Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[Jungle Rat]

The material hasn't been the best lately to work with.

[Professor Tiger]

Well, it's hard to maintain your legendary creative cutting-edge mojo of humor ALL the time. When you came up with "My pee smells like ham" and "I have three balls," you set the bar so high that it's almost impossible to meet.

[Jungle Rat]

Yet I still do.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Oh no...elections have consequences? You mean the victor does get the spoils?

You are a supporter of gerrymandering then? And ensuring that 90% of House races are noncompetitive?

[sardis]

Does any of them beat Melvin Watt's NC 12th Congressional District?...

[Toemeesleather]

Job creation by the wizards of smart.....Solyndra....Green.....Sustainable.....and 1/2 billion up a wild hog's ass. More global warming calculus.

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[Dr. Strangelove]

Does any of them beat Melvin Watt's NC 12th Congressional District?...

Wow. That one's awful too.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Ohio's current districts



How Republicans want to change it. The new District 15 is the pink snake that slithers halfway across the state

[Toemeesleather]

Wow.....sanity from a Dem....Corporal Cueball Carville of all people...

People often ask me what advice I would give the White House about various things. Today I was mulling over election results from New York and Nevada while thinking about that very question. What should the White House do now? One word came to mind: Panic.

We are far past sending out talking points. Do not attempt to dumb it down. We cannot stand any more explanations. Have you talked to any Democratic senators lately? I have. It's pretty damn clear they are not happy campers.

This is what I would say to President Barack Obama: The time has come to demand a plan of action that requires a complete change from the direction you are headed....

[AlabamAlum]

I've always liked Carville. He is hilarious.

[puterbac]

White House pressures General to change testimony to benefit a large donor...

White House Pressure for a Donor?

Sep 15, 2011 12:24 AM EDT

The Pentagon has worried for months that a project backed by a prominent Democratic donor might interfere with military GPS. Now Congress wants to know if the White House pressured a general to change his testimony.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... donor.html

The four-star Air Force general who oversees Air Force Space Command walked into a highly secured room on Capitol Hill a week ago to give a classified briefing to lawmakers and staff, and dropped a surprise. Pressed by members, Gen. William Shelton said the White House tried to pressure him to change his testimony to make it more favorable to a company tied to a large Democratic donor.

[Professor Tiger]

Cheney tried to get reluctant intelligence officials to support the alleged Iraq/WMD connection leading up to OIF.

James Carville and Mary Matalin must have had some interesting pillow talk over the years.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Long article but interesting read on the water crisis in west Texas. Over the next few decades we will see more and more problems with water shortages in the Sun Belt, I would imagine.

http://www.gosanangelo.com/news/2011/se ... ahoo_feeds

[sardis]

I guess maybe then people will stop moving there and go somewhere else...

[Professor Tiger]

West Texas has always been a dry desolate wasteland.

[AlabamAlum]

Interesting. President Obama has a GOP Debate Watch werbsite where they basically keep score with what is said.


http://www.barackobama.com/gopdebatewatch-20110912

[Toemeesleather]

Can you say desperation ?

[sardis]

West Texas has always been a dry desolate wasteland.

Reminds me of on of Sam Kinison's acts...

"you live in a desert!"

[Professor Tiger]

Long article but interesting read on the water crisis in west Texas. Over the next few decades we will see more and more problems with water shortages in the Sun Belt, I would imagine.

That's like saying,

Over the next few years, we will see a lot of winter snow in Minnesota and Alaska, spring tornadoes in the South, and summer/fall hurricanes along the Gulf coast.

[Toemeesleather]

.....and more and more cat 5 hurricanes.


Poor folks on the Today show just seemed lost this week....there wernt no hurricanes....sad really.