McCain's latest ad

do you recall which one does the typing and which one moves the mouse?

am studying IT---thanks!

i know which one "fucks" the mouse---

After building him up, the media will love tearing him down!

Boston College refuses to honor Mukasey.

The Boston Globe reports Boston College Law School will not award its highest honor to Attorney General Michael Mukasey when he speaks at its May commencement, “amid sharp criticism from students, faculty, and alumni over his invitation.” Mukasey’s appearance has been criticized for his position on torture:

Dan Roth, a 2004 Law School graduate, said that while he was pleased by yesterday’s announcement, he believes that the school should have rescinded Mukasey’s invitation altogether, because his position on waterboarding conflicts with the university’s Jesuit mission.

“It’s not the time to give someone who has taken that position the platform and the honor,” Roth said.

This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/committees/b_three_sections_with_teaser...

thank you kind baby!

maybe behind closed doors I guess.

The Judiciary is televising the two hearings on this page:

http://judiciary.house.gov/

on the Wednesday 03/05/2008 - 10:30 AM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Full Committee
Oversight Hearing on the Department of Homeland Security
Hearing will start immediately following Antitrust markup in 2141 Rayburn Building

played for a couple of minutes and now zipp

So, anything new & exiciting on the politcal front? Oh, yeah...those primary thingies were yesterday, right?

So, let's see what's changed:

*compresses 6 hrs of research into 30 seconds*

Ah-ha...I see.

Hil looks to have garnered about a +5 net in delegates. Nooooo, that can't be. She won...she won really BIGLY 'cause I've read her speeches, campaign's statements & press releases and they say so! [h/t to Seder for the adverb]

So, what does it all mean?

Let's give the benefit of the doubt & assume that Hil nets a +10 delegates when everything's tallied up from yesterday.

*furiously scribbles some statistical projections*

'Carry the 3, shift the decimal 2 to the right, divide total, add to the current, (I hate MATH!) ...'.

Hmmmmm...ain't lookin' none too good for Her Highness.

Seems Hil needs to win the balance of the states by about 65-35 in order for her to win the elected delegate count by ONE vote.

But given that Obama WILL trounce her in a couple of those remaining states & is running neck-&-neck in some others, it looks to me like Hil might have to get upwards of 75% of the primary votes in the balance of the other states.

Ain't math grand...or a bitch, depending on your perspective?

Barring some unforeseen happenstance, Hil's toast.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled spin, obfuscation & foot-stomping.

Me? I'm gonna go take a nap. Wake me for the convention, kids.

Free Democracy

Do you think the Democrat Party could crack in two like a broken egg?

Hillary had some good luck with her attacks on Obama this time.

If Hillary goes negative then forces a rule fight over Florida she has a road to victory!

thanks Lucille

sounds like a plan. i am so tired of the bullshit.

i think the point that gets lost is that any dem can beat any republican on the facts. they know that which is why its all about fear and emotion. no level headed person is going to vote for insane mccain, but if you can skeer them, its another story.

dragon on that page---chertoff? am i doing something wrong?

web bot predictions/ Last night on Coast to Coast

I read about this on the BBC news feed a couple weeks ago, (this software predicted an Earth changing event for Sept. 2001, and the sub-prime fiasco) so it caught my attention when C2C announced the creators of this software were to be the guests. George Ure & 'Cliff'

Here are some of their predictions for the remainder of 2008 (and beyond):

# In late March, look for massive unemployment to take hold.
# During the summer, a backlash against the US government could involve a call to hold the elections early.
# As the housing industry continues its collapse, there could be a seizure or lock-up of the ability to transfer property.
# A "fuzzy revolution" could involve squatters or collectives moving into empty or foreclosed homes.
# In October, there'll be a major stock market crash or a climate event that has a disastrous effect on the economy.
# A "global coastal event" within the next five years will involve a rise in sea levels that will knock out oil refineries.

'Cliff'
http://halfpasthuman.com/
[...]
We employ a technique based on radical linguistics to reduce extracts from readings of dynamic postings on the internet into an archetypical database. With this database of archtypical language, we calculate the rate of change of the language. The forecasts of the future are derived from these calculations.

http://halfpasthuman.com/NuHPHConcepts.htm
[...]
We have several large changes within entities already showing for 2007. So far these include our Markets entity, specifically the sub set for 'global markets' which apparently undergoes a large scale redefinition over the course of this coming Summer {June solstice to September equinox}.

Some of the entities involved within our modelspace are detailed in the table below.
[...]

George Ure
http://www.urbansurvival.com/
Free Daily Business News Update

http://peoplenomics.com/

Collapse of US Real Economy

GEAB N°22 is available! Global systemic crisis / September 2008 - Phase of collapse of US real economy

Growing season is approaching!!
Food costs are starting to skyrocket.
PLAN AHEAD!

no. don't have any spot to do one. i think maybe i'll put a bullseye on top of the house and see if we be at ground zero.

its just maddening how we can let fundamentalists and conservatives take something good and fuck it up so royally.

"Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation--Room Change-- "

The hearing on “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation” scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at 10:00a.m. will be held in Dirksen 106 rather than in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

By order of the Chairman

Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee

on

“Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”

Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Dirksen Office Building Room 226
10:00 a.m.

The Honorable Robert S. Mueller, III
Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC

http://judiciary.senate.gov/hearing.cfm?id=3165

mine did too, but im glad did not want to see crap--i wanted muellercinder, cannot find him

is sam doing the 3rd hour of Rachel today in LA market??

good looking!

Japan's Obama towns
dances for US namesake

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Hundreds of residents in the sleepy Japanese fishing port of Obama sang and danced on Wednesday to try to cheer up Barack Obama after his winning steak in the U.S. presidential primaries stalled.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080305/pl_nm/usa_politics_japan_dc;_ylt=Amf...

when you said you were going to La Luna before Convention ?
What's La Luna ?

I responded to your post yesterday..
But,you bailed with dreams of Rachel & Nora ;)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

mother fucker.. what the hell is going on here. Sons of the bitches.
What is going on with the Democratic Party. Another "just lets all lie down & let them fuck us"
Mind you NOT all of the Dem.s are doing that - but geez. What a bunch a mother fuckers.
I am so pissed right now.... anyhting Monkey Boy wants he gets. Does he have something
on these people. What is up with that?

NO IMMUNITY FOR THE TELECOMM COMPANIES..

Don Siegelman

This week we are turning over the BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award to our colleague, tireless advocate for fair voting and justice, author and professor Mark Crispin Miller:

"Prior to the race for the 2000 presidential nominations, Siegelman, then governor of Alabama -- and a Democrat -- spoke honestly about what he believed to be the incapacity of his fellow governor, George W. Bush, to serve as U.S. president. For this he earned the enmity of Karl Rove, who then engineered the theft of Siegelman's re-election in 2002, and, subsequently, two federal indictments, the first of which came to nothing, and the second of which resulted in a seven-year sentence on a charge of bribery.

