Show is on

mebbee?

cudabee

Nice to hear you on every day again, if only for a short while. :)

story Sam--

Two civilians were killed by the American army by mistake in two separated incidents in Baquba city on Wednesday morning, Iraqi police said. US military confirmed one incident about 8:30 a.m. and said that a US foot patrol shot a man in a bulky jacket walking toward them.. He disobeyed orders to stop and was shot, a spokesman said. Upon investigation, it was learned he had his arm in a sling.

WOOTariffic!

yay!

WoW!

hoo ah!

afternoon Sunny J, everyone else

Study Finds Immigrants Commit Less California Crime

SAN FRANCISCO - Immigrants are far less likely than the average U.S.-born citizen to commit crime in California, the most populous state in the United States, according to a report issued late on Monday.0226 07

People born outside the United States make up about 35 percent of California’s adult population but account for about 17 percent of the adult prison population, the report by the Public Policy Institute of California showed.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/26/7295/

at this point of the show?

russert was horrible~I thought it was pretty good but would like to have them answer important questions~like what about signing statements? civil rights? spying on Americans? Do you plan to do those things differently? What about letting Congress decide when we use our military (I think they both said they'd go in if needed~argh you don't get to do that alone) Most of all, I wonder if Rachel got in trouble for saying the msnbc debate was boring...on msnbc. Love her!

nice to see ya back!

spring buds showing up here,

just dinkin around on a few projects.

where ya been, whatcha up to?

When people say to me that government has nothing to do with the economy...

hahahahahahahaha

I say to them, "How about that $600,000,000,000 a year budget for the Defense Industry. It's all our taxpayers' money. Is that part of the economy?"

hahahahahahahaha

maybe not...

mdm bibi: 'babies look like Wm Bendix'

*

Hey, bartman!

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

Submitted by kthc on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:22pm.
russert was horrible
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If your opponent were a tree, what kind of chainsaw would you use to cut it down?

Our technology? We are killing Iraqis to give them "our" technology. Ok?

!

lauren doing a reverse strip tease.

Very Progressive stuff Sam!

Wow, I had so many probs yesterday--had to leave Firefox and use Opera. Today, even AAR stream isn't working, and CRAP, just as I typed this, the cam froze and now won't reload. I've shut down completely so many times. OK, it reloaded (refreshed) and is working again. For all I know, it will crap out on me another 50 times before I finish typing this! AAAAARGH!

Damn, these mofos are in full attack mode. Fuck 'em in their ears with a sharp stick. And yeah, the sound isn't working for me AGAIN!

OK, now it's working again. JAYSUS!!!

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

the usual, my studies, debauchery and whatnot.

well, she is brunette...

mmmmmm... coffee!

Anybody know what is sams IM address

in Latino vote.

...doesn't just DRINK the wingnut koolaid, poor Bob has a mainline insulin pump for his dosing.

*

Wingnut radio "callers" everywhere are flooding the airwaves.

The Goebbels underground musta amped up the commission level.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/26/america/26clinton.php

Clinton campaign starts 5-point attack on Obama
By Patrick Healy and Julie Bosman Published: February 26, 2008

After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama's candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a "kitchen sink" fusillade against Obama, pursuing five lines of attack since Saturday in hopes of stopping his political momentum.

The effort underscores not only Clinton's recognition that the next round of primaries — in Ohio and Texas on March 4 — are must-win contests for her. It also reflects her advisers' belief that they can persuade many undecided voters to embrace her at the last minute by finally drawing sharply worded, attention-grabbing contrasts with Obama.

After denouncing Obama over the weekend for an anti-Clinton flier about the Nafta trade treaty, and then sarcastically portraying his message of hope Sunday as naïve, Clinton delivered a blistering speech on Monday that compared Obama's lack of foreign policy experience to that of the candidate George W. Bush.

"We've seen the tragic result of having a president who had neither the experience nor the wisdom to manage our foreign policy and safeguard our national security," Clinton said in a speech on foreign policy at George Washington University. "We can't let that happen again."

With a crucial debate on Tuesday night in Ohio, both Clinton's advisers and independent political analysts said that, by going negative against Obama at a time when polls in Texas and Ohio show a tightening race, Clinton risked alienating voters. Clinton has always been more popular with voters when she appeared sympathetic and a fighter; her hard-edged instinct for negative politics has usually turned off the public.

"There's a general rule in politics: A legitimate distinction which could be effective when drawn early in the campaign often backfires and could seem desperate when it happens in the final hours of a campaign," said Steve McMahon, a Democratic strategist working for neither candidate.

In Clinton's speech Monday, she also portrayed herself as "tested and ready" to be commander in chief, while accusing Obama of believing "that mediation and meetings without preconditions will solve some of the world's most intractable problems." Obama has said he would go further than Clinton to meet with leaders of hostile nations, but he has also said he would prepare for those meetings carefully and would not be blind to the leaders' motives.

On another matter, Clinton's aides criticized Obama on Monday for not distancing himself from outside groups running advertisements that promote his candidacy, a practice that Obama has sometimes criticized. But the attack that received the most pop, on cable television and blogs, came after a photograph of Obama in ceremonial African garb appeared on the Drudge Report, and the item's author, Matt Drudge, claimed that the image was provided by a Clinton staff member.

Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, said that the Clinton campaign had "engaged in the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we've seen from either party." It has not been independently verified that the photograph came from the Clinton campaign.

Clinton's new campaign manager, Maggie Williams, recently appointed to bring a tougher hand to the operation, issued a withering reply, not taking responsibility for the photograph but attacking the Obama campaign for suggesting that the photograph amounted to fear-mongering imagery.

"Enough," Williams's statement began. "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed. Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely."

"This is nothing more than an obvious and transparent attempt to distract from the serious issues confronting our country today and to attempt to create the very divisions they claim to decry," she added. "We will not be distracted."

Clinton advisers said on Monday that the attacks were partly an effort to knock Obama off balance before the debate on Tuesday.

They also said they were also sending a signal to supporters and donors that Clinton was still resolutely fighting to win the presidential nomination, despite news reports in recent days about her dispirited campaign operation and her own somber outlook on the race.

To bolster her case at the George Washington speech, Clinton stood on stage with a half-dozen retired military officials, including General Wesley Clark, who introduced her. "I'm convinced that when the going gets tough, Hillary Clinton will never let America down," Clark said.

Clinton pointed to her time in the Senate and in the White House as the first lady as evidence that she was the candidate who was most knowledgeable and prepared for the presidency.

"Electing a president should not be an either-or proposition when it comes to national security," she said. "We need a president who knows how to deploy both the olive branch and the arrows, who will be ready to act swiftly and decisively in a crisis."

The sharpened tone reflected a vacillating style that had her reflective about her political fate at the end of last Thursday's debate in Texas, and offering an apology of sorts for Bill Clinton's comments in South Carolina several weeks ago that many people viewed as racially insensitive.

By contrast, at a fund-raiser Sunday night in Boston, Clinton told supporters that in the coming days, she planned to highlight what she called "the experience gap" between her and Obama.

