Guest blogged by Winter Patriot
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Check this out…the Utah Rave Video!
http://www.whatreallyhappened.c...ve_videos.html
In Utah, soldiers use illegal tactics to break up 100% legal event. Promoters had permits, etc…
Police state??? This is news you won’t see on TV. Why not?
Hey all! Can’t wait for the REAL NEWS from Camp Casey today!
Yaaayy!!
Sounding good, Brad!
Is that Elvis?
Great prelude!!!
Loud and clear so far!
Hi All Yes, That was Elvis.
Czaragorn –
Is Prague 6 or 7 hours ahead of Eastern Time?
I’m lookin’ forward to the interview with Arianna!
Kat’s Birthday!
A BIG Hidy Ho! All you wonderful people!
Comin’ in loud and clear –
😉
BradBlog and Brad’s sojourn in Crawford were mentioned on Stephanie Miller Show this morning!!
Hint, hint, hint: Call her on her morning show early next week, Brad, and draw more listeners to your broadcasts from Crawford.
Happy Birthday, Y’all!
Happy Birthday Kat and Ben Burch!
Happy Birthday to Kat and Ben and hello from the frozen wasteland that is the office of Winter Patriot
Six hours, Peg – makes listening to the Sox trying, but not impossible 🙂
the three hour hatemonger strikes back
Pimple ass man
rock on, Brad! you are exactly right!
Very Happy Birthday to Kat and Ben!
Tucker has a "Punch me Face"
Hi all. I’ve posted this message a few places trying to make sure it gets to Crawford. Sorry if it’s a repeat.
URGENT MESSAGE FOR CRAWFORD
I hope someone can get this message to the peace house. Apparently a white supremist group is planning on joining Cindy’s protest this weekend but they want to take it over and make it against Isreal. The people on the nest say this is a dangerous and violent group. I have no clue. It could even be a hoax. Either way, I know the people there will handle it well but I do want them to have a heads up about it. Please if anyone is there, make sure this message gets through. Check out this site:
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/…119672&posted=1
You go Brad – but please quit mincing your words! Kat and Ben – happy bday, and our compliments to your parents
Tucker gets paid big bucks to act the fool for this admin.
Woo-Hoo! Welcome to the hottest blog on the ‘net, almost-frozen guy Winter Patriot!
The sound keeps cutting out–whine, whine
I love it when Brad gets really steamed!!
Happy birthday, Kat and Ben!
But Tucker is so cute! Too bad he’s an ass.
Linda6or7 – That wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out to be true. Peace Activists always have to stay on their toes & always aware of what’s going on around them. Thanks for the alert.
Support the Troops? Supporting them by not giving them the equipment they need to survive?? Cindy Sheehan is a terrorist? So that means that a terrorist is only someone who wants the truth and speaks what they feel??? I am getting sick by thinking that there are some Amercians that cannot only say this but think this…..
WP — I, of course, meant BIG WELCOME BACK!!! We have really MISSED YOU!
"You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud"
Bob Dylan – Masters of War
Colleen – eeww
Pissedoff- Amen!
Every Goose-stepping Bush lover will be around there this weekend
Have your best Native American scouts on the outskirts of camp and whatever, whatever you do keep the wagons circled, cuz zem cons r nutz
Big Welcome to John Byrne from RAW Story .com
Hot story regarding "Family Values," Rick Santorum, & his Publishing company which also publishes Paula Jones who posed in pornography mag. FAMILY VALUES!!!
A man is known by the company he keeps. What a fine, upstanding, CLEAN man Santorum is!
#29:
Since the 1980s there has been a very strong behind the scenes (via NeoCon faction of Republican Party) propaganda machine that has successfully brainwashed most of the Republican Party and too many people from the non-republican base. It’s scary. Over the years the media has joined in more and more and now is very close to being like Russia’s media when they were under the "iron curtain."
Brainwashed. They truly believe the lies. Goebbels methods are being employed by this neoCon faction. Study Newt Gingrich and NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming.)
I went to the stormtrooper web sight. They are calling for any members to meet them at Camp Casey 2. They are connected to David Duke and oppose the war because it supports Isreal i.e. jews.
Dude with the trailer should make the signs sarcastic
like "Bush Loves 18 year olds and easily malliable people" Screw with them man!
stormfront web sight
Cindy had better disassociate herself with those "stormtroopers" fast, if they appear. That connection could kill support for the truth movement, fast.
Thanks to Gene Ellis of the Iconoclast-Texas.com for keeping us updated about what’s going on at Camp Casey.
linda, number 21. that is such a karl rove tactic, have white supremacists come and join cindy’s rally… sickening..
DU is listening and blogging along with you
White rose coming in load, clear and constant,
Someone asked yesterday how long it took to brainwash a person.
Years ago I had a dear friend who got involved in a cult.
