Luckovich 07/07/2007

ELECTION DAY USA - CD COMPILATION

JimBob sent a link that offers downloads of 20 Anti-Bush/Anti-War songs. Some are a riot and all of them are pretty darn good.

Click here to see a description of the songs and artists. You can listen to an audio stream of each song or download them for free.

Anyone who posts a comment and sends an email to Little Blue Orb including name and address will receive a CD with all 20 songs. I saved you the trouble of downloading and burning them yourself.

Top 10 George W. Bush Moments

Did you know that Daylight Savings time heats up the planet?

A woman writes a letter to a newspaper to complain that moving Daylight Savings up a month has made it hotter and that the liberal Congress did it to make people believe global warming is real.

This is authentic and not from the Onion. What’s scary is that this woman has the right to vote.

Fascist America, in 10 easy steps

From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.

Last autumn, there was a military coup in Thailand. The leaders of the coup took a number of steps, rather systematically, as if they had a shopping list. In a sense, they did. Within a matter of days, democracy had been closed down: the coup leaders declared martial law, sent armed soldiers into residential areas, took over radio and TV stations, issued restrictions on the press, tightened some limits on travel, and took certain activists into custody.
Keep reading - it's very interesting...

Postcards from 1900 depict technology of 2000

This collection of German postcards were originally give-aways in Hildebrands chocolates in 1900. They depict the world as it would be in 2000. Included are a water-unicycle, slidewalks, locomotives pulling houses, personal airplanes, weather control systems, amphibious railways, police X-rays for seeing through walls, and, of course, zeppelins. Beautiful artwork, too.

The one that caught my eye was the one depicting Summer Holidays at the North Pole. Do you think they actually had an idea that global warming was coming?
Link

How lazy do you have to be?

From an angry soldier...

I'm having the worst damn week of my whole damn life so I'm going to write this while I'm pissed off enough to do it right.

I am SICK of all this bullshit people are writing about the Iraq war. I am abso-fucking-lutely sick to death of it. What the fuck do most of you know about it? You watch it on TV and read the commentaries in the newspaper or Newsweek or whatever god damn yuppie news rag you subscribe to and think you're all such fucking experts that you can scream at each other like five year old about whether you're right or not. Let me tell you something: unless you've been there, you don't know a god damn thing about it. It you haven't been shot at in that fucking hell hole, SHUT THE FUCK UP!

How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are "Supporting our Troops" and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I'll tell you why. I'm a Marine and I served my tour in Iraq. My husband, also a Marine, served several. I left the service six months ago because I got pregnant while he was home on leave and three days ago I get a visit from two men in uniform who hand me a letter and tell me my husband died in that fucking festering sand-pit. He should have been home a month ago but they extended his tour and now he's coming home in a box.

You fuckers and that god-damn lying sack of shit they call a president are the reason my husband will never see his baby and my kid will never meet his dad.
Read on...

TOO DAMN FUNNY!

Specter: I assume you are well-prepared for this hearing...

Gonzales: I prepare for every hearing, sir.

Specter: WELL DO YOU PREPARE FOR YOUR PRESS CONFERENCES, LIKE THE ONE WHERE YOU SAID YOU HAD NO INVOLVEMENT?

A Washington Love Story in 3 acts

ACT 1


ACT 2


ACT 3

Thanks to Brenda

Kucinich moves forward with articles of impeachment toward Cheney

Godspeed Dennis!

http://kucinich.us/

Another Republican comes to his senses

Lifelong Republican, Marine veteran and former congressman Pete McCloskey has left the GOP and registered with the Democratic Party.

McCloskey says he is disgusted with the "succession of ethical scandals, congressmen taking bribes and abuse of power by both the Republican House leadership and the highest appointees of the White House."

"A pox on (Republicans) and their values," he wrote.

More...

Watching the Wheels - John Lennon

Tom the Dancing Bug - Li'l George

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Cheap trip to London

1. Go to http://maps.google.com/

2. Click on "Get Directions"

3. Type New York in the first box (from)

4. Type London in the second box (to)

5. Click on "Get Directions"

6. Scroll down to step #23

U.S. Congress Votes Database

This site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. This is a very powerful tool for the voter, remember, shit comes out of politicians mouths on a regular basis but it’s how they vote that really shows their true alliance. Keep this in mind, McCain has never voted against any of Bush’s initiatives. Moderate? I don't think so!

