CNN's Carol Lin: "The President is mad!"

[TahitiNut]

After replaying Junior's patronizing, arrogant, autocratic, narcissistic tantrum today in petulant reaction to Dick Gregory's questions, Carol made this (editorial) remark.

She did NOT say, "The President is angry."

She's right. He's insane ... and it's damned time this was made plain.

NEVER in our history have we had a more sociopathic, insane cabal of madmen in the WHite House.

They have blatantly admitted to war crimes! They have blatantly admitted to violations of the Constitution! They are blatantly demanding that the laws be changed to give a thin cover for their criminal acts!!

It is not hyperbole. It is not exaggeration.

Why aren't people in the streets by the millions?
Why aren't people on a national strike?
Why aren't those people in prison, for God's sake?

We're a corrupt, cowardly nation. We don't deserve democracy.
It's gonna get a lot worse before it gets better ... and I doubt I'll live long enough to see it.

:grr: :grr:

[babylonsister]

1. So is TahitiNut!

Angry, I meant angry, honest!

:hide:

[VolcanoJen]

2. Tahiti, you really need to visit my bar.

The wingnuttery on display from some of my coworkers yesterday was staggering.

"Stand firm!" they were yelling at the image of the President as they learned that the Senate Armed Services Committee was giving him the business.

I've never seen so many people turn so quickly on their former favorite black person, Colin Powell.

And yes, he's utterly insane. Carol Lin's a little off her rocker, too, mind you (my working assumption is that she's a little bit drunk), but I'm glad to hear someone say "He's angry" rather than "His resolve is UNSTOPPABLE!"

[Eurobabe]

12. Jen I can't wait to vote against those wingnut bastards

in OH come November. I checked my registration and it is ready to go, my ballot comes Oct. 3rd.

[VolcanoJen]

15. What is it about torture...

... that makes wingnuts positively salivate?

It scares me that I live among these people. I don't recognize my country anymore.

[0007]

14. What the buzz, tell me what's happening

Looks like love to me...

[FoxOnTheRun]

67. If he loves her, than yes

[Dem2theMax]

70. "What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening."

Now there's a movie the religious right has never seen. Too bad. They might learn something.

(One of my favs of all time. Now I can't get the song out of my head. LOL. Oh well, if you have to have an ear worm...) :)

[newspeak]

76. nah, lately from JC, Superstar

I've been singing "I've been living to see you, dying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this; this is unexpected, what do I do now-could we start again please?" COULD WE START AGAIN, PLEASE?

[TahitiNut]

17. There're few things I'd enjoy more than butting heads with you, m'luv.

(Or other body parts) :evilgrin: (As you should very well know, I've been in awe of your passion for years.)

Those southern fuckeyes buckeyes are ignorant, bigoted scum - the cancer in our body politic - and typical of about 35% of the 'electorate.' That's why I mourn for this nation - and know we'll get what we deserve for abandoning liberal, humane values for the past 25 years.

[VolcanoJen]

29. Hey now!

Fuckeyes? That's one I hadn't heard before. :rofl:

It's surreal living in southwestern Ohio, Jean Schmidt's district no less! I watch the whole world turn against the cretins running this show, but I'm surrounded by people who are all "YEH!!!! BUSH RULES!"

And it's impossible to argue with them, because their ditto-heads are full of Hannity-Limbaugh garbage. They were screaming yesterday at me that "WE FOUND THE WMD! DON'T YOU KNOW THAT??" I mean, what am I supposed to do with that?

But... the country needs us Fuckeyes :rofl:. We're not all that bad. And we're fighting an uphill battle in terms of blatant election fraud.

Tryin' to rock the passion in the Fuckeye State,
Jennifer :-)

[TahitiNut]

53. Hey! I married a f/buckeye!

(Goodbye) Columbus. Wittenberg grad. We were married for seven wonderful years. O8) (Seven out of twelve isn't bad.) :evilgrin:

:toast:

[maxsolomon]

45. as a Cincinnati Escapee, i thank you for that phrase

Southern Fuckeye describes the remaining, willfully ignorant residents of my hometown to a tee.