In a matter of 2 weeks they had her. She finaly got out of it after about 9 months, but was never the same after that.
40 Peg C, agreed, but so far I have been pretty inpressed with her ability to focus, not waver, or put up with any nonsense
Roxy #43 — gotta link for DU thread talking about the show?
Yo Brad! Please keep speaking our minds – above all, Peace and Love and Rock and Roll!
This article in Conservative online news outlet —
Plot Thickens in Crawford
But the plot is about to thicken even more as White Supremacist from Stormfront.org begin to make their way towards Crawford in support of Sheehan’s anti-Semitic statements. Stormfront.org members claim to be the original opposition to the war, based solely on their hatred of Jews and their belief that this war is only about defending Israel.
White Supremacists are staging a rally of their own in Crawford this weekend, joining the anti-war media circus, but also trying to take the spotlight back from Cindy Sheehan and MoveOn.org, who they say “hijacked their issue”.
Please join me in ignoring the troll[s]. Thanks!
Did I miss a troll today?
SD Dan (Post #42):
Truly saddening and sickening! Not suprising though.
This makes it quite plausible that another "terrorist" attack is coming soon to make war with Iran more, shall we say, palatable. It may even be bigger than his most recent action, 9/11/01.
No, Kira. I just got confused. I spotted a troll on another thread and ignored him here! 😉
Maybe I should go back into the freezer!
Corner-turning: a healthful trend. But cornered, vicious beasts can be awfully dangerous. Beware the treed shrub!
No – don’t go away, WP! We need you here today.
Yes WP, stay out here in the sunshine with us!
Brad,
I’ve been listening to live stream on White Rose all week. I’m so glad you are doing this so that those who can’t be there, can BE there!
I emailed a song to you and also to Peace House that would be perfect for this occasion. Please listen to "smokescreen".
OK, I’ll stay — but I can’t promise not to get confused again!
WP –
Please stick around! We love you!
Great — we can get confused together!
YOUR COMING IN LOUD AND CLEAR TODAY.
DAN YOUR EXACTLY RIGHT THEY ARE USING ROVE’S DIRTY TRICKS. I THINK PEOPLE IN CAMP CASEY WILL SEE THRU THIS AND KEEP THIER COOL.
I AM GLUED TO THE BLOG AT THIS MOMENT. I AM SO VERY EXCITED WITH THE ACTIONS GOING ON
IT TOOK A BREAVED MOTHER TO BRING US TOGETHER. GOD BLESS YOU CINDY AND ALL WHO ARE MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
I AM HOPING, AGAIN, LIKE I DID BEFORE THE 200
ELECTION, AND THEN AGAIN IN 2004.
EVERYBODY PLEASE KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. THE NEO CONS ARE AFRAID, AND THEY OUGHT TO BE AFRAID..OUR FEARLESS LEADER IS CRUMBLING.
LIKE THE WALLS OF JERICHO!
WP, none can promise that! Thanks!
Oh-Kay! You said it.
I think the Camp Casey people should use
"STOP THE ABUSE AND MISUSE OF OUR TROOPS"
as a slogan since they are trying to frame us as being anti-troops. We aren’t against our troops, we’re against the misuse of them and the abuse of them in this illegal war.
what do you guys think?
The bandwidth must be getting stressed again at WhiteRose. Buffering problems big-time. Well, that means lots of people listening in. Good!
There is substantial evidence pointing to IRAN as the villain in the famous gassing of the Kurds. Saddam Hussein did some terrible things but it’s entirely possible that he didn’t gas his own people. For more details, please see this item on my former blog: Who Gassed The Kurds In Halabja?
Were we lied to about this event? It’s entirely possible. We were lied to about a number of other things too. Here’s another "interesting" link: Story Of "Shredded Iraqis" Was False
The lies come so thick and fast it’s impossible to keep up with all of them. But we do our best to pick out one or two every now and then.
Did I miss Rep. Conyers today? Yesterday there was so much trouble with reception and timing.
Keep up with Crawford Peace House activities:
Crawford Peace House
Hadid Jawad (sp?) co-founder of the Crawford Peace House.
Do those those stormfront guys vote Republican? I can’t see them voting Democratic?
Yes, Brad. They don’t hate us for our freedom, they hate us for Bushco’s desire to be Emporer of the World.
Commander-in-Theif is not good enough.
Kira #46….. Democratic Underground has a link to the show on it’s main Discussion Forums page
link
Did Saddam Gas the Kurds? Or was it Reagan?
Thanks Roxy for the link. In the future (all on board) please use the (CLICK HERE) above the comment box on this thread to make a link … or if you aren’t able to make that feature work, please use this site: http://www.tinyurl.com to make these LONG links shorter.
Unfortunately, posting such long links stretches the width of our page here.
Thanks!
Kudos to Brad for trying to de-conflate the issues of Palestine and anti-Semitism.
