And come to think of it, the "enhanced interrogation techniques" are not unlike the kind of torture/fun and games these guys get off on...-- Anonymous

Torture=okay. Sex education=NOT okay.

A sexually repressive upbringing must be some really powerful stuff. The Religious Right also seem to be among some of the biggest supporters of torture. That's no coincidence I'm sure.

Senators should be obscene, not absurd.

Cheers,

-- Arne Langsetmo

There seems to be a high percentage who are talented at both. ;->

...and I'm playing catch up on the thread so my apologies if someone's already posted this:

Dodd sent an e-mail announcing he'll block the new FISA bill, which would extend amnesty to telecommunications firms that provided information on customers to the federal government without a court order. -- Joan Walsh (posted at 15:20EST)

I'm headed to Dodd's website to contribute and comment! He just leapfrogged the entire Democratic field IMO.

I asked the Clown that lives in my butt, and she said her and the 8 other clowns up there are voting for Ron Paul.

-- Ktwdawg

My crowded Colon Clowns are voting for Colbert.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/arts/television/18colb.html?ref=arts

Joey Bishop passed away. Let's show some repsect for a legend with a vow of internet silence for the rest of the week. Who cares about the Fourth Amendment anyway?

-- orbitboy

Deborah Kerr too. After all, as Paris would say, "She looked so hot rolling around on that beach with Burt."

Shall we start a pool to see which winger pundit has an apoplectic fit first?

Wow! Even though I was resigned and expecting it, Glenn's first column of the day really took the wind out of my knickers. Then this came along and the bloomers are billowing again! It's enough to give a semi-modest girl whiplash. ;->

Thanks to Glenn and Senator Dodd (the check is in the intertubes!) for continuing to paddle upstream against the wind and current. Dodd's courage in listening to us "wee people" and then acting on our concerns in such a direct fashion is the first thing I have seen from any presidential candidate that gives me hope for the future of our country.

Now I think I'll do a triple reverse layout away from the computer desk and sail out to the garden so I can keep this manic phase going just a little bit longer.

That was informative Glenn. Thanks for posting it. A good basic explanation of how this works.

They're a derivative of the Senate's preference for operating under unanimous consent.

Apparently one of few items still left in the "Gentlemen's Agreement" that deliniated civil interactions in the Senate in the Pre-GaD (Gingrich and Delay) Era.

You get another Senator's back on something stupid, because one day you'll need him to get yours on something equally stupid.

New gang in the hood? Capitol Hill Crypts anyone?

Implied in that is the hint that I will make everyone sorry they brought it up if they don't just give me what I want, and they know by now that any Senator can do that, so they might as well just go ahead and hold it, for the sake of everyone's sanity.

The legislation, authored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tx.), overcame a hold placed by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Az) on behalf of Alberto Gonzales' Justice Department.

Freedom of Information Reform Bill Passes Senate

August 4, 2007

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/news/20070804/index.htm

So that was Kyl running around waving his little arms and stamping his tiny feet then back in August? And, unless I'm remembering incorrectly, he kept his name secret too. For a while. Dodd is out there in their faces on this.

If you hold this bill, Russ, I will hold everything you introduce, filibuster everything you want to do, object to every unanimous consent request you make, and generally nuke you for as long as I'm here in the Senate. And I'll get my friends to do it, too, and there will be enough of us that you'll never be able to single us out for retribution.

So basically it comes down to what the current 'rules of engagement' are in the Senate. And those RoE have been severely eroded, warped or systematically destroyed during the course of the Gad Era. The Repubs dare the Dems, sometimes even slap them in the face, and the Dems always flinch. Almost like one of those scripted smackdowns you see on the WWF.

But someone with a vested interest in seeing the bill passed could, theoretically, decide to go nuclear, and start holding all of Dodd's bills. Which might in turn inspire a Dodd ally to retaliate and start holding that other Senator's bills. And so on, and so on, and so on.

In their world view, the only way to ensure nuclear detente is to convince the other side that your weapons are on a par with theirs. Dodd has decided to call them on their bully's bluff. I will support that in any way I can.

O, Pedinska, I tease, you a old butterfly too. 'No post a letter about this article' okay. I am just a goofing a so very innocently. Serious.

We need peace and quiet.

-- bebop-o

This is lovely, B.

We do need peace and quiet......and old butterflies too.

Could you take just a minute to vote for Christopher Dodd right now? Here's the link:

http://DemocracyforAmerica.com/VoteDodd

-- bamage