Thank you Nancy Pelosi for lending credibility to the virulently anti-Semitic Bashar Assad.

/sarcasm

Pelosi is to stupid to know how stupid she looks.

But, but, she's the first woman Speaker of the House!

I know, I'm not particularly impressed either.

Good on WaPo. I'm shocked.

Where's the flying piggie?

Dear Nancy Pelosi,

You look so "at home" wearing a symbol of Muslim oppression of women. Have you been measured for a burqa?

Sincerely,

ibrodsky

WTH is going on at the WaPo? Are they trying to reverse their slide into oblivion?

Pelosi is violating the Logan Act.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Everything about her visit was despicable, crass, self-serving, harmful to freedom-loving people everywhere, idiotic, ...

I could go on for a long time...

this is bad; every sci-fi fan knows that Botox increases the power of any shadow.

Don't fret. It's the season of talking to terrorist-supporting, totalitarian thugs.

#6 ibrodsky

I'd rather she were tied up in a burlap bag.

/a towsack

6 ibrodsky

The hag in a bag?

#9 Don't stop on our account.

Good for WaPo for rising above partisan politics. Up, up and away!

#8 Ojoe

I think so too, but she won't be prosecuted. No jury in D.C. or SF would convict her, anyway.

In other news:

NEW HAVEN, April 4 — The three Yale students were on their way back to campus about 3 a.m. Tuesday after visiting a friend. Along the way, they spotted an American flag hanging from a front porch and, according to the police, went up to it with a lighter. Within minutes, the flag was in flames, and the students were under arrest.

Two of the students, Nikolaos Angelopoulos and Farhad Anklesaria, are 19. According to the authorities, Mr. Angelopoulos is a citizen of Greece, and Mr. Anklesaria is British. The third student, Hyder Akbar, 23, was raised in Afghanistan but is a United States citizen. He is an acquaintance of Rahmatullah Hashemi, the former Taliban spokesman who made headlines when he enrolled at Yale. In an article in The New York Times Magazine last year about Mr. Hashemi’s adjustment to life at Yale, Mr. Hashemi described Mr. Akbar as a friend.

and the NY Times headline: Prank or Statement? Flag-Burning Near Yale Has Campus Abuzz, and Puzzled

NY Times

Don't worry, as being Liberal is never having to say you are wrong, I can see her taking credit for every positive development in the Eastern hemisphere for the next 12 months.

Koskidz praise Pelosi's Sheehan directed foriegn policy...
Let’s Give Up A Moment For Nancy Pelosi

What I would like you notice is her body language that is captured so well here. It expresses a genuine empathy and shared understanding and warmth with Cindy Sheehan. It was there over the last few days in her meetings in the Middle East.
...
Welcome back to the international community, United States. In Nancy Pelosi’s simple trip abroad is the first stirrings that we can get back the country and its people with whom we Europeans feel so connected. You give us hope.

I love the pic of Pelosi and Sheehan. It puts the whole thing in perspective.

#9 Northpaw

Yeah, keep going, you're on a roll.

...if only Nancy could have had a face-to-face with Mr. Hitler.

/Buy Nancy's new book, "The Ten Secrets to Negotiating with Mass Murderers."

Logan Act
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The Logan Act is a United States federal law that forbids unauthorized citizens from negotiating with foreign governments. It was passed in 1799 and last amended in 1994.[1]

Passed under the administration of President John Adams during tension between the U.S. and France, it was named for Dr. George Logan of Pennsylvania, who engaged in semi-negotiations with France during the Quasi-War.

[edit] Text of the law

§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.

18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).

the Post said this?

Flying pig moment...

When Carter endorses your choices you should know that you are n the wrong side of history.

The problem is that the Democrats think she is president, and no Republican has the nerve to tell her that she's not.

Crossing over the separation of powers.
Violating the law regarding private diplomacy.
Aiding a terrorist sponsoring nation.

Maybe it is time to impeach Pelosi. Or at least vote her out as Speaker of the House.

Ms. Pelosi sets a very low bar. The next woman to have the Speaker position can only improve.

OTOH, aren't democrats really embarassed by her?

For once, the Washington Post has called it right on the money. Pelosi's message to the Syrians, and to the world, is that they now have an alternative source of foreign policy to work with -- or better still, a preview of what they can expect if they just start funneling oil money into the Democratic Party coffers and wait another eighteen months.

In my more paranoid moments, I've wondered if the whole business with the British sailors might have been a mise-en-scene engineered from the start not so much to make Blair look stupid as to help make Pelosi look like a heroine to the fatheaded voters back home.

Foolish is a good start, WaPo... It'd be satisfying to see them float the term 'illegal' around, see what kind of outrage that generates.

What's next, renegotiating SALT? The Louisiana Purchase? Please don't give Texas back to Mexico, Blinky....

Logan Act:

§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments.
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply himself, or his agent, to any foreign government, or the agents thereof, for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.
18 U.S.C. § 953 (2004).

Let's enforce the Law shall we? Pelosi should have stripped sunlight for three years.

Counterproductive? Foolish? Treason!

... but at least, this is the first time in days I've been able to LGF early in the AM!

OT:

The Brits prove appeasement is the best policy. Don Hijab, admit you were the aggressor, shake hands with Iranian pirates, say you are sorry, play your assigned TV roles, smile and wave for the camera, and accept "gifts."

And most important: Tell the world how glad you are you didn't listen to the neocons in Washington.

/Surrender

# 17 Van Impe

If I was writing the headline I'd change it slightly. Instead of, "Prank or Statement? Flag-Burning Near Yale Has Campus Abuzz, and Puzzled"

I'd make it "Terrorist Incident or Plain Arson? Flag-Burning near Yale Has DA concerned."