Including all my relatives, but not my poor bro who still lives there - there are some rational people in SW Ohio.

[TahitiNut]

54. It's tragic. The Berliner Weisse and the Montgomery Inn ribs are ...

... to die for. Maisonette is one of my VERY favorite restaurants - truly a world-class restaurant. The Golden Lamb in nearby Lebanon ain't bad for family dining, either.

[VolcanoJen]

65. So I see you haven't been here in awhile.

Maisonette closed over a year ago. :-(

Maisonette Closes Doors

I'm pretty certain The Golden Lamb (in Lebanon) is now owned by Rob Portman's family. Yeh, that Rob Portman. :-(

Montgomery Inn's still goin' strong, though.

[TahitiNut]

68. Oh... that's sad! (Yeah, it;s been years.)

Maisonette was truly and really world-class. Not merely because the cuisine and menu were extraordinary and easily on a par with two-star Paris restaurants, but because the staff was outstanding. Unlike the pretentious (bullshit) wannabe places like Chez Paul in Chi-town where the staff was snooty and condescending, Maisonette's staff were gracious, efficient, professional, conscientious, and accurate. Rarely can one find such a restaurant in the US. The only other one that comes to mind is La Chiminee on North Dearborn in Chicago, and I think that one closed years ago.

I lived and worked in Paris (France) or 3.5 months in the late 70s ... eating out in restaurants all the time, since we didn't have accommodations with cooking facilities. I got very familiar with restaurants in Paris ... and they're awesome. Operationally, they're an art. Economically, they're amazing, since a good professional waiter in France can become a fairly wealthy person - they're paid WELL and respected. Attention to detail and grace in dealing with the customer are de rigeur. It's very unusual here. Maisonette had it.

Thank God the Montgomery Inn is still serving those ribs, though. They're the best I've ever had anywhere ... by a good margin. I keep intending to have some shipped up here. Thinking about them is giving me a Jones. (slurp!)

I mentioned the Golden Lamb because it was my in-laws' favorite ... but rather ordinary in my view. Old ladies and Sunday drives. Rob Portman can have it.

[acmejack]

27. I looked to see where your bar was.

Damn Cincinnati is a little out of my way. Now back when I lived in Wimington... But I was only in the first grade then so I guess that wouldn't have worked out either!

[VolcanoJen]

31. Yeh, I wasn't so good at bartending in first grade.

:-)

www.tavernwench.blogspot.com
"A working class hero is something to be"

[converted_democrat]

49. I went to school in Sabina.. You're the first person I've ever seen on the

net refer to Wilmington..

[acmejack]

73. It used to be a little tiny town with a little tiny National Guard Air Base

The Tax Payers turned it into a great big Air Base and then convienently closed it so Airborne could have it. I always wondered about that story! My Dad was stationed at that base (Clinton County AFB) in the mid 1950's. We still have family friends in the Blanchester area.

[Cha]

62. Wasn't carol linn the cnn

mediawhore who said something about Al Gore "shooting his wad"?..way back in 2000?

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. She Meant Angry....

No way they let someone in the corporate media call him "mad" in that context. She meant he was Strong, Resolute, Angry, Determined, etc.

Just once, I'd like to see someone other than Stewart, Colbert or Olbermann call King george NUTS, but it hasn't happened yet.

[TahitiNut]

22. There's not much question she wasn't conscious of saying the Truth.

Nonetheless, the Truth came out. :shrug:

[malaise]

4. Carol is late

Most of us have known this for ages.

[ShortnFiery]

5. May God Bless Carol Lin (especially against Dear Leader's adorers)

Yes Carol Lin, Dear Leader is barking at the moon, batshit MAD! :scared: :thumbsup:

[niyad]

6. somebody in the media finally realized this?/

[Greeby]

7. Why aren't people in the streets?

Coz they don't wanna be shot

[bdamomma]

13. aren't we a nation filled with guns????

[TahitiNut]

19. I'd gladly use my body to block the bullets

... if people went to the streets. With my age and physical condition, it'd be the least I could do.

[acmejack]

30. Ditto Mi Amigo.

I have cheated the reaper more than my share.

