Gingrich Bails Out of the Anti-Mosque Demonstration

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Newt Gingrich, always calculating the political angles, has bailed out of the Bigot Brigade’s September 11 demonstration against the Cordoba House project: Mosque protest loses Gingrich.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) will not be addressing a protest of the proposed mosque in lower Manhattan on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

The organizers of the rally, Stop Islamization of America and Freedom Defense Initiative, announced Gingrich as one of the event’s confirmed speakers on the Web last weekend.

On Monday, Gingrich launched himself into the spotlight of the debate on national television with controversial comments that brought a slew of criticism from fellow Republicans.

But a spokesman for Gingrich, a possible 2012 presidential candidate, told The Hill that the former leader of the House had never confirmed his appearance. Instead, one of Gingrich’s staff had agreed to send a video message from him to be shown at the Sept. 11 rally.

That has since been canceled.

Looks like Gingrich realized he was hooking up with outright racists and hate-obsessed lunatics, and decided the time wasn’t really ripe for that yet.

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104 comments

wrenchwench Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:05:44am

He has a lot of back-pedaling to do just to get where he was in 2007.

Another "damage is done" situation.

Obdicut Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:06:20am

Or maybe he realized that video CurioiusLurker found was going to get spread around anyway, and the bigot brigade wouldn't buy his bullshit anyway.

What a travesty that man is. From lying about whether US Presidents have ever met with dictators (they have, numerous times) in order to smear Obama, to pandering to the religious right, to hypocritically going after Clinton while himself having an affair, he is like a portrait of what's wrong with politics today. No integrity, no real ideas, nothing but the desire for power.

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:06:41am

re: #1 wrenchwench

He has a lot of back-pedaling to do just to get where he was in 2007.

Another "damage is done" situation.

Yes.
Color me Un.Impressed.

RogueOne Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:06:50am

Looks like Gingrich realized he was hooking up with outright racists and hate-obsessed lunatics, and decided the time wasn’t really ripe for that yet.

I'm not sure. He compared the mosque builders to nazis, it's kind of hard to walk back a godwin.

Bubblehead II Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:07:20am

Think I'll drop over to the Harpies site and see what names she is calling him.

bbiaw

General Nimrod Bodfish Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:08:11am

If they ever put pictures in dictionaries to better illustrate the meanings of words, Gingrich's would probably fall under several words (hypocrite, opportunist, philanderer, etc).

Cato the Elder Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:08:11am

I guess he saw the excess bigot cooties jumpin' off the Harpy in one of her vids and decided he couldn't afford the exterminator's bills.

Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:08:30am

re: #5 Bubblehead II

Think I'll drop over to the Harpies site and see what names she is calling him.

bbiaw

Geller isn't saying a word about it. She just quietly dropped his name from her list of speakers.

Amory Blaine Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:08:37am

Aww too bad. I like it when Gingrich speaks his bigotted mind in public.

wrenchwench Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:09:33am

re: #2 Obdicut

Or maybe he realized that video CurioiusLurker found was going to get spread around anyway, and the bigot brigade wouldn't buy his bullshit anyway.

What a travesty that man is. From lying about whether US Presidents have ever met with dictators (they have, numerous times) in order to smear Obama, to pandering to the religious right, to hypocritically going after Clinton while himself having an affair, he is like a portrait of what's wrong with politics today. No integrity, no real ideas, nothing but the desire for power.

Between CL's video and the "new" info about Geller, he found himself in an untenable sandwich. And he has only himself to blame.

Obdicut Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:10:12am

re: #10 wrenchwench

Between CL's video and the "new" info about Geller, he found himself in an untenable sandwich. And he has only himself to blame.

Rotating-title worthy.

Idle Drifter Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:10:45am

re: #11 Obdicut

Rotating-title worthy.

Seconded

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:11:15am

Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator.

The federal document, which weighed the economic impact and alternatives to the ban, was sent to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on July 10 by Michael Bromwich.

Salazar issued a moratorium in June, but it was struck down by a federal judge in New Orleans after oil and gas drilling interests said it wasn't justified following the Gulf oil spill.

The Obama administration issued a new moratorium July 12 — two days after the memo — that stressed new evidence of safety concerns. The White House hopes the revised ban will pass muster with the courts.

