[CanYoAssDigIt] Re: [ I F S ] SSS looking for a MySpace Savvy Fan

"Austin moved to LA, he's living in Kara Dioguardi's home in
Hollywood Hills. (she was a judge on the show and a very successful
songwriter)"

That's a cozy arrangement, but I'm sure she was 100% impartial as a judge. 

Check us out, nobody is living in anybody's bedroom in this band, we are totally on our own:

www.myspace.com/dweebishband

Well, Nigel lives in a bedroom in Mark's house, but I'd argue it's appropriate.  NIgel is Mark's son.

We're just a nice bunch of guys with a nice bunch of songs. 

IS THAT SO WRONG?!?

On 9/8/06, Ande Rasmussen <anderasmussen@aol.com> wrote:

there is a SINGER SEARCHING for Songs Blurb in this issue
that's what the SSS stands for in the subject line

People are busy. Don't take it personal. Be considerate. Persistence
is polite. Also it proves how much you care.
~ Derek Sivers

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TAKE a FREE songwriting course at
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Dear IFS readers,

I hope this email finds you well.

I set up a personal myspace
http://www.myspace.com/anderasmussen
It's only for people I know, I've had contact with, or I respect.

My latest new demo arrived
Reckless in Texas
please have a listen and let me know what you think
you can find it at:
http://tinyurl.com/nxbxp

Did you catch the ABC Reality Show called The One? It got cancelled,
but my favorite artist on the show was Austin Carroll.
Drop by and listen to his songs and voice and let me know what you
think
http://www.myspace.com/austincarrollmusic

Austin moved to LA, he's living in Kara Dioguardi's home in
Hollywood Hills. (she was a judge on the show and a very successful
songwriter) http://karadioguardi.com

He's definitely one to watch.

ande

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The Texas ASCAP Rep is Jan Mirkin
she's one wonderful person
her email is
mirk1@aol.com

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A note from Brian at JPFOLKS

We have about a half dozen problems holding us up from posting the
nominations. Once we fix or resolve them, we'll create the final
pages to post all the nominees. We have somewhere in the ballpark of
2000 nominees this year.
80 album categories,
67 Song categories,
4 Video categories and
the Lyric Category. (Not to mention all the Founders awards stuff
but we don't post those nominees).
Hang in there for another day or two and we should get this all
finished!
http://jpfolks.org/home.html

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FLM SOCIETY MUSIC

512 345-5797

This performance of Mary K. Shanahan's Cchild of the Chain TM
includes the Austin premier of Rudy Davenport's September 11, a
composition for piano that Executive Producer Mary K. Shanahan
calls "one of the most emotionally overwhelming pieces I have ever
heard. Rudy captured the horror, the anguish and the shock ... as
well as the heroism on that day. It is raw, unnerving and healing at
the same time."

Davenport, an Austin composer, was recently contacted about his
newest chamber music offering Byna, by the Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts in Washington D.C.

Byna, which premiered (with funding from The National Endowment for
the Arts) to rave reviews in the Southeast last year, is a song
cycle composed for soprano, oboe, cello and piano. Current
discussions are to add it to Kennedy Center's schedule later this
year, if all members of the original ensemble are available.

Davenport will also be performing several compositions written with
Mary K. Shanahan, and a new arrangement of Jesus Wept which was
written by two other Texans, Mary Dawson and Bruce Greer, and
pitched to Shanahan after a soft debut of Child of the Chain TM at
One World Theatre last year. Shanahan recorded the compelling song
about Christ at Bismeaux Studios for radio two weeks ago under the
watchful eye of Gospel Music's Grammy winning songwriter/producer
Chris Morris with Davenport on piano, Rich Brotherton on acoustic
guitar, Jacob Lowery on bass, Omar Lopez on violin, and Jason
Meekins providing percussion.

Mary K. Shanahan's Child of the Chain TM, was inspired by her
national charting single on Christian radio of the same name. This
new live performance offering gives Mary a platform to showcase her
work ... as well as that of other Texas songwriters and composers
she feels need to be heard. Part of the mission of the show is to
pass down new hymns and songs to young artists. On September 8th,
Andrew Cannata, a student at St. Edwards University will be a
featured performer. Shanahan, who is a past two term president of
the Austin Songwriter's Group, has been a formidable advocate for
Texas music behind the scenes for years. She takes her passion for
Texas songwriters to another level on
September 8th at

8:00 p.m. at
Emmaus,
1718 Lohman's Crossing in Lakeway.

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Are you going to Luckenbach, TX this weekend for Mike Blakely's
Fandango?

For more information, fans of Texas music and books can log on to
www.mikeblakely.com
For tickets and directions, go to
www.luckenbachtexas.com

Friday, September 8, 2006

06:00 – Ryan James
07:00 – Jeff Posey
08:00 – The Note Gropers
09:00 – Debbi Walton & Sweet Soul Vibe
10:30 – john Arthur martinez

Saturday, September 9, 2006

BOOKSIGNING, WINE TASTING, ART SHOW IN THE DANCE HALL
NOON—3:00 P.M. Authors: Mike Blakely, Paulette Jiles, Ben Rehder,
Russ Hall, Bill Groneman. Artists: Ben Beckendorf, Rod McGeehee,
Mark Persyn, Bianca Laureles.

OUTDOOR MUSIC STAGE
Noon --Ben Frickin' Smith
12:45 Robyn Ludwick
01:30 Zach Huckabee
02:15 Texas Renegade Band

TWO STAGES
03:00 Barnhill -- DANCE HALL
03:45 Brennen Leigh -- OUTDOORS
04:30 The McKay Brothers -- DANCE HALL
05:15 Steven Fromholz -- OUTDOORS
06:00 Chris Holzhaus Blues Band -- DANCE HALL
06:45 Tina Mitchell Wilkins -- OUTDOORS
07:30 Johnny Gringo -- DANCE HALL
08:15 Thomas Michael Riley -- OUTDOORS

DANCE HALL
09:00 Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros
10:00 Max Stalling

11:00 Mike Blakely & The Whiskey Traders

For more information, fans of Texas music and books can log on to
www.mikeblakely.com
For tickets and directions, go to
www.luckenbachtexas.com
or call 1-888-311-8990.

http://www.mikeblakely.com/Fandango.htm

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Here was an answer to a question an artist asked me:

you may have different issues in the area of micropayments with some
of the services where people pay a monthly fee to rent songs and the
companies make small payments for each time a song is played

but right now the bulk of the sales are taking play from sales of
singles and CDs on itunes
here's a list of the companies
http://cdbaby.net/dd?f=4

and here's the totals for CDBaby on

which digital retailers have paid how much
http://cdbaby.org/stories/06/02/08/8880755.html

which pretty much shows you itunes is the 500 pound gorilla of
digital downloads and
(so far) everything else isn't of much significance

you might also need to figure out how to do accounting for
when a person buys a whole CD for 9.99
but I think you just look at
how many songs there are on the CD and
how much money is received

I don't think the 9.1 cents per song should change
which means the artist and label have less to split

ande

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MY Buddy Faith Rivera
www.faithrivera.com
aloha@faithrivera.com
Made the following offers in her latest newsletter
Get in touch with her if you're interested

====================
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#4 TRAVEL OPPORTUNITIES w/ FAITH (Santa Fe, Mount Shasta)

I may have the opportunity to get you free entrance into two
wonderful
weekend events if you're knowledgeable about my music & different
albums,
like to interact with people & can handle my CD sales.

