Maron V. Seder probably not tomorrow...

EYE LUV U---fuck the world that fooled the world!!

pcollin guy - had to make some effort to control myself and be polite or at least not rude as my first inclination always is in these matters, I hope I succeeded

Dear Mr. Collin:

I read in the New York Times and on various websites/blogs that Sam Seder is being considered by Air America Radio for the Randi Rhodes spot and I am writing to express my wishful thinking that AAR Management might make the right decision this time and give Sam Seder the job. I am a long time fan and would support him and the radio station in every possible way, by getting a membership subscription, tuning in, encouraging advertisers, encouraging others to join. I have been disappointed many times in the past by ill advised programming decisions at Air America and seen my favorite hosts disappear and treated poorly. I do hope it doesn't happen this time. Particularly at a time when the station has a black eye from the Rhodes affair, it would be a coup de grace to your company, a horrible blunder, I believe. Sam Seder enjoys a lot of well-deserved support. Please give Sam Seder a daily show.

Thank you

Mirella Augusto

Love you like a Son I never had!

Oh, Hillary -- it's 'just words'.... Oh, I forgot. It's NOT a two-way street. Only Hillary's Kosovo lies are inconsequential words; only Obama's charismatic rhetorical skills are inconsequential words. We must listen to Hill and Bill when we want to know which words count and what everybody's words mean....

CBS: Iraqi government corruption funds insurgents who kill Americans

David Edwards and Muriel Kane

The government of Iraq is facing many challenges to its ability to run the country, both internal and external. According to a new report by 60 Minutes, "one of the biggest problems is corruption, which is robust even by Middle Eastern standards."

"Bribery and outright theft are flourishing in virtually every Iraqi ministry," notes CBS's Steve Kroft, "and some of those ill-gotten gains are being used to kill American troops."

State Department official James Mattil told CBS that the corruption is "across-the-board." Much of the stolen money finds its way to Iraqi insurgents or militias, while "in other cases, it is the militias and insurgents themselves who control some of the ministries who are involved in the corruption."

"It's known and tolerated by the prime minister and other officials within the government," emphasized Mattil, who observed the corruption first-hand while assigned as an advisor to Iraq's former Commissioner of Public Integrity, Judge Radhi al-Radhi.

Judge Radhi himself told CBS during an interview in 2006 that more than half a billion dollars had been stolen from the Iraqi defense ministry. Following that interview, he attempted to widen his investigation to other ministries, but was met with death threats and the murder of thirty-one members of his staff. In July 2007 a missile was fired at his house. He and his family finally left Iraq last September and are now living in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

Shortly before Radhi left Iraq, his commission was coming under increasing pressure from Prime Minister Maliki, who issued a memo saying they could not bring charges against anyone in the president's office or current or former ministers without his permission.

"It basically put a stop to any anti-corruption activities within the Iraqi government," Mattil told CBS, "and it came directly from the prime minister's office."

Mattil shared this memo with his colleagues at the State Department but received no response. A draft report on the corruption was leaked to the press last summer, but the State Department responded only by making the report classified.

After Radhi sought asylum in the United States, he was called to testify before the House Oversight Committee. Chairman Henry Waxman then asked Secretary of State Rice to comment on Rhadi's allegations.

"Mr. Chairman, I will have to get back to you," Rice replied. "I don't know precisely what you are referring to."

"Six months later," CBS concludes, "Waxman's staff was still waiting for an answer."

CBS News has more here.

This video is from CBS's 60 Minutes, broadcast April 13, 2008.

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

think: what does sammy do on sundays and tuesdays that he couldn't do 24/7 (theoretically) without commercial, broadcast radio?

he doesn't need a 'radio deal'. he can do everything (plus live streaming video, plus vod/podcast), online, and make more money than AAR or NovaM or any broadcast syndicate could afford to pay him.

"It's the future, Mr. Gittes."

(a big shout out to the first person who can identify that quote.)

The transition is complete!

Lionel the Independent thinker.

Thom Hartmann with his everyman approach to radio.

Belzer is fine 97%er with a popular network job and easy for the folks to accept.

Soon the Ad Sales and Profits will follow!

Obama hits back at inexperience charge from GOP lawmaker
Nick Juliano

GOP congressman calls Obama 'boy' at fundraiser, later apologizes
A Republican congressman used some of the most racially charged language of the election season to attack Barack Obama's fitness to be president, causing the Illinois Senator's campaign to issue a sharp rebuke Monday.

Rep. Geoff Davis was speaking to about 400 donors at a fundraiser in Kentucky, when he said of Obama, "That boy's finger does not need to be on the button."

Obama's campaign hit back against the "offensive" comment.

“It's hard to tell what is more outrageous - Representative Davis' condescending and personal attack, or his absurd and offensive claim that Barack Obama is not prepared to defend America," said Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton. "Geoff Davis may hide behind offensive tough talk, but he has marched in lock-step with Bush-McCain policies that have devastated our national security while Barack Obama has stood up against a misguided war in Iraq and worked with respected Republicans like Dick Lugar and Chuck Hagel to secure loose weapons and nuclear materials from terrorists.”

A Davis spokesperson said the two-term Republican "misspoke" and was not trying to be racist.

Later, Davis issued a written apology to the Democratic frontrunner.

"My poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or the your integrity," Davis wrote, according to the ABC News blog Political Radar. "I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness."

It also appears Davis may have released classified information in the exchange.

He said in his remarks at the GOP dinner that he also recently participated in a "highly classified, national security simulation" with Obama. "I'm going to tell you something: That boy's finger does not need to be on the button," Davis said. "He could not make a decision in that simulation that related to a nuclear threat to this country."

It's unclear just what kind of classified simulation Davis could be referring to. A Davis spokesperson wouldn't talk about it. Both elected in 2004, Obama and Davis serve in opposite chambers of Congress, and they sit on different committees, so there's little chance they would have crossed paths much.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_hits_back_at_inexperience_charge_041...

Oil prices surge to new records on supply woes, weak dollar

World oil prices surged Monday, although London prices failed to hold on to record peaks, amid fresh supply jitters and lingering concerns about the ailing US dollar, traders said.

Prices in New York held close to record highs of above 112 dollars which were struck last week on news of falling energy stockpiles in the United States.

New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, closed up 1.52 dollars at 111.76 dollars a barrel compared with Friday's close, marking a record closing high.

The contract had rocketed to a record 112.21 dollars last Wednesday.

In London, Brent North Sea crude for May delivery settled down 1.09 dollars at 109.84 dollars shortly after the contract broke through the 110-dollar barrier for the first time.

Brent oil briefly traded at a record 110.01 dollars before receding as the London market closed for the day.

Traders seized on fresh supply concerns in the United States, which is the world's biggest economy and the largest global consumer of energy.

Analysts said reports of a temporary shutdown to repair a small leak in Shell's Capline pipeline system, which transports oil into the US Midwest, helped to boost prices.

"Supply and demand factors remain tight, so any prolonged closures of the Capline pipeline could push (the) crude price even higher amid declining inventories in the US Midwest region," said analysts at the Sucden brokerage in London.

However, they warned: "Because this matter is simply a logistics problem, any price surge as result of this closure would most likely be short term."

Meanwhile, Petroleos Mexicanos, the third largest supplier to the United States, closed two oil export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico due to bad weather.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Oil_prices_surge_to_new_records_on__0414200...

SEDER,
"[The Seder Reader 2008] Will you help me get a daily show?"

I received this email literally 4 times.
Calm down, buddy. We are rallying for you. I love your enthusiasm, though.

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

waddup??

Fuck
new
Submitted by Guy Fawkes on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 6:13pm.

Randi and fuck novam and fuck AAR.
Sam could make far more by doing his own internet show(Read my previous comments)

Sam! you can make a great living by doing your own internet show.We will support you.

Do it now.In the meantime we will try to get these clinton sandtanistac spammers off the blod.
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Rupert Murdoch joins Associated Press board.
Today, the Associated Press announced at its annual meeting that Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corp., is joining its board of directors. Three other media moguls are also joining the board, including Sam Zell, who recently “took control of Tribune Co. after leading a buyout that resulted in the publicly traded company becoming private.”

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hmcWD30T708IbwQU6Tl52aj74HRwD901NPTG1

i've sent the emails and signed the petitions this time, and each of the other times they were screwing around with maron and co.

I really hope that they come up with a 15-hour a week show for Sam.

sorry.I made a mistake with your name.My appoligies.

Long live sam

aaaahhhhhhh....Randi is an acquired taste...a bit manic today for my taste

AP Chairman Refers to "Obama bin Laden" -- In Posing Question to Barack Obama

By Joe Strupp

Published: April 14, 2008 3:00 PM ET

WASHINGTON After addressing the journalists gathered at the annual Associated Press luncheon in Washington, D.C., today, Sen. Barack Obama, standing at the podium, took a few questions. The last one from the audience, delivered via AP chairman W. Dean Singleton, was related to Afghanistan, our troops in Iraq and the threat posed by, as Singleton put it, "Obama bin Laden."

Obama quickly corrected Singleton. “That’s Osama bin Laden,” he said. The crowd laughed a bit. "If I did that, I am so sorry," Singleton replied.

Then Obama said, “This is part of what I have been going through for the past months, which is why it is impressive that I am still standing here.”

Singleton earlier had introduced Obama by noting that there were more than 1100 attendees at the luncheon, believed to be the first sold out AP luncheon ever. “One thing I can say about you is, you sure are a draw," Singleton said. "You’ve done better than the Rolling Stones do. We are glad to have a little extra income....Imagine that, journalists and media folks slugging it out to pay to hear a politician.”

Last year’s speakers were Mike Huckabee and Eliot Spitzer. “I can be sure that Sen. Obama did not spend last night at the Mayflower Hotel,” Singleton quipped.

Obama's talk had amounted to little more than a basic stump speech and his answers to questions tended to be rather long-winded -- at least until the Osama/Obama reference -- and some luncheon attendees exited early.

Unlike Sen. John McCain this morning in speaking to the AP annual meeting, Obama did not tailor his talk to media issues and the debate over the proposed federal shield law for reporters.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_con...

Dem FEC Nominee Withdraws, Leading to Further Delay
By Paul Kiel - April 14, 2008, 3:04PM
Things were already looking pretty hopeless for the FEC, but they just got bleaker. In a letter to White House chief of staff Josh Bolten today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that Robert Lenhard, one of the Democratic nominees for the commission, has withdrawn his name because of the ongoing stalemate.

It will most likely take "several months" to replace Lenhard, Reid writes, meaning that it's sure to be awhile before Democrats and Republicans can agree on a batch of nominees. Not that there have been any signs of hope anyway: Democrats continue to insist that the Senate vote on vote-suppression guru Hans von Spakovsky separately from the other three nominees, and Republicans refuse to allow that.

Meanwhile, the fracas over John McCain's withdrawal from public financing goes unresolved and outside groups are mounting up without worry of any imminent harassment from the FEC.

Update: By way of explanation, Lenhard has landed a gig (sub. req.) at the mega firm Covington & Burling.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/dem_fec_nominee_withdr...

Obama did a really good job I thought. I even postponed my swim time so I could hear the rest of the event....I did not get that it was stump speech....

then I cut my swim short to hear Randi's beginning...gotta say I was disappointed could have swum for 15 more minutes...

that's what i needed to finally get off my arse and do what was required

I think we can agree that the randi soap opera and the novam deal were ALL about randi and had nothing to do with sam.he was a pawn who was used both by aar and randi to further their own monetery agendas.

