tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75824804728195741912024-03-14T00:29:22.551-04:00Nasty Letters from Peter KingNasty Letters from Peter King, NY-03, Blue Long Island, Progressive Politics, Etc.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-61540592708085212007-08-14T01:37:00.000-04:002007-08-16T17:43:40.348-04:00Peter King + Karl Rove= Best Friends Forever<blockquote><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-usdele0814,0,5974306.story">Newsday</a>:<br />Karl Rove left without even a goodbye.<br /><br />That's how Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) recalled his first meeting more than seven years ago with President George W. Bush's top political adviser, who resigned Monday.<br /><br />The two men went head-to-head on "Meet the Press" over then-Gov. Bush's speech at Bob Jones University during the 2000 election campaign. <span style="font-weight: bold;">King, supporting Sen. John McCain, criticized Bush for not speaking out against the school's "anti-Catholicism," while Rove defended him.<br /></span></blockquote><br />I guess King forgot to mention his objection that whole "no interracial dating" rule they had at Bob Jones.. musta slipped his memory.<br /><blockquote><br />"It got pretty heated. Afterward, he basically walked out without saying goodbye," King said Monday. <span style="font-weight: bold;">"But we've come a long way since then."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Far enough, in fact, that King joined Rove at the White House two weeks ago for the signing of a Homeland Security bill.</span> King said Rove didn't tell him of any plans to resign, but said <span style="font-weight: bold;">they've remained in touch since their initial debate.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "He is not just a political operative. He's a historian.</span> He can compare the election of 2004 to the election of 1896," King said. "Some Democrats ... think he was too partisan, but I think people in both parties admire him, even if you don't agree with him."</blockquote>Oh, Peter King.. I bet he's going to miss his buddy, Karl Rove. Read the full article for Long Island's Democratic delegation smacking down ole "turd blossom."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-41008767062408766832007-08-12T22:57:00.000-04:002007-08-12T23:22:46.096-04:00Video: Peter King and George Bush, So Happy Together<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fgjQH9-XXo"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0fgjQH9-XXo" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-62634187382126786552007-08-09T16:33:00.001-04:002008-12-08T22:44:29.764-05:00"Artwork" for Peter King's New Website!A zany and fun submission for <a href="http://peteking.house.gov/index.shtml">Peter King's new website</a><a href="http://peteking.house.gov/index.shtml">.</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNrXHNVIb_rxySi1hfhVP0fEm6gNpzpQqByt7MjlFE-lJu_dzXjr-butUFN1t9pnuPOXok91iOrpXfq24LP4gEf6GSAOeoDSzM8ksgkI4BQmYDiTPVxALfceA4OWkaXnKEQHTMzOBhaI/s1600-h/Page_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijNrXHNVIb_rxySi1hfhVP0fEm6gNpzpQqByt7MjlFE-lJu_dzXjr-butUFN1t9pnuPOXok91iOrpXfq24LP4gEf6GSAOeoDSzM8ksgkI4BQmYDiTPVxALfceA4OWkaXnKEQHTMzOBhaI/s400/Page_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096808165475204114" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usking294325083jun30,0,591113.story">The quote is legit</a>, the smiles are priceless. And yes, I have too much time on my hands.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-44067083664109351312007-08-07T21:12:00.000-04:002008-12-08T22:44:30.180-05:00Pictures for Peter King's Website!Peter King has a new House website, complete with a <a href="http://peteking.house.gov/photo.shtml">photo section, coming soon</a>..<br /><br />I figured I'd help him out, since I've compiled a few favorites:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD528NJ1YHGPTmSQC6DbT5PE_EhikByvDJRO7SrRBQkg8QB0xuKr_7e2G8OqFvBMKx8VGQ00bzKlqOVhLNx5qo59ZF_BL7aG4abxMjGbPq7vwK8xBMFAuDEGYez8eFqla4fJC2b_prYfQ/s1600-h/kingbush.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD528NJ1YHGPTmSQC6DbT5PE_EhikByvDJRO7SrRBQkg8QB0xuKr_7e2G8OqFvBMKx8VGQ00bzKlqOVhLNx5qo59ZF_BL7aG4abxMjGbPq7vwK8xBMFAuDEGYez8eFqla4fJC2b_prYfQ/s320/kingbush.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096134856337112018" border="0" /></a>Peter King with George Bush, "thanking God" for the Bush presidency.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.house.gov/fossella/photoalbum/VJF_PeteKing_Bush_AF1_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.house.gov/fossella/photoalbum/VJF_PeteKing_Bush_AF1_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Peter King with <a href="http://ny13.blogspot.com">Vito Fossella (NY-13)</a> and George Bush, happy together on Air Force One.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCJyZ4partJd6Yaxsy_ff4dFwVKpBcUh-Z0HaA8C3AxI29mlHzwg3fWw93ZCCsJLnABZWl_4xcuDXGFqMPFVTzHqZtLCueUZph2DctVlN4rAJLM7Y6XS1nTqJD4eF3cFcYxtjhqalRGg/s1600-h/scan00101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCJyZ4partJd6Yaxsy_ff4dFwVKpBcUh-Z0HaA8C3AxI29mlHzwg3fWw93ZCCsJLnABZWl_4xcuDXGFqMPFVTzHqZtLCueUZph2DctVlN4rAJLM7Y6XS1nTqJD4eF3cFcYxtjhqalRGg/s400/scan00101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096138812001991650" border="0" /></a>And of course, Peter King and the fam, eating up Dick Cheney's every word.<br /><br />I really hope Peter King takes into consideration these lovely photos for website, especially the Cheney one, which <a href="http://nastyletters.blogspot.com/2007/05/peter-king-and-dick-cheney-best-friends.html">formerly graced King's website</a>. It'd be a shame to see that nugget disappear.