"In fact, Siegelman received no bribe; Republicans in Alabama were not prosecuted for the same crime (which the evidence suggests that they DID commit); the witnesses against him had been coached by Bush/Cheney's Justice Department -- and Siegelman was hustled off to federal prison, where he's been held incommunicado, and, on a preposterous technicality, denied the right of appeal. He has been clearly victimized by the Bush White House, working closely with Alabama's federal justice system, which is a partisan machine from top to bottom.

"Termed, rightly, by Scott Horton of Harper's Magazine as 'the Man in the Iron Mask,' Siegelman deserves this special recognition, not only for his long ordeal, which he has suffered bravely, but for his consistent openness in speaking publicly about his treatment by the Bush machine. It is also to be hoped that this honor will, in however small a way, help focus national attention on his plight, and thereby help to bring it to an end, and bring his tormenters to justice."

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=53632

there's a large block of disenfranchised voters in the metro area who don't understand the value of public education and they have managed to block levy after levy while the schools disintegrate around them. we finally got one passed.

not sure how other states do it, but ohio is totally screwed on how they finance education. its an outcome of years of republican rule. our children is being tested but you can't say our children is learning.

Kucinich wins Democratic
primary in Ohio

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Dennis Kucinich may not be a presidential contender, but he is still a winner among his Cleveland constituents.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_el_ge/primaries_congress;_ylt=...

well good morning to you too gee!! at least you make me look sane, thanks---HA!

The power of positive thinking.
The power of words...

"Hil looks to have garnered about a +5 net in delegates. Nooooo, that can't be. She won...she won really BIGLY 'cause I've read her speeches, campaign's statements & press releases and they say so!"
Submitted by Liberal-at-large on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:28am

in august when they passed the first protect america act, the administration circulated some "top secret" memos about how the d.c. area was to be attacked and that congress was one of the targets. this was enough to scare people into voting. it turns out after the fact that there wasn't much substance to it all, but the damage was done.

i think the same thing is going on again. reyes was saying how the administration was walking certain people thru "internal documents" so they could see why immunity was so important. there's a good chance this is a psyops but would you want to be the congressman that let the big one get thru and kill people?

we got ourselves a winner. yay.

now get back to work and investigate those 9-11 options like you said you would, you little elf.

Did you see how her face lights up when she wins?

http://www.hereinreality.com/insidertrading.html

Good Ol "Buzzy" Krongard...oh yea

take away from telecom blame the government and yes they will claim state secrets but this will keep in the courts..what a load of crap!

I'm hoping to go to the ranch before NetRoots. I need to think about making arrangements.

Submitted by Liberal-at-large on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:20am.
...Me? I'm gonna go take a nap. Wake me for the convention, kids.
----------
Push your pencil around on this after the nap:

If we restrict ourselves to a discussion of electability and if we restrict ourselves to the modern history of choosing a vice-presidential running mate who is strong with voters where the presidential candidate is weak, then a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton team looks to be statistically favorable.

The list of what "types" of voters are in the Obama camp is the list of voter types who are not in the Clinton camp and vice versa.

In theory, the "dream ticket" that combines the two candidates would eliminate the statistical troughs and combine the statistical swells.

Will it happen? I don't know. I'm not educated sufficiently on the statistical pros and cons of the myriad of other possible vice-presidential candidates that Obama or Clinton have in their pools of options.

Although I lack that broad knowledge, it is difficult to imagine that some other name would boost an Obama or Clinton presidential run more so than linking the names of Clinton and Obama. Each of them already have the momentum of generating excitement among voters and of being household words that are universally recognized, and each of them is strong with voters where the other is weak.

I don't see the downside though I am certain that there are disadvantages unknown to me right now. I don't see a similarly advantageous running mate for either Obama or Clinton though I am certain that there are advantageous possibilities unknown to me right now.

Teaming them up appears to solve a lot of pragmatic political problems, but a lot of unforeseen twists and turns await everyone during the next seven weeks.

Yahoo, Time Warner
step up merger talks

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Yahoo and media conglomerate Time Warner have stepped up talks to create an alternative to Microsoft Corp's offer to take over the Web company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday citing people familiar with the matter.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080305/bs_nm/yahoo_timewarner_dc;_ylt=Au12f...

i dont like hillary and wiccan does not like obama...who do we vote for?

69 residents of Horse Butte, Hebgen Lake, and West Yellowstone, Montana sent a letter to the people in charge of bison management requesting that wild bison be allowed to range on Horse Butte without being harassed, trapped and slaughtered by government agents.

Today, the Montana Department of Livestock trapped more than 30 wild bison wintering on Horse Butte in a pen permitted by the Gallatin National Forest, which recently announced that it is set to renew the livestock agency's permit to trap wild bison on public lands for the next 10 years. To read the public notice click here: http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/gallatin/?page=projects/horse_butte

Last week, another 30 wild bison were trapped on Horse Butte and subsequently transported to slaughter by agents of Montana's livestock industry.

Buffalo Field Campaign is asking you to take action today and support local Montanans who support having wild bison in their neighborhood on Horse Butte, a wildlife rich peninsula extending over 24,000 acres from the border of Yellowstone National Park to Hebgen Lake, just outside West Yellowstone, Montana.

Sign on to the Horse Butte bison habitat letter and circulate the link below to your network of friends and family and join a growing chorus of people working to protect habitat for wild buffalo:
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/legal/horsebutte.html

The Galanis family recently purchased the lone cattle operation on Horse Butte and has ceased grazing cattle and declared their land a Yellowstone Ranch Preserve, a sanctuary for wild bison migrating from Yellowstone National Park.

There is no longer even a ghost of justification for persisting with invasive government actions to harass, trap and kill wild bison where cattle do not graze, and no more justification for spending taxpayer funds to haze, trap and slaughter bison on Horse Butte.

Local, neighborhood support for letting bison roam on Horse Butte is strong, but we need your help securing a future for wild bison in Yellowstone.

Buffalo Field Campaign works day in and day out 365 days a year to safeguard and advocate for America's last wild bison herd. We exist because of your support and contributions. Please make a donation today via the mail or on our secure server and encourage your family and friends to pitch in: https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?id=1807

Thank you for taking action to protect America's last wild buffalo.
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(406) 646-0070
bfc-media@wildrockies.org

Despite Hillary Clinton's three victories tonight in Ohio, Texas, and Rhode Island, Barack Obama (who won Vermont) is still positioned to capture the Democratic nomination. But Obama has to now overcome the John McCain-Hillary Clinton slash and burn politics to accomplish this goal.

In the remaining primaries Hillary must receive at least 60 percent of the vote to tie Obama in the pledged delegate count. Even with the hypothetical splitting of the Florida and Michigan delegations to Hillary and Obama, Obama will still be ahead in total delegates. The "super delegates" will then be in the position to determine what kind of a convention they really want.

The Obama campaign forced Clinton to spend money and time in Ohio, a state that just a month ago Hillary thought was in the bag. Hillary spent 25 days in Ohio and Obama spent 18 days. Remember, in Nevada, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote but lost in the delegate count. In Florida, Hillary won ZERO delegates but declared a great victory, which was really tacky.

More...

I am so pissed about this FISA Immunity thing. I just want to scream.
Then I think about that poor puppy that was on the blog yesterday -
that makes me want to scream to.
I can't stand it anymore...... :(

In the vein of Crank's post...

