rock!