I’m dead serious…

Hurricanes can lift the water off the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. And then move it onshore with violent force. Not to mention lifting it into the clouds then depositing it as rain, oily rain.

So use your imagination. Suppose a hurricane was moving through the Gulf right now. A category 3, 4, or 5. Suppose Katrina hit right now in the same place. Think about a 30 foot surge moving about 5 miles inland. Think about a surge that moves into the wetlands and has no relief - keeps backing up higher and higher - because it’s a slow moving storm.

Oh, yeah… and we ought not raise the limit of damages that big oil should pay… right Murkowski?

The conservative right has only one interest - self interest.

Their self interest has only one goal - more money in their pockets.

There is only one very large problem with their self interest.

Once the world as we know it has been destroyed by their self interest, they’ll have nowhere to spend their money.

And that is truly stupid.

These scumb**s out!

The Usual Suspects Are Doing Their Best To Sandbag Health-Care Reform

Thank you Susie…

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is supportive of “financ[ing] an economic study that could be used to portray the legislation [health care reform] as a job killer and threat to the nation’s economy.”

“The economist will then circulate a sign-on letter to hundreds of other economists saying that the bill will kill jobs and hurt the economy. We will then be able to use this open letter to produce advertisements, and as a powerful lobbying and grass-roots document.”

YOU said you would call these liars and cheaters out! Well, then, DO IT! The freakin’ results of the study are already decided before the study is conducted.

And I don’t care if you do think you’re going “Rogue.”

Really? Still Making Things Up?

“Amazingly, but not surprisingly, the AP somehow nabbed a copy of the book before it was released. They’re now erroneously reporting on the book’s contents and are repeating many of the same things they spewed during the campaign and afterwards. We’ve heard 11 writers are engaged in this opposition research, er, “fact checking” research!”

Well, gee, gosh Sarah. If you hadn’t made up as much BS as you made up in the last year and a half, no one would have to do this kind of fact checking on you. But, you brought it on with your fear-mongering and out and out fabrications of reality. You earned it!

It must be you since we haven’t heard of anyone else placing these restrictions on communication;

“Sarah Palin didn’t allow press at her speech Friday at a Wisconsin Right to Life fundraising banquet, and attendees were barred from bringing cell phones, cameras, laptops, or recording devices of any kind.”

We’re not as dumb as you may think Sarah… we know this is what happens when someone, you, are afraid of what you’re going to say getting out to the people! And you seek help to prevent your words from “escaping.”

That is what conspiracy is.

Ya’ see Joe, in my opinion, you don’t have a conscience. You don’t care one wit about your constituents or any other human being who can’t meet your need for more wealth. Which makes this statement a crock of sh**!

“If a government plan is part of the deal, ‘as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote,’ said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters.”

So, peasants, continue to suffer while I hand you another helping of BS…

Count on it as Hurricane Ida approaches the Gulf of Mexico.

The greed is irrepressible…

Ohhhh - that I would be wrong :~)

That’s right - Screw You Peasant! You! The lowly and poor…

Goldman, Fed, Citi Getting Preferential Allotments of H1N1 Vaccine

“Employees of the Goldman, the Fed, Citigroup, and other banks are getting H1N1 vaccine allotments out of proportion to what can be justified from a public health standpoint. In particular, Goldman has gotten more than Lenox Hill hospital”

As Yves says: “Welcome to the class system in action. If you don’t work for a big, influential company, go to the back of the queue.”

As the rush to commend ourselves to the sea continues…

Top Bailout Recipients Spent $71 Million On Lobbying In Year Since Bailout

Yeah… and who do you think they’re focused on screwing?

“Much of the lobbying money spent by bailout recipients has been devoted to influencing legislation that has direct impact on taxpayers. Among the eight recipients who spent more than $3 million lobbying since the bailout, the most common specific items of interests included the Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights Act, the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2009, Credit CARD Act of 2009, the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, and the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act.

Specifically, bailed-out institution have fought efforts to give bankruptcy judges the power to renegotiate mortgages. They have worked against legislation that would lower the fees merchants are charged when their customers use credit cards. They have also worked against legislation that would put more restrictions on how they spend taxpayer funds.“

It’s okay friends. Be nice little sheep and let them get away with this - again and again…

From this article posted today;

AP IMPACT: More bad wiring imperils troops in Iraq

“Sgt. Ryan Maseth, 24, of Pittsburgh. He died in January 2008, one of at least three soldiers killed while showering since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

KBR is the target of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by Maseth’s family. They claim the company knew there were electrical problems in the building where he died, but didn’t fix them. His mother testified last year on Capitol Hill.

Army investigators have since reclassified Maseth’s death as negligent homicide caused by KBR and two of its supervisors. An Army investigator said KBR failed to ensure work was done by qualified electricians and plumbers. The case is under legal review.

‘KBR is not responsible for the electrocution deaths widely reported, including that of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth,’ Heather Browne, a KBR spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.”

So… I guess its just a difference of opinion? Uh Huh.