Army Times to call for Rumsfeld's resignation

Now what is really affecting the moral of the troops? It isn't John Kerry. It is a complete lack of leadership in Washington.

(CNN) -- An editorial to be published Monday in independent publications that serve the four main branches of the U.S. military will call for President Bush to replace Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

"Basically, the editorial says, it's clear now, from some of the public statements that military leaders are making, that he's lost the support and respect of the military leadership," said Robert Hodierne, senior managing editor for the publications' parent company Army Times Publications.

"That they're starting to go public with that now, with their disagreements, added up with all of the other missteps we believe he's made, that it's time for him to be replaced," Hodierne.

Army Times Publications publishes the Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times and the Marine Corps Times.

It is the second time the publications have called for Rumsfeld to resign.

I know some of the Conservative readers may say "What do you expect? it's from CNN, and we all know how the "Librul Media" feel about our troops."

Well, read the full editorial at The Army Times.

George W. Bush Saves A Baby

A little comic relief



Thanks to Jenk for finding this one

And Speaking of Gay Conservatives...

America's Newest Fraternity:

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Rep. paying ex-mistress about $500K

Another Republican sex scandal. A Republican Congressman attempts to strangle his mistress, and then gets to pay to shut the mistress up until after the election? This is insane!

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press.

Rep. Don Sherwood (news, bio, voting record) is locked in a tight re-election race against a Democratic opponent who has seized on the four-term congressman's relationship with the woman. While Sherwood acknowledged the woman was his mistress, he denied abusing her and said that he had settled her $5.5 million lawsuit on confidential terms.

The settlement, reached in November 2005, called for Cynthia Ore to be paid in installments, according to a person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal is confidential. She has received less than half the money so far, and will not get the rest until after the Nov. 7 election, the person said Thursday.

It Boggles The Mind

Who could have ever suspected that this guy was a closeted homosexual? Shocking. Simply shocking.





A voice match expert nails Haggard from voicemails asking for meth: Game. Set. Match.
My guess is that he'll cop to the meth charge, but not the cockchugging charge, then enter rehab, just like La Cage A Foley.

The Return of Ken Hawk

Ken Hawk is back from his two-week hiatus, and has provided another outstanding preview of this week's contests in the National Football League. Stop by BigSportsDay to add your two cents, or just to tell Ken that vacations during the football season will no longer be tolerated.

Brilliant New Ad

If I had a job as a political consultant, this is the kind of ad I'd like to make:

Dean: Boehner Owes Military An Apology

I can't believe the House Republican leader had the nerve to blame George Bush's failed policies in Iraq on the Generals on the ground. These same generals have made several request that have been ignored by the current administration.

Washington, DC – Today during an interview on CNN, House Republican Leader John Boehner blamed the military for the problems with the Bush Administration’s failed Iraq policies. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement calling on Boehner to apologize to the men and women in the armed services for his irresponsible election year rhetoric:

“After the Bush Administration’s numerous failures in Iraq, to blame our brave troops is just wrong. John Boehner should apologize immediately. Once again, Republican leadership is pointing fingers rather than taking responsibility for their failures. Our brave troops deserve better from Republican leaders like Don Rumsfeld, John Boehner and Dick Cheney.”

I Love This Stuff!!!

I may be sick of politics and politicians, but I'll never get sick of seeing these hypocritical scumbags exposed for the deranged lying sociopaths that they are.

While I think that politics is a SYMPTOM of the problems we face as a species, I think that extremist religion as one of the CAUSES of our disease.

Radical extreme religiousity, be it Christian, Muslum, Hindu, Pagan or whatever, is a CONTAGIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS. It denies the body and enslaves the mind.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. - Denis Diderot.

UPDATE:

EX-Cellent......

Haggard resigns
But still maintains his innocence of the affair. Of course, just like La Cage au Foley, all innocent men immediately resign when confronted by false allegations, riiiiiiiiight?

This is one of the Reichwing Christianists big guns. And this just once again exposes their leaders as being hypocritical lying perverts, in a swing state right before the election. Great fucking news!!

ANOTHER UPDATE:

Pastor Haggard has admitted to some of the indiscretions claimed by Mike Jones, but not all of them.

What the hell does that mean? He was only pitching, not catching?


Ooh! Jethuth Chritht!

Columnist Coulter in hot water over voting

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) -- Conservative columnist Ann Coulter has refused to cooperate in an investigation into whether she voted in the wrong precinct, so the case will probably be turned over to prosecutors, Palm Beach County's elections chief said Wednesday.

Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson said his office has been looking into the matter for nearly nine months, and he would turn over the case to the state attorney's office by Friday.

Coulter's attorney did not immediately return a call Wednesday. Nor did her publicist at her publisher, Crown Publishing.

Knowingly voting in the wrong precinct is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Anderson's office received a complaint in February that Coulter voted in the wrong precinct during a February 7 Palm Beach town council election.

Anderson said a letter was sent to Coulter on March 27 requesting that she clarify her address for the voting records "or face the possibility of her voter registration being rescinded." Three more letters were sent to Coulter and her attorney, but she has yet to respond with the information requested, Anderson said.

In July, Anderson said, he received a letter from Coulter's attorney, Marcos Daniel Jimenez D'Clouet. The letter said the attorney would only discuss the matter in person or by telephone because, he complained, Anderson had given details to the media. Anderson said the matter had to be discussed in writing.

The right-wing commentator also authored a book that said some September 11 widows were "enjoying their husbands' deaths."

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed

My question is "will she go to a male or female prison?"

Same ol' GOP Tricks are Growing Old

Republicans still can't discuss the issues. When a Democrat speaks on a real issue, that Democrat gets attacked by right-wing thugs.

• Michael J. Fox gets attacked by Rush Lardball for wanting a cure to his disease.
• Harold Ford has had some dispicable attack ads aimed at him that are attempting to play on good 'ol southern racist feelings to steal the election.
• George Allen gets caught making a racist statement and tries to deflect critisism by pointing out some smutty scenes ina fictional book written by his competitor.
• George W. Bush keeps saying that if the Dems win these mid-terms, there will be more terrorist attacks.
• A mistatement by John Kerry is exploited by the White House.

Enough is enough. Fortunately, Americans are getting sick of all of this bullshit, and it is being reflected in numerous polls.

DO NOT FORGET TO VOTE ON OR BEFORE NEXT TUESDAY'S MID-TERM ELECTIONS.

Lefty's Two Cents:

Republicans know they're about to lose the House and possibly the Senate. Therefore, there is no question that all this negative garbage they have spun is an attempt to get some of their hardcore Evangelical wingnuts out to vote, especially since many of these wingnuts have decided not to vote due to the Iraq quagmire. Their dirty tricks are despicable, and we should not rule out voter fraud on their part next Tuesday! These pricks lack so many scruples, that there is no limit to what they're capable of. George "macaca" Allen has been talking about abortion and all those wingnut issues to rile his base. It won't work. It's too late. I don't expect these morons to go without a fight. So let's keep a close watch on them this Tuesday!

PLEASE VOTE!!!

Letterman PWNS O'Reilly

Round One



Round Two

My Two Cents On The Kerry Bruhahah

Bottom line: Anyone who actually heard or watched the statement Kerry made would know he was talking about Bush, not the troops, unless:

A. They are disingenuous partisans trying to make hay out of it in order to change the topic from Iraq, corruption and covering up for pedophiles, like the republicans and their media pawns are now doing.

or

B. They are COMPLETE FUCKING MORONS.


Update by BND:

The Kerry camp strikes back.

Here is some text from a new CNN article regarding this fiasco.

A Kerry aide said that the prepared statement, which had been designed to criticize Bush, "was mangled in delivery."

Kerry was supposed to say, "I can't overstress the importance of a
great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't
smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in
Iraq."

Before the announcement that the statement was botched, McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, joined his GOP colleagues in condemning the remark and demanding an apology.

But Kerry refused to relent, calling the criticism part of the "classic GOP playbook."

"I'm not going to be lectured by a stuffed-suit White House mouthpiece standing behind a podium, or doughy Rush Limbaugh, who no doubt today will take a break from belittling Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's disease to start lying about me just as they have lied about Iraq."