SOURCE: Gallup Poll News Service
August 26, 2005
Bush Approval Rating Continues to Drop
Current 40% approval is lowest of administration to date
by Frank Newport and Jeff Jones
GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll reflects further erosion in President George W. Bush’s job approval rating, continuing the slow but steady decline evident throughout the year so far. The poll — conducted Aug. 22-25 — puts Bush’s job approval rating at 40% and his disapproval rating at 56%. Both are the most negative ratings of the Bush administration. Bush’s previous low point in approval was 44% (July 25-28, 2005) and his previous high point in disapproval was 53% (June 24-26, 2005).
Bush’s average approval rating for the last three Gallup Polls — all conducted in August — is 43%. The rolling average has been steadily declining throughout the year. Bush’s average approval ratings for January, February, and March of this year were in the 50% to 52% range, but they then began declining slowly in subsequent months. Bush’s average approval rating in May was 48%, declining to 46% in June, rising slightly in July, and then declining again to the current three-poll average of 43%.
The following chart shows the rolling average for Bush’s job approval rating this year, with each average consisting of three poll measurements.
The current poll finds a drop in support for Bush among independents, and a small drop in support among Republicans to the lowest level of his administration.
In two July polls in which Bush averaged an overall 49% approval rating, an average of 46% of independents approved. In the subsequent three polls (July 25-28, Aug. 5-7, and Aug. 8-11), Bush’s overall approval average dropped to 45%, and his average support among independents fell to 37%. Now, in the current poll, 32% of independents approve. (An average of 41% of independents have approved across all 2005 polls to date, excluding the most recent poll.)
Bush’s support among Republicans — although still very high — is now at the lowest level of his administration. His current 82% approval rating among Republicans is down from the 85%, 86%, 87%, 87%, and 86% recorded in the last five polls prior to this one, and is below the 89% Republican approval rating he has received across all 2005 polls before the most recent poll. He has averaged a 92% approval rating among Republicans for his entire presidency.
Bush’s approval rating among Democrats remains very low. His current 13% is down slightly from his 2005 average (excluding the current poll) of 17% and down from his administration average among Democrats of 35%.
Bush Approval by Party Identification
Current poll
2005 average
(not including current poll)
Presidency average
(2001-2005)
Overall 40 49 61
Republicans 82 89 92
Independents 32 41 56
Democrats 13 17 35
Historical Comparisons
There have been seven U.S. presidents re-elected to a second term since World War II (although two of them — Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson — had initially ascended to the presidency without being elected). Here’s where they stood in August of the year after their re-election (or, in the case of Truman, in June):
President
Time
Approval rating
Harry Truman
June 1949 (No July or August 1949 measure)
58%
Dwight Eisenhower
August 1957
63
Lyndon B. Johnson
August 1965
65
Richard Nixon
August 1973
34
Ronald Reagan
August 1985
61
Bill Clinton
August 1997
61
George W. Bush
August 2005
43
Bush’s current 43% job approval rating is the lowest of all of these presidents with the exception of Richard Nixon, who was beset by the woes of Watergate by the summer of 1973. (Of course, Bush’s most recent 40% is lower still by comparison.)
Satisfaction
The drop in President Bush’s job approval rating has been accompanied by a continuing drop in the American public’s overall satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States today.
Just 34% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in this country in the Aug. 22-25 Gallup Poll, while 62% are dissatisfied. This is the lowest satisfaction level of the entire Bush administration to date and is the lowest recorded by Gallup since January 1996.
The average satisfaction rating for 2005 before this poll has been 41%. The average for the five June, July, and August polls before this one in which satisfaction has been rated is 40%.
Thirty-five percent of poll respondents identified themselves as Democrats, 29% as Republicans, and 34% as independents.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/cont....aspx?ci=18148
WP, can you fix comment #69?
I’m so excited to hear this EXCELLENT Radio Show. It’s about time, eh? We’re just starved for real news.
75 YES! Great interview- Get that TRUTH out there, now!
Sheehan planning anti-war bus tour
[snip] Sheehan, whose son died in the Iraq war, said that the day after she leaves Crawford on Aug. 31, she will embark on a bus tour ending in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 24. Then the group will start a 24-hour vigil there. [end snip]
HI Winter Patriot,
Why do you want to ignore the "trolls"??? Ignoring someone else’s thoughts and feelings is just the same as censoring them….. That is exactly what the current administration and the MSM have done…..Let the "trolls" speak… We can only hope that after speaking with them that they will finally see the truth for themselves… If you ignore them then you doom them…. As for Kira’s statement…… I think that you are referring to our friend "Paul"……. there are some possible anwers to your question….
1. Paul has finally seen the light!!!! (I hope so!!)
2. Paul is on his way on a bus to support the Pro-Bush supporters in Crawford during the weekend..
3. Paul could not pay his monthly bill for his internet service….
4. Someone has blocked him from participatiing in your Blogs……
I hope that it is #1…….. and absolutely not #4….