I hope soon sam will quit aar and do seder v maron until he finds something else.At this point even if he was offered a 5 day gig with aar i would hope he would not accept based on principle alone.

the meantime may i offer as a distraction the foo fighters new video 'The Pretender' free on youtube.it sums up what's really going on in this country.

and knows what he wants - if he wants a job with aar that's his business - and truly i do understand - if he were to do his own thing he would be doomed to do constant fundraising, hat in hand and be always subject to one of us not coming thru somehow, lost job, moved out of the country, not into radio anymore, who knows, our support that's great, we're great, but hey how reliable is that for someone who has a family to support, (voluntary subscription!) someone like sam who deserves to be on tv, on prime time, with a megabucks contract, to have his own show which would make jon stewart's shrink, keith olb pale, especially with maron it would be a blockbuster, why does he have to be relegated to a closed community? I understand his situation

a) sorry if anybody got multiple copies of the Sam email. It would be useful if those who did get more than one copy indicated by posting here - I'd like to know how widespread the problem is. We do NOT want to spam our users any more than you want to be spammed (er, sammed?) Any, apologies if we have a tech issue that annoyed you.

b) RCTOWNS: Gittes? Jake Gittes? Chinatown?

jealous?
Here it is, if I received yours by mistake:
Will you help me get a daily show?
Hi Folks,

I just wanted to give you an update on the recent tumult at Air America. As you may have heard Randi Rhodes was suspended by Air America management for inappropriate language she used during a stand up comedy routine she performed at an affiliate function in San Francisco. I wouldn't have done the bit she did, but I said on air that I didn't think that based on the context of her comments, that the suspension was appropriate. Of course, management has the right to create and execute any policy they want.
After a week, Randi decided to quit Air America and move over to NovaM. Randi was Air America's highest rated show by far and I think in many respects she was underappreciated by some of Air America's management. Is she temperamental, free spoken, a goddess? Yes, of course. That's what has made her a success in talk radio. Are those traits uncommon in the entertainment industry? All I know is that I have directed Gary Busey and Andy Dick -- Randi Rhodes is not a problem child!

That said, Randi is gone, the 3-6pm slot is open and my Seder On Sunday contract is drawing to its end. I expect most affiliates will pickup Randi but 3-6 pm is a good time slot and some affiliates will be looking for a change. I've told Air America management I am interested (I suspect they already knew).

Will you support me getting back on the air five days a week?

Robert Greenwald, creator of OutFoxed and proprietor of BraveNewFilms has set up a petition, will it make a difference if Air America knows that folks want me on the air? I don't know, but it might!

Sign the petition here!

Want to do more? Send pcollins@airamerica.com an email and let him know you'd like me on air 5 days a week!

In the meantime, I'll update you as to what happens and what my plans are going forward and check out SamSederShow.com and don't forget when Marc Maron returns in a week from Australia we resume Seder V. Maron .. see past episodes here.

Thanks

Sam

Incubus. It's no biggie to hit the delete key.

Thanks for helping Sam.

Sammy has a kid though. Taking care of mouths that need feeding comes before taking care of mouths that need smacking.

That said, after watching what Rhodes just did to them, they will at least tread more lightly on their people in the future.

Sammy will do what he has to.

I got it Twice

6 OR 7 times - not sure since I didn't count them after 6 - sent e-mail to Sam about it already but since you asked am sending it here too.

Info of note re: recent email blast
Submitted by Incubus on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 6:38pm.

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

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ppppppsssssssstttttdddddd! whilst i smile with family and cook--barstirds!

I haven't received even one:(

just talked to hubby about Sam, Randi, AAR nova m stuff. He said if he had to pick he would pick Sam and that it is unfortunate when fans get all hostile with each other when something like this happens. I agree and am really glad that comments here are for the most part civil. We are all freaking out over the potential loss of a beloved "family member" lets not bicker too much and hope for the best for Sam

Are you signed up for the sederreader e-mail list?

I never got an email from sam
Submitted by mhappenow on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 6:16pm.
waddup??

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

congers(is that the snake spelling?) an interesting image Lu'. I am pissed too.

Are you signed up for the sederreader e-mail?

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 was sighned up and finally got three...thanks for responding....

that Hillary Clinton WILL be our next president?

Even if she runs as an Independent...

I do.

I think this next debate will be a slam dunk for her (Yes little white lady dunks on large black man... suck it poetic license) AND that even though the corruptible super delegates may vote for Obama and their white liberal guilt. She will once again be the top candidate and will be our next president. McCain and Obama are about to stammer themselves right out of the race.

And during the inaugural ceremony there will be the distinct and horrific sounds of sniper fire, the phone ringing at 3am and Monica Lewinski will hold the Koran... I mean Bible.

Am I Wright, people?

stay pissed--stay pissed--that creates change!

Wright Rev---lets go!

and bingo on the chinatown quote.

What's for dinner, girl?

Hotel brought me a "late plate" cause I didn't feel like dealing with people in person by going over to dinner - not in a super mood as ya all can relate to.

So, may be slow in responding...not ignoring ya...also think I have to call dentist tomorrow - tooth sensitivity...makes it slow eating.

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

of saying what's up or cat calling a young lady.
I am going to spread this new saying far and wide (around my neighborhood). If it catches on, you know who coined it.

"What's for dinner, girl?"

I like it.

I sure am!!:)

-no e-mail-

although I've already signed petition last night
and e-mailed pc@aar several times earlier:)

!!!LONG LIVE THE SAMMYCAM!!!
*****

Fuimus!

Kevin and GBC were not spamming the blog.

First of all, GBC and Kevin are long time bloggers from the MRR blog. Close to day one if not day one.

Just because they like Randi, doesn't mean they are spammers.

So cool it!

Hmmmmm Then I don't know why you didn't get the e-mail from from Sam - unless your spam blocker is set so high that it blocked the mass mail from coming thru at all...

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

What's new?

so says Randi. Not really. She did her routine like Bush making a speech, reading from a notebook with three words on each page. And repeating "Fuck You!" every 30 seconds or so is not exactly comic genius.

Perhaps that is why Seder and Maron were underwhelmed.

Does fish interest you? Tee hee...ha ha...hmm...

If you are still here. I checked both my email accounts and did not get any emails from the Seder show.

What the hell is going on here? It's been a very ugly day on the blog.

You all better take a deep breath and stand back for awhile!!!

left overs--cuming?

Dinner was Penne ala Vodka w/ broccoli and garlic knots(the knots were NOT good so I tossed em) but the rest was delicious!!!! Altho I didn't make any of it myself since as I said, hotel brought me a late plate.

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

hey tonid, why are you looking for emails? Is everything working alright??

When Sam said to send something to be informed about future subscription ops, I did. It shows I am supposed to get e-mail up there in the corner as well. Also, none of my 38 aliases got anything either.

if anyone wants a Seder email contact me and i'll forward it.

sofrajones AT telus dot net

Sammy sent out a rare SEDER READER e-mail - but because he has to send it via a special server and other technical stuff there was a glitch and it got sent out multiple times but not everyone seems to have gotten it.
Incubus asked us to post if we got it more than once, and those who didn't get it are also posting asking what e-mail since they don't know what the rest of us are talking about.

Up to speed now? Hope that helps.

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

Yeah. Usually they'll go to my junk mail. HOw often does Sam send out emails? I haven't received one in a really long time. I read the email here anyway plus I've already sent out lots of emails &signed a few petitions!!:)

word--makes me wonder who is spammer!! not nice---

April 14, 2008
Bialik Asseses ARG, Teases Quinnipiac

Carl Bialik has a nice assessment of the ARG poll in Pennsylvania that includes this tease of the new Quinnipiac numbers due out tomorrow:

Other pollsters’ numbers disagree with ARG’s. Clay Richards, who runs the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute’s Pennsylvania poll, said he doesn’t expect his poll that will be published Tuesday to show much difference from the last one, which had a Clinton lead of six points. “I don’t see that much movement in Pennsylvania myself,” Mr. Richards said by phone from Harrisburg on Monday.

I didnt get it...

Sam sends seder reader e-mails very rarely...-read my explanation of how it has to be done in my last post above for why as part of the explanation, and his being very busy covering for others time slots and finding time to spend with his family while working on the AAR website - that revamp from what I know about websites having built some myself took a hell of a lot of time even if you are not the code person (and neither was I the code person)

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

Sam sent out a Seder REader email. Some got several others none.

I nubus asked us to report so I did.

Hope the blog starts to warm up again because it felt very cold this afternoon.

Sorry about that - blog was down so couldnt delete this one til it came back up.

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

A young kid does his Bush impression...very well. (Writes good jokes, too.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZyW2-vSqV8

Crank Bait searching YouTube now?

swallows Kristol's spunk:

NAPITALIANO: Hey Sen. Lieberman, you know Barack Obama, is he a Marxist as Bill Kristol says might be the case in today’s New York Times? Is he an elitist like your colleague Hillary Clinton says he is?
LIEBERMAN: Well, you know, I must say that’s a good question. I know him now for a little more than three years since he came into the Senate and he’s obviously very smart and he’s a good guy. I will tell ya that during this campaign, I’ve learned some things about him, about the kind of environment from which he came ideologically. And I wouldn’t...I’d hesitate to say he’s a Marxist, but he’s got some positions that are far to the left of me and I think mainstream America.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/14/193459/676/600/495706

I signed the petition, I wrote to Collins (twice!), and posted at the AARgghh web site. I really, really, really want you to get a daily show. I will end my long time AAR premium membership if they don't give it to you. I will support any entity that DOES give you a regular show.

Blog broken.

Am I reading right?
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 8:42pm.
Crank Bait searching YouTube now?
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I haven't violated your faith in me. The video link was sent my way in an email from my brother's lady.

To say that she does not like George Bush as her President would be an understatement. And she likes to laugh.

..and all of mine were autographed.

Pffffffffffffffft!

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bluerootsradio

The trick to posting on the blog when it has a screw loose is:

1.) Write something witty.

2.) Hit the "Post Comment" button.

3.) Clean out your attic (or garage, your choice).

4.) And "Voila!" Hours later your post appears.

SAM!!!! WE GOTTA TALK!

Mike just said that he was delighted that Randi was with Nova M and "now we need to work on Sam Seder." :))) And he just said it a second time.

So glad it's on their minds!

THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Democrats;

Club Where Clinton Has Golfed Retains Ways of Old South

Published: March 23, 1992

The Country Club of Little Rock, where Bill Clinton has played golf several times a year since he became Governor, sits on a graceful hill in an exclusive neighborhood called the Heights, its greens sloping down to the Arkansas River. Opened just after the turn of the century, it recalls an older South in many ways, including its membership: 500 white men and women.

Last week Mr. Clinton, his quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination seemingly wrapped up, found himself under fire for playing at the club, and he quickly admitted he had made a mistake and vowed never to play there again until it was integrated.

"A guy asked me to play nine holes of golf," he said on Friday. "It was the only place we had time to play. I should not have done it."

But he did not explain why he had played at the club for years despite its all-white membership. Today, Mike Gauldin, his spokesman in Arkansas, was asked that question; he said, "No one ever complained about it before."