He further expressed disgust with "Republican hacks, who have never worn the uniform of our country."

Kerry added that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney "owe our troops an apology" because they "misled America into war."

Bush and Cheney "have given us a Katrina foreign policy that has betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it," the senator said.

And a statement from Max Cleland sums this up pretty nicely

"John Kerry is a patriot who has fought tooth and nail for veterans ever since he came home from Vietnam. He has stood with his brothers in arms unlike this administration, which exploits our troops to make a political point and divide America,"

What the hell is wrong with people? I work with several conservatives that are jumping on this "swift boat", yet I believe that it shows a complete lack of intellegence and critical thinking ability. I've heard very few Republicans actually talk about issues, but are always quick to lambast thet character of anyone who speaks up for a Democrat. This is no different than Rush attacking someone seeking a cure for a horrible disease.

It Ain't Metal But....

It kicks some serious ass

Check out Terry Bozzio's drumming on The Black Page and Steve Vai's solo on More Trouble Everyday.

Tasty morsels

The sickest movie that will ever pass as "R"

Unless you really enjoy copious amounts of gore, and enjoy suffering like no human should ever have to suffer, you're better off reading a summary of this one online if you were curious enough to care about Saw III in the first place. The first two films were extraordinarily graphic, but clearly the brilliance of the plot made them instant classics. If you're thinking to yourself, "I hope it can't get any bloodier or more intense than the others", then Friday, October 27 was the worst day of your life. If you haven't puked or left the theater by the one-hour mark, you'll be rewarded by a very sinister, brutal, and ingeneous plot. I nominate this movie as the worst date movie of all time. How they got away with an "R" rating is beyond me. The world inside this movie is the closest place to hell that I would ever like to commit my imagination to. Even for a hardened metalhead like myself, I found myself searching for happy thoughts to purge the insanity out of my mind after being exposed to Saw III.

More Tales of the "Liberal" Media

The General Electric Network at your service.

Lefty Metalhead Endorses Barack Obama for President in 2008!

As many of have probably heard, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) has indicated that he is thinking about a White House bid in 2008. This news comes as somewhat of a surprise due to the senator vehemently denying consideration just a few months ago. Obama now gives many Democrats like me hope for 2008. This nation needs a strong leader who can UNITE its people, not DIVIDE us like George W. Bush has done. Obama, in his book The Audacity of Hope, suggests that we need a new kind of politics, one that promotes unity to solve our nation's most critical problems. Not only must we fight corporate special interests, but we must also not tax ourselves to death. We should employ diplomacy with persuasion along with a strong military for our most serious threats. Our government must THINK before it acts. This is what Obama stands for, and that alone warrants my support for him.

I came across Obama's eloquent ideas during his 2004 senatorial campaign, in which I was a volunteer. In person, Obama is just as well-spoken, intelligent, and well-mannered as he appears on camera, perhaps even more. He embodies everything our nation's leader should be. I urge everyone who loves this country to support Obama. If you happen to have concerns regarding his experience, rest assured that nobody arrives to the presidency "prepared". We have seen this is true with the current president, who never quite looked prepared to handle our domestic concerns. For those of you who are skeptical about both parties, I don't blame you. However, it is your job as a citizen to change the current political landscape, and refusing to participate only makes your cause look hypocritical. Let us save this nation from governing ineptitude.

Barack Obama, you have my vote. Now please run!

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Time to Drain The GOP Swamp

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--AZ-01: Rick Renzi

--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth

--CA-04: John Doolittle

--CA-11: Richard Pombo

--CA-50: Brian Bilbray

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--CT-04: Christopher Shays

--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan

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--ID-01: Bill Sali

--IL-06: Peter Roskam

--IL-10: Mark Kirk

--IL-14: Dennis Hastert

--IN-02: Chris Chocola

--IN-08: John Hostettler

--IA-01: Mike Whalen

--KS-02: Jim Ryun

--KY-03: Anne Northup

--KY-04: Geoff Davis

--MD-Sen: Michael Steele

--MN-01: Gil Gutknecht

--MN-06: Michele Bachmann

--MO-Sen: Jim Talent

--MT-Sen: Conrad Burns

--NV-03: Jon Porter

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--NJ-07: Mike Ferguson

--NM-01: Heather Wilson

--NY-03: Peter King

--NY-20: John Sweeney

--NY-26: Tom Reynolds

--NY-29: Randy Kuhl

--NC-08: Robin Hayes

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--OH-01: Steve Chabot

--OH-02: Jean Schmidt

--OH-15: Deborah Pryce

--OH-18: Joy Padgett

--PA-04: Melissa Hart

--PA-07: Curt Weldon

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Anyone remember Heather Wilson?

She's the New Mexico Congressdolt who made a huge grandstanding play to get national attention by CRYING over the fact that Janet Jackson's titty popped out for half a second at the Super Bowl. Why was she so upset about Nipplegate? Why, for THE CHILDREN of course. My God, how could she compose herself and act like a rational leader of the nation when her CHILDREN had been exposed to such unbelievably disgusting and harmful shenanigans?

Today it looks like Heather gets to join our long long list of Grand Old Pedophiles. Not that Heather herself is a kiddie groper, but her husband is, and she abused her power to COVER IT UP.

Pedophilia and cover ups.... the new CONTRACT FOR AMERICA!!!

Go to the bathroom before watching this.

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I'm sorry, this isn't really news, or even debate material, just simply some funny shit to make you piss your pants laughing. I have been sharing this with everyone all over the web. It's a must see ...

We have to rethink our Iraq Strategy

News from Iraq this morning is that Muqtada Al-Sadr's Shiite militia has overrun a southern Iraqi city, destorying police stations in their siege. If you're a "stay-the-course" guy, you're thinking that we can just send the Marines in there and root these terrorists out. If you've been in the military, or you know anything at all about urban warfare, you know that we are likely to lose American lives in that hypothetical endeavor. Now I need you to ask yourself why it would be okay to have to explain to the family of a slain Marine that he died to re-take an obscure southern Iraqi city of absolutely zero strategic importance three years after a successful invasion of that country.

How can you justify American deaths in Iraq three years after the war? War should generate a profit- destroy your enemy's war-making ability, take your spoils and GO HOME!

Some people feel like talk of a withdrawl is a sign of weakness, and they would look like fools for changing their minds. I haven't changed mine- The invasion was awesome, but now we've ruined 100% of our advantage gained from it because our President gave in to political pressure and didn't seize the Iraqi oil fields like he promised (he just handed them over to OPEC), and now our soldiers are walking around with no objective, just waiting to be ambushed or drive over an IED because we have no strategy.

That's a lot of critisizm, but I do have an idea for how to stop the bleeding:

We pull our military presence out of all cities except the green zone in Baghdad, and station our soldier in our largest bases, where we construct runways, hangars, and barracks, if not equipped already. We need to concentrate our forces in areas that we can actually keep secure, maintaining just a handful of these super bases throughout the country. Has it been done before? Yes, in Germany, in the wake of World War II. The occupation went so poorly that we just built giant bases to shelter our soldiers. Rammstein AFB is one example that is highly functional even today.

The insurgency isn't going to quit until we leave, but the President won't let us leave until the insurgency quits. Sooner or later, we'll realize that we are doing to Iraq EXACTLY WHAT KING GEORGE DID TO US. Yeah, the British had a much better army, but we beat them because we believed in what we were doing, and it was our home. I think Muslims are all idiots, but if they believe in it then how are we going to set up our government on their turf when they don't want it?

PBS's "The Dark Side"

I posted this on The Green Communist too ... but since you guys get more traffic than me, I decided to share it here too. I think it's pretty important thing to watch.

Amid revelations about faulty prewar intelligence and a scandal surrounding the indictment of the vice president's chief of staff and presidential adviser, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, FRONTLINE goes behind the headlines to investigate the internal war that was waged between the intelligence community and Richard Bruce Cheney, the most powerful vice president in the nation's history.

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"A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies," Cheney told Americans just after 9/11. He warned the public that the government would have to operate on the "dark side."

