Monday Open Thread
Happy Monday all! Can you believe it’s already open thread time? I know you’ve been waiting anxiously for one.
Now this is funny. An activist speaks at an anti-immigration tea party against European immigration to the United States. It’s quite amusing because he doesn’t reveal all until the end of his speech.
Being a know-nothing racist bully apparently pays very well (just ask Pat Buchanan):
CNN was so sick of Lou Dobbs, it gave him an $8 million severance package to leave, The Post has learned.
“They wanted him out,” according to a source.
Dobbs, who a source said had a year and a half to go on his $12 million contract, shocked viewers last Wednesday by announcing he was quitting.
How do I get paid $8M to be fired?
Homework! What’s Saint Sarah’s assignment?
Norquist, one of the most influential voices in the modern conservative movement, says he will be keeping a close eye on the activities of potential candidates over the next year and will be sure to tell Republican voters who’s a team player and who’s out for themselves.
“We’re going to put together a list of all the people thinking of running for president and … give assignments to each of the would-be presidential candidates. For instance, if the former governor of Arkansas [Mike Huckabee] would like to run and be thought of as a serious candidate he better win that Senate seat in Arkansas [held by Democrat Blanche Lincoln]. He can raise the money for it, he can help turn it around. If he’s not willing to do that for the party, why should we spend any time thinking about him?” Norquist said during an interview with Roll Call reporters and editors on Friday.
If former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani “wants to run [in 2012], then he should either run for governor himself [in 2010] or find somebody,” he added.
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Conservatives Bob Barr, David Keene (American Conservative Union) and Grover Norquist (Americans for Tax Reform) have spoken out in favor of transferring terrorist suspects to the U.S.
these guys aren’t super villains. i know it is blasphemy to say, but 9/11 wasnt that inventive. We are terrified (well the Right Wing Conservunist party is) of these jackasses. And that is what they want. Every time a conservative is so afraid of these thugs that they cant even handle the idea of them bring in the country…. Osama wins.
not to mention the total lack of faith in our criminal justice and prison system…. conservatives, why do you have no faith in America?
The teabaggers decided not to burn effigies of Rep. Periello and Speaker Pelosi after all. They didn’t like the bad publicity.
wow, the mob seems to be getting a little more civilized….. on the other hand, monkeys have been known to not throw poo SOMETIMES
I can’t even imagine taking the time to MAKE an effigy of a politician, let alone burning it.
Have I asked the Democrats who visit here to join their local District Committee lately? Well, you know you should. Don’t know who to call? Start with Party HQ: 302-328-9036
Did anybody else watch the Prisoner last night? It’s not nearly as weird as the original, at least I didn’t think so.
I watched it!
I recorded it and will watch it soon.
I watched it as well. I will tell you that I was/am a big fan of the original series and did not think it needed to be remade. However, man oh man, they totally out did themselves. It was teh awesome.
Europeans OUT!!! Europeans OUT!!! Oh wait, that means me. As Emily Litella would say, never mind.
Nemski,
I liked it too and it is wonderful to see TV actually spend some $ on production values. I just didn’t think it had the same weirdness factor going for it. Good entertainment though. What are the pills about?
Yes, The Prisoner was extremely beautiful.
Rebecca wrote, Have I asked the Democrats who visit here to join their local District Committee lately? Well, you know you should. Don’t know who to call? Start with Party HQ: 302-328-9036
Damn you, Rebecca, damn you. 😉 I just sent a note off to my district chair.
Yeah Nemski! I got the cc. You will love it.
I think I need to move to the County to get involved with the Democratic Party at all — whatever is going on in the City is just too weird.
Post Office reports loss, may cut Saturday service (wait till they run healthcare)
cnn ^ | 11/16/2009 | Hibah Yousuf
Agency continues to lose money despite $6 billion in cost-cutting measures, and proposes that it drop Saturday delivery. The U.S. Postal Service reported a $3.8 billion loss in the 2009 fiscal year, and plans to propose to Congress in 2010 that it drop Saturday delivery. The agency already reduced expenses by $6 billion during the year ended Sept. 30. Those measures included eliminating 40,000 jobs, however the cash-strapped agency still employs over 712,000 people. The Postal Service also reduced overtime hours and lowered transportation-related costs. Additionally, the USPS lowered the payments it made for retiree health benefits by $4 billion…
Sen. Robert Byrd to capture longevity record
Politico ^ | November 17, 2009 | Jonathan Allen
When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Sen. Robert Byrd will become the longest-serving member of Congress ever — a capstone on a remarkable career in which the adopted son of a coal miner propelled himself from poverty to the pinnacle of legislative power, where he could, did and still does send billions of federal dollars back across the Blue Ridge to help build his home state of West Virginia. Byrd’s stat sheet speaks for itself: • Served 20,774 days — or 56 years and 10½ months — in Congress • Attended 18,582 Senate roll call votes • Elected to Senate…