The moratoriums were put in place following the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion April 20 that killed 11 people. Millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf after the rig sank.

Some energy experts, engineering consultants and Gulf Coast leaders have joined Big Oil to ask Salazar to change his mind. Drilling was safe before the BP spill, they said, and Gulf communities that depend on the industry were suffering unfairly.

Interior Department spokesman Matt Lee-Ashley said the agency has been very clear that the economic impacts of the moratorium would need to be addressed and noted the Obama administration secured an agreement with BP to set up a $100 million fund for affected rig workers.

"In light of the current risks of deepwater drilling as illustrated by the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and the potential impacts of another spill, the moratorium is necessary and appropriate. With that said, the worst-case economic impact estimates from three months ago have not been realized. The reality on the ground suggests that the impacts are less than we initially projected as a potential worst-case scenario," Lee-Ashley said.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:12:32am

re: #9 Amory Blaine

Aww too bad. I like it when Gingrich speaks his bigotted mind in public.

Like Harry Reid, Howard Dean, and Miss USA have recently?

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:13:31am

Hello, all! Another hot one in South Austin. Our new branch Library opened today!
Beautiful building, lots of room, and a *huge* multi-media section. Almost 300 people showed up.

Shiny!

Oh, and Newt is still a tool.

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:15:08am

No reason for him to cancel. He'll fit right in.

Unions = Innovation slash slash Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:15:19am

re: #15 austin_blue

Hello, all! Another hot one in South Austin. Our new branch Library opened today!
Beautiful building, lots of room, and a *huge* multi-media section. Almost 300 people showed up.

Shiny!

Oh, and Newt is still a tool.

Paper books, how quaint.
//

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:16:18am

'Ground Zero' imam on Mideast tour to make Islam 'Americanized'

The imam behind the plan to build a mosque near Ground Zero surfaced yesterday far from the controversy -- in Bahrain, where he's on a taxpayer-funded trip to the Middle East to spread good will.

Appearing in public for the first time in weeks, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, speaking at a mosque near Bahrain's capital of Manama, said he wants to "Americanize" Islam -- but dodged questions about the uproar over his planned mosque and community center.

Rauf spoke against fanaticism, saying, "This issue of extremism is something that has been a national-security issue -- not only for the United States but also for many countries and nations in the Muslim world."

"This is why this particular trip has a great importance because all countries in the Muslim world -- as well as the Western world -- are facing this . . . major security challenge," Rauf told Associated Press Television News in a brief interview.

The cleric also said he was working on a way to "Americanize Islam," but didn't offer any details.

Rauf noted that many different interpretations of the faith have emerged over the last 1,400 years.

"The same principles and rituals were everywhere, but what happened in different regions was there were different interpretations," he said.

"So we recognize that our heritage allows for re-expressing the internal principles of our religion in different cultural times and places."

Some of the imam's American critics said they fear he is using the State Department-sponsored trip to raise money and rally support in the Muslim world for the mosque.

"I think there is no place for this," said the Rev. Franklin Graham, who is the son of evangelist Billy Graham and opposes the Ground Zero mosque.

"Can you imagine if the State Department paid to send me on a trip anywhere? The separation of church and state -- the critics would have been howling."

US officials have said they instructed Rauf not to fund-raise for the mosque during his trip.

Ojoe Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:16:19am

I am sick of this whole thing.

webevintage Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:17:16am

re: #14 NJDhockeyfan

Like Harry Reid, Howard Dean, and Miss USA have recently?

Yes...wait..Miss USA?

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:18:07am

re: #20 webevintage

Yes...wait..Miss USA?

I guess Miss USA is just like Newt Gingrich.

Ojoe Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:19:01am

re: #18 Racer X

The cleric also said he was working on a way to "Americanize Islam," but didn't offer any details.

Bean-ass Howe some things are illegal in the USA, which seem to be part of Islam in some other places, his effort will probably involve an eraser;

Good luck with that sir.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:19:53am

re: #20 webevintage

Yes...wait..Miss USA?

Oh yeah, and she's a muslim!