In "The Dark Side," FRONTLINE tells the story of the vice president's role as the chief architect of the war on terror, and his battle with Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet for control of the "dark side." Drawing on more than 40 interviews and thousands of documents, the film provides a step-by-step examination of what happened inside the councils of war.

Early in the Bush administration, Cheney placed a group of allies throughout the government who advocated a robust and pre-emptive foreign policy, especially regarding Iraq. But a potential obstacle was Tenet, a holdover from the Clinton
administration who had survived the transition by bypassing Cheney and creating a personal bond with the president.

After the attacks on 9/11, Cheney seized the initiative and pushed for expanding presidential power, transforming America's intelligence agencies and bringing the war on terror to Iraq. Cheney's primary ally in this effort was Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.

"You have this wiring diagram that we all know of about national security, but now there's a new line on it. There's a line from the vice president directly to the secretary of defense, and it's as though there's a private line, private communication between those two," former National Security Council staffer Richard Clarke tells FRONTLINE.

In the initial stages of the war on terror, Tenet's CIA was rising to prominence as the lead agency in the Afghanistan war. But when Tenet insisted in his personal meetings with the president that there was no connection between Al Qaeda and Iraq, Cheney and Rumsfeld initiated a secret program to re-examine the evidence and marginalize the agency and Tenet. Through interviews with DoD staffers who sifted through mountains of raw intelligence, FRONTLINE details how questionable intelligence was "stovepiped" to the vice president and presented to the public.

From stories of Iraq buying yellowcake uranium from Niger to claims that 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta had met with an Iraqi agent in Prague, "The Dark Side" dissects the now-familiar assertions that led the nation to war. The program also receounts the vice president's unprecedented visits to the CIA, where he questioned mid-level analysts on their conclusions. CIA officers who were there at the time say the message was clear: Cheney wanted evidence that Iraq was a threat.

At the center of the administration's case for war was a classified October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate that found evidence of an Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program. But Paul Pillar, one of the report's principal authors, now admits to FRONTLINE that the NIE was written quickly in a highly politicized environment, one in which the decision to go to war had already been made. Pillar also reveals that he regrets participating in writing a subsequent public "white paper" on Iraqi WMD. "What was the purpose of it? The purpose was to strengthen the case for going to war with the American public. Is it proper for the intelligence community to publish papers for that purpose? I don't think so, and I regret having had a role in it," Pillar says.

For the first time, FRONTLINE tells of George Tenet's personal struggle in the run-up to the Iraq war through the accounts of his closest advisers.

"He, I think, asked himself whether or not he wanted to continue on that road and to be part of it. And I think there was a lot of agonizing that George went through about what would be in the best interest of the country and national interest, or whether or not he would stay in that position and continue along a course that I think he had misgivings about," says John Brennan, former deputy executive director of the CIA.

Tenet chose to stay, but after the failure to find Iraqi WMD, the tension between the agency and Cheney's allies grew to the point that some in the administration believed the CIA had launched a covert war to undermine the president. In response, Cheney's office waged a campaign to distance itself from the prewar intelligence the vice president had helped to cultivate. Under pressure, Tenet resigned. Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, would later admit to leaking key sections of the NIE -- authorized, he says, by Cheney. Libby also stated that the vice president told him that President Bush had declassified the material. Insiders tell FRONTLINE that the leak was part of the battle between the vice president and the CIA -- a battle that many believe has destroyed the CIA.

Best Wishes to our Brother Ken Hawk

As we all know, Professior Hawk will be leaving this week for his funeral wedding. All of us here at the BND Blog would like to wish Ken and his new bride the best (hey Ken, I think you might finally get some).

Have a safe trip and we look forward to your return.

Question Of The Day

Are 34% of all Americans really dumber than a doorknob?

Or are they just brainwashed?

Yet Another Grand Old Pedophile

this month just keeps getting better and better!!

Another Repig is being accused of being a creepy old fuck with young boys. What the hell is wrong with these guys?

Money quotes:

Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., took 10 years ago that included two teenage congressional pages...

One participant, who requested anonymity, said he was uncomfortable with the attention Kolbe paid to one of the former pages. He was "creeped out by it," he said, adding that there was a lot of "fawning, petting and touching" on the teenager's arms, shoulders and back by Kolbe.

Big Fun

UPDATE:

...and the hits just keep on coming!!!!!!

Randal D. "Randy" Ankeney, the convicted sex offender who just a few short years ago was a rising GOP star in Colorado, is being held on a $1 million bond in Larimer County.

Ankeney, 35, who was arrested Wednesday, is facing five counts of sexual assault on a child, three counts of sexual enticement of a child and one count of sexual exploitation of a child. The felonies, if he is convicted, could send him to prison for life.

The charges come less than 15 months after the former attorney, head of Gov. Bill Owens’ economic development office in Colorado Springs and graduate of the Republican Leadership Program, was released from prison after serving a two-year sentence for attempted sexual assault on a child.

At the time of his first arrest, in 2001, Ankeney was serving as the El Paso County co-chairman of Owens’ reelection campaign and was being groomed for a seat in the state legislature. And he went to the Republican Leadership Program, which is the GOPs version of summers at The Eagle’s Nest in Bavaria.

In the case, Ankeney, then 30, was accused of picking up a 13-year old girl up after he had met her on the Internet using the moniker “coloradofella.” The girl told police he took her to his home, in central Colorado Springs, got her drunk and stoned on marijuana, convinced her to take off her shirt and took photographs of her. When she passed out on the couch, she awoke to found Ankeney on top of her, kissing and fondling her. The girl told police that she feared Ankeney would rape her, but that he eventually let her up, apologized and told her that if she told anyone about the episode "he would ruin her life."

His boss Governor Bill Owens is quite conservative and I found a nice nugget doing a bit of research. He signed a law in Jan. of 2001 that provides: “Two strikes” for child molesters before a lifetime of prison. Oops. Talk about Foleying your own people.

BND's Top Stories - Friday the 13th Edition

Ney pleads guilty - Another Republican crook. Go figure!

U.S. forces 'killed UK reporter' - Who's training our army men?

Damn that marijuana - I have some ideas on how to solve this problem. Just give me about a thousand of my closest friends and a bong.

New port Security Law signed - in order to assist with port security, it is now illegal to gamble online. (?)

Radioactive Snails - holy shit! RUN!!! oh, their snails. STROLL!!!

Ohio, the new Florida - Combs don't kill people, people kill people?

BND's International Word of the Day:

Nakhur - Iranian word describing a camel that refuses to give milk until her nostrils are tickled.

OK, the world has officially gone insane.

"Libertarianism for the real world"

This is a great article about the nature of Libertarianism by someone at the Cato Institute, one of Libertarianism's leading think tanks. Since these guys have been such cheerleaders on the subject for so long, I'm surprised that they are now being such realists on the topic.

Highlights:

In the real world, and more particularly in 21st-century America, encroachments on privacy, personal security, and the environment are as likely, if not more likely, to come from business as they are from the state, and these are threats that require state regulation if they’re to be mitigated or dispelled.

As for pure libertarianism, by denying a role for the state and dismissing the threat to liberties increasingly posed by the dominant corporate sector, it is about as germane to the American future as Trotskyism.

The European Union, for instance, has enacted stringent privacy regulations that protect consumers from having their banks, phone companies and other businesses that have data on them from sharing those data with one another. No comparably binding legislation exists on the federal level in the United States.

This is hardly to argue that all European regulation protects individual freedoms or maximizes social outcomes. It is to point out that regulation is often the only way to protect encroachments on individual freedoms.

In short, the free play of markets can be a threat to individual freedom, unless individual freedom is a term that applies only to businesses and not to their consumers or employees or the people who must breathe their pollutants.

This is great stuff.

Another Day on the Grand Old Police blotter

Yet another Rethug is found guilty of a very strange and creepy crime.

A veteran GOP consultant was sentenced today to 5 to 10 years in prison for luring two male college students into his home on separate occasions, holding them captive in his spartan apartment and threatening them with Mafia retaliation if they contacted their friends or family.

