OH FOR THE LOVE OF...

[Hissyspit]

What the hell?!!!

I swear they're ALL out of their little deluded gawdam-ned minds! Who gives a shit...?!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "ABC News" <[e-mail]>
To: <@>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: Breaking News Wed., February 27, 2008


> Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
>
> THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
> INVESTIGATE WHETHER BASEBALL STAR ROGER CLEMENS LIED DURING HIS TESTIMONY
> TO CONGRESS ABOUT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS

Investigate WHOM, WHAT?

INVESTIGATE KARL ROVE
INVESTIGATE GEORGE BUSH
INVESTIGATE DICK CHENEY
INVESTIGATE CONDI RICE
INVESTIGATE DAVID ADDINGTON
INVESTIGATE THE MINE OWNERS
INVESTIGATE DOJ
INVESTIGATE THE SIBEL EDMONDS CASE

You know...

THE CORRUPT SLAUGHTERERS OF AMERICANS & IRAQIS! THE TORTURE MASTERS! THE ANTI-CONSTITUTION CRIMINALS!

Breaking news my petulant cute balding white male ass...

...and free Gov. Siegelman while you're at it.


One more time:

----- Original Message -----
From: "ABC News" <[e-mail]>
To: <@>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:04 PM
Subject: Breaking News Wed., February 27, 2008


> Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
>
> THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO
> INVESTIGATE WHETHER BASEBALL STAR ROGER CLEMENS LIED DURING HIS TESTIMONY
> TO CONGRESS ABOUT PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS

[babylonsister]

1. Mind-boggling, isn't it. REC'D. nt

[wryter2000]

4. You stole my word

Boggle, boggle, boggle.

[karmaqueen]

2. I agree with everything you said!!!

I just want to SCREAM!!!!!

[Hydra]

3. Is it fascism yet?

Entertainment is held to higher standards than our gov't...where the hell did Kansas go, Toto?

[RobertSeattle]

5. You mean the Democrats aren't going to investigate Bush's Xmas Card List?

Priorities!

[bdamomma]

6. I wish Clemens would say isn't there other more important things

to focus on.

[greyghost]

81. He would, but he's too fucking stupid too.

[Donnat]

7. Thank goodness

Congress is doing the job we elected them to do...NOT

[NMDemDist2]

10. welcome to DU Donnat!!

:hi:

[Jokinomx]

34. Welcome to the D.U. Donnat!

I know you will enjoy your time here.

:toast:

[Uncle Joe]

8. Here are a couple of other investigations, they can check out after

they've finished turning Roger Clemens in to the new Britany Spears.

"GOP Halts Effort to Retrieve White House E-Mails"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3199740

"Why Is There No Transcript To Don Siegelman's Trial Yet?"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2926464

Edit for P.S. Here's another, they're coming fast and furious, folks.

"The Nation: The 60 Minutes Blackout"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2929210&mesg_id=2929210

[AlabamaBrightBlueDot]

97. Alabama media in general sucks

Thanks for the link.
I am one of those Alabamians who was NOT able to see the original broadcast. What the heck - Comcast won't allow MSNBC in this area either.
Is 'Big Brother' hiding in Alabama?

[Fresh_Start]

9. many of our currect Congressmen and Senators need to be out of a job

if we had an effective Congress...Bush would never have gotten away with the despicable acts of this administration.

Really think that virtually every single member of Congress during Bush's terms needs to be gone.

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. Except for the Democrats; they can do no wrong

I mean, who else are we going to vote for? :sarcasm:

[Fresh_Start]

17. why should we support spineless representatives

even if they are democrats?

[TechBear_Seattle]

27. "Why do you want the Republicans to win?"

Every time I ask the question you asked, this is the only answer I ever get.

The either/or mentality is absolute: Either you follow orders and vote for everyone with a D after their name no matter how corrupt or neo-con they may be, or you are a GOP supporter who would relish to see the United States destroyed. There seems to be no middle ground.

[verges]

55. Okay...

what else ya got?

[TechBear_Seattle]

57. That kind of question will get you banned

This is a Democratic board, not a board focusing on democracy.