Miss USA, Rima Fakih of Dearborn, says she doesn't believe a mosque should be built near the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.

In an interview that aired Friday on the syndicated "Inside Edition," Fakih addressed a topic that has been generating lots of headlines and controversy. The interview was taped earlier this week while Fakih and other contestants were rehearsing in Las Vegas for Monday's Miss Universe pageant.

"I totally agree with President Obama regarding freedom of religion," said Fakih, a Muslim who was born in Lebanon. But she went on to say the mosque "shouldn't be built so close to the World Trade Center. We should be more concerned with the tragedy than with religion."

She's going to be in the Miss Universe pageant. Go USA!

Amory Blaine Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:20:15am

re: #14 NJDhockeyfan

Like Harry Reid, Howard Dean, and Miss USA have recently?

Was Harry Reid scheduled to speak at a rally planned by bigots? Fucking douche.

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:20:48am

Liberals and Progressives are totally OK if you express your opinions and be different. Unless your opinions are different than theirs.

Watch.

Nimed Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:20:50am

re: #14 NJDhockeyfan

Like Harry Reid, Howard Dean, and Miss USA have recently?

Yes.

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:20:54am

Another round of lame ass tu quoque.

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:21:18am

re: #13 Racer X

Here's some stuff I posted back in June.

And I don't think the full effects have been felt yet.

And here's today's newspaper article on unemployment numbers just in.

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:21:24am

re: #13 Racer X

Gov't: 23K workers affected by Gulf oil drill ban

A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs, according to a memo from the nation's top drilling regulator.

The federal document, which weighed the economic impact and alternatives to the ban, was sent to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on July 10 by Michael Bromwich.

Salazar issued a moratorium in June, but it was struck down by a federal judge in New Orleans after oil and gas drilling interests said it wasn't justified following the Gulf oil spill.

The Obama administration issued a new moratorium July 12 — two days after the memo — that stressed new evidence of safety concerns. The White House hopes the revised ban will pass muster with the courts.

The moratoriums were put in place following the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion April 20 that killed 11 people. Millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf after the rig sank.

Some energy experts, engineering consultants and Gulf Coast leaders have joined Big Oil to ask Salazar to change his mind. Drilling was safe before the BP spill, they said, and Gulf communities that depend on the industry were suffering unfairly.

Interior Department spokesman Matt Lee-Ashley said the agency has been very clear that the economic impacts of the moratorium would need to be addressed and noted the Obama administration secured an agreement with BP to set up a $100 million fund for affected rig workers.

"In light of the current risks of deepwater drilling as illustrated by the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill and the potential impacts of another spill, the moratorium is necessary and appropriate. With that said, the worst-case economic impact estimates from three months ago have not been realized. The reality on the ground suggests that the impacts are less than we initially projected as a potential worst-case scenario," Lee-Ashley said.

Having formerly worked as a wellhead geologist in the Gulf, I certainly feel their pain. It sucks. And it is not these workers' fault.

If the oil companies had *real* response plans, as opposed to ones that discussed walrus impacts and included "consultants" who have been dead for five years, this wouldn't be happening. So don't blame the Gov't. Apply blame where it belongs.

Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:21:40am

re: #23 NJDhockeyfan

Well, if Miss USA says it, there's obviously no bigotry going on at all.

But seriously - that's all you got?

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:21:43am

re: #24 Amory Blaine

Was Harry Reid scheduled to speak at a rally planned by bigots? Fucking douche.

He doesn't need a rally. He says dumb shit all the time.

Idle Drifter Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:22:16am

When a person or people becomes or is what they have claimed to hate most in life do they feel the sting of irony?

Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:22:18am

re: #27 Gus 802

Another round of lame ass tu quoque.

Never stops.

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:22:48am

re: #28 reine.de.tout

Here's some stuff I posted back in June.

And I don't think the full effects have been felt yet.

And here's today's newspaper article on unemployment numbers just in.

Much more important to the country than a mosque.

Linden Arden Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:22:52am

Speaking of rallies, my curiosity was piqued for Beck's little 8/28 deal. According to his site -

The speakers include representatives from SOWF, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, Dr. Alveda King and Marcus Luttrell. Jo Dee Messina will be performing as well.