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama might be stuck with each other -- not just for the long haul to the Democratic nominating convention, but well beyond. They might have to run together, whatever the order and whether they like it or not.

The most likely scenario going forward is that unelected delegates, the so-called super delegates, will decide this thing -- and they might not make a choice in sufficient numbers to give either hopeful the nomination before the convention.

If Clinton or Obama cannot find some miraculous way to lock down a nominating majority in the remaining primaries and caucuses, look for undecided super delegates to opt for the easiest way out and urge them to run together for the November election.

girl who you telling?

Ralph Nader. Dramatically intones that if America is to become better, it first has to get worse. NEWS FLASH. It's worse! We don't want worser. This is worsest we can stand.

Teaming them up
new
Submitted by Lucille on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:53am.

i dont like hillary and wiccan does not like obama...who do we vote for?

Free Democracy

Do you have a ranch,Fernando ? Cool ! :)

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

teehee---

Yes, Sam is doing the 3rd hour of Maddow thru the rest of the week.

McCain Suggests He Won't Investigate Bush Corruption

Despite rhetoric about tackling corruption in Washington, John McCain does not appear too eager to look into the current administration. When asked today about supporting independent investigations into the Bush administration, McCain replied:

"I do not agree with your sentiment that there has been widespread corruption. I just don't accept that. And by the way my friends do you think it would be nice if the President of the United States got a little bit of credit for the fact that there has not been another attack on the United States of America since 9-11? I think he deserves some credit for that. I really do."

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=53640

how many, like me, took the dirty tactics of the Clinton campaign as a reason to contribute again for Obama.

I can't stand it anymore
new
Submitted by Lucille on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 11:04am.
girl who you telling?

VENTING - VENTING - VENTING

I don't have anything on it right now. I plan on retiring there however.

Get ready for the House GOP’s “live-blogging” from a Budget Committee debate on the fiscal 2009 spending plan! House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) said that Americans will get a “front-row seat for this important debate” and a “chance to follow the action as it happens.” The excitement starts today at 10:30 EST here.

Then I think about that poor puppy that was on the blog yesterday

I sent that to everyone I know. See what happens when you continually stop-loss marines resulting in four to five tours of duty? See what happens when the military lowers standards to fill recruitment gaps and let a scumbag like that (with obvious mental issues) into the military in the first place?

Jeff Dahmer started out torturing and killing animals.

That's exactly the type of person we want representing America in a country full of people that now HATE US for "liberating" them.

Disgusting.

Nothing is Fated to be Easy This Year
by: Mike Lux
Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 11:10
Oh, well, I guess that if we win in November, it will be the hard way.

It would have been nice to have a long, drawn-out, ugly Republican nomination fight, and/or a nominee easy to beat like Romney.

It would have been nice to have an exciting, historic, healthy, motivating race on our side that got all wrapped up in a nice little bow last night.

Not gonna happen. Bummer.

I still think we can win the Presidential race this fall, as McCain has some real weaknesses and a lot of dynamics are playing in our favor, but it's going to be really complicated and difficult.

I will do a long post later today on my feelings about the Democratic race, but in the meantime, a few quick congrats.

Congratulations most of all to the Clinton team. They never give up, they play to win, and they did everything they needed to do to keep this going.

Congratulations to Chris and all my friends in PA, the new power brokers of the Democratic Party. Now you'll get to feel like I used to feel in my Iowa days. Don't let it go to your head.

Congratulations to the traditional media. You've given Barack a pretty good ride overall, but when you realized this cash cow, ratings-spiking, newspaper-selling race might end, you turned on him with a vengeance. You had a good night last night, as our race keeps going, and you got to announce your hero McCain as the official GOP nominee all on the same night. You've got to be feeling happy this morning.

Congrats to all of you. Now all of us Democrats who care about winning in November, on both sides of this primary fight and those staying out of it, need to work together to figuring out how best to win in November given the current complicated dynamic in front of us.

Fernando - any animals on your ranch???

i swear 'fore god i walked in and gave him even a larger contribution than the norm..fuck that!

are we talking of salad dress here?

Smush-Bush-Doll

Another source:
http://www.pinheadvoodoodolls.com/Product.aspx

Teaming them up
Submitted by Lucille on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 10:53am.
i dont like hillary and wiccan does not like obama...who do we vote for?
------
Lucille,

You still have the same three major choices: Vote Democratic, vote Republican or don't vote at all.

And you still have the option to vote for someone on a long list of other-party candidates or to write-in a candidate of your choosing.

If you choose to allow your emotion to trump your rationality, thus eliminating your willingness to compromise, you can join WiccanDruid in her padded room.

If I allowed emotion to rule my thought processes, I'd be in a padded room typing posts in upper-case gibberish complaining about how things might have been if Gore had become President of the United States when he had the chance.

I was just talking with my boss last night - & we both brought up those exact same points.
Also NOT taking care of our vets when they do come back home. There was a good interview
on Fresh Air the other day talking about what vets have to do to get there benefits.
If you feel like you'd like to listen go to this web page :

http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=13&prgDate=3-3-2...

See what happens when you continually stop-loss marines resulting in four to five tours of duty? See what happens when the military lowers standards to fill recruitment gaps and let a scumbag like that (with obvious mental issues) into the military in the first place?

your a saint - - THANK YOU.

than the norm...fuck that!

Obama???

Today's McCain Myth: John McCain offers new ideas instead of more of the same on the issues voters care most about: the economy, Iraq, and health care.

Washington, DC -- On the campaign trail, John McCain has tried to paint himself as an Independent "maverick" who has broken ranks with the Republican Party on a number of occasions. But his record reveals that on issue after issue, a vote for McCain is a vote for a continuation of the same failed Bush policies that have been disastrous for America.

When it comes to economic issues, McCain has pledged to make Bush's budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy permanent, refused to denounce Bush's threat to veto a bill that would help families and communities affected by the mortgage crisis, supported Bush's veto of children's health care and has promised to revive President Bush's failed plan to privatize social security. McCain has also marched in lockstep with President Bush on the war in Iraq from the start and now talks about keeping our troops there for 100 years. [AP, 2/6/08; Politico.com, 2/6/08; Congressional Quarterly Today, 2/27/2008; Senate Vote #307, 8/2/07; Wall Street Journal, 3/3/08; McCain Derry, NH townhall meeting , 1/3/08; motherjones.com , 1/3/08 ]

No longer a maverick, today the transformation to establishment candidate is complete.

I just made another contribution to Obama.

What????? To where a DIAPER????

Is it in Mexico ?
I heard you say you were going to retire in Mexico..
Good for you..
What part ?

I would love to go to Netroots..But,don't think I have the money to go..But,maybe !

Netroots is only 2 days ? Weekend ?
Sorry,can't remember..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Hillary and McCain.

are you crazy? you want me to get fucked up....hell no i am staying right here---nnnnngggwwaaarrhhh **sob** and stop offering me choices please ***sniff*** ***snot***

when you are the leader.

We need a leader, not a decider.

on a ticket together??..... wow that would be something.....
I just heard that on the radio.

yup obomber!!!