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-16191153109102154692007-08-03T00:53:00.000-04:002007-08-03T04:19:06.665-04:00Thank You, Senator Dodd<a href="http://www.chrisdodd.com/">Chris Dodd</a> just went on the Factor and gave windbag O'Reilly the ole smacketh down on DailyKos.<br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ApOkZJN7-c"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7ApOkZJN7-c" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Thank you, Senator Dodd, for speaking truth to power.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.gop.com/images/022107Dodd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.gop.com/images/022107Dodd.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />What a head of hair on that man. The best part was seeing Dodd reduce O'Reilly to calling a U.S. Senator a "propagandist" and yelling "you should apologize to Lieberman!"Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-7273312295111307782007-07-14T19:14:00.000-04:002007-07-14T19:31:32.929-04:00Peter King's Prez Pick Rudy Giuliani Picks a NeoCon Wingnut in Podhoretz..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.silt3.com/photos/giuliani_in_drag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.silt3.com/photos/giuliani_in_drag.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />It makes more and more sense that Peter King would endorse <a href="http://www.thealbanyproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1009">Rudy Giulani</a><br />for President. I mean, they've both built their reputations on talking tough on war stuff while screwing up in just about every conceivable way.<br /><br />Now, the New Jersey Star-Ledger's Paul Mulshine has <a href="http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/118421550787740.xml&coll=1">more juicy details</a><br />as to how batty Rudy really must be. He's just chosen Norman Podhoretz as a foreign policy advisor.. <blockquote><br />On a recent luxury cruise sponsored by National Review magazine, Podhoretz got into a dispute with NR founder William F. Buckley about the Iraq war. Buckley, the dean of American conservatives, termed the war a disaster. But Podhoretz, who like most "neo" conservatives has his roots in leftist politics, disagreed. <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "It has been a triumph," said Podhoretz. "It couldn't have gone better."</span> </p> <p> The man is clearly off his rocker. Yet Giuliani seems blissfully unaware of that unpleasant fact. How could this be?</p></blockquote><p> </p>Wow.<br /><blockquote>...the so-called <span style="font-weight: bold;">"war on terror" was not a defensive war but an intellectual fantasy</span>, the goal of which was, as Podhoretz put it in 2002, "<span style="font-weight: bold;">not just to clean up al Qaeda cells but to effect regime changes in six or seven countries and to create conditions which would lead to internal reform and modernization in the Islamic world."</span></blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>Yeah... about that regime change thing.. it's not really working out so hot, see? And the American people are wising up to it.. too bad Rudy Giuliani hasn't figured that out. Even leading conservative William Buckley, the creator of the National Review, gets how disastrous the Neoconservative world view has been in reality:<blockquote><br />"The <span style="font-weight: bold;">neoconservative hubris</span>, which sort of assigns to America some kind of geostrategic responsibility for maximizing democracy, <span style="font-weight: bold;">overstretches the resources of a free country</span>."</blockquote>Word. Too bad Peter King and Rudy Giuliani haven't gotten the memo just yet.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-55418858279895336532007-07-13T21:38:00.000-04:002007-07-13T21:55:28.476-04:00Peter King Has NO CLUE on Osama, Part II<a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--summerterrorthrea0711jul11,0,5183331.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork"><span style="font-size:100%;">Chertoff remark more reminder than warning to security officials</span></a><br /><blockquote>Rep. Peter King of New York, the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said there was intelligence indicating an increase of activity <span style="font-weight: bold;">without any specific evidence of a threat</span>.<br /><br />"The biggest message is for Americans to realize <span style="font-weight: bold;">we have to assume we can be attacked any day," King said.</span> "The fact that there is more talk out there heightens our vigilance. ... <span style="font-weight: bold;">It's like chasing ghosts</span>."<br /><br /><br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dallmeierart.com/21352c110.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.dallmeierart.com/21352c110.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Does Peter King even believe the words that come out of his own mouth anymore? I do, in fact, assume we can be attacked whenever.. but only because Osama bin Laden is still on the loose! If we could dismantle al Qaida, we wouldn't have to live in this constant state of fear that Peter King seems to relish. What has he done lately to help capture Osama? NOTHING.<br /><br />"Chasing ghosts", huh? If by 'ghosts', King means Osama, then yes, let's drop this Iraq nonsense and get on with it. The only 'ghost' Peter King seems to be chasing is his own political future, since all he seems to do is keep people afraid and compliant with his, uh self-proclaimed "expertise" on the subject of terrorism.