Indeed, her advisers said Monday that she planned to hit this theme during the candidates' Tuesday debate, though they said she would try to avoid making harsh personal attacks on Obama, particularly since Clinton drew widespread attention and praise at the debate last week for saying she was "honored" to be on the same stage with him.

White people all look alike to me...

IM Sam with AIM at samsedershow

...have a lung removed?

I'm "latino" ,the construct that it is & voting

for Obama.

Instructions:
http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2109

who's that not-lauren person?

myspace.com/studychemistrylikeal

Verbal grenades play horseshoes with their fanny packs. Good point, guest.

Reclaim that toughness! Hurry!

Love getting the Sammy Cam during the week!

No less an authority figure than Karl Rove has warned Republican operatives from demagoguing Barack Obama's middle name.

At a closed door meeting of GOP state executive directors in late January, Rove said the safest way to refer to Obama would be to use his honorific, "Sen. Obama."

"The context was, you're not going to stimatize this guy. You shouldn't underestimate him," one of the executive directors said. Rove said that the use of "Barack Hussein Obama" would perpetuate the notion that Republicans were bigoted and would hurt the party.

Rove also said that Republicans should refer to Hillary Clinton as "Sen. Clinton," rather than "Hillary."

I wouldn't vote for her if it were my ONLY option.
Sorry, but, desperate pushy people turn me off.

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

This guest makes me ill. I will smoke and make it better. No more heroin addled gym bunnies and more CRAZY FUCKIN' CALLERS, YES. Yes.

DISTINCT THIS

hahaha flew in!!

Turkey says no timetable for Iraq pullout

Wed Feb 27, 2008 2:31pm EST

By Ahmed Rasheed and Mariam Karouny

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Turkey said on Wednesday it had "no timetable" to withdraw troops fighting Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq, resisting pressure from the United States and other allies to end the offensive quickly.

Thousands of Turkish troops crossed the border last Thursday to root out PKK fighters. The PKK has used remote mountainous northern Iraq as a base in their armed campaign for self-rule in the mainly Kurdish southeast of Turkey.

"Our objective is clear, our mission is clear and there is no timetable until ... those terrorist bases are eliminated," Turkish envoy Ahmet Davutoglu told a news conference after talks in Baghdad with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSANK00037420080227

myspace.com/studychemistrylikeal

Who is this talking with Sam?

Going for the smoke now, screw the market close. But this woman makes Obama come off like a dumbo. It's offensive. I've been supporting the guy for a couple of years. Long before he had a shot. And her shilling is straight up DC.

Nein, lady. Nein. You're wrecking your man's noise. Stop it. SHUT UP. *nod and smile*

THIS ISN'T LOBBYLAND

It's wonderful having a Laura Flanders/Sam Seder double header this week.

They both need more air time.
Did you happen to catch Laura on Tavis Smiley a couple weeks ago? Tavis was praising her Blue Grit and she was great.

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

Submitted by Tromper on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:47pm.

But this woman makes Obama come off like a dumbo. It's offensive.

--

I dont think shes down on Obama or makes him look bad.

and renewable resources...

pretty mainstream my guess.

I was curious about who was getting the endorsements and/or votes of sitting senators, recognizing that it seemed like Obama was getting them all because Clinton's endorsements came earlier.

And here we go.

Clinton gets:

Pryor
Lincoln
Feinstein
Nelson (FL)
Inouye
Bayh
Mikluski
Stabenow
Menendez
Schumer
Whitehouse
Cantwell
Murray
Corzine (added on edit) duh he's governor now

Obama gets:

Dodd
Durbin
Kerry
Kennedy
McCaskill
Nelson (NE)
Conrad
Johnson
Leahy
Feingold

I was just listening to Jay Severin on 96.9FM in Boston. For those of you not familiar, he is a sometime guest contributor to MSNBC and a guest on Don Imus.

He just announced on air, that he received a call from an unnamed, very high up, DC political media type that Hillary will drop out on Friday. YES FRIDAY February 29th.

He cited crushing internal polling in the Clinton camp.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/27/153044/184/615/465173

so (pb) true!! Nice surprise!

does anyone know?

Samantha Power Obama foriegn policy advisor

bullshit...bill said only if she loses ohio and texas!!!! (oh for real?)

I've been forced to turn the radio off during this 3 hour slot.

Yes its a best of the best of the books BOOK SHOW
so Sam is out on Sunday?
Submitted by Fernando on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:51pm.
does anyone know?

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

Yes its a best of the best of the books BOOK SHOW
so Sam is out on Sunday?
Submitted by Fernando on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:51pm.
does anyone know?

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

Deep Thought

I can't wait until Ali Velshi reports from France wearing a beret.

-Atrios 10:48

the ailiens have rayguns!?!

there goes our claim to rule the world because of our superior technology (like the caller suggested a while back)

Hey Sam,

You should get the same chat client that Thom Hartmann has.

Red state senator endorses Obama, citing broad appeal

Sen. Barack Obama picked up an endorsement from his colleague Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota senator whose record of supporting labor and opposition to NAFTA could help Obama in Tuesday's Ohio Democratic primary.

Dorgan announced his support in a Wednesday afternoon conference call, where he praised Obama's record on trade and labor and called Obama the best chance for Democrats to expand their appeal across the country.

"Obama has done well in red states, bringing new people into this campaign," Dorgan said. "One reason we've lost so many states is because candidates have given up on these states before the campaign begins. Sen. Obama is not going to do that."

Dorgan is the 10th senator to endorse Obama, following former presidential candidate Chris Dodd giving Obama his support Tuesday. Clinton has been endorsed by 13 senators, while 24 Democrats in the chamber are still on the sidelines of the presidential race.

Although North Dakota's other senator, Kent Conrad, and its lone representative, Earl Pomeroy, also are Democrats, the state has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964, Dorgan said. He noted that the only other Democratic president the state supported was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who served from 1933 to 1945. The two most recent Democratic contenders, John Kerry and Al Gore, lost the state by 30 and 28 points, he said.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_scores_endorsement_from_prolabor_sen...

Our Stupid Discourse

Why is CNN running this clip of a talk show host no one cares about in an infinite loop?

Why is Ali Velshi wearing a cowboy hat?

Why won't someone make it all stop?

-Atrios 09:29

How do I get on?

However, even in some schools I have been able "to sign in as Latino, but I am 1/2 Irish and kinda "look" and raised Irish, plus (with Chestnut hair and dashes of red and/or blond -- depending on amount of Sun.
And I tan wonderfully, when I want to -- not so
much However LOL) ;)

Lots of ad's on TV urging Congress/Gillibrand to vote for the "terrorist surveillance act"...call to tell her to vote for it. Who is behind these ads - perhaps Verizon & ATT?

I don't that is all that good actually. He took more money from Abramoff than any other Dem per Wiki.

Reid to defy Bush on foreclosure rescue
'Give 'em hell Harry' says senate will do what they think best for the nation.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Sen_Reid_to_defy_Bush_on_foreclosur...

based on what the Sci-Channel showed last weekend?

