Displaying 451 To 480 Of 485 Comments That picture of Princess is adorable! As for an avatar on PlanetPOV… Go there and sign up with the same email you signed up with here. Then upload whatever you like. 😀 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 6:50 am Haha! That’s a classic. They played it all day long last year on Christmas day. 🙂 Hehe. The line “you’ll shoot your eye out” has got to be one of the most well known ever. 😉 It’s up there with “Toto, I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.” » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 6:47 am Hehe. Yeah 😉 I’ve tended to it. She plays rough sometimes. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 6:11 am Is one of your doggies an avatar you use on another website per chance? 😉 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 6:10 am I tried to get my kitty to play along like in the video, but she’s too big and just tore a chunk out of my hand. lol » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 5:51 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bmhjf0rKe8 I… can’t… stop… watching… video… so… cute! » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 5:38 am Are you ever truly ready for it? 😉 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 21, 2009 @ 4:36 am Lovely sentiments. 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 9:41 am Word travels fast. 😉 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 7:06 am awesome 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 6:33 am My mother was born in Cincinnati 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 5:41 am midwest you say? I live in Kansas 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 5:10 am Ah 🙂 I was also “ladybastet” once upon a time there too. Thank you for your kind words of welcome. 😀 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 4:57 am Now that is someone who seriously needs a girlfriend IMO. Yes, to each their own, but somehow I think he might be happier if he were actually married to a person rather than… well… sheer fantasy. *shrug* » Posted By Scheherazade On December 19, 2009 @ 3:14 am No Room For Error If Senate To Pass Health Care Before Christmas But Senate leadership aides say it could happen, if everything goes according to plan. Early this morning–in a rare 1 a.m. vote–Democrats invoked cloture on a defense spending bill. Unless Republicans cede back some time, Senate rules allow them to eat up 30 hours debating that bill before it can pass…at 7 a.m. Saturday morning. Then it’s back to health care. “Following passage of the DoD bill, Reid would file cloture on the manager’s amendment, substitute amendment and the underlying bill on health care,” reads an outline provided yesterday afternoon by a senior Senate aide. “This would set up the first cloture vote on the manager’s amendment on Monday morning at 1 am.” The second cloture vote on the substitute amendment would be Tuesday at 7 am. And, the cloture vote on the underlying bill would be Wednesday at around 1 pm. The scientific term for this scenario is “tight squeeze.” Last night, the whole plan nearly fell apart when Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) threatened to join the GOP filibuster of the defense spending bill. He came around at the last minute. “I do not support the defense funding bill and I will vote against it,” reads Feingold’s official statement. “But I am not going to be part of a partisan and cynical effort to delay passage of the defense bill in order to block the Senate from considering health care reform. I will decide how to vote on health care when the final bill is before the Senate. But the Senate should be allowed to continue debating and voting on health care reform legislation.” Now all Reid needs to do is not let any procedural hurdles trip him up, keep the unions quiet, tamp down a brewing revolt from the online left, deal with Howard Dean, and get assurances–privately or publicly–from the remaining holdouts. Then it’s Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
I’m particularly interested in what’s actually in the bill. So much is being gutted it’s really disconcerting. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 7:06 am Too true, but I’m not sure what that is exactly. 😐 The Daily Howler sticks to its theme that it’s all a matter of Democratic leadership falling short, and I’m sure that’s true to some extent. However, I think there’s more to it than that too be sure. What really worries me are the upcoming midterms. It seems the Democratic Leadership in DC aren’t that concerned, but I sure am. 😐 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 7:03 am The real question now is what will become of the bill. According to Glenn Greenwald “the White House clearly intended from the start that the final health care reform bill would contain no such provision”. Not sure that I agree with that necessarily, but the bottom line is clear: what kind of bill will we have now, and what of the mandates? » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:56 am Goodnight Kalima. It was good to see you. 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:48 am I have never liked nor had any tolerance for Joe Lieberman. It all started for me with the things he did during the Clinton years. The man is NOT a Democrat nor an Independent. He opposed Clinton’s health care plan. He spoke out against Clinton. He turned his back on Gore during the Florida debacle. He ran against his own party when it opposed his run for reelection to the Senate, which is WHY he’s an “Independent.” He continued to support the war in Iraq and did nothing to hold the Bush Administration accountable for that or any other action. Then he endorsed McCain and now this. During the 2000 election I lived in Tennessee, and I did not vote in that election. Why? I have never voted for a Republican, and I never will. However, I could not support that man in good conscience. I am not ashamed of it either. The Florida fiasco is what sunk Al Gore and not his home state. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:46 am It seems Jonathan Chait agrees with you on that one. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:40 am There is some good news though.