Thank you, WP
I tend to agree with you, Pissed Off! If other people lurking (reading, not commenting) see their comments unchallenged, what message are we sending?
I think smack-downs are definitely called for. We have to expose the flaws. I’m not trying to shut the trolls down, I’m hoping to edify those who WANT to hear.
"their comments" being comments posted by trolls.
Much better. I hate it when the post goes all the way to other room. I can’t read those yellow letters on my wall.
rush is a bloated, infected, vicious coward who couldn’t fight his way out of a wet paper bag, therefore he resorts to hateful name-calling. You remember these folks from the playground in elementary school, don’t ya.
Funny, Colleen! Love your wit.
Me either Colleen, and it makes my eyes cross!
Trolls
I think of a troll as someone who who could care less about arguing. They just want to sabatoge a liberal blog. But it’s not always easy to tell at first.
They can’t sabatoge us. We’re way more powerful than that.
Hello, PO’d In Germany!
Because they that’s the one thing they don’t want us to do.
No it isn’t. Censoring is where you refuse to let them speak. Ignoring is where you give their comments the response they deserve.
BTW I was confused when I posted the comment to which you refer. It should have gone on another thread.
We have had problems in the past with trolls — and I use the word advisedly. I do not use it to describe people who simply have a different point of view. I use it to describe people who are trying to derail the discussion, by constantly changing the subject, by putting words in the mouths of other people, and by using all sorts of other tactics that have nothing to do with civilized discourse.
As I mentioned above, it’s a moot point on this thread. So let’s not worry about it here, shall we?
See what happens when a nearly-frozen blogger gets confused? 😉
83 Agree. But the sad thing is, it’s an act for money. I have a relative that works for him, and this relative says he is kind and fair to employees, very generous. Go figure!
Hi Kira,
I agree with you that "smack downs" are sometimes called for… but it depends on the person and individual that you want to "smack" down with the real facts….. The question becomes how strong the "smack" downs should be…., according to what you know about the individual person. No matter how strong or weak your message is, you should always leave the other person with a sense of worth and dignity…
What did Rush say? I’m cut off.
Not trying to disagree with you, WP, but actually, thanks to the trolls … I have been inspired to do a whole lot of research that has provided me with a wealth of information that disputes their stance. I have been enriched! Using obstacles for stepping stones …
That’s funny Pissedoff InGermany, remember, left kook fringe folks bore me sometimes. You never did tell me if you were an American in Germany or a German in Germany.
I have no desire to go to Crawford because some of us work for a living. If I went down there, I’d take a drum section and bang on the drums everytime Brad interviews someone or every time Sheehan speaks. I mean, I have that right don’t I? Freedom of expression? Sheehan’s 15 minutes are over. She needs to go back home to her kid.
I put this on a previous webpage but have not received an answer. I will repeat it here –
Can anyone tell me exactly the number of people protesting against Bush and the war at Crawford? Is it 50? Is it 100?
Please be honest.
How many are supporting Bush? I understand this weekend there may be a bunch of Bush supporters.
I’ve looked at video and listened to the crowd listening to Baez and it sounds like 25 to 50 people.
When Brad just played a Rush comment and made a comment himself, sounded like 10 people applauded.
I thought it was interesting how it is all about the Palestinians. Brad, you forgot to tell the Pakistan born Iraqi that you were just fine with the sanctions on Iraq and that we should have kept them there because it was working. Also, we gave ‘gas" to Iraq but at one time, there was a war between Iraq and Iran and like I have always said, "an enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"Smack-down" as in providing documented proof that refutes the rightie rhetoric.
nevermind
Kira: it’s ok if you disagree with me … and the same for everybody else, by the way … if you’re willing to carry on a civilized discussion, I don’t care whether you agree with me or not. It’s actually a lot more interesting when we have multiple points of view represented here.
Now, that is an example of trying to incite anger.
(my comment #97 in ref to #93.)
HI Winter Patriot!!!
The connection I have in Germany is very slow….. that is why my responses and your replies seem to come to get to me after are 20 or 30 comments between my last reply…. You are right!!!!! All I am trying to say is that no one should ignore someone else….
LOL, Sorry Colleen, I didn’t catch it because I was away, lucky me!
I respectfully disagree with the statement in comment #90 that "you should always leave the other person with a sense of worth and dignity."
I’m here! Brad you’re truly a patriot broadcasting for us =D
Now Paul is a true troll.
Insulting and rude. He’s got hairy knuckles, hairy ears, hairy back and picks his nose with two fingers.
POOF!! He’s invisible to us all.
Does Paul know the quote "an enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an old Arab proverb?
