Crybaby GOPers Find Climate Truth Inconvenient
Plans by Al Gore for a climate change rock concert at the U.S. Capitol are running into some Republican opposition.
The former Democratic presidential candidate wanted to hold one of seven worldwide "Live Earth" concerts on the National Mall in the U.S. capital on July 7 but two other groups secured that space for events.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky last week objected to approving the resolution to hold the concert on the Capitol grounds because he and the Senate Rules Committee had not yet reviewed it.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070328/us_nm/gore_concert_dc
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 04:49 AMStill sticking it to Gore aren't they. One would think that stealing the presidency would have been enough.
Posted by Judith at March 29, 2007 06:04 AMnothing is ever enough for them...and yes they did steal the presidency and lets never ever forget it...they stuck it to the people then..and they have been doing it ever since..with no regard for decency or the law..
Posted by dennis at March 29, 2007 06:09 AMAt a press conference yesterday, Pelosi responded to Bush's threat to veto legislation for a timetable. Pelosi told the pRresident to "Calm down with the threats, there's a new Congress in town. We respect your constitutional role, we want you to respect ours."
My, oh my, that one will cost her. No one speaks to His Highness that way.
Posted by Judith at March 29, 2007 06:13 AMPelosi was in rare form: like a parent, firmly admonishing her errant child.
Way funny!
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 06:30 AM"Pelosi was in rare form: like a parent, firmly admonishing her errant child."
Well, it's about time someone changed the relationship dynamics.
Posted by Judith at March 29, 2007 07:04 AMWell, it's about time someone changed the relationship dynamics.
I think having the Code Pink encampment outside her Pac Heights mansion helped to awaken her inner Baltimore.
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 07:14 AMIf she's got that little backbone I'd be disappointed. A few loudmouths outside your house scared her?
Maybe she just needed to be given a chance to establish her footing?
I know many thought all the problems wrought by Bushco. would be magically whisked away after the November elections but realities a bitch.
Posted by snark at March 29, 2007 07:20 AMOutside HER house that is.
Posted by snark at March 29, 2007 07:21 AMFrom Juan Cole--trouble with US (and Bush) long-time allies and oil providers in the Middle East:
Saudi King Abdullah said on Wednesday at the opening of the Arab League meetings, "“In beloved Iraq, blood is shed among our brothers while there is an illegitimate foreign occupation and a hateful sectarianism that is threatening to develop into a civil war . . .”
King Abdullah followed up on these harsh criticisms of the US by cancelling his planned appearance at a White House dinner in April. The Saudi royal family is fit to be tied that Bush gave Iraq away to fundamentalist Shiite parties that have close ties to Iran.
Although the Saudi statement is remarkable for its brutal frankness and coldness toward the United States, its real significance is its slam of the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Abdullah has not only said that the US presence is an illegal occupation, he has said that the al-Maliki government is nothing more than Shiite sectarian hegemony. The Saudis are known for their behind the scenes diplomacy and their public discretion. King Abdullah is hopping mad, to talk this way. It augurs ill for US-Saudi relations. Abdullah is also angry that Bush is letting the Palestine issue fester and that he pushed for open Palestinian elections but then cut off the Hamas government once it was elected. Abdullah thinks Bush is pursuing irrational policies, the effect of which is to destabilize the Middle East.
Posted by Don Bacon at March 29, 2007 07:29 AMAbdullah gets the Internets also...he sees the writing on the wall. The Saudi Family are flushing George W. down the toilet. Doesn't mean a Bush Family break, just W. I'm not sure what the Saudi spelling for Loser is, but it's probably close to G-E-O-R-G-E-W.
Just in--Senate passes the Iraq Budget with 51 votes ( and Johnson on the sidelines). That's a Majority, George. Veto that.
Now that Pelosi appears to have found her cojones, maybe she'll even mention the dreaded "I" word?
I'm rooting for ya,' Nancy.
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 08:15 AMAfter the Code Pink people tried to disrupt the Plame testimony, I'm not too enamoured with them. I don't understand how being rude and annoying is supposed to win people to your side, anyhow. However good your cause, you don't gain anything when you piss off the people you're trying to influence.
Woohoo, T2! Good news!
Posted by iamcoyote at March 29, 2007 08:15 AMre Code Pink
Don't be hard on them. We always need people 'on the fringe' to make it easier for the moderates to prevail, and who knows how many people they've influenced?
Posted by Don Bacon at March 29, 2007 08:24 AMNow that Pelosi appears to have found her cojones, maybe she'll even mention the dreaded "I" word?
She's always had balls, Christopher; you were just too busy looking at the label on her skirt to look under it. Glad to see you've finally seen the light; until the next time she doesn't do something you want her to do.
Posted by iamcoyote at March 29, 2007 08:56 AMSay, has anyone here ever heard whether Carlyle was involved in any of the Abramoff scandals? I ask because I came across an article from back in 2003 that sounds vaguely suspicious in hindsight.
".....Carlyle, in its early days, was a far humbler creature than it is now. In fact, the company's first successful venture sounds like something from a spam e-mail. Rubenstein had discovered a legal loophole allowing Native Americans in Alaska to sell their tax losses, and he did a brief, brisk business connecting Eskimos with corporations in search of a write-off. Congress quickly closed the loophole, and Carlyle moved on in search of companies to buy....."
Posted by Julie at March 29, 2007 11:01 AMiamcrapola: She's always had balls, Christopher; you were just too busy looking at the label on her skirt to look under it.
Have they always had internet access in long term care, mental institutions? I suppose when the meds fail, lunatics like you can pound away on the keyboard. LMAO!
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 11:40 AMThe women at Code Pink ROCK!!!
Only pissy accomodationists like iamcrapola can't handle them.
Posted by Christopher at March 29, 2007 11:43 AM