Sept 29 - Oct 01, 2006
2012 Ascension Symposium
Santa Fe, NM
www.2012ascensionsymposium.com
Courtyard by Marriott
3347 Cerrillos Rd
Santa Fe , NM 87507
w/ Terry Cole Whittaker, James Redfield, Barbara Marx Hubbard & more
Ticket Value: $325

May 04 - May 06, 2007
WESAK Celebration
Mount Shasta, CA
http://www.wesak.us
601 E. Alma St. , Mount Shasta, CA 96067
Cost: $225 (going up on Jan 1st)

In exchange for overseeing my CD & product sales table, you'll
receive free entrance into the conference & can participate in any
activities that are covered by the basic registration fee.
You'll have to cover your own transportation to/from the event &
possibly lodging (though if room is available,
I'm happy to share my space.)

Please email me with your interest if this sounds like something fun
for you & I'll get back in touch with you. Thanks!

www.faithrivera.com
aloha@faithrivera.com

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WANTED: MYSPACE SAVVY FAITH-FAN

I'm looking for a MySpace Savvy Fan that can give 10 hours per month
to help me reach out to positive, upbeat, spiritual folks on MySpace,
return emails, update the calendar, maybe spiff up my current page...
in return for a combination of monetary pay, my CDs, sheet
music/charts,

and/or phone/email consultation
www.faithrivera.com/fr/Consultations.html
for a total value of $150 (10hrs x $15).

Please write back if you're interested with your skills and/or link
to
your myspace page or other page you may have designed. Looking
forward
to finding the "perfect" person that can support these goals & that I
can
support in return financially, or with music or consultations

www.faithrivera.com
aloha@faithrivera.com

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Leigh Nash from Six Pence non the Richer has a new CD out called
Blue on Blue produced by Canadian producer Pierre Marchand (Sarah
McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright)
http://www.myspace.com/leighnash

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Let me know if you do

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR
November 13: the Texas Chapter is having it's Recording Academy
Honors event in Austin, TX

call or email fiona worrall to get your invitation:
Phone: 512-328-7997

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SINGER SEARCHING FOR SONGS

bmbingham@hotmail.com writes:

Hi Ande,

I'm looking for some original pop songs ala Kelly Clarkson (or any
female idol!) for a young girl making a CD.

It's more of a promotional tool for her and there probably isn't
money involved although maybe some exposure...she performs
regulary. I'm just trying to help out and don't have anything
myself that fits the bill.

Anyway, if you have anything or can recommend anyone, I'd appreciate
it.

Thanks,

Bret
bmbingham@hotmail.com

(note to IFS readers from Ande
only pitch this if you have a song that ABSOLUTELY FITS,
don't ask him to stretch a country song into a kelly clarkson pop
song, pitch like your reputation is on the line)

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Dallas Songwriters has a new newsletter
http://www.dallassongwriters.org/SN.htm
http://www.dallassongwriters.org/news/DSASN0609.pdf

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SWRFA takes place in Austin
Sept 28 - Oct 1,
www.SWRFA.com

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you can find the story behind
Bless the Broken Road at
http://www.songbirdcafe.org

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Write On,
Ande Rasmussen

Does anyone ever read IFS to the VERY END?

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[CanYoAssDigIt] Fwd: CBS, NBC Clean Up Bush's 'Happy' Talk

Mighty nice of them. It reinforces my opinion that as soon as he
leaves office, we will learn what his damage is - like Reagan, any
thinking person can see there's something seriously wrong with that
chimp, though with everybody conspiring to cover it up, it's hard to
know what it is.

With Reagan it was Alzheimers - with Bush - who knows? Rocking back
and forth - Autism?

CBS, NBC Clean Up Bush's 'Happy' Talk

8/24/06

During his August 21 press conference, George W. Bush responded to a
question about the Iraq War by saying that "sometimes I'm happy" about
the conflict. But many readers and TV viewers never heard the remark,
since journalists edited the statement to save Bush any possible
embarrassment.

Bush's unedited comment was as follows:

Q: But are you frustrated, sir?

BUSH: Frustrated? Sometimes I'm frustrated. Rarely surprised.
Sometimes I'm happy. This is -- but war is not a time of joy. These
aren't joyous times. These are challenging times, and they're
difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of our country. I
understand that.

Viewers of CBS Evening News (8/21/06) saw a carefully edited version
of that response—one better suited to presenting Bush as serious and
concerned with the effects of the war. Reporter Bill Plante previewed
the answer by saying that Bush "conceded that daily reports of death
and destruction take a toll, both on the nation and on him." The
edited quote that followed:

Frustrated? Sometimes I'm frustrated, rarely surprised. These aren't
joyous times. These are challenging times, and they're difficult
times. And they're straining the psyche of our country. I understand
that.

CBS was not alone in massaging Bush's response—many outlets excised
Bush's "happy" remark, or found other ways to clean up Bush's
performance. NBC Nightly News (8/21/06) worked around Bush's awkward
answer; reporter Kelly O'Donnell noted that Bush "offered an unusual
glimpse into his thinking," but then proceeded to edit the comments to
Bush's advantage:

BUSH: Frustrated? Sometimes I'm frustrated. Rarely surprised.

O'DONNELL: ...and acknowledged Iraq's weight on the nation.

BUSH: They're difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of
our country. I understand that.

So instead of airing Bush's "happy" remark, NBC's reporter stressed
the fact that Bush was serious about Iraq's "weight on the nation."

Print outlets also generally left out Bush's remark and praised his
performance. The New York Times (8/22/06) interpreted Bush's
"occasionally rocking back and forth" as a sign that he was "generally
upbeat," while the Los Angeles Times was more effusive: "Bush's
appearance suggested he was settling into a pattern of regular,
wide-ranging interactions with reporters in which he can appear
confident and presidential" (8/22/06).

Of course, Bush can only appear that way if the press decides to
present his comments in the most flattering light. With the Iraq War
widely unpopular with the public, many viewers may have found Bush
saying that it sometimes made him "happy" jarring and distasteful. CBS
and NBC apparently thought it was more appropriate to shield viewers
from Bush's words—and, perhaps more importantly, shield the White
House from that public response.

ACTION: Contact CBS and NBC and ask them why they decided that Bush's
comments about the Iraq War making him "happy" should be excised from
their reporting.

CONTACT:
CBS Evening News
evening@cbsnews.com

CBS Public Eye
publiceye@cbs.com

NBC Nightly News
nightly@nbc.com

NOTE: You can watch the CBS broadcast here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?channel=eveningnews

Click on the segment labeled "Bush Holds Firm On Iraq"

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[CanYoAssDigIt] Re: Fwd: Unable to deliver your message

hey, that's ok, I dig free speech, even irresponsible speech.