IM'g Sam
Submitted by Fernando on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 3:36pm.

Instructions:
http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2109

bragger.

;)

IM's

IM him via AIM or other compatible messenger his ID is
SAMSEDERSHOW

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

I think if you wear a flag lapel pin ON you flag lapel pin, it doesn't just double your patriotism; it squares it.

"ask debate questions", not "aske detate questions"

but the point remains, should we frame the debate based on what was featured last weekend on the Sci-fi channel.."Mr. Obama, what would your responce be to a giant alligator eating St. Louis?

Tennessee GOP Smears Obama With Alleged Ties to Anti-Semitism and Farrakhan
By Eric Kleefeld - February 27, 2008, 3:17PM

Two days ago, the Tennessee Republican Party put out a press release entitled "Anti-Semites For Obama," accusing "Barack Hussein Obama" of being anti-Israel and linked to Louis Farrakhan. And just to sweeten the deal, they included the picture of Obama in native African clothing:

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/tennessee_gop_sm...

Fannie Mae: $2.1 billion in losses
Delinquency rates, foreclosures led to 2nd half of year loss total $5B.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_mortgage_finance_firm_Fannie_Mae_0227200...

Bernanke warns on inflation
Fed Chief acknowledges troubling economic signs, high rate of inflation.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/27/news/economy/bernanke_house/index.htm?cn...

I should call in as Ensoniq. And not hang up. *tapping skull*

Hillary was trying to get some sympathy and showing frustration - - it really shouldn't matter about who gets what question, a good debater is prepared...

I was thinking that because she has to answer the first question she won't be able to make the LAST argument.

9/11 Redux: 'Thousands of Aliens' in U.S. Flight Schools Illegally
Former FAA Inspector: TSA's Enforcement of Post-9/11 Laws 'Basically Nonexistent'
By BRIAN ROSS, VIC WALTER and ERIC LONGABARDI

Feb. 27, 2008—

Thousands of foreign student pilots have been able to enroll and obtain pilot licenses from U.S. flight schools, despite tough laws passed in the wake of the 9/ll attacks, according to internal government documents obtained by ABC News.

"Some of the very same conditions that allowed the 9-11 tragedy to happen in the first place are still very much in existence today," wrote one regional security official to his boss at the TSA, the Transportation Security Administration.

"Thousands of aliens, some of whom may very well pose a threat to this country, are taking flight lessons, being granted FAA certifications and are flying planes," wrote the TSA official, Richard A. Horn, in 2005, complaining that the students did not have the proper visas.

Under the new laws, American flight schools are only supposed to provide pilot training to foreign students who have been given a background check by the TSA and have a specific type of visa.

But in thousands of cases that has not happened, according to the documents and current and former government officials involved in the program.

"TSA's enforcement is basically nonexistent," said former FAA inspector Bill McNease, in an interview for ABC News' "World News With Charles Gibson."

http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4353991

ACLU calls out US over 'absurd bloating' of terror watch list

More that 900,000 people are currently listed as suspected terrorists on the US government's "do not fly" list, and that number will grow to beyond 1 million by summer, says the American Civil Liberties Union.

"If there were a million terrorists in this country, our cities would be in ruins," Barry Steinhardt, director of the ACLU's Technology and Liberty Program, stated in a press release from the group. "The absurd bloating of the terrorist watch lists is yet another example of how incompetence by our security apparatus threatens our rights without offering any real security."

The ACLU has launched a new Web site to track the growth of the watch list, which it says includes thousands of innocent Americans, including prominent politicians and authors as well as people with common names.

The group says its count is "extrapolated from a September 2007 report by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice, which reported that the Terrorist Screening Center had over 700,000 names in its database as of April 2007, and that the list was growing by an average of over 20,000 records per month." As of Wednesday afternoon, the ACLU said there were about 917,500 names on the list.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ACLU_calls_out_US_over_absurd_0227.html

'Thousands of aliens' in US flight schools
ABC: Foreign student pilots enrolling and obtaining pilot licenses despite laws.

http://www.abcnews.go.com/print?id=4353991

"the great debaters" denzel washington great movie!

Hey Sam, if the telecomms can get immunity,can I get

immunity from from the controlled substances act of 1970,in

case of future transgresions?

Emergency officials on scene of possibly radioactive packages in the UK

MOre to come.

;) (teehee)

I get beaten up a heck of a lot here ... just when I say like others here "In My Opinion". A touch of vanity is always good for wearing a "masque". ;)

The McCain campaign is a disaster in the making. :) They can't even keep their own stooges on message.

Bill Cunningham says McCain campaign told him to throw out the Red Meat during intro.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

Britain Told to Release Blair Cabinet's Minutes
Notes May Clarify Debate on Iraq Invasion

By Kevin Sullivan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, February 27, 2008; A10

LONDON, Feb. 26 -- A British official on Tuesday ordered the government to release minutes from two meetings of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet in March 2003, saying they could shed light on "uncertainties and controversies" surrounding Britain's decision to join the United States in the invasion of Iraq.

"There is a widespread view that the justification for the decision on military action in Iraq is either not fully understood or that the public were not given the full or genuine reasons for that decision," Information Commissioner Richard Thomas said in his ruling on a request made under the Freedom of Information Act.

The case illustrates how sensitive the Iraq war remains five years after the invasion. The war is extremely unpopular in Britain and was a key factor in Blair's departure after a decade in office. Many people in Britain remain skeptical and suspicious about the government's motivations for becoming the Bush administration's chief ally in Iraq.

Thomas rejected government arguments that the minutes should be exempt from public release because they deal with the formulation of public policy and ministerial communications. The Cabinet Office had argued to him that public disclosure of minutes would inhibit free and candid debate about sensitive issues in future cabinet sessions.

Thomas, who was allowed to inspect the minutes as part of his deliberations, said that while he respected the government's position, "arguments for the withholding of the information are outweighed by the public interest in its disclosure."

The information commissioner's ruling is binding, but the government has 28 days to appeal. A spokesman for the Cabinet Office said officials were reviewing the decision.

"The requirements of openness and transparency must be balanced against the proper and effective functioning of government," the Cabinet Office said in a statement Tuesday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/26/AR200802...

I am still lost man. I got an AOL IM name. What do I do now?

Its very confusing :/

I'll check that one out! Good point about the debater who responds first doesn't respond last...

In a testy exchange with Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI), McConnell tried to defend the White House’s attack on the House, claiming it was a simple issue of “verb tense.” “The radio address is normally taped on Friday morning,” before the companies announced their cooperation, he explained. “I would agree with” the radio address, McConnell added.

Levin summed up the sequence of events: “The White House was notified Friday night. And yet they still played that address on Saturday morning.”

I want to be in the IM club with Sammy.

Does anybody know if you can contact Sam re: Windows IM? Or does only AIM work? Thanks.

Report: Lewis to endorse Obama 2 hours, 4 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Civil rights leader John Lewis has dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid in favor of Barack Obama, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.

Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Atlanta, is the most prominent black leader to defect from Clinton's campaign in the face of near-majority black support for Obama in recent voting. He also is a superdelegate who gets a vote at this summer's national convention in Denver.