Mr. Clinton's mea culpa has not defused the criticism. In New York today, his chief rival, Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California, said that "even George Bush wouldn't dare play golf at an all-white golf club."

Little Rock Country Club's members are admitted by a board of governors. The initiation fee is said to be $20,000, with dues of $150 a month.

query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE6D91438F930A15750C0A964958260 - 44k - Cached - Similar pages

Yay!

Wonderful that Mike is pushing for Sam to join Nova M!

why Randi was so harsh today. I know Sam is powerful but she didn't have to be an ass about it.

Tonight Rachel called Belzer AMAZING!

She also said Kent Jones will be on with Belzer all week.
They mentioned he will be doing Lawton Smalls.

I don't like that one bit!

From Brilliant at Breakfast
by way of the Morning Seditionist blog

Lawton Smalls NOW today with Belzer

I love Mike! That man is loyal. Yes, I still love and will listen to Randi. I was just hurt by
her rude comments today. Sam has always been good to her and it seemed real petty. Oh well. At least we know Sam has one real friend at Nova M. Mike Malloy! I was so glad to hear Mike repeat (two or three times) that the “next move” was to get Sam Seder.

"Mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind." - John F. Kennedy

Randi said that AA was in breach of her contract because she had no morals clause and because they were not allowed to suspend her without pay per her contract. So in Randi's mind when Sam said AA had a right to suspend her she took that as being disloyal.

Plus, Sam WAS very tepid in his comments about her stand up routine. He seemed pained to think of any positive comments he could make.

So, I can understand where she is coming from.

I think she was hurt.

Remember I think it was Randi that was the first host to ask Sam to substitute for her.

I was gonna get around to signing up again sometime tonight, so I guess that's what I'll do unless someone says different.

Uh Oh... how did this "elitist buffoon" become prime minister again:

Italian Billionaire Berlusconi 'Wins' Election

ROME, Italy (CNN) -- Billionaire conservative former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is on track to become Italy's next leader after his center-left rival Walter Veltroni Monday conceded general election defeat.

Incomplete election results show Berlusconi, 71, with a commanding lead in both houses of parliament.

Veltroni, who recently stepped down as mayor of Rome, delivered a concession speech live Monday night on Italian television.

Berlusconi, a charismatic center-right billionaire who served two terms as prime minister, and Veltroni were the two main contenders among 32 candidates vying to replace Romano Prodi, who stepped down as prime minister in January.

The new prime minister will lead Italy's 63rd government since the end of World War II. Arcane electoral laws giving many small parties in parliament a disproportionate amount of power are blamed in part for the frequent collapses of the nation's governments.

Berlusconi of the People of Freedom Party, was prime minister from May 1994 to January 1995 and again from April 2005 to May 2006. He then narrowly lost a re-election bid to Prodi.
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While Berlusconi is nearly 20 years older than the 52-year-old Veltroni, the media magnate's plastic surgery, hair transplant, and year-round tan have turned him into the eternal youngster of Italian politics. His bypass surgery since leaving office seemed to have little to no impact on the election.

Berlusconi ran his campaign with his trademark bravado, arguing he is the only one who could give Italy the future it needs.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/14/italy.election/index.html

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She wasn't funny! Sorry. I didn't think Randi was funny.

That is what Sam said. There were moments, but that wasn't one of them.

Randi's Randi!

I'm glad to hear that Malloy wants him at Nova M. It's always good to have options.

I was wondering if anyone able to find Rhodes narrowcast new online??

Please post the info if so.

Listen to her laugh at the inane stuff that starts her hours.

Update, I just heard what she said about Seder. Now I never have to listen the her again. How dare she.

but Sam and Marc are seasoned stand ups...Randi is very green..My bestest friend is a stand up and she says that using the language is a cheep way to get laughs...really good comics don't do that unless it is their shtick. It would be like Sam getting a luck warm review in the beginning from Randi about talk show hosting and Sam being upset about it. She needs to take the crit if she wants to persue the stand up...just as Sam and Jeneane did at first..

Randi needs to get over herself.

To end this Obama/Elitist bullshit. So what if he can't bowl?!?! ( I'm sure if he practiced he'd be good. )

Here's my suggestion: Challenge Hillary and McCain to a 2 on 1 game of basketball. Then let's see who's elitist!!

Think that'll work?

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bluerootsradio

As OpEdNews.com (OEN) grows and matures, there will be inevitable growing pains. As more and more readers come to OpEdNews.com to get information and opinions that they cannot get through the mainstream media, it is inevitable that some who disagree with our progressive worldview will try to throw a monkey wrench into the works.

You've all encountered them in the comments sections of OEN articles, I'm sure. Trolls.

Trolls come in all flavors. There are Republican trolls with their angry, twisted-logic rhetoric, and there are arguably trolls within the Democratic ranks as well.

Is it possible to clearly define what makes someone a troll? I think it is. A troll is someone who spreads obvious disinformation, often reposting the same disinformation as comments on multiple articles. This is a form of spam.
Further, trolls will often have a minimal, or even no Bio listed, or a bogus bio, often use fake names and will have never posted an article or diary, or at most a few flimsy articles or diaries.

Trolls generally have a clearly defined agenda, and almost always use negative attacks, ad hominem comments, flat-out lies or they try to hijack threads, taking them far away from the focus of the article. Another common troll maneuver is to re-post lies or urban legends, or to paste long postings that are exact copies of articles or forwarded emails from right-wing lists.

Case in point concerning Democratic trolls: "jacksmith" had reposted the same lengthy diatribes against Barack Obama under several different articles. Here is an excerpt from one of those troll postings:

"Hillary Clinton has actually won by much larger margins than the vote totals showed. And lost by much smaller vote margins than the vote totals showed. Her delegate count is actually much higher than it shows. And higher than Obama's. She also leads in the electoral college numbers that you must win to become President in the November national election. HILLARY CLINTON IS ALREADY THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE!"

Notice how this troll cites "it shows" as their source of factual information for how Hillary Clinton is ahead in the actual delegate count. Bogus. This troll, who probably used a fake name, was banned and ALL comments were removed.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_john_r_m_080414_patrolling_for_t...

Please elaborate on your beleif.

I believe I know
Submitted by Fernando on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:18pm.
why Randi was so harsh today. I know Sam is powerful but she didn't have to be an ass about it.

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

All he has to do is sink a jumper from the top of the key and........swish......he's Joe Everyman.
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bluerootsradio

Damn, I'm going to have to stop my monthly multiple gun buys at WallMart now that they are doing this:

Wal-Mart To Film Gun Sales In Bid To Fight Crime

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, unveiled plans on Monday to film its gun sales in the United States and create a computerized log of purchases in a bid to stop guns falling into the wrong hands.

Wal-Mart, which is the largest seller of firearms in the United States, agreed a 10-point code, which also includes rigid inventory controls, with a bipartisan coalition of Mayors Against Illegal Guns led by New York's Michael Bloomberg.

The retailer said it will develop a first-of-its-kind computerized crime gun trace log that will flag purchases by customers who have previously bought guns later recovered in crimes.

"Wal-Mart currently uses a strong point of sale system," said J.P. Suarez, senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Wal-Mart. "This code is a way for us to fine-tune the things we're already doing and further strengthen our standards. We hope other retailers will join us."

The Responsible Firearms Retailer Partnership is designed to strengthen the points in the gun purchasing system that criminals have exploited in the past, Wal-Mart and the Mayors Against Illegal Guns said.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 46 percent of its criminal gun trafficking investigations involved cases in which someone who is not legally allowed to purchase a firearm does so through the use of a proxy, known as a straw buyer.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1421318620080414

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I thought I'd be torturing adolescents with this stuff by now, and I'm not so I need an outlet. That said, ahem:

You can say wonkísimo. Or wonkisísimo. Or you can say muy/superwonkado or muy/super wonky (with the proper accent).

Of course, it's all Spanglish which doesn't have a fully developed orthography, and you CAN say whatever you want at any rate. But anyhow...my apologies.

"It's the way that I'm made./ Do you think I enjoy it?"

Please post the link to the Rhodes slam against Sam.

In the words of Al Gore:

"How dare she!"

Whaddya mean, "he's powerful?"

(And, again, my apologies.)

evening mo lib -
I read your post to rawfoodie about your sister's
friend
it might be helpful for her to try Reiki (non-invasive,
healing hands-on therapy)
click on:
http://www.reiki.org/reikinews/ReikiandBreastCancer.html
for a specific article and check the rest of the site -
lots of interesting info if your not already familiar
with this

Kat

Submitted by mhappenow on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:35pm.
...My bestest friend is a stand up and she says that using the language is a cheep way to get laughs...
-----
Groucho Marx, Mark Twain and W.C. Fields would have begged to differ.

NOT getting Malloy on NovaM Radio
My feed is gone - NO Malloy.

You can subscribe to NovaM and listen to it http://www.novamradio.com/live/. It comes up in the 3rd hour after the bottom of the hour break.

The one day I have to do my taxes,I miss everything !

Yes,Procrastinate is my middle name..

Kent Jones must be needing the money !

Belzer should know better !

I knew Marc Maron ! And,you are No Marc Maron,Belzer ! !

WEAK !

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

Thanks for your information.

I have forwarded the information to my sister.

Thanks!

I think I'll bail out of NovaM Radio.

There is way too much commercials on it and the voice is distorted.

I think I'll bail out of NovaM Radio.

There is way too much commercials on it and the voice is distorted.

Mel don't hit me.
new
Submitted by gloryoski on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:40pm.

I thought I'd be torturing adolescents with this stuff by now, and I'm not so I need an outlet. That said, ahem:

You can say wonkísimo. Or wonkisísimo. Or you can say muy/superwonkado or muy/super wonky (with the proper accent).

''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Because I don't speak spanglish.

I speak American.

Sorry for the double post, message said the site was too busy

Survey Finds 98% Of Historians Consider Bush A 'Failure':

The First Draft of History Looks a Bit Rough on Bush
By Kenneth T. Walsh - April 11, 2008

President Bush often argues that history will vindicate him. So he can't be pleased with an informal survey of 109 professional historians conducted by the History News Network. It found that 98 percent of them believe that Bush's presidency has been a failure, while only about 2 percent see it as a success. Not only that, more than 61 percent of the historians say the current presidency is the worst in American history. In 2004, only 11.6 percent of the historians rated Bush's presidency in last place. Among the reasons given for his low ratings: invading Iraq, "tax breaks for the rich," and alienating many nations around the world. Bush supporters counter that professional historians today tend to be liberal and that it's too early to assess how his policies will turn out.

http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/04/11/the-first-draft-...

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read the whole post......

Thanks for replying!

Pebbles new
Submitted by Nefferkitti on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 8:08pm.
Sam sends seder reader e-mails very rarely...-read my explanation of how it has to be done in my last post above for why as part of the explanation, and his being very busy covering for others time slots and finding time to spend with his family while working on the AAR website - that revamp from what I know about websites having built some myself took a hell of a lot of time even if you are not the code person (and neither was I the code person)

Can you imagine Sam going at the same time slot as Randi? Talk about your Leno, Letterman. Such drama will explode the appeal. I'm thinking this is too contrived.

I am not sure which hour it was in when she started on Sammy, but you can find all 3 here:

http://www.randirhodesarchives.com/

Hey if Belzer can do it,so can I !

By HARRY R. WEBER, AP Business Writer

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest carrier.

The boards of both companies gave the deal the go-ahead Monday.