I've been expecting this for a while - the crime of seditious libel is alive and well in the rank and file!  And with seditious libel, if what you say is true, it magnifies the crime. 

It's pretty amusing that on a list well subscribed to by the foil hat crowd and extremists of every stripe, that a mild, persistent devotion to fairness and facts gets one banned.  Sure I've had a little mild fun at Bill Clinton's expense - but it's notthing compared to the wild slander thrown at prominent democrats by democrat lovers like Holly and Liberal Girl (can you tell me - are they the same person?  That would be just about one of the saddest and silliest things I've heard of in a while - somebody joining their own list under another identity, and then praising themselves for saying such smart things - but that is about the only way Holly is going to hear that, and I don't know how else soembody who's been on a list less than a month is a moderator!)

But all of this is pretty much what I expected - this is only the latest time of several that I've been thankful that amateur inquisitors are only that, and don't wield any power in the real world!

On 8/17/06, chris nolan <cedgarnolan@yahoo.com> wrote:

hey matt -

 

I appologize for that last post of mine - however, Holly has blocked your messages.

Matt Love < matt.mattlove1@gmail.com> wrote:

There is something wrong with my gmail account. I attempted to reply to your e-mail via the list.  It certainly can't be that I've been banned by Holly for pointing out obvious things like Joe Lieberman is a Democrat, or that Bill Clinton is a horndog.

It certainly can't be that I've been banned here in the land of the free, home of the brave, home of free speech and all those yummy things that the republicans hate, but the democrats love. 

I'm sure it's just a passing problem, and I'll soon be posting factual, useful, logical posts to the list again - the kind the list really, really needs.   Please communicate this to other folks.

Now onto the message I was trying to send.

You wrote: 

Hey Matt:

 

go screw yourself.

I wrote:

"Well, I'd rather screw myself than be screwed by Bill.

Or HIllary.

You'd like it to.  You'd never go back to Democrats."

Have a great day!

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To: GWB_BiteMe@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:18:01 -0700
Subject: Re: [GWB_BiteMe] Re: *Bill [Clinton] burns Bush*
Well, I'd rather screw myself than be screwed by Bill.

Or HIllary.

You'd like it to.  You'd never go back to Democrats.

On 8/17/06, chris nolan <cedgarnolan@yahoo.com > wrote:

Hey Matt:

 

go screw yourself.

Holly <lovecats_888@ yahoo.com> wrote:

--- LIEBERMAN IS NOT A DEMOCRAT YOU IDIOT. Don't waste my time.

