The Garlic: 05/04/2008

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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10 May 2007... On The Garlic

Developing Story! Bush Said Ready To Dump Wolfowitz and Name Blair New World Bank Chief; Sources Say Bush Not Ready To Abandon Rewarding Iraq War Supporters; Cheney Furious, Was Lobbying For Libby Posting

New Barry Crimmins Essay - We Are Here

Keith Olbermann Follow-Up: AAN Presents First Annual Molly Ivins Award to Keith Olbermann

10 May 2006... On The Garlic

More Letters on The Garlic’s Baseball Piece

10 May 2005... On The Garlic

American Idol Spin's Off New Born-Again Virgin Show; All Christian Music Format; Special Segment For Declaring New, Multi-Born Again Status

Amazon Says "I Do"; Opens Wedding Registry;Offers Free Shipping For Weddings With Over 100 Guests

Top Ten Cloves: Other Born-Again Virgins Now That John Mason Is Out

Friday, May 09, 2008

Sweet Mother

It's not exactly a secret what jingoistic, unpatriotic cretins the Republican Congress is, be it the streamlining of the Bush Grindhouse lawbreaking, the crocodile tears of John Boehner, and not to mention the parade of sex scandals (where, there, they are fair and balanced, caught with men, woman and young boys).

But their obstructionism today reached new heights;

Republicans vote down Mother’s Day. No, really!

Have they no shame? Using mother’s all across America as a political tactic is pretty sad. Initially this resolution had passed unanimously, but maybe Rep. Tiahart just doesn’t like his mom. Dana Milbank says poor Boehner has been under a lot of stress lately. Yes he has, but to actually vote down Mother’s day?

You got it ... They voted against a resolution - one of those fluff things, with no practical consequences - to honor "Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day,"

Steve Benen, over on The Carpetbagger Report ("House Republicans take a firm stand — against Mother’s Day") has the right idea on this stunt;

As for the GOP’s opposition to moms, I wouldn’t be surprised if this little stunt comes up during the fall campaigns. Dems might not necessarily base an entire ad on a resolution vote, but I could imagine a Dem candidate saying, “Rep. Smith spends most of his time in Washington saying, ‘No.” No to quality healthcare, no to bringing the troops home, Smith even voted against Mother’s Day. Isn’t time we said no to Rep. Smith?”

Can't wait to see how Stumblin' Bumblin' John McCain mashes this one up.

And, of course, The Garlic has a suggestion for the Congressional Democrats.

Come Monday morning, they should have set up in the House, giant speakers, a sound system to rival the largest stadiums in the land, and through some type of procedure, to make the Republicans sit through it, blast Prince Nico Mbarga's classic tune, "Sweet Mother"

Prince Nico Mbarga Sweet Mother

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Phoenix Woman: For It Before They Were Against It

Libby: How do Republicans get away with obstruction?

Space Cowboy: Republican Pride

Coming To A Theatre Near You Soon! ... Republicans On A Plane ! ...Not Even Al-Qaeda-Types Can Handle it!

Breaking News! Giant Search Engine Downed By GOP and RNC Staffers; Google Crashes! Besieged With “I’m Feeling Lucky” Searches From White House, Congress; Amazon, D.C. Novelty Stores Hit With Run On Magic 8-Balls

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9 May 2006... On The Garlic

Breaking News! Rove Plagiarism Alleged; Fitzgerald Contemplating Hitting Rove With Plagiarism In Grand Jury Appearances; Longtime Bush Aide Denies Charges, Says May Have “Internalized” Testimony From Staffers, Others

Top Ten Cloves: How The White House Is Coaching General Hayden For Confirmation To Head CIA

9 May 2005... On The Garlic

Bush In Wrong Countries; White House Blunders On Bush Europe Itinerary; Chirac, EuroDisney Officials Miffed At No-Show

Merck Defends Vioxx Tactics; Says "haven't done anything different that what baseball did"

Top Ten Cloves: Things Karl Rove Did To Help Get Tony Blair Elected Again

Thursday, May 08, 2008

Top Ten Cloves: Reasons Rush Limbaugh Bragged About Success of Operation Chaos

News Item: Rush Limbaugh urges vote for Obama

10. Simply a matter of he's so delusional, he bought his own hype and now is, legitimately, backing Obama

9. Wanted to get it in the news cycle, before the wide release of 'Speed Racer'

8. Still positioning himself to incite riots in Denver

7. Ratings are dipping

6. Feeling itchy, he wants to get back to racially smearing Obama

5. Dittoheads were becoming confused on who they are supposed to vote for

4. Now that his crush is out in the open, he's trying to woo Hillary

3. Running out of material ... Wants to recycle his Donovan McNabb comments and apply them to Obama

2. Pad the resume, for when he lobbies - again - for the Nobel Peace Prize

1. What! ... Oh no, he's popping the pills again ...

Bonus "A Cheeseburger That Sweats" Riffs

Sourcewatch - Rush Limbaugh

Media Matters: Limbaugh joins other media in whitewashing Swift Boat Vets' falsehoods, claims "nobody has disproven anything they claimed"

Crooks and Liars: Limbaugh At It Again - Mocks Voice Of 12 Year Old Graeme Frost

Jon Soltz: So I'm a "Phony Soldier," Rush?