Since she won't be prosecuted, maybe she could just trip and fall down the stairs as she's coming out of the airplane. Not that I want her to get seriously injured (I don't), just look funny on the news.

She is an embarrassment to this nation and should resign. As should the entire entourage who went with her. All of them. My anger at this knows no bounds.

A quote from a commenter on hotair:

Here is Pelosi’s number for her SF office. (415) 556-4862. You can discuss it with the gal that answered the phone. She was nice enough, but completely deluded. She ACTUALLY said that if the President wont speak to Assad, then Pelosi must!

Pelosi does in fact think she is President.

This dovetails nicely with Kerry's slobbering on Khameini. When enemies of the United States need the cover of legitimacy and political muscle, they know where to turn. Notice the jihadis got the two people who appear to be right next to the presidency if we were a parlilamentary system: Kerry and Pelosi.

#24 mbruce

When Carter endorses your choices you should know that you are n the wrong side of history.

AMEN brother (or sister!)

#30 jcm

Pelosi and Shehag, sharing a cell (more likely a room, at Club Fed).

#27

OTOH, aren't democrats really embarassed by her?

They haven't been embarassed by Kennedy, Durbin, Kerry, both Clintons, Schumer, Lee-Jackson, Waters, McKinney, Boxer, Cantwell et al.

Why should they start now?

The world now knows, if you can't go to daddy, you can go to mommy. If Bush or congress say no to something, the democrats are always eager to appease. Is it inflammatory to call the democrats the "enemy within?" If so, I don't want to say it.

I was surprised when I saw the WAPO comment. As the Democrats get settled in and do more and more to hurt the President they will come under more and more criticism. If they over reach (as it seems that they are doing) they may blow the 2008 elections.

Just now they are taking their lead from two year old, foot stomping, temper tantrum throwing, feeling-not-thinking little children. If they do not grow up, they will lose.

Sadly they have the ability to damage the Country in the meanwhile.

+Photi

#38 Ward Cleaver

Who's on the top bunk?;-)

#40 Golem Akbar

They are the enemy within. There, I said it.

The junket of pure political bufoonery flies on.

The dipshits are in SA now.

What this farce indicates is that as idiotic as Bush's execution and management of the 'War on Explosives' has been, his idiocy pales before the truly monumental stooopidity of Pelosi and her bunch.

The president as the chief diplomat, anyone? Anyone heard of that?

Kilgore Trout

Must poke eyes out with fork!

The delusional rantings are bad enough. I was not prepared for the picture.

Blinky McBotox and Sindy Sheehag together at one time ...
AAAAAAAAARGH ( jumps out window)

#8 Ojoe, #22 haakondahl, #30 jcm

To my knowledge, the Logan Act has never been enforced in the 200 years it has been on the books. Don't waste any breath over it.

OK, by popular demand:

Nanny the Scarecrow's trip to Syria was imbecilic, moonbat-inspired, boot-licking, blindingly stupid, vomit-inducing, dhimmi-engendering, mysoginist nut-hugging, sucking up to murdering dictators, against constitutional law, traitorous, wrong on every level, ellicits praise from all the wrong people, Orwellian, creepy, and hopefully will lead a few left-wingers who are actually patriotic to see her in the proper light as a lunatic lefty who only cares about her personal power.

#46 punchy100

The president as the chief diplomat, anyone? Anyone heard of that?

Unless he's GOP, then the Democrats feel it is their sworn duty to usurp foreign policy.

I just got an email from my sister about her new son-inlaw and the Spring offensive the Taliban promised. Without getting into any of those details, maybe the highest paid baglady from San Fran could go there and do some negotiating, too.

After reading about what they are up against, it makes me furious to think how badly she is undermining them and us. She needs to fall on her sword and leave office.

Wow. A shocker from the WashPo. So good I had to read it twice.

But here's the part that bugs me. Pelosi goes to Syria and the White House (rightly) calls foul.

Pelosi goes to Saudi Arabia .......silence.

If Syria is a tin-horn dictatorship, what are the Saudis?

I really hope the next Republican administration understands that this adminstration's double-standard regarding the Saudis has been a real credibility drag.

Pathetic Pelosi

Now the dumb bitch is in the land of the oil ticks. I really wish she'd stay there.

Is it just me or are Nancys EYES looking more an more like Cindy Sheehans ?

I'll verify that if she starts screaching her talking points when shes back in DC

#48 Spiny Norman

'bout time to start.

#49 That's much better.

#47 Endangered in MASS
What;s even better is that diary is climbing the rec list. Koskidz could not be more proud of it.

The Republicans have no balls, otherwise she'd be in chains upon arrival.

Damn, you can't get two comments into the WaPo without accusations the Israeli Jews set Grandma Nancy up to look the fool. Not that she needs to be set up to look foolish because the botox is effective enough but...

Then you've got some self-loathing Jew a few comments later telling Mary Lou Harper or something like that to not refer to Israel as the Jews but to Israel because Jews don't agree with Israeli policies either.

I don't know what's lower in my book. Nancy Pelosi, Henry "Nares" Waxman, Mary Lou, or some Jew living in the U.S. that hates Israel. All of them suck the donkey...

What an uspide down world we live in. The U.K. has now decided to stop teaching the holocaust to its students for fear of offending those followers of the religion of peace. [Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

She's getting a lot of mileage out of that lime green pantsuit...
Yahoo pic

US House speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Saudi Shura Council Chairman Saleh bin Abdullah bin Hamid (R) and Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel al-Jubair (L) in Riyadh. Pelosi visited the all-male advisory council after discussing Iraq with Saudi King Abdullah on the last leg of a controversial Middle East trip

Heh.