Holly

In GWB_BiteMe@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Love" <matt.mattlove1@...>
wrote:
>
> I could never hate democrats the way that your group does, "Holly."
> just look at what you and they have to say about Lieberman (still a
> democrat until he runs as an independent) and his supporters (still
> Democrats, probably to their dying breath).
>
> Why don't you guys find a group that hates Democrats as much as you
> do, and leave this group to the reasonable people?
>
> BTW, I don't find anything wrong with with being sex positive...
it's
> the deceit that's the problem with Clinton. Not that he's
deceiving
> Hillary, she knows exactly what the deal is, their arrangement was
> made early on (see attached). The same sort of arrangement that
the
> Roosevelts, and Eisenhowers, and Kennedys, and Johnsons and George
and
> Barbara Bush, and Goerge and Laura Bush had/have, though apparently
> not the Nixons, Reagans, Carters, or Fords (for those who think
that
> politically powerful men must express themselves in the sack, or
they
> will be too repressed ot do their jobs - and there are people that
> maintain that, proud of the virility of Kennedy and Clinton,
disgusted
> at the hypocracy of Bush I, and the free pass given to Bush II).
>
> edited by alexander cockburn and jeffrey st. clair
> August 11, 1999
>
>
> The First Lady Syndrome (con't)
>
> There are differences between the two, {Princess Di and HIllary
> Clinton] of course. The late Princess Diana campaigned
against
> land mines, whereas Hillary Rodham Clinton was an enthusiastic
> advocate for the cluster bombs that now litter the Serbian and
> Kossovan landscapes, set to kill or cripple for the next half
> century. But memories are short. Who knows? Perhaps we will soon
see
> HRC clutching some Balkan infant, bent over the maimed tike
in
> the approved Di manner, and who will then recall that she
bears
> some responsibility for that lost limb? "I urged him to
bomb,"
> she confided to Lucinda Franks. "You cannot let this go on at
> the end of a century that has seen the major holocaust of our
> time. What do we have NATO for if not to defend our way of
> life?"
>
> For the better part of the past decade HRC has been a not
> insubstantial part of the same NATO-defended "way of life," a
> lead player in the world spectacle, just as Diana was,
> advertising for public edification and enjoyment the
> tribulations of the married state. Diana of course took her
narrative
> a few chapters further than Hillary. Her amours and revenges,
> after separation from the heir apparent, were flagrant. With
> Hillary there is only, as yet, allegation and surmise. In his
> thin and humdrum account -- Bill and Hillary: The Marriage --
> Christopher Anderson insists that Hillary had a long affair with
> Vincent Foster rounding up all the usual Arkansas state troopers
> to support that claim. Otherwise there are scant indications
> that she sought sexual distraction from the flagrant serial
adulterer
> she so eerily reckoned, almost from Day One, to be a sure
thing
> for the White House. She certainly seems to have known, almost
> from Day One, that every time she turned her back Bill was
screwing
> the campaign volunteers, the flight attendants, the
> receptionists, the pretty girls in the front row, the pretty
> girls in the back row, this woman he saw in church, that high
> school teacher, this woman in the real estate office, that
other
> woman in the real estate office and so on, and on and on.
>
> Anderson has this vignette from the McGovern
campaign: "Hillary
> was on the end of the line. 'What do you think you are doing
to
> me? To us?' she screamed, her words clearly audible to the
> workers in the room. 'Hillary, I don't know what you heard,
> but...' 'Don't fuck with me, Bill,' she yelled as his face
> turned crimson. 'You are a real shit, do you know that, Bill?
> Christ, a real SHIT.' But...' 'You know, Bill, there's a guy
> here who has been trying to get me to go to bed with him and
> that is exactly what I'm going to do.' With that, Bill began
> sobbing. 'I'm begging you, Hillary,' he cried, 'don't go and
do
> something we'd both be sorry for.' Well, did she? We don't
know.
>
> In the old days First Ladies, like Elizabeth the Queen, or
> Elizabeth the Queen Mother or Jackie (Camelot vintage) were
> there to advertise the essential solidity of marriage. It was
> the role of film stars to underline its inherent frailty.
> Hillary has a far more complex assignment. Her core constituency,
> women who came of age reading Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan,
> Simone de Beauvoir, the Boston's Women's Health Collective and
> maybe Shulamith Firestone, scarcely want as their standard bearer
> Woman as Doormat. Women know that men are beasts, and part of
> the infinite superiority of women is their capacity to persevere
> in the face of this beastliness.
>
> But there are limits. If the dialectic of women's liberation
> taught anything, it's surely that a woman doesn't have to
put up
> with unending crap such as Bill has been serving Hillary down
> the years. So Hillary has to reassure that constituency that
> yes, she does draw the line somewhere, that in post Lewinsky
> months she can't bear to be in the same room, the same city
or
> even the same country as the First Man.
>
> Yet at the same time, knowing not only from more or less Day
> One that Bill couldn't keep his pants zipped up, but also that
> she could get both of them into the White House, (and out the
> other end sans impeachment conviction) she's always had to act
> out the other half of the pantomime and display the ties that
> bind. So, yes! After months of coolness he gets to hold her hand.
> Hillary's chief of staff, Melanne Verveer, is order to lob the
> red meat of passion to a waiting world and she dutifully confides
> to the press that "We've slowly seen a physical passion come
> back into their lives."
>
> So the generation that came of age reading De Beauvoir, Greer
> and maybe Firestone find themselves, with the Hillary
narrative,
> reading a story endlessly in contradiction with itself.
>
> Germaine Greer has spoken of Hillary harshly and in truth we
> have in our First Lady the whole sad arc of middle-class
> radicalism since the late l960s, endlessly in contradiction of
> its early heroic premises. Given a couple of dice rolling another
> way, Hillary could have been a Weatherperson, could have died
> amid the rubble of that bomb depository on West 11th St. But
> like almost all of her generation she never did take opposition
> to the Vietnam War as far as reading manuals on bomb fuses.
>
> Hardly had she raised her foot to step over the threshold of
> radicalism than she turned back. She declined to go with the
> SNCC, turned down an offer to work with Saul Alinsky as a
> community organizer in Chicago. Anderson quotes her political
> science prof at Wellesley, Alan Schecter, as saying that by the
> late l960s his pupil had decided that the best radical strategy
> was to "'use the legal system' as an agent of change." She
> wasn't alone in that calculation. The long march of the left
> through the courtrooms was under way: the world would become
a
> better place, courtesy of courtroom briefs, complaints and
class
> action suits.
>
> And so what we have seen, across the last three decades, is
the
> left vanishing into the quicksands of regulation. All
society's
> problems could be fixed by a statute, a rule, a waiver, a
> program. Much of the antiwar left vanished into the consumer
> movement, the environmental movement and legal fixitry. The
mass
> movement died and litigation -- often successful --
flourished
> amid the ruins.
>
> Let's pay Hillary the compliment of taking her seriously as a
> woman set on bringing about social change. She declines the
road
> that led to West 11th St and goes instead to Yale Law School.
> She works for John Doar, helping draft articles of
impeachment
> against Nixon. The road seems clear. She'll rise effortlessly
> through the ranks of non-profit, do-goodery; she'll shuttle
> comfortably up and down the Northeastern corridors of power.
>
> But she makes a far riskier bet. The road to the White House
> runs through Little Rock, so South she goes, with bottle
> glasses, bell bottoms, and according to another woman in
Bill's
> life at the time, Dolly Kyle browning, hairy legs and a
dislike
> of deodorants. Year after year she puts up with Bill's crap.
She
> hold his hand, puts up with the most terrible humiliations,
> drives him forward.
>
> In l993 she finally wins her incredible wager with Destiny.
And
> here she is, the First Woman, in the White House with a
mandate
> from the First Man to fix American health care. Was there ever
> a person who could gaze back at the late l950s and at the
strategy
> she had selected and say with more apparent justification, I
> did the right thing?
>
> The strategy bombed, as we all know. In l993 there was a huge
> constituency, an explosive constituency for health reform.
The
> First Woman had it in her power to lead a mass movement to
that
> goal. She flirted with the idea, issued a few denunciations
of
> the health care industry and then led health reform straight
> into the deepest of all quicksands, a regulatory labyrinth so
> baroque in its complexity that even its designers were
unable to
> issue any reliable guidemaps.
>
> Somewhere in the early months of the health battle an
advocate
> of universal health care met with Hillary and pointed out that
> over 70 percent of Americans favored this radical course. He
> reported later that Hillary gazed at him and said coldly, "Tell
> me something interesting." Hillary, as with so many of the
> brightest minds of that generation, no longer had any
concept of
> a mass movement, beyond a spike on one of Dick Morris's polling
> graphs. Supremely "realistic," she'd lost contact with
reality.
> She won her bet. She lost the war.
>
> When Hillary Clinton made her radical graduating speech at
> Wellesley attacking the Vietnam war in l969 a third of the
world
> had broken with capitalism. But 1999 capitalism's triumph had
> been so absolute that Bill scarcely had to work the phones to
> get the okay for his war. Russia and china soon came to heel.
> The triumph of neo-liberalism is absolute.
>
> It's scarcely surprising therefore that Hillary should have
> urged the First Man to drop cluster bombs on the Serbs to
defend
> "our way of life". It was another logical step for all those
> radical "realists" embarking on careers in the early l970s.
> War is more social engineering; fixitry via high explosive,
> social therapy via the nose cone of a cruise missile.
>
> There's not much of a left any more. Bet there are plenty of
> therapeutic cops around, and Hillary is their leader, the very
> essence of social worker liberalism. All it takes to usher in
> the New Jerusalem are counselors, community action programs and
> tougher gun laws which is what Hillary called for after Columbine,
> not long after she gave the First Man that bit of advice about
> bombing the Serbs. As a tough therapeutic cop, Hillary does not
> shy away from the most abrupt expression of the therapy, the
> death penalty.
>
> In this perspective perhaps we ought to look at her
commitment
> to Choice as at least in part another piece of therapeutic
> policing. Steve Levitt, an economist at the University of
> Chicago, and John Donohue III, a law prof at Stanford, have
been
> circulating a paper -- reporting in the Chicago Tribune on
> August 8 of this year, that the legalizing of abortion in the
> early l970s has contributed to the falling crime rate in the
> l990s. Indeed they claim that legalized abortion may account
for
> as much as half the overall crime drop between 1991 and 1997.
> Levitt says abortion "provides a way for the would-be
mothers of
> those kids who are going to lead really tough lives to avoid
> bringing them into the world." The authors cite stats from
five
> states that legalized abortion before the Roe v Wade
decision of
> 1993. These five states with high abortion rates in the early
> 1970s had greater crime drops in the l990s. The Trib's story
> quotes Cory Richards, a policy wonk at the Guttmacher Institute
> as saying, "This is an argument for women not being forced to
> have children they don't want to have. This is making the
point
> that it's not only bad for the women, but for children and
> society."
>
> So, from the social engineering, crime fighting point of view
> the reintroduction of the death penalty in 1977 saw Roe v
Wade
> as its logical precursor and concomitant. That's not the way
> Germaine Greer or the Boston Women's Health Collective saw
the
> Choice issue, but one can certainly imagine Hillary argue for
> abortion as socially therapeutic. She comes from the liberal
> social engineering tradition that sponsored the great sterilizing
> boom earlier in the century, whose rampages in Vermont are only
> now coming to light.
>
> Hillary, never forget, is a Methodist and that bleak creed of
> improvement is bedrock for her. She's a social cleanser.
This is
> the cold steel that stiffens her spine and carries her
forward,
> self-righteous amid the untidy mess of all her
contradictions.
>
> On 8/17/06, Holly Venn <lovecats_888@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And "Matt" is our voice of reason? lol........I don't think
so........I really wish you would just leave, Matt.....why don't you
go find a group that hates Democrats?
> >
> > Christopher Bates <dfwchris1@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Me too! LOL!
> > CB
> >
> > chris nolan <cedgarnolan@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, I've been a long time opponent of abstinence.
> >
> > Matt Love <matt.mattlove1@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yeah, The Horn Dog is popping up everywhere these days, speaking
truth to power.
> >
> > For example, at the at the 16th International Aids conference in
Toronto he said:
> >
> > "Empowering women to protect themselves seems so elemental, and
yet when I hear people pontificating against Aids and acting as if
we can do everything through abstinence," he said.
> > "I think they don't know what most women are up against in too
many parts of the world today."As long as he's showing up around the
globe pontificating about this and that, he's hoping as many of them
as possible will be up against him!
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/16/06, Liberal Girl <liberal_grl@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Leave it to The Big Dog to put things in perspective and dump
some
> > > reality on Bush.
> > >
> > > << "They [the Bush gang] seem to be anxious to tie it to Al
> > > Qaeda," he said. "If that's true, how come we've got seven
> > > times as many troops in Iraq as in Afghanistan?
> > >
> > > Why have we imperiled President [Hamid] Karzai's rule and
> > > allowed the Taliban to come back into the southern part of
> > > Afghanistan?">>
> > > .
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > *Bill burns Bush*
> > >
> > > by MICHAEL McAULIFF
> > > The New York Daily News
> > > August 16th, 2006
> > >
> > > << WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton got in the
current
> > > President's face yesterday, slamming the Bush administration
for linking
> > > the London bomb plot and the war on terror to the war in Iraq.
> > >
> > > "The Republicans should be very careful in trying to play
politics with
> > > this London airport thing, because they're going to have a
hard time
> > > with the facts," Clinton said in an interview.
> > >
> > > "I don't think the foiling of that London bomb plot has any
bearing on
> > > our Iraq policy," he said.
> > >
> > > Clinton's broadside, delivered on ABC's "Good Morning
America," came as
> > > President Bush spent his second day in the wake of the defused
British
> > > terror plot holding high-profile national security meetings.
> > >
> > > "America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe,"
Bush said at
> > > the National Counterterrorism Center.
> > >
> > > "The enemy has got an advantage when it comes to attacking our
> > > homeland," he said. "They've got to be right one time, and
we've got to
> > > be right 100% of the time."
> > >
> > > He praised U.S. and British intelligence for stopping a plot
to blow up
> > > 10 airliners.
> > >
> > > Clinton, who never mentioned Bush by name, suggested the
> > > administration's claims that the British plot looks like the
work of Al
> > > Qaeda reveals a flaw in its strategy.
> > >
> > > "They seem to be anxious to tie it to Al Qaeda," he said. "If
that's
> > > true, how come we've got seven times as many troops in Iraq as
in
> > > Afghanistan? Why have we imperiled President [Hamid] Karzai's
rule and
> > > allowed the Taliban to come back into the southern part of
Afghanistan?"
> > >
> > > He also said the administration and GOP leaders in Congress
had opposed
> > > tighter security on cargo containers at ports and airports.
> > >
> > > White House spokesman Tony Snow said there had
been "considerable
> > > efforts" to ensure container safety.
> > >
> > > "So President Clinton, I know, is sort of committing some
politics here
> > > and accusing Republicans in so doing," Snow said. "I think in
the same
> > > position he'd be looking at the same options."
> > >
> > > The former President also said Democrats who had voted to give
Bush the
> > > .authority to go to war in Iraq -- including his wife, Sen.
Hillary
> > > Clinton (D-N.Y.) -- had hoped the threat of war would force
former Iraqi
> > > leader Saddam Hussein to comply with UN inspections. But the
Bush
> > > administration went to war before the UN's work was complete,
he said.
> > >
> > > The dueling Presidents weren't alone in the debate, with Vice
President
> > > Cheney telling GOP donors in Arizona the "central front" in
the war on
> > > terror is Iraq.
> > >
> > > He pointed to Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary loss
to
> > > anti-war liberal Ned Lamont last week, saying Democrats booted
a man of
> > > courage in favor of a candidate who wants "to give up the
fight against
> > > the terrorists in Iraq."
> > >
> > > [NOTE FROM ME: Joe Lieberman is NOT "a man of courage"; he is
> > > a pompous, self-interested twit who has done NOTHING to make
> > > us safer.]
> > >
> > > But Democrats are determined to stop the GOP from running
successfully
> > > on national security as it did in 2002 and 2004, and Clinton
was echoed
> > > yesterday by other party leaders in conference calls and
statements.
> > >
> > > "These claims that we are safer just don't resonate," said
Sen. Carl
> > > Levin (D-Mich.).
> > >
> > > Clinton, who campaigned for Lieberman, also took a shot at
Lieberman for
> > > complaining that he lost to Lamont because of left-wing
partisan
> > > attacks.
> > >
> > > "There were almost no Democrats who agreed with his position,
which was,
> > > 'I want to attack Iraq whether or not they have weapons of mass
> > > destruction,' " Clinton said. "His position was the Bush-
Cheney-Rumsfeld
> > > position."
> > >
> > > The former President's interview came as he was attending an
> > > international conference in Toronto on AIDS. He did have words
of praise
> > > for the Bush administration's AIDS efforts, saying the United
States is
> > > spending more to fight the epidemic than any other
government. >>
> > >
> > > [NOTE FROM ME: Well, I would hope we would give the most
> > > money; we ARE the wealthiest nation on the face of the Earth.]
> > >
> > > Read this at:
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/United-Stands-
America/message/82330
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even
though I wasn't here." â€"at the President's Economic Forum in
Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GWB_BiteMe
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[CanYoAssDigIt] Fwd: Unable to deliver your message

