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Had things to do so haven’t livebloged morning joe today.
8:04 a.m. A-Rod is no fool, contrition extends his value as a player.
8:07 a.m. Of course to Bob Herbert to oppose president Obama’s policy you are Taliban, the beheaders.
8:24 a.m. No earmarks? We’re back to the era of the meaning of the word is is.
8:38 a.m. Carol King environmentalism yada yada yada
8:50 a.m. Peter Gammons was as always great. I didn’t miss the best part of the day
Mika seems to think that the republicans are in trouble and seems to glow.
6:01 a.m. Joe corrects Mr. Summers record, it would be nice if they mentioned the daily calls between George S at ABC and the white house guys.
6:03 a.m. I think the prime the pump with wars is an unfair statement, I wouldn’t actually be surprised if President Bush actually gave that spending to buy votes on the war. If so it was a good investment.
6:12 a.m. I won isn’t an argument but I disagree, nobody is making the point that they could pass this without republicans, let us vote against it if you think the public will object.
6:16 a.m. Can Mika explain to me why a bill with at most three republicans in both houses for it is “bi-partisan” but 10 nations with troops in Iraq is the US being unilateral?
6:20 a.m. I actually think the Rodriguez business is a tad unfair, I’ll discuss this in a different post. Doesn’t make the headline wrong. I’m really surprised that Barnicle didn’t jump all over it.
6:22 a.m. I don’t know what these guys make but if MIka buys uses then she has even more brains then i give her credit for.
6:35 a.m. Maybe they ought to think of it like a child in high school don’t give them the $100 dollars at once, dole it out.
6:41 a.m. Broken Clock Alert! Even Andrea Mitchell agrees that waiting a few days or a week isn’t a bad idea.
6:47 a.m. The SNL clip reminds us that these guys will never get over President Bush.
6:51 a.m. Level of transparency my a–, people have been putting the stuff on the net, Todd is full of it. Those differences are due to the times.
6:53 a.m. I had a stomach ache this morning, much more Andrea Mitchell isn’t helping.
7:09 a.m. Everyone is going to have an asterisk since there is an asterisk in the fan’s mind.
7:11 a.m. As far as the cynical stuff, remember the sign Lowell stuff after the world series? I agree with the Ken Griffey stuff too.
Doing my unemployment claim brb
7:42 a.m. Joe gives the: We are all … fill in the blank line.
7:44 a.m. Meachem: “The closest thing to eternal life on earth is a government program.”
7:46 a.m. I would not pay for Time or Newsweek or the New York Times. I can find out much more from one week with Glenn Reynolds then with all of those magazines put together. These guys in my opinion actually know that there product isn’t popular with at least half of the country. They can’t sell their product when they are giving when we know it is 90% spin.
7:51 a.m. This idea that it is all relative is a bunch of bull, there is a difference between cheating and moral issues.
7:54 a.m. Pete Rose should NOT be in the hall. Every day he passed a sign that gave the penalties for betting on baseball and every day he ignored it.
7:56 a.m. Anyone who starts a book “A people’s history of”…naturally brings suspicion to me, I can see it is earned.
7:58 a.m. Why am I not surprised to constantly seeing ads for W on MSNBC?
8:05 a.m. Great exchange: Joe: “I want to go back to the Bush years for the moment…” Schumer: “I don’t.”
8:07 a.m. So much for the rehabilitation of John McCain.
8:09 a.m. If the payroll tax is so regressive why not cut that instead of giving income tax refunds to people who don’t pay it? Why doesn’t anyone ask this?
8:15 a.m. Do nothing or pump in money, I vote A.
8:24 a.m. Maloney D-NY”: If there is not bi-partisan support we will just pass it.” Good do so lets see if you can win back any of those 11 dems who voted no first.
8:29 a.m. Money party wants disclosure. She says no earmarks, pork by any other name would still be tasty. Mmmm tasty.
8:29 a.m. Maloney: “We need you back in congress Joe”
8:31 a.m. It’s how you direct it , tax cuts for the rich.. blah blah blah.
8:37 a.m. Private money is waiting to buy assets. What they want is a floor to then bid and what is the split on the take for the taxpayer and the investor.