Paul: I don’t know how many people are there now but they say it has at least doubled from when I was there (11th-15th)
When I was there, there were maybe 50-100 people who actually camped out. Most people left in the evening to go to other places. They were getting about 700 signatures a day coming through at that time. That is not to say that there were 700 people standing around. They were coming and going all the time. Many were at the peace house or in transit. Many came just for one day. On the day after the rally supporters poured in. You could see the cars for about a mile or so and they just kept on coming and coming for like 30 minutes. It was freakin great.
Now they have the field for Camp Casey2 and I have heard that there is no more room for tents on that property. Basically there will be tents also situated in between parked cars at the side of the roads, or in the ditches.
I will bet that they have a couple of thousand people coming and going. Most people will not be gathered around Brad or anyone else. THey are spread out, making posters, camping, eating. There are many people with cameras and crews so Brad would not make the whole camp come running to hear him. Those numbers will really swell this weekend. I was suppose to be able to go back but things fell through.
HI Paul!!!!!!
Great that you are here again!!!! To answer your question…. Hmmmmmmm…. one second please…… I have to go and look at my passport to give you an honest answer….. Hmmmmmm… YEP!!!!! United States of America!!!!! Damn!!!! I was born in Nebraska… lived in Florida… lived and went to a university in New Mexico…… and was in the US Army for 13 years………. but I live in Germany now……. Does this make me an American????
In regards to Rush – when he was a local personality here he took the right handed view in his discussions, but it was tempered with humor and a sense that he expounded just to get a discussion going with those on the other side. He came across rather tongue – in – cheek. He seemed to laugh at himself and his views.
Since he became a national commodity he seems to have gone on an ego trip and is now believing every thing he expounds.
With a black felt marker, Mom writes the name Paul on the inside band of his underwear
Hello Winter Patriot,
I respect your disagreement about what I wrote you before… What I have seen from my experience is that if you give your side of the story and leave the other person’s dignity then they will actually "listen" to you…
Funny, PO in Germany … Joan Baez said she has stopped making bu$h jokes because she was alienating Republicans and she feels we really need to reach them.
Earlier the 30 or so drove through here in their 8 car caravan to protest against the anti-war folks.
That’s the last I’ve heard of them.
Anyone else heard of them, or did they make a right hand turn heading south from here and ride off into the sunset?
I pondered over that for awhile — I’m not sure I totally agree about not joking about the supreme joke squatting in the White House. I think we have to gain control of media before we can reach the republican base that has been intentionally brainwashed by the neoCON lie machine.
"gain control" — I mean clean it up so it is a place to hear both sides of issues .. allow us to make our own educated decisions about these most important issues.
They need to report on important issues (not michael jackson’s pajamas) and report on both sides without deprecating remarks … they are supposed to be unbiased.
Bluebear 2,
Takes a long time to get back when you only do right turns
PissedOff InGermany.
Great! If you were a German, I would say that your opinions do not matter.
My last name is very German and my 6th great grandfather came to America in 1739 and founded the town of Hagerstown, Maryland. My 5th great grandfather provided rifles for the American Revolution and my 2nd great grandfather fought for the North as an Indiana Volunteer.
My family name actually goes back to a family castle on the Rhine River in the 800 ADs. I have never been to Germany. The closest I got was Paris.
No government ought to be without censors & where the press is free, none ever will.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Washington, September 9, 1792
3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)
Hi Kira,
I am of the same feeling as you in this matter about not joking about about the supreme joke…
However, I think what Joan means is that this is a very serious matter and by making jokes about this administration is putting them on the same level as a cartoon….. and many American people think that if you can "joke" about it then it is just like a cartoon….. not reality…… The jokes need to end and it is time to get serious…. this is no joking matter………
Florida,
Ain’t that the truth! LOL
Hi Colleen – got your mail, Thanks.
re #109, PO in G: You’re quite right about this:
but then you’re talking about real people, whereas I was talking about trolls. If I get even a hint of an impression that I’m talking to somebody who is actually interested in having a respectful discussion, then I will make every effort to deal with him or her in a civilized manner that leaves everyone’s dignity intact. Regular readers of this blog have seen this time and time again. So I don’t think we disagree very much, if at all.
I heard Joan say that and it really made me think. Convincing the moderates and fence sitters is the bottom line most important.
But it is really hard not to trash Bushco. They are trashing this country.
I’ve been good.
No joking matter. Agreed.
update on white supremist group
I see at Americablog that Cindy and police are all aware of the expected arrival of the supremes and they are ready. They have set up a special place in the tent for people who want to protest any other issues to set up.
You can’t rattle Cindy. She finds a peaceful way for everything. She actually told me "don’t get mad, get glad" I love her.
Paul said "Great! If you were a German, I would say that your opinions do not matter. "
It is an administration which feels that the world’s view of America does not matter which has us in this situation in the first place.
Sorry Winter, I just had to!
Yay Cindy. True Christian.
re #123 — it’s ok. Bash away if you like!