There is something wrong with my gmail account. I attempted to reply to your e-mail via the list.  It certainly can't be that I've been banned by Holly for pointing out obvious things like Joe Lieberman is a Democrat, or that Bill Clinton is a horndog.

It certainly can't be that I've been banned here in the land of the free, home of the brave, home of free speech and all those yummy things that the republicans hate, but the democrats love. 

I'm sure it's just a passing problem, and I'll soon be posting factual, useful, logical posts to the list again - the kind the list really, really needs.   Please communicate this to other folks.

Now onto the message I was trying to send.

You wrote: 

Hey Matt:

 

go screw yourself.

I wrote:

"Well, I'd rather screw myself than be screwed by Bill.

Or HIllary.

You'd like it to.  You'd never go back to Democrats."

Have a great day!

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From: "Matt Love" <matt.mattlove1@gmail.com>
To: GWB_BiteMe@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:18:01 -0700
Subject: Re: [GWB_BiteMe] Re: *Bill [Clinton] burns Bush*
Well, I'd rather screw myself than be screwed by Bill.

Or HIllary.

You'd like it to.  You'd never go back to Democrats.

On 8/17/06, chris nolan <cedgarnolan@yahoo.com > wrote:

Hey Matt:

 

go screw yourself.

Holly <lovecats_888@ yahoo.com> wrote:

--- LIEBERMAN IS NOT A DEMOCRAT YOU IDIOT. Don't waste my time.