Delta said the combined airline, which will be called Delta, will have an enterprise value of $17.7 billion. It will be based in Atlanta, and Delta CEO Richard Anderson will head the combined company.

Con't

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

You are very welcome. If I am here, I do what I can to help all who ask if I have answers that will help.

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'm not gonna get in a fight with you about all that, esp. cuz I don't know the level of sarcasm or the perspective involved but, in "Standard American English:"

Basically, there was a problem with spelling and then you said something that would sound in English/American like "very really wonkish," which doesn't sound "grammatical" or "natural."

Or it could be another grammatical error entirely if you meant "wonkismo" to be equivalent to "wonkishness."

That's all.

The trick to posting on the blog when it has a screw loose is:

1.) Write something witty.

2.) Hit the "Post Comment" button.

3.) Clean out your attic (or garage, your choice).

4.) And "Voila!" Hours later your post appears.

'Nando
While I can see your thought process and the logic behind it...I cannot see Sam knowingly agreeing to play that game. AND with the history of the Drobney's and AAR I cannot see them working together on this.

There is a radio dj dance off
Submitted by Fernando on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 10:04pm.
Can you imagine Sam going at the same time slot as Randi? Talk about your Leno, Letterman. Such drama will explode the appeal. I'm thinking this is too contrived.

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

Mel
new
Submitted by gloryoski on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 10:07pm.

I'm not gonna get in a fight with you about all that, esp
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Wow. Your second reference to violence. It's just words. Please stop intimating that I would be violent because you corrected my spanglish. That's silly. (no sarcasm) and like I said I don't speak spanish or english or spanglish for that matter. I speak American. (Like our president and I'll be damned if I'll let you insult our commander and chief)

I apologize if I come off as some kind of magical oaf who can physically attack people through the internet backbone. My intention was to say that I wasn't able to post. My apologies if my humor just doesn't translate well. I'll stick to what I know from now on.

I finished streaming the whole thing on Green960 and my impression, knowing absolutely nothing, is that yeah it's her bombastic personality and it's her listening to only parts of shows and feeling hurt about what she thought she heard and maybe a little defensive about the position Sam was in. I definitely don't think it's about Randi/NovaM vs. Sam as a representative of "the competition." It didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. Marketplace getting in the way of human relations, but no "Hillarys" here IMO.

Imma eat but I am in the audience. I don't know what these performers are capable of.

A year ago I reasoned that the market would grow and that fantasy was eerily similar to where we are. This tallent represents mentors for a bludgeoning industry imo. Makes me smile even if its messy.

how about

"witty quip + posting delay = not so snappy repartee"

just for the record, some of us don't have attics, or garages or basements, but still have piles of stuff :)

(remember George Carlin did a long riff on people & their stuff?)

stuff tends to pile up when spending too much time on line,
especially when living in a space that might hold 2 cars
- 3 if they're tiny!

Kat

I agree with you - I don't see Sam
doing that.

Didn't get a mail
Submitted by gloryoski on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:28pm.
I was gonna get around to signing up again sometime tonight, so I guess that's what I'll do unless someone says different.

I know this reply is kinda late but I barely got the email &I'm on the email list. I received one email.

I followed Randi to NovaM and I agree w/her about Hillary. Nonetheless, it's not terribly witty and original to call women 'whores', lol. Randi should stick to talk radio and ditch the stand-up.

would kind of fake or pull a punch at another kid who was a friend but who was being a pain.

"Fight," was meant totally verbally/rhetorically. I still don't want to get into that, especially since I promised I'd shut up.

'Night.

Never thought it would get ugly. Calling Kevin and moi spammers?

Whatever. My support of Randi has nothing to do with my support for Sam. I can differentiate the two, as distinct radio personalities. I like them for their different qualities. I'll support Sam however I can. But AAR is officially dead to me at this point. Can't help it if that's still his current employer. I hope Malloy's right and can push Nova M to get 'er done.

So what if she dissed Sam? How thin-skinned are you people? SHE DISSES EVERYBODY. That's her schtick. Either you like it you don't. You have the freedom of choice to listen or not.

I never heard Sam say the things she thought she heard. But then again, I don't hear every syllable that comes out of his mouth in three hours, and I don't think like Randi. Truth is, I don't really care one way or the other. I can walk away from Randi or Sam anytime I choose to. But instead, I choose to fight for both of the voices I love on the radio.

But, spammer? Please.

Thanks for having my back, toniDeee... now I think I know how you felt when you left the blog in a huff before. Just total bullshit somedays from these newbies that have no clue the changes and fuck-ups we've had to endure since AAR began, it's nose dive, then slow death, then revival, and slow death again, and now the re-launch.

How many times have we done our part to save the AAR programs and personalities we loved? Too many. I've signed the petition and emailed my support of Sam over and over and over again. AAR has been consistent in one thing only: ignoring their core audience and dismissing us. It's futile.

If I'm wrong, then great! Sam gets a daily show and I'd be happy as hell for that. The newbies haven't a fucking clue what we've been doing for the last four years.

And yet, I'm still here for Sam; still supporting him and Marc and yes.., even Randi, three very different personalities I love to hear as often as I can.

My English. She not so good.

& wrote to Nova M Radio's Mr. Manzo to hire
Sammy.
I guess I should write AAR - but they
are really off of my list to listen to. Except for Sam,
I will ALWAYS listen to him no matter where he is. :)

This is actually pretty funny. For the past few weeks, Hillary Clinton has become the great defender of Michigan voters. She went to Detroit last month to deliver the message that she alone was fighting for them:

“The people in Michigan and particularly Democrats in Michigan know that Michigan matters in both the primary and general election,” she told a crowd of more than 300 people at the AFSCME Local 25 union hall in Detroit. “If the Democrats send a message that we don’t care about your votes, I’m sure that John McCain and the Republicans will be happy to have them.”

Huh. Interestingly, the people of Michigan have a different take -- and it's not good for Clinton. From Political Wire:

Sen. Barack Obama "holds a small lead over Sen. John McCain in the race for Michigan's 17 electoral votes, but McCain holds a significant lead over Hillary Clinton," according to a new EPIC-MRA poll.

In general election match ups, Obama leads McCain, 43% to 41%, while McCain leads Clinton, 46% to 37%.

EPIC-MRA is the polling firm for Michigan.

my friend's sister just had surgery; she's "only" stage 2,
has young children, and is starting chemo this week

hugs & good energy to all

Kat

pot.....shhhhhhhhh...."spit"

Crowd Boos Clinton on "Bitter" (Olbermann's on it, hee)

Update: Oh fun, Olbermann picked up the booing incident on Countdown tonight. The story made the show opening along with something like "What if they gave a controversy and nobody came?" Even reporting Rendell has played down the dust-up and asserting it won't cost Obama the nomination. Bad day for Clinton.

Anyway, Clinton was speaking at a manufacturing meeting and mentioned how she was disappointed in Sen. Obama for his "Bitter" remark.

MSNBC reported on and played a sound bite of the crowd groaning and booing in response. The reporter clearly stated that the crowd was showing displeasure at Clinton for bringing it up.

hope she has an out after Penn so she can unite and save the day and go back and be a pretty good senator

She looks really tired....I couldn't do it in a hot second

Baer would know -- he grew up among the people that Obama is talking about.

"Bitter" perhaps best describes my late mother, an angry Irish Catholic who absolutely clung to her religion.

What's offensive to me is suggesting that small-town, working-class, gun-toting and/or religious Pennsylvanians are somehow injured by a politician's words.

That is because that is not for Hillary to decide -- people have to decide what they themselves feel about Obama's remarks, or any person's remarks, for that matter. In fact, it seems that Hillary may have overreached -- in trying to pounce on Obama's remarks, it seems that she may have wound up becoming elitist herself -- by trying to speak for rural PA voters instead of letting them speak for themselves.

Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions for medications that may save their lives or slow the progress of serious diseases

With the new pricing system, insurers abandoned the traditional arrangement that has patients pay a fixed amount, like $10, $20 or $30 for a prescription, no matter what the drug’s actual cost. Instead, they are charging patients a percentage of the cost of certain high-priced drugs, usually 20 to 33 percent, which can amount to thousands of dollars a month.

The system means that the burden of expensive health care can now affect insured people, too
Link to article in full below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/14/us/14drug.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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

Reno never carried Majority Report, except for the weekend "best of" shows. Maybe Sam should try kissing up to affiliates so they know he exists. It worked for Leno.

goodnight and sleep tight all.....tomorrow will be a happier day here and in the radio world.

n sleep tight.

I scolded him for calling you and Kevin spammers!

Threats close 3 colleges, 4 more schools By TARA BURGHART, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 31 minutes ago

CHICAGO - A message scrawled in a university bathroom — "Be prepared to die on 4/14" — left not just the college's campus empty Monday, but also those of two adjoining high schools and a pair of nearby elementary schools.

After the precautions were taken at St. Xavier University on the city's southwest side, Malcolm X College evacuated students and canceled daytime classes Monday after a similar threat was found in a bathroom at the campus west of downtown. And Michigan's Oakland University was closed Monday because of threatening graffiti mentioning April 14.

The closures, two days before the anniversary of the Virginia Tech killings and two months after the deadly rampage at Northern Illinois University, illustrate the challenge such threats pose to school administrators, who have to decide just how seriously to take them.

"I can see why they're doing it for the safety of the kids. But I see it as over the top," said Lynn Ruggiero, whose daughter is a freshman at one of the high schools that shares a campus with Xavier and closed Monday.

Ruggiero said she figures whoever wrote the threat "is getting a certain satisfaction" from putting thousands of Chicago students out of class. Still, she knows school officials have a hard time pleasing everyone.

"If they hadn't closed, people would have said, 'How come you didn't?'"

St. Xavier and Malcolm X are located about 15 miles apart, and despite the fact that the threats had similar wording, there was no indication they were related, Chicago police spokeswoman Monique Bond said. The graffiti at St. Xavier was widely publicized over the weekend, and also contained in updates the college placed on its Web site.

While St. Xavier decided Friday to close until further notice, classes at Malcolm X resumed late Monday afternoon after bomb-sniffing dogs swept the campus.

Oakland University, an 18,000-student state school about 20 miles north of Detroit, planned to resume classes Tuesday. The graffiti that prompted its shutdown also made a reference to "4/14" but didn't specify a type or time of an attack, university spokesman Ted Montgomery said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080415/ap_on_re_us/catholic_college_threats...

Incubus
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 7:52pm.
If you are still here. I checked both my email accounts and did not get any emails from the Seder show.
*******
elses....

Why ask why ? Beats me.. :)

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

Moron..Whomever it was..Jeebus !

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

was calling Kevin and GBC spammers because liked Randi.

It's over now. The blog got very ugly today.

as long as it's for a good cause?

SIGN PLEASE

Dear Representative:

I am writing to urge you to support H.R. 5036 when it comes to the House Floor this Tuesday. The 'Emergency Election Assistance for Secure Elections Act' - the "EASY" bill - is needed to secure the November 2008 elections. Broad support in the House will ensure passage by the Senate and approval by the president in time for the November election.
H.R. 5036 will provide states with funding for paper-based voting systems and audits of the vote count. The bill will assure election integrity nationally by making sure that votes are counted in a transparent and audit-able way.

Thank you for your attention to this important matter.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1331/t/3732/campaign.jsp?campaign_K...