It reminds me of the old joke. Diapers, like politicians, need to be changed often. And for the same reason.

Now THAT was weird!

The same day I used Don Ho's image in a joke about the Imus affair, the man drops dead. I didn't find out about it until this morning. Sorry Mr. Ho.

I also used Don King's hair in that joke. So far he seems to be ok.

'Tiny Bubbles' Singer Don Ho Dies at 76

Nappy Headed Ho

Bush administration renews push for expanded spying powers

The illegal NSA spying program remains shrouded in secrecy over five years since it first began. Now the Bush Administration is reportedly once again pushing Congress to legislate in the dark and expand spying powers.

With the Senate Intelligence Committee taking up this topic next Tuesday, it's critical that you tell your representatives to defend your privacy and support thorough investigations into the domestic spying program.

Make your voice heard now by visiting StopIllegalSpying.org.

StopIllegalSpying.org is a new site setup by EFF, ACLU, and a broad coalition of groups defending your privacy and the rule of law. With your help, we can press Congress to do its job and restore the checks and balances that define our democracy.

Can you guess who this is?

This photo is dated 1940. The first person who correctly identifies this person will receive a prize yet to be determined.
JimBob and Brenda are not eligible because they saw the email :-)

Blast from the Past

Bill and Hilary circa 1970 - It sure looks as if he would have been an inhaler.
Thanks to JimBob for the pic.

The firing of Don Imus

Well they did it. They bowed to pressure and fired Don Imus. What a boneheaded thing to do. What he said, while vile, racist, and insensitive to women, was not a firing offense. Suspension? Yes. A fine of some sort going to a women's charity? Of course. But firing? If everyone who uttered a racist remark were fired we wouldn't have Bill O'Reilly anymore.

When speaking about the immigration problem O'Reilly cut loose with this gem:

"We'd save lives because Mexican wetbacks, whatever you want to call them, the coyotes--they're not going to do what they're doing now, all right, so people aren't going to die in the desert."

and this one:

"O'Reilly criticized the Immigration and Naturalization Service for not doing its job and not keeping out 'the wetbacks.'"

And two months later Bill O'Reilly was hosting a charity event for urban school children. An African-American singing group called "The Best Men" were schedule to perform, but were late. O'Reilly said to the audience:

"Does anyone know where the Best Men are? I hope they're not in the parking lot stealing our hubcaps."

Those remarks were every bit as bad as Imus's. Where's the outrage?

Another Hero Gone

Kurt Vonnegut, author of such greats as "Slaughterhouse-Five", has passed away. he remains one of my favorite authors. Not just for his work but for his opinions and politics. He will be sorely missed.
Read more via the AJC.

Walt Disney's passport for sale on eBay

Walt Disney's last passport, issued just a year before he died, is up for bids.

Four Earth-friendly Cleaning Solutions

An entire industry has been built on developing natural cleaning products - everything from nontoxic bathroom cleaners to environmentally friendly dish soaps. If you want to save money, are feeling creative, or don't have access to commercial natural cleaning products, try some of these non-toxic cleaning suggestions:

1. Baking soda: An all-purpose cleaner; especially effective on glass coffee pots and glassware; removes red-wine stains from carpeting. A paste (made with water) can shine stainless steel and silver; the paste also can remove tea stains from cups and saucers. Make a paste with a Castile- or vegetable-based liquid soap and a drop of essential oil (tea tree or lavender) to clean sinks, countertops, toilets and tubs.
2. Coarse salt: Cleans copper pans and scours cookware. Sprinkle salt on fresh spills in the oven, and then wipe off. Sprinkle salt on rust stains and squeeze a lime or lemon over them, let sit for several hours and wipe off.
3. Grapefruit-seed extract: Add to water in a spray bottle for an odorless way to kill mold and mildew.
4. Lemon juice: Use as a bleaching agent on clothing, and to remove grease from your stove and countertops. Add 2 Tbsp lemon juice to 10 drops of (real) lemon oil and a few drops of jojoba oil to clean and polish wood furniture.