Holly

In GWB_BiteMe@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Love" <matt.mattlove1@...>
wrote:
>
> I could never hate democrats the way that your group does, "Holly."
> just look at what you and they have to say about Lieberman (still a
> democrat until he runs as an independent) and his supporters (still
> Democrats, probably to their dying breath).
>
> Why don't you guys find a group that hates Democrats as much as you
> do, and leave this group to the reasonable people?
>
> BTW, I don't find anything wrong with with being sex positive...
it's
> the deceit that's the problem with Clinton. Not that he's
deceiving
> Hillary, she knows exactly what the deal is, their arrangement was
> made early on (see attached). The same sort of arrangement that
the
> Roosevelts, and Eisenhowers, and Kennedys, and Johnsons and George
and
> Barbara Bush, and Goerge and Laura Bush had/have, though apparently
> not the Nixons, Reagans, Carters, or Fords (for those who think
that
> politically powerful men must express themselves in the sack, or
they
> will be too repressed ot do their jobs - and there are people that
> maintain that, proud of the virility of Kennedy and Clinton,
disgusted
> at the hypocracy of Bush I, and the free pass given to Bush II).
>
> edited by alexander cockburn and jeffrey st. clair
> August 11, 1999
>
>
> The First Lady Syndrome (con't)
>
> There are differences between the two, {Princess Di and HIllary
> Clinton] of course. The late Princess Diana campaigned
against
> land mines, whereas Hillary Rodham Clinton was an enthusiastic
> advocate for the cluster bombs that now litter the Serbian and
> Kossovan landscapes, set to kill or cripple for the next half
> century. But memories are short. Who knows? Perhaps we will soon
see
> HRC clutching some Balkan infant, bent over the maimed tike
in
> the approved Di manner, and who will then recall that she
bears
> some responsibility for that lost limb? "I urged him to
bomb,"
> she confided to Lucinda Franks. "You cannot let this go on at
> the end of a century that has seen the major holocaust of our
> time. What do we have NATO for if not to defend our way of
> life?"
>
> For the better part of the past decade HRC has been a not
> insubstantial part of the same NATO-defended "way of life," a
> lead player in the world spectacle, just as Diana was,
> advertising for public edification and enjoyment the
> tribulations of the married state. Diana of course took her
narrative
> a few chapters further than Hillary. Her amours and revenges,
> after separation from the heir apparent, were flagrant. With
> Hillary there is only, as yet, allegation and surmise. In his
> thin and humdrum account -- Bill and Hillary: The Marriage --
> Christopher Anderson insists that Hillary had a long affair with
> Vincent Foster rounding up all the usual Arkansas state troopers
> to support that claim. Otherwise there are scant indications
> that she sought sexual distraction from the flagrant serial
adulterer
> she so eerily reckoned, almost from Day One, to be a sure
thing
> for the White House. She certainly seems to have known, almost
> from Day One, that every time she turned her back Bill was
screwing
> the campaign volunteers, the flight attendants, the
> receptionists, the pretty girls in the front row, the pretty
> girls in the back row, this woman he saw in church, that high
> school teacher, this woman in the real estate office, that
other
> woman in the real estate office and so on, and on and on.
>
> Anderson has this vignette from the McGovern
campaign: "Hillary
> was on the end of the line. 'What do you think you are doing
to
> me? To us?' she screamed, her words clearly audible to the
> workers in the room. 'Hillary, I don't know what you heard,
> but...' 'Don't fuck with me, Bill,' she yelled as his face
> turned crimson. 'You are a real shit, do you know that, Bill?
> Christ, a real SHIT.' But...' 'You know, Bill, there's a guy
> here who has been trying to get me to go to bed with him and
> that is exactly what I'm going to do.' With that, Bill began
> sobbing. 'I'm begging you, Hillary,' he cried, 'don't go and
do
> something we'd both be sorry for.' Well, did she? We don't
know.
>
> In the old days First Ladies, like Elizabeth the Queen, or
> Elizabeth the Queen Mother or Jackie (Camelot vintage) were
> there to advertise the essential solidity of marriage. It was
> the role of film stars to underline its inherent frailty.
> Hillary has a far more complex assignment. Her core constituency,
> women who came of age reading Germaine Greer, Betty Friedan,
> Simone de Beauvoir, the Boston's Women's Health Collective and
> maybe Shulamith Firestone, scarcely want as their standard bearer
> Woman as Doormat. Women know that men are beasts, and part of
> the infinite superiority of women is their capacity to persevere
> in the face of this beastliness.
>
> But there are limits. If the dialectic of women's liberation
> taught anything, it's surely that a woman doesn't have to
put up
> with unending crap such as Bill has been serving Hillary down
> the years. So Hillary has to reassure that constituency that
> yes, she does draw the line somewhere, that in post Lewinsky
> months she can't bear to be in the same room, the same city
or
> even the same country as the First Man.
>
> Yet at the same time, knowing not only from more or less Day
> One that Bill couldn't keep his pants zipped up, but also that
> she could get both of them into the White House, (and out the
> other end sans impeachment conviction) she's always had to act
> out the other half of the pantomime and display the ties that
> bind. So, yes! After months of coolness he gets to hold her hand.
> Hillary's chief of staff, Melanne Verveer, is order to lob the
> red meat of passion to a waiting world and she dutifully confides
> to the press that "We've slowly seen a physical passion come
> back into their lives."
>
> So the generation that came of age reading De Beauvoir, Greer
> and maybe Firestone find themselves, with the Hillary
narrative,
> reading a story endlessly in contradiction with itself.
>
> Germaine Greer has spoken of Hillary harshly and in truth we
> have in our First Lady the whole sad arc of middle-class
> radicalism since the late l960s, endlessly in contradiction of
> its early heroic premises. Given a couple of dice rolling another
> way, Hillary could have been a Weatherperson, could have died
> amid the rubble of that bomb depository on West 11th St. But
> like almost all of her generation she never did take opposition
> to the Vietnam War as far as reading manuals on bomb fuses.
>
> Hardly had she raised her foot to step over the threshold of
> radicalism than she turned back. She declined to go with the
> SNCC, turned down an offer to work with Saul Alinsky as a
> community organizer in Chicago. Anderson quotes her political
> science prof at Wellesley, Alan Schecter, as saying that by the
> late l960s his pupil had decided that the best radical strategy
> was to "'use the legal system' as an agent of change." She
> wasn't alone in that calculation. The long march of the left
> through the courtrooms was under way: the world would become
a
> better place, courtesy of courtroom briefs, complaints and
class
> action suits.
>
> And so what we have seen, across the last three decades, is
the
> left vanishing into the quicksands of regulation. All
society's
> problems could be fixed by a statute, a rule, a waiver, a
> program. Much of the antiwar left vanished into the consumer
> movement, the environmental movement and legal fixitry. The
mass
> movement died and litigation -- often successful --
flourished
> amid the ruins.
>
> Let's pay Hillary the compliment of taking her seriously as a
> woman set on bringing about social change. She declines the
road
> that led to West 11th St and goes instead to Yale Law School.
> She works for John Doar, helping draft articles of
impeachment
> against Nixon. The road seems clear. She'll rise effortlessly
> through the ranks of non-profit, do-goodery; she'll shuttle
> comfortably up and down the Northeastern corridors of power.
>
> But she makes a far riskier bet. The road to the White House
> runs through Little Rock, so South she goes, with bottle
> glasses, bell bottoms, and according to another woman in
Bill's
> life at the time, Dolly Kyle browning, hairy legs and a
dislike
> of deodorants. Year after year she puts up with Bill's crap.
She
> hold his hand, puts up with the most terrible humiliations,
> drives him forward.
>
> In l993 she finally wins her incredible wager with Destiny.
And
> here she is, the First Woman, in the White House with a
mandate
> from the First Man to fix American health care. Was there ever
> a person who could gaze back at the late l950s and at the
strategy
> she had selected and say with more apparent justification, I
> did the right thing?
>
> The strategy bombed, as we all know. In l993 there was a huge
> constituency, an explosive constituency for health reform.
The
> First Woman had it in her power to lead a mass movement to
that
> goal. She flirted with the idea, issued a few denunciations
of
> the health care industry and then led health reform straight
> into the deepest of all quicksands, a regulatory labyrinth so
> baroque in its complexity that even its designers were
unable to
> issue any reliable guidemaps.
>
> Somewhere in the early months of the health battle an
advocate
> of universal health care met with Hillary and pointed out that
> over 70 percent of Americans favored this radical course. He
> reported later that Hillary gazed at him and said coldly, "Tell
> me something interesting." Hillary, as with so many of the
> brightest minds of that generation, no longer had any
concept of
> a mass movement, beyond a spike on one of Dick Morris's polling
> graphs. Supremely "realistic," she'd lost contact with
reality.
> She won her bet. She lost the war.
>
> When Hillary Clinton made her radical graduating speech at
> Wellesley attacking the Vietnam war in l969 a third of the