Kira, you will never convince the Right as long as everything you say is subjective and of a conspiratorial nature.
As long as you continue to crap on our military.
What do I mean by that? Gitmo is just example. Accusing our military of being torturers and terrorists.
As long as you hate everything Republicans stand for.
As long as everything that goes wrong in the world is blamed at the feet of Bush.
Hi Colleen. Thanks for that comment (REF: Post #120). I’ve been saying that since we "lost" last November.
We may need to swallow some of our ideas (even if we have undeniable proof!) about the administration and neo-CONS in order to defeat them and reclaim the government.
Hard to do, I know, but I would like to ask BradBloggers to do so anyway. We can come up with the evidence and the arguments all we want.
But, we must keep our eye on our shared goal: evicting the evil doers from the Oval Office and both houses of Congress.
See? More incite to riot. I’m not buying.
Keep your eye on the prize! Mr. Blue Sky!
Bailey, #56
Actually we could handle another 500 listeners… The network out of Crawford gets stressed at time, and that is the reason for the rebuffering. 🙂
Kira (#14) Thanks! 🙂
lol check this out. Was this the site that I was reading that the caravan to crawford from the "you don’t speak for me tour" got lost for at least 4 hours? LOL I don’t know if they ever made it to the broadcast or had to skip it. Anyway check this one out:
Friday August 26, 2005
News
Bus canceled; local residents will drive to Crawford for rally
From staff and AP reports
A caravan of a few vehicles, rather than a chartered bus, will take Brown County residents to a pro-Bush rally in Crawford on Saturday, Brown County Veterans Services Officer Billy Murphey said.
http://www.brownwoodbulletin.co...ews/news05.txt
by the way Brad is getting good at his ruch impersonation eh?
Didn’t sound like Rush to me at all.
Yay Kat! More Women!
Hi Winter Patriot,
I agree with you!!!! We agree on the same things… It is just that I have have a different thinking and expressing my views about how the best way to achieve our ends are…… Your way and thinking is just as good and maybe even better than my way…. I do not know…….. but it does not matter……. What is important is that we have the same goal in mind…. Maybe both of our ways are correct? Your way reaches some people and my way reaches some people… What is important is that WE, the American people, stop this atrocity in Iraq!!! In Solidarity, Mark…
Ben Burch #131 — You are welcome! Thank you so much for bringing this LIVE feed from Crawford, TX. You are an angel!
Hi, everyone. Can’t post and really listen at the same time because of connection; but I’m still here. Great show! Where’d it go?
No sound for me either :pouts:
Dead air at whiterose2 now ??????????
Same here
Guess the gropenator must have cut a deal to get their power to stop the rolling blackouts in S. Ca.
Sound back up for me.
We are back!
Oops! San Diego just went black. Brad’s back!
Yay! Larisa — you beautiful woman.
The dead air was probably a filler for network commercials because it came back when it normally would after commercials.
http://www.democrats.org/a/2005..._thread_63.php
Perhaps you know already:
http://www.bradblog.com is broadcasting over the internet from "Camp Casey" in Crawford TX this week. You can go to his web site and find how to listen.
Today he has been simulcast with Tony Trupiano on "The Free Speech Zone."
Rumor is that this weekend a white supremacists group is coming there to take over "Camp Casey" and pretend to be in support of Cindy Sheehan in order to destroy her image as well as Brad’s image. Who knows what their plans are, or if this is propaganda? Sounds like Rove tactics, but could be the white supremicist group seems to have a violent past. To really speculate … wonder if the white supremicists are the group helicoptered in that shut down a rock concert (rave) in Utah the other night that man-handled a lot of people (i.e., kicking people in the stomach who were down and some were attacked by dogs? There were pictures made, and attempts were made to confiscate all the cameras, but http://www.MichaelMoore.com had photos of this happening on his web site.
Hi Larisa! :hugz:
Remember the late ’60s and through the ’70s?
gropenater Waaahah
#149 to #147
#141 following schwartzie, eh?
> pretend to be in support of Cindy Sheehan in order to destroy her image as well as Brad’s image.
What image?
Another conspiracy!
#153 — devoid of facts.
> When I was there, there were maybe 50-100 people who actually camped out.
Wow! That is impressive!!!! I graduated with over 800 people in high school. The entire school had 4,000. My college had 20,000. My church has 8,000. I live in an area in Texas of 3 million people. Texas has over 18 million. Very impressive anti-war crowd indeed!!!!!
I wil be in a club tonight listening to a Beatles cover band and there will be close to 200.
Thanks for the info.
Excellent interview with Leila McNutt. Good stuff.
…Paul said on 8/26/2005 @ 12:50pm PT…
"Kira, …
As long as you continue to crap on our military.
What do I mean by that? Gitmo is just example. Accusing our military of being torturers and terrorists."