"It's been a long, hard difficult struggle to come to where I am," Lewis told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an interview. "But when I am, as a superdelegate, I plan to cast my vote at the convention for Barack Obama."

Lewis' constituents supported Obama roughly 3-to-1 in Georgia's Feb. 5 primary. His endorsement had been a coveted prize among the Democratic candidates thanks to his standing as one of the last major civil rights leaders of the 1960s.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080227/ap_on_el_pr/obama_endorsement_3

I'll be right over Bart!

Bob, Do a people look up and put in SamSederShow as the nic. If that doesn't work lookup SamSederShow(at)aol.com

Looks like a BOOZE allen type.

spying on americans without a warrant is against the fourth

amendment. WTF!!!! I don't believe in a police state,

fucking fascists.

like elevator music...

OH-10: Kucinich Looks Safe For Re-election
by: Chris Bowers
Wed Feb 27, 2008 at 13:52
I am relieved to report that Kucinich appears safe for re-election in OH-10, according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling:

Kucinich does though appear safe to ward off the challenge he is facing from four challengers in the Democratic primary. Kucinich is currently at 55%, followed by Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman at 29%. The other three candidates register at 5% or lower.(...)

While self identified Democrats intend to reelect Kucinich by a wide margin (59-26), Republicans and independents who are planning to vote in the Democratic primary are not as enamored with him. He trails Cimperman 45-34 with independent voters and has just a 45-35 advantage with Republican voters.

PPP surveyed 470 likely Democratic primary voters on February 25th. The survey's margin of errors is +/-4.7%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

Defeating an incumbent in a primary is just about the most difficult electoral challenge someone can undertake. Kucinich put himself in a potentially vulnerable position by spending so much time running for President, and by using his national small donor base to focus almost entirely on his Presidential campaign. If he was defeated, it would have damaged much of the momentum progressives earned from the Donna Edwards victory, but that does not appear to be a big worry now.

While this wasn't the campaign to become involved with, given the corporate and Republican money Cimperman was raising against Kucinich, at some point it is probably a good idea for the blogosphere to become involved in a primary challenge against a member of the progressive caucus. So far, from what I can tell, the Edwards victory is having much more of an impact on the Congressional Black Caucus than it is on the wider House caucus. It might be necessary to defeat a member from every caucus, such as Ed Fallon defeating Blue Dog Leonard Boswell, in order for these primary challenges to create the desired behavioral change among congressional Democrats. And every caucus means Blue Dogs, New Dems, Progressives, the CBC, and the Hispanic caucus.

well, you know what W called the Constitution, so, it follows...

Now that you have an AOL name, you need to open your AOL messenger which comes with AOL or if you have AIM which is the messenger system by itself.
Once you open that, Click on EDIT and then ADD BUDDY, then add SAMSEDERSHOW as a buddy.
THen, click on SAMSEDERSHOW which will be listed on your buddy list in the messenger window.
Then click with your right mouse button on that same SAMSEDERSHOW listed in your buddy list which will give you a pop up window - in the pop up window there is an option for IM. Click on the IM option and an IM window will pop up.
In the IM window, on the bottom is the area for you to type in a message to Sam. Type in your message and click on SEND or just hit the ENTER button.
Sam will answer you verbally - he does not have the ability or time to write back, nor does he add most people to his buddy list because it would be HUGE.

Hope this helps.

N-kitti

I am still lost man. I got an AOL IM name. What do I do now?

Its very confusing :/

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

Israeli occupation.....

how do they live with themselves treating the palestinians almost as bad as the nazis treated them

there is goodness in the Universe!! Love Dennis!!!

I'm adding that to the open mic instructions FYI...

that work for Sam

AIM which is AOL's IM

Trillion

his addy is samsedershow.com

At the IM site add samsedershow.om to buddy list and you can then IM Sam.

Q-west refused to spy on subscribers 7 months before 9/11, was denied gov contracts , faced prosecution and was bought out by the Carlyle group
http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2032

Qwest named official DNCC telecommunications provider
Submitted by pbtrue1 on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:46pm.

Oh the irony.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/01/03/dncc-goes-with-qwest/

neffer, if you're building from the ground up make sure you wire everything you can possibly imagine (ethernet, audio, cable) while its still in sticks. you might want to think about picking a spot as a nexus and putting a patch panel there so you can manage the connections. adding it later is a real pain.

Afghan journalist for CTV labelled 'unlawful enemy combatant'

The U.S. military has designated a journalist employed by CTV in Afghanistan as an unlawful enemy combatant.

A military spokesman told the Associated Press that a review board has determined Jawed Ahmad, an Afghan national, is a danger to foreign troops and the Afghan government.

Ahmad has been held for the last four months at the U.S. military compound in Bagram, 50 kilometres north of the capital, Kabul. U.S. officials alleged he had Taliban phone numbers and videos in his possession when he was picked up.

Maj. Chris Belcher, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, says Ahmad was given an opportunity to provide a statement to the military's enemy combatant review board.

Belcher did not say when the review took place or whether Ahmad was represented by counsel.

Belcher also refused to provide details about what he called "credible information" against Ahmad. Nor would he say whether the military believed Ahmad had any more contact with the Taliban than other journalists working in Afghanistan.

It is common for journalists in Afghanistan to have contact information on Taliban fighters so that they can seek comments for news stories.

Instant messaging, especially AOL, is for Crack Addled Gym Chicks. Get a 'chat room' already. I've some fists for your next few callers, no doubt.

NO CHER, USE THE SPONGE

Fun show. And don't be afraid about the cruise music. Just get a couple more tracks. Trust me, they're out there.

GLad I could help - Before Wall St and then while there I was a teacher so...its kinda in my blood.

Nefferkitti on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:28pm.
Submitted by Fernando on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:30pm.
I'm adding that to the open mic instructions FYI...

»

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

Joe Cimperman is funded by the GOP.
He's their shining hope.
Kucinich wants to investigate the pre-9/11 Put Options.

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

this kid's (21) got talent, hella talent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjeh6P4sRfw

Hot flag-lapel-pin on flag-lapel-pin Action
Submitted by mgmonklewis on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:06pm.
I think if you wear a flag lapel pin ON you flag lapel pin, it doesn't just double your patriotism; it squares it.
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Very funny. I loves me some ridicule of the flagrant wearing of patriotism (or religion) on shirtsleeves.

High school letterman's jackets lost their "me, too!" appeal after high school...for some of us.

Echo...echo...

Good things echo from the canyon. Canyon. Canyon...
"Lesbian Chic*

Bush EPA at it again - corporate farms exempted from laws
by Chris in Paris · 2/27/2008 12:11:00 PM ET · Link
Discuss this post here: Comments (30) · reddit · FARK ·· Digg It!

The corporate world is going to look back at the Bush years as a dream period. Whatever they want, no matter how crazy or dangerous to others, gets the official Bush seal of approval. If only there was another branch of government that had some power to provide balance and call them out. If only...
Under pressure from agriculture industry lobbyists and lawmakers from agricultural states, the Environmental Protection Agency wants to drop requirements that factory farms report their emissions of toxic gases, despite findings by the agency's scientists that the gases pose a health threat.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR200802...