In Fox interview, Clinton 'thanks' Rove

David Edwards and John Byrne

A jovial Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took to FOX News early Monday to spin their respective performances in Tuesday’s pivotal Democratic primaries – and faced critiques from former Bush ‘architect’ Karl Rove.

Clinton parried a question about her “humanity,” wooing the network she had once decried.

“I have a little secret, which I will only tell Fox, if you promise not to tell anybody else,” she said. “You know what, I really am a human being. I know that’s hard to believe, but it happens to be true.”

Karl Rove “has handed me a note,” added Fox anchor Steve Doocy (the clip takes place at 2:51). “More US presidents have been born in the month of October than any other month. You were born in—?”

“October,” Clinton replied. “Thank you, Karl. I mean the omens are just stacking up. What can I say?”

Asked about a Rush Limbaugh effort to have Republicans vote for Clinton in Texas, Clinton said, “Be careful what you wish for, Rush.”

Obama, meanwhile, noted that he still held a sizable lead among Democratic delegates, despite Clinton’s Tuesday victories in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island.

“It’s going to be hard for her to close the delegate lead,” Obama said. “We expect that we’ll be vigorously contesting all of these states. We are in a very strong position to win the nomination… we’re anxious to pivot to November to have a debate about which direction we want to move the country.”

Rove complimented Clinton’s performance.

“I thought it was good, light—that’s the side of her Americans don’t see much,” he said.

Meanwhile, the onetime Bush adviser attacked Obama, saying he had failed in his three years in the Senate to “achieve big things.”

“He has not done that in his three years in the Senate,” Rove quipped.

The following videos are from Fox's Fox & Friends, broadcast March 5, 2008.

Videos of the interviews at link:

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

Fernando - if you would like some help on that ranch - you know if you have a shelter or something.
You just let me know...

Hillary in 2008?!?!?!? Now play that sound effect in your head... You know the 4 chords that always get played when the villain is tying the heroin to the train tracks... I think it's from Beethoven 5th Symphony... Ba Ba Ba Buuuummmm HILLARY IN 2008?!?!?!? Sound effect once again. DID YOU SAY HILLARY IN 2008?!?!?!? And the sound effect one more time.
[...]
http://www.pinheadvoodoodolls.com/Product.aspx

Obama Camp Lays Ground For Negative Attacks

The Obama camp appears to be laying ground for pushing back against Hillary Clinton's latest campaign attacks, even if that means taking a negative approach themselves. The difficulty, as has been noted in the past, is maintaining the positive approach that has dominated his campaign while still drawing contrast with the Clintons.

Obama campaign manager David Axelrod claimed last night:

"If Sen. Clinton wants to take the debate to various places, we'll join that debate. We'll do it on our terms and in our own way but if she wants to make issues like ethics and disclosure and law firms and real estate deals and all that stuff issues, as I've said before I don't know why they'd want to go there, but I guess that's where they'll take the race.''

The Associated Press cites an anonymous Obama aide:

A senior Obama adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Obama's team will respond to Tuesday's results by going negative on Clinton -- raising questions about her tax records and the source of donations to the Clinton presidential library, among skeletons in the Clintons' past.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/05/obama-camp-lays-ground-fo_n_899...

Obama campaign manager David Axelrod claimed last night:

"If Sen. Clinton wants to take the debate to various places, we'll join that debate. We'll do it on our terms and in our own way but if she wants to make issues like ethics and disclosure and law firms and real estate deals and all that stuff issues, as I've said before I don't know why they'd want to go there, but I guess that's where they'll take the race.''
http://tinyurl.com/2vkxw2

When will the people chase the moneychangers out of the temple? Read this or George W. Bush will be president the rest of your life - by William Blum HOW COULD THEY HAVE KNOWN? It wasn’t on Oprah or Fox News.

you're very obnoxious

We're on the same page!

fuck her.....lalalalalalala---i cant hear you...lalalalalala

can you believe that???

NORTH CANTON, Ohio – It was revealed today that Democratic Party financier George Soros is behind the VoteMagic Partners Group hostile takeover bid for Diebold, Inc, the Ohio based ATM and voting machine manufacturer. “Say what you will, said Soros, “my takeover of Diebold is both less costly and more efficient at winning elections than using the traditional method of actually campaigning for votes. In the end, it’s not which votes count, it’s who counts the votes.”

Harry Rosten, of the Republican National Committee was understandably angry. “How dare they plagiarize our way of winning elections. We will now have to make sure that all the votes are counted, especially in Florida where we will have to protect against Democrat thugs coming down south to stop the vote and call us ‘sore losers.’” “It is imperative,” said Karl Rove, “to stop the Democrats from abusing the power of the Supreme Court to select the next President and thus, thwart the will of the people.”

Soros is confident that his generous offer will be accepted by the shareholders. “I’m also confident,” said Soros, “that Diebold should be able to announce the vote totals for the 2008 Presidential election well before November.”

8-)

hahahahahahaha----sorry i am getting delirious here---teeheeheehee..giggle giggle giggle....laugh laugh laugh...

I don't plan on having animals other than pets. I'm looking for someplace quiet where I can grow agave and eventually learn how to distill tequila. I have modest goals and plan on focusing on doing as much self subsistence farming as I can handle comfortably.

After living a life under artificial lights and schedules and habitats, I'm burt out on fake specifications and other peoples requirements. I just need to be able to play my music and enjoy things more naturally.

Not real interested in living a long life. More interested in simplicity. I'll let you know when its comfortable enough to visit. Right now it's like camping when I go but it really lifts my spirits.

Has no chance in hell of winning..

But,Does have a chance of taking votes away from The Democratic Presidential nominee..

If McCain wins he Will Not look into Bush Administration Corruption..

If McCain wins he has a real chance of replacing TWO Supreme
Court Justices..Kiss Rove vs Wade goodbye and anything remotely anti-corporate !

If John McCain wins..We Could be in Iraq for 100 years..

But,Go ahead and Waste your vote..Your Ideology seems more
important to you than Our Country's well being ..
Strong words but,I really Don't want to live in a Corporate Fascist Country !Which is where we are headed in a Rethug controlled government !
If the General Election is close I hope to God you will reconsider and vote for the Democrat..

Just thought I would share.. :)

I'll be here to get yelled at..

"Hello to our friends and fans in domestic surveillance."

Mo lib, I don't see any differance either.
I think a Democratic congress combined with a "Democratic" executive could actually be more dangerous. Hillary is fundamentally a neocon, AIPAC lackey, just like Lieberman, and McCain. However, if a "Democrat" wins the White House, suddenly surging in Iraq, bombing Iran, Venezuela, etc., will be acceptable to many Democrats. If McCain wins, however, congress might squabble with him forever, just for political reasons.
Either way, we are in for eight more years of agony.
When Obama lost night, I don't know if ever felt worse.

stuttering the crap..regarding amnesty

or something like that.

Retirement camp for Seder bloggers.

The 4-F Ranch?

hows your tequila crop doing? i seem to recall from last year that you were going to grow some special cactus.

are you in the one province that carlos castaneda would enjoy (legally)?

