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  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 12:51 am

    Liz thinks the “Liberal Media” is caving in on her. Liz is the poster child for Rightwing nuttiness.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Aren’t they all trout?

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 4:25 am

    I loved Palin’s rambling press conference. I am still not sure what she was trying to say though. Andrea Mitchell seems to think she is interested in cashing in on her fame and nothing else.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 5:36 am

    Missile strikes in Pakistan kill 12. Target was Taliban leader. He wasnt killed. Drone activity increases

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/07/AR2009070700262_pf.html

    Honduras: Zelaya and Sec. Clinton meet in Nicaragua today. According to trueslant the Coup Govts foreign secretary called President Obama a “little black man who knows nothing about nothing.”

  • ConstanceTruggle
    July 7, 2009 at 7:38 am

    Good morning all! I still can’t find an avatar option so I can chage it.
    Anyway as for Sarah doing this to ‘cash in on her fame”-I say good for her! Most make more money for doing far less and being way more inane.

  • AmeRICANInSURGEnt
    July 7, 2009 at 8:16 am

    Good morning BCB

    I’m just waiting for the Palin sex tape to be released.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 8:41 am

    Good morning Constance. I would imagine her book deal will be pretty sweet. I think it was DND (forgive me if I cant remember) who said she might have a TV show in the works. I even heard “Talk Show” last night on one of the TV Networks.

    I agree with you about her cashing in, as long as she isnt doing it illegally.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 9:20 am

    Good morning Brian. Nice and cool here

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 9:55 am

    So what does everyone think, should tomorrow be our Michael Jackson thread?

    :lol:

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 9:56 am

    I heard MJ died is that true? that’s gonna be big.

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 9:58 am

    today, mrs dooty (she refuses to take the trout boy name) and I got married 33 years ago. Never would have thought it would come to this.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 10:01 am

    I’m sure mrs trout is equally amazed! Congrats!

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 10:20 am

    Good morning, everyone.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 10:22 am

    Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Doots! Have a wonderful anniversary today and may you have many more.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 10:24 am

    “Most make more money for doing far less and being way more inane.”

    Hmmm….. Is it possible to be any more inane than Caribou Barbie?

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 10:26 am

    there was a time when we might go out on the town and really celebrate but now we will probably go to the local salad bar and hoist a salad fork. Getting old is hard work.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 10:29 am

    “Getting old is hard work.”

    Tell me about it!

  • eProf2
    July 7, 2009 at 10:39 am

    Congratulations, HD, and to the brave soul who has guided you for 33 years. Thanks, too, for the garden lead.

    I guess there won’t be any “regular” news today as it will be the MJ show all day and all night and into the rest of the week. The King is dead; long live the King!

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Trout: Heartiest of congratulations!

    Poor Bird has had to listne to me rant about the wall-to-wall MJ covearge. This is a bit much. I even very briefly turned it over the FOX “news” for something anything. They had a Palin interview they were sneak peaking. FOX is the only net she will talk to right now. Imagine that.

    Good morning Nanny

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 10:42 am

    Hello Prof. Your head is looking very concrete today.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 10:44 am

    Congrats Sr y Sra Doots!

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 10:47 am

    Steve, I agree with you. This coverage has gone on way too long, twelve days so far. Hopefully this will be the end of it…. at least until the finally autopsy report is release.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 10:51 am

    Doots, I hear ya on the salad thing. I eat way more than my share, too. The other night when Paul and I celebrated our anniversary, the restaurant owner tried to bring us a fancy dessert on the house. Turning it away was not easy. But keeping that blood sugar under control is more important.
    As for getting old, it SUCKS!

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 10:57 am

    The salads do wonders for all of us. I screw up by adding too much stuff like eggs and cheese. Then again, what are you gonna do?

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 11:01 am

    It’s like people after their third trip to the salad bar and then say “hey it’s only salad”

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 11:02 am

    Has anybody seen a commercial for a Michael Jackson commemorative plate yet? It’s bound to happen to sooner or later.

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 11:06 am

    here is an Alaskan Huffpo columnist Shannyn Moore’s take on the whole Palin resigning.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/huffington-post-blogger-s_b_225817.html

  • ConstanceTruggle
    July 7, 2009 at 11:09 am

    “Hmmm….. Is it possible to be any more inane than Caribou Barbie?”
    Ummm I think so…how about Paris Hilton?