[verges]

62. And the post I was responding to won't?

I will vote for the Dem candidate in November. In all likelyhood, a straight ticket even. But I realize that Dems are not perfect.

Yes, the Dem Congress has been a disappointment. However, they are better than the Republicans. And we only really have two choices. Therefore, a Democrat not voting is supporting (indirectly) the republican party. Because one of those two pareties is going to win. Unless there is another alternative that I am not aware of. Hence my question: "What else ya got?"

[Larry Ogg]

68. Don’t you just love the paradigm created by political parties?

This is the way it’s done and there are no other options.

It’s like asking the condemned man to choose between executioners, as if there will be a different outcome.

[TechBear_Seattle]

70. I wouldn't go quite THAT far

It is more like chosing between someone who will beat you to death, and someone who will beat you ALMOST to death. There is a clear choice, but even the better one is pretty bad.

[Larry Ogg]

73. What you can't imagine, you can't discover. Albert Einstein. n/t

[frog92969]

74. I believe it's called divide and conquer.

And doesn't seem to jive with how the Founding Fathers set this place up.

[Larry Ogg]

75. You absolutely right, Divide and conquer has been long in the making.

This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world. By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished. Sir Denison Miller

[SammyWinstonJack]

106. !

:thumbsup:

[stellanoir]

11. Investigate whether or not Congress is on steroids.

Power mongering, special interest enhanced, thoroughly misguided corporate interest oriented steroids.

This matters to us WHY ?

Ughhh

Rule of law?

Habeas corpus?

Magna Carta?

Election reform?

Muckasey encouraging the purge of voters?

HELLO !!!

thanks Hissyspit

You are among the best but certainly the most "hissiest" of all time.

:hi:

[hootinholler]

25. No need, if the were they might have some spine! n/t

[greyghost]

82. They're on drugs, good drugs. How about we make it a priority

that all members of Congress get drug tested?

[acmavm]

12. Totally freakin' amazing! Somewhere Dr. Lawrence T. Peter

is laughing his ass of saying "See! See! I told you so!"

[vickitulsa]

19. Yeah, except Dr. Peter likely doesn't find it truly FUNNY at all.

Maybe laughing as I often do, with near-manic frustration at the insanity that has become "normal."

The Peter Principle is alive and well and functioning at full steam, along with massive corruption, in American government!

Promote them to their level of INcompetence, then leave them there forever ... makes perfect sense, yeah? How pathetic can things get before more people express their outrage? Apparently VERY pathetic, even ridiculously pathetic.

[ConcernedCanuk]

32. Send the WH a copy of "The Peter Prescription"

.
.
.

THEY NEED IT!

Ah

But who could read it?

[StrictlyRockers]

13. K & R abosolutely right, Hissy. n/t

[lordsummerisle]

15. I had the exact same reaction n/t

[progressoid]

16. Why do you hate America Hissyspit?

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

That doesn't really help but I'll do it some more. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[iris5426]

18. Seriously?!

K&R

:kick:

[whopis01]

20. Investigating baseball is the congressional national pastime. n/t

[vickitulsa]

21. I have to wonder...

Could it be that, since it's Democrats who are initiating this craziness and pushing it to the limit, is it just possible that they are thinking their constituents will see their going after an uber-repuke Clemens as "fighting back against the repuke machine"??

Surely they're not that stupid? Oh wait....

What is likely to result instead is more of what happened during the televised testimony before the committee: Repukes ranting that MacNamee is the liar and Clemens is a model of honorable American idoldom, while Dems try to point their crooked fingers at Clemens as a proper representative of hypocritical repuke denials of wrongdoing.

Oh, now won't THAT just be fun to watch. NOT. Another spectacle, brought to you by the masters of spectacle without substance, with the specific intention of furthering divisive rancor so that The People just keep on getting angrier at each other instead of those we should ALL be angry at.

ENOUGH, already!!! :mad: :grr:

[SoxFan]

22. Yankees Suck

That is all.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled flame wars.

[druidity33]

23. i think

you have to prosecute anyone that sits down at a table to answer questions in front of Congress and then proceeds to lie their asses off under oath, belligerently, loudly, in full denial mode.