We have the best government...That money can buy

I was reading an excellent article by Lou Dobbs earlier, and I wanted to share it with all of you. We are know in the middle of a major class war initiated by the wealthiest people in this country. The middle class is stuck in the middle and for some reason hasn't stepped forward to say "ENOUGH DAMN IT!"

The money and power grabbing elite of this country care nothing about the rest of us and have done everything they can to control this country. We currently have over 34,000 lobbyist in Washington who are not just influencing legislation, but actually taking part in writing legislation. Lou Dobbs says that this is because BOTH PARTIES are out of touch with the common American, and suggested that we should ALL change our party affiliation to INDEPENDENT to send a message to these asshats in DC.

Please read the rest of the article:

Dobbs: Middle class needs to fight back now

Anothor Trivia Question

In the movie, House of 1,000 Corpses, what was the name of the establishment where Goober was employed?

Ken Hawk's Week 5 wrap-up

Mr. Hawk has assembled another spectacular wrap-up of this weekend's NFL games. In anyone else is interested in becoming a sports editor on the sports blog, drop me a line.

BigSportsDay

And Now For Some Good News

Because these days, we need all we can get..

Evangelicals Fear the Loss of Their Teenagers

"...if current trends continue, only 4 percent of teenagers will be “Bible-believing Christians” as adults."

"...there is widespread consensus among evangelical leaders that they risk losing their teenagers. "

“I’m looking at the data,” said Ron Luce, who organized the meetings and founded Teen Mania, a 20-year-old youth ministry, “and we’ve become post-Christian America, like post-Christian Europe. We’ve been working as hard as we know how to work — everyone in youth ministry is working hard — but we’re losing.”

The article also states that there are many within the evengelical community who dispute these claims. But like I said, we need any good news we can get, so I'm going to have "faith" that the claims are true, and take comfort in that.

Remember Brian Doyle and Frank Figueroa?

Just two more recent examples of the Foxes Guarding The Henhouse

Deputy Press Secretary for DHS Brian Doyle, 55, was arrested for trying to solicit sex from a 14-year-old (really an undercover cop) through the Internets.

Frank Figueroa, special agent in charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Tampa -- who was in command of Operation Predator, the agency's program to bust child predators -- will be facing trial this week for walking up to a 16-year-old girl in a mall, pulling up his pant leg and masturbating for 10 minutes.

Anybody noticing a patern here?

Reichwing Get Out Of Jail Free Card #23

When caught redhanded and you can't argue or present evidence to get you out of trouble: Blame the "Librul Medya!"

Oh shit, that didn't work?

Oh well, Blame George Soros!!

LOL!

Who the fuck does Hastert (Congress's official Thanksgiving Day Parade Float) think he's fooling?

Smell the Desperation.

BND's Two Cents:

Wait a minute! Isn't the Republican party, the party that demands personal responsibility? When was the last time a Republican politician took responsibility for ANYTHING? DeLay? Frisk? Cheney (who made excuses about shooting someone)?

Why should Hastert or Foley be any different?

B.L.Sabob Update:
Now it looks like the entire Republicunt junta has caught their dicks in the spokes of their bike. They're so fucking panicked now that all they can do is flail around and point fingers. Blaming the Librul Medya and George Soros didn't seem to work for them, so now they are trying, WITHOUT A SHREAD OF EVIDENCE, to implicate Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean.

These guys are truly pathetic.

Wendy's Training Video

This is jacked up, disturbing, and rediculously devoid of any thought.

Upset about the recent school shootings?

BLAME HARRY POTTER!!!

God how I hate these fucking people. Where are the bullets with their names on them. Leave the Amish kids alone. Go for the wingnuts.

WTF? - Leave it to Faux News

Here is a story that I recieved in my e-mail over night. This is truly dispicable. Those assholes over at the FauX News Network found a way to cover the Foley story. They labeled him a Democrat!

"Assuming that you haven't already seen it...

Faux News deceiving public - again. "


Thanks Mr. Moore.

B.L.Sabob Update: One time could have been a mistake, a one letter typo. But TWICE? and the second time, the spelled out DEMS

These guys really are lower than snake shit

The More Things Change

The more they stay the same.

Who's Your Buddy?

The world has truly gone insane.

Amish make good jelly

Wow, I think I'm going to have a lot to say about this one.

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First off, I would like to dedicate this article to all you suburban turds who think your schools are sooo much safer environment to raise your kids. You can't get any more rural and secluded than a fucking AMISH SCHOOL for Christ sake! Motherfucker this is seriously fucked up shit. Three school shootings this week, but this one is just the wildest shit in the world.

I'm not going to rewrite the article here, you should read it, but let me comment on this.

Parents refused to fly in planes — again in keeping with Amish tradition — and had to be driven to see their children at hospitals, Miller told "Today." Some were taken to the wrong hospitals in the confusion, Miller said.

I would just like to extend and arm to these parents and ... choke them with it.

Who do these panty-waists think they are?

Jesus H. man, this blows me away. In this day and age are we allowing this kind of immature retarded shit to happen? Here, I will pinpoint exactly what I mean.

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The first two paragraphs:

A 12-round chess match between Russia's Vladimir Kramnik and Bulgarian Veselin Topalov to decide the world's top player resumed on Monday after a row over toilet breaks forced a two-day suspension.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, World Chess Federation president and head of the south Russian republic Kalmykia hosting the match, interrupted a conference with Russian President
Vladimir Putin to broker a successful truce between the two teams at the weekend.

They interrupted a conference between world leaders when WWIII is about to ring the doorbell over two fucking nerds fighting over the bathroom. I mean truth is stranger than fiction, no one could write this shit, it just has to happen on its own.

Does Matt Drudge have a taste for young meat?

Those of us who watch the freakshow known as the Reichwing Media know that Drudge likes a few eggs with his sodomy. But now I'm begining to wonder if he also likes his breakfast sausage a little 'undercooked.'

Matt's been screaching the past few days about the Foley scandal. Seems that Matt like to blame those damned seductive teenages for "egging on" (No shit, he said it)the adult. I know most will believe that Matt is just doing his GOPig duty and defending a fellow Pig. But I think there's something more to this. Check out he quotes and listen to the clips.

The language and passion in his conviction that the children were seducing the adult sounds to me like this subject matter is a bit more personal with him. Sounds like he's defending his own proclivities, not just Foley's.

"These kids were playing Foley for everything he was worth. "

Speaking from personal experience, Matt?

methinks the lady doth protest too much

Grand Old Pedophiles Lose Another One

By this point we've all heard about the tale (tail?) about Rethuglican Congressman's Mark "Love to slip them off of ya" Foley. The dude who was the chairman of the House Caucus on Missing and Exploited Children was emailing and chatting up a 16 year old male page in a way that can only be described as graphically sexual, perverted and cringe-inducing. Read the chat text and feel the douche-chills.

Speaking of Douche-chills, check out this nugget of congressional hypocrisy:

H.R.5749
Title: To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Foley, Mark [FL-16] (introduced 7/10/2006)

Now it appears that the leadership of the House Republicans knew about the inappropriate contact well over a year ago and did nothing. Worse than nothing, they were probably involved in a cover-up. The cover-up is, after all, the Repiglican's sport of choice.

At least four Republican House Members, one senior GOP aide and a former top officer of the House were aware of the allegations about Foley that prompted the initial reporting regarding his e-mail contacts with a 16-year-old House page. They include: Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio), National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) and Reps. Rodney Alexander (R-La.) and John Shimkus (R-Ill.), as well as a senior aide to Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and former Clerk of the House Jeff Trandahl.

Taken as an isolated incident, one can make the claim that this is just one more case of a sick and delusional pedophile. Case closed. But check out this extensive list of known Grand Old Pedophiles. I challenge anyone to come up with a list of Democrat politicians, activists and appointees to rival this one. There's some weird psychological phenomenon that connects the party of hard core Christian values to pedophilia.

My own suspicion is that it has much to do with guilt. Many of these guys are attracted to the party that seeks to regulate moral behavior because they feel guilt and shame over their own moral failings. And of course, it helps that the Jesus Party have a convenient scapegoat that they can point to. "Its not my fault, The Devil made me do it."