<br /><br />I'm not on the House Homeland Security Committee like King, but my <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--summerterrorthrea0711jul11,0,5183331.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork">"gut feeling"</a> is that we'd all be a lot safer if Osama bin Laden were captured and eliminated. Give up on the ghosts of Orwellian fear and go after bin Laden, Peter King!Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-15932472607319504892007-07-13T15:44:00.000-04:002007-07-13T18:27:55.952-04:00Peter King Has NO CLUE on Osama and Iraq<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Peter_king.jpg/250px-Peter_king.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Peter_king.jpg/250px-Peter_king.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><h2><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usterr12a5290084jul12,0,7195321.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print">Officials say Al-Qaida strongest since 9/11</a></span></h2><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><blockquote><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span> WASHINGTON - A new U.S. intelligence assessment concludes that the <span style="font-weight: bold;">al-Qaida terrorist network has rebounded</span> and is at its<span style="font-weight: bold;"> greatest strength since it was expelled from Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks</span>, U.S. officials said yesterday.<br /><br />Calling <span style="font-weight: bold;">al-Qaida the most potent terrorist threat to U.S. national security,</span> the classified draft makes clear that the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bush administration has been unable to cripple Osama bin Laden</span> and the violent terror movement he founded.</blockquote><br />The US Intel community is reporting what we've known for a long time. Al-Qaida is the real threat to American security. Bush had the chance to rope them in years ago, but dropped the ball and got us into the Iraq quagmire instead. In the mean time,Al-Qaida's now stronger than ever, and Bush lackeys Michael Chertoff and Peter King don't have a clue what to do about it:<br /><blockquote><br />Rep. Peter King said intelligence "chatter" monitored by government agencies is at levels as high as those seen in the summer of 2001, when officials described the system as "blinking red" before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "The chatter, the noise that's out there is similar to what it was in the summer of 2001,"</span> said King, of Seaford, ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee. "It's more than it was several months ago. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It could be coming from questionable sources trying to throw us off. Or it could be very serious. But based on the history, it's being taken very seriously.</span>"</blockquote><blockquote>King and several homeland security officials stressed there was <span style="font-weight: bold;">no specific or credible evidence of a planned domestic attack</span>...</blockquote><br />There's "chatter" from Al-Qaida, but we don't know anything about it, and there's no planned attack or anything. (Al-Qaida's just been using up those anytime minutes a lot lately..)But you know, <span style="font-weight: bold;">be afraid!</span> says Peter King.<br /><br />Seems to me like Osama bin Laden is the perfect Bogeyman for George Bush Republicans like Peter King. Since Osama's a credible threat, why isn't the entire US military scouring the desert for him? Oh, that's right, that war that has <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTHING TO DO WITH AL-QAIDA,</span> IRAQ: <blockquote><br />The U.S. intelligence community's assessment of the al-Qaida threat comes as <span style="font-weight: bold;">more bad news for President George W. Bush</span>.<br /><br />Bush has repeatedly tried to cast the increasingly unpopular war in Iraq as part of the struggle against worldwide terrorism.<br /><br />But many of the<span style="font-weight: bold;"> government's own counterterrorism analysts say the Iraq war has fueled anti-Western militancy and served as recruitment aid for bin Laden and like-minded Islamic extremists.</span><br /></blockquote><br />Whoops, my bad. The old Iraq didn't use to have anything to do with Islamic extremists, but now that Iraq's destabilized, we've created a prime recruiting ground for Al-Qaida.<br />Is Peter King supposed to have any credibility here? I mean, King's been with Bush 100% on Iraq, and now Bush's own Intelligence community says he screwed up when he gave up on Osama and destabilized Iraq.<br /><br />Peter King had a chance to redeem himself yesterday, but instead he voted for <a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll624.xml">more war, more quagmire.</a><br /><br />I've got a question for Peter King: Why should your constituents believe anything you say? You've built your image on being "tough on terror", yet your muddled world view, force fed to you from on high, has done irreparable damage to the security of the United States.<br /><br />Admit it: like George Bush, you're too stubborn to admit that Iraq is a quagmire, that it's distracted us from actually defeating Al-Qaida. Right now all I hear from you is endless talk of "chatter". I'm sick of you driving fear into the hearts of Americans, when all you do is make things worse in Iraq.<br /><br />We could've had Osama years ago, if Peter King and George Bush didn't drop the ball and get us into the Iraq quagmire.