Just another "nube" trying to do their part.

Obama: Clinton using GOP playbook By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Mon Apr 14, 7:29 PM ET

After days on the campaign defensive, Democrat Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday of leveling criticism straight from the Republican playbook and said even so, he will win the White House over John McCain and an "out of touch" GOP.

"I may have made a mistake last week in the words that I chose, but the other party has made a much more damaging mistake in the failed policies they've chosen and the bankrupt philosophy that they've embraced for the last three decades ..." Obama said.

"This philosophy isn't just out of touch, it's put our economy out of whack."

Obama spoke at The Associated Press annual meeting, a few hours after McCain had made a less combative appearance of his own.

The Arizona senator announced support for legislation to protect the confidentiality of news sources, although he also challenged the news media to acknowledge its errors "beyond the small print on a corrections page."

He also displayed his penchant for occasionally differing with the Bush administration, saying he believes the country has already entered a recession.

In his speech and in a more relaxed question-and-answer session meant to approximate the setting on his "Straight Talk Express" campaign bus, McCain repeatedly declined to label Obama an elitist for the comments that have roiled the race for the White House in recent days.

"I think those comments are elitist," he said. "I think anybody who disparages anyone who is hardworking, the dedicated people who cherish the right to hunt and observe their values and the culture ... and say that's because they are unhappy with their economic conditions, I think that's a fundamental contradiction to what I think America is."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080414/ap_on_el_pr/ap_meeting_candidates&pr...

when offered a cup o' joe at a photoshop, Senator Obama asked for a glass of orange juice, instead.

good god, man - what on earth were you thinking?

this was supposed to be the lead story for at least 72 hours, but was overshadowed by the senator's temerity to point out the obvious truth - people whose livelihoods and communities have been destroyed by government policies extended over decades lose hope. There are adults in the country's rust-belt that have never themselves known prosperity, but have seen fictional accounts of it on television, and know that there are people in this country who don't worry about money, or losing their jobs, or getting sick and dying for lack of money.

the amazing thing to me is that people who have never had any reason to hope, still can find it - in the lottery, in religion, in the false prophets and scam-artists that prey on them every single day.

the 'elite' are the ones who are the most terrified of all, and live in a state of perpetual denial.

chris rock - one of this generation's greatest philosophers - speaks of of the 'two americas' eloquently in his parable of 'two malls'... the one where the white people go, and the one where the white people used to go.

Bitter? Of Course. Here's Why
By Isaiah J. Poole

Honest discussion about the roots of working-class angst and how to address it has gotten seriously burned in the firestorm of controversy fanned around comments by Sen. Barack Obama that working-class people are "bitter" about the economy and government.

However poorly phrased his original comments were, they were based on a fundamental truth: that conservatism, having failed for more than three decades in its promise to bring broad prosperity to all Americans, has exploited the issues of God, guns and gays—and the lie that government is their enemy—to keep their con going.

For awhile it worked, as millions of voters were convinced to vote against their interests by conservatives armed with polarizing rhetoric. But there is no disputing the anger as these same working-class voters are finding that they've been duped.

The percentage of Americans polled by Gallup who say that they are worse off than they were five years ago—31 percent—is the highest recorded by the polling firm since it started asking the question in the mid-1960s. And that belief is based in reality: Median household income in 2006, $48,201, was lower in inflation-adjusted dollars than it was in 1999, the Census Bureau reports. The latest Democracy Corps memo includes a poll finding that 74 percent of Americans believe the economy is seriously off track.

That same memo also suggests that voters have caught on that conservatives who claimed they were taking government "off the backs" of the working class have put in into the pocket of corporations. "The focus of people’s anger are the corporate special interests that dominate government, producing a demand that politicians make it a priority to take back government for middle class Americans," the memo says.

But there's been a lot more interest among the punditocracy in branding Obama "elitist" for trying to synthesize this working-class anger than in talking about causes and solutions. As former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich writes in his blog:

Are Americans who have been left behind frustrated? Of course. And their frustrations, their anger and, yes, sometimes their bitterness, have been used since then -- by demagogues, by nationalists and xenophobes, by radical conservatives, by political nuts and fanatical fruitcakes – to blame immigrants and foreign traders, to blame blacks and the poor, to blame "liberal elites," to blame anyone and anything.

Rather than counter all this, the American media have wallowed in it. Some, like Fox News and talk radio, have given the haters and blamers their very own megaphones. The rest have merely "reported on" it. Instead of focusing on how to get Americans good jobs again; instead of admitting too many of our schools are failing and our kids are falling behind their contemporaries in Europe, Japan, and even China; instead of showing why we need a more progressive tax system to finance better schools and access to health care, and green technologies that might create new manufacturing jobs, our national discussion has been mired in the old politics.

http://ourfuture.org/blog-entry/bitter-course-heres-why

Bill and Hillary's 'Stockholm Syndrome'

By Robert Parry
April 14, 2008

As one of the few mainstream Washington journalists who defended the Clintons when they were under often unfair attack in the 1990s, it sometimes pains me to watch how that experience shaped – or misshaped – them in their national political revival a decade later.

The two most distinctive features of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign – and Bill Clinton’s attempts at a supporting role – are a seemingly bottomless pit of self-pity (excavated in part by the right-wing attack machine years ago) and the copycat use of many right-wing tactics to demonize their opponents and critics.

It’s like watching a Democratic mirror image of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove (albeit without all the creative destructive brilliance and with more whining about alleged media bias against individuals, Hillary and Bill Clinton).

Not that the Right didn’t whine over the years. A central theme in the Right’s faux populism was the long-asserted grievance about “liberal media bias.”

That right-wing complaint emerged historically in the 1950s when white Southerners grew angry about what they saw as sympathetic Northern news coverage of Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights protesters.

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/041308.html

How quickly we forget - thanks to the nano-second attention span developed by the spew from the box with the lights and and pictures and voices coming out of it...changes every 3 seconds to something new.

Sad. but true

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

Getting sleepy

Later bloggers

And Stephen Colbert will be on the repeat of Larry King at the "bottom of the hour" supposedly.

I am exausted and need to get off the computer.

G'night all. Sweet dreams.

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

The innovative man that started this deserves credit for his inspirational idea.

n.b. Crank Bait, I have reached the most challenging rice paddy via the levels on the site.

Well, that was a rhetorical question, wasn't it?
Like, is the Pope Catholic? Does the Pope shit in the woods?
HAHA!

I just read the email alert (still doing taxes grrrrr)

Here's what I wrote on the petition:

Seder needs to be on the air every day! I've listened to Majority Report from its inception and even tried to listen in when Sam was moved to mornings (on days when I was working from home). Sam was a champion of Fighting Dems and certainly helped those candidates' causes. His Sunday show is great, a "can't miss" for me, but once a week doesn't have the timeliness of a daily show.

SEDER! SEDER! SEDER! SEDER!

John McCain is the candidate of the corporate media.

Has anyone read Greenwald’s new book yet?

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Diary posted by Matt Stoller -

Excerpt:

As Glenn Greenwald has demonstrated in his important book Great American Hypocrites, male Democratic candidates must always be presented as feminine, elite, aristocratic, savage, and untrustworthy, for fear that substantive arguments will actually present the electorate with a choice on larger questions of national direction.

And no conservative is ever held accountable for their activities, no matter how dishonorable.

It really doesn't matter if it's Ann Coulter calling for the assassination of a New York Times reporter or describing John Edwards as a fag, or Soren Dayton being 'disavowed' by the McCain campaign while explicitly continuing to push out anti-Obama right-wing messaging, the conservative machine marches on without fear of consequence.

George Bush has openly admitted that he signed off on torture, along with Condi and the whole senior staff, and yet the media is abuzz with silly arguments about elitism and bitterness and bowling scores.

It's just remarkable. And John McCain can transparently exchange people in his political operation for one another and 'distance' himself from them by swapping his operatives into consulting or marketing shops without fear that he will be unmasked as the deceitful smear artist he clearly is.

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Link:

http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=FDD2E3BAB61C771BC3BFFAD4...

And,another one..

Seder & Maron to Nova M ! I wish..
Dreams can come true,sometimes :)

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

senator obama not voting
Submitted by mire on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:12am.
starvox posted this
well starvox, and firedoglake, i beg to differ
for me not voting on a bullshitt amendment is the next best thing to voting no, makes a statement of sorts either way (doesn't merit my attention)
so profile in courage or not, whatever, it's still a good thing for him

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Not voting is not the same as voting.

Senator Obama did not vote.

My point was to clarify that Obama did not vote on the amendment.

I added the comment from firedoglake -- since the original poster claimed that Obama was taking a stand and emphatically voted No! in Congress. (Did you check out the link to firedoglake? The post also included comments about Clinton‘s actual vote.)

Obama did not take a stand as a leader in Congress on the day of the vote. Obama did not give a great speech in Congress concerning the amendment.

The previous information posted on the blog was inaccurate and had no links.

I would have posted the original content, but I didn't want to embarrass the blogger who made the erroneous statements (complete with memories of Obama’s speech in Congress about his vote and how his words that day clearly distinguished Obama from Clinton).

It did not happen. Senator Obama was not in Congress for this vote. Instead, Obama was campaigning. That was my point.

Now I have no intention of arguing with you about Obama not voting.

I also have no intention of arguing with you over the definition of not voting.

Finally, I would like to think that Obama would have voted Nay if he had not been campaigning, but he did not vote on this amendment.

Senator McCain was the other senator who was not voting on this amendment.

(I also think that McCain would have voted Yea if he had been in Congress. By the way, Senator McCain was a co-sponsor of the amendment -- although he was not voting.)

In comparison, please watch or read what Senator Webb said. Then consider how Obama and McCain did not vote on the amendment.

Senator Webb speaking up in Congress -

Webb: Lieberman And Kyl’s Hawkish Iran Amendment Is ‘Cheney’s Fondest Pipe Dream’

Check it out:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/25/webb-kyl-lieb-iran/

Reference:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm...

http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/roll_call_vote.htm

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I am not into bashing any of the candidates. Along with others, I have been taking a blog break from here.

I would rather communicate directly with blog friends and avoid the personal attacks of the bloggers from the Obama and Clinton camps -- who are fighting in the blogosphere now.

The intolerance and senseless attacks are alarming in the so-called progressive blogosphere. (I agree with digby about this.)

For the record, I did not vote for Obama or Clinton. However, I do plan to vote for either one of them in the general election.

The last time that I clarified Obama’s voting record was to post information on Obama’s vote and his statement on the bankruptcy legislation in Congress.

At the time, Obama was criticized on the blog after incorrect information had been posted about his voting record.

In response, I posted information about his actual voting record and his official statement clarifying his position -- along with links to the actual vote.

I am not in the Obama or Clinton camp. I read their policy proposals and analyze both of their positions and votes. I examine their records on the issues.

Ironically, one of my current goals is to help unify the Democratic party after the great Obama and Clinton divide.

How many Obama or Clinton supporters will decide to not vote if their favorite candidate is not the Democratic nominee?

If enough Democratic voters choose not to vote -- John McCain will be the next president.

Not voting is not the same as voting.

I will vote for the Democratic candidate in the general election. Both Clinton and Obama are better than John McCain.

How about some tolerance on the blog?

still wrenching.

Bgurl chased me in so i took a break, almost done. )

'What is the use or function of poetry nowadays?'
is a question not the less poignant for being defiantly asked by so many stupid people or apologetically answered by so many silly people.