8:39 a.m. 93% of people ARE paying the mortgages. You would never know what would you?
8:42 a.m. This is the A-Rod show. “This will make it ok” says Mika?
8:49 a.m. The Jonas brothers and Stevie Wonder = the day the music died.
8:50 a.m. Paul McCartney is always worth watching. I’d pay to see him but not much.
8:52 a.m. Are these the only people in America who actually watched this show?
8:57 a.m. I missed Susan Collins saying she wouldn’t vote for the bill if she doesn’t like it. I suspect she will find a reason to do so, but mark my words the media lionizing her has given her power and if she is smart she will use it.
Been watching since 6:30 and just not finding anything worth blogging on it so far.
6:59 a.m. It’s pretty bad when the only thing to talk about is “Drag Queen robs Burger King” But you can’t get a hit every time at bat.
7:01 a.m. Still talking the baby it was cute and she did glow when holding it. It still brings a smile to my face. As my kids are nearing the end of their teen years I’m strongly regretting not having a 3rd.
7:05 a.m. Obama could sign a winner with republicans and democrats. I still maintain that if the democrats thought this would work they would call for the vote and let Republicans take the hit for either filibustering it or voting against it.
7:07 a.m. That was a very acquired laugh by Mika interviewing the Cole’s captain.
7:10 a.m. Joe is going a little loud on it. Commander Lippold shows how calm and cool is. He doesn’t like this.
7:12 a.m. I do think this is a little disingenuous since this guy is not going to be let go.
7:15 a.m. I love that this show isn’t afraid to have a guest who will challenge liberal orthodoxy.
7:26 a.m. Mika: What is the rush if its going to be bad?
7:41 a.m. These guys just love that Obama says I screwed up. Pat does point out that the vetters are responsible, but I say that the fact that stuff like this wouldn’t have been considered a problem says a lot about the way these guys think.
7:54 a.m. Confessions of a Shopaholic. blah blah blah YAWN!
7:56 a.m. All about confidence says Woodward. He’s right about that.
8:08 a.m. Krugman we are nitpicking on this bill. Obama should go on the offensive on the bill.
8:12 a.m. Krugman seems to think that all president Bush did was cut taxes wasn’t there a ton of spending? Re-writes the history of the Reagan years. Has a point about the fed though.
8:15 a.m. The 90’s was gridlock not corporation, hey maybe that means we should do nothing. Krugman thinks doing nothing is horrible, that’s confirms my opinion.
8:29 a.m. Chris Matthews needs to be on Morning Joe more often, it seems to bring him back to sanity. Says he needs to explain what the bill does and why.
8:31 a.m. Dump stimulus it sounds like a porn ad. I think that the great talking bit is lessened without a teleprompter.
8:40 a.m. Matthews seems to have crowned Susan Collins as kingmaker. Maine votes like people from Maine, looking for deeper meaning in her victory this year is just wrong.
8:43 a.m. Barnicle must have seen this ad from Reason:
8:51 a.m. More Mika and the baby I expect this judge to get angry.
Promoted from today’s Morning Joe. One of the starting headlines is that one of the most wanted Nazi War Criminals still left alive from WWII apparently died in Egypt where he hid under a false name for decades.
One of the most wanted Nazi war criminals, Aribert Heim or ‘Doctor Death’, lived for years as a quiet, pious Muslim in a small hotel on the edge of Islamic Cairo, where he was known as Doctor Tarek.
Concealed in the labyrinthine streets of the largest city in Africa and the Middle East, the man wanted for killing hundreds of concentration camp victims with horrific medical experiments found refuge until his death in 1992.
The next paragraph is almost stereotypical of killers in hiding:
“He was like a giant, not very chatty but he never missed a prayer at the mosque,” remembers Gamal Abu Ahmed, who today lives in Dr Death’s former room on the sixth floor of the Qasr el-Medina hotel.
He was a very quiet man…Never missed a prayer at the mosque. No!
A genocidal war criminal involved in the death of Jews hiding in an Arab country as a Muslim. I can’t handle the shock. How did he ever manage to blend in?
Update: Israellycool covered this yesterday, see what happens when you miss a day of your favorite blogs.
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