I hope you don’t mind if I respond to that post directed to Kira.
There is objective evidence of it, but we don’t dislike the soldiers for this, just their crazy leaders who ordered them to do it. I feel sympathy for the soldiers who probably would never have thought to do such awful things.
Paul:
" As long as you hate everything Republicans stand for."
It’s the Republican party, run by special money interests, who twist the policies around when they’re in office. I might not agree with the Republicans all across this country, but I don’t think they’re the problem. It’s their elected leaders like Nixon and Bush who’ve gone off the track, governed not like Republicans should, but like dictators. Maybe if there were fewer evil rich people who see the Republican party as the best way to advance their agenda…
Paul:
"As long as everything that goes wrong in the world is blamed at the feet of Bush."
Well, maybe he shouldn’t have done so many bad things. If it walks like a devil and quacks like an idiot, then maybe it’s a Bush.
"George Bush IS the devil." — Bobcat Goldthwait
Leila speaks the truth.
! MarkH! Fine with me. It’s not the Republican ideology in play – it’s the NeoCON ideology. Most Republicans don’t even know there’s been a deviation.
That older lady was great. Lifted my spirits.
I wish more old dyed-in-the-cradle republicans cared as much about obtaining accurate info as Leila!
Hi Paul,
It is a good thing that you can now go to a night club to enojoy the Beatles music… I hope that you can do this and think about why YOU can do this.. I am starting to take the same feeling as Winter Patriot and Kira…….. It is very hard to keep feeding the trolls……. but I have to believe that it is worth it…. Because everything you write or say just strengthens and reinforces our resolve and makes other Americans to start thinking…. So, Hey!!!!!! You are actually supporting our cause!!!!! Thank You!!!!!!!! Enjoy you time at the night club!!!! Other people, through thier sacrifices, have given this to you!!!
Kira & Colleen, That’s a very common name for Arnie around here. You hear it all the time. I haven’t heard any more though regarding the English reporter who was suing him for it. Groped her on camera no less!
O boy, back in time for Sylvia!! Yay
Sing it, Lady Chef!
Kitchen Goddess … I mean!
Kat … hope you’re blowing out candles & making a wish!
166 LOL absolutely! Sylvia Perez?
Brava, Sylvia!!!
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Great show. Thanks all you producer types.
Thank you guys! Wish I coulda been here more! I’ll get better at this in another week or so! 😉
Lara Flanders waiting to talk to me…Let’s see if we can pull this off!
AIR AMERICA BABY! There coming to Crawford and we’re gonna help ’em! Spread the word, 6-9p ET I believe…Gonna be a big big weekend.
Thanks ya’ll! Yee-haw! 🙂
Thank you all!
Thanks everybody and BRAD & Crew and all Cindy Sheehan Supporters — and thank you Cindy!
Great show, thanks all!
171 Strongly agree with that opinion.
Kira… (blush) 😉
Brad
is the show still up? I just got home. Raw Story says it is, but i cannot connect. 🙁
Damn wish i did not have to work so i could listen.
#155
Wow Paul you actually know how to count. It is because freedom of speech and expression is protected in the bill of rights that you are able to enjoy the beatles. The Government wanted to deport John Lennon because of his anti-war activities. It’s amazing you could actually listen to the beatles without understanding their actual message.
Neo – I think Paul is coming around. A little more time …
Paul, the numbers don’t matter. this is definately not the largest protest but it is damned effective. Actually if it had been larger than it was, they would have had to shut it down. There simply is no room. So the numbers are perfect. Come to DC on the 24th. I think you’ll see the kind of numbers you want to see.
or I guess numbers YOU won’t want to see. lol
This just in:
One hundred thousand Shi’ites protest Iraq charter
Country Joe McDonald has an interesting list at his War and Peace in Today’s World page. It lists numerous of todays politicians and pundits and the military service they have performed.
It’s a little ways down the page just below the picture of Bin Laden
Talk about Chicken Hawks.
We need to get Brad Blog and Show up in joe’s links. I’ll send an email to advise him (Joe).
G’night Folks
Hello all!
Just checking in to say hey! Better late than never. Alas, my schedule changes this time of year, so I can’t listen to the Brad Show from Crawford real time any more (or participate in the thread).
re: #171 & #177: from a Crawford blog Aug. 23–Hmmm… What do you think she was talking about? 😉
snip—
Currently, Radio Blogger Brad Friedman of bradshow.com is interviewing Lonestar Iconoclast Editor and Owner Leon Smith; he’ll be here blogging for the duration. He’s got quite the radio voice- ya’ll should check him out.
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PLEASE TAKE THIS INFORMATION SERIOUSLY!! Now that "W’s" Gallup Poll shows only a 40% ALL TIME LOW APPROVAL RATING….THIS IS BASICALLY ALL THEY HAVE LEFT IN ORDER TO STAY IN POWER!! (These are excerpts I’ve copied and pasted and not the "whole newstory!)
