Good Evening Garlic Fans
Well, we wrote a post early this morning and, in looking at again this evening, it wasn't up to snuff.
Too much rant, not enough satire, so I shelved it and will see if it can be salvaged for a Friday, or weekend post.
So, rather than leave a day barren, allow me to wish all our readers and visitors a very happy, healthy and safe Thanksgiving Day Holiday.
Whether you eat turkey, or tofu, get up early for a high school football, or nod off in front of the tube during the 1st Quarter of the traditional Dallas game ... If you're serving needy people in a shelter, or being served by kind, generous, unselfish folk ... If you're out protesting the innumerable things that need protesting, or having to deal with a 3-year-old boycotting your famous green bean dish, take a moment and be thankful you can be where you are, and do what you do ...
Be it loving friends and family, a simplicity of a hot meal, or just the blessing of good health, everyone has something to be thankful for ...
Have a great day!
Peace
JTD
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Happy Holiday ... However You Celebrate it!
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Hot Dog and Hee Haw! ... Guess What We Got Today!
If Frank Capra were making his iconic holiday move "It's A Wonderful Life" today, George Bailey would, in his surreal whirl around Pottersville, end up being kidnapped, extraordinary renditioned and branded as an enemy combatant.
The flourishing democracy of Pakistan is up in flames, and, we sit on the eve of the new FISA Bill, with The Commander Guy's order for immunity for the telecommunication companies still on the front-burner, and there was that little business of Cheney's impeachment that, mistakenly leaked into the mainstream news (but only derisively, as if it was a joke that, at least one member of Congress, wants to hold the Executive Branch accountable to the Constitution).
So, what do you suppose we get today?
If you said "A new terror threat warning" you'd be right on cue for a big Bedford Falls "Hot Dog!" and "Hee-Haw!"
Shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago, in this go-around.
And it goes to show how discombobulated the Bush Grindhouse is.
It's a given, their going to play the "fear card", but pointing at shopping malls, and during the holiday season?
I thought, to get past September 11th, to blot out the horrible terrorist attack, we were supposed to go shopping?
How can it be that, now, if we go shopping, we might be blown up? Well, at least those of us who live in LA or Chi-Town.
Yes, it's another one of those warning with the all-important "but", that goes to great pains to convey that the information may not be credible.The bulletin acknowledges that U.S. intelligence officers are uncertain as to whether the information is real, and intelligence officers say there is a concern that it could be "disinformation."
Which Joe Gandelman, over on The Moderate Voice (after his opening of "There’s yet another warning about a planned Al Qaeda attack in the United States — and the danger is that the political contamination of the terrorism issue, the perceived use of it by the Bush administration in past elections ...") notes;It’s this constant “oh by the way” that is lessening the impact of these alerts because part of the public has stopped believing them (the part that feels the administration took Fox News consultant Dick Morris’ advice and played the security card in elections) and part of the public that won’t pay much attention until and unless there is an attack because too many alarmist news stories increasingly lose their sense of urgency"
And here's this gem, from ABC, about this imminent, possible, holiday shopping mall terror threat;Law enforcement officials tell ABCNews.com that the FBI received the information in late September and declassified it yesterday for wide distribution.
Even if we say that they got it on September 30th, at 11:59PM, that makes it nearly six-weeks before that let it out of the bag?
I guess that makes sense.
Too late to use it as a chilling threat on the "Back-To-School" shoppers and, to blare it out, dripping with fear, for Halloween, well, that would only discourage the candy shoppers.
So, perhaps, our movie will end, when Zuzu hears the bell ring, she'll say "Daddy, teacher says that whenever a bell rings, that means President Bush has issued another terrorist threat" and the copy of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" will carry the inscription "No President Is A Failure Who Issues Bogus Terror Threats".
Bonus Hot Dogs and Hee Haws
Logan Murphy/Crooks and Liars - Olbermann: Bush Used Bogus Terror Threat to Scare Votes for FISA Bill
Steven Benen/The Carpetbagger Report: On eve of telecom vote, AT&T whistleblower steps up
If The Telecoms Get Amnesty, Will Reporters or Photographers Be Jailed For Reporting It?
Friday, January 05, 2007
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Twelfth Day
We made it!
Dubya is tapped out, unloading all his gifts this Christmas season. No doubt, he’s likely to toss a few more bonus tidings before the month is out.
And, I suppose, we have to wonder if he used his Executive Powers, and freshly-minted Signing Statement to snoop and open the letter Senate Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent to him today.
As we have encouraged the past 11-days, keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Twelfth Day
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Eleventh Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Eleventh Day
On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Tenth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Tenth Day
On the tenth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Ninth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Ninth Day
On the ninth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Monday, January 01, 2007
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Eighth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Eighth Day
On the eighth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Seventh Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Seventh Day
On the seventh day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Sixth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Sixth Day
On the sixth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Friday, December 29, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Fifth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Fifth Day
On the fifth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Fourth Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Fourth Day
On the fourth day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Third Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Third Day
On the third day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Second Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The Second Day
On the second day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Monday, December 25, 2006
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The First Day
Editors Note: We’re going Old School and stretching out this Christmas Season with a special Garlic rendition of the holiday classic, The Twelve Days of Christmas, with postings of a stanza each night, beginning tonight, and running through January 6, 2007.
Keeping with the spirit of things, feel free to sing out loud.
Twelve Days of Dubya ...The First Day
On the first day of Christmas,
my Dubya sent to me
Links
Twelve Days of Christmas (Or Twelvetide)
A Tip-of-the-Hat to Carols.org
Twas The Night Before The New Congress
Garlic Christmas Special - David Sedaris Christmas Letter
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Top Ten Cloves: Things Overheard At Vice President Dick Cheney’s Holiday Party
News Item: Cheney Holiday Party Sponsored By Kazakh "Snow Queen" Vodka...
10. I asked for a Gin-and-Tonic and what I got was a Gin-and-Caffeine-Free Diet Sprite
9. Nice touch, sending out the party invitations in the margins of newspapers
8. I’m surprised Cheney didn’t come out and announce that Rumsfeld was in his final throes
7. I heard that right after Christmas, Cheney’s going to begin rehearsing his testimony for the Libby Trial
6. Don’t worry about Cheney having a cocktail, or two ... The guns are locked up in a different location
5. Bush wants to put his Presidential Library at SMU, where’s Cheney going to put his Vice Presidential Secret Bunker?
4. Too bad Judith Regan got fired, I heard Cheney was up for writing “If I Lied, Here’s How I Would Have Fabricated The Case For WMD’s”
3. If only the President had a “Bush’s Bush”, just like “Cheney’s Cheney”, we’d be a lot better off
2. You’ll find out who was in his Energy Meetings before you’ll discover who the father is of his daughter’s baby
1. You want to see fireworks? Get a few drinks into the wife and say the words “Wolf Blitzer”
Nice touch, sending out the party invitations in the margins of newspapers