We Wonder If Rush Lobbied For This, The Way He Did For The Nobel?

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Garlic History - On This Day

8 May 2007... On The Garlic

A Thread Of Garlic - Hey AP, Hands Off Olbermann!

8 May 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: What Was In Letter Iranian President Ahmadinejad Sent To President Bush

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Editor's Note ... The Pearl Is In The River ...

Good Morning Garlic Fans

We hope you are all well, on this very sunny, fine day here in the Northeast.

Well, our latest episode of the Elderly Aunt is wrapping up, as she returned home from the hospital yesterday, all repaired, healthy and more than happy to be in her surroundings.

Now, back to getting in the routines.

I wish I could say my low posting over the past week was due to a relaxing, restful, totally-chilled out vacation.

It was anything but that, with long days, doctor consultants, family updates and light sleep.

So, I hope to get something up today, as I did endeavor to stay plugged in to what was/is going on (and absolutely not looking forward to the unending loop that started last evening, of when Hillary bows out, with every blowhard pundit offering every possible scenario, regardless of how plausible it may be).

It may take a day, or two, to get back in-stride, so hang in there.

As always, many, many thanks for visiting and reading The Garlic

Peace
JTD

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Top Ten Cloves: Potential Problems At White House Dinner Tonight For Queen Elizabeth II

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Weekend Special - Sautéed Cloves

Last Weeks Garlic Poll Results - The Real Reason President Bush Wants National Anthem Sung In English Is ...

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

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Garlic History - On This Day

6 May 2007... On The Garlic

Hey, No Whining There Tenet, It Was Your Job, You Silly Twit ... The Results - The Garlic Weekly Poll

6 May 2005... On The Garlic

Congress Acts On New National Driver's License; 3-Point Turn Kept In 'Patriots with Wheels' Bill; Homeland Security To Issue Daily Hand Signals

Sears, Nike Split Up; Retailer Tells Sneaker Company To Go USA

Top Ten Cloves: Things Ann Coulter Would Be Saying If She Were An Over-The-Top Liberal Democrat

Monday, May 05, 2008

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Garlic History - On This Day

5 May 2007... On The Garlic

The Politico's DNA ... The Other Iraq ... And He's a Bible-Thumper Now ... Around The Garlic Patch

5 May 2006... On The Garlic

Top Ten Cloves: Cinco de Mayo At The White House!

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Texas Bill Banning Cheerleading Causes Panic, Confusion and Exodus; Teens Flee State By Thousands, Causing Gridlock; See Bill As Ban On Being Teen

DIY Network Has An Ad Campaign - Finally! Three-Years-Plus in-the-making; All Hand-Made Print Run

Top Ten Cloves: What The Coma Fireman, Who Hasn't Spoken in 10-Years, Talked About When He Woke Up

Sunday, May 04, 2008

Al Giordano: Let Operation Anti-Chaos begin!

Probably, the one true voice writing about this years' presidential election, Al Giordano has another gem today.

Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on "White Voters" Is Fiction

Al, for one, is not getting fooled by the Clinton Machine's sniper-dodging, 3AM, and Day-One-Ready, Fool's Gold candidate.

They've swallowed the Clinton racially-obsessed spin, hook, line and sinker. Some, because they are gullible, haven't an original idea in their little pea brains, and follow the pack of what everybody else is talking about. Others, because they like to toss around knowing falsehoods. Nary a superdelegate can go on Fox News without being berated by an anchorperson screeching (this is pretty close to an exact quote): "But your duty as a superdelegate is to select the most electable and that's Hillary Clinton!" That these anchorpersons are Republican partisans openly cheering for Senator Clinton is our first clue of the game afoot.

What, where does this man get, if he's not drinking Hillary's, this clear, untainted, Kool-Aid from?

So imagine my pleasant surprise this morning to see a New York Times columnist, Charles Blow, who did what none of these chattering lunkheads have done. He looked at the hard data of how voters, white and black, view the two Democratic candidates - favorably or negatively? - and how those views have progressed over time.

Wait. The numbers show that the cynical effort to turn the 2008 campaign into a race riot has hurt the popularity of one candidate among an important demographic, and it's not Barack Obama:

Those facts won't stop many media (and Internet) talking heads from continuing - whether out of gullibility or intentional dishonesty - to prop up the "white voters" narrative, but it ought to inoculate you, kind reader, from believing it.

Read all of Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on "White Voters" Is Fiction and get hip to Al Giordano

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Today's Must Read: Al Giordano's "Damn you, Barack Obama" ... It Lays Out What We Are Seeing Now