Poll: Lieberman Would Lose 2012 Re-Election In Landslide If Joe Lieberman decides to run for a fifth term in 2012, a new Quinnipiac poll suggests that it may be a lost cause. The new poll tests Lieberman as an independent against Democratic Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. The numbers: Blumenthal 58%, Lieberman 30%. Yikes. Lieberman’s active campaigning against the Democratic Party last year hasn’t won him too many friends back home. Democrats go for Blumenthal by 83%-9%, and independents are for Blumenthal 55%-29%. Lieberman is the de facto Republican nominee in this match, and with GOP voters he scores 67%-23% over Blumenthal. Lieberman’s job approval is also at only 45%, with 48% disapproving. Among Democrats that’s a 21%-70% rating, Republicans 75%-20%, while independents give him a narrow approval of 48%-46%. A lot can happen in four years, but right now it doesn’t look like Lieberman has too many options. He can’t run as a Democrat, he would still lose as a Republican, and there’s no reason to believe that staying as an independent will provide much more of an opportunity.
Joe Lieberman knows this to be true. He’s thinking about what’s going to happen to him after he leaves the US Senate. I bet those insurance companies are going to take real good care of him. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:34 am Here’s something I’ve emailed on the matter to explain it to a friend.
First here’s what cannot be done: No senator or other federal representative can be recalled by their state. There are laws in some states that allow for an elected official to be recalled (California for example), but of those states that have such laws they only apply at the city, county, and state levels. All elected officials at the federal level do not fall under such laws. Thus they cannot be removed unless said official has done something particularly horrible, which would mean being censured (like Joe McCarthy was) or impeachment. Joe, despite being an ass, has not done anything censure or impeachment worthy. Second here’s what can be done: Harry Reid as the senate majority leader can remove all chairmanships, appointments, and any other titles and dignities that he currently has as “punishment” if you will since Lieberman caucuses with the Democrats despite being an Independent, even if in name only. However, if that happens Lieberman will shun the Democrats and then officially become a Republican, or so everyone thinks given that Lieberman has made it clear that if he is stripped of his appointments it will be “unacceptable.” You may be thinking that he’s obviously playing the game of a Republican now so why do we need him? Well you’re right, but if we drop him now we lose our filibuster proof majority, and we can no longer count on him for anything let alone health care reform. Thus, climate change, financial regulations, etc etc will not be passed as easily as they might have been. So, while we know he’s not going to cooperate with this bill, we do know he is likely to do so with the other bills that are going to come before the senate in the future. Harry Reid knows this, and he’s not known for being h_ardass about things, nor is he confrontational. That is why people call him “spineless.” In short: Lieberman knows he’s got us right where he wants us, and is more than willing to use his advantageous position to exploit the senate in order to appease the insurance companies that are lining his pockets with millions of dollars. He also knows that when he’s up for reelection in 2012 he will lose in a devastating defeat. He is wildly unpopular in Connecticut now. So, he is thinking about what will happen after 2012 when his last term in the United States Senate is finally over, and he will then have to return to life outside of government. He’s counting on the insurance industry to take good care of him when he is no longer a member of the senate.
It’s all very sickening and disgusting, but those are the facts ugly though they may be. 😐 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:32 am Actually, I believe that even the eighteen states that allow for the recall of public officials can only do so at the city, county, and state level. Anyone at the federal level doesn’t fall within those laws. 😐 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:30 am Ahh. There we go. 🙂 Thank you both. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:28 am It doesn’t seem to be working for me. 😐 The URL is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vS6kIbJu64 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:25 am Hello 🙂 Thank you. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:22 am I’ve seen a few articles on the matter that are worth a look. I’m not sure that I’d agree with them all necessarily but they are interesting to be sure. Joe Lieberman’s Big Health Care Flip-Flop » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:20 am Ah javaz, it is good to see you after such a long time. How are you? Thank you for the kind words of welcome. 🙂 » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:15 am Hmm… I tried to embed a youtube clip, but it doesn’t seem to be working. Ah wells. » Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:11 am
» Posted By Scheherazade On December 18, 2009 @ 6:11 amComments Posted By Scheherazade
With no bill or CBO score in hand, a maximum of 57 committed “yes” votes when he needs 60, and 90 to 100 hours of procedural down time ahead of him before he can finally hold an up-or-down, majority-rules vote on health care, it seems virtually impossible that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be able to pass a reform bill by Christmas.
We could get an agreement to wrap up and have a final passage vote on the 23rd, however Republicans could continue to not cooperate and force us to have a vote on final passage on Christmas Eve.
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