It should be noted that dear Michael Savage, alone on the right, was in full support of Pelosi's actions.

Savage is an egomaniacal boob and a caricature of conservatism. Here in Northern Nevada, he wastes three hours of radio time every evening when any one of a dozen more deserving conservative hosts would be a far better choice.

Sometimes I wonder if closet liberal station programmers don't purposely keep him on the air for libs to ridicule, thus offsetting the damaging effects of Rush, Hannity, et al.

The most important sentences in this entire essay are nearly at the bottom. I wish that you had highlighted them Charles. Let me do that:

The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president. Two weeks ago Ms. Pelosi rammed legislation through the House of Representatives that would strip Mr. Bush of his authority as commander in chief to manage troop movements in Iraq. Now she is attempting to introduce a new Middle East policy that directly conflicts with that of the president. We have found much to criticize in Mr. Bush's military strategy and regional diplomacy. But Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.

Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is NOT simply counterproductive or foolish - it is TREASON. It is a deliberate attempt by Ms. Pelosi and her supporters to assume for themselves powers given solely to the President of the United States by the Constitution of the United States.

Ms. Pelosi - indeed the entire Congress of the United States - has NO authority to strip the President of his Constitutionally defined role as Commander in Chief, unless they would care to initiate a Constitutional Amendment.

The Constitution of the United States of America dictates that the President alone has the authority to conduct diplomacy on behalf of the United States of America. The only role allowed to Congress or any member of Congress is to either reject or approve any treaty the President may choose to make.

Ms. Pelosi's actions are not simply foolish. Her actions are an attempted coup, an attempted takeover of the legitimate government and authority of the United States of America.

Ms. Pelosi should be immediately discharged from office and prosecuted for both treason and violation of the Logan Act.

Did you check out the comments there. To sum it up....Israel is lying to make Pelosi look bad....Frankly Pelosi doesn't need "anything" to make her look bad, it just comes natural to her.

I don't know if this has been posted yet, as nothing gets past the Lizard Master and Lizards at LGF, but, here goes,

Pelosi Delivered Wrong Message to Assad, Israel Says
By Julie Stahl
CNSNews.com Jerusalem Bureau Chief
April 05, 2007

(1st Add: Includes comments from Israeli and Syrian officials.)

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the wrong message to Syrian President Bashar Assad from Israel, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said on Wednesday evening.

[Link: www.cnsnews.com...]

Perhaps Continuum would like to point out, once again, how Nancy was voted for by her constituency and, by interpolation, she is now Queen of the world and can do anything she darn well pleases.

How horrible that people who only own Dell computers and were elected to nothing should voice an opinion. Guess that Continuum forgets that the Congress works for US> We pay their salary, we have the power to get rid of them. And as Speaker of the House, she should be representing ALL Americans, not just the inflated scrotum, boobs down to your knees feminists, the communists, nihilists, and people with body oder who come from her districts.

She is a representative of all of us. And I defend my right to say that she is representing me poorly, if not at all.

Seems that the WAPO tends to agree...

There is a break in the continuum......

#19 Kilgore- Went to the Kos kids link, the diary "celebrating Nancy Pelosi" I found this comment directed at Mitt Romney and had to laugh:

"a person of no consequence trying to gain stature by pretending to be on the same stage"

Hello Kettle, This is Pot. You're black.

Part of a comment i mentioned above:

In all likelihood, the jews lied to Pelosi. Jew duplicity is the real problem and has been forever, not Speaker Pelosi. Her real mistake was believing the jews.

It is the Joooooos fault...ye right.

Nancy probably misunderstood Olmert as asking for peace when in reality he was asking for a piece.

Could help to explain a lot of things.

FWIW, the nutroots consider the WaPo a "reich-wing" neocon rag, and a BushCo mouthpiece... which goes for ALL of the "corporate" Mainstream Media.

So when is Pelosi brought up on charges of violating the Logan Act? Inquiring minds want to know.

If you’re a Democrat, you know you’ve made a mistake when the Washington Post won’t cover for you.

Flying pig moment yesterday when the local CBS owned AM station's afternoon guy.....Democrat of course.....featured the Pelosi issue on his show. He said she was wrong and I was impressed. He actually was able to explain what is wrong when someone in congress takes it upon themselves to do something like this.

when Jimmy the dhimmie thinks it's a great idea, that speaks volumes.

OT

Israel’s Protests Are Said to Stall Gulf Arms Sale
By DAVID S. CLOUD and HELENE COOPER

[Link: www.nytimes.com...]