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 11:09 am

    No dnd, but maybe when my 24k gold clad proofs are delivered there will be some info with them.

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 11:10 am

    more of the same except this is just stupefying. Where did this woman go to school? She is way too stupid to run for any public office other than dog catcher. Read this!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/07/palin-department-of-law-p_n_226881.html

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 11:11 am

    “It’s like people after their third trip to the salad bar and then say “hey it’s only salad””

    Oh yeah, I did that in the Air Force. I would eat and eat and eat, thinking…I am in the service now. I can eat all i want to! I gained like 13 pounds the first 2 or 3 weeks of basic training.

    DND: I wouldnt be shocked to see it.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Huffpo link: She quit for the good of Alaska. It was all about the people.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Constance, Paris isn’t an elected governor and didn’t run for VP. Playing silly and insipid is Paris’ shtick; but by most accounts, she’s a very astute business woman.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Here’s the poop: Sarah Palin is an impostor. She was in over her head, and she finally figured it out. She finally figured out what so many others saw. But thanks to John McCain, she became a celebrity. So rather than be completely be exposed as a fake, bowing out to become a professional celebrity was a no-brainer.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 11:34 am

    Salad bars are too dangerous; I opt to order a salad from a menu.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 11:37 am

    If Palin were in the WH, they wouldn’t need a Dept of Law; she’d require a fully staffed psych ward. The woman is insane.

  • nannymm
    July 7, 2009 at 11:38 am

    “Sarah Palin is an impostor. She was in over her head…”

    dnd, you’ll get no argument from me.

  • ConstanceTruggle
    July 7, 2009 at 11:44 am

    “Constance, Paris isn’t an elected governor and didn’t run for VP”
    I agree but the most important word in the statement is ELECTED.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Eugene Robinson on Palin:
    “There are basically two reasons the political class and the commentariat continue to speak and write about Palin as if she were a substantial figure whose presence on the national stage is anything but a cruel, unfunny joke. The first is fear — not of Palin and her know-nothing legions, but of being painted as elitist and sexist. ”

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/06/AR2009070603141.html

    This column should win him another Pulitzer prize.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 11:51 am

    “I loved Palin’s rambling press conference. I am still not sure what she was trying to say though. ”

    Steve,
    Someone needs to annotate Palin’s presser to explain what she meant. Or what she was trying to spin.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 11:54 am

    DND at 11:33 good take…she was a McCain gimmick. Thats about it. She doesnt even compare well to the actual 1st Lady Veep nominee, Gerry Ferraro in 1984.

    I understand in the FOXnews interview she gripes quite a bit about the media.

    am rediscovering link TV’s Amy Goodman right now. Prett good news cast.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 11:55 am

    I wonder if she would have up and quit on the Vice Presidency.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 11:56 am

    Constance,
    I’d say Michelle Bachmann is more inane that Sarah Palin. Possibly John Boehner too. But it’s pretty close ;)

  • ConstanceTruggle
    July 7, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    I’m beginning to believe all politicians are inane.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Here’s a final shout-out to Michael Jackson:

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Just couldn’t help yourself could you d?

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 12:18 pm

    Tom Paxton is one of the most clever songwriters EVER. Have you heard the song, “I Am Changing My Name To Fanny Mae”? He sorta gets right to the crux of the screw up.

    here is a video for Brian. “Talkin Pot Luck in Vietnam”

  • trout boy
    July 7, 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I was walking by the tv while ago and I have never seen an rent car bus painted in black and at a funeral. Gotta love LA.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 12:26 pm

    Those are party buses trout, lots of kids around here get them for prom night.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Are they bringing the casket to the Staple Center? Creepy!

  • TempeBev
    July 7, 2009 at 2:17 pm

    Sarah is going to make a lot of money – that’s great so she can pay for her treatments. But, MJ had a lot of money and look where it got him. Soulmate only got censured. As Satchmo sang, “It’s a Wonderful World.” On to the next big news event whatever it may be.

    Congrats HD – our 44th is coming next month. As we like to say 32 of them have been great!

