GOP cyber security expert says Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich tampered 2002 elections

The first red flag went up when the computer patch was installed in person by Diebold CEO Bob Urosevich, who flew in from Texas and applied it in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds.

another flag went up when it became apparent that the patch installed by Urosevich had failed to fix a problem with the computer clock, which employees from Diebold and the Georgia Secretary of State’s office had been told the patch was designed specifically to address.

Lemme see if I got this right...

Satchmo's got light brown ears..Beckham has a brown face...and Fenway has brown 'eyss'...

President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "TIME LINE" for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq

TUCSON, July 18 -- President Bush and Iraq's prime minister have agreed to set a "time horizon" for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq as security conditions in the war-ravaged nation continue to improve, White House officials said here Friday.

The agreement, reached during a video conference Thursday between Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, marks a dramatic shift for the Bush administration, which for years has condemned any talk of timetables for withdrawal.

As George aWol Bush squanders his last days on earth before going to hell, Chimpy will have to watch his abortion of a war sink further and further into abyss.

profit motive vs endangering the troops

But how is it possible to defend the profit motive when it bumps up against endangering the very troops that they've been using as political props for the last seven years?

Call the neigh sayers whiners?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President George W. Bush "a total failure" who "has no ideas," in an interview with CNN.

But you gave him FISA and fucked the 4th Amendment, didn't you? Would you please try a little harder?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday called President George W. Bush "a total failure" who "has no ideas," in an interview with CNN.

But you gave him FISA and fucked the 4th Amendment, didn't you? Would you please try a little harder?

Obama "celebrated in Europe might seem to be an implicit criticism of America"

Shorter Andrea Mitchell: Obama will humiliate and then piss-off US fascist AND remind everyone how great JFK was.

Here's what she really said. How much you want to bet "Some senior Democrats" = every republican she talked to about this? And guess what else Andrea? Obama is making this trip to Germany SPECIFICALLY to embarass the right wing dead-enders, the right-wing failures that have corrupted the US these last eight years. And it's a beautiful strategy. It's going to work nicely. So go fuck youself, Andrea. :-)

Andrea Mitchell: "Some senior Democrats, Mika, have even said to me that they think it might be a mistake for him to go to Europe, where the Barack Obama campaign thinks he's going to be celebrated. They see parallels with John F. Kennedy, the young president going in 1963." Mitchell added: "But what if he is so celebrated in Europe, Mika, that there is criticism back home? That it doesn't play well in parts of the country that are, you know, a little bit more jingoistic, and a little bit more isolationist, which includes, perhaps, parts of the Midwest and Appalachia, and other parts of key battleground states, where seeing him celebrated in Europe might seem to be an implicit criticism of America."

Daily Kos The "Far Left" is the Mainstream

We reflect the majority opinion of this country on pretty much every issue, yet the media continues to pretend that we're the far left, the lunatic fringe. They're still unwilling to admit the obvious...we are the mainstream.

The Corporate media, Congressional Democrats and of course, republicans are OUT OF THE MAINSTREAM. It's that simple. They rule the US. This ruling class works in direct opposition to what it's citizens want.

Airlines Ordered to Cut Fuel-Tank Explosion Risk

ASHBURN, Va. -- Federal regulators adopted rules to reduce the threat of fuel-tank explosions, a move that will cost the airline industry at least $1 billion in the years ahead.

The new rules -- coming one day before the 12th anniversary of the fuel-tank explosion that killed 230 people aboard TWA Flight 800 -- call for many new and existing aircraft to be equipped with systems that reduce the oxygen level in fuel tanks.

Regulators say that will greatly diminish the possibility of a stray spark igniting hot fuel vapors inside tanks, an occurrence the Federal Aviation Administration cites in ...

fuck the religious right,

In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman’s access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception, the birth control 40% of Americans use, as abortion. Doing so protects extremists under the Weldon and Church amendments. Those laws prohibit federal grant recipients from requiring employees to help provide or refer for abortion services…read on

Whats up with these control freaks? It's creepy...

An open letter (sort of) to knighthospitaller

1. Iraq had no WMD. They have no WMD. Get over it.
2. Iraq wants us to leave. They would have preferred we not invaded. They would gladly have Saddam back for civil order, prosperity, clean water, sewers, health care and air conditioning - like they had under Saddam.
3. Iraq was/is a strategic catastrophic failure. The US stays to assuage the ego of a madman.
4. To quote WTFO, "In a nutshell, the war in Iraq was doomed from the start. That's obvious.". It's still obvious that Chimpy lost the Iraq war the moment he invaded.
5. It looks like Iraq diverted attention from Afghanistan, where the US is potentially going to loose there too.
6. The costs of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars are contributing to the an economic crisis that will rival the great depression in the US if not the world.
7. Iran won this one. Not Saddam and certainly not the US. Another byproduct of Chimpy's short sightedness is that we have given Iran everything they ever could have wanted for the region. There is nothing more militarily that can be done by the US. It's time to take them home.
8. Game set match, the Iraq war is an abortion. You'll never accept these conclusions, of course and you'll spend a life time defending the indefensible, unable to grasp the fundamental errors of the republican leadership that is ruining the US.

Repugnant republican asshole Mike Meehan exploits 911 for personal gain.

Hey Mike!! I think the republican coward in chief ignored the CIA memo "Bin Laden Determined To Strike US". IN FACT, I think repugs were in charge of both the Executve branch AND the Legislative branch AND the Fourth branch, depending on how you count Darth Cheney. So, please, fuck off you goddam bitch.

Boehner falsely claims there’s no ‘wildlife’ in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH): Dumb fucking repuglicant? Or lying piece of shit repuglicant?

For Second Day In A Row, McCain Cites The Non-Existent ‘Czechoslovakia’

Fourth time in the last year. He's too fucking old. Corporate media won't pick up on it either. He'll be elected when home-grown right wing fascist muder Osa, Obama. (sigh...)

It's about fathers dying young. It's about healing. And you can only be on one side of that debate.

When you face a conservative movement that is wholly dedicated to putting up roadblocks and turning off the spigot of empathy, making this a cruel and angry and paranoid and fearful nation, it can be hard not to fight back in the same manner. But I think, while engaging in the fight is fundamental to the survival of this democracy, occasionally we have to step back and recognize the human truths. Elizabeth Edwards is heroically battling on the front lines for reforming our broken health care system. But she hasn't forgotten that the issue goes beyond spreadsheets and mandates - it's about fathers dying young, sons without treatment for their ills, mothers who can't afford their pills. It's about healing. And you can only be on one side of that debate.

no, No, NO! Fuck Tony Snow. He hurt thousands. Tens of thousands. He and his family benefited through his deception. Yes, Elizabeth Edwards is great. But FIND ANOTHER FUCKING POSTER CHILD FOR NATIONAL HEALTH CARE. Tony Snow is, WAS, thank GOD, a fucking LIAR. Fuck you dday. Do NOT give Tony the smallest quarter. NONE.