The function of poetry is religious invocation of the Muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.
--Robert Graves the white goddess

Free Democracy

My head hurts ! ;)

But,fun..

Crank they need you there ! :)

www.freerice.com

Thanks Star Vox.. :)

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

Visne saltare?
Submitted by Vi_Veri_Veniver...
Vir prudens non contra ventum mingit.

___________________________

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici,

Hic et nunc?

A bene placito!

Sapiens dominabitur astris.

Rara Avis, Jayhawkornis (Rock Chalk!) -

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Link:

http://www.kancoll.org/khq/1944/44_1_mechem.htm

Scott,

I enjoy reading your Latin on the blog.

Errare humanum est.

Ex Astris, Scientia.

Excelsior, Scott!

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

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*v*v*v*v*v*v*v*v*v*v*v
-1st//*funny-my latin sucks unfortunately more of an anxiety riddled memory -but I've seemed to have enjoyed an ill remembered motto-thanks for putting me on the right track.
... []you do kick-ass
*****

Fuimus!
Erimus. :)

Is it not plain that all these governments are systematic poisoners, interested stupefiers of the masses?

to err is human
light and truth
learn feel(knowledge)?from the star
excelsior, star vox!

*****

Fuimus!
Erimus.

ROME — Silvio Berlusconi, the idiosyncratic billionaire who already dominates much of Italy’s public life, snatched back political power in elections that ended Monday, heading a center-right coalition certain to make him prime minister for a third term.

But with a weak economy and frustration high that Italy has lost ground to the rest of Europe, it was unclear whether Italians voted for Mr. Berlusconi out of affection or, as many experts said, as the least bad choice after the nation weathered two years of inaction from the fractured center-left.

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even when they should know better, they still chose the fascist.

On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.

This and now? A melior accord!
Wise dominabitur star. To star very violent. Certainly , all togther , feel we upon kansate not now adesse -?*v
-

interesting
*****

Fuimus!

The 97% has officially taken over at Air America!

Smooth, Acceptable, Corporate Voices on the Radio...

We can sell this!

Gone are the days of Wild-Eyed, Crazy Talk !!!

Belzer completes the circle!

One Host at a Time...!!!

show this am...now we have stars huh!

GBC, im a newbie and i did not diss you or Kevin...I am very much aware of yourll being the pillars of this post, I did not like what guy fox said about yourll, but i might not have been a blogger but i too fought a lot and signed many a petition for AAR without being on the blog!!

good morning yourll!

Then they could cut all ties to the Failed Network.

Now that they are singing to the 97% the name would really fit..!!!

lucille! how's the search for the mp3 player ?
*****

Fuimus!

What a windfall for McCain.

Hillary is starting to Land Punches right on Obama's jaw!

All this money being spent to damage Obama and Hillary is paying the bill.

Obama might not have been Unelectable in the beginning, but Hillary is going to make him Unelectable...!!!!

Davis apologizes for calling Obama ‘boy’

Rep. Geoff Davis (R-Ky.) has apologized for using the word “boy” to describe Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) at a Republican fundraiser Saturday night in Kentucky.

"I’m gonna tell you something. That boy’s finger does not need to be on the button,” Davis said, according to an audio recording of the event that was obtained by The Hill. The lawmaker told the crowd that he participated in “closed, highly classified national security simulations” with Obama.

The comment, which was first reported by the Lexington Herald-Leader’s blog Pol Watchers, was met by laughter and applause.

In the written apology to Obama, which he personally delivered to his Senate office, Davis wrote “my poor choice of words is regrettable and was in no way meant to impugn you or your integrity. I offer my sincere apology to you and ask for your forgiveness.”

“It’s hard to tell what is more outrageous - Rep. Davis’s condescending and personal attack, or his absurd and offensive claim that Barack Obama is not prepared to defend America,” said Obama spokesman Bill Burton.

Davis also called Obama a “snake oil salesman” whom he considers “unqualified to be president” and then touched on the “bitter” comment that has haunted Obama over the last few days.

“If you go to the most expensive private school in Hawaii and then you go to Columbia University and Harvard Law School, you probably don’t understand normal Americans and I don’t think he does,” Davis said, noting Obama’s comments were recorded at a private fundraiser.

voting for the fascist - i am still very depressed about this and cannot understand it, except i can - it's as though italy, always a little behind in political trends is finally going through its own reagan revolution - it's sad to see economically desperate people - underpaid struggling working classes vote against their interest for the millionaire media emperor that provides their entertainment with scantily dressed glamorous women dancing on their tvs and mouthing political platitudes promising economic salvation through tax cutting miracles

antagonist, how you challenge our intellect!

a remarkably persistent petitioner of anger,
how you must have been failed.
slowly the worm has turned
and reality inevitable
your word destroyed
by the world.
*****

Fuimus!

Hillary's last chance is to Damage Obama so badly that the Super Delegates must Cast him aside!

Hillary has the time. Obama has vulnerabilities.

If Hillary can't finish Obama she will leave him so Damaged that McCain will make short work of him.

Then Hillary can spend the next four years tellin the world...

"I told ya so!"

UFOs, JFK, and Elvis: Conspiracies You Don't Have to be Crazy to Believe By Richard Belzer

Air America does the shark hop
("Fonzi" is Belzer's cousin?)

I can't see Belzer doing Radio long term...

Just like Jeanane, this talk show thing is just a lark...

It's too much like work for these Hollywood types.

But it will buy AAR time.

And keep AAR in the news.

Belzer is going to bring in some big names to guest on his show.

amen. what is scary is that we could easily go the same way with insane mccain. at least we will know where to lay the blame, right at the feet of the clintons.

for the first time in italian postwar history there will be not one single representative in the house and senate of the left parties: only the right, extreme right and center right are represented

there was a very decent man in the electoral campaign speaking for the people and telling the truth, blowin in the wind, and he got trunced: Bertinotti, an old union man, a true blooded leftist coming out of the anti-fascist sentiment of the fifties and sixties, who was really trying to modernize his message, allied with the greens, speaking for the civil rights of women (reproductive rights being under assault from a renascent catholic church and a nazi pope) immigrants (under assault from the nativist nationalist leghisti or lou dobbs populists just to clarify - who are the real winners of this election) and gays and lesbians right to marry (something that is already being accepted almost everywhere in europe) and heavy industry laborers who continue to die (one died yesterday) because of unsafe conditions in the workplace (mangled by heavy machinery in the thyssen krupp steel factories etc etc

speaking for environment and sane energy policies, and this man got trunced and berlusconi triumphed

is it because of media?

whatever - i am still depressed today and can hardly muster up any caring for the obama hillary question today - too depressed about italy

too many people in my country now denied any representation at all because of stupidity, naivete, ignorance

stick around...he's guest hosting this week

*****

Fuimus!

Planetary 12 (10-0.0.5.7)
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red overtone earth ~ kin 57

EMPOWER in order to EVOLVE,
COMMANDING SYNCHRONICITY
seal the MATRIX of NAVIGATION
with the OVERTONE tone of RADIANCE.
guided by the power of LIFE-FORCE.

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◄ 12.19.15.4.9 ≈ bolon muluc ►

its hard to believe the groups you talk about could have no true representation in the government.

is italy one of the countrys where everything can shift on a dime with a vote of no confidence, or are they stuck with neocons for a fixed period of time?

Losing money is no fun!

That's Sam's problem, he is linked to the Jeanane fiasco.

Those were The Blacklist Days for Air America.

morning to you too..i have not been able to ask my son yet..he gets back from work when i am asleep....probably work on it this coming weekend, thanks for asking---

doesnt belosconi (sp?) own the media mire?

The 3% Hosts have all moved to Nova M the only problem is Nova M has a tiny number of stations.

Negative growth has been the trend in Liberal Talk Radio.

Air America is trying to become the AM version of NPR.

If you move far enough to the right you run into the money!

dam girl how did this happen to italy that is always taking it to the street? elections stolen? anything i could do to make you feel better?

do you like him?

no, italian gov, it's not likely to change soon now - it only changes when it suits the neocons - berlusconi is basically responsible for having the previous gov collapse prematurely after only two years (too complicated to go into the details) but they have now successfully rigged the system to ensure that they will stay in power for at least the 5 years - and none of the groups I mentioned, and any left leaning person in Italy now has any representation at all, as I said only the corporatists and the nativists now have seats in congress

I imagine they the regular people will be disillusioned soon enough and they will probably continue to agitate in the streets, going on strike most probably, but I am not sure how much that will accomplish

anyway, time to shake the blues off and get ready for work

dont!! stay mad..mad enough to make some change! dang that to me too now!

the media is a mess, yeah berlusconi owns 3/4 of them - owns most of the private ones (he's the italian murdoch so to speak) and now will be in charge of the public ones as head of the government

last time he was prime minister he purged all the programs that were critical of him from the public airwaves - there was a backlash the laast two years and he promised he would never do that again, not this time, but who can believe him now?

Food Costs Rising Fastest in 17 Years
NEW YORK — Steve Tarpin can bake a graham cracker crust in his sleep, but explaining why the price for his Key lime pies went from $20 to $25 required mastering a thornier topic: global economics.

He recently wrote a letter to his customers and posted it near the cash register listing the factors _ dairy prices driven higher by conglomerates buying up milk supplies, heat waves in Europe and California, demand from emerging markets and the weak dollar.

The owner of Steve's Authentic Key Lime Pies in Brooklyn said he didn't want customers thinking he was "jacking up prices because I have a unique product."

"I have to justify it," he said.

The U.S. is wrestling with the worst food inflation in 17 years, and analysts expect new data due on Wednesday to show it's getting worse. That's putting the squeeze on poor families and forcing bakeries, bagel shops and delis to explain price increases to their customers.

U.S. food prices rose 4 percent in 2007, compared with an average 2.5 percent annual rise for the last 15 years, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And the agency says 2008 could be worse, with a rise of as much as 4.5 percent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/14/food-prices-rise-at-faste_n_966...

as in the bread and circus so loved by common italian folks

McCain "Family Recipes" Lifted from the Food Network

What will they call it? Farfallegate? Rosemary Chicken Dome Scandal? Perhaps something with the ubiquitous Rachael Ray in it.

It seems that Cindy McCain, John McCain's perfect, blonde beer-baroness wife is about to find herself painted as the latest example of plagiarism on the campaign trail.

This past Sunday, Lauren Handel, an eagle-eyed attorney from New York, was searching for a specific recipe from Giada DeLaurentis, a chef on the Food Network. Yet whenever she Googled the different ingredients in the recipe, the oddest thing happened: not only did the Food Network's site come up, as expected, but so did John McCain's campaign site.

On a section of McCain's site called "Cindy's Recipes," you can find seven recipes attributed to Cindy McCain, each with the heading "McCain Family Recipe." Ms. Handel quickly realized that some of the "McCain Family Recipes," were in fact, word-for-word copies of recipes on the Food Network site.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-weiner/mccain-family-recipes-lif_b_9...

now i really have to get to work - talk to you later in the day, cheers

Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to "immediately review the information that's already there" and determine if an inquiry is warranted -- but he also tread carefully on the issue, in line with his reputation for seeking to bridge the partisan divide. He worried that such a probe could be spun as "a partisan witch hunt." However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because "nobody is above the law."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/obama-would-immediately-r_n_966...

