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By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 10:42:02 AM EST
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It's too pretty to stay indoors today. Somewhere else it might be raining or snowing and a perfect day to hang out online. Here's a place for those of you who are inside to chat. Have fun. And who do you think Jeff Gannon will name in his planned lawsuit against liberal groups and bloggers?

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    Sunday Open Thread | 24 comments (24 topical)
    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 10:58:15 AM EST
    Lets write about how bush is doing with his best friend saddam and osama and family, bush is thinking about being called Osama Bush, it would be right up in place for our moral mosque guy to do. my cat love bush as a rat.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 11:00:44 AM EST
    Anyone have any more information on the "suicide by cop" case last month?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#3)
    by wishful on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 11:27:49 AM EST
    "...[Jim]Jeff [Guckert]Gannon's planned lawsuit..." Thank God republicans know the difference between frivolous issues like asbestos-related illness and death, and grave and severe issues like having public information becoming public.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#4)
    by nolo on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 11:55:30 AM EST
    You beat me to it, wishful. This should be at least as fun as Fox's bs suit against Al Franken was.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#5)
    by Lindsay on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 12:07:03 PM EST
    Why don't we start calling this scandal Mandategate?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 12:35:21 PM EST
    Open thread, eh? I think the biggest scandal of the day is "Sugar-Gate". Millions of poor (but obese) Americans have been enjoying free soft drinks and sugary snacks for generations, compliments of the half of Americans who pay income taxes. This amounts to about half of the total $30 billion annual food stamp budget. Think about it. The biggest health issue for "poor" people in America today are obesity related diseases, such as heart disease & diabetes. Thisa $15 billion could go towards something better than Mountain Dew for Welfare mama. Imagine the suffering and death caused by this fiasco. And how much of that $15 billion goes directly to our congressmen via the Sugar Giants (General Mills, Nabisco...) When was the last time you heard a candidate (ANY CANDIDATE) stand up and suggest that wasting $15 billion per year on junk food for the "poor" is a good use of the money that was confiscated from taxpayers. Note ... a "taxpayer" is a person who pays INCOME TAXES. That means only about half of Americans. Talk about an unconstitutional disgrace. Where is Talk Left on this blatant violation of our constitution?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 12:36:22 PM EST
    I'm partial to the Manchurian Beefcake Affair myself.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#8)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 12:38:06 PM EST
    Rumor has it that his list includes Spongebob Squarepants...

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#9)
    by Patrick on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 01:23:52 PM EST
    Don't click here!

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#10)
    by Ray Radlein on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 01:25:45 PM EST
    Jeff Gannon will not sue anyone, because even he is not that stupid. Can you even begin to imagine what discovery would be like?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 03:34:16 PM EST
    Gannon might as well sue Jose Canseco. That way both of them could be forced to talk under oath.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#12)
    by Adept Havelock on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 03:45:18 PM EST
    Something Interesting off the Wall Street Journal's "Washington Wire". Seems they ran a poll showing 60% of respondents (about 25% of the Republicans polled as well) want the Dems to act as a true opposition party, to help keep Bush from "going too far". Only 34% felt they should act in a bipartisan manner to help push the Bush agenda. (wonder how many of the 34% were Repubs?) Normally, I'd dismiss this. However, the Wall Street Journal (outside of the ed. page) is very solid when it comes to it's journalistic integrity. It's food for thought. Especially when we hear the trolls claiming we witness the "death" of the Dems. As long as we've got two parties at each others throats, I've always felt neither one could do too much damage to our nation. (Poll info obtained through digby)

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 07:20:15 PM EST
    Bush.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#15)
    by wishful on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 10:12:37 PM EST
    I heard an interesting opinion in the Wead tapes of Bush. Someone said that it is an attempt to distract from Guckert, death of SS phase-out, climbing death toll in Iraq. The Bush admissions are really non-newsworthy. And there's a little something in there for the testosterone challenged vicarious mouth breathers about how he has a wild past. You can just see the swooning and utterances of "my hero..."

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 11:31:54 PM EST
    Last week, nationally syndicated Fox Sports Radio broadcaster Steve Czaban spent about 10 minutes insinuating that Annika Sorenstam, the LPGA golfer that challenged the PGA to allow her to compete in 2003, was a lesbian because of her recent statement that she is seeking a divorce. Mr. Czaban's comment is "based on the fact" that she (1) married a Ping Golf executive for alleged financial/marketing gain and (2) well, because all women athletes "obviously" must be gay. Naturally, this was broadcast on a Clear Channel affiliate.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#18)
    by Kitt on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 05:49:07 AM EST
    What is that - MSM? The only MSM I know is something else, totally unrelated I think.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#19)
    by cp on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 05:56:41 AM EST
    i don't care if annika is a raging bull dyke, she can sit on my lap any day! maybe she'll let me sit on her's. hehe i think i'm confused. since when is it a violation of someone's privacy to publish public information? what desperate lawyer would take this case? how would he/she be paid, and by whom? it would seem to be a quick case, since it wouldn't make it past the first judge, who would toss it for lack of basis. i mean, don't you still have to have some legitimate reason for filing a civil suit, regardless of how ridiculous that basis might be?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#20)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 07:36:54 AM EST
    MSM = "Main Stream Media".

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#21)
    by glanton on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 07:46:31 AM EST
    Careful, Michael Ditto, you're talking sense there. That kind of thing doesn't go over too well these days. Drink the corporate media Kool Aid and call Doctor Ace in the morning. :-)

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#22)
    by Kitt on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 08:07:47 AM EST
    Thanks, Mr. Ditto. Not to be confused with the SCLM, I would image....or not(?), depending on who's doing the talking.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#23)
    by roy on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 12:07:04 PM EST
    Anybody care that a NY Congressman has accused Karl Rove of masterminding Rathergate to benefit Bush?

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#24)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 05:15:30 PM EST
    Not particularly.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#25)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 07:18:45 PM EST
    roy - Dog bites man.

    Re: Sunday Open Thread (none / 0) (#17)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 11:13:27 PM EST
    Wishful: They're newsworthy because the MSM says they are. Just like the headline on 9News.com the other day about the half price furniture sale going on at some second-hand furniture store, and the story of our local serial rapist was pushed to the sidebar. Those MSM folks crack me up sometimes. We all knew Bush was a coke head, a drunk, and a pot head before the 2000 election based on the very non-answers Bush refers to in the tape, plus the numerous accounts of Bush going into a substance-induced rage at members of the press during his dad's '88 election, after he was supposedly a teetotaler. It's all part of Bush's likable persona. We like him because he was brave enough to support the Vietnam war while honorably serving the war cause by staying home to work on a senate campaign instead of being shot at. We like him because he valiantly calls for drug users to be locked up while doing drugs himself. We like him because he espouses freedom and democracy while chipping away at it from every side. We like him because he loves gays and prostitutes so much that he invites them to ask questions in a press conference, but bravely fights the good fight to undermine their rights to exist and have equal treatment. [edited for length]

    Sunday Open Thread | 24 comments (24 topical)