Didn't he tell someone (a reporter, even?) that he'd get away with it because he's friends with the Bush family?

I say put him in prison...

:shrug:

[hootinholler]

24. That was my reaction too!

edit to add:

[jgraz]

26. Does this make your blood boil? Support Shirley Golub for Congress

Nancy Pelosi needs to be fired along with the rest of the BCF enablers.

http://www.usalone.com/on_the_table.php

[applegrove]

28. This is an issue? Sad congress very sad.

[Beregond2]

29. Steroids

This ridiculous war on steroids has been going on since the eighties, when the media collaborated in whipping-up a frenzy about something that most people had never heard of before. First they targetted bodybuilders, knowing that it wasn't popular, and they could get away with ruining people's lives in that arena. Now that America's Pastime is finally being spotlighted, people are seeing how dumb the whole thing is. A hormone that the body produces classed the same as heroin? It's just one more way to keep people distracted from the real issues. There is nothing remotely "natural" about sports, period. Who cares what professional athletes choose to do to improve their performance? Our country is gong down the tubes, and this is what they choose to focus on? Incredible.

[Greeby]

30. You think that's bad, they're just getting fired up on Vince McMahon

Mind you, to be fair, they've almost got it right there:

A sadistic, abusive, megalomaniacal, 60-something corporatist from Connecticut. Who feels no shame or responsibility for the fact that his policies and methods have driven a lot of people to early graves.

They just got the name wrong :eyes:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

31. kicked and reccccccccccccced

[Jokinomx]

33. Bingo!

You, me and millions of others are with you 100%!

:kick:

[rosesaylavee]

35. Here is Chaiman Waxman's contact info:

http://oversight.house.gov/contact/

By Mail or Phone:
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
U.S. House of Representatives
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
[phone]

Email contact at the above web address.

[NM Independent]

36. I'm starting to think...

...that we'll never see anybody in cuffs.

Can the march to a fascist police state be stopped, or is it just too damn late?

[Vilis Veritas]

80. Not Fascism. A Brave New World.

Take your Soma and feel free...

[malaise]

37. Great post

You know my thoughts on this nonsense. Investigate the executive branch on steroids.

[Swamp Rat]

38. The owners of corporate media are literally laughing at the American People right now.

I mean literally, as in peeing on themselves while taking a money bath.

[vickitulsa]

42. Oh that one's brilliant, Swampy!

Gotta share it pronto with my friends I've turned into Swamp Rat fans!

Of course all of your graphics are brilliant, no kidding. Haven't seen a mediocre one yet!

Thanks for the quick and handy illustrations for our verbally challenged friends. :D

[Swamp Rat]

44. Thank you vickitulsa.

Here's a new one I did this morning in response to Tim Russert's performance last night:



:hi:

[vickitulsa]

58. Oh my!

:spray:

How delightfully simple and to the point! Even without the ghoulish green or red colors, it creeps me out completely!

PERFECT. :D

[spanone]

dupe sorry

[spanone]

39. meanwhile gonzales lied his ass off and congress shrugged

[malaise]

40. And McLame lies and rather than investigate

M$M cheers him on.

[puebloknot]

41. Roman Circus. nt

[IdClaire]

43. What a ridiculous waste of time!

They have nothing better to do than that crap. And the self righteousness of it all. Like half of them haven't done something illegal.

[vickitulsa]

48. And then made vehement denials about it

if they were ever questioned or called on it at all, that is.

I don't even believe it's "half of them" any more, either!

This sort of constant and very blatant hypocrisy on the part of virtually ALL of our "elected representatives" who fail to represent US or even remember we exist once they arrive in D.C. just makes me see red.

There was a time when to call someone a hypocrite or a liar was a serious insult that required a response, but no more. Like every other righteous accusation of wrongdoing, such a cry falls on totally deaf ears. They know they've already hoodwinked us, to have gotten their asses into such cushy seats in the first place, so nothing we can do, even voting them out of office, really matters.