WASHINGTON, April 4 — A major arms-sale package that the Bush administration is planning to offer Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to deter Iran has been delayed because of objections from Israel, which says that the advanced weaponry would erode its military advantage over its regional rivals, according to senior United States officials.

~~~~~~~~

Screw Bush. Screw Pelosi. Screw them all! A bunch of retards.

#18 FredWM
Don't worry, as being Liberal is never having to say you are wrong, I can see her taking credit for every positive development in the Eastern hemisphere for the next 12 months.
___________________________________________
Now that's really a disgusting statement.
Not that I'm saying you're wrong. In fact it wouldn't be so disgusting if I thought you were. Alas, I fear you're quite right.

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

62 kilgore trout
Same suit, same Hermes scarf at the ready. Now there's this.

#70 Yes it could explain things. That was good!

Well I just e-mailed the Whitehouse concerning my view on Nancy Pelosies Middle Eastern sojourn. I do believe this act has all the earmarks needed to prosecute her under the Logan Act!
the address is : comments@whitehouse.gov just in case it isn't in your address book by now.

It is about time that the laws of this Country of ours are enforced !.

The really important question is how does John Q. Public view all this. That will be answered at the next election.

I'm sure that the powers that be in the leftist Democrat party has contacted the WAPO, and informed them(WAPO) of their severe deviation away from the leftist agenda, and I'm sure that the WAPO will soon offer some type of redaction.

The leftist Democrat party motto:

"Let no Truth ever see the light of day, and we will insure our certain victory of power, at any expense."

#64 galloping granny

The really striking development here is the attempt by a Democratic congressional leader to substitute her own foreign policy for that of a sitting Republican president.

I have no idea why the Post should be at all surprised by the Democrats' behavior: they did the exact same thing 20-odd years ago during Reagan Administration . . . and I do not recall the Post editors objecting at the time.

Whee! Look at me, I'm important!

#81 unreconstructed rebel

The really important question is how does John Q. Public view all this. That will be answered at the next election.

I think the Post may be seeing some negative reaction from the public and is warning Nancy and her "shadow government" to be a bit more discreet.

#76 Gringo

I can see her taking credit for every positive development in the Eastern hemisphere for the next 12 months.

She'll probably even try to take credit for the 7 year peace deal which is forthcoming.

*discrete*

Rush has been talking about a shadow government since April 24, 2006. (Article available to members only). He talks about the leaks from former Clinton appointments and how the left will do anything to assert what should be "their right to power" (and this was before they were the majority).

Now that they are the majority, they truly believe that the people have spoken and that they are supposed to represent all branches of government.

#84 NoSubmission

Whee! Look at me, I'm important!

#78 Nosubmission

Do I detect a "strained" smile on her face?

My, my poor Pelosi had to put her hand on her chest to keep from grabbing his hand to shake it. Betcha she tries to shake hands before her visit is over. Clueless do things like that...just sayin..

Nancy Pelosi, the HORep's resident Valley Girl....

Pelosi needs to get a copy of the Constitution and a dictionary. Maybe she can get someone to read her the Constitution and use the dictionary look up the the big words and the meaning of the term "coup d'etat". There is no provision for a shadow government in our Constitution but there is a section that indicates that her recent attempts to seize executive powers is along the lines of an attempted coup.

#88 Stormy

This right to rule is the same shit we put up with for 13 years in Canada and are still told by our media daily.

Too bad the Liberals are in shambles and the conservatives are looking like they are going to get a majority next election.

I wish you Americans luck

If Pelosi gets home and nothing happens as a result of this, what will she do next?

Has anyone seen the pic of her in black bag anywhere on TV? or in any other MMM?

I know Pelosi and the Democrats are utterly shameless, but do you think the WaPo editorial and the fairly sizable backlash are enough to make them back off their treasonable terrorist appeasement program? Nah, me either.

Nancy Pelosi didn't just stab the US in the back, she also did it to Israel.

The [Israeli} Prime Minister's Office issued a rare "clarification" Wednesday that, in gentle diplomatic terms, contradicted US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's statement in Damascus that she had brought a message from Israel about a willingness to engage in peace talks.

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

Koskidz, Pelosi, and Suadis agree, Irsael must be destroyed....
Speaker Pelosi in Saudi Arabian...she's not done yet! UPDATED

Will Speaker Pelosi be able to do with diplomacy, what Bush has not been able to do with the largest most powerful military in the world?
...

A Saudi official told The Associated Press earlier yesterday that Israel must accept the terms of the peace initiative before Saudi Arabia would come to the table. The initiative stipulates that in exchange for full recognition as a Middle East neighbor, Israel must roll back to pre-1967 boundaries and allow a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes in Israel is a major sticking point, and Israel wants recognition of its right to exist as a precursor to any negotiations. Syria wants the return of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

Thinking outside the box is what is need.

Fools.

Sure are some rabid antisemites commenting at the WaP -- and they are not at all received badly by the other guests. Not as though leftist antisemitism is an oddity.

Heh. It's interesting that few other papers that love to criticize the administration when it takes actions they perceive as being unconstitutional but are comfortably silent when Pelosi blatantly and clearly violates constitutional principles by engaging in foreign policy. Where is the NYT? Silent.

It figures of course.

You know what's a really scary thought? If Bush and Cheney are somehow incapacitated, she is third in line to the presidency. Keep that in mind when you see pictures of her in her ugly hijab.

I do give Nancy credit for not covering up in the presence of the oil ticks.

Nevertheless, she's still a vain, narcissistic old fool who is hopelessly out of her league on the world stage.