world
> had broken with capitalism. But 1999 capitalism's triumph had
> been so absolute that Bill scarcely had to work the phones to
> get the okay for his war. Russia and china soon came to heel.
> The triumph of neo-liberalism is absolute.
>
> It's scarcely surprising therefore that Hillary should have
> urged the First Man to drop cluster bombs on the Serbs to
defend
> "our way of life". It was another logical step for all those
> radical "realists" embarking on careers in the early l970s.
> War is more social engineering; fixitry via high explosive,
> social therapy via the nose cone of a cruise missile.
>
> There's not much of a left any more. Bet there are plenty of
> therapeutic cops around, and Hillary is their leader, the very
> essence of social worker liberalism. All it takes to usher in
> the New Jerusalem are counselors, community action programs and
> tougher gun laws which is what Hillary called for after Columbine,
> not long after she gave the First Man that bit of advice about
> bombing the Serbs. As a tough therapeutic cop, Hillary does not
> shy away from the most abrupt expression of the therapy, the
> death penalty.
>
> In this perspective perhaps we ought to look at her
commitment
> to Choice as at least in part another piece of therapeutic
> policing. Steve Levitt, an economist at the University of
> Chicago, and John Donohue III, a law prof at Stanford, have
been
> circulating a paper -- reporting in the Chicago Tribune on
> August 8 of this year, that the legalizing of abortion in the
> early l970s has contributed to the falling crime rate in the
> l990s. Indeed they claim that legalized abortion may account
for
> as much as half the overall crime drop between 1991 and 1997.
> Levitt says abortion "provides a way for the would-be
mothers of
> those kids who are going to lead really tough lives to avoid
> bringing them into the world." The authors cite stats from
five
> states that legalized abortion before the Roe v Wade
decision of
> 1993. These five states with high abortion rates in the early
> 1970s had greater crime drops in the l990s. The Trib's story
> quotes Cory Richards, a policy wonk at the Guttmacher Institute
> as saying, "This is an argument for women not being forced to
> have children they don't want to have. This is making the
point
> that it's not only bad for the women, but for children and
> society."
>
> So, from the social engineering, crime fighting point of view
> the reintroduction of the death penalty in 1977 saw Roe v
Wade
> as its logical precursor and concomitant. That's not the way
> Germaine Greer or the Boston Women's Health Collective saw
the
> Choice issue, but one can certainly imagine Hillary argue for
> abortion as socially therapeutic. She comes from the liberal
> social engineering tradition that sponsored the great sterilizing
> boom earlier in the century, whose rampages in Vermont are only
> now coming to light.
>
> Hillary, never forget, is a Methodist and that bleak creed of
> improvement is bedrock for her. She's a social cleanser.
This is
> the cold steel that stiffens her spine and carries her
forward,
> self-righteous amid the untidy mess of all her
contradictions.
>
> On 8/17/06, Holly Venn <lovecats_888@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > And "Matt" is our voice of reason? lol........I don't think
so........I really wish you would just leave, Matt.....why don't you
go find a group that hates Democrats?
> >
> > Christopher Bates <dfwchris1@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Me too! LOL!
> > CB
> >
> > chris nolan <cedgarnolan@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yes, I've been a long time opponent of abstinence.
> >
> > Matt Love <matt.mattlove1@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Yeah, The Horn Dog is popping up everywhere these days, speaking
truth to power.
> >
> > For example, at the at the 16th International Aids conference in
Toronto he said:
> >
> > "Empowering women to protect themselves seems so elemental, and
yet when I hear people pontificating against Aids and acting as if
we can do everything through abstinence," he said.
> > "I think they don't know what most women are up against in too
many parts of the world today."As long as he's showing up around the
globe pontificating about this and that, he's hoping as many of them
as possible will be up against him!
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/16/06, Liberal Girl <liberal_grl@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Leave it to The Big Dog to put things in perspective and dump
some
> > > reality on Bush.
> > >
> > > << "They [the Bush gang] seem to be anxious to tie it to Al
> > > Qaeda," he said. "If that's true, how come we've got seven
> > > times as many troops in Iraq as in Afghanistan?
> > >
> > > Why have we imperiled President [Hamid] Karzai's rule and
> > > allowed the Taliban to come back into the southern part of
> > > Afghanistan?">>
> > > .
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > *Bill burns Bush*
> > >
> > > by MICHAEL McAULIFF
> > > The New York Daily News
> > > August 16th, 2006
> > >
> > > << WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton got in the
current
> > > President's face yesterday, slamming the Bush administration
for linking
> > > the London bomb plot and the war on terror to the war in Iraq.
> > >
> > > "The Republicans should be very careful in trying to play
politics with
> > > this London airport thing, because they're going to have a
hard time
> > > with the facts," Clinton said in an interview.
> > >
> > > "I don't think the foiling of that London bomb plot has any
bearing on
> > > our Iraq policy," he said.
> > >
> > > Clinton's broadside, delivered on ABC's "Good Morning
America," came as
> > > President Bush spent his second day in the wake of the defused
British
> > > terror plot holding high-profile national security meetings.
> > >
> > > "America is safer than it has been, but it's not yet safe,"
Bush said at
> > > the National Counterterrorism Center.
> > >
> > > "The enemy has got an advantage when it comes to attacking our
> > > homeland," he said. "They've got to be right one time, and
we've got to
> > > be right 100% of the time."
> > >
> > > He praised U.S. and British intelligence for stopping a plot
to blow up
> > > 10 airliners.
> > >
> > > Clinton, who never mentioned Bush by name, suggested the
> > > administration's claims that the British plot looks like the
work of Al
> > > Qaeda reveals a flaw in its strategy.
> > >
> > > "They seem to be anxious to tie it to Al Qaeda," he said. "If
that's
> > > true, how come we've got seven times as many troops in Iraq as
in
> > > Afghanistan? Why have we imperiled President [Hamid] Karzai's
rule and
> > > allowed the Taliban to come back into the southern part of
Afghanistan?"
> > >
> > > He also said the administration and GOP leaders in Congress
had opposed
> > > tighter security on cargo containers at ports and airports.
> > >
> > > White House spokesman Tony Snow said there had
been "considerable
> > > efforts" to ensure container safety.
> > >
> > > "So President Clinton, I know, is sort of committing some
politics here
> > > and accusing Republicans in so doing," Snow said. "I think in
the same
> > > position he'd be looking at the same options."
> > >
> > > The former President also said Democrats who had voted to give
Bush the
> > > .authority to go to war in Iraq -- including his wife, Sen.
Hillary
> > > Clinton (D-N.Y.) -- had hoped the threat of war would force
former Iraqi
> > > leader Saddam Hussein to comply with UN inspections. But the
Bush
> > > administration went to war before the UN's work was complete,
he said.
> > >
> > > The dueling Presidents weren't alone in the debate, with Vice
President
> > > Cheney telling GOP donors in Arizona the "central front" in
the war on
> > > terror is Iraq.
> > >
> > > He pointed to Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman's primary loss
to
> > > anti-war liberal Ned Lamont last week, saying Democrats booted
a man of
> > > courage in favor of a candidate who wants "to give up the
fight against
> > > the terrorists in Iraq."
> > >
> > > [NOTE FROM ME: Joe Lieberman is NOT "a man of courage"; he is
> > > a pompous, self-interested twit who has done NOTHING to make
> > > us safer.]
> > >
> > > But Democrats are determined to stop the GOP from running
successfully
> > > on national security as it did in 2002 and 2004, and Clinton
was echoed
> > > yesterday by other party leaders in conference calls and
statements.
> > >
> > > "These claims that we are safer just don't resonate," said
Sen. Carl
> > > Levin (D-Mich.).
> > >
> > > Clinton, who campaigned for Lieberman, also took a shot at
Lieberman for
> > > complaining that he lost to Lamont because of left-wing
partisan
> > > attacks.
> > >
> > > "There were almost no Democrats who agreed with his position,
which was,
> > > 'I want to attack Iraq whether or not they have weapons of mass
> > > destruction,' " Clinton said. "His position was the Bush-
Cheney-Rumsfeld
> > > position."
> > >
> > > The former President's interview came as he was attending an
> > > international conference in Toronto on AIDS. He did have words
of praise
> > > for the Bush administration's AIDS efforts, saying the United
States is
> > > spending more to fight the epidemic than any other
government. >>
> > >
> > > [NOTE FROM ME: Well, I would hope we would give the most
> > > money; we ARE the wealthiest nation on the face of the Earth.]
> > >
> > > Read this at:
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/United-Stands-
America/message/82330
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even
though I wasn't here." â€"at the President's Economic Forum in
Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
> > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GWB_BiteMe
> > >
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[CanYoAssDigIt] Correction on SubPop's Beat Happening webpage.