NAPOLITANO: Hey Sen. Lieberman, you know Barack Obama, is he a Marxist as Bill Kristol says might be the case in today’s New York Times? Is he an elitist like your colleague Hillary Clinton says he is?

LIEBERMAN: Well, you know, I must say that’s a good question. I know him now for a little more than three years since he came into the Senate and he’s obviously very smart and he’s a good guy. I will tell ya that during this campaign, I’ve learned some things about him, about the kind of environment from which he came ideologically. And I wouldn’t…I’d hesitate to say he’s a Marxist, but he’s got some positions that are far to the left of me and I think mainstream America.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/14/lieberman-its-a-good-question-to-ask...

fuck up one of the bad art kids today!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTavf76cPC0

Yes! I didn't listen yesterday, and never heard him when he co-hosted a radio show, but I enjoy listening to him as a guest on other talk shows. Also like him as an actor (especially enjoyed him on Homicide, life on the streets) and as a stand-up comedian. Never read that book, but he did make a good case for rethinking your opinions about things that are "common knowledge" when he was publicizing the book. I couldn't resist pointing out that Belzer is known for "crazy talk" after reading Potsie's silly assertions.

I haven't caught up with the blog. Did you listen to him? What do you think?

More Than 50 Killed by Car Bombs in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Car bombs ripped through crowded areas at lunch hour in the former Sunni insurgent strongholds of Baqouba and Ramadi on Tuesday as more than 50 people were killed in one of the deadliest days in Iraq in months.

A parked car bomb also targeted a police patrol in central Baghdad, killing four civilians who were passing by and wounding 15 other people, police said.

Nobody claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attacks, but they bore the hallmarks of al-Qaida and came after weeks of few car bombings or suicide attacks.

The first attack occurred in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, when an explosives-laden car parked in front of a restaurant exploded just before noon across the street from the courthouse and other government offices in the city center.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/15/more-than-50-killed-by-ca_n_967...

no im sorry CC i did not, i did see him on the Bill Maher show and I did like him (not knowing him like that)---i think I cannot get myself to listen to him because im "bitter", I just feel Sam should be sitting there...so no I have not given him a chance yet, who knows maybe i will have a change of heart today, dont know yet!

Now, a long-forgotten essay written 43 years ago by Obama's father has surfaced, and its contents reveal much not only about the senior Obama's grasp of economic theory but also the iconoclastic politics that, his son would later write, sent him into the spiral of career disappointment that concluded with his death in 1982 in his native Kenya.

Parts of the article, titled "Problems Facing Our Socialism," have been making the rounds on several small blogs over the past week, but Politico is now reproducing the entire piece in its original form online for the first time.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080415/pl_politico/9610

http://www.c-span.org/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5P9nUR2y-g

Yep. Me too. Too pissed off at AAR to listen.

Wow - Looks like we here in the Chicago area are going to have a beautiful day.
Once again I couldn't sleep. Been waking up with terrible SINUS headaches.
Pounding in my head. It sucks :(

WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Iraq's Oil Ministry has approved 35 companies it will allow to bid for soon-to-be announced tenders to develop oil and gas fields.

The largest oil companies in the world -- ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Conoco Phillips, Chevron -- all qualified, as did firms of a variety of sizes and nationalities.

The announcement Monday on the ministry's Web site is a major move that could bring foreign oil companies en masse into Iraq since the third-largest oil sector in the world was nationalized three decades ago.

It takes place as the ministry attempts to increase oil and gas production as a new law to govern the sector remains in dispute between the central and Kurdistan regional governments.

http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Energy/Briefing/2008/04/14/ira...

"So, how does Air America clean up the mess, and stop the bleeding? At this point, they really need to hold on to their depleting fan base, now seemingly awash with so many options. This core of listeners have been angered by Air America's antics in the past, with Malloy's firing in 2006, Seder's demotion a year ago, the constant revolving door of shows and talent and now the whole Rhodes fiasco, which they bungled by trying to strong-arm their most-promoted talent. If I was in charge at Air America (and at this rate, I may someday be able to acquire it quite cheap), I would move Maddow to replace Rhodes, bump Lionel to the 6-9P ET slot, and give Seder his old morning shift. Hell, I'd offer Seder and the exiled Marc Maron the chance to team up for the still-vacant morning drive slot (6-9A ET) and tell them to do whatever the hell they want, so long as it's funny. Morning drive on the East Coast is an open field, with Bill Press the only syndicated option currently available..."
http://tinyurl.com/4tu4sy

Someone earlier linked to this and now I can't find who it was. Thanks to him/her!

Sadr Demands Reinstatement of Sacked Troops
AFP reports:
' A surge of violence killed 28 people in the past 24 hours in Iraq, among them 12 members of the Kurdish peshmerga forces who died in a bomb blast near the Syrian border, officials said on Monday.

The country's north bore the brunt of the violence, with the attack on the [Kurdish] peshmerga troops at the town of Rabiyah, three car bombs exploding in separate incidents in the main city of Mosul, and a suicide bomb attack on a funeral in the town of Tal Afar. . .

The US military announced that two American soldiers were killed on Monday by roadside bombs in separate incidents in Iraq, pushing the toll for the first half of April to 24.'

http://www.juancole.com/

I'm just have some apathy for the dial up & Dsl folks..
For the Final time..When you post embedded video's it clogs up the thread for them..
If you embed just a couple fine..Sorry but,you don't..
It's just a courtesy thing..
If you don't want to do it fine..

But,I am getting alittle tired of seeing my name mentioned after you
embed some of your vids..
The jokes getting old..But,so am I..

Embed your ass off..Me & my cockatoo have broadband !
Oops..Was channeling Ono there.. ;)

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

That clip you posted with Rachel and the dim witted Joe S is so disturbing to me.

They don't know how to debate an intellectual point that Rachel was making. MSM Media in this country is worthless. Barack Obama represents a total sea change that all of these entrenched media folks are scared to death of. They are sickening.

good morning all -

wanted to get this post in before going off to work:

last week someone had posted the contact info on some of AAR's advertisers
I spent hours reading past threads but couldn't find that post (also checked open mics)

I did find several posts from rctowns about advertising dollars are more important to AAR's management than the listening audience's opinions (I'm paraphrasing his[?] ideas)

this is my email to AAR:

Dear Mr.Collin:

I have been listening to Air America Radio since its inception in 2004.
I used to tune in for as many hours as possible, from early morning until late at night, to get informed (and entertained) by the best and brightest talents. Those early years of AAR are legendary, and are now just about gone. If AAR's management won't pay attention to its audience, perhaps the advertisers will.

I don't know if all the emails and petition-signing will help get Sam Seder a five-days-per-week show, but I do think that AAR's advertisers would be concerned about wasting their advertising dollars on a shrinking listener-base.

Sincerely,

Kat [last name]
[email address]

__________________________

maybe we should be writing to the advertisers??
I hope someone can post some info on this. . .
Thanks!

off to work, back late tonight

have a good day all

Kat

smcgee43..Dumb question.
But,have you tried the over counter Maximum Strength Sinus pain medication like Sudafed PE ?

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

If you thought Belzer was a Crazy Talker yesterday, you must think Lionel is a Revolutionary.

But the Hot talk Radio is coming from XM 169 Black Talk Radio.

This is a high point for thier networks.

Good post..Thanks :)

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

good morning to you too Rules...ima kill the joke now, its now dead and gone...wont give you any more reason to kick my ass this morning..feel better!

sorry Rules did not that i was upsetting you, will try my best not to bring your name up in the future...forgive me if i slip!!

oh man, i so wanted to slap him...but i thought i would offer him to mire (hope she does not mind me kidding with her this morning) to kick coz she is so mad!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL8CnvRHFeU

by digby

Obama on torture, rendition and illegal wiretapping today:

What I would want to do is to have my Justice Department and my Attorney General immediately review the information that's already there and to find out are there inquiries that need to be pursued. I can't prejudge that because we don't have access to all the material right now. I think that you are right, if crimes have been committed, they should be investigated.

You're also right that I would not want my first term consumed by what was perceived on the part of Republicans as a partisan witch hunt because I think we've got too many problems we've got to solve.

So this is an area where I would want to exercise judgment -- I would want to find out directly from my Attorney General -- having pursued, having looked at what's out there right now -- are there possibilities of genuine crimes as opposed to really bad policies. And I think it's important-- one of the things we've got to figure out in our political culture generally is distinguishing between really dumb policies and policies that rise to the level of criminal activity.

Con't

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

If Sam had sufficient advertisers he could be on-air every day. The problem is attracting new advertisers and being able to charge the a sufficient amount of money to make a profit.

Folks donated money to keep Air America broadcasting for the longest time. That's all over. The Marketplace is controlling AAR now.

It's Capitalism..!!

It's the American Way...

-Whether an Obama administration would seek to prosecute officials of a former Bush administration on the revelations that they greenlighted torture, or for other potential crimes that took place in the White House. - Philly.com

Obama said that as president he would indeed ask his new Attorney General and his deputies to "immediately review the information that's already there" and determine if an inquiry is warranted -- but he also tread carefully on the issue, in line with his reputation for seeking to bridge the partisan divide. He worried that such a probe could be spun as "a partisan witch hunt." However, he said that equation changes if there was willful criminality, because "nobody is above the law."

MMRules, that reminds me, I still appreciate that you went back and changed many of the YouTube embeds to links on your original Oasis (and here's Oasis part deux) open mic. Very thoughtful of you!

An angry China is lashing out at its foreign critics

By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers

BEIJING — Bristling at criticism in the run-up to the Summer Olympics, China is lashing back at its foreign critics _ by name.

Earlier this week, the state Xinhua news agency called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “disgusting.” And on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu lambasted a CNN commentator, Jack Cafferty, for his “vicious” commentary on China.

“We solemnly request that CNN, and Cafferty himself, take back the malicious remarks and apologize to the Chinese people,” Jiang said at a news briefing.

isn't it a little bit early to be hitting the crown royal?

Sorry..
I use to embed my ass off..
Then some folks asked me and/or hinted to ease up on the embeds..
And,I remembered what it was like when I had dial up..
It sucked !
And,some of these slow connected folks have been here longer than myself..
So I said sure..It's the least that I can do..
So there you have it..The ying & yang of it..The Tomato & Tamato of it..The Laverne & Shirley of it..... :)

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

“We solemnly request that CNN, and Cafferty himself, take back the malicious remarks and apologize to the Chinese people,” Jiang said at a news briefing.

would like me to do that too CC? it wont be a problem!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaxS0JQvrzY

i say shirley

shlemeel, shlemazel, hossenfeffer incorporated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLG5cTJp4hs

that Hillary Clinton WILL be our next president?

Even if she runs as an Independent...

I do.

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Yeah, I was just thinking, earlier this morning, how much she's like Joe LIEberman

The world is more like it is now than it ever has been before. -- Dwight Eisenhower

Annie Oakley' changes her tune

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton, who bashed guns eight years ago, will have a very different message for same group on Tuesday.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), who has cast herself in the past few days as a champion of gun owners, had a very different message when she spoke eight years ago to the Newspaper Association of America.

“CLINTON TAKES AIM AT GUNS,” said the all-caps headline on the group’s Web site after she told members in May 2000, during her Senate campaign, that “there isn’t a more important task” than passing gun-safety laws.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9594.html

On Tuesday, she'll speak to a luncheon meeting of the same group — with a very different message.