Also, he states no signs will be allowed.

I suspect his rally will greatly disappoint Tea Party types due to all his hype and a lack of overt craziness allowed. This grandstanding may be coming to an end.

Does anyone else see a gigantic dud forming?

Ojoe Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:23:12am

re: #29 austin_blue

So don't blame the Gov't. Apply blame where it belongs.

Blame is also due the government for accepting garbage like those "response" plans.

Amory Blaine Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:23:31am

re: #30 Charles

Well, if Miss USA says it, there's obviously no bigotry going on at all.

But seriously - that's all you got?

Clearly Miss USA is of the same caliber as the speaker of the house.

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:23:37am

re: #34 Racer X

Much more important to the country than a mosque.

heh.
Maybe.
For the rest of the country, the oil spill is done, over, old news.

Ojoe Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:24:26am

re: #37 Amory Blaine

Clearly Miss USA is of the same caliber as the speaker of the house.

Actually she's much prettier.

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:24:37am

re: #33 Charles

Never stops.

Yeah. Looks like Harry Reid and a couple others will be the meme we'll hear from now on. Who do they have two or three people? Just like the AGW threads were Al Gore always comes up with regards to Park51 we'll never hear the end of Harry Reid and the false equivalency therein.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:25:37am

re: #39 Ojoe

Actually she's much prettier.

Very much....and botox-free!

Nimed Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:25:42am

re: #27 Gus 802

Another round of lame ass tu quoque.

This one is particularly senseless, since commenters in LGF haven't exactly been defending Reid or Dean.

Ojoe Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:26:49am

re: #18 Racer X

The cleric also said he was working on a way to "Americanize Islam," but didn't offer any details.

He will have to popularize the Koran,

He could call it the

Pop Koran,

That would butter up the skeptics.

rwmofo Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:26:54am

I'd really like to see a debate between Newt and Obama. It'd probably go something like this:

Moderator: Gentlemen, what would you say are your greatest accomplishments? Mr Gingrich?

Newt: I crammed a balanced budget down the throat of the obstreperous Bill Clinton. That was a good day. But things haven't been the same since I left congress.

Moderator: Mr Obama?

Accomplishments? Well...that's not the question. I'm prosing that we get more ham. Then we could have ham and eggs - well, if we could just get some eggs.

Newt: Umm, what?

Heh.

Charles Johnson Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:27:03am

re: #35 Linden Arden

Speaking of rallies, my curiosity was piqued for Beck's little 8/28 deal. According to his site -

Also, he states no signs will be allowed.

No signs! I love that. Gee, I wonder why he'd make such an odd rule?

[Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:27:18am

re: #42 Nimed

This one is particularly senseless, since commenters in LGF haven't exactly been defending Reid or Dean.

I was just thinking that.

Harry Reid was roundly denounced in several threads for taking his stand, based on no more than what appears to be political expediency, rather than any principles he might hold.

With the Dems, there are isolated cases.
With the Reps, it's systemic.

Big difference, IMO.

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:27:57am

re: #38 reine.de.tout

heh.
Maybe.
For the rest of the country, the oil spill is done, over, old news.

I watched the National Geographic special on the spill last night. Those first responders were working their asses off to find survivors and put out the fire. It was really eerie watching the rig sink while it was still burning.

Everything that could have gone wrong did. Lets hope (and put policies in place that will insure) this never happens again. That being said, we still need to drill in the gulf, at least in the short term.

For the president to just shut everything down is a knee-jerk reaction. He has got to take into consideration the big picture.

Killgore Trout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:28:24am

re: #35 Linden Arden

Speaking of rallies, my curiosity was piqued for Beck's little 8/28 deal. According to his site -

Also, he states no signs will be allowed.

I suspect his rally will greatly disappoint Tea Party types due to all his hype and a lack of overt craziness allowed. This grandstanding may be coming to an end.

Does anyone else see a gigantic dud forming?

I suspect it's going to be very low turnout of maybe a few thousand. It's pitiful considering he's been promoting it daily on national tv and radio for the past year.

webevintage Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:28:35am

Jesus.
So everyday now we need to say that Reid and Dean are pandering assholes who are enabling bigots to be as bigoted as they wanna be?
Fine...this is my post for the day.
Add Miss USA too...