Today's Must Read
By Paul Kiel - March 5, 2008, 9:46AM

While there's a lot of attention on picking a new president, you might not want to take your eye off the current one.

The idea, once scandalous, that Bush would just be handing the Iraq mess off to his successor is now an accepted reality. But he won't be doing it in an informal way, either.

Since last year, the administration has been working towards a long-term security agreement with Iraq, an "enduring relationship," as they had it. The basic outlines were clear: a long-term American troop presence in Iraq and preferential treatment for American investments in return for a guarantee of security for the Iraqis.

To give you an idea of the outline, the Iraqis said that it would be silly to expect that Iraq would be able to defend itself alone until at least 2018. Forever seems a fair conservative estimate.

But there was a problem. There was a strong case to be made that for the administration to strike such a deal without the consent of the Senate was unconstitutional. Democrats were set to fight such a move.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/todays_must_read_289.p...

it's not too hard to grow agave. Simplicity :) ROCKS!

cheney must be having another wet dream. his planning and scheming is really paying off.

had been looking for the Kucinich information since this morning and hadn't find it - at least a little bit of good news today

A QUIET MOMENT between primary night and todays talk show attacks.

ooo ooo can i get a kiss too,please!

National Association of Broadcasters to file suit against the Federal Communications - Demands Further Deregulation

http://www.broadcastingcable.com

Look for the National Association of Broadcasters to file suit against the Federal Communications Commission's loosening of the newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership rules.

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Media activist group Media Access Project, which represents Prometheus Radio, already sued over the Dec. 18 decision, also saying that it was arbitrary and capricious, but for entirely different reasons and filing its appeal in the Third Circuit in Philadelphia, the court that remanded the 2003 FCC ownership rule rewrite.

As opposed to media activists, which argued that any more deregulation has not been justified, broadcasters argued that the FCC did not justify why it stopped at loosening rather than lifting the ban on TV-station and newspaper ownership in the same market and why it chose not to loosen the local-TV-ownership caps, as it tried to do in 2003 before Prometheus, with MAP's help, got those deregulatory rule changes stayed and remanded.

FCC chairman Kevin Martin said at the time that he listened to the public at a series of ownership and localism hearings and concluded that a modification of the ban and no further deregulation of local ownership caps, radio or TV, was what was in the public interest.

Bush officials: Congress irrelevant on Iraq

By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 6:41:36 EST

The Bush administration says the 2002 congressional authorization to go to war in Iraq gives it the authority to conduct combat operations in Iraq and negotiate far-reaching agreements with the current Iraqi government without consulting Congress.

The assertion, jointly made Tuesday by U.S. Ambassador David Satterfield and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long, drew an incredulous reaction from Democrats on a Joint House committee during a hearing on future U.S. commitments to Iraq.

“It's the view of the administration that as long as there’s trouble in Iraq that you have authorization of this Congress to continue there in perpetuity and define trouble as you desire?” asked Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.

“We have authorization to defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq,” Satterfield replied. “The situation in Iraq continues to present a threat to the United States.”

The Bush administration also feels it does not need to seek the authorization of Congress to ratify two pending agreements with Iraq: a “Strategic Framework” that would govern “normalized” relations with the U.S., and a Status of Forces Agreement that would govern the “authorities and protections” of U.S. troops in Iraq past Dec. 31, the expiration of a U.N. resolution that the administration says authorizes their presence.

The agreements will “not tie the hands of the next president or, indeed, this president,” Satterfield said. “They will ensure that every policy option remains on the table. The size of the U.S. presence in Iraq, the missions to be performed by such forces, if forces are present, are decisions for the president and for the next president to make.”

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/03/military_iraqpact_030408w/

Iraqi cabinet OKs deals with oil giants

Iraqi Cabinet Gives Green Light to Oil Ministry to Sign Deals With Oil Giants

SINAN SALAHEDDIN
AP News

Mar 05, 2008 06:44 EST

Iraq's cabinet has given the green light to the Oil Ministry to sign agreements with international oil companies to help increase the nation's crude output, a ministry official said Wednesday.

The two-year deals, known as technical support agreements, or TSAs, are designed to develop five producing fields to add 500,000 barrels per day to the country's 2.4 million barrels per day output.

Last December, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, BP PLC, ExxonMobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. submitted technical and financial proposals for the five fields and received counterproposals from the Iraqi side.

In January, representatives from the companies and Iraq met again in Amman, Jordan, and they will hold a third round of discussions later this month, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information.

In Vienna, Iraq's Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said Iraq intends to compensate these companies with crude oil rather than in cash, the Dow Jones Newswires reported Wednesday.

Speaking to reporters as he arrived for a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, al-Shahristani said the Oil Ministry was still working on the compensation details with the Development Fund of Iraq, which is controlled by the United States and the United Nations.

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

The CBC piece details the involvement of the conservative Harper government in creating a sensationalized leak, which itself had almost no resemblance to the actual memo, which itself is now being disclaimed as perhaps not accurate at all. We peel off layers of deception, and there is nothing left at all, except a successful attempt to promote bloodletting among Democrats.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/3/5/112926/0842/300/469572

congress is irrelevant PERIOD!!! his right!!

OPEC MEETING Cartel says will 'support' Venezuela in Exxon Mobil row

VIENNA (Thomson Financial) - OPEC members have pledged their support to Venezuela in its dispute with US oil giant Exxon Mobil, at today's production meeting in Vienna.

"The conference expressed its support to the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela and Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), in the exercise of its sovereign rights over its natural resources, in accordance with international law," the cartel said in an agreed communique from the meeting.

Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez expressed his satisfaction to reporters as he left the meeting, saying it set an important precedent for the relationships between national oil companies and the oil multi-nationals.

He added, however, that it was too soon to say what action, if any, other OPEC members might be willing to take in their dealings with Exxon.................

Clinton hints at shared ticket, Obama dismisses as 'premature'

Hillary Rodham Clinton, fresh off a campaign saving comeback, hinted Wednesday at the possibility of sharing the Democratic presidential ticket with Barack Obama — with her at the top. Obama played down his losses, stressing that he still holds the lead in number of delegates, and referred to talk of a joint ticket as "premature."

On a night that failed to clarify the Democratic race, John McCain Tuesday clinched the Republican nomination. Clinton won primaries in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, halting Obama's winning streak. Obama won in Vermont.

Both Democrats insisted on Wednesday they had the best credentials to go head to head — or as Clinton put it "toe to toe" — against McCain.

Asked on CBS's "The Early Show" whether she and Obama should be on the same ticket, Clinton said:

"That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me."

Obama, who had hoped to knock Clinton out on Tuesday, said he would prevail against a tenacious candidate who "just keeps on ticking." Clinton acknowledged the race was close and said it would come down to her credentials on national security and the economy.

The two presidential contenders made the rounds of the morning network television news shows Wednesday, declaring only one thing certain — that the campaign would go on and that the next big showdown would occur April 22 in Pennsylvania.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Clinton_hints_at_shared_ticket_Obama_0305....

