Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.

'Bushwhacked'


Natter .38 Special  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


le nubian - Sep 02, 2005 1:27:15 pm PDT #4266 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

dailykos:

Senate Finance Committee members were informed this morning that Sen. Bill Frist will move forward with a vote to permanently repeal the estate tax next week, likely on Tuesday, ThinkProgress has learned.

One stands in awe of Sen. Frist's timing. Permanently repealing the estate tax would be a major blow to the nation's charities. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has "found that the estate tax encourages wealthy individuals to donate considerably more to charity , since estate tax liability is reduced through donations made both during life and at death." If there were no estate tax in 2000, for example, "charitable donations would have been between $13 billion to $25 billion lower than they actually were."

"I am surprised at the Republican leadership's insensitivity toward the events of the last week. With thousands presumed dead after Hurricane Katrina and families uprooted all along the Gulf Coast, giving tax breaks to millionaires should be the last thing on the Senate's agenda. I understand that the Senate shouldn't grind to a halt as a result of Hurricane Katrina, but there are issues that are of much greater importance both to the people directly affected by the hurricane as well as the nation as a whole than estate tax repeal.

“This shouldn't even be a choice. Families have been torn apart and homes have been washed in four states. These victims deserve the Senate's time, not the handful of millionaires repealing the Estate Tax will affect. I once again urge Senator Frist to reconsider his decision. Gulf Coast families are counting on us. They are suffering, and they have no where else to turn. We owe it to them to make their safety and survival our top priority, and we should give them nothing less. Regardless of how one feels about the estate tax, we should all be able to agree that the Senate's attention should be on the victims of this crisis.


aurelia - Sep 02, 2005 1:29:45 pm PDT #4267 of 10002
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Why have Brown and Chertoff not been fired yet?

Create your own reality now, fuckos! These guys are a waste. Where's Guliani? He and Daley can team up. Or anyone who can actually plan, command and make decisions?


Kathy A - Sep 02, 2005 1:34:27 pm PDT #4268 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

The video for the Koppel/FEMA director interview from last night is here.


le nubian - Sep 02, 2005 1:36:47 pm PDT #4269 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

he really looks like a jackass.


Theodosia - Sep 02, 2005 1:42:05 pm PDT #4270 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Where's Jon Stewart when we really need him? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you....


brenda m - Sep 02, 2005 1:45:55 pm PDT #4271 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Frist is beyond disgusting.

ETA: So is Lou Dobbs, who keeps harping on the fact that "if there's a racial element to this, why aren't people focusing on the black mayor?" and noting the "contrast between how the people of NY reacted after 9/11 and the people of New Orleans."


Topic!Cindy - Sep 02, 2005 1:47:01 pm PDT #4272 of 10002
What is even happening?

le nubian, who is speaking in the quote marks in that post?


Steph L. - Sep 02, 2005 1:54:06 pm PDT #4273 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Man, I loved the part where Brown said "We are going to get these people's lives back in order," and Koppel said "Mr. Brown, some of these people are *dead.* They're beyond your help."

Go, Ted!


le nubian - Sep 02, 2005 1:54:53 pm PDT #4274 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Cindy, Democratic leader Harry Reid is the person quoted.


bon bon - Sep 02, 2005 2:00:56 pm PDT #4275 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Bob just said to me over the phone: "at least we will finally, definitively know who is responsible for this disaster when he or she is awarded the Medal of Freedom."