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    Tom Paxton had an album one time with some songs on it such as: “Dont Slay That Potato,” “Thank You, Republic Airlines” and “We Lost the America’s Cup.” I cant remember the name of it, maybe it came out around 1983 or so. It was pretty funny. I used to get him and Phil Ochs confused.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    All three networks are carrying the MJ memorial and all three cable news networks, amazing and weird.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    Bev in Tempe 44 is pretty awesome. Keep up the good work!

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Serious Question: Did they give President Ford’s death this much coverage?

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 2:31 pm

    they didn’t give his presidency this much coverage!

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    Good one, Brian.

    Well, I do think it is an important story, but this, IMO, is a bit too much.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    Not one mention of the father either.

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Hillary and Zelaya meet today, Costa Rico’s Oscar Arias is also in the works to mediate deal.

    http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-07-voa34.cfm

  • AmeRICANInSURGEnt
    July 7, 2009 at 3:15 pm

    Good afternoon BCB

    Is anyone else a little irritated at Biden’s latest statement concerning the economy?

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 3:18 pm

    Not disappointing, just sorry it happens to be true. It’s going to be a slow climb out of this 20 year deep hole we are not in.

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 3:33 pm

    D.C. gay marriage law takes effect
    City recognizes same-sex unions performed in other states

    http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=26072

  • Steve
    July 7, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Good for DC

  • Brian In NYC
    July 7, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    It was very clever to have King’s children speak at the memorial service, the image of MJ has totally been remade right before our very eyes.

    Peter King would be wise to avoid Harlem for a very long time.

  • dog's eye view
    July 7, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Realize this was a rhetorical question, but in answer to nanny’s 10:24 a “could anyone be more inane than Sarah Palin?”, our next contender of the evening:

    “To the Editor [of the New York Times, and they published this today]:

    It is appropriate that Sarah Palin announced her bold decision to resign as governor of Alaska on the Fourth of July weekend. She is one of the few politicians today who still embody the same ideals and characteristics of those brave individuals who gave us this country.

    Our forefathers chose not to tolerate the unreasonable behavior of the English, and Ms. Palin decided that she and her family could no longer tolerate the unrelenting, vicious attacks of her enemies.

    Her altruistic qualities that appealed to so many obviously worried the liberal Democrats, and they continually harassed this honorable, charismatic woman, even half a year after the election was over.

    Nobody should have to endure such mean-spirited attacks, and those who inflicted them should not be allowed to profit by them.

    Bonnie O’Neil
    Newport Beach, Calif.
    July 4, 2009″

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/opinion/l07palin.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

    What more, really, can you say?

  • dog's eye view
    July 7, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    Happy anniversary Mr. and Mrs. troutboy formerly known as Doots.

    Many happy returns. That’s about the third anniversary of my knowing you are having an anniversary. Happy all around.

    And belated happy anniversary to Mrs. and Dr. nannym too.

    =============

    If bold, altruistic Sarah Palin set out to discover and deliver this American paradise to us

    we would be Finns. Right now.

    Who says she’s any better at geography or navigating than analyzing, orating, legislating or public service?

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    “She is one of the few politicians today who still embody the same ideals and characteristics of those brave individuals who gave us this country.”

    dog,

    Perhaps she was referring to Todd Palin belonging to a party that wants AK to secede from the US?

    Perhaps Ms. O’Neil wants Newport Beach to secede from the US? ;)

  • dog's eye view
    July 7, 2009 at 7:48 pm

    Newport Beach — or some of it — has pretty much seceded! Robert Reich called it years ago. “The Secession of the Successful”. Into gated communities and the isolation of privilege.

    =====

    Altruistic? That’s one of the most Orwellian touches.

    Very little about the conservative GOP message is about altruism. (1) They distrust it as a basis for action. (2) Their blowback at attempts at healthcare reform — access for all — is “look out for yourself! You might lose your own good deal.”

    Charles Gibson is worried about the previously uninsured swamping his doctor’s office, resulting in some difficulty to himself and his comfortably situated colleagues and associates.

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 7:54 pm

    All the major nets got suckered into a photo-op of Palin “fishing with the family.” I first saw it on CNN. Waders and rubber gloves. And full makeup.

    Still playing the victim card, the Tundra Tart trumped up the altruistic nature of her resignation.

    Gov. Palin: how can I miss you if you won’t go away?

  • dnd
    July 7, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    And for all you Rooskies that have been dissing President Obama, I have two words for you: Major Kong:


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