Briefing.com's Stock Market Update

...The ADP Employment Report for February showed jobs fell by 23,000. The announcement was taken as a negative since the consensus called for 18,000 jobs to be added. The results were the worst since 2003...
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Gee. An unfortunate 41,000 spread. Thank you, Republican Conservatives, for your economic policy wisdom.

FBI abused nat'l security letters
Gathered personal data without authorization and in non-emergency cases.

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

no I did not... but I sing it in my head & it all makes sense.

Had someone from the Senate on my blog and this is what they searched in coming there ....

Domain Name senate.gov ? (U.S. Government)
IP Address 156.33.13.# (U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms)
ISP U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
Location
Continent : North America
Country : United States (Facts)
State : District of Columbia
City : Washington
Lat/Long : 38.9097, -77.0231 (Map)

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Referring URL http://www.google.co...&q=mccain and nutjob
Search Engine google.com
Search Words mccain and nutjob
Visit Entry Page http://freedemocracy...lls-gop-senator.html

your ranch sounds great.. what more could you want out life.
It sounds very cool.

The Sargeant at Arms of the Senate?

Hope you don't hear anything.

HAHAHAHA .......
Submitted by Kevin © on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 12:28pm.

TOO FUNNY.. :)

“Over the coming weeks we will join her in that argument. Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crisis? The answer is ‘no.’”

Bush tap dances while waiting for McCain. Today, President Bush is meeting with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for lunch at the White House, where he is expected to endorse his presidential bid. He was so excited for the meeting that, while waiting for McCain to arrive, Bush stood outside on the North Portico and entertained the press corps by tap dancing, doing a goofy walk, winking, and smiling. Watch it:

MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell was so distracted by Bush’s antics that she interrupted her guest to say, “I’m sorry, this alert just in. The President was tap dancing. … I don’t think I’ve seen him in a better mood.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/05/bush-dances-again/

UPDATE: Michael D. Shear of the Washington Post has more on Bush’s dancing.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/03/05/mccain_makes_bush_wa...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cN10_6pyshQ

without immunity they can be sued for wrongful actions. in a civil case, a starting point is to get an injunction to prevent furthur abuse.

i think the republicans fear the netroots and the negative impact it can have on getting mccain elected. if they get immunity, then they can shut the netroots down over the next year, and by the time it gets sorted out the election will be history.

I check a few times a day for anyone from Washington DC or Virginia and they are goofing off up there in all Depts.

Bet if I had a porn blog I would get more GOV traffic.

McSame as Bush. The Campaign to Defend America, a new 501(c)(4) issue advocacy group, is running this ad in Ohio and Pennsylvania:

Rafael Correa

Imperialism has just committed a monstrous crime in Ecuador.

why wouldn't they be. they have a candidate who is so old and infirm that he has one foot in the grave. it won't take very much to declare a crisis and either appoint someone of their own choosing or cancel the elections.

Cohn: Like Bush, McCain’s health care plan is a ‘disaster.’ In a new article, Jonathan Cohn, the New Republic’s resident health care wonk, examines “the disaster that is McCain’s health policy.” Cohn writes that “the reform plan he unveiled back in October” indicates that McCain will act “a little like George W. Bush” when it comes to health care policy. By embracing the same ideas as Bush — such as changing the tax treatment of health benefits — “for Americans who are sick or poor or both, the McCain plan could mean fewer insurance choices than they have now — or no choice at all.”

http://www.tnr.com/toc/story.html?id=7e9b013b-2fb7-45c7-91cb-e05218063a3...

Throughout his Senate career and the presidential campaign, the supposed “peace candidate” Barack Obama has reassured the U.S. foreign policy establishment of his willingness to stay firmly within the spectrum of acceptable imperial opinion by voicing strong support for the U.S.-led bombing and invasion of Afghanistan that followed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.

According to Obama throughout the current ongoing contest, one of the main problems with George W. Bush’s “mistake” (the Democratic presidential front runner never calls it a crime or immoral) of invading Iraq was that it has “diverted” U.S. military resources that should have been dedicated to the smart and just war in (on) Afghanistan. Like other official “doves” on the “bad war” in Iraq, he was a hawk on the supposedly “good war” in Afghanistan.

BUSH “RESPONDED PROPERLY WHEN IT CAME TO AFGHANISTAN”

Here he has articulated a widely shared elite sentiment reflecting the sharp limits of what passes for “left” opinion in the bipartisan U.S. governing class. As very few Americans beyond the so-called “extreme left” seemed to know or care, the Bush administration’s heavily Democratic Party-supported bombing and invasion of the Afghanistan took place in bold defiance of international law forbidding aggressive war. Sold as a legitimate defensive response to the jetliner attacks, it was undertaken without definitive proof or knowledge that that country’s Taliban government was responsible in any way for 9/11. It occurred after the Bush administration rebuffed efforts by that government to possibly extradite accused 9/11 planners to stand trial in the U.S. It sought to destroy the Taliban government with no legal claim to introduce regime change in another sovereign state. It took place over the protest of numerous Afghan opposition leaders and in defiance of aid organizations who expected a U.S. attack to produce a humanitarian catastrophe.

And, as Noam Chomsky noted in 2003, U.S. claims to possess the right to bomb Afghanistan – an action certain to produce significant casualties – raised the interesting question of whether Cuba and Nicaragua were entitled to set off bombs in the U.S. given the fact that the U.S. provided shelter to well-known terrorists shown to have conducted murderous attacks on the Cuban and Nicaraguan people and governments.

As Rahul Mahajan observed, the United States’ attack on Afghanistan met none of the standard international moral and legal criteria for justifiable self-defense and occurred without reasonable consultation with the United Nations Security Council.
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Submitted by Kevin © on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 12:28pm.
Had someone from the Senate on my blog...
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Kevin,

If your doorbell rings and, after opening the door, you see a small, brown, paper bag sitting in flames on your front porch, DON'T STOMP ON IT!

March 5, 2008

The Honorable Kevin J. Martin
Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street SW
Washington, DC 20554

Dear Chairman Martin:

According to recent press reports, on Sunday, February 24th, a segment of “60 Minutes” addressing the conviction of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman failed to air on WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Alabama. Instead of the regularly scheduled segment, viewers were subjected to several minutes of dead air. Following the completion of the segment, the station resumed its broadcast of “60 Minutes” without further incident.

Although the station reportedly blamed the black out on a technical malfunction, questions have been raised as to whether the nature of the content played a role.

I understand that you will be looking into the details of this incident, including the reason for the station’s failure to broadcast this segment. Upon the completion of your inquiry, I ask that you share your findings and conclusions with interested members of the congressional committees of jurisdiction, so that we will know that a complete inquiry has been conducted.

It is a fundamental responsibility of the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that broadcasters fulfill their duties as trustees of the public airwaves. As a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, I will be monitoring this situation closely, and I look forward to the resolution of your inquiry.

Cc:
The Honorable Michael J. Copps, FCC Commissioner
The Honorable Jonathan S. Adelstein, FCC Commissioner
The Honorable Deborah T. Tate, FCC Commissioner
The Honorable Robert M. McDowell, FCC Commissioner

that photo of Michele & Obama is wonderful.
I like -

it would definitely be a bio hazard.

i forgot to congratulate [[[KUCINICH]]]yay!!! please peach now!