They blame Satan for their own psychological problems and by extension, the problems of the entire world. And they think they can somehow wash away or make up for their own sins by imposing religious values on the rest of us. They fight their own demons by railing against the very same demons they see all about them. To them I say, "Physician, heal thyself." I'm sick to death of these self-righteous hypocrites trying to control my life because they can't seem to control their own demented urges.

And here's one more theory. Most psychologists and others who work with exploited children will tell you that pedophilia is not necessarily about sex, its about power. The pedophile prefers children because they are powerless and gives the pedophile an inflated sense of self to be able to manipulate and control them physically. I think its no accident that the party that wants to control what we do in the bedroom, how we love and marry, the entertainment that we can watch and listen to, and help siphon all the money and power to an a elite few, would also be the party to attract assholes who get a woody by controlling and manipulating those who are smaller and weaker than themselves.

Thank you, Mark Foley, for once again exposing the soft, pasty white underbelly of America's "Moral Values" party.

Mission Accomplished.
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PREDATORGATE UPDATES:

BooFuckingHoo!! Foley claims he is an alcoholic, as though that will excuse his pedophilia.

Whitehouse Press Liar Tony Snowjob dismisses the Foley story as "naughty emails" Snow is truly scum on shit. Whores and used carsalesmen cross the street in order to avoid being seen with this cretin.

There are numerous congresscritters and staffers who knew about this shit a while ago and engaged in a cover-up. These assholes should be voted out in November and then prosecuted.

GOPigs are scrambling for Foley's campaign money. He's got a pretty big warchest and they covet it.

Head of the Congressional Page Board John Shimkus allowed Foley to spend a lot of time with Pages, sometimes alone, AFTER the GOPigs knew that Foley favored young meat.

A Republican staff member warned Congressional pages FIVE YEARS AGO to watch out for Congressman Mark Foley, according to a former page.

New York Rep Tom Reynolds, who heads the National Republican Congressional Committee, knew about this over a year ago and still had his chief of staff, Kirk Fordham, advising Foley as recently as last week.

A poster at Daily Kos makes a good point. Just compare the response of Repiglican Congresscritters to making congress remain in session during an Easter/Holyweek to deal with the attempt to force a husband to keep his braindead wife on life support with their response to Predatorgate. Will the Pigs be less likely to interupt campaign season on behalf of live children than they were to interupt Holy Week on behalf of a braindead woman? You betcha.

Repiglicans have been bashing Democrats over their discomfort with legalizing torture, claiming that the Dems want to "protect" of "coddle" terrorists. So I think it's fair to now ask why the Congressional Republican "leadership" have been protecting and coddling a known child sexual predator for years.

Mourning the Loss of a Legend

Blabbermouth

2001-2006

We knew she was dying a slow painful death, but last night it finally happened. Read the obituary HERE.

The saddest thing about the situation is that Blabbermouth did not die of natural causes, she was murdered by her caregivers. Bori, the person responsible for birthing Blabbermouth, set a culture of nastiness and encouraged infighting amongst metalheads by submitting news stories that he knew would stir things up. Then, he systematically began banning the more intellegent posters on the site for reasons that he didn't even have the balls to explain. There were no previous guidelines and no warnings. Even by the new standards put in place on the above link, most of the people should not have been banned.

Blabbermouth is Bori's site, so it's not my place to tell him how to run it. I just think it's a shame to let something with that much potential, die such a slow painful death.

For all of those that have been banned or are just sick of what Blabbermouth has become, join us at METAL PWNS ALL to build a new culture based on honesty and respect.

Brief Reminder

Don't forget about the re-energized sports blog BigSportsDay where the one and only Ken Hawk has written some wonderful football weekend previews and analysis reports.

Great job Mr. Hawk!

T.O.D. ? hahaha. Poor Terrell gets no respect (not that he really deserves any).

Quick Note

I Squash Green Olives Bitch

Don't test me!

Just asking to get your shit burned down ...

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Am I offended? No. Would I find it hilarious if they got their shit torched? Yes.

Action Alert (cross-posted from Absolute Zero)

Perverted Justice is in the process of campaigning against companies that endorse Rookiee and his pedophile propoganda. Currently, PJ is specifically interested in Google/Blogger, and LibSyn who hosts his Pedologues Podcasts. CafePress was also contacted by PJ and has since shut down Rookiee's page along with YouTube and Xanga.

All members interested in helping with this campaign to actively address corporate association/endorsement of pedophilia, please go here to get the full details.

Please also take a moment to contact the relevant organizations to voice your opinions.

Administrative contact, LibSyn.org
Dave Chekan
bigpie@webmayhem.com
513 S Mathilda St
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
USA
412-682-4456


Google/Blogger
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View
CA
94043
US
dns-admin@google.com
+1.6502530000


Members are also encouraged to join the PJ forums to gain further details on how they can help this cause.

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On another note, Please tune into Dateline NBC tonight at 9:00/8:00 central on your local NBC affiliate to watch our good friends at Perverted-Justice in action.

KEn HAWK's bachelor party

That's right, there's actually some girl out there who settled for THIS guy and at some point she realized he knows too much to let him get away. Wish Ken well and feel free to drop off some wisdom to our friend as he celebrates his bachelor party this weekend. NFL picks coming Saturday. Ken's early thoughts:

i told teh universitieS i scored a 36 on the aCt which is areally goo d score and i had the pAperwork but then they started sayin g "hey you juSt crossed out 'IQ test' and hand wrot e in 'ACT test' you dumbass" and i said yeah well your fac e is stupid.

More later from Ken Hawk.

WTF?

I don't want to know, but I thought he was against homosexuals. Is it just me or is the smile on the guy standing behind him a little strange.

Video of the Week

Tool - Wings for Marie part 1
Live in Dallas, TX 9/14/2006

Tool - 10,000 Days (Wings for Marie part 2)
Live in Dallas, TX 9/14/2006

What an Awesome show! I still haven't fully recovered from that night.

Poor Bastard Almost Had A New Willie

Seems the first ever whacker transplant had to be reversed. Seems it was funny looking and didn't want to work right. Read on ...

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In support of the Pope

I am a very passive, tollerant liberal, but the recent firestorm from the Islamic community over comments made by the Pope is just F**ked up. You are going to protest being labeled as a violent group of people by instigating violence? I for one am sick of these petty threats these extremist assholes throw out everyday. So for them, Enjoy this very stupid Mohammed cartoon.

BND NFL Primer by Ken Hawk

The 2006-2007 NFL season is upon you, whether your Gilmore Girls episodes like it or not. Ken Hawk is here to give you the score on how things stack up this season, look no further than Big Sports Day for an in-depth look at the upcoming season from some guy you've never heard of who just watches football and has insights like "This is what they should've done..."


Ken HAWk'S NFL picks:

I lIke teh Bulls thEy loOK gOod with DennI S Rodman.


Check out NFL Primer THE MIGHTY CHICAGO BEARS at
www.bigsportsday.blogspot.com

Ken Hawk's Week 1 picks:
9-6
Upset pick: Saints over Browns - Win

The Doc is in

Dr. Ken Hawk is currently in office and waiting for your questions at Ask Ken Hawk. Advice is posted regarding a wife's forgetful spouse as well as a young man's struggle to admit a personal affair to his best friend. A crapple a day keeps Ken Hawk away.

www.askkenhawk.blogspot.com

The official advice column of Big News Day

Fun With Frist

Soon to be ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has a PAC set up called VOLPAC. They are lobbying for the confirmation of Recess-appointed Ambassador John Bolton. They have set up a website with a form you can use to send to all of your friends, imploring them to call their Senator's on Bolton's behalf. The text of the form letter is as follows:

Nearly five years after 9/11, we are well into an epic, generational struggle. A struggle that pits freedom against tyranny ... hope against fear ... democracy against Islamic radicalism. The men and women of our Armed Forces are fighting with heroic resolve ... and they deserve to be supported in their mission by diplomats willing to call evil by its name, able to rally our friends and allies behind the global expansion of freedom and democracy, and unafraid to passionately pursue reform of our dysfunctional international institutions.