Perhaps the Saudis can invite Pelosi to observe the beheading of some "apostate" Bible-owner. It would be a great photo op to show how multiculturally groovy she is! There may be one problem, though; what if blood spatters on that stylish Hermes scarf?

94 kateca

Has anyone seen the pic of her in black bag anywhere on TV? or in any other MMM?

Nope. But you did see it here.

#67 yesandno

Perhaps Continuum would like to point out, once again, how Nancy was voted for by her constituency

I travel every day to work in Nancy's constituency. I'm surprised they have enough sense not to play in traffic.

Did anyone honestly believe that the Democrats were, or are cabable of doing anything effectively, other than push a lunatic leftist agenda, which will never transpire?

The leftist Democrat majority is going to be nothing more than scenerios like this insanity by Pelosi, right up until the 2008 elections, with literally everything that they do, or try to do.

The leftist Democrats actions have proven, that they can't be trusted, really, with anything in government.

National security?

Military?

Economy?

Mangement?

Business?

The leftist Democrats have always proven, and will always prove, by their actions, that they are incapable of serving the American public at the level of government.

This will play out well for the Republicans leading up to 2008.

#101 Dirk Diggler

Nevertheless, she's still a vain, narcissistic old fool who is hopelessly out of her league on the world stage.

Nancy Pelosi would be out of her league on a village board.

Rush just stated that "the Democrats are setting themselves up for a landslide defeat, mark my word".

I'll take it.

#97 Killgore Trout

The kos kidz need to be put in a box.

/like a tiger cage

#85 Spiny Norman
#92 gymnast

In the near meantime we can only speculate whether George has what it takes to issue an arrest warrent.

Odds, anyone?

#105 republic

This will play out well for the Republicans leading up to 2008.

Which is why the WaPo is telling them to cool it. They may be partisan Democrats, but they're not so blind they can't see a backlash coming...

#104 Carolina Girl

I travel every day to work in Nancy's constituency. I'm surprised they have enough sense not to play in traffic.

They don't.

8 Ojoe

well done ! and well said

I triple dog dare you to make a citizens arrest when she is within reach

I'd like to see her jailed for this.
I don't live near SF anymore but would love the opportunity to put the pinch on her.

In case anyone wants to know who's reading the Washington post, check out the unbelieveably vile *comments* to the Washington Post article.

Comment #2:

In all likelihood, the jews lied to Pelosi. Jew duplicity is the real problem and has been forever, not Speaker Pelosi. Her real mistake was believing the jews. As for supplanting Rice, I have seen no evidence of shopping sprees on the part of Pelosi. As Secretary of State, Rice has been a lame duck all the way. Her only accomplishment has been to maybe convince Olmert and Abu Masen that they need to do lunch periodically. Rice being Rice, she surely would have recommended an excellent Parisian bistro. Pelosi should continue with any ME initiative she chooses because she will be successful while Bush and co. whittle away the remainder of this administration.

By MaryLouHarper

#109 unreconstructed rebel

Odds, anyone?

Zero.

While she was in Damascus, Bush should have appointed her ambassador to Syria. Then she would have to drop out of the House. Ha ha!

#96 indythinker

Nancy Pelosi didn't just stab the US in the back, she also did it to Israel.

...and to Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait and any other Western leaning state or Arab reformist & democrat in the region. She enhanced Syria's prestige and diminished all the others.

#114 Spiney Norman

Then we must leave it to the voter.

/Now, if I can just hang on that long

#108 Ward Cleaver

The kos kidz need to be put in a box.

/like a tiger cage

Thats not the box I had in mind for them...

The Washington Post, although a liberal newspaper, is far more responsible than The New York Times.

#110 Spiny Norman

Which is why the WaPo is telling them to cool it. They may be partisan Democrats, but they're not so blind they can't see a backlash coming...

The leftists are too consumed with hatred of President Bush to be able to cool it.

They're like the major migration of lemmings going over the cliffs, their instincts won't allow them to stop.

There is no stopping the train wreck, which is the leftist Democrat party, until 2008, 2010, 2012, etc..

I bet pelosi was hot in 1919. I prefer she weir a full veil to cover that map of route 66 on her face.

Look, I'll say it again, the democrats A-R-E the terrorists.

They bend over backwards to defend terrorists and terrorist acts, they call them "Freedom Fighters", they demand kid glove treatment of any terrorist in custody. Why can't the country see this.

Clinton & Albright gave nukes to N. Korea and still consider the anti-nuke treaty that N. Korea signed, then ignored, in their nuke quest a "Success"...because to them is WAS a success. The successful transfer of nuke technology to N. Korea...that was the Clinton/Albright goal. They had great success.

Nancy put that scarf on her head to show that she is "one of them".

For anyone who wondered about the information for W's environmentally friendly house...

...An April 2001 article in USA Today described the president's 4,000-square-foot single-story limestone house in Crawford as an "eco-friendly haven."

"Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into purifying tanks underground - one tank for water from showers and bathroom sinks, which is so-called 'gray water,' and one tank for 'black water' from the kitchen sink and toilets," it said. "The purified water is funneled to the cistern with the rainwater."

In addition, "the Bushes installed a geothermal heating and cooling system, which uses about 25 percent of the electricity that traditional heating and air-conditioning systems consume."...

Bush's House More Eco-Friendly Than Gore's

Also in Investor's Business Daily...
Carbon Offsets: Al Gore's Big Easy

...Environmentalism: Gore's carbon footprint may be the size of Godzilla's, but he eases his conscience with 'carbon offsets.' He buys them from himself. And every time someone else buys them, Big Al gets richer.

Whoda thunk it? Former oilman George Bush, scourge of the environment, lives in a house more eco-friendly than Al Gore, a dwelling that would make Hollywood eco-activist Ed Begley, star of HGTV's 'Living With Ed,' drool.

When Dubya spends time at his Crawford ranch, he's in a single-story, 4,000-square-foot limestone house that a 2001 article in USA Today described as an 'eco-friendly haven.' Even David Roberts, staff writer for the online environmental magazine Grist has called the energy efficiency of the president's home as 'fantastic.'

