The Attorney General on opening your Mail

[BOSSHOG]

Spending a little time this morning listening to white house spokesman rush limbaugh who is really in a dither because people are being so mean to our great president. He played a clip, Senator Leahy asked the great attorney general if the mail of Americans was being opened, yes or no. To wit the AG answered - "TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE SENATOR, NO." Is the AG getting ready for a future trial? His own? Hell my fellow Americans if you have nothing to hide? And don't forget more die in car wrecks.

Then there was the gratuitous patriotic conservative scholar calling up about how outraged he was that treasonous liberals had the audacity to insist that our great president be held to the letter of the law.

And finally did you know that white house spokesman rush limbaugh was the world's greatest authority on our constitution? He's an "originalist."

My time with the drug addicted, draft dodging, cowardly chickenhawk, ignorant motherfucker is just about up so no more updates from lala land for awhile.

[CottonBear]

1. Thank you for listening to Rush so we don't have to!

You have a stronger constitution than I do! I heard a little of his racist rantings about Barack Obama, the Bears and the Saints the other day and it made my head hurt. He is a sick, sick man. :(

:hi: I hope all is well with you down there in Mississippi! :hi:
It is very cold and wet and on the verge of sleeting here in northeast GA. Brrrr!

[BOSSHOG]

8. Thank you my Dear

People like him are the price we pay for democracy. All is well in South Mississippi. I'm window shopping for a new riding lawnmower; I could start mowing any day. Got a digital camera for christmas and have been a pain in the butt ever since. Checked out the Razorback schedule for this year. They play UT-Chattanooga 6 October.

We are getting a duke's mixture of weather. We are on the southern edge of that nasty ice stuff but are getting the cold winds from the north. But, I'm still in shorts.

I saw a post you made yesterday about local radio. Were you referring to Atlanta? I recall listening to an Atlanta station (not WSB) back in 94-95. There was a "Kimmer" (former Marine) on the air either before or after Hannity (called him Hanny-Pie) and trashed hannity in a joking manner daily. I can get WSB down here most nights. Currently it is all Saints all the time on the radio. I need a break on occasion. And I do like Clark Howard.

You take care and have a great 2007!

[CottonBear]

10. Clark Howard is awesome! But, the rest of the WSB schedule sucks

except for "Handel (sp?) on the Law" which is a legal advice call in show. That guy cracks me up! WSB 750 AM is the home station of faux Libertarian Neal Boortz. They also broadcast Hannity after Clark's show.

Our local Athens AM news station is all conservative, all the time. Boortz, Rush and then Laura Ingrahm. Ughh. :( I do listen to the local news broadcast in the early morning just to keep up with local politics (lots of live interviews with local politicians) and hear the weather and traffic reports.

I used to be able to listen to Air America from both Atlanta and Cincinnati but now both of those stations no longer broadcast AA. :(

I do have a local NPR station. Mostly, I stream AA or CSPAN online at work.

DO you think the Saints have a chance to go to the Superbowl? That would be great for NOLA! I hear that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are now residents of NOLA! Hopefully, they can do some good while they are there.

No shorts here today but it was 72 F one day last week. The Carolina Jasmine vines, creeping Phlox and the Loropetalum shrubs are blooming (too early) and my daffodils are about 6" tall. I need to mulch them with some pine straw.

edit: Best wishes for a great 2007 to you and Mrs BOSSHOG! :toast:

[BOSSHOG]

12. I think the station was 640-AM WGST???

I mostly listen to NPR down here (both New Orleans and Mississippi.) Two local papers keep me well apprised of local doings. I believe the Saints are the best team left. I really appreciate Brad and Angelina buying a home in the quarter, kinda away from the tourist traffic, but I'd refer to their purchase "as one of their homes." There being here is a really big help. Nicholas Cage has also bought another home down here as has Francis Ford Coppola. Our Shrimp plants have made it through our "winter" and our Dragon winged-begonias are coming back. Our yard looks like crap but its a masterpiece in waiting. I've been sharpening up my pruning tools. Our camellias are gonna get a good whacking soon. I swear they have weed in their DNA. Stay warm.

[havocmom]

2. You are a brave & stalwart servant of the public good for listening & reporting

Now, take your anti-nausea meds and meditate on soft bunnies to lower your blood pressure.

[BOSSHOG]

5. A nice blueberry (fruit on the bottom) yogurt

did the trick. The wife sent me grocery shopping this morning. And he was on the radio. 15 minutes tops. That's all one needs to know who the real enemies of the constitution are.

[RufusTFirefly]

3. "physically" opening mail

Also pay close attention to the fact that Gonzo kept qualifying his remarks by saying that they weren't physically opening mail. Might be nothing. But it might be like Bush's famous pre-Iraq invasion denial that he had "no war plans on my desk." He was clearly issuing a very specific, overly literal denial in order to dodge the question. Of course Bush had been planning to invade Iraq. He just didn't have those plans physically on his desk. In the same way, perhaps mail is being "opened" regularly but non-physically, perhaps by using X-rays. Then again, he may simply be lying outright. This is a slimy, unapologetic bunch.

[wakeme2008]

4. OK Rush I will pre-scan all your personal mail and IF I find any illegal

stuff report you to the FBI,, but you have nothing to hide do you.... :evilgrin:

[BOSSHOG]

6. Except

those two for one discount coupons from Dominican Republic brothels.

[wakeme2008]

7. And maybe pictures of underage boys...

Rush is such a cad...

[LiberalEsto]

9. They don't need to OPEN the mail

There's a spray called "See-Through" that can make envelopes temporarily see-through. It was invented in 2000 by a company in Bethesda, MD. Gonzo doesn't need to steam open envelopes any more. All his guys have to do is use See-Through and they can see it all.

Here's a link to the 2000 article in New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16822692.900-letter-of-the-law.html

From the article:
"Simon Davies, director of Privacy International, a London-based human rights group focusing on surveillance issues, says the spray could tempt security forces to bend laws. "It's an opportunity for governments to side-step legislation on mail interception and opening," he says. "It's an ethically questionable product."

[indepat]

11. Like your pin-point and succinct descriptive style

[Efilroft Sul]

13. Can you imagine the lip cramps they get reading our mail?

All those mul-ti-syl-lab-ic words take time to pronounce properly.

[gratuitous]

14. Hey!

I'm no patriotic conservative scholar! Well, unless the pay's real good. How are the hours? I have to call in to Rush's show? Oops sorry; that's a deal breaker.