Theme From The Pink Panther or Shultz Peanuts or

Girl From Ipanema
Tall and tan and young and lonely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes
Each one she passes goes haaa

When she walks its like a samba
That sways so sweet and swings so gently
That when she passes
Each one she passes goes haaa

Ooh but he watches so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her
Yes he would give his hide gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks ahead not at he

Tall and tan and young and lonely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes
She smiles but she doesnt see

Ooh but he watches so sadly
How can he tell her he loves her
Yes he would give his hide gladly
But each day when she walks to the sea
She looks ahead not at he

Tall and tan and young and lonely
The girl from ipanema goes walking
And when she passes
She smiles but she doesnt see

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/c/cher/girl+from+ipanema_20029552.html

I had two cams going. ...

"Lesbian Chic*

What the fuck is he talking about???

Good group.

Good movement.

Yikes, I need to go smoke again.

This guest is not only hard to understand, but also boring and YES YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER FALAFEL, MICHAEL BOLTON, JUST CLEAN UP THE MESS.

let him be that than---LETS GO!

what does that mean? Levin used it a lot today, and mcconell did not understand neither

HI there Dan
Thanks for the advice, and we have already set that into the plans from day 1. My builder is a tech nut, so I will have the next generation stuff in before everyone else has it as well. And of course the entire house will be wired for wireless access inside and out.
BUT - imagine what 10 ft ceilings will be like in the basement???? It will be finished eventually because it is really part of the living space due to the slope of the lot, and design of the house. So, it is going to be amazing. And then 9ft ceilings on the first floor with the living room having only a 1/2 ceiling allowing for a skylight, and then the 2nd floor has 8 ft ceilings. And all doors are almost 7 ft standard. I am already short - so it will be like living in a giant's house. LOL

10ft ceilings in my basement
Submitted by dan on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:33pm.
neffer, if you're building from the ground up make sure you wire everything you can possibly imagine (ethernet, audio, cable) while its still in sticks. you might want to think about picking a spot as a nexus and putting a patch panel there so you can manage the connections. adding it later is a real pain.

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

that's a good one, too....and "summer samba" the instrumental by stan getz...

that Single-Payer Health Care will be next to impossible to get passed in the near future. There is a huge imbalance of power. That is the way it is politically and economically in the US.

What can be done to change this outrageous power relationship?
"Lesbian Chic*

a payback, renumeration, to compensate.

Kucinich Reelection
Submitted by nightbird on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:30pm.

What is this all about? Did he win already?
"Lesbian Chic*

put this in context:

Indemnification

Used in insurance policy agreements as to compensation for damage or loss. In the context of corporate governance, Director Indemnification uses the bylaws and/or charter to indemnify officers and directors from certain legal expenses and judgements resulting from lawsuits pertaining to their conduct.

The Hippocratic Oath Dies in Gitmo
By H. Candace Gorman

The dungeon masters at Guantanamo moved Al-Ghizzawi to Camp 6, a supermax facility where prisoners are kept in isolation.

I have been representing Abdul Al-Ghizzawi, one of my Guantánamo clients, for two and a half years. The day I took on his case, I knew little about him other than he was seriously ill. My goal from that day forward has been to ascertain what is wrong with Al-Ghizzawi and get him the medical care he needs.

In the fall of 2006, Dr. Jürg Reichen, a respected liver specialist at the University of Bern in Switzerland, filed an affidavit in which he testified that, based on the symptoms described by Al-Ghizzawi and based on my own observations of Al-Ghizzawi, it seemed likely that he was suffering from hepatitis B and perhaps liver cancer. Reichen would have been able to make a more conclusive diagnosis with my client’s medical records, but the government has refused to turn them over.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=53097

ok, Kucinich reelection campaign(?)

no wonder mcconell also did not understand what it meant...shit is deep!

when a 3rd party performs a service for another party, they request indemnification from the party requesting the service. what this means is that the requesting party agrees to cover legal expenses and other costs if something goes fubar.

im serious...levin kept pressing on that word..would this be thru the courts or congress

CEO OF QUEST "NACCHIO" HAD GOVERNMENT TIES (until 2002)....

Nacchio/Qwest was in bed with homeland security as far back (at least) as 2001...In fact, Nacchio's (unsuccessful) defense against during his recent (2007) trial for insider trading was that [ THE ILLEGAL ] elements of these government contracts could not be made public.

WHEN QWEST SNUBBED THE NSA, QWEST EXECUTIVES WERE SORTED INTO THE LOYALS AND NON-LOYALS.

Some of the loyals include James F. X. Payne (the government contract point-person). In 2005, Payne suddenly leaves Qwest and ends up at Bechtel (read more...)doing work that put him even closer to government agencies (and no surprise he was never prosecuted like most other Qwest execs).
http://www.airamerica.com/thomhartmannpage/node/217#comment-5305

im getting it a little continue---if there is more?

Have him back on!

I could hear him fine on the sammycam at least. I don't see the accent as any barrier; he's far clearer than half the reporters on AAR news.

and i thought my accent was heavy...but geez, i am trying my damnedest to hear him!

that's right. I was in philly and now in Boston

A'ight. I'm officially drunk. While the Violent Femmes are great and all, let's get some Wire bumpers, too.

CHER, PUT TINA TURNER BACK IN THE THUNDERDOME

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

what would you do?...

I don't know what the question was though.

It's official. This guest is the crappiest ever. My GOD

gitmo? all normal?

Audio clear, content is another matter.

*

gotta go though now

good night

I am trying to get a guest on the Thom Hartmann Show? Any procedures?How does one go about starting the process?
"Lesbian Chic*

So let me get this straight. Seder 'understood' what the guy was talking about? No may, mang. hahahahahah

NOBODY knew what he was talking about, even when we could understand him. Jeeze.

Submitted by Tromper on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 4:53pm.
A'ight. I'm officially drunk.
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I don't know what state you are in (other than drunk) so I don't know if you are officially blowing .08 or .10?

I second the wire bumper music

Go to Thom Hartmann's website and write to Louise Hartmann.

"We’re finally at a moment when Bush needs the world more than the world needs Bush"
----
One election at a time...

the story was tragic~and he knows occupation, something we're just learning about. it was sad.

I'M BLOWING YOUR GRANDMOTHER

and the world looks brighter than it does today ... til then..a cult is cult is a cult...

*

Exhibit C

Even those supreme perpetrators of pop nihilism, *The New York Times*
and *The Washington Post,* have a better ratio than the psychological
literature. They average only 12 negative stories to every one that might
be construed to be non-negative. Most other daily newspapers maintain a
similar proportion.

Many of their non-negative stories, however, cover success in two specific
fields: finance and sports. For example: NASDAQ is up today; the Atlanta
Braves won their eighth straight game. Remove these feel-good stories
from the equation, and the media's Curse Quotient rises closer to that of
the psychological literature.