As USA Today described it: 'Wastewater from showers, sinks and toilets goes into purifying tanks underground — one tank for water from showers and bathroom sinks, which is called 'gray water,' and one tank for 'black water' from the kitchen and toilets.' The purified water is funneled to the cistern with the rainwater.

In addition, 'the Bushes installed a geothermal heating and cooling system, which uses about 25% of the electricity that traditional heating and cooling systems use.'...

From WorldNetDaily:

Terrorists endorse Pelosi's 'good policy of dialogue'
Militants call House speaker's visit 'brave' and hope for talks with Iran...One terror leader, Khaled Al-Batch, a militant and spokesman for Islamic Jihad, expressed hope Pelosi would continue winning elections, explaining the House speaker's Damascus visit demonstrated she understands the Middle East..."Nancy Pelosi understands the area (Middle East) well, more than Bush and Dr. (Condoleeza) Rice," said Al-Batch, speaking to WND from Gaza. "If the Democrats want to make negotiations with Syria, Hamas, and Hezbollah, this means the Democratic Party understands well what happens in this area and I think Pelosi will succeed. ... I hope she wins the next elections."

Read the whole thing.

#97 Killgore Trout 4/05/2007 9:10:55 am PDT

Koskidz, Pelosi, and Suadis agree, Irsael must be destroyed....
Speaker Pelosi in Saudi Arabian...she's not done yet! UPDATED

Will Speaker Pelosi be able to do with diplomacy, what Bush has not been able to do with the largest most powerful military in the world?
...

A Saudi official told The Associated Press earlier yesterday that Israel must accept the terms of the peace initiative before Saudi Arabia would come to the table. The initiative stipulates that in exchange for full recognition as a Middle East neighbor, Israel must roll back to pre-1967 boundaries and allow a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Palestinian refugees’ right to return to their homes in Israel is a major sticking point, and Israel wants recognition of its right to exist as a precursor to any negotiations. Syria wants the return of the Golan Heights, captured by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war.

Thinking outside the box is what is need.

Fools.

I have been harping about this for more than a week. They conveniently omit one further Saudi demand - that Israel permanently halt all immigration to Israel of so much as the first Jew. In other words, Israel must agree to simply give up their lands, & businesses and march into the sea or face all out war. AGAIN.

This time with a multi-billion dollar upgrade to the Saudi arsenal that includes long-range missiles and a lot of other goodies that would completely remove any military advantage that Israel has.

Except one: He who watches Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.

60 goodbye_natalie

I don't know what's lower in my book. Nancy Pelosi, Henry "Nares" Waxman, Mary Lou, or some Jew living in the U.S. that hates Israel. All of them suck the donkey...

Amen to that. I think the leftwing Jews trouted out by the Moonbats are the lowest forms of humanity - think Chomsky, Judt, Howard Zinn, Mary Lou, Adam Shapiro, Ilan Pappe, Neturei Karta - well you get the idea.

In all honesty, it may be in George Bush's favor to sit back and let the "Shadow Government" make complete fools of themselves in full view of the public. All national opinion polls I'm aware of rank
Congress even lower than President, and the Democrats have done nothing to improve those numbers.

When your opponent is making a mistake, don't interfere.

#113 looking closely 4/05/2007 9:24:30 am PDT

That level of blatant antisemitism surprised me too...usually they hide it better and cloak it under the being anti-Israel is not anti-semitic....normally the left goes with that tired ruse.

#111 Merovign

You know, right after I hit the "post" button, I thought "what the hell am I saying? I forgot about those *s on bikes on the last Friday of the month!"

113 looking closely
The sad thing is that "Mary Lou Harper" is probably a government worker which means that she has:
1. job security
2. retirement benefits
3. health benefits
superior to the people who work in private industry and who pay her salary with their taxes

#3 Prester John 4/05/2007 8:16:03 am PDT

But, but, she's the first woman Speaker of the House!

I know, I'm not particularly impressed either.

Yep, we American women waited 200 years for our first dem moron SOTH...you guys have had many moronic dem speakers.. Ours is crazier that yours. When you look at her as a psychotic lib though, you must admit that she is indeed impressive

Gen. David Petraeus Discusses Sen. McCain's Iraq Trip

Porklosi, denser than a pet rock.

129 Carolina Girl
Hi:
How have you been? How are you surviving in the SF Bay area ("a one way ticket to Pelosiville"?)

Mary Lou Harper could just be an alias for a Kos kid or Cair operative, but is probably just a garden variety libnut

Very unusual for WaPo.

#134 Joel

Good, good -- and you and yours? It's funny, when Pelosi first assumed the Speakership, the 'bats in the office were practically doing a Conga line. Now...odd...they're so quiet....

I'm serious about appointing Pelosi ambassador to the next country she visits. She goes to Saudi Arabia? Offer her the position of ambassador there.

1. She would have to wear a burka
2. She would have to drop out of the US House (can't be in both legislative and executive branches at the same time.
3. If she refuses, Bush just says "She's acting like the ambassador, so I make her the ambassador. And then she says she doesn't want to be the ambassador. Just pick one, that's all I ask!"
4. If she takes the job, she'll make some mistake large or small in the first week. Fire her. Now she's out of the House and can't run again until 2008.

I love this plan!

#127 Spiny Norman

In all honesty, it may be in George Bush's favor to sit back and let the "Shadow Government" make complete fools of themselves in full view of the public.

With respect to domestic political strategy, perhaps. Once the public gets a good look at the Dems, they will vote for soembody else. But in terms of the damage they are doing to the US & her allies, it's not a good thing. Unfortunately, there is little that Bush can actually do about it, other than make a good speech.

I pray to God, those idiots do not win the Presidency. It would be catastrophic. Consider what will happen if they do:

1. US will withdraw from Iraq
2. Syria reasserts control over Lebanon
3. Iran asserts control over southern Iraq.
4. Kurdistan declares independance
5. Turkey declares war on Kurdistan
6. Iran invades Kuwait
7. Jordan & Saudi Arabia send their armies into Iraq to fight Iran
8. Iran gets the A-bomb.
9. Musharref is killed & Al Qaeda takes over Pakistan
10. Hezbollah attacks Israel from Lebanon, the west Bank & Gaza.
