Facetious D-wag

Hume or us? 

Facetiousness might be putting your foot in another's* rhetoric. **

* type-0 (b.s.^)

[tan gents ?]
Three points determine a plane, not another point.^^
^/** (FP!)
^^ A. Coin-age of the day., B. Over Helming. , C. Rubric's Cube and Rhetorical Realmifications.
[OW or wow ?]

Belated...(HAPPY BIRTHDAY RMS!)

Congratulation on making it to your terrible two's.[updated link] I feel like a "birther" in having pushed your name and Ed's for MSNBC to match Faux News, although you match Comity* Central as well. In fact I almost admonished you for your "crossing the line", but I on second review of the rhetoric, it was not.** Here is to Bane or Change? You walk the line.
*SIC (spelling in Con/text)

** the Second Amendment Angle
[Third times a charm but not 'l's.(as in L's or spells)]
Chant... Bane(or)Change! Bane(or)Change! Bane(or)Change!

Self Framing

TheLiaisonReport.com
Bet'ween the Miss Stick Heads, and the know somethings.

['= links added]

Not to be glib...

but I think the honeymoon may really be over. Yes, the Irony. And oh, the preemption.

Obama's 911

An Emergency Call to Save the Planet

Con Text

in Context of the last 4 posts.
You are not alone... *[1]
Pre-Press Conference Post[2]
Failure is always(mid press conference comment)[3]
Post Conference Press Comment.[4]
[5-28-10 i.e. We are not alone in thinking... Update.][5]

[It cracked my up that I missed this pun [** "weeded out"]but I must "tend to my garden" or at least my more immediate material world.]

[Update Under Construction]
Friday 10-28-10 links and edit freak out
Please note that I have tried to be consistent and not edited down the road without indicating such. So I should make this log for the record as I can recall it now.

[KEY] [#'s 1 thru 5 #'s added, missing asterisk possibly(yes) in the link, with Bold for emphasis or highlight]
1 two comments and **know better(I-1098) and two labels
2 Matthews untouched
3 referenced in 5 lame?
4 same same? (untuouched, lame)
5 [update, see 1 (two comments), reining (Wall Street), asterisk (*)Press Conference(bathyspheric), bold link of day "fixing the economic bubble", local context (information)I-1098]

I think that should suffice as a roadmap to my own legend. Except for labels and caricatures.

Ping Pong Congress

Or Diplomacy?*
**[Health Reform that is.]
Between Ed Schultz and his spin-off, NorMan GoldMan(insert 2nd hour today)?
If it is ping pong, what is the scoring system? Is it We against change or corporations passing the buck?
[1-5-10: David Sirota on Secret Plans?
*also adjusted Diplomacy link from.]
**[1-6-10 H.R. clarification added along with "check up from the neck" down, it doesn't ryhme but it is Rush via Reagan. Rush Limbaugh endorses overseas public options. My original spin on this was the guts that Ed and Norm have, and a crack at the "Nixon to China" philosophy and the Obama to Corporations hope. (See My Comment)]
[1-7-09: see Shhhh!]

Taking the Bear by the Horns!

Obama Team Moves to Regulate Complex Financial Instruments
by Kevin G. Hall - McClatchy TruthOut

Reform Movement:
Rachel Maddow at commondreams.org
Philip Zelikow on His Testimony tortured memos
www.TomPaine.com
The Progressive
OurFuture.org
Center for American Progress
Think Progress
The Huffington Post
The Pelosi Brief
The Noble Stunt Meme*
and The Ticking Time Bomb Scenario.
Blame the counsel, the comedian and the computer.

* Sen. Linsey Graham[update] (Bush Administration saw law as "nicety we could not afford")
"there is a purpose for everything, there is a reason people do what they do...hierarchy of needs..."(14:50-15:24)
the levin report(15:30)
Brian Beutler TPMMuckraker
Jane Mayer The New Yorker
"the moral high ground in this war is the high ground, it is not a location..."(15:40)
common article 3?(16:35-17:00)
the Geneva Convention did not apply? an argument
"what we do in looking back, may determine how we move forward..." (17:30-19:00)
(all times for Noble Stunt Meme[video])
[The Golden Rule(in Progress) is no joke. Nor are the fine points of law or politics just stunts.]

ATLAS

MoveOn!

[O...I forgot the biggest hint/label of all, & link added.]

the good is hard to find...

in the UN Human Rights Council resolution: U.N. body adopts resolution on religious defamation - Reuters
But is it in the close call 23-11-13 or the new member at the table?