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-8081101743962185862007-07-07T16:21:00.001-04:002008-12-08T22:44:30.377-05:00One of These Pols is Not Like the Other<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrr9qK5-UDf6k5wPzAFRk_xPCWWGwe50mI2KYNo-6dKwCWTdN7fU4JIllPOi3X9IBkkmUoaiBoiLo5pkTe-DCTDrqVbdyhiYcFqDBwySO0Kg34nbkDnGV_pYhiNBYeMEiip7h0eea44qE/s1600-h/LIDelegation.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrr9qK5-UDf6k5wPzAFRk_xPCWWGwe50mI2KYNo-6dKwCWTdN7fU4JIllPOi3X9IBkkmUoaiBoiLo5pkTe-DCTDrqVbdyhiYcFqDBwySO0Kg34nbkDnGV_pYhiNBYeMEiip7h0eea44qE/s400/LIDelegation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084552969773684258" border="0" /></a><br />Steve Levy (D), Tim Bishop (D), Ed Koch (D), Steve Israel (D), Carolyn McCarthy (D), <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter King (R)</span>, Tom Suozzi (D).<br /><br />Hmmmm..Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-84093129253466806662007-07-07T04:00:00.001-04:002007-07-07T04:05:32.870-04:00long island<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.loving-long-island.com/image-files/map-of-long-island-big.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.loving-long-island.com/image-files/map-of-long-island-big.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />i kind of dig it.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-12111857848198453642007-07-06T13:53:00.000-04:002008-12-08T22:44:30.402-05:00LIVEBLOGGED: Matt Stoller In the Building<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7RNRfKHWs5oSojl8qHyMN4gpaxC96L24EJDIyca-_i3ECPHSKjKcMOUfqZdsdo4f-PX8EaqXwOiq0rL4ckL_s1mSTQmtBSHN9weQTI0foQ0xt2faFUgOwHUG0lIkdL12Al3oqlfP4yM/s1600-h/Photo+60.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK7RNRfKHWs5oSojl8qHyMN4gpaxC96L24EJDIyca-_i3ECPHSKjKcMOUfqZdsdo4f-PX8EaqXwOiq0rL4ckL_s1mSTQmtBSHN9weQTI0foQ0xt2faFUgOwHUG0lIkdL12Al3oqlfP4yM/s400/Photo+60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5084143998692791826" border="0" /></a><br />LIVEBLOGGED. more to come.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-29639396786728124732007-06-19T17:42:00.000-04:002007-06-19T17:46:53.264-04:00Please Help FREEP Peter King Poll!Hello friends. Peter King is featured in this week's <a href="http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2007/06/naked_ambition_48.html">"Naked Ambition" Poll </a>run by Newsday, where basically they pick a few dumb quotes from the week and vote on which is most ridiculous. Help make it Peter King, especially since his quote is overblown rhetoric about why we need to keep brown people out of America.<br /><br /><a href="http://weblogs.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/blog/2007/06/naked_ambition_48.html">PLEASE VOTE FOR PETER KING HERE NOW</a><br /><br />"they're stealin' ar jebs!!" (has anyone else seen that south park? i thought it was pretty hilarious.)Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-71347403496502094822007-06-19T01:29:00.000-04:002007-06-19T01:37:50.724-04:00Republicans are great at irony..It just occurred to me; there's the slightest bit of irony to the fact that Republicans deify the man from their party who said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this <span style="font-style: italic;">wall</span>!", yet many insist on constructing a literal <span style="font-style: italic;">fence </span>across<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Mexico?<br /><br />Is this just a matter of semantics, the former instance denoting Republicans' distaste of <span style="font-style: italic;">walls</span>, whereas the latter instance represents their preference for <span style="font-style: italic;">fences</span>? A bit of a conundrum.<br /><br />We'll have more on Peter King's fencecapades, and his "amnesty" broken record.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-87761249192468205742007-05-30T15:25:00.000-04:002007-05-30T15:32:51.171-04:00Peter King Absent on Voting SecurityFrom <a href="http://reformny.blogspot.com/2007/05/bipartisan-support-for-bill-to-improve.html">ReformNY</a> we learn that Peter King is <span style="font-weight: bold;">one of only 9</span> NY representatives who have not co-sponsored a key piece of Voting Reform legislation:<blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Twenty-one out of New York’s 29 Representatives are cosponsoring Congressman Rush Holt’s bill</span> that would establish minimum security requirements for voting systems and minimum procedural requirements for the administration of elections. Most significantly, the bill would mandatevoter-verifiable paper ballots and spells out detailed guidelines for conducting post-election audits. More details in this <a href="http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070529/OPINION/705290315/1005/OPINION">Press & Sun-Bulletin editorial</a>.</blockquote>Read the post and the editorial to find out why King ought to support to this measure, if he supports a healthy democracy.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-58117405238953525052007-05-28T01:46:00.000-04:002007-05-29T15:26:48.488-04:00Newsday Reports, One Month After Us...Maybe they got around to reading Nasty Letters, because Newsday is <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usfund285233473may28,0,3736847.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print">finally reporting </a>on Q1 fundraising numbers, over a month after <a href="http://nastyletters.blogspot.com/2007/04/peter-king-strapped-for-cashraises.html">we did</a>:<br /><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote>Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) raised $87,571, four times as much as he did in the first quarter, but had the <span style="font-weight: bold;">least cash on hand among the local delegation.