They've got their greedy fingers into the public till gravy train and will always have great health care and nice pensions. Most of them have gotten rich(er) and/or helped their friends and future corporate employers get rich(er).

I don't think they even care if they get an ounce of respect from the public anymore. Why should they care? It's all a rigged game, and I think they know we know it. Do they simply believe we don't care about that either?

The sickening cooperation between those representing the two parties and themselves instead of the citizens of this nation has gotten so grievously obvious I don't see how anyone can ignore it any longer.

It's now open contempt for the American people, and they might as well be saying to our faces: "Yeah? Well whaddaya gonna DO about it!" Like the thugs they are.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

45. Shiny Keys!!!!!

Lookie at the baseball player!! Yeah over there!!

Meanwhile, the BFEE goes on killing for profit.

Teats onna bull, this lot. :grr:

[Popol Vuh]

46. JESUS H CHRIST!

I absolutely have no choice but to K&R this thread...!

The Fucking nerve! And WTF does baseball have to do with running the federal government anyway?


With respect to Baseball and Drugs:

HEY Congress!..... Who Gives a Fuck!?!

GOD DAMN! WTF else can you worthless pieces of shit waste our time and money on?

:argh:

[bleever]

47. A-freakin'-men.

Thank you!

[and-justice-for-all]

49. really? I could careless what the guy injects into his body..

DO NOT CARE, IT HAS NOT IMPORTANCE AND WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR THIS SHIT!

[democrank]

50. What a messed up state of affairs,

"Daddy, we don`t have any food."

"I know, son. That`s why I just went out and bought you a case of wood screws."

[Laelth]

51. Righteous rant! n/t

k&r

:dem:

-Laelth

[Irishonly]

52. K&R

Good Lord. Whether or not Clemens lied is not that big of a deal. They know Bushco lied and refuse to do anything.

[varelse]

53. Ah priorities

Perhaps the Congress is taking their cue from the millions of American voters who would rather follow every move made - on and off the field - in professional sports than pay attention to serious coverage of world, national or even local events?

[mike_c]

54. don't you like your bread and circuses...?

:grr:

[Pacifist Patriot]

56. K & R. I practically spit nails when I saw the headline.

[bonito]

59. Hey ,does that investigation come with bubble gum?

I mean damn.
:sarcasm:

Stupid Americans.

[SammyWinstonJack]

108. Cracker Jacks and a slice of apple pie!

[pinniped]

60. Investigate that asshole Mitchell and his connections to the tobacco industry.

These congrassholes sure know how to blow away our tax money.

[L0oniX]

61. I'm not into watching millionaires toss a ball around. Apparently congress has nothing better to do.

[AwakeAtLast]

63. But, but, but --- THEY WERE TAKING DRUGS!!!

We're in a war against drugs! Drugs I tell ya! We've got our own Drug Czar just to win the war! :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:







Oh, and, um, just in case: :sarcasm:

[AzDar]

64. K & R...

:kick:

[tandot]

65. No shit. It is amazing that they waste time and money on Clemens while ignoring

Bush and his criminal organization

[creeksneakers2]

66. A poor use of time

The time of Congress would be much better spent pressuring Bush and the GOP to back off on the FEC nominations so good men could be appointed and there would be a good shot at leaving John McCain broke for six months.

[NorthCarolina]

67. K&R

Great post.

[Richard Steele]

69. Bread and circuses. K&R

[John Gauger]

71. At what point is America a lost cause? n/t

[Enthusiast]

95. We're real close. nt

[zonmoy]

123. way past that point.

[asp64064]

72. Would Someone Be So Kind and Show Me How To Get A Story Out?

I am trying to get a story out that shines light on ?WHY? the US Attorney Purge and the role Carl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, Bradley Schlozman and the Administration played in the scheme. http://www.medicalsupplychain.com/Lipari%20v%20Novation.htm and http://www.medicalsupplychain.com/pdf/Lipari%20v%20Novation%20et%20al%20Petition%20.pdf

The scheme was designed to eliminate Medicare and Medicaid so there is no oversight to the ongoing health care fraud. The pilot program was called "Insure Missouri". The story also unearths billions misappropriated for cancer research.