In his book, *Omens of Millennium,* Harold Bloom hints at the "reductive
fallacy" that serves as a shibboleth for intellectuals. Picture yourself, he says, in conversation with a bright, literate acquaintance who asks you
about someone you know well: "Tell me what he or she is really like." You
reflect a moment and give a brief description of your impressions, but
your acquaintance isn't satisfied: "No, I mean really like." And now you
grasp the actual question: "What is the very worst thing you can say
about him or her that is true?"

:)

By Alan Dershowitz
Frank Menetrez, in "The Case Against Alan Dershowitz" on the CounterPunch website, absurdly repeats the politically motivated and false charge that I committed plagiarism by quoting Mark Twain and citing to the original Mark Twain book The Innocents Abroad, when, as he falsely claims, I found that quote in Joan Peters' 1984 book From Time Immemorial.

The actual facts are as follows: I have been quoting the Mark Twain reference since 1970, when I found it in preparing for a PBS program called The Advocates. I placed the quote on a blue card that I had with me during the debate. I subsequently used the card in several debates that I had during the nineteen seventies and eighties. This fact has been confirmed in writing by a producer of the PBS show, as well as by other witnesses. I have owned for many decades an 1871 edition of the Mark Twain book, which is marked in my handwriting at the point of the quotation. I believe that I originally found a reference to the quote in a pro-Israel pamphlet published by The Near East Report. I have in my library a copy of one such pamphlet with the page on which the Mark Twain quote appears bent over with two pencil marks pointing to the quote itself. This pamphlet was published prior to the publication of the Peters book. It is clear, therefore, that I did not and could not have first come upon the Twain quote in the Peters book (though I obviously read it there again). It would have been dishonest and absurd for me to have cited the Peters book, when I owned and read the quote in the original Twain book and in other works published before the Peters book. Nor was it proper to cite it to a pamphlet which is not generally available in libraries. The appropriate citation, according to The Chicago Manual of Style and other standard works, is to the original, which is precisely what I did.

It is crystal clear to any objective reader that this entire dispute about my citation of the widely-quoted Twain passage is politically motivated and directed against me because I have written books in support of Israel. Professors Stephen M. Walt and John J. Mearsheimer repeatedly cited primary sources without checking the original and without citing the secondary source where they actually found the quotation. I proved this in my response to the original online version of their screed against the Israel Lobby. (1) Yet nobody accused Walt and Mearsheimer of plagiarism, for the simple reason that what they did is not plagiarism by any reasonable definition of that term. It reflects, at worst, some sloppiness in citation form. It is not plagiarism, even when the author never checked the primary source against the secondary source in which he first found the quote, as Walt and Mearsheimer failed to do. It is certainly not plagiarism when the author found and used the quoted material years before the secondary source was even published, as is the situation with me.

Harvard was fully aware of the details of the phony plagiarism charge when they investigated it, because I provided them with the allegations and because The Harvard Crimson reported on it in detail. (2)

The entire thrust of Menetrez's politically motivated charge is disproved by documented facts.

...
http://www.counterpunch.org/dershowitz02262008.html
"Lesbian Chic*

Laura Flanders makes me fall down the stairs while listening to The Travelling Wilbury's and slopping a broken pony keg of Guinness and then ask the emergency room doctor to CUT MY TONGUE OUT.

Bologna THIS. Shut it! SHUT IT

I like tea.

is one of the few leftists associated with AAR.
Prove me wrong.
*Lesbian Chic*

...has the best verbal cadence & intonation in ALL of radio.

Pretty damned well informed, too.

In my opinion, which doesn't count of course, the 'fifty state strategy' is ridiculous. Clearly Laura 'I Speak Dolphin' Flanders has never been to a NASCAR event.

Laura Flanders. Whether or not she's been to a race with only left turns has nothing to do with this discussion.

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Submitted by Tromper on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 5:18pm.

In my opinion, which doesn't count of course

Of course!

I blogged on every Sat/Sun show she did as the Laura Flanders Show and RadioNation so I know what I'm writing about.

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(It's up to us)

hey Penny,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SBQKOW8qE

how about this for bumper music.

looks great today.

“Defense of Democracies” Fear-Mongering Attack Ads Targeting ...
www.crooksandliars.com/2008/02/27/defense-of-democracies-fear-mongering-...

As a member of the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I strongly condemn their misleading and reckless ad campaign.
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/26/124255/527

An offshoot of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, an organization that until a few days ago listed among its board of advisors Donna Brazile, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA), Zell Miller, Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY). Engel, Schumer and Brazile have all resigned form the board, with Brazile making this statement:

• As a member of the Board of Advisors of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I strongly condemn their misleading and reckless ad campaign. The organization is using fear mongering for political purposes and worse, their scare tactics have the effect of emboldening terrorists and our enemies abroad by asserting our intelligence agencies are failing to do their job. I am deeply disappointed they would use my name since no one has consulted me about the activities of the group in years.... Unfortunately, due to the influence of their funders, in the last few years, FDD has morphed into a radical right wing organization that is doing the dirty work for the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans. I have made it clear to the organization that these types of lies undercut our national security and serve only to divide us. Furthermore, I reiterated to FDD that I no longer wish to be affiliated with such a group and have asked them to remove my name from the Board. In this post 9/11 world, Americans should not be attacking other Americans, we should be standing together to make this country safer and stronger against the real threat of terrorism.

There's another board member listed at FDD as "Distinguished Advisor" who hasn't resigned as a result of these false attacks. Three guesses who that would be. Yup, our old buddy Joe Lieberman.

“Defense of Democracies” Fear-Mongering Attack Ads Targeting Freshman Democrats

While this video of the ad goes after Rep Nancy Boyda (D-KS) (btw, whose response so far has been really good), she is just one of many “Freshman Dems” targeted by this fear-mongering ad campaign so far. As the Minnesota blog Bluestem Prairie notes:

Other Freshman Dems targeted that we know of so far: Joe Courtney and Chris Murphy (CT); Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes (NH); Jason Altmire (PA); Ron Klein and Tim Mahoney (FL); Gabrielle Giffords and Harry Mitchell (AZ); Jerry McNerney (CA); Melissa Bean (IL); Joe Donnelly (IN); … Michael Arcuri and Kirsten Gillbrand (NY) ; Steve Kagan (WI). […]

Chelsea Clinton is why I find door knobs attractive when in the midst of a future black-out.

like my sister.

she is a good producer.

all the kids of her generation are gems.

At work right now.....hope ya all are having a great
Sam Seder weekday.

looks like a zombie.... oh wait a minute. That side is just frozen.

versatile and accommodating to any lobbiest in need

fibre rich = vegetables sam

We care!!!!

would you could you I.M. Sam for me - just tell him I say Hello.
Tanks... Sandy

Mike the Milkman

Sam home made chicken soup and red pepper flakes

NEIL DIAMOND ROCKS MY WORLD, ALWAYS

I'm going to marry you guys.

DOWN WITH DIAMOND HATING SEDER, DOWN! DOWN!