[Dhalgren]

33. I'm with you, Nut. I'd rather go down on the street, protecting a

rioter from a pig, than wind up in a detention camp, old and awaiting the ovens...

[maxsolomon]

46. or used a guinea pigs by the military

they're going to test 'non-lethal' weaponry on us first.

[tulsakatz]

8. he's acting like the spoiled child he is..........

...when he doesn't get his way, he throws a tantrum!

[janx]

23. That's exactly what it looked like. n/t

[TahitiNut]

52. I've known 4-year-olds with more emotional maturity and balance.

He belongs in a padded cell for the rest of his miserable life ... along with his puppeteers and enablers.

[Swamp Rat]

9. What, the truth spoken on CNN???

:wow:

[bdamomma]

10. All our bitching and complaining doesn't mean a thing until

we all unite and take some sort of action againist this government because he will keep on doing what he is doing until we stop him. We are dealing with some evil sick people here.

[Swamp Rat]

16. Yep

We the People have to do something... and soon.

Or, are we gonna just sit back and let them steal another election?

[TahitiNut]

25. Yep. And one election is but a very small start.

Our body politic is riddled with the cancer of fascism ... and nothing short of prolonged chemotherapy will do.

[htuttle]

11. The Madness of King George, Part 2

[janx]

18. It was a flop of a press conference and the Chimp knew it.

Given another 15 minutes, he would have gone completely unhinged. He all but stomped off when it was over.

David Gergen referred to him as being "belligerent."

[rodeodance]

20. Freidian slip but management will have a chat with her.

[MaineDem]

21. I think she's a ditz but she hit this nail on the head

He IS mad!

[indepat]

24. And the freakin' Congress appears intent on rubber stamping in lockstep

fashion his near every wish.

[spanone]

26. Agree 100% They are demanding the right to Torture.

Insane in the brain.

[Sherman A1]

28. Well he has been a bit snippy of late.

Must be the pressure of the job and all those mean people being so very critical of him.

[politicasista]

32. DUH! You should have WTFU six years ago n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

34. Yeah Bush is everything you say. But I generally feel a little more

charitable toward the general public.

In contrast to my generation, I find them generally ill-educated. That's not really their fault; the universities are no longer places of dispassionate inquiry and philosophical reflection. They are glorified trade schools. They got that way through a variety of processes, particularly a combination of cuts in public funding and corporate takeovers of research.

The people are obviously poorly informed on public affairs. This is largely the result of 30 years of progressively worsening mass media, driven by--again--corporate interests. They are equally poorly-informed on matters of science and the humanities. They are forced, through a combination of economic forces and media-implanted cultural demands, to clutter their lives with work and meaningless obsessions. Their lives seem frantic and desperate. Even the children no longer have any un-programmed time of their own in which they can discover who they are.

The conservative churches and the mass media do the dirty work for the soul-deadening, brutal corporations, devaluing the finest qualities of our species and implanting destructive, pernicious imperatives. Anti-intellectualism, glorification of greed, and mindless distractions have replaced wit, understanding, subtlety, compassion and charity. Every effort is made to keep people in a constant state of fear, the better to control them and prevent them from using their higher faculties.

Under these conditions, it always amazes me that the Democrats can get anywhere near half the popular vote, and that so many people can see the insanity of the war. Just keep remembering that half the population is not sucking the soma.

[lonestarnot]

35. Bravo Jackpine Radical! Bravo!

:applause:

But I totally feel Tahiti Nut's frustration at the fuckwad and his followers.

[Jackpine Radical]

42. Oh, indeed. I pretty often want to go & bang people's heads against

the wall & scream "Wake up, you idiot!" Like when I see somebody driving around in a rusty 1982 Cadillac with a little fish on the trunk alongside 6 yellow ribbons & with the bumper held on by Bush stickers.

[lonestarnot]

51. Astounding aren't they?

[TahitiNut]

57. I'll sit firmly in your Amen Corner.

From a blue-collar family, even I found the liberal arts courses I took to be the ones of most lasting value to me. From Shakespeare to Abnormal Psychology to Philosophy to Economics, I keep looking back in gratitude. While my major in math helped discipline my mind, the 'electives' gave it places to explore and a context for living.