11. Oil goes over $200/barrel

It's the new domino theory.

#137 Carolina Girl
The 'bats in my office were orgasmic when Scooter Libby was declared guilty by the idiot jury. My liberal boss brougt in Dunkin' Donuts to celebrate. I told them that another "jury" declared O.J. not guilty.
On Monday I have a serious medical test whcih I have to undergo so I am a bit jittery.

#140 Joel

Humble requests going up now, man. Godspeed.

141 Yank in the EU
Much obliged. How are things in Eurabia or are you back in the USA?

The Boston Globe thinks this is just ducky.. not mention the constitition endorses her shadow presidency.

Pelosi's balancing act overseas
April 5, 2007

EVEN AS a matter of political self-interest, President Bush made himself look bad by carping about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit yesterday in Damascus with Syria's president, Bashar Assad.

Bush's complaint that Pelosi and the bipartisan congressional delegation were sending "mixed signals" made it appear that Bush either resents or refuses to accept the Constitution's unambiguous granting of extensive powers in foreign policy to the legislative branch. Pelosi and her colleagues were doing what innumerable delegations of senators and representatives have done in the past: traveling abroad to consult with foreign leaders, gather information, and enhance their ability to fulfill their obligations to advise, consent, and appropriate funds. Republican congressmen met with Assad last week. If the American system of checks and balances is to function properly, the co-equal legislative branch must exercise its powers to check and balance the actions of the executive branch.

When it comes to Bush's approach to the Assad regime in Syria, there is a particularly glaring need for Congress to explore the road not taken. There is no doubting the nastiness of the Assad dictatorship, but the Bush policy for Syria has been an unconcealable failure. For too long, Bush has acted as though he could compel Assad to change his trouble-making ways by isolating Syria and by refusing to engage in direct discussions about Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Iraq Study Group headed by former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton and former secretary of state James Baker recommended, as a potential means for stabilizing Iraq, that the administration engage in dialogue with both Iran and Syria. Baker, who obtained the cooperation of Bashar's father, Hafez Assad, in the 1991 war to chase Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait, observed after the release of the group's report last December that talking with adversaries is not appeasement. This summarizes the tough-minded statecraft that Baker and the first President Bush practiced when waging the first Gulf war, managing the bloodless demise of the Soviet Union, and achieving the unification of East and West Germany.

This week in Damascus, Pelosi and her colleagues were following Baker's advice. And despite Bush's petulant assertion that "photo opportunities and/or meetings with President Assad lead the Assad government to believe they're part of the international community," US diplomats attended an Iraq security conference alongside Syrian and Iranian envoys last month in Baghdad. And Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is scheduled to participate in a meeting this month in Turkey with her Iranian and Syrian counterparts. Bush may not want to admit it, but he too has begun tip toeing in the direction of Baker's traditional deal-making statecraft.

143 Endangered in MASS
The Boston Globe is owned by The New York Times and has Derrick Z. Jackson - the worst columnist in America , on its payroll. Enough said.

#142 Joel

As you might guess, it's like being trapped in a time-warp, with no lessons being learned from history as we move along. No real passion about life on the macro level or what is truly meaningful, above the daily pleasures of beer and casual sex. I listen to the generally friendly and insular locals, who are often deeply prejudiced against capitalism, the US, Israel, and so forth and I do feel a degree of pity. They have no idea what's coming and they've been infantilized by decades of soft socialism.

Heh, but other than that I have no idea because I am writing this thing on Leibniz's logic all the time, in my chambers ;)

I'm listening to the Vice-president on Rush, how does he and the President not go ballistic?

Hmm, 'A house divided'.......

48 Spiny, 112 Adrenalyn and all

Well if GWB and the Attorney General don't have the nerve to try Nancy P. under the Logan Act, I hope they at least take away her passport.

#145 Yank in the EU
Sorry to hear that but not surprised. The locals suffer from psychological "displacement" - their anger over their own impotence is directed not against the Islamic hordes within their midst who want to either kill, convert or Dhimmify them - but at the USA and Israel, both who are standing on the front lines whilst they sip their cappuccinos.

Joel-

I read it to keep an eye on developing trends amongst moonbats. I also wanted to point this out lest anyone think common sense was breaking out all over.

Every inch of this rag is a moonbat opinion delivery sytem.

It's comical really.

#149 Joel

I don't know if you caught on You Tube Evan Sayet's speech on liberals and their principle of non-discrimination, but he covers on a basic level one of the key parts of the worldview around here. For the left, 'Every value system that has been discriminating in the sense of saying certain values are better has resulted in war, extremism, and hatred. Therefore the enemy are these traditionalists in the West that claim 'truth' and 'goodness' and try to be discriminating on that basis and we must tear them down everychance we get.' It's John Lennon's Imagine -- "nothing to kill or die for." Israel (and now America and people like R.R.) represents the antithesis to nihilism and is the root of the idea of distinction between good and evil.

A surprisingly mature and realistic assessment from WaPo--I would have expected them to close ranks behind Pelosi.

The comments made interesting reading--especially the one Pelosi defender who said the real problem was "Jew duplicity". These people insist that conservatism equates to racism--they call Republicans "Republikkkans"--and yet utter blatantly anti-Semitic remarks that would sound completely correct coming out of the mouth of an Aryan in a brown shirt and an armband.

But one of the comments was priceless: it said Pelosi suffers from "delusions of adequacy".

#151 Yank in the EU
I will check it out as I agree with what you wrote. As for "Imagine" - I always thought it was one of the most inane songs around. (Sort of like "War is over if you want it" - John Lennon was born in Oct. 1940 during the height of the Blitz. Imagine singing that to the Luftwaffe bombers overhead .)