</span><br /><br />King attributed his $287,090 in the bank to a tougher-than-usual re-election race last November and his decision to pay more expenses early.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Peter King was outraised by Steve Israel, who has a safer seat, and has much less COH than safe Democrats McCarthy and Ackerman.<br /><br />Of course, they also neglect to parse the details as thoroughly as Nasty Letters; King actually spent more than he raised this last quarter, so he LOST almost $17K, not to mention the fact that he's down 500K from this time last cycle.<br /><br />But hey, at least they got around to reporting a good story.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-10443818330388759102007-05-24T18:16:00.000-04:002008-12-08T22:44:30.603-05:00Peter King and Dick Cheney: Best Friends Forever?<a href="http://peteking.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=13&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=2&SectionTree=13">This</a> is precious..<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugqBi_ERWq9B8PG_ixnEHq1j0EQNGP3N8p6TjJ379-fIL_7CvEinKmseGAbEd2Ns-xVc3376fAzGCMKsDhrbm24jbfQ0pfxmn42fI4ir-i_i3g6R9iPS5tx2xCWnWmeSIWJPv18QlKWY/s1600-h/scan00101.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgugqBi_ERWq9B8PG_ixnEHq1j0EQNGP3N8p6TjJ379-fIL_7CvEinKmseGAbEd2Ns-xVc3376fAzGCMKsDhrbm24jbfQ0pfxmn42fI4ir-i_i3g6R9iPS5tx2xCWnWmeSIWJPv18QlKWY/s400/scan00101.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068260962569493058" border="0" /></a><br />Peter King, gazing intently at Dick Cheney, featured on King's own website. Now, if King were thinking logically, he'd probably scrub that picture a long, long time ago. Dick Cheney's approval ratings tend to reside in the low 20's or so. But then, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter King shares one thing in common with Dick Cheney: they both "thank God every night that George Bush is our President."</span>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-35825674587013605032007-05-24T12:18:00.000-04:002007-05-24T15:27:07.079-04:00Peter King: No Hurry on Homeland Security<a href="http://joshingpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/05/over-5-12-years-later.html"></a><a href="http://joshingpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/05/over-5-12-years-later.html">Joshing Politics</a> has some choice words for King's latest, uh, "triumph".. namely, getting a WMD unit for NYC, so now that we're on par with places like Topeka, Kansas...<br /><blockquote>The two Republican Congressmen from the area, <a href="http://ny13.blogspot.com/">Vito Fossella</a> and Peter King announced at a little press conference to strut their stuff. They claim to have jumped several Congressional hurdles to introduce this, but <span style="font-weight: bold;">it seems like a no-brainer to have brought more security to the NYC area immediately following 9/11.<br /></span></blockquote><span>He's definitely on to something here. Peter King loves to portray himself as Mr. Homeland Security, especially now that he's fairly irrelevant with the Dems in charge of the Homeland Security Committee. But the truth is, in the years after 9-11, when it really counted King was nothing more than a <a href="http://nastyletters.blogspot.com/2007/02/dem-homeland-chair-peter-king.html">lapdog for Bush</a>.<br /><br />Now that Democrats run the show, no-brainers like the 9/11 Committee recommendations see the light of day. Still, King's taking credit for acting like he's in control.<br /><br />Except, well, he didn't even introduce the legislation to establish the NYC WMD Unit..<br /></span><blockquote>The key move was an amendment, <span style="font-weight: bold;">offered by Rep. John McHugh</span>, R-N.Y., of Watertown, to the House's 2008 Defense Authorization bill, providing funding for a second team in Gotham.<br /></blockquote><span>Peter King: A day late, a buck short, taking credit for other people's work.<br /><br /><br /></span>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-71397544315942893822007-05-23T15:41:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:02:02.596-04:00Peter King Declines; Dave Mejias Ascendant<a href="http://kingwatch.blogspot.com/2007/05/king-takes-tumble-on-long-island-press.html">Peter King Watch</a> caught the story about Long Island Press' annual <a href="http://www.longislandpress.com/index.php?cp=40&show=article&a_id=11933">Power List</a> of the 50 Most Influential Long Islanders.. Turns out Peter King <span style="font-weight: bold;">dropped 22 spots</span>:<br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>27. Peter King</b></p><div> </div><p style="text-align: justify;"><b>Last year #5</b></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><i> <p align="left">U.S. Representative</p></i> </div><div style="text-align: justify;" class="floatrightcap"><p><img src="http://www.longislandpress.com/view.php?file=13156" /><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote>Since the Democrats won the House of Representatives last November, this Republican congressman representing South Nassau<span style="font-weight: bold;"> lost his seat as chair of the Homeland Security Committee, a significant blow to the clout he once held.</span> But King is still a seasoned lawmaker nonetheless. Among his most notable achievements is securing funding for the Long Island Rail Road’s East Side Access project, which is still years away, but will save many commuters about a half hour daily once completed. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sure, he’s a polarizing figure who doesn’t let criticism roll off as easy as some,</span> but he is still on the committee he once chaired and lobbies for more security funding for the region.</blockquote>So basically Peter King isn't nearly as powerful as he used to be, but hey, he still does his job, so kudos from the Press..<br /><br />The real point of interest is the surge by Peter King's '06 Challenger, Dave Mejias. He went up 3 spots from last year, besting Peter King by 5 places:<br /><b> <p align="left"></p></b></div><blockquote><b><p align="left">22. David Mejias</p> <p align="justify">Last year #25</p></b><i> <p align="left">Nassau County Legislator</p></i> <div class="floatrightcap"><p><img src="http://www.longislandpress.com/view.php?file=13149" /><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don’t misconstrue this perennial Power Lister’s failed attempt to unseat U.S. Rep. Peter King last year as a failure. </span>Many thought this to be a quixotic attempt when in reality, Mejias took his shot for Congress only after fellow Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick) dropped out of the race. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Within only a few months, Mejias proved to be a superb campaigner</span> and (perhaps more importantly) a <span style="font-weight: bold;">powerhouse fund-raiser</span>. The first Latino to be elected to the Nassau County Legislature, Mejias is a <span style="font-weight: bold;">valued advocate in the Hispanic community and a successful businessman with high-powered connections throughout the state.<br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Good on Dave Mejias, I say. Really hoping for a rematch. King's going down in '08, if he gets a strong challenge, and Mejias is just the guy we need. If I were Dave, I'd be sure to rally the Hispanic Community around this race, given King's regressive and unworkable immigration positions..</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div></div></blockquote>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-15801022503754967182007-05-18T18:54:00.000-04:002007-05-18T18:55:32.814-04:00Rep. John Murtha: A True PatriotCompare Peter King's bluster to somebody who fought in the trenches of 'Nam:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJ_NzM7uJaE"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hJ_NzM7uJaE" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />Jack Murtha kicks ass. Seriously.Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-54534260312555745722007-05-18T16:35:00.000-04:002007-05-18T17:24:00.456-04:00Peter King: How Dare GOP moderates Rethink Iraq?!!? GOP Shill Agrees..From Newsday: <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/printedition/stories/ny-usking115208012may11,0,7288449.story">King assails war detractors</a><br /><blockquote>WASHINGTON - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rep. Peter King attacked as "disgraceful"</span> yesterday <span style="font-weight: bold;">Republican moderates </span>who warned President George W. Bush on Wednesday that his <span style="font-weight: bold;">handling of the Iraq war threatens to damage the GOP's future</span>.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "Members of Congress, whether in my party or the other party, who supported the war and are now turning against it because it's unpopular, that to me is disgraceful</span>," said King. "<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you can't take a political hit, then you can't send soldiers into war to take real bullets."</span></div></blockquote><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"> King, who shouldered his tightest re-election campaign ever amid last year's Democratic landslide, <span style="font-weight: bold;">acknowledged he is feeling the heat as he continues to back the president despite growing public disenchantment with the war</span>.</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So Peter King calls it a "disgrace" that members of his own caucus would dare to defy Bush's marching orders; so much for the marketplace of ideas, free expression, all that jazz. King's marching in lockstep to Bush's orders so much that he can't fathom anyone seeing Iraq for what it really is: an intractable quagmire.<br /><br />King acts as though his blind support for the war is a principled stance; anyone who changes their mind is simply worried about the "political hit". But even King acknowledges that he "feels the heat" from voters. Does he think they're just blowing hot air? Peter King's so far over the deep end he no longer... <span style="font-weight: bold;">LISTENS TO HIS CONSTITUENTS</span>. You know, the people he's supposedly... <span style="font-weight: bold;">REPRESENTING</span> in Washington.