Thanks, S~

[donkeyotay]

117. I don't know if you can get a multi-billion $ fraud story told.

The Medical Supply Chain as well as the timely deaths of Shannon Ross and Thelma Colbert have been told here by L. Coyote and others. But somehow the bleeding to death of our country by politically well connected crime families is of no interest. Billions being lost through "privatized" (but you still pay for it) defense contractors, the unbelievable story of hospital GPOs (which even Michelle Obama has a link to) and the ongoing complete lack of representation of the public interest in Washington... nope, I don't know how to get that story told.

They have bankrupted our country. Whether it's the war, the healthcare fraud, the banking fraud, the securities fraud or the buying and selling of officials fraud, wrap yourself in tinfoil because no one's interested in reporting the corruption.

[Canuckistanian]

76. Clemons must be a very dangerous criminal

Or else Waxman wouldn't be doing this - right?

Right?

Unfuckingbelievable.

[OwnedByFerrets]

77. One big happy Washington DC family...nt

[Torn_Scorned_Ignored]

78. January 20, 2004 State of the Union Address

To help children make right choices, they need good examples. Athletics play such an important role in our society, but, unfortunately, some in professional sports are not setting much of an example. The use of performance-enhancing drugs like steroids in baseball, football, and other sports is dangerous, and it sends the wrong message -- that there are shortcuts to accomplishment, and that performance is more important than character. So tonight I call on team owners, union representatives, coaches, and players to take the lead, to send the right signal, to get tough, and to get rid of steroids now.

[Vilis Veritas]

79. DU you need anymore proof that this is all a charade?

A show. A sham. A piece of theater. Hundreds of millions of sleepers.

I am done screaming. No one is listening.

Peace...it's all I got.

[greyghost]

83. AMEN

[davekriss]

89. You have many brothers out here who believe the same

The fetishism of the commodity — the domination of society by "intangible as well as tangible things" — attains its ultimate fulfillment in the spectacle, where the real world is replaced by a selection of images which are projected above it, yet which at the same time succeed in making themselves regarded as the epitome of reality.
-- Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle

The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.
-- Michael Parenti

The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It's unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what's happening in the world. In fact, it's undesirable — if they see too much of reality they may set themselves to change it.
-- Noam Chomsky

The illusion of freedom in America will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre.
-- Frank Zappa

[Vilis Veritas]

104. Zappa was a genius. Chomsky was a visionary.

Parenti's statements about racism have had great impact on my thoughts. Guy Debord...I will now have to add him to my collection of books...thank you for the citations...it is nice to learn I have brothers.

I remember seeing Zappa live in St. Petersburg Florida back in the late 70's...It was the first 'rock' concert I ever went to where no one said a word the entire concert - people would hush you if you dared speak while he was playing. Frank played for 3 hours, almost non-stop. My brain felt like clay in a maestro's hands, being molded and shaped into something that would forever change the way I thought about the world - and no, I took no drugs. When he finished, you could hear the entire auditorium full of people exhale.

Peace.

[frog92969]

84. Makes you feel PLAYED don't it?

K&R

:banghead:

[gristy]

85. I called my congresswoman today about the Don Siegelman injustice

and I used the Clemen's fiasco as an example of exactly what they should _not_ be spending their time on.

After I had explained what the Siegelman issue was about, the person I was speaking with said that Congress typically does not get involved in Justice Dept transgressions (my word, not his).

[davekriss]

86. Amazingly stupid, isn't it? (n/t)

[WillyT]

87. Your Tax Dollars At Work !!!

:banghead:

[Cant trust em]

88. Maybe this is what mainstream America wants congress to be doing

you know, the same people who actually watch CNN headline "news" for info on Britney Spears.

I weep for our nation.

[Oilwellian]

90. No kidding Hissyspit

My husband and I just looked at each other and shook our heads when we heard this on the news tonight. We were amazed at how quickly they were dealing with the steroid issue while America burns. Beltway insiders are total loons.

[VenusRising]

91. Error: You've already recommended that thread.

I would rec this thread a Brazillion times!