Here is analysis from the Council on Foreign Relations.

My comment (not finding the draft or text): It seems that promotion of tolerance is hard to achieve by some sort of intolerance. Yet tolerance of intolerance is so difficult. I feel that the discussion is about a renogiation of terms and well as fields or spheres of influence.

Monkey Business

I had a better punchline but a call intersected my thought process, regarding the media cacophony regarding a recent tragedy.

Get Over It! Was the cry that I lost and we may be better for it, but local reaction as well, is overblown. That line may return to me or be better lost, but the carton* and the shock are part of freedom of the press, and the surprise should be moderated by this intersection:
The New York Post and The Washington Times- No Shock!
The Washington Post and The New York Times- No Awe!
Not to mention the bottom line of shock and awe.
Duh-Oh! Thanks Homer** or is it But-Head?

[* I can't recall this choice of word, but was somehow multi-tasking. Carton is a word for package, but I still feel a blank. Carton is also a place where the missing are hoped to be linked with their loved ones. I was already into the packaging of the next lines, so it may have been fortunate to have skipped a clue. I knew I would return but not for this difficulty.

** The comedy is sometimes a tragedy as in Greek and that is probably the root of many problems if not the media.]

[Duoh! Cartoon. Now...That's the ticket. Hmmmm?

[I separate the tragedy of the dangerous monkey and the disgusting cartoon.]

Label (III)

LABELS

If you don't have anything good to say...

does not mean Obama was mum on Gaza.

"I will continue to insist that when it comes to foreign affairs, it is particularly important to adhere to the principle of one president at a time, because there are delicate negotiations taking place right now, and we can't have two voices coming out of the United States when you have so much at stake."

Not that I can follow that policy. Speaking of The Gutter. (Video)

Update:
On the other hand: Brzezinski "schools" Scarborough on Gaza
and Dean Baker to Obama on the "Anti-Stimulus crowd".

Same old, same old?

me...
Meaning my old temptation to comment primarily before fully reading a source.
Who are the Taliban?

Although I have actually started to read, I must note in digesting it, my thoughts.
Preemptively? My thoughts were that the Taliban are the new al Queda. Well...
at this point they are at least "the insurgents" but my new take is that they are the new coalition of the willing.

Willing to do anything to get foreigners out. Just showing that Bush is a uniter not a divider. The Taliban have gone from being willing to give up bin Laden to an international court or third party to being the loyal opposition or radical unifiers where the unifying force is our forces. I have long harbored if not sunk certain phrases that would imply that Bush would be true to some sort of his words.

SO THERE... now I will get back to about the fifth paragraph, reading the link above, subtitled: The Afghan War Deciphered. I hope it is the legacy flip-flopped.

[12-5-08: Having finished the full article, there is only hope that some change in course will make the legacy more than just more of the same. But more than just change in course are the actual participants in the navigation.]

Major Deal of Minor Gotchas

A matter of direction and degree.[a matter of reading and trust]

Not to mention media. My QCON (Quick Comment On the News) relates to the matter of how campaigns can spin and while it seems tit-for-tat or pass the buck to staff, sometimes there are reasons that matter. It is clear that while Burner does not have the degree in Economics, it is not clear*that she did not say anything other than a "degree in it". (Note my QCON has no Capital T for "the", and she may never have used a capital E in Econ.) Now this may just seem like a funny aside but recall I have noted a bearing on the difference in humor for them and us**.

But just the facts ma'am, Reichert's bio has now been corrected to reflect the AA rather than the BA which nonetheless would have been acquired in two years from '68 to '70, while it has been clarified that Darcy Burner does have a four year degree (meaning a BA) described as "a computer science degree from Harvard with a "special field," or emphasis, in economics."

Now is this much ado about nothing? Well it is ironic that the Sheriff was exaggerating what would seemingly have distanced himself from Joe the Plumber, while Darcy Burner was trying not to emphasize the degree of complication in her background. In reality she is the one with the business experience while he the life in government.

A Democrat of similar mind to whomever comes up with this mud, could wonder if there is not some exaggeration of the Sheriff's honorable record. I however will be honest and say that I have not verified a lot of it. Like his 20 year quest for the Green River Killer, while only being sheriff 8 of his over 30 years in law enforcement. I won't cast doubt on that record, but really is it something to brag about, that it took 20 years that is? It is at least stick-to-it-iveness, but nevertheless, still not the mud that matters.