Lucille - please peachie NOW!!!

GOP planning for new battle on nominees
By Manu Raju
Posted: 03/04/08 07:45 PM [ET]

Senate Republicans plan to take a more confrontational approach with Democrats on judicial nominees, hoping parliamentary tactics and the bully pulpit of their presidential nominee will break a logjam over the politically volatile issue.

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), a centrist who is spearheading the negotiations within the party, said Tuesday that the options range from polite discussions to “shutting down the Senate.” His more conservative colleagues have all but ruled out the former.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/gop-planning-for-new-battle-on-nomin...

Uzbekistan gives U.S. limited use of Termez base

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Uzbekistan will allow U.S. nationals to use its Termez airbase under strict conditions, officials said on Wednesday, almost three years after ordering out U.S. troops in a row over human rights.

Robert Simmons, NATO's envoy for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said Uzbekistan had agreed to allow limited numbers of U.S. staff to use the facility near Afghanistan, which was once used by Soviet forces and currently operated by Germany.

"We welcome the fact Uzbekistan has shown readiness to allow other countries to use this airbase," he was quoted as saying in Moscow by Russian news agencies. "As far as I understand, the United States is beginning to use this facility."

The U.S. embassy in Tashkent said that under the arrangement US staff would use Termez only as part of wider NATO operations in Afghanistan.

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSL059328420080305?feedTyp...

Dennis Kucinich appears headed to general election in 10th District congressional race

Despite a well-financed, aggressive opposition campaign and the distractions of a failed presidential bid, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich appears to have survived a strong primary challenge.

The 10th District Democratic congressman was facing his first threat of losing the seat he has held for 12 years. Kucinich spent thousands of dollars on television ads and agreed to debate his opponents - chief rival Cleveland Councilman Joe Cimperman and three other candidates.

The 61-year-old former Cleveland mayor said he was encouraged by the results. "I am also encouraged because I know of all the hard work you have all put in," he told supporters at the North Shore AFL-CIO Federation of Labor union hall.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/120470957...

Gallup: Record number dissatisfied with US global position

According to a new Gallup poll, a record number of Americans are dissatisfied with their country's global position.

"Americans' view of the United States' position in the world has undergone a complete reversal over the course of the Bush administration," Lydia Saad writes for Gallup. "Since February 2001, Americans' dissatisfaction with the country's position in the world has more than doubled."

Gallup asked 1,007 national adults, aged 18 and older, over the telephone the following question: "On the whole, would you say that you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world today?"

"Public dissatisfaction with the United States' global position was 27% in February 2002, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks," Gallup reports. "It rose to 50% during the pre-Iraq war period in 2003 when the United States was actively lobbying its allies and other countries at the United Nations to support military action against Iraq. It then quickly dipped to 29% at the very beginning of the war in Iraq in March 2003, but has risen steadily since."

The article continues, "Today's 68% dissatisfaction rating is the highest Gallup has recorded on this question, including during the Vietnam War era. At three different points in the 1960s, the public was consistently divided in its responses, with about 44% satisfied and 46% dissatisfied."

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

the beigesesesesese, smcgee43... :)

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2555

[...]
Prior to the 2001 war, Afghanistan had a long history of heroin and opium production. Following the advice of the United Nations Drug Control Program (UNDCP), the Taliban government banned opium production in 2000. Opium production subsequently suffered more than a 90% decrease. The opposition Northern Alliance fiercely protected the remaining raw opium marketing and production.
[...]
Afghanistan eradicates opium poppy production
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2001/07/04/opium010704.html
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 4, 2001 | 10:11 PM ET
CBC News
The United Nations Drug Control Program says the world's biggest heroin producing country, Afghanistan, has gone out of the drug business.

A UNDCP report to be released next month will say Afghanistan has completely eradicated cultivation of the opium poppy, the plant producing the resin which is refined into heroin.
[...]
Wiki: Northern Alliance
[...]
In late 2001, with extensive assistance from U.S. air support and United States Special Forces, the UIF succeeded in retaking most of Afghanistan from the Taliban. Despite fears of a return to the chaos similar to that of the Afghan Civil War (1992-1996), the UIF factions largely accepted the new order.

Things that make you go, Hmmmmm...

They don't call him "Poppy" for nothing.

Paul retains District 14 congressional seat
By John Tompkins
The Facts

Published March 5, 2008
Keeping an eye on two races, a Lake Jackson Republican seeking the nomination for president appeared to hang on to his congressional seat for District 14.

Ron Paul was leading challenger Chris Peden with 32,546 votes to 13,838 votes, or 70 percent, with 80 percent of precincts reporting late Tuesday night, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s office.

If Paul hung on to win, it would be his seventh term since returning to Congress in 1996. Paul also served a stint as a U.S. representative from 1976-84.

“I feel real good about it,” Paul said about Tuesday night’s available results.

After it appeared he would lose the election, Friendswood City Councilman Peden said it obviously was not the result he had hoped.

“We’re disappointed, of course,” he said.

http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c215f6cfce3a3220

mi casa es su casa.

Why no to telecom immunity? Because one of the most important parts of our society is that NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW. Shattering this one important element of the framing of our way of life means our country stands for nothing.

Controversial Clinton Guest: 'Osama for Obama'
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March 04, 2008 10:42 PM

ABC News' Kate Snow and Eloise Harper report: A controversial party guest was spotted at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's election night party in Columbus, Ohio Tuesday.

He was hard to miss. He was the one wearing the "Osama for Obama" t-shirt.

Columbus resident Todd Elbaum told ABC News his friend makes the t-shirts.

Elbaum did not hold back on his views of Obama when he was interviewed by ABC within full view of a Clinton staffer.

"The truth is he was born a Muslim, his father was a Muslim, his mother married a Muslim after divorcing his father. His grandfather was a Muslim. It doesn't matter. But what does matter is when Obama said he was never a Muslim. He was a Muslim. He was born a Muslim. He was a Muslim for six years of his life," Elbaum said.

Watch the VIDEO HERE.

Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has repeatedly said that he has never been a Muslim and is a practicing Christian.

"I've been to the same church the same Christian church for almost 20 years," Obama has said. "I was sworn in with my hand on the family Bible. Whenever I'm in the United States Senate, I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America."

On CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night, Clinton, D-N.Y., was asked about rumors that Obama is a Muslim and said she did not believe the rumors.

"No! No! Why would I? There's nothing to base that on. As far as I know," she said. Some have suggested that the use of the phrase "as far as I know" suggested she had doubts.

But yesterday Clinton was more emphatic in saying she did not believe the rumors. She said she, too, has dealt with vicious rumors and expressed empathy toward her rival.

"It's disturbing to turn around and see this all the time... I hope people get beyond it," she said.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/03/controversial-c.html

Obama regains ground in Texas caucuses
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Hillary Rodham Clinton's string of comeback primary victories. - Yahoo

is that you cutie?

it's a link to a post at Cliff's place.