(sorry though Gingrich is a douchebag bigot of the highest order, always has been always will be)

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:29:02am

re: #36 Ojoe

Blame is also due the government for accepting garbage like those "response" plans.

Agreed. MMS was WAY too deep in bed with the oil companies. Exxon received approval to drill Macando in March of '08. Still, with everything else that was on his plate, you really can't bark at Obama that much. MMS wasn't on anyone's radar before the blow out. Now it is being torn apart and put back together gain to ensure these conflicts of interest cannot happen again.

Which is is a good thing.

Bubblehead II Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:29:32am

re: #8 Charles

I noticed that. Not one mention of him bailing in the comments either.

Four More Tears Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:30:38am

re: #35 Linden Arden

Speaking of rallies, my curiosity was piqued for Beck's little 8/28 deal. According to his site -

Also, he states no signs will be allowed.

I suspect his rally will greatly disappoint Tea Party types due to all his hype and a lack of overt craziness allowed. This grandstanding may be coming to an end.

Does anyone else see a gigantic dud forming?

I'm appalled at the contempt this man has for his followers' 1st Amendment rights.

I don't know if I'm being snarky or not. It's funny to see someone try to pull that mask back on, though.

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:31:15am

re: #40 Gus 802

Yeah. Looks like Harry Reid and a couple others will be the meme we'll hear from now on. Who do they have two or three people? Just like the AGW threads were Al Gore always comes up with regards to Park51 we'll never hear the end of Harry Reid and the false equivalency therein.

20 percent of Americans say Obama is Muslim. What else do 1 in 5 of us think?

Nearly one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is Muslim, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center -- and that was before he came out in support of the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. What other opinions, habits, surmises, hopes and fears do 20 percent of us share?

Unions = Innovation slash slash Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:32:03am

re: #53 Racer X

20 percent of Americans say Obama is Muslim. What else do 1 in 5 of us think?

Nearly one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is Muslim, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center -- and that was before he came out in support of the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. What other opinions, habits, surmises, hopes and fears do 20 percent of us share?

I heard he shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
//

spikester Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:32:11am

re: #2 Obdicut

Or maybe he realized that video CurioiusLurker found was going to get spread around anyway, and the bigot brigade wouldn't buy his bullshit anyway.

What a travesty that man is. From lying about whether US Presidents have ever met with dictators (they have, numerous times) in order to smear Obama, to pandering to the religious right, to hypocritically going after Clinton while himself having an affair, he is like a portrait of what's wrong with politics today. No integrity, no real ideas, nothing but the desire for power.

can you point me to a link?
noting under US Presidents+mear Obama comes up

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:32:29am

re: #38 reine.de.tout

heh.
Maybe.
For the rest of the country, the oil spill is done, over, old news.

You know what? I am so sick of the same 2 commercials being played day and night every 8 minutes on every channel by BP...The same 2 commercials from the beginning and I'm sick of 900,000 views..
Who at BP thought it was a good idea that to keep America informed by playing the same ad into the effen ground?
You know..I dunno..just an idea..Try an ad every week of the latest news..
Gawd what dumbasses

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:33:18am

re: #47 Racer X

I watched the National Geographic special on the spill last night. Those first responders were working their asses off to find survivors and put out the fire. It was really eerie watching the rig sink while it was still burning.

Everything that could have gone wrong did. Lets hope (and put policies in place that will insure) this never happens again. That being said, we still need to drill in the gulf, at least in the short term.

For the president to just shut everything down is a knee-jerk reaction. He has got to take into consideration the big picture.

Damn!
I keep looking for that to be on, and I miss it every time!

Policies and rules and requirements are in place to ensure this doesn't happen. BP asked for and received exceptions in order to do things that are NOT done. Do a review of existing policies; stand firm and do not grant exceptions; and move on.

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:33:18am

re: #53 Racer X

20 percent of Americans say Obama is Muslim. What else do 1 in 5 of us think?

Nearly one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is Muslim, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center -- and that was before he came out in support of the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. What other opinions, habits, surmises, hopes and fears do 20 percent of us share?