<br /><br />Good thing for King that Newsday found someone who's on his side: </div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Political consultant Michael Dawidziak said King is not likely to be hurt by his continuing support of the president's war position because his district is particularly conservative. </blockquote><br /><br />Too bad he's a Republican Hack.A simple Google search reveals much about "Political consultant Michael Dawidziak". His business, Strategic Consulting, has a <a href="http://www.strategic-planning.com/ClientsPolitical.html">client list</a> that reads like a Who's Who of the GOP:<br /><br /><table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"><tbody><tr><td class="ColHead" width="52%"><strong>Presidential</strong></td> <td class="ColHead" width="48%"><strong>U. S. Senate</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="TableData"><p>Bush-Quayle 1988</p></td> <td class="TableData"><p>Lazio - New York</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="TableData"><p>Bush-Quayle 1992</p></td> <td class="TableData"><p>Roth - Delaware</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="TableData"><p>Dole-Kemp 1996</p></td> <td class="TableData"><p>Coats - Indiana</p></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="TableData"><p>Forbes 2000</p></td> <td class="TableData"><p>Grassley - Iowa</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">A man with a PhD. gives the smackdown:<br /></div><blockquote>But Stanley Klein, a C.W. Post political science professor, said King could suffer politically.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> "There is only one kind of politician who is above the polls,"</span> Klein said. <span style="font-weight: bold;">"And that's an ex-politician."</span></blockquote>And on that note, I leave you with an '06 <a href="http://daveforamerica.com/">Dave Mejias</a> ad that sums things up perfectly..<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-o0_zZKJGk"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s-o0_zZKJGk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-40389670813162988142007-05-18T05:20:00.000-04:002007-05-18T05:26:09.318-04:00Peter King on Electoral Integrity, 2004From the archives, a choice Peter King snippet:<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7dV67u370Pg"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7dV67u370Pg" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="350" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />"It's all over but the counting, and we'll take care of the counting."<br /><br />Also, do take note of King's buddy GWB, and King's keg cup...Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-47241365786695759312007-05-17T04:49:00.000-04:002007-05-17T04:59:25.873-04:00Blogswarm!<div style="text-align: justify;">I came across this 2005 column called <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/05/bloggers/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Netroots activism arrives</span></a> on CNN.com. It reflects on the effect bloggers had on the OH-2 special election, and the Democratic candidate, Paul Hackett A quick read but definitely a few choice quotes:</div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />Democrat Paul Hackett, running in a special election for an Ohio congressional seat that most national Democrats wrote off as hopeless.<p>But Hackett, a Marine who served in Iraq, showed fight. </p><p>"We have to say it loud that we are proud to fight for what this great country stands for," he said...</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">The bloggers raised a lot more money for the Hackett campaign than the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.</span> </p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;">"We raised around $500,000 from the netroots, which means we outspent the National Republican Congressional Committee and we're three times as relevant as the DCCC in terms of cold hard cash,</span>" Brigham said.</p><p>On the final day of the campaign they needed $30,000. "So Bob from Swing State sent out an email, made phone calls, said, 'Here is what we need, we need $30,000 in a very short period of time.'" Schechner said. "And the next day, ActBlue delivered a check for $60,000."</p></div><p> </p></blockquote>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-11085318474403224982007-05-14T19:10:00.000-04:002007-05-14T20:00:44.588-04:00Peter King: So Very Wrong on Immigration<div style="text-align: justify;">A blog called <a href="http://http//dos-centavos.blogspot.com/2007/05/dumbocrats-could-cost-us-immigration.html">Dos Centavos</a> has some choice words for House Republicans, Peter King included, and former Republican Heath Shuler. See Peter King and this gang oppose the bipartisan bill under consideration in the Senate, which would provide a means for illegal immigrants to become U.S. citizens.<br /></div><br />From <a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/immigration-deal-is-near-says-specter-2007-05-08.html">The Hill</a> :<br /><blockquote>Another swipe at the Senate’s compromise came from across the Capitol, where <span style="font-weight: bold;">several border-first House Republicans</span>, along with Democratic freshman Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.), released a terse letter to their counterparts in the upper chamber.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">“”It’s important that the Senate know that now there is strong opposition in the House of Representatives. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It’s bipartisan opposition to amnesty,” Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) told reporters.</span><br /></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Yeah, so I'm not sure a bunch of right-wing Republicans and one former Republican qualify as "bi-partisan"<span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><span style="font-style: italic;">per se.