Hissyspit...:applause::yourock:

[FloridaJudy]

92. But don't you know

That baseball players on steroids are single-handedly responsible for the foreclosure crisis, the shredding of the constitution, the suspension of habeas corpus, our crumbling infrastructure, the massive loss of American jobs, the trillion dollar national debt, and the death of a million human beings in Iraq?

They must be stopped! STOPPED! I tell you.

Why if they're allowed to continue, some talentless hack could be the next star of American Idol....wait......




----------------------------============------------------------------ never mind.

[BuelahWitch]

122. Sh! Don't give them any ideas!

Next they'll be investigating fraud on American Idol! :puke:

[Kool Kitty]

93. Ah, yes. Our beloved Congress.

Once again, missing the forest-investigating trees. Jesus H. Christ.

[jannyk]

94. Yep, a definate WTF moment when I first heard about it today. eom

[Asia Expat]

96. Time to clean HOUSE!!!

(pun intended)

[Perry Logan]

98. Naptime, people. Steroids hurt thousands of teenagers every year.

Here's a list of Waxman's current investigations:
http://oversight.house.gov/investigations.asp

[liberal N proud]

99. The twisted minds we call congress

[Kitty Herder]

100. But they have more important things to do than impeach the President. They have to be about the

nation's business. :sarcasm: :banghead: :banghead:

[Greylyn58]

101. It is truly mind-boggling isn't it???

What is in the drinking water in DC? :wtf:

You are right-on with everything you said. :nuke: Theses people are out of what is left of their tiny little minds!!!


:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:

[happygoluckytoyou]

102. THE TRANSCRIPT YOU NEED TO READ------>

Senator Craig: Mr Clemens what do you do with an elephant with three balls?
Roger: Walk him, and pitch to the rhino.
Senator Craig: Are you only a pitcher or are you also a master batter?
Roger: I master bat sometimes but only while we are on the road
Senator Craig: Are you trying to stall me?
Roger: Sure, which stall will you be in?

IF THERE IS ANYTHING THIS COUNTRY NEEDS..... CLEAN BASEBALL

.... AFTER THIS, I SAY LETS GO AFTER THOSE PESKY VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS

[Vinca]

103. LOL - what a country. nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

105. PRIORITIES and all the JAZZ!

:argh:

[Le Taz Hot]

107. It's the dog-and-pony show

brought to you by THE DEMOCRATS WHO SET THE AGENDA. It's the latest shiny thing to keep the unwashed masses distracted.

[Gonnuts]

109. But, what about the kids?

Don't you realize this is all about the kids? Poor Little Johnny can't have his heroes tainted, after all who knows what will happen? Next Little Johnny won't believe his parents, then what? He'll question what he hears on TV. If Little Johnny thinks steroids are okay the next thing you know he'll be smoking pot, then questioning his own government! We can't have that! So we MUST save baseball hero's! It's THE MOST IMPORTANT issue in America!

Save Little Johnny from becoming a pot-smoking, blame America first, terrorist!

[Mark D.]

110. ALEX JONES

You may think he's tinfoil hat and I think he is sometimes, but let's face it, he's often correct. He said something in one of his documentaries about the distraction of the masses (while the cash passes, way over our heads). Those who've seen me post before know I like the big picture and we must look, yet again, above the fray of this issue. Yes, it's messed up that we have Waxman and others 'concerned' and 'demanding investigations' while they won't do shit to go after Bush and those in his neo-con network of evil. But Alex alluded to a bigger picture than merely this...

He spoke of how serious the issues were, of monetary policy, WTO/NAFTA et. al ruining our economy and possibly dooming America. How, as we know, staged terror is used to generate fear and votes... But he pointed out the distractions we know of, Hollywood, scandal, no need to say more. But he said something that many miss. The distraction of Sports. Even with no investigation, no controversy, and not a drop of steroids ever used. The typical American male (and since they make up 90% of politicians, this is a significant group) and many women, are very concerned with sports.