That's why we need John Bolton's leadership at the United Nations. Unfortunately, his recess appointment expires in January of 2007 ... so we must act now to confirm him permanently.

This month Senate Republicans will do everything they can to break Democrat obstruction and give John Bolton the fair up-or-down vote that he was denied last year. But they need the grassroots support of conservatives to turn up the heat on the Democrats by flooding their offices with calls in support of Ambassador Bolton and the President's agenda for reforming the waste and incompetence of the United Nations.

So click the link below where all 45 Democrat Senators' phone numbers are listed and call as many Senators as you are able. We must show our support for John Bolton, a man who isn't afraid to proudly defend America, our foreign policy and our allies in the War on Terror.

http://www.volpac.org/index.cfm?FuseAction=Campaigns.Form&Campaign_id=59

Well, this was just too tempting for me to ignore. So I did a little bit of touch up of the form, correcting a few errors, as follows:

Nearly five years after 9/11, we are well into an epic, generational struggle against GOPig propaganda. A struggle that pits intelligence against emotional blackmail ... hope against fear ... democracy against BushCo radicalism. The men and women of our Armed Forces are fighting with heroic resolve without the equipment they require... and they deserve to be supported in their mission by diplomats willing to call incompetence by its name, able to rally our friends and allies behind the global expansion of freedom and democracy, and unafraid to passionately pursue reform of our dysfunctional Republican leadership.

That's why we need John Bolton booted out of the United Nations. Fortunately, his recess appointment expires in January of 2007 ... so we must act now to ban him permanently.

This month Senate Democrats will do everything they can to break Rethuglican obstruction and give John Bolton the deserved down vote that he got last year. But they need the grassroots support of thinking Americans to turn up the heat on the Pugs by flooding their offices with calls in support of booting Bolton and the President and for reforming the waste and incompetence of the United States Rethuglican Congress.

So click the link below where all 45 Democrat Senators' phone numbers are listed and call as many Senators as you are able. We must show our disgust with John Bolton, a man who isn't afraid to act like an ass in public, turn our foreign policy into a shameless powergrab and our alienate all of our allies in the War on Terror.

And of course I had to send the email to a few friends, so I chose the following:

admin@volpac.org
bill@volpac.org
catkiller@volpac.org
Schiavo@volpac.org
AIDSinTears@volpac.org
lameduck@volpac.org
WorstSenateLeaderEver@volpac.org
WillNeverBePresident@volpac.org

That was fun.

THIS is the way its done!!

I'm so sick of namby-pampy Democrats and their inability to go toe to toe with the Rethuglicans when it comes to bare-knuckles, Machiavellian politics. Dems have been getting their asses whooped for the past two decades not due to their policies, which actually are in step with the majority of Americans, but due to the fact that the Rethugs are much better at marketing and advertising.

Looks like the tide may finally be turning. Check out this brutal, simple and effective ad blasting George Macaca Allen. The Wussycrats need more of this kind of thing in the future.

THE Ken Hawk master list

Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present to you tonight the Master List of one of America's Greatest Heroes.
Some will never associate the word "hero" with jamming one's pecker in a tailpipe or blowing one's ass into five pieces with a firecracker. Certainly, Ken Hawk didn't strike anyone as brilliant when he first appeared at Blabbermouth suggesting he should wear his Iron maiden shirt to a job interview. Nor when he exited the site complaining about the importance of getting out of a Port-O-Potty before tipping it on its side. But the man had one thing: experience in life lessons. Don't wipe your dick on your girlfriend's curtains in front of her mom. Don't eat shit off the road on the way to work in order to get sent home sick. Don't shoot yourself in the cock with a BB gun to see if it will hurt. These are life lessons. The kind Dad never got around to.
There is so much to take away from the misadventures of one man. I've compiled this massive library, which I estimate is probably more than half of the Ken Hawk jokes out there in emails or Blabbermouth or in the digital dust somewhere. Take a moment, and I think you'll take something away from this tribute to Sir Ken Hawk, a true American hero:


Ken Hawk makes history, becomes first person to ever contact 911 with text message: oMG im on FirE hELp WTF ARggHH =o(
Ken Hawk puts himself on the map after imitating Jackass bottle rocket-out-of-the-butt stunt but uses a firecracker.
Car slams into side of building and erupts into flames; suprisingly not a police pursuit, but Ken Hawk failing another driver's test.
Ken Hawk finds father. In other news, theres a guy out there named Boyd Hawk.
Ten Things to do on a Date by Ken Hawk: Chapter 1: Getting smashed and wiping your dick on the curtains at your date's house.
"i gOt teh pEe e all Overe my jacKet rIrGht beFore the interview and ran into the CEo in the bath room". Just another day for Ken Hawk.
The Brilliance Of Ken Hawk: "I farted one time into a thermos and [put it in my frigde DAMN that thing fucking stinks".
Ken Hawk wraps his dick in aluminum foil to "keep it metal"!
"Step 1: Rock Port-O-Potty onto its side. Step 2: Get out." A giddy, giggling Ken Hawk fails a simple prank when the priority of steps is not fully thought out. Poopalarity ensues.
Ken Hawk WIKIPEDIA page features bio, record of dumbass decisions, official downloadable Ken Hawk font with automatic spelling errors and misplaced caps.
Official Ken Hawk designer jeans hit the stores; $199 gets you a pair of skin-tight chaps with "IroN maddEn" written in marker on the leg and a scorched hole on the ass.
Ken Hawk takes the old "photocopying your ass" office prank to a new level; rescued Monday morning after spending weekend with wang caught in fax machine.
Ken Hawk drinks heavily for the first time in years; wakes up with guy in a wig, 'stache rash.
Ken Hawk's first day at karate class shows promise, if promise means getting kicked in the head and punched in the dick until you pass out.
Scientists recover fossils of asexual mouthbreathing Homo species, theoretically the start of an evolutionary tangent between Ken Hawk and normal humans. Theory further approved after 900,00 year old Iron Maiden t-shirt found nearby.
Ken Hawk earns idiot of the year award by reattempting Jackass bottle rocket stunt; this time uses the right explosive, but fires it in the wrong direction.
Ten Things to do on a rainy day by Ken Hawk: Chapter Four: How about slamming your dick in a door?
BLABBERMOUTH: 12,000 Iron Maiden fans upset when concert turns out to be 3 hours of Ken Hawk riding a girls bike on stage.
Ken Hawk's information hacked and name is legally changed; Buttlick Hawk to appear in court today to get back identity.
Ken Hawk back to old habits: takes bathroom break during job interview, reaches for and misses TP, obliviously wipes butt with dress shirt.
Ken Hawks interview ettiquette: "fUKC selliNG ouT im waeerinG my IRon MAIDen shiRt to my iNTerviweew."
Ken Hawk misinterprets the phrase "booty call" made in optomistic fashion and tries it himself, ends up in ER with large cordless phone crammed 2/3 up ass. Bonus: Antenna first. Double Bonus: Someone keeps calling.
Against the warnings of several employees at Reflections Tanning & Waxing, Ken Hawk has first-ever-recorded pecker waxing; first strip torn off, screamalarity ensues.
Ken Hawk tries ironing his balls to get the wrinkles out. No, really.
"On SunDay i was real tired so I ate A PACK oF doublE A bAtteries and teh doctor says hopE they dont come ouT sideways whiCh i didnt get but lauGhed aT anyWAy."
Ken Hawk on leaded vs unleaded fuel: " i triED bOTh to seE iF the RE waS a booSt in mY perFORmAnce i Just goT siCK". "
Plugging in an abandoned TV you found in a creek? You might be Ken Hawk.
Mythbusters take on the legend of Ken Hawk, calculate that stupidity at even this level can't possibly exist, call it a day.
BLABBERMOUTH: MEGADETH turn down Ken Hawk's proposal for "Flush 'Em" parody of "Crush 'Em" as theme song, as well as invite for sleepover.
Things go all wrong for Ken Hawk fan mail when his primary address is hacked and changed to ken@homo.net.
Ken Hawk approval rating continues to rise, now just below approval rating for butt cancer.
Ken Hawk snubbed in Academy Awards when film "fiREcraCkr in bUtt" loses in Best Documentary Shot By A 39 Year Old Loser in His Backyard category.
Ken Hawk on interview etiquette: "iF yoU hAve TO JAck OFF uNDeR THE DESK betwen meEtiGNs With yoUr interViEwrs DONT GET CAUGHT".
Ken Hawk turned down for second time in as many days after Soundgarden officially disproves of "Butt Hole Sun" recording.
Unemployment calls, Iron Maiden dolls, and boners in the overalls: The Ken Hawk Biography. This weekend, on A&E.
Ken Hawk's first rockclimb goes awry after he crisscrosses the crotch harness straps and rope slack pulled taught crushes nad bag.
Ken Hawk removed from set of "Today" show; unprepared for formal interview, Hawk melted down, dove into a fort he constructed from couch cushions, spoke only through a face he drew on his pecker, referred to as "Schmitty".
Ken Hawk hits barber shop for first time in years, asks for price on a trim, and in front of a dozen women, drop pants, bends over pointing at ass and says give me a 1 and a 1/2.
Ken Hawk movie script trashed by execs. "A guy riding a girls bike around, a Manowar video, the guy jumping on his parents bed for 30 minutes, another hour talking about how much he hates his life, shooting himself in the weiner with a beebee gun to see if it hurts, another Manowar video, this is just retarded."
Second Ken Hawk script trashed, movie project completely nixed: "By page 2 he was farting the ABC's, and that was all I needed to read."
Ken Hawk tries out Jackass. First stunt "Poo-in-a-Milky-Way-wrapper" takes bad turn when 250 lb potential target turns out to not have a very good sense of humor.
Ken Hawk's television days over after fistfight with the Oxi-Clean guy breaks out on set.
Chicago Fire Dept Fourth of July weekend blotter: three firework incidents, one house fire, and having to save some Hawk guy who wanted to see if the garage door would crush his weiner or go back up.
Ken Hawk pummeled in bar with weenie hanging out of pants. Cross off drawing two eyes and a smile on your wang as a decent pick-up device.
War of words with neighborhood's 13-year-old bully goes up a notch when Ken Hawk finds his Huffy Princess bike and Hello Kitty helmet smashed.
Ken Hawk tries to kill self with the old car-in-garage method; never realizing he needs to start the ignition, Hawk spends a whole day just sitting in mom's car.
Ken Hawk gets tanked in Vegas, drops $30,000, loses drunken fistfight with Louie Anderson.
Radio station W-KEN now up and rolling; Ken Hawk rules the airwaves with butt rock, long monologues about how he cant get a girlfriend, daily interviews with Mortiis.
Ken Hawk scores a 100 on test. Unfortunately its the SAT. The old "400 points just for signing your name" rule just shakes its head.
In wake of W-KEN going down Ken Hawk tries his hand at hip hop, tries to mix it up on the streets of Chicago as "Ice Pube"; the hospital reports 167 stitches this time.
Ken Hawk pushes autobiography deal, MacMillan & Brown Publishing already rejects possible titles "i dUMp in tEh batHtuB" and "fAR beyON6D kEN" before even reading.
New airline restrictions in place; however, Ken Hawk is actually GIVEN shampoo and deodarant, body search called off.
Ken Hawk's lemonade stand closes after 4 days of disappointing sales; sadly the whole "lemons freshly squeezed between my asscheeks" never really caught on.
World Battleship Board Game Championship sees Ken Hawk take an early exit, highlight was opponent calling "B4", Hawk blowing some floor-shaking ass, giggling, and stating "I think you sunk my pants".
Hawk on last weeks incident: "well i HAd to GO to teh hosp[ITal and thinK of an esxcuse for how i twisted mY wang in My biKE spokEs so i didnT look liKe a dumbaSs".
Matches, Kix cereal, diarrhea medicine, Manowar stickers, skid marks on trees: Ken Hawk goes camping.
Ken Hawk takes up summer physics, quantum mechanics courses; is dead serious about finding a way to warp poop in lieu of just getting potty trained.
Ken Hawk gets carmel popcorn snack themed after him; Crapperjacks hit stores by 2007, mystery toy inside boxes most likely to be assorted Eddie Hunter toy doll pieces.
A week and a half into summer semester Ken Hawk bails out of classes; Intro to Bathing, Wiping 101 courses apparently too much information at one time.
Ken Hawk disguises self as toilet in ladies room, plan foiled when pervert comes in to hide toilet cameras; Hawk could not be reached for comment at proctologist.
New hero based on Ken Hawk emerges; some question the appeal of "Butt Lad", who fights crime while struggling with lack of superpowers, employment, sense of hygiene.
A week of cheese-block consumption creates block of its own in Ken Hawk, who attempts to unclog himself with CLR; on the bright side, he clears the drains.
Live children's show pulled off air when an exchange of views turns violent; headline: "Ken Hawk gets into fistfight with Muppet".
Ken Hawk exhibit now open in Chicago; what some call poop with a fork in it, Ken Hawk calls art.
Ken Hawk's magic show shut down over lack of interest; "pulling fart from my ass trick", use of weiner in puppet shows draws low marks from theater-going public and critics alike.
Ken Hawk suffers severe meltdown after Blabbermouth hands a 5.5 review to the new Iron Maiden album; for some reason thinks having a blithering spasm and pulling a washing machine over on top of himself will fix things.
"Ford Festiva '81 FREE" prank sign gets Ken Hawks box car stolen over weekend; car later found destroyed at playground with kids kicking the shit out of it.
Stained silk shirt: $3. Pink leather pants: $60. LA Gears with huge tongue: $20. Ken Hawk donning the aforementioned and getting wailed on at local club: 263 stitches.

Goodbye Ann

Ann Richards

1933-2006

The News just broke. Former Texas Governor Ann Richards has lost her battle with cancer. This is a very sad for me, because I've always held a great deal of respect for Ms. Richards. In my personal opinion, she was the last great Governor of Texas.

Rest in Peace Ann!

Eye candy

I felt I needed a post like this after the very disturbing image that blsabob posted below. Dude, i'm starting to worry about you.

Another Government with NO SENSE OF HUMOR

You're fucking kidding me, right?

US President George Bush is to host White House talks on British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen, 35, creator of Ali G, has infuriated the Kazakhstan government with his portrayal of Borat, a bumbling Kazakh TV presenter.

What the hell is wrong with people? Don't these governmental turdburglers have anything better to do that whine about art, film, music and comedy? Is this world class stupidity or a purposeful ploy to distract the masses from real issues adversely affecting their lives? I honestly don't know.

2,996: A Tribute to the Victims of 9/11

James Thomas Murphy

James Thomas Murphy

Mr. Murphy was a 35 year old husband and father from Middletown, New Jersey. Since I never had the homor to meet Mr. Murphy, I will include a short biography followed by comments of people that did know and love him.

Faithful to FamilyJames Murphy, a Cantor Fitzgerald trader, kept his eye on the basics. His family were his friends, and together they were a big crowd. He and his wife, Mary, had two children and were expecting a third. He had 10 brothers and sisters, between the ages of 44 and 30, and 13 nieces and nephews. Most of them lived within a 20-mile radius of the Jersey Shore.

Mr. Murphy, 35, was the "ringleader," said Bill, his eldest brother. "His favorite thing was to get together with a big group of our family, with all our children. He'd get everybody to come have lunch on the beach and then go hang out on our parents' deck and cook out. He'd call people on the spur of the moment to go to watch football games, go to a bar and have lunch." At Christmas, he was the Santa Claus.

He liked to ski in Vermont and Vail, but otherwise was a homebody, Bill Murphy said. "He was innocent in a way. He was very apolitical, very low-key about most things. He was very happy to go home to his house. He was very happy to tell us that he and Mary were having another baby."