I don't know. Tooth fairies, ghosts, aliens, and Santa Claus?

Idle Drifter Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:33:55am

re: #53 Racer X

20 percent of Americans say Obama is Muslim. What else do 1 in 5 of us think?

Nearly one in five Americans mistakenly believes that President Obama is Muslim, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center -- and that was before he came out in support of the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. What other opinions, habits, surmises, hopes and fears do 20 percent of us share?

It's like the South Park episode about 9/11 conspiracies.

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:34:06am

re: #56 HoosierHoops

You know what? I am so sick of the same 2 commercials being played day and night every 8 minutes on every channel by BP...The same 2 commercials from the beginning and I'm sick of 900,000 views..
Who at BP thought it was a good idea that to keep America informed by playing the same ad into the effen ground?
You know..I dunno..just an idea..Try an ad every week of the latest news..
Gawd what dumbasses

We are not seeing those ads here. We surely aren't.

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:34:58am

re: #57 reine.de.tout

Damn!
I keep looking for that to be on, and I miss it every time!

I Tivo'd it a while back.

spikester Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:35:00am

re: #58 Gus 802

Super Frinds

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:35:07am

re: #58 Gus 802

I don't know. Tooth fairies, ghosts, aliens, and Santa Claus?

Raelian!

Racer X Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:35:51am

re: #58 Gus 802

I don't know. Tooth fairies, ghosts, aliens, and Santa Claus?

The worst one:

. . . admits to peeing in pools, according to a 2009 survey by the Water Quality and Health Council.

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:36:23am

re: #60 reine.de.tout

We are not seeing those ads here. We surely aren't.

Really? How interesting..In our area it is constant.. How about other areas of the country lizards?

Amory Blaine Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:37:48am

re: #58 Gus 802

I don't know. Tooth fairies, ghosts, aliens, and Santa Claus?

re: #56 HoosierHoops

You know what? I am so sick of the same 2 commercials being played day and night every 8 minutes on every channel by BP...The same 2 commercials from the beginning and I'm sick of 900,000 views..
Who at BP thought it was a good idea that to keep America informed by playing the same ad into the effen ground?
You know..I dunno..just an idea..Try an ad every week of the latest news..
Gawd what dumbasses

The only ad I want to see is of them picking up their shit and gtfo.

Seriously, there are oil companies with better records of safety that we could have sticking straws in the ground around here.

Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:38:20am

re: #65 HoosierHoops

Really? How interesting..In our area it is constant.. How about other areas of the country lizards?

We had BP ads on the radio here. All the time. But they have been less frequent lately. bbiam.

jaunte Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:38:41am

re: #65 HoosierHoops

BP is running a pretty heavy ad schedule in Houston. Mostly the one of the gulf coast native BP employee assuring us that he lives there too.

spikester Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:38:48am

re: #66 Amory Blaine

Conoco Phillips
Exxon

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:39:00am

re: #66 Amory Blaine

re: #56 HoosierHoops

The only ad I want to see is of them picking up their shit and gtfo.

Seriously, there are oil companies with better records of safety that we could have sticking straws in the ground around here.

No, they need to clean up their mess before they leave.

Gus Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:40:16am

I have to lie down. BBL

A Man for all Seasons Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:40:28am

re: #68 jaunte

BP is running a pretty heavy ad schedule in Houston. Mostly the one of the gulf coast native BP employee assuring us that he lives there too.

I'm sick of that one....Their promise of TV ads to keep America informed is a joke.. It been the same 2 from the beginning

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:40:58am

re: #60 reine.de.tout

We are not seeing those ads here. We surely aren't.

Hey Reine! Hope you and the Roi are well.

And I am not surprised that BP isn't running those ads in Louisiana and southern Mississippi. You guys, more than anyone, know who screwed the dog at Macando. And I agree with you that the new MMS should ask for updated response plans for all sites that have received permits and review new drilling requests *now*.

The question is, how long will it take for the oil companies to generate real response plans that could pass muster for a similar blowout in deep water?

jaunte Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:42:47am

re: #72 HoosierHoops

Their corporate culture encouraged the cost-cutting that led to the disaster; I think their pr efforts show that culture hasn't changed.