I'm constantly amazed at the hoo-ha over draft-picks, distant college team rivalries, and even how many are into 'fantasy football' as if the bullshit games aren't hyped enough for them. They just can't spend enough time with their eyes off the issues that really affect them and ignoring their wives or beating them up if they dare step between them and the all important game on TV. Almost seems like a closet-gay thing similar to the Dobson (you know he is) and Larry Craig crews that represent the evangelicals and right wing politicos. But I digress, the issue is distraction.

So many can tell you every score from the games the night before, who got picked in a draft, even how much every player on their favorite team weighs. But they can't find Iraq on a map, take the 9/11 report in total trust, and vote for candidates based on macho bluster vs. what they will, in office, actually do that affects their lives. McCain has that macho thing down and their votes, automatically. They hate Kucinich for his stature, haircut or the british accent of his wife (and anger that she's hotter than their wives are). They don't vote for 1/2 black men or women, etc.

Never mind the layoff or undocumented worker that may put them out of work, the falling dollar that means the little money they've left is worth less, or his new advocacy to keep tax cuts in place for the super rich, with no mention or plans to give the little guy a cut. Bashing the unions that legislation McCain supported, or would propose and support, had helped take power from. The audacity of a group of non-management workers (like them) to want to collectively ask to make a safe living! Bootstraps bootstraps! Yeah, give them some when they need money to pay their bills. Idiots.

But everything he'd do would be against the little guy. His 'maverick, independent and straight talk' bullshit wins them over, unable to see past the bumper sticker attention span they have, they miss that none of the above bears true in most of his record, in fact, he's quite the opposite with rampant double talk, GOP partisanship, and ass kissing of Bush, the worst thing that ever happened to America, quite possibly. But hey! He's no bore like Gore was, they'd love to have a beer with him (and maybe some Larry Craig action later on?) and we know how important that is...America!

Like sports. Don't get me wrong, I do occasionally watch a few games, not all who are into sports are like that, but so many are, and tell me you don't know dozens like this. Out of touch on politics altogether, or what is really happening in the world, but obsessed with sports. It seems like you can't do both in most cases. If you remove sports, E! News Hollywood gossip bullshit, the fake reality EMPTY-V shows, even the new line of 'tell the truth and ruin your family' bullshit do anything for money shows (what's next, self-mutilation/immolation for money?) you'll find a giant black hole for these people. Throw in My Space/You Tube and shopping for bling/'stuff' and I swear -what would these people have to do when not working for the giant machine that feeds them this?

[Gonnuts]

112. Working Class Hero

"... they keep doped with religion, sex and TV - and you think you're so clever, classless and free - when you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see - a working class hero is something to be ..."

John Lennon

[varelse]

124. This excellent post needs to be in a thread of its own

Truth sure hurts...

So many can tell you every score from the games the night before, who got picked in a draft, even how much every player on their favorite team weighs. But they can't find Iraq on a map, take the 9/11 report in total trust, and vote for candidates based on macho bluster vs. what they will, in office, actually do that affects their lives.

Well said, and how sad that it is true of this nation today. :cry:

[Serial Mom]

111. As from years ago,,,, RIGHT ON!

I fully agree with you on this!

[Little Star]

Have we gone through the looking glass yet? n/t

[Little Star]

113. Have we gone through the looking glass yet? n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

114. Everytime I hear about this big investigation into Clemmons, my blood pressure goes up and I ask the

air the same damn question you asked!!!!

WTF??!! THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE WASTING OUR TAX $$ ON??? when there is so much REAL crap going on in DC!!???

[delt664]

115. +1

Too bad DOJ = GOP

[Sean Stuart]

116. Clemens needs to get himself appointed into the Bush administration

and then the Dems would leave him alone.

[scytherius]

118. Who?

To answer the "who gives a shit" question . . . absolutely NO ONE.

[codejack]

119. Great Democrats, huh?

Just what we voted for!!

[Duncan]

120. This is pathetic..

How the fuck did they come to think that this would even LOOK like legitimate congressional business to anybody.

Its not even a dog and pony show, its an old mustard packet and pigeon dropping show.

[robertpaulsen]

121. Skinner, we need a once a month multiple recs option for threads like this. Bravo Hissyspit!

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