Remember September 11, 2001

Comments from those who knew James Thomas Murphy

Joan Murphy Wolf

Jimmy Murphy is my brother and one year has not dulled the pain that I and the rest of my family feel. In fact it seems worse. Jimmy was a great brother and friend and is missed every day. Each time I look at his picture or see a beautiful day I think of how much he loved life and lived it to the fullest. Jimmy was the funniest person and so many people loved to be around him. As I write this letter, my heart is breaking for myself, my family, Jimmy's wife and children and all of the other's who have suffered from this senseless and horrific attack. I love you Jim.


Peter

I was lucky enough to be a good friend of Jim's, and my family remains close with his wife - There is absolutely no truth to the forward that is being sent around. Jim's widow is in excellent health, does not have a daughter named Ali, and is not facing surgery of any kind.


Pat

think about ya alot murph. i know i didn't see you that much as adults but you were such a good friend when we were in grade school. love you and your family and see you again my friend.
Aloha,
Pat


Coach Pat McCann

St. Rose High School will long remember you, Murph! We will miss you!



Tom DeBari, former classmate

Murph was a really good guy -- liked by all when we were in St. Rose together. We were co-captains on the varsity baseball team. Our team stunk but we all had fun and Murph was one of the reasons we have good memories. My heart goes out to his family and friends.

I was very honored to assemble this tribute for Mr. Murphy. Iwas very touched by his story and by the commets of his friends and families. We are very fortunate that people such as James Thomas Murphy existed, and on the 5th anniversery of the darkest day in American history, I just want to say that you are still remebered and respected.

Bori(ng) must be on the rag

Looks like I just got banned from Blabbermoron too. How many people is that? and for what? I just sent him the following email message:

"This account and/or your IP address have been banned by the administrator."

So what the hell did I do that half your posters don't? I made fun of Sakk Mylde, Axhole Rose and/or Christianity? You keep banning all your humorous/controversial poster and visits to your website will plummet.

B.L. Sabob

What the hell does this guy want, a boring site for fanboys only where the most controversial subject matter involves whether or not you plan to buy a band's music in CD form or online? Its the people with opinions and personality that drives traffic to his piece of shit site. His advertisers won't be very happy when he loses most his readers and they lose most their click-throughs.

Fucking idiot

Is ABC/Mouseschwitz "fair and balanced?"

I don't know, why don't we ask their pals in the Busha Nostra...

BigNewsDay

BigNewsDay


And the greatest comedian of blabbermouth is...........................?


SPOOKY1!!!!!!!!...........................................................unintentionally

FUCK ABC/DISNEY

Seriously, I don't care if they do have shows I like, I'm just not watching the Mouse-schwitz network any longer. And David Horowitz should choke on a cock.

BND's Update: I have heard several conservatives state that the liberals are trying to squash freedom of speech or somehow try to cover up "the truth" by speaking out against this movie, but there are some simple facts that conservative are over-looking.

1. Many conservative were invited to prescreen this movie
2. Clinton administration officials that are being attacked in this movie were not invited to prescreen this movie
3. The Clinton administration actively searched for terrorists and attacked site in Afghanistan and Northern Africa that were linked to terrorism.
4. Bush did nothing about terrorism until after 9/11.
5. Republicans, including the chairman of the 9/11 Commission, have stated that several parts of this movie are ficticious.

   "The Times, citing Thomas H. Kean, the Republican who chaired the bipartisan 9/11 commission that investigated what led up to the attacks and who has been a consultant to the film, reported that a scene portraying former national security adviser Samuel R. Berger hanging up on a CIA officer at a critical moment is being altered. Two others under review, according to Kean, portray former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright apparently obstructing efforts to capture Osama bin Laden and Clinton being too distracted by impeachment and his marital problems to focus on bin Laden"
   (CNN Article).

6. If they were to do a movie about YOU stating that it was based on your life, claiming to have official documents to back it up, and then that straight out lie about you, would that be acceptable?

Horse's For Food ?

Hey what does everyone think of those ass holes slaughtering horses for food? It really destirbes me. Who would ever consider that animal as food! I now throughout history every culture has relied on that animal in one way or the other. The horse deserves more respect than that. Those people who are doing those things deserve it done to them! I want to know what everyone thinks. Let me know and any information anyone has on the subject. Thanx Lordslady!
posted by Lordslady @ 6:20 AM

The Ash and The Red

This is a project I have been working on for the past several months. I have been playing instruments over the past 12 years, from drums to bass to guitar, and recently took up a hobby in home recording. Today I have posted the first track I have done all writing recording and engineering by myself, and was hoping to share it with the forum here.
The track is Chain Reaction, it automatically plays when you head to The Ash and The Red's site. I am not a big fan of the metal genre system as I believe it creates and heightens stereotypes, so I will say I am highly influenced by technical death metal bands, namely Death first and foremost, Scarve, Martyr, Decapitated, Gory Blister, as well as bands that have thought differently, from Fear Factory and SYL to the Chili Peppers and Alice In Chains.
Chain Reaction took four months for me to write and record. Music to me is a hobby, an art, and will always be that way. I dont release albums, force deadlines or look for financial gain. This is simply something I carved that I would like to share with the group.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts, critical or not, and please feel free to alert me if you have a page out there as well. In addition, I hope this may be a spark that allows this forum's regulars to do post their own work, whatever it may be.

www.myspace.com/theashandthered

Banned Fuck Blabbermouth

That motherfucker bori banned me from there gay ass site.Fuck those assholes. Because i defend metal pwns all on theregay ass site. Fuck them someone can talk shit to me but i can't defend myself and Al and are our site Boycott there ass.


All Hail Metal Pwns All !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clinton to Blame for 9/11?

The right-wing lunatics are pushing an ABC/Disney documentary about the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The "hack-u-mentary", which is supposedly based on the 9/11 Commission Report, holds various factual inaccuracies. For example, the documentary suggests that Bill Clinton ignored the Osama Bin Laden threat, refusing to "whack" him even when CIA operatives had him in their crosshairs. This is truly a DISNEY fantasy flick, and it shameful that ABC will air it. It is scheduled to air on September 10 and 11.

So how do we know the wingnuts are behind this? First of all, ABC refuses to give either Clinton, Albright, or Berger a transcript of the docudrama. Secondly, an ABC insider has emailed known-wingnut Hugh Hewitt with the following:

The Disney execs met all through the weekend - unheard of in this business - debating what changes would be made and what concessions should be given. Here is what looks to be the conclusion:

- There will be a handful of tweaks made to a few scenes.
- They are minor, and nuance in most cases - a line lift here, a tweak to the edit there.
- There are 900 screeners out there. When this airs this weekend, there will be a number of people who will spend their free evenings looking for these changes and will be hard pressed to identify them. They are that minor.
- The average viewer would not be able to tell the difference between the two versions.
- The message of the Clinton Admin failures remains fully intact.

In case you're wondering, that last two bits refer to the "edited" docudrama.

The way this prop-u-mentary is looking, it should have aired on FAUX NEWS!

Thankfully, there is something YOU CAN DO!

Call, write, or visit your local ABC station and voice your opinion on this humbuggery. In Chicago, we're getting ready to protest at the ABC studios in downtown Chicago, located on State and Lake, 15 minutes prior to every newscast.

We have to make our voices heard! If we let the nation watch this garbage, imagine what the implications will be? Bush will begin to look less-guilty, and the wingnuts will attempt to pummel Clinton to the ground anytime one of us criticizes King George, the Decider!

Before I go, I must say: FUCK WINGNUTS AND FUCK BUSH!

Well this really fucking sucks

One of the only guys in the public eye that I actually admired got killed. A lot of people make fun of this dude for being so animated and excited all the time. But no one since Marlon Perkins and Jacques Cousteau has done more for the sake of educating and interesting the public about animals and the cause of animal conservation. In honor of Steve Erwin, someone should whack Ted the Ped Nugent. Time to hoist a good strong Austrailian Stout in honor of a fallen hero.

Blabbermouth God ?

Soon to Come Who and Was The God of Blabbermouth God of all Time ? I need names for a new Poll comming soon.

Stupid1 Rides Again

Stupid1... Loud Infantile... Whatever this cliche' spouting douchebag is calling himself this week.