Clinton's lesson: Attacking Obama works

A few weeks ago, though it feels like months, exhausted campaign staffers and reporters amused themselves with gallows humor about the Pennsylvania scenario — a wildly improbable convergence of circumstances that would extend a race that was supposed to be over by winter deep into the spring with a dramatic showdown in the last big state on this year's Democratic calendar.

Now, the Pennsylvania scenario is here.

The campaigns of both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton wake up this morning to a seven-week stretch that includes just three contests and climaxes on April 22 in Harrisburg.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/8843.html

It's 3 a.m. and Hillary's Dreaming

To be a winner you have to win. And Tuesday night Hillary Clinton unreservedly won three out of four states. Barack Obama, however, has won twice as many primary and caucus states overall, leads substantially in the popular vote and continues to hold a mathematically insurmountable lead in elected delegates.

For two or three days, the Clinton campaign will spin itself -and the media--silly, breathlessly celebrating her overwhelming victories in Rhode Island and Ohio and her squeaker in Texas.

After the confetti is swept and the champagne bottles are tossed a more sober reality will take hold. Not just that her net gain of delegates this week will be, at most, in the single digits. But worse. There is no plausible scenario in which Clinton can win the nomination. At least not democratically.

Seven more weeks of campaign slog through Wyoming, Mississippi and into Pennsylvania. And then maybe tack on six more weeks, if you can believe it, into Indiana , West Virginia, and a handful of other states and into Puerto Rico on the 7th of June, quite literally into D-Day. Whatever the outcome, even if Clinton wins all 16 remaining contests -and some of them by veritable landslides, she will still be dozens of elected delegates behind Barack Obama.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=53671

NGGGWWWAAAAAHHHH1!./*9= you BEing ABUSIVE ";2AGaIn@@@##***
*****SNIFF***** im TeLLiNG---jUST wa@'tch!!!! boohoo

Obama almost as big with GOP as McCain

Republicans like Sen. Barack Obama nearly as much as they like their own likely presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain, according to a new Fox 5/The Washington Times/Rasmussen Reports poll.

Photos: Clinton, Obama, McCain campaign

The survey determined that a quarter of self-identified Republicans rated Mr. McCain most likable, but nearly as many — 23 percent — chose Mr. Obama as most likable. And among all adults surveyed, Mr. Obama was rated likable by more people than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mr. McCain combined, underscoring the Illinois senator's appeal to voters across the political spectrum.

"There is something about Barack Obama that is hard to capture in polling and it's an enthusiasm, it's a freshness, it's an excitement he can generate that will certainly be a factor in the campaign," said pollster Scott Rasmussen.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=53662

FBI head: Give telcos immunity even if they acted in bad faith

Nick Juliano

At the heart of President Bush's plea to give telecommunications companies legal immunity is the contention that these companies were merely being patriotic corporate citizens when they facilitated the warrantless wiretapping of Americans.

FBI Director Robert Mueller undercut that argument Wednesday, telling Congress that the 'good faith' argument should have nothing to do with whether or not they are let off the hook in dozens of pending court cases.

"I would focus more on the downsides, substantial downsides, of not providing retroactive immunity as being the principal rational of the legislation, providing immunity," Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Mueller insisted that good faith of the companies was "important" but said he was unsure "where it fit into the calculus" behind trying to give companies legal immunity.

President Bush has previously said it was unfair the companies were being "sued for billions of dollars," and Mueller's testimony further clarifies the financial motive behind the companies' push to be let off the hook. He did not elaborate on the "substantial downsides" that would come from a judicial review of the companies actions.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/FBI_head_Give_telcos_immunity_even_0305.ht...

Might have something to do w/ those two pots of coffee. ; )

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dan: ...no level headed person is going to vote for insane mccain, but if you can skeer them, its another story.
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The problem is the number UNlevel-headed people who have the power to vote. Sheeple (and the house Piece-Of-Shit) comes to mind.

Playing the fearmonger card can come back & bite McCave squarely on the ass. The strategy is wearing thin.

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pbtrue1: "The power of positive thinking.
The power of words..."
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After nearly 4 yrs of dissecting troll horseshit hereabouts, I've developed a pretty finely-attuned bullshit meter. *snark*

And man was it ever spiking last night watchin' ol' Hil speak and her surrogates spin like Whirling fucking Dervishes. [Yeah, I'm lookin' at you, too, Tweety!]

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crankie: "Teaming them up appears to solve a lot of pragmatic political problems..."
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Pragmatic? Tis a dying breed. Although I think pragmatism will rule ("rue"?) the day in Nov. The "Will you vote for/support the dem nominee, no matter who wins the nomination?" question comes back in the 85-90% range for primary/caucus voters polled. Seems pretty pragmatic to me.

Odds: Hil will NEVER be Obama's VP. Obama would be hers if he & his poobahs could triangulate it to their benefit. Personally, I strongly believe he'd turn her down, cut her legs off whenever possible from inside the Senate (if she wins) & look forward to a possible '12 or definite '16 run.

Beyong that, VP talk for either of them now has too many permutations & that makes my head hurt.

Oh, and kindly refrain from using the phrase "mental exercise" to the local O/C type, 'K? *snark*

Job discrimination complaints jump

Federal Job Discrimination Complaints Against Private Employers Up Sharply

JENNIFER C. KERR
AP News

Mar 05, 2008 12:11 EST

Federal job discrimination complaints filed by workers against private employers shot up 9 percent last year, the biggest annual increase since the early 1990s.

The data being released Wednesday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission show allegations of discrimination based on race, retaliation and sex were the most frequent, continuing a long-term trend.

Overall, the commission said complaints increased from 75,768 charges filed in 2006, to 82,792 last fiscal year. That's the highest complaint level since 2002, and the biggest annual percentage increase since 1993.

"Corporate America needs to do a better job of proactively preventing discrimination and addressing complaints promptly and effectively," said the commission chairwoman, Naomi Earp.

Complaints had been trending downward until 2006, when they increased slightly and then spiked last year. "It's possible that there's a trend developing here and employers need to be aware of this," said commission spokesman David B. Grinberg.

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

happy hump day

is asking for Clinton's tax returns. Why is she dragging her heels.

Per MSNBC

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

That cutie looks like my niece did when she was little.

She's 51 now.

I heard Ms. Rhodes on AAR today and she sounded scared. She was screaming at her guest when I turned on the radio-which is how she treats people who do her the favor of calling her increasingly dull show-and as far as I could tell (the screaming tended to drown out this unfortunate woman) the caller was trying to say something positive about Hillary.

Ms. Rhodes seemed terrified at the concept of Hillary winning this Presidency. All the neurons in her overheated brain were firing, firing, firing as she tried to scream her way to victory. It was really quite odd.

She then had a guest on her show who Ms. Rhodes announced was very, very intelligent. Perhaps he is, but all he did was state how Hillary's days are numbered in an angry creepy almost menacing voice.

Both seemed to be terrified at the prospect that their golden boy might come up short.

To be honest-It was all so crazy it could have been a SNL skit about AAR-too bad it was the real thing.

I suggest, if you have a problem with Ms Rhodes, you address Ms Rhodes,
ON HER BLOG...or won't they let you in?
awwwwwwwww
haha

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