Submitted by smcgee43 on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 5:46pm.
At work right now.....hope ya all are having a great
Sam Seder weekday.
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My minnow is a fathead.

i would prefer Sam @ the original MR timeslot of 8-11 p.m. thou.

not sure he reads all his IM's sequencially, they get buried.

We'll get him back on daily, Bart. Hold strong during these rough times of Green Cruises.

Was a fun show, and thanks, crew.

The Neil Diamond sealed my grin. *nod*

I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD

HAHAHHA anyway, off to smoke away any potential flu

Do you do jobs in Texas? Good! There's a guy who goes by Fernando.....

ThankYou darling...

one hundred percent. I've *really* tried to give Lionel a fare chance, but i simply cannot make it through an entire show. My fingers are crossed...

Thanks crew!

what a load of crappie...

run for the hills...

have an enjoyable evening or p.s.t. afternoon

"in to the end...to thee end...to thee end...to thee end"

Russert is even a bigger putz the second time around.
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can you fix the broken tag that is making the text in the outside frames so big

can't you just picture his head exploding like a scene from scanners...

Not to be viewed by the fainthearted or easily enraged. However, I came across this documentary online and thought that it was too important not to share around.

This is a BBC 4 documentary from 2004, which outlines the Namibian (then German Southwest African) origins of the holocaust in the genocide of the Herero and Nama people.

It also clearly outlines the actors in German colonial Africa and the Second Reich, who would obtain prominent positions in the Nazi party in the Third Reich, such as Franz Ritter von Epp.

It also shows the origins of land problem in Namibia, but it could just as easily be applied to Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, etc.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-271184351282509252

That Pobbles are happier without their toes,”

-George Orwell

I've been experiencing SBS (slow blog syndrome) ever since I came home from work at 5ish EST. I thought it was just me because no one was complaining on the blog. I don't, however, see a lot of new posts coming in. So...

This is a test of the emergency blogcast system. Were this an actual emergency you would be given a link to go to for instructions how to bang your head against your monitor or laptop screen while reciting profanity of your choice.

This is only a test.

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hey Penny,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1SBQKOW8qE
how about this for bumper music.--

Hey I like that one, Bart - I'm not a huge steel guitar fan either...It has a Beatle-ish quality...thanks for the tip...tres bumpery... :)

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/Story?id=4356093&page=1

...McCain's Evangelical Support

Hagee cited McCain's support of Israel and his opposition to legal abortion as reasons why he was backing him.

The pastor is best known in some Washington circles as a founder of Christians United for Israel and for his belief, as laid out in his book "Jerusalem Countdown" that the end of days scenario as spelled out in the Book of Revelation will occur after Russia, allied with the Islamic world, attacks Israel.

"Russia is going to get in that position and they are literally, with all that massive military force, going to attack Israel," Hagee told ABC News in 2006. "This is recorded in Ezekiel 38 and 39. God himself is literally going to destroy that army. Decimate it."

Hagee added that the confrontation would be followed by a Chinese army of 200 million coming to the city of Armageddon, where they will meet British and U.S. forces in the Battle of Armageddon.

"At that point, Jesus Christ returns to Earth and sets up his eternal kingdom in the city of Jerusalem and there's 1000 years of peace," Hagee said. "The Jewish people are going to see the supernatural hand of God preserve them and deliver them while the enemies of Israel are crushed. That's the end-time story."

Asked if he subscribed to this theology, McCain furrowed his brow.

"All I can tell you is I'm proud to have Pastor Hagee's support," he said...

Thousands of amazing, inexplicable, wondrous, and even supernatural
events occur every day. And yet most are unreported by the media. The
few that are cited are ridiculed. Why? Here's one possible reason: The
people most likely to believe in miracles are superstitious, uneducated,
and prone to having a blind, literalist faith in their religions' myths.

Those who are least likely to believe in miracles are skilled at analytical thought, well-educated, and yet prone to having a blind, literalist faith in the ideology of materialism, which dogmatically asserts that the universe consists entirely of things that can be perceived by the five human senses or detected by instruments that scientists have thus far invented.

The media is largely composed of people from the second group. It's
virtually impossible for them to admit to the possibility of miracles, let
alone experience them. If anyone from this group manages to escape peer
pressure and cultivate a receptivity to miracles, it's because they have
successfully fought against being demoralized by the unsophisticated way
miracles are framed by the first group.

At the Beauty and Truth Laboratory we're immune to the double-barreled
ignorance. When we behold astonishing synchronicities and numinous
breakthroughs that seem to violate natural law, we're willing to consider
the possibility that our understanding of natural law is too narrow. And
yet we also refrain from lapsing into irrational gullibility; we actively seek mundane explanations for apparent miracles.

I don't know if people are coming down with some disease or if the raging hate is just boiling over into frothing in the blog but this bloggie seems crazier than usual this afternoon.

Relax...

Chill Out...

Take A Lot Of Deep Breath's...

Remember, less than 11 months of the Dry Drunk Dubya in office. Now that is a big reason for hope.

Sure Obama is very idealistic, has flaws and he sure isn't a messiah or worthy of cultlike status but if he wins he sure will change the rest of the world's attitude toward the United States. So far he is better than the rest but hidden factors will make it a very tight race for him to become President.

Business as usual. Go USA.

mp3

Extensive Pew Forum On Religion In America HERE:

http://religions.pewforum.org/reports

Interesting happenings in there.

Submitted by maggiesboy on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 7:11pm.
I've been experiencing SBS (slow blog syndrome) ever since I came home from work at 5ish EST. I thought it was just me because no one was complaining on the blog...
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All I can say for certain is that you should contact your physician if you have an erection lasting more than four hours unless you are between the ages of 13 and 17.

Submitted by ObeseLargeLiberal on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 7:20pm.
Extensive Pew Forum On Religion In America HERE:

http://religions.pewforum.org/reports

Interesting happenings in there.

That is a very interesting informative post Large Liberal.
Thanks for posting the link to the full report and not just a media story on it.

Peace and positive feelings be with you...

Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008 17:14 EST

Is Obama playing the race card?

In a scathing article in "The New Republic," Sean Wilentz, a Princeton history professor, argues that everything you thought you knew about the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign and racial politics is wrong. Wilentz, a supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton, charges that it wasn't Clinton, but rather Sen. Barack Obama who deliberately made race an issue in the campaign. He also alleges that the media's blind love for Obama has led it to portray innocuous actions by the Clinton campaign, such as Bill Clinton's comments about Jesse Jackson in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton's statement about Lyndon B. Johnson and Martin Luther King, as race-baiting behavior.

"The Obama campaign's most effective gambits have been far more egregious and dangerous than the hypocritical deployment of deceptive and disingenuous attack ads," writes Wilentz. "To a large degree, the campaign's strategists turned the primary and caucus race to their advantage when they deliberately, falsely, and successfully portrayed Clinton and her campaign as unscrupulous race-baiters -- a campaign-within-the-campaign in which the worked-up flap over the Somali costume photograph is but the latest episode. While promoting Obama as a 'post-racial' figure, his campaign has purposefully polluted the contest with a new strain of what historically has been the most toxic poison in American politics."

