Well, for one thing, I've got the world at my finger tips, Glenn.

Of a truth, even novice politicians like Sarah Palin no longer have to rely on the boughtandpaidfor mass-media Filter --all the news thats fit to print -- and can talk directly to real Americans, like me. wink.

I suspect there is a direct corrolation between the ever-increasing use of the internet by real americans and the fall of the GOP electoral tactics.

http:www.com,

bah.

>"Putin-apologist sentiments are found in "many quarters of the American left -- from Greenwald to Noam Chomsky to Alexander Cockburn and Katrina vanden Heuvel in The Nation (not to mention numerous commenters at sites like Salon.com and The Huffington Post)""

I ain't no Putin apologist*.

OTOH, I am sure as hell no U.S. govt./msm Iraq war-promoter apologist either. I believe the context of Glenn-zilla's comments were in this vain - you would be wise to take everything they (i.e. U.S. govt. assertions./mass media) say about conflict and war (any where in the world) with many grains of salt. Check the record.

da,

bah.

*Cocktailhag. i don't care if Putin has Ivory-handled/diamond- studded colt forty-fives ... he can't love u like i can. ")

Sultan Barack! ... i like it.

Ah, the mystic strains of Arabic love poetry.

Midnight at the oasis (send your camel to bed)...

Sultan bah.

Glenn. Yes We Can!

I predict ya'll won't believe how good it can get. Victory can be hard to handle, sometimes ... and, yet, some people accuse me of being a dreamer and overly optimistic?

My Poll Numbers:

~100%, electoral and popular vote, for the Sheik of Chicago! (+/-3%) *note: If you detect a flaw in my mathmatical model, I shall try to be more practical and prudent with my polling in the future.

***

Well, my fine feathered friends, it's been a long hard slog. Likewise, "...How confident were the assertions made in the days preceding the unification of the states of the North American continent regarding the insuperable barriers that stood in the way of their ultimate federation! Was it not widely and emphatically declared that the conflicting interests, the mutual distrust, the differences of government and habit that divided the states were such as no force, whether spiritual or temporal, could ever hope to harmonize or control? ...

Who knows that for so exalted a conception to take shape ... We have but to turn our gaze to humanity's blood-stained history to realize that nothing short of intense mental as well as physical agony has been able to precipitate those epoch-making changes that constitute the greatest landmarks in the history of human civilization."

peace,

bah.

So, your the one who read my book, Glenn. The Iraq War and Impeachment of Bill Clinton. Oh, the stories I could tell about the converstations i've had about the Iraq War and Bill's blow job. But it's hard to put it nicely. (*see my follow-up: Bush and Cheney's four-peckered billy goats; can't fuck you one way, they will fuck you another.)

I read ms. Dowd this morning (in&out, @nyt) and thought exactly the same thing Glenn: she's equating Clinton's picidillos with Bush/Cheney's blood-thirsty war crimes!

And it's not like Maureen is tongue-tied, neither. Indeed, every time I read ms. Dowd (my local paper usually provides) I feel like i've been french kissed ~ when I wasn't looking. (*i think i could cure her of that, given half a chance.)

Please keep me informed/up-to-date about the ... Transition, Glenn.

bah.

ps. Regardless of the ultimate make-up of President Obama's cabinet/staff, I've always thought Barack would argue with a possum at the drop of a hat. Of course, I like that.

(*ooogle; ken.tuck.y and Kenya if you don't believe me.)

Intent and Purpose. How many times has cousin Barack stated his intent is to change America ... and the world? Clearly, Barack's intent to change [the woes and tribulations which most threaten American and the world today] implies changing the underlying out-dated anachronistic conception of absolute national sovereignty. AKA, The Unitary Executive Authority.

Notwithstanding the urgency of the almost certain U.S. Supreme Court appointments (*i didn't know Justice John P. Stevens is 88 ... he should get a medal for hanging in there so long.) during the next four years, the Big Three as Glenn puts it, it is the clarion call for world unity, as demonstrated by the recent immense out-pouring of good-will around the world, that will immediately command President Obama's attention.

Nor, at this point (@mooser), am I overly concerned with those whom he dines to surround himself with during these troubled times. It's not like he's a Prince of some sixtenth century northern Italian city-state./

bah.

~bop o. You Know Who may be a rabbi? D. Mooser (... but i think he only converted for the jokes.) Hoever, he is a bit eccentric - rides a BMW touring bike on sabatical. fair warning.

cocktailbeauty will be unavailable for comments until well-past brunch time. ...at such time she will get my whole undivided attention.

over,

bah.

Good thing cocktailhag still has me tongue-tied and twisted or I'd show him. As it is... all I have to defend myself is snark and cynicism. I feel naked, T!

Many moons ago I learned, the hard way, passion and substance are not mutually exclusive, Glenn, during my stay at the Naval brig in Charlston S.C. Fortunately, my stay was brief there (they kicked me out on the grounds *I* was distraction for the guards!), but just long enough to gather a stake($) playing poker with the dang jar-heads (i.e. marines).

So, while it's true I have no formal legal training, Glenn, as you can see I do have considerable practical experience. Which I figure gives me a leg up on Kerr, Yoo, Addington, Gonzo, Mukasey and Cheney's bush.

Enough to know, legally, Prof. Kerr's response is a bad joke.

bah.