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:43:20am

re: #65 HoosierHoops

Really? How interesting..In our area it is constant.. How about other areas of the country lizards?

Constantly here in Austin, Hoops. And I am in complete agreement with your reaction.

MandyManners Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:48:26am

Maybe Newt has new girlfriend.

reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:49:24am

re: #73 austin_blue

Hey Reine! Hope you and the Roi are well.

And I am not surprised that BP isn't running those ads in Louisiana and southern Mississippi. You guys, more than anyone, know who screwed the dog at Macando. And I agree with you that the new MMS should ask for updated response plans for all sites that have received permits and review new drilling requests *now*.

The question is, how long will it take for the oil companies to generate real response plans that could pass muster for a similar blowout in deep water?

Yeah, I started to add above that one reason they aren't running the ads here is that "We're really not as stupid as BP would like to think we are", but I let it go!

1) Off La coast, there are no permits right now. Well, except BP has a permit. No one else does.
2) Companies have reviewed their response plans and I believe some revisions have been submitted (were awhile back, actually).
3) No plan will really pass muster. Each incident is a situation unto itself. It is impossible, IMO, to predict how any incident will occur or play out.
4) Within a week after the incident, all wells had been inspected by MMS; no major violations were found, a few minor ones were and were "fixed" within shorty order. Then the moratorium was issued.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:49:40am

re: #76 MandyManners

Maybe Newt has new girlfriend.

Is she as good as the old girlfriend?

Bubblehead II Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:52:57am

Well the Harpy may have cleaned up her main blog, but she still has the newt listed as being a speaker over at the sioa site. I also ran across this in the

SIOA Condemns Obama’s Blessing of Ground Zero Mega-Mosque; Bolton, Wilders, Gingrich to Speak At 9/11 Rally post. (Sorry for the direct link, the Google cache page isn't working properly)

"The confirmed list of speakers includes 9/11 family members; former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton; former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; the Dutch Parliamentarian and freedom fighter Geert Wilders; Gary Berntsen, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York; Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, which has filed suit to stop the Ground Zero mega-mosque; Ginny Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife; Michael Grimm, a candidate for Congress from New York’s 13th district and a 9/11 first responder; and journalist Andrew Breitbart."

WTF??????

Cannadian Club Akbar Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:55:04am

re: #79 Bubblehead II

I'm more shocked the article called Breitbart a journalist.

jaunte Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:55:34am

re: #79 Bubblehead II

Wife of Justice Thomas starts group for 'citizen activists'

Romantic Heretic Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:57:29am

Weasel, thy name is Gingrich.

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:02:30pm

re: #77 reine.de.tout

Yeah, I started to add above that one reason they aren't running the ads here is that "We're really not as stupid as BP would like to think we are", but I let it go!

1) Off La coast, there are no permits right now. Well, except BP has a permit. No one else does.
2) Companies have reviewed their response plans and I believe some revisions have been submitted (were awhile back, actually).
3) No plan will really pass muster. Each incident is a situation unto itself. It is impossible, IMO, to predict how any incident will occur or play out.
4) Within a week after the incident, all wells had been inspected by MMS; no major violations were found, a few minor ones were and were "fixed" within shorty order. Then the moratorium was issued.

That's probably true. Unfortunately true. But somehow, "We are just going to wing it." is not real comforting at this point. We *know* another Black Swan can appear at any time. And we can't just "trust these guys to do the right thing". When profit trumps safety, as it obviously did at Macondo, regulatory oversight must be increased.

Bubblehead II Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:02:48pm

re: #81 jaunte

Saw that when I Googled her. The one I found was a WSJ article with a link to her site.

austin_blue Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:03:04pm

re: #82 Romantic Heretic

Weasel, thy name is Gingrich.

Hey! Lay off Ice!

///

Romantic Heretic Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:06:05pm

re: #34 Racer X

Much more important to the country than a mosque.

I disagree.

If Park51 is canceled or moved America is announcing that freedom of religion is no longer one of its cornerstones.

The other freedoms are sure to follow shortly.

That's more important, in my opinion, than the Gulf. But not by much.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:07:05pm

re: #5 Bubblehead II

Think I'll drop over to the Harpies site and see what names she is calling him.

bbiaw

The Guardian just posted a story on Geller.