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Regardless, King's position is incredibly short-sighted, as illustrated by a <a href="http://http//www.dmiblog.net/archives/2007/05/post_37.html">recent study</a> calculating the benefits of Latino immigrants for Long Island's economy:<br /></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of the nation's most virulent anti-immigrant proposals have erupted from Long Island's elected officials, from <a href="http://www.dmiblog.net/archives/2006/09/steve_levy_complains_but_misse.html">Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy</a> to local Congressional Representative <span style="font-weight: bold;">Peter King, co-sponsor of the harsh and unworkable immigration bill </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/immigrationreport_app3.html">H.R. 4437</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">...</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;">The report, which is not yet available online, finds that Long Island Hispanics <span style="font-weight: bold;">contribute nearly a billion dollars a year</span> in taxes and other revenues to local government, <span style="font-weight: bold;">far more than they use in public services</span>, producing a <span style="font-weight: bold;">net benefit to the public of $202 million a year</span>. Consumer spending by Hispanics produced an <span style="font-weight: bold;">additional $5.7 billion</span> impact on the Long Island economy, <span style="font-weight: bold;">creating more than 52,000 jobs.</span></div></blockquote>Even <a href="http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-opkea145212195may14,0,3650509.column?coll=ny-news-columnists">Newsday's</a> conservative columnist Raymond Keating gets the picture:<br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"> Locally, it's time for some groups to stop kicking around immigrants, and instead start recognizing the role they play in keeping Long Island's economy afloat. Common-sense economics and basic human decency dictate welcoming immigrants and aiding their assimilation.<br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Meanwhile, our congressional representatives should be pushing for comprehensive immigration reform. Yes, tighten up the borders for national security purposes, but also <span style="font-weight: bold;">expand legal avenues for immigration to keep our economy chugging along. It's clear that immigrants are not an economic burden, but instead a blessing. </span><br /></blockquote><span>What does <a href="http://www.drummajorinstitute.org/library/immigrationreport_app3.html">DMI have to say</a> about the legislation Peter King co-sponsors?</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><span class="body">The bill receives a D in this category rather than an even lower grade because of the implausibility that this effort will succeed: the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice d<span style="font-weight: bold;">o not have the capacity to prosecute, incarcerate, and deport 10 million people, suggesting that a large number will continue to live and work in the United States whether or not this legislation becomes law</span>. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The bill's objectives are so impracticable</span> that it could not completely undermine the economic contributions of the undocumented immigrants it targets.</span></blockquote></div>It's time Peter King got real about immigration reform; so far all he has to offer is "Send them all back!" and "Build a fence!". I'm not going to hold my breath on this one, though.<em><br /></em>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-1478479308261858142007-05-09T15:01:00.000-04:002007-05-09T16:56:16.074-04:00Woops. Cheney Surprise Party STILL ON! WOOO.My bad; looks like I spoke too soon on my <a href="http://nastyletters.blogspot.com/2007/05/surprise-dick-cheneys-baghdad-party.html">last post</a>. Evidently I was referring to the surprise-free <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Cheney.html">AP story,</a> and not the New York Times' <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/world/middleeast/09cnd-cheney.html?hp">own coverage</a>, which is joyously entitled "Cheney Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad".<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/09/11/dickcheney_narrowweb__300x472,0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/09/11/dickcheney_narrowweb__300x472,0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Surprise!! Dick Cheney's here!! Now the party can really kick it w00000h..<br /><br />P.S. Baghdad is still <a href="http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Wqmsw3I0w">just like Manhattan</a> (with roller coasters and flower markets!), in case you were wondering..Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582480472819574191.post-33452198003822566532007-05-09T04:54:00.000-04:002007-05-09T05:16:25.252-04:00Surprise!! Dick Cheney's Baghdad PARTY wahoo..So Dick Cheney is making a visit to Baghdad this week. Thankfully, the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Cheney.html">Times coverage</a> is calling it an"unscheduled" visit. A polite euphemism to be sure, but much better than the "surprise" these photo-ops have been called in the past.<br /><br />I mean, let's be honest here, it's not like Dick Cheney and Condelezza Rice get the zany idea to pop up on Maliki.<br /><br />They <span style="font-weight: bold;">FREAKING SNUCK IN</span>, by the cover of night, to avoid <span style="font-weight: bold;">GETTING BOMBED</span>.<br /><br /><br />Update: Wait, nevermind. I definitely forgot this, but Baghdad is <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=c3Wqmsw3I0w">TOTALLY like Manhattan</a>, you guys!! LOLZ<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/c3Wqmsw3I0w"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/c3Wqmsw3I0w" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753610634601743868noreply@blogger.com0