Now this freaking story in Salon.com:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/?last_story=/politics/war_room/20...

All I can say about that photo of me in traditional dress in Kenya, 2006 is:

"I did not have sexual relations with that costume in Kenya"

;)

Who do you call if you've had an erection since you were 13?

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http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/16667
"Lesbian Chic*

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Submitted by maggiesboy on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 7:42pm.
Who do you call if you've had an erection since you were 13?
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Marcia.

LOL

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All I had to do was denounce and reject my erection.

Sorry Marcia.

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like the girls have been doing since high school? ;)

Submitted by maggiesboy on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 8:09pm.
All I had to do was denounce and reject my erection.
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Are you crazy? Where will you hang your towel?

[insert rim-shot here]

I had that one comin'.

Why am I being lambasted by bloggers with "C-B" initials!!! I smell conspiracy! ;-)

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Submitted by maggiesboy on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 8:22pm.

Why am I being lambasted by bloggers with "C-B" initials!!! I smell conspiracy! ;-)
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just smelling a a conspiracy might be a sign of "paranoia"

"Ya need some solid evidence of dat conspiracy boy!"

a CB conspiracy?

Conspiracy, boy!

a CB conspiracy?

Conspiracy, Boy!

~~~~~~~~~~~

I wonder what's going on in Bill Clinton's mind as
he watches the campaign unfold???

Seriously....
I bet anything, it's this:

- GMMB -

A political consulting firm...

The same one he had hired to run
his successful, come-from-behind,
presidential campaign.

These were the strategists behind the scenes.

So why now do they vex Mr. Bill?

Because this time...
They work for Obama... that's why.

"Mark Penn is certainly no GMMD!!!"

I'll guarantee that's what Bill's thinking....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I know ya'll are out to get me.

Conspiracy Boys.. not a bad band name. hmmmmm.

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It Must Just Tear Bill Clinton Up
Submitted by 13ben on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 8:31pm.
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It ain't who you know, it's whose services you retain.

Sorry, `Conspiracy Boys®' is a registered trademake.

Crank and I ccame up with the name shortly after we started working for `the Outfit'...It's kinda like out top secret covert-ops codename for our disinformation network.

We also photograph weddings, walk dogs and mow lawns.

No job too small, call for quote.

most of the dog walking and lawn mowing....

What did McCain sign? Just for the record.

When he came out of Hanoi?

LINK

by Niall Stanage | February 26, 2008

The argument that the constant carping about Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been a function of an Obama-friendly, process-obsessed media is well and good. But how, then, to explain the deeply held dissatisfaction of an old Clinton loyalist like Leon Panetta?

In an interview with The Observer, Mr. Panetta compared Mrs. Clinton’s top strategist, Mark Penn, to Karl Rove, suggested that the Clinton campaign had totally underestimated Barack Obama’s appeal, and complained about the overall lack of planning that he said had characterized the former First Lady’s bid to return to the White House.

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McCain

Are ya also pooperpickeruppers? I only ask cuz it's gettin' a little deep in here this evening.

[I think I saw you guys on X-Files]

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I'm not sure when McCain officially rejected and denounced Maggiesboy's penis...But I imagine it would have been after he was released from POW camp. that would have been in the mid-seventies, so the move would have polled well with feminist voters.

you'll never know what he wrote on it, unless of course Marcia answers my call and comes over later. Then you can read all about it.

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You don't see much of this brash certainty posted anymore.
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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/06/2007 - 10:49am.

Our `Pooperpickeruppers®' operations are secret, so I can't confirm or deny its existance.

Noam Chomsky, a libertarian socialist, and William F. Buckley, a conservative, debate foreign policy. The Greek Civil War, American supported terror, The Vietnam War, and other Cold War issues are addressed.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1214894113898255184&q=chomsky+b...

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 8:57pm.
Our `Popperpickeruppers®' operations are secret...
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...and our proofreaders are blind, so you needn't worry about a security breach.

Well, I did remember not to give the toll-free number this time...

Brand names like Maidenform, Berlei, Triumph and the British Marks & Spencer bras under the St. Michael label, all sold excellent bras that gave the correct pointed, circular stitched, conical shape of the era.

The conical bra was the 1950s bra that gave the support silhouette for girls who longed to emulate the curves of film star sweater girls like Lana Turner and Jane Russell famous for the cantilever bra. Bras began to be revolutionized by the use of nylon, making them lighter, prettier and easier to wash. The pointed pre formed conically stitched bra was actually a fashion accessory, as without one, the sweater girl look was certainly not complete.

http://www.fashion-era.com/images/1950s/conebra.jpg

Perfectly proper por favor?

You're just too damn quick !

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You'll put your eyes out with those things!

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but...what a way to GO!

VOOM!

even more hypnotic!

Just like "W"

only twenty more years out of touch with reality!

isn't porno...

Pointy bras will NOT poke out your eyes!

i know this.

Comparative Delegate Tracker - Eight Sources

Letterman has been doing a continuing series of McCain (old guy) jokes: John McCain looks like the guy [fill in the blank].

A recent joke was:

John McCain looks like the guy in the nursing home who's complaining that the nurse is stealing his stuff. "Calm down Dad, why would she steal one pair of your socks?"

... it's baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! No longer denounced and rejected, now it's back to projected.

This will make it a 42 year long erection. A condition known as priminity.

That's all the boner jokes I have tonight. I'm popped. I mean pooped.

Good night
and good bloggin' ya'll.

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Beatniks

As the trend for a beatnik look developed, oversized chunky long sweaters with huge cowl collars were worn over slim fitting pencil skirts or slacks with stirrups. The girls usually had a French pleat hairstyle or showed the start of a beehive. Wearing all black was a favourite choice for beatniks.

http://www.fashion-era.com/1950s/1950s_4_teenagers_teddy_boys.htm

grow up to be bears?

In an interview with The Observer, Mr. Panetta compared Mrs. Clinton’s top strategist, Mark Penn, to Karl Rove, suggested that the Clinton campaign had totally underestimated Barack Obama’s appeal, and complained about the overall lack of planning that he said had characterized the former First Lady’s bid to return to the White House...

This is interesting. Alexander Cockburn wrote that the 2008 Clinton Campaign reminded him of Ted Kennedy's 1980 bid for the Democratic nomination. A creaky old relic from the 1960s, or something.

*Lesbian Chic*

for some of us (no names, please) that's hittin' pretty close to home...

Poor fucking Palestinians...

I don't know of any MSC (Main Stream Candidates) that are going to protect them...

do you?

anyone know why that might be?

go anywhere else on the web?

I'll ask her..

she can gt on other sites...she is getting an error message..even on the new thread..I asked her what it is..

she can give me a call

604 864 && 9649

and put in half my orange peels from a wonder orange barb found.

OH YUM OF THE YUMMIEST!

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None of those names give me the warm fuzzies..

SJ..

new one

I sent her your post...

Tim Russert question of the day

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2533#new

have you noticed that unless it's homegrown, no fruit or veggies have any taste anymore?