LaRouche Says ‘Georgie Porgie And Hitler’ Running Government And Leading World Into Global Disaster
Former Democratic nominee for President and Labor Party Presidential candidate, Lyndon LaRouche, claims martial law is right around the corner if Bush, Cheney and the neo-cons aren’t removed from their stranglehold on government.
August 26, 2005
By Greg Szymanski
He likes to call President Bush “Georgie Porgie” and Vice President Cheney “Hitler in a bunker.” He considers Bush a half-wit and a “nominal President” while classifying Cheney, actually in control of the country, as trigger-happy and a Hitler-type mad-hatter.
And put “Georgie Porgie” and Hitler together in the same Oval Office and according to Lyndon LaRouche, former Labor Party presidential candidate and controversial international political figure, it’s the perfect recipe for global disaster, economic chaos and martial law, the likes of which are unimaginable to most Americans clinging to the last remnants of prosperity, democracy and freedom.
“Time is of the essence,” said LaRouche. “The administration is on a fast and furious time schedule and that’s why something is going to happen in August or September. I foresee even a bigger attack than 9/11 and what they are planning is a shock-effect to the public conscience in order to take control. It is my intention to try and get them out of office before that happens.”
Concerning 9/11 and the 7/7 London bombings, Larouche thinks they both were inside government jobs, creating the necessary fear an intimidation need to lead a population into an eventual dictatorship.
Claiming the Bush and Blair governments have caused their own Reichstag fire, LaRouche claims what happened to the German people during the Nazi era is similar to what is now being played out in America.
“Remember, people first laughed at Hitler, saying he never could rise to power. But then Hermann Goering set fire to the Reichstag and dictatorial powers were granted to Hitler,” said LaRouche.
“Now we have people like Cheney, who are thinking like some of those behind Hitler then, thinking they can pull off an operation, and they have no comprehension—remember, Cheney is a draft-dodger, and here he is planning wars! And this kind of situation is the danger.
See the rest at http://www.arcticbeacon.citymak...8131/32305.htm
Charlie C.
Dallas TX
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Gary Hart, please run for president! Read this…he says silent Dems are just as bad…….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/w...082301178.html
Greg Szymanski is one of the greatest investigative journalists today. Great post! I always read his articles on Artic Beacon & in the American Free Press, America’s only great newspspaper.
I’m seriously glad someone besides me, posted that Greg Szymanski article above… The Arctic Beacon & AFP & Alex Jones are trying to beat this corrupt government to the punch, by predicting the next "inside job" domestic terrorist attack. I hope that just by them TRYING to do this, it’s helping prevent them!!!!!!!!
Actually, Brad, I never said this, but you are also one of the best investigative journalist going today. That was implied, though, or I wouldn’t go to your website. And Christopher Bollyn.
Here’s the other Greg Szymanski articles to go with that LaRouche article by him:
Karl Schwarz
9/11 High Radiation Readings
High-Ranking Military Officer Warns Of Attack
Nuke Drill Possible Reason For Firing 4-Star General
> but we don’t dislike the soldiers for this, just their crazy leaders who ordered them to do it. I feel sympathy for the soldiers who probably would never have thought to do such awful things.
There is no proof of that and the few soldiers have been disciplined.
> Maybe if there were fewer evil rich people who see the Republican party as the best way to advance their agenda…
Rich people? You mean like Clinton, Hollywood actors, Michael Moore, George Soros, Jay Rockefeller, Ted Kennedy, Ted Turner…?
You guys are losing because of your rich people and I am pretty sure they know it. Hollywood hurts their candidates. Been many an article written about it.
So, please, give us more of them!!!!!!!!
Paul: you are welcome to post your lies here as often as you please … but those of us whose eyes are open recognize them for what they are: weak attempts to defend war criminals.
#193
Paul you ignorant slut, no matter how much you try to detract people’s attention away from Rove and the current corrupt administration one day the American people will realize that they’re crooks just like they realized Nixon was. The people you mentioned aren’t that bad compared to the corruption of Cheney and Haliburton, Rumsfeld and his role in helping Saddam. Bush Jr. and his insider trading and being a deadbeat father. You will continue to make excuses and trying to divert attention over to "three-headed monkeys" while totally ignoring the flaming bag of shit on your own doorstep.
#195
Grammatical error correction. That should be "and try to divert attention"
😀 It’s About Time!! CNN & other TV News Stations have been covering hours & hours of coverage for Hurricane Katrina non-stop today. Isn’t that what the Weather Channel is for??
Thanks so much for covering this Historic Event!
BP from http://www.chinesedemocracy.com
the key to buck fush
http://www.insider-magazine.com...ed_warfare.htm
Big Dan #192 — Slime Green! Looks Radioactive!
God help us.