150 Endangered in MASS
No doubt.
The Boston Herald seems to me to be a much better newspaper.

Joel: [Link: littlegreenfootballs.com...]

"...the road to Damascus...,” -- Ms. Pelosi

Hmmm.... I wonder if Miss Nancy (that's the way they address any lady, genteely, down south :) is aware of the earth-shaking thing that happened on that very road nearly two millennia ago..... :)

155 Yank in the EU
Thanks. I am listening right now. This guy wrote for Bill Maher?

#157 Joel

Yeah, I'm sure he'll never live that one down, now that he's left the Dark Side. He does a little humor towards the end.

158 Yank in the EU
He looks like a more intelligent version of comedian (and very liberal) Richard Lewis.

Joel: And thankfully much less self-pitying and self-deprecating. Those "I'm such a head-case..." - "I'm such a wimp..." jokes I really never found funny.

#160 Yank in the EU
Lewis is one of those liberals who is always apologizng for being white. I saw him on a sports show which had a list of the 10 events that transcended sports - and he mentioned Jesse Owens "sticking it to Adolf Hitler" - as if Hitler when he conquered France said to himself "Geez I can't enjoy this because I am still thinking about Jesse Owens winning all those medals 4 years ago!" Well anyway, Lewis nor anyone else even mentioned the Munich Massacre as being one of those events that transcended sports.

#59 bubbasbbq

Agreed! Even better, don't let her back in!

What Nancy Pelosi is doing can not be a surprise to anyone. From the moment she was elected she's acted as if she's been crowned queen and answerable to no one. Can someone please explain to me again, if the Democrats so plainly hate their own country & love terrorists, WHY they were elected?

or those who might need a refresher
[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

and this is pretty good too
[Link: www.abanet.org...]

At this point, Congress is over-reaching itself. It does not have the power to set up it's own foreign policy, and it does not have power over military matters once it gives the CIC a declaration of war. It can choke the purse strings, but leaving ones troops in the lurch is a good way to get fired fast. And as to citing polls....only one poll matters. The Electoral Poll. Everything else is just static

Oh course, if we want to give congress this kinda of power, We need merely look to Britain or Canada for an example of how well that's worked out.

Yep. Paraliment. Seems we had a war over that sometime in the past to get out from under that.

Sorry, I'm American. I prefer the way our system works. even if I don't like the guy in charge of the country.

#129 Carolina Girl

:)

Colin Powell, author of the Road Map to War and other great articles of appeasement, visited Syria when he was attempting a shadow presidency of his own.

The French looking, joke botching, Junior Senator from Mass. who by the way served in vietnam, also visited Syria on his shadow presidency tour of the middle east recently.

What is it with those that wish to harm this President (much less this Country) always visiting Syria as a stick in the eye? Do they really think that the majority of the country wants us to negotiate with Syria?

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I've had to listen all morning to coworkers justifying this woman and her b.s. It's pretty frightening. I understand that they don't like Bush, his administration or his policies, but these folks seem to think that they have the right and the moral authority to preempt a sitting President's policies simply because they exist and they disagree. I have never in my life heard (what I thought were) intelligent, sophisticated people advocate for a coup d'etat as I have today. What have we come to in this nation?

Joel --

Hey toots, we'll be there with you. Drop me an email and let me know how it went, okay? Of course, if you're your usual posting self on Tuesday, I'll know you're okay!

In Sanskrit the art of governance is called Danda-niti -- the Teachings of the Rod of Chastisement. This is what is missing. The honor system only works with honorable people.

The reason why useful idiots like Pelosi get away with seditious dissent, and why such behavior metastasizes, is that there is no punishment for it.
Zip. Zero.

Pelosi should be charged with treason, detained indefinitely (Gitmo?) and impressed with the error of her ways.

But she's a San Francisco grandma and nobody will touch her.

I seem to remember that the last two planets they discovered had names that translated into "Lawlessness" and "Discord". Get ready for more of the same.

David Horowitz: “…when it comes to foreign policy she is a blithering idiot, and a perfect dupe for the Nazis of the Middle East.

“In making this pathetic pilgrimage of appeasement, Pelosi violated the Logan Act which forbids American citizens from conducting their own foreign policy. Like the laws of treason which haven't been enforced since 1945, the Logan Act is a dead letter for want of the political course or common sense on the part of the executive branch to enforce it. With this besotted pilgrimage the West continues its rapid slide towards the next war, which Hezbollah and Hamas with the help of Syria are already preparing and which will probably take place this summer or before.”

[Link: frontpagemagazine.com...]

168 Carolina Girl
I will. Thanks for the good wishes. Keep your fingers crossed.

Gotta love that American liberal media.

(OK, I don't dispute the WP has a liberal editorial page, but, you know, liberals have to attack both parties. It's part of being liberal -- proving you have no unquestioning allegiance to any person or institution.)

on that mahablog, someone said, "being a Republican cultist"... a cultist. If that one commentor speaks for the bulk of those who visit that site, how out of touch with reality are those flakes?

man.. thats scary.

#28 Mezzetino

"In my more paranoid moments, I've wondered if the whole business with the British sailors might have been a mise-en-scene engineered from the start not so much to make Blair look stupid as to help make Pelosi look like a heroine to the fatheaded voters back home."

I had similar thoughts...a set-up timed with Pelosi's visit so she (and the far Left Dems) can "solve" the hostage crisis...call me cynical but....

Here's another editorial mopping the floor with Fancy Nancy.

Nancy, can I get a,"Death to America"?

169 Rishika 4/05/2007 3:36:05 pm PDT

In Sanskrit the art of governance is called Danda-niti -- the Teachings of the Rod of Chastisement. This is what is missing. The honor system only works with honorable people.

Quoted for truth. The inclination of man's heart and desires is NOT toward what is good, but toward what is evil because evil has a more tangible pleasure inherent within its actions.

Without the law, we would run amok.