I was amused to see this on the Beat Happening page on the SubPop
Website (http://www.subpop.com/scripts/main/bands_page.php?id=10&PHPSESSID=4cfb1f56145eb59d18df040e1ab7bb54):

"Brett checked out Calvin and Heather playing a show in the Smithfield
Cafe in Arizona and was blown away. He recalled, "They changed the way
I thought about music." A few months later, Calvin and Brett met and
decided to form a band."

The Smithfield Cafe was in Olympia, which is of course in Washington,
not Arizona. It's particularly amusing given the Olympia roots of
SubPop...

The Smithfield was an important spot in Olympia back in the day; it
was the first place the band Wimps played. In a parallel universe
that's vibrating relatively close to this one, Wimps released a record
on SubPop early in its development.

Sincerely yours,
Abe Simpson

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[CanYoAssDigIt] Dig that reality, baby

what interested me most about this "news" item is that they have dropped any pretense that people on "reality shows are anything other than actors; "stars", even.

In the 50s there was a scandal about quiz shows being rigged. Now people can't tell the difference between reality and fantasy (California leads with way, providing career paths starting with acting and ending with politics), and nobody gives a shit. 

They probably think all those people that BushCo have murdered are going to come back and take a bow at the end of his administration.

Somebody should do a poll...  I saw a poll recently that was totally astonishing in terms of how fantastically ignorant (or misled by Fox and so on) Americans are about just about everything... but then, Ollie North and G. Gordon Liddy can walk around and pretend to be heroes and people believe them...   bad career move for Hitler and Stalin to have died when they did, I can see the reality tv shows, the commentary on fox news, the best selling books, the parades, the standing ovations....

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: darters@mts.net <darters@mts.net >
Date: Jul 26, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: [canadianclassicrock] Big news! Maybe not?
To: canadianclassicrock@yahoogroups.com, canadianclassicrock@yahoogroups.com

Lance Bass: I'm gay
'N Sync singer worried he would harm group

Wednesday, July 26, 2006; Posted: 1:16 p.m. EDT (17:16 GMT)

Lance Bass is involved with Reichen Lehmkuhl of "Amazing Race."

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lance Bass, band member of 'N Sync, says he's gay and in a "very stable" relationship with a reality show star.

Bass, who formed 'N Sync with Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick, tells People magazine that he didn't earlier disclose his sexuality because he didn't want to affect the group's popularity.

"I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys' careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything," he tells the magazine.

'N Sync is known for a string of hits including "Bye Bye Bye" and "It's Gonna Be Me." The band went on hiatus in 2002. Bass has also found headlines for undertaking astronaut training and failing to raise money for a trip into space.

Bass says he wondered if his coming out could prompt "the end of 'N Sync." He explains, "So I had that weight on me of like, 'Wow, if I ever let anyone know, it's bad.' So I just never did."

The singer says he's in a "very stable" relationship with 32-year-old actor Reichen Lehmkuhl, winner of season four of CBS' "Amazing Race."

Bass and Fatone, 29, are developing a sitcom pilot inspired by the screwball comedy "The Odd Couple," in which his character will be gay.

"The thing is, I'm not ashamed -- that's the one thing I want to say," Bass says. "I don't think it's wrong, I'm not devastated going through this. I'm more liberated and happy than I've been my whole life. I'm just happy."

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