[ProfessorPlum]

36. I think you mean David Gregory

Dick Gregory was a dietician and comedian (didn't he play "Grady" on Sanford and Son?)

But Bush is crazy. We're about to find out how much.

[janx]

38. Yup. n/t

[TahitiNut]

58. Right you are. Good catch. (I was glitching even as I typed it.)

I should've fact-checked but I got lazy after verifying Carol Lin's name.

:thumbsup:

[janx]

37. I'm watching it again so I can see him go mad again. n/t

[bdamomma]

40. you have courage and stamina to watch him again

I will be yelling out loud tonite when I watch that idiot.

[janx]

41. I usually DON'T watch the Chimpster...

But something's happening, and he's getting very pissed off.

[Skidmore]

39. I doubt she know that the word has more than one meaning.

Do that teach that in news readin' school.

[bridgit]

43. Go Carol!! cause this president is no-less than mad...

a mad, lying, two faced duuph :patriot:

[Octafish]

44. Not in the street because US Air Force will turn their death ray on us.

Or, at least they plan on testing it on us.

http://tailrank.com/posts/562949953951877/Air_Force_Chief_Wants_to_Test_Weapons_on_American_Citizens

[Jcrowley]

47. Well indeed he actually

is an amoral psycopath. he is vicious, cruel and devoid of conscience. Knowing this not as hyperbole but as the grim reality what does this say about our body politic who must know this man is a lunatic?

A population with any dignity and political consciousness would have thrown off these criminals long ago. The mere fact that they've gotten as far as they have -- with no serious challenge, no less!! -- is beyond terrifying and inexcusable.

[TahitiNut]

59. Absolutely and positively.

Anyone deluded into thinking it's only a small matter of electing 'better' people just doesn't seem to comprehend the depth and extent of the rot in the body politic. It's going to be a long, long haul ... and will be lots worse before it gets better.

[opihimoimoi]

48. Imagine America without the GOP and BUSHCo..We would be SO HEALTHY WEALTHY

and WISE

IMAGINE if we didn't invade IRAG....all those wounded and killed wouldn't have been

Imagine if we had used the money spent there on POSITIVE Ventures..What GOOD we could have Accomplished...

I can only IMAGINE....

[TahitiNut]

61. I disagree. They're merely a lesion on our body politic.

The cancerous corruption and rot is widespread and insidious. Approximately 30-35% of the electorate would apparently vote for 'American' versions of Batista, Mussolini, or even Hitler. Some (me, for example) believe they have. Such ignorance and sociopathic aspirations isn't merely a matter of superficials. One, two, or even three elections will hardly come close to actually changing direction. The momentum and damage is too great.

[MODemocrat]

50. Bush's madness is scaring me

Forget about his scare tactics with reference to being attacked again by terrorists, yada yada yada. It's him I'm afraid of. Every day, he's acting more and more like he's losing it, and this is very serious business.

Why are people in the media, and high places, being so nonchalant about this? This is serious business; we're caught in his grip...... :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[butterfly77]

55. He is not acting...

[ShortnFiery]

56. Simple!

No worries - they all know it's Darth Cheney who's ACTUALLY running this Nation.

I'll see your :scared::scared::scared::scared::scared: and raise you a :scared: :hi:

[MODemocrat]

71. Darth Cheney is pretty scary too

Now, I am scared; Cheney, PRESIDENT? Yipes! :argh: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :shrug:

[treestar]

60. And all the threats that there is going to be more terra come from Bushco

They never even come directly from the terrorists. You'd think that right after 911, they'd have put out communiques threatening us directly and Bushie/Dickie wouldn't have to keep doing it themselves.

[MODemocrat]

72. They must stay up nights thinking all this stuff up

You're right; nothing comes directly from the terrorists; it's worked for a long time, but I do think
people are becoming leery of the timing on these threats. Like the little boy who cried wolf; when the
real think happened, no one believed him.:evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes: :crazy:

[NotGivingUp]

63. repukes are proud of their leader's behavior today

couple of quotes from fr

"I saw this part of the speech. Bush looked pissed at Gregory. I was a proud moment for our side. Bush should have been doing this since 2001. Most of the Whitehouse press gang is nothing more than well dressed punks."