[Bottom line: like punchline? NOT! But to serve the people. They both have records that can be admired but is there any irony in this matter of degree? It is a matter for forensics that it has taken so long for one and the other so little to go so far. It would seem that it is not debatable that the devil is in the details and how they are handled matters. While these seem minor details, they should be a clue to success.***]

*a frequent refrain from the likes of McCain/Palin when their reading material is lagging or their sources are unfound(ed).
** not necessarily in those exact words
*** Instead of apologies forthcoming, the Republicans still lie, see bottom link.

"hair of the dog"

Alan Shrugged
by Marty Kaplan The Huffington Post

Slang for Morning Joe** or not* your cup of tea. OK, I mixed metaphors or drinks, implying a wake-up. Actually I may have something here, as the bailout, or rescue has not yet reached a full intervention, and will it?

*On a lark I looked up Morning Read which you need not, nor dig up Slang Note: bold link is the read for the day.
** I don't catch the show but would recommend Rachel Maddow getting another 2 hours.

[Evening update: the way this comment weaves I might refer to the navigation link. Meanwhile another link: I need to unembed or consider the table.
In particular:
a list of economists I had intended to sort as progressives, Noted in the article - Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, Jared Bernstein. Not noted - Paul Krugman, Ravi Batra: Meanwhile: Kudos to Krugman. Speaking of Laffer and Elixirs ]

Breaking News!

Not exactly.
Bush had no plan to capture Bin Laden
But did plan to capture Iraqi oil fields in May of 2001.
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 11th!
Iraq plans prevented post-9-11 success in Afghanistan.

[Not to mention: Investigations of U.S. Attorney Scandal]

And Bailout...

McCain it seems, is heading for the debate,
but it seems that he does not even know what plan is on the table.

And I am not sure too many do. And that was the day he suspended his campaign.

As usual the Democrats will get something done, while the Republicans hold onto their agenda of politics and business over people. [*]

Meanwhile progress at the UN Security Council on Iran is at risk of being more business as usual. I only heard a brief news item about a Russia calling something legally binding but without santions.

[* Bold only with this updated: Senator Bernie Sanders on The Thom Hartmann Show** has just now framed this. And last week mentioned the October Surprise as the bailouts arrived. Some people have said that the economy could not wait till October, but really politics could not wait, since congress was scheduled to go home to campaign.]

** must link this show "hit and run" aspect: Bush hits, Dems fix, Republicans Run. (see Domke)
Not to mention that this is a distraction that keeps politicians from being able to run.

All in?

I think David Letteman said: "Something is fishy."
And a caller to Rachel Maddow(hosted by David Bender) may have hit the dead fish on the head. McCain wants to avoid having Sarah Palin have a debate. That may be where the media may have taken the bait though. But the public probably won't bite.

The real so called lure in this strategy is that McCain wants to put the economy over his campaign. Well despite recent tugging at the Paulson Plunder, his plans only nibble at a solution, while the economy really is spinning his campaign out of control. OK, fishy metaphors aside, I can't get away from it stinking. The Dead On Arrival plan was a no brainer, not to pass, and the only way to spin this is that the administration has set him up to seem a hero, while congress will look bad for not biting. My suggestion: bite back. Let McCain retreat to work on his plan with the administration, while Democrats and Obama work on a plan with and for the American people.

There are only two choices: Congress doesn't act and the economy is in a fix. Or congress acts and McCain can take credit or cast blame for getting or not getting what he wants. It will be negotiated or not, with or without McCain.

In the end, McCain is the loser because it goes directly against his argument that government is not there to fix things. But in the end, he might be able to prove that they are not. That will make the people the loser, and not really change you can believe in.

Uncovered Update

Trying to update a link:
Solid Facts from the President (link not available)I stumbled upon another source, which I to the best of my knowledge did not use at the time. Though looking at the details, it may be a great footnote for what I may have filtered somehow.

HOWEVER: What I was on my way to uncovering was not a DINO,
or a RINO, but the real Dino.
Dino is no RINO, Republican in Name Only.

This may be unfair, here is a piece about a fact check for both. What I will point out is, that the evidence that he crossed the aisle is that Democrats voted for a budget that he takes credit for as head of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, a position he had because Republicans held the majority. Who crossed the aisle? But speaking of crossing the aisle, there are a few Democrats that vote independently, and at least one Replublican who actually crossed the aisle. You go figure.

But the ecomomy is an important issue, and control of government matters on the roller coaster * of tax and spend or cut and don't invest.

* important to actually read this one. and I won't explain the path that brought this ramble maybe it is about the "quotation marks" that do matter where they are culled from, when a detailed read tells more of the story.