Cocktailhag, the blog

8 Comments

1. timothy3 says:

   February 20, 2009 at 8:50 pm

   Great picture, RMP.
   You know, CH, I’ve had a tough day over at UT. The folks who show up for I/P posts depress me utterly, even though I do my level best to treat it lightly.
   I’m glad it’s Friday.
2. cocktailhag says:

   February 20, 2009 at 8:58 pm

   I know the feeling, T3…. When I got home from work, I was already fighting a losing battle with the down escalator, so I jumped off and put up a post. I felt this need coming on after the first WinSmith, and it only got worse. I admire Glenn’s patience and fortitude, banging the hornet’s nest that way so often. I’m sure it’s cocktail hour by now in Brazil.
3. Karen M says:

   February 20, 2009 at 9:26 pm

   And if it weren’t, you would have only to move the hands around the watch/clock face a little bit.

   It was a messy day here, too. But I did put up an amusing post Open Salon.
   • cocktailhag says:

     February 20, 2009 at 9:37 pm

     Well, put up the link, Sister. These blogs don’t whore themselves, as I’ve found to my chagrin. I’ll check it out, of course.
4. Jim Montague says:

   February 21, 2009 at 1:44 am

   It appears from this evenings news reports that our worst fears about the Obama administration have come true. The Obama administration now supports the Bush decision regarding Bagram detainees.
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/20/obama-backs-bush-on-bagra_n_168766.html
   I suppose I realized all along the danger of bringing so many Clinton appointees into the mix, but I never imagined it would be this dramatic. Or perhaps I did, while all along believing that progressives would continue to do the right thing. Boy was I wrong.
   Thirty days into this change and I’m biting my tongue. Where do we go next?
   • rmp says:

     February 21, 2009 at 2:21 am

     All I can say Jim is wait and see if it gets better. These articles didn’t put me in a good mood:
     Life sentence for Ill. soldier in Iraq murders
     http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1441595,Illinois-soldier-guilty-murder-Iraq-0220.article
     Obama backs Bush on terror prisoners
     http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090221/pl_politico/19099
     Will Obama back ‘truth commission’ to probe Bush practices?
     http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090220/pl_mcclatchy/3172557
     Obama’s legal changes may be fewer than expected
     http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090220/pl_mcclatchy/3172376
   • Karen M says:

     February 21, 2009 at 12:39 pm

     I find it alarming, too. But, I do wonder if he’s trying to keep everything else more or less on the status quo, while he deals with the economy. It’s already a challenge to pass any kind of bill, and if he were to initiate investigations of Bush activities, it might be total chaos.

     I don’t mean to excuse him, but I’m trying to keep some hope that the situation is only temporary….

     [CH: I should have remembered ot include the link:
     http://open.salon.com/blog/ktm
5. cocktailhag says:

   February 21, 2009 at 1:18 pm

   What we’re seeing, I think, is that sheer number of traps the Bushies left, one way in which they were quite successful. The relentless pushback to any change is being applied on every front, organized as always, in hopes of keeping as many as possible of the policies in place. So far, the only thing that works is direct denunciation and ridicule, and while I’ve been encouraged to see it on the economy, the Obama administration seems to be chickening out on the GWOT front. This is a big mistake, because it leaves the old memes in place.