MandyManners Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:11:31pm

re: #78 NJDhockeyfan

Is she as good as the old girlfriend?

You mean the one who replaced his previous wife?

webevintage Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:13:59pm

re: #76 MandyManners

Maybe Newt has new girlfriend.

Has his wife come down with an chronic and/or terminal illness?

MandyManners Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:14:45pm

re: #89 webevintage

Has his wife come down with an chronic and/or terminal illness?

She turned out to be a Jaguar, too?

Romantic Heretic Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:15:08pm

re: #85 austin_blue

Hey! Lay off Ice!

///

Sorry! *blushes*

webevintage Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:15:52pm

re: #90 MandyManners

She turned out to be a Jaguar, too?

Damn those high maintenance wimmens...Newt just does not have the time to deal with them.

MandyManners Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:17:28pm

re: #92 webevintage

Damn those high maintenance wimmens...Newt just does not have the time to deal with them.

He is a dog.

No, that's mean to dogs. He's a gutless asshole.

Four More Tears Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:18:53pm

re: #89 webevintage

Has his wife come down with an chronic and/or terminal illness?

Newt and Edwards need to start a support group.

Romantic Heretic Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:19:02pm

re: #79 Bubblehead II

the Dutch Parliamentarian and freedom fighter Geert Wilders;

WTF???

WTF indeed.

Man, these wingnuts love their overblown rhetoric.

webevintage Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:19:32pm

re: #94 JasonA

Newt and Edwards need to start a support group.

Douchebags R' Us

MandyManners Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:21:01pm

re: #94 JasonA

Newt and Edwards need to start a support group.

Lying, Cheating, Thieving Bastards Anonymous.

NJDhockeyfan Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:23:57pm

re: #94 JasonA

Newt and Edwards need to start a support group.

Didn't Al Gore just apply for the club?

Four More Tears Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:25:24pm

re: #98 NJDhockeyfan

Didn't Al Gore just apply for the club?

Nah. Tipper's okay last I heard.

100

TedStriker Sat, Aug 21, 2010 12:40:48pm

re: #79 Bubblehead II

Well the Harpy may have cleaned up her main blog, but she still has the newt listed as being a speaker over at the sioa site. I also ran across this in the

SIOA Condemns Obama’s Blessing of Ground Zero Mega-Mosque; Bolton, Wilders, Gingrich to Speak At 9/11 Rally post. (Sorry for the direct link, the Google cache page isn't working properly)

"The confirmed list of speakers includes 9/11 family members; former U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton; former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich; the Dutch Parliamentarian and freedom fighter Geert Wilders; Gary Berntsen, a candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York; Jordan Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice, which has filed suit to stop the Ground Zero mega-mosque; Ginny Thomas, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s wife; Michael Grimm, a candidate for Congress from New York’s 13th district and a 9/11 first responder; and journalist Andrew Breitbart."

WTF???

Wasn't there some issue with a potential conflict-of-interest some while back in regards to Mrs. Thomas' PAC she was/is heading?

101

AntonSirius Sat, Aug 21, 2010 1:15:12pm

re: #54 rwdflynavy

I heard he shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die.
//

He was just pandering for an NRA endorsement.

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reine.de.tout Sat, Aug 21, 2010 2:35:10pm

re: #83 austin_blue

That's probably true. Unfortunately true. But somehow, "We are just going to wing it." is not real comforting at this point. We *know* another Black Swan can appear at any time. And we can't just "trust these guys to do the right thing". When profit trumps safety, as it obviously did at Macondo, regulatory oversight must be increased.

Absolutely agree with you.
Just pointing out those plans will always be of limited usefulness.

103

jea62 Sat, Aug 21, 2010 4:59:35pm

Denying the 1st amendment rights of others while insisting on their own. And all the while trumpeting how we need to get back to the Constitution. What jackasses.

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nines09 Sun, Aug 22, 2010 10:49:13am

"Looks like Gingrich realized he was hooking up with outright racists and hate-obsessed lunatics, and decided the time wasn’t really ripe for that yet."
If it would further his chance at power I have no doubt he would be standing with them.

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