"I thought that it was a smackdown. Bush handled him well and firmly. Whatever people feel about Bush, it should be very clear that he is a man with convicions. And he will stand by his convictions."

[Cornerstone]

64. TahitiNut Could the answer be this?

Hey listen, I knew they were a dirty people, always have been. However, I think the answer to your question TahitiNut is tied up in the one binding evil that unites these deranged right-wing 'spirited' wackos. 'White racism.' I think they would rather still unite under a banner of 'hate' against Clinton for daring to 'attempt to treat Blacks as equals' such as he did, than to face the fact that this madman leader of theirs' is a despot war criminal, bar none.

Yes, they would blind themselves to their own 'populace' defeat at the workings of the right-wing, for love of the boiling hate in their corrupt souls against Clinton and his 'attempts at treating all citizens equally.'


Damn the fact that the right-wing usurped all of their Constitutional rights.
Damn the fact that the right-wing sent all the jobs overseas.
Damn the fact that the right wing sent the collective sons and daughters of America to die in an unjust war.
Damn the fact that the right-wing are giving all the tax cuts to the 1% wealthiest while obliterating the Middle Class.

"Clinton had sexual acts with that woman in the WHITE HOUSE."

Bottom line, all of the right-wing are 'insane' like their leader and like what he is doing just fine.

[TahitiNut]

69. There's no question (imho) that *some* of the people who support this

... criminal cabal are racists. I do not believe, however, that brush paints them all. One of the sad things I've seen traveling and living in various places in the U.S. is how narrowly-focused many people are in their politics. I think the GOP-Reich (not the same as my father's GOP) has exploited these narrow-issue idiotologues, whether it be race, religiosity (not the same as either faith or religion), gender bias (women belonging in 'their place'), Hestonesque guns-as-penis-implants crowd, fry-the-criminals mob, Rambo-militarism, or the "government-is-evil" imbeciles.

There's ONE fundamental that is common throughout these factions.

:scared: FEAR :scared:

All fear is based on ignorance. :dunce:
To some degree, we all have some things we fear ... for me it's mostly fear itself - and ignorance comes a close second.

Fear leads us to find someone to blame for our fears ... and often anyone will do. (I tend to blame me.)

This, in a (tahiti)nutshell, is the fundamental strategy "Rove playbook" - exploiting fear and spinning the GOP as the "protector" from that fear.

It is, I believe, a complete error to paint them with the broad brush of merely one flavor of fear ... or to even paint the people who are doing the exploiting (Junior, Dickless, Rummy, Rove, et. al.) as racists, bigots, or any of the 'fear-based-groups.' They're not. They understand fear and use it - exploit it to gain wealth and power. This is why they're like Satan. They know that they can gain wealth and power as people become ignorant and more fearful ... so they spread ignorance, confusion, and fear.

There is nothing irrational about what they're doing.
It's no mystery.
What it is, however, is evil. And that's not theological claptrap.

[CarlVK]

66. Why aren't people in the streets? Here's why..

Because they have TVs, microwaves, SUVs and cable access.

Because they have Walmarts.

Because "Survivor" is going to be on soon.

Because they are afraid some unidentifiable "terror" is going to take that away.

Every revolutionary has one thing in common....they have nothing to lose.

How can you compete with that?

[bumblebee1]

74. Those fools don't realize they have everything to lose.

There are a lot more important things to lose than cable access, SUVs and Wal-Mart, to mention a few.

[TahitiNut]

77. They're glad to be children, staying home and playing with their toys

... while Daddy goes out and keeps the bogeyman away and Mommy wipes their butt and feeds them. Mommy is the teat they suck - usually some employer, which can be the government itself. Daddy is 'Dear Leader' or his local assistant.

This is why paternalism/parentalism has worked so often and for so long. It relies on the politics of fear, the politics of scare-city. By far, the largest constituency is composed of those least secure in their own maturity, their own reasoning, and their own ability to cope with the real world. (Disneyland is far preferable.)

[helderheid]

75. The Madness of King George n/t