Over the weekend, Clinton sought to capitalize on remarks Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made about gun owners by casting herself as a Second American champion and reminiscing about how “my dad …. taught me how to shoot when I was a little girl.”

Shooting, she said Saturday, is “part of the culture … part of a way of life” in some rural areas of Pennsylvania, which hold its primary a week from Tuesday.

Clinton was so enthusiastic about her remarks that Obama mocked them on Sunday by saying: “She's running around talking about how this is an insult to sportsmen, how she VALUES the Second Amendment — she's talkin' like she's Annie Oakley,” the frontier markswoman.

But when she spoke to the newspaper association in 2000, she said that “one of the reasons I am running for the Senate” is that “we need a comprehensive plan to stop gun violence.”

Clinton was running for senator from New York at the time, and her message did not directly contradict what she’s saying now. In the speech, Clinton was talking about handguns, not hunting weapons like shotguns.

Thank you..
You just outed yourself ! ;)

But,I changed them all..Not just some, dag nabit ! :)
But,it was the right thing to do..
The old walk in someone elses shoes type of thing..

And,a slow connection can drive ya F-ing crazy..
Jeebus,I remember !..Thank goodness for anti-depressants !

Thanks again,Cat Chew..

Now lets go back to talking about the Fascists that
are ruining our country & the complicent MSM..

ps..I can't even watch Morning Joe..I want to vomit every time I see that A-hole !

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

the embeds (i dont want to mention names) but, i took down your name!! dont want to upset anyone this a.m.---have enough of my own shit at my door!!

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=165840

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgq5suMXCV8

Dems charge Bush broke law bypassing DoJ confirmation

A controversial lawyer has led a top Justice Department office for the past three years without the approval of the Senate, a scenario that Democrats charge is illegal.

Now the majority party is considering ways to force him from the position.

Steven Bradbury, President Bush’s nominee to head the department’s Office of Legal Counsel, has become a flashpoint in the battle between Senate Democrats and the White House over stalled nominees to fill spots in the administration and the judiciary. Bradbury was first nominated to head the office in June 2005, but his confirmation has stalled in the Senate after it was revealed that he might have played a crucial role in authorizing memos outlining tough interrogation tactics on terrorism detainees.

Even without confirmation, Bradbury continues to serve in the role that provides legal advice to the president and attorney general.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dems-charge-bush-broke-law-bypassing...

hey crank
Submitted by mhappenow on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 9:58pm.
read the whole post......
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Busted! Of course I had not read the linked article. I make a practice of not commenting on a post that refers to an article that I have not read because A.) it's dumb and B.) it often comes back to bite me on the ass.

And (of course, again) language can be used to deceive.

My only defense for my post is to support the idea that nearly half of comedy is the clever use of language. The other half is using a hammer as a surgical anesthetic.

Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC
Political Funds, Lobbying to Promote Arab-Israeli Peace Deal

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Some of the country's most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold of neoconservatives and evangelical Christians on U.S. policy toward Israel.

The group is planning to channel political contributions to favored candidates in perhaps a half-dozen campaigns this fall, the first time an organization focused on Israel has tried to play such a direct role in the political process, according to its organizers.

Organizers said they hope those efforts, coupled with a separate lobbying group that will focus on promoting an Arab-Israeli peace settlement, will fill a void left by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and other Jewish groups that they contend have tilted to the right in recent years.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR200804...

I like it when the threads load quickly and are not streched.

FYI..There are others here besides CC that have Sloooww connections..

Remind me to ask Maron why he doesnt hook
up a ether-net chord to his puter when he does the show from home..

Mine hasn't killed anybody yet..But,running it down a much traveled hallway,as mine is..It's bound to happen..
But,Politics and Music is more important than a few twisted ankles or stubbed toes, no ? :)

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

Timing,timing,timing ;)

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

I went to ktlk to download Malloy's show so I could hear his reaction to everything...It wasn't there. Might have to pay to hear his shows now...anybody have access to that sound?

for over a 1/2 hr once..

Early photo posting..Trail & error..

And,of course apologizing to everybody for 2 days smoothed things over... :)

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

ok lets try this again---"others besides CC"... could you please thank me--- FYI--i went back and changed all my up thread embeds...and will try to abide by the "rules" next time when i remember!!

this is day one----can yourll all forgive me for my past and maybe future behavior on the blog...thank you i do appreciate your understanding!! i am a "newbie" and am still taking baby steps!!

Help Feed People - Donations To Good Program
Submitted by Star Vox on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 12:30am.
...n.b. Crank Bait, I have reached the most challenging rice paddy via the levels on the site.
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Aaargh! Now I'll have to return to feed, like, Angola in an attempt to meet your challenge. (Sr. Mary Helen, don't fail me now.)
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Submitted by MMRules on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 10:06am.
...folks asked me and/or hinted to ease up on the embeds..
And, I remembered what it was like when I had dial up..
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Long ago I made an impassioned plea on behalf of dial-up visitors to this blog only to find myself dragged into a stupid back-and-forth over a subject that seems self-evident to me: a hot link serves every need.

I was an inhabitant of dial-up hell for several years. One of the appealing aspects of the old(est) Seder blog was its simple text format. I clearly remember a day or two when color and font and gawd-knows-what-other technical capabilities were enabled (adding nothing of substance to the conversation while experimental hi-jinks ensued). My refresh-the-page wait time increased exponentially.

Jack Cafferty made the comments earlier this month on CNN's political program, The Situation Room.

"We are shocked at and strongly condemn the evil attack by the CNN anchor on the Chinese people," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular news conference.

"Cafferty used the microphone in his hand to slander China and the Chinese people, and seriously violated reporting ethics."

Cafferty said the United States imported Chinese-made "junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food," adding: "They're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years," according to a copy of his comments carried on YouTube.

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

well I am newbier than you are...I thought you were an old timer. I just love your shoot from the hip style and can tell you have the truest of hearts. I am also amazed at all the you tubes you find.. my request is that you give us a little more info so we can pick and choose.. If it is vague, I skip by and probably miss some really good stuff..so in library talk, "more annotation please"

on the Colbert Show: Michelle Obama

Thursday night on the Colbert Show: Hillary Clinton

Hillary: You're not going to upstage me again!! First SNL, now Colbert! How dare you Obama!!!!

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I am so sick of these evangelicals!!! Now there is an underground movement for them to stop watching Oprah because she endorsed Obama. Please!!!! They already helped to get this country into the mess it's in by backing Bushco. Who in their right mind would listen to them!!!

I'm in a very pissy mood this AM. And tonight, Tweety has McSame on for an hour. I can't even handle listening to him any more. I never paid attention to him in the past, so I never had to tolerate him! Now? Oh my gawd, no wonder I feel sick!

Clinton attacks Gore to get Obama

HILLARY Clinton has created fractures within her own party after controversially slighting Al Gore and John Kerry while seeking to portray Barack Obama as out-of-touch with the American people.

"The Democratic Party, to be very blunt about it, has been viewed as a party that didn't understand and respect the values and the way of life of so many of our fellow Americans," Senator Clinton said during a forum on faith yesterday.

"We had two very good men and men of faith run for president in 2000 and 2004. But large segments of the electorate concluded that they did not really understand or relate to or frankly respect their ways of life."

The unprovoked attacks on Mr Gore and Senator Kerry came as a British newspaper reported that Mr Gore and former president Jimmy Carter would either privately or publicly appeal to Senator Clinton to pull out of the Democratic primaries and clear the way for Senator Obama to be anointed as the party's candidate for the November presidential election.

Senator Kerry has endorsed Senator Obama, who leads the race.

Mr Carter yesterday said he would not yet endorse a candidate but made it clear his entire family was pressing him to support Senator Obama.

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=56982

i can only wish...so i too could rub it in the newbie's face every time they fuck up!!

one of the most brilliant comedians who uses language as his shtick is George Carlin...he has gotten really edgy of late, but I still just love him. Funny and smarts go together. I couldn't figure out how he remembered all those lists of product that he made up....remember the new birth control...."baby maybe" "inconceivable!", "preg not"..he is a hero for me.

I also like how Eve Ensler has demystified the word "cunt" It is all about proper context.....

Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 10:55am.
.. my request is that you give us a little more info so we can pick and choose.. If it is vague, I skip by and probably miss some really good stuff..so in library talk, "more annotation please"
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I agree. No synopsis, no clickee.

That goes for links to articles, too.

Ya got to pay for your thrills,Sparky .. ;)

Just kidding.. :)
I had a feeling that the free Malloy pods there were gonna end soon..
I wonder if Randi's Pods are gonna go to pay at Nova M,like Malloy's..
Nova M has to find the money to pay her somewhere's..

Plus,if Sam ever moves there..
I'm sure I'm not the only one who became a Founding Member there who was hoping that helping Nova M helps Sammy & progressive radio in the long run..
I've done stupider things..
Plus got tired of missing Malloys show live..

It's only $10 bucks a month..Or,$100 bucks a year..
I did it and I'm on disability..

It is nice being able to Pod up Malloy at 4am..
"Did I tell you how much I hate these people" !
Can make the insomnia more fun ! :)

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

I am going to sign up on a month to month with Nova m until I see what is up with them..I just canceled AAR premium for a while until I see where they go too, especially with regard to Sam.....

We love ya ! :)

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

lucille,

you're a joy

your benefit outweighs your costs by a country mile

you got money in the bank

so relax

: )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIu38d3ehVY

MMRules - you bastard

you beat me by that much

Monday Apr 14, 2008

Wright Attacks Hannity and O'Reilly, the FNC Pair Respond

Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright is back in the news this week, as he attacked the media, and specifically Fox News, at a funeral for a Chicago judge.

"Fox News can't understand that. [Bill] O'Reilly will never get that. Sean Hannity's stupid fantasy will keep him forever stuck on stupid when it comes to comprehending how you can love a brother who does not believe what you believe," said Wright.

Today on The Live Desk on FNC at 1:50pmET, Hannity responded. "You know what am I supposed to say? I guess its blame the messenger," he said. "Look if you want to be president of the United States of America, the most important job I think its pretty simple and pretty basic that we have to look at your background completely."

where she be

put out an apb

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&add...

Cool.. :)

Just with AAR's management's track record..

I don't have a good feeling about what they are going to do,concerning Sam..
I sure hope I'm wrong..And,it's just a side effect of my meds.. :)

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

Maybe being accused of being an "elitist" is a good thing.

After taking hits from Democratic primary foe Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain for suggesting, somewhat clumsily, that Americans who are suffering economically may turn "bitter," Barack Obama has come back with a speech that goes to the heart of the current crisis.

Speaking on trade policy to the Alliance for American Manufacturing today in Pittsburgh this morning, the Illinois senator said what he has been needing to say for more than a month: He understands that America needs a new approach to trade -- an approach that breaks with those of the Bush and Clinton administrations -- if this country is going to begin to address its many economic challenges.

And he did it in the context of the current debate about elitism.

"Senator Clinton and Senator McCain are singing from the same hymn book, saying that I'm 'out of touch' – an 'elitist' – because I said a lot of folks are bitter about their economic circumstances," Obama explained. "Now it may be that I chose my words badly. It wasn't the first time and it won't be the last. But when I hear my opponents, both of whom have spent decades in Washington, saying I'm out of touch, it's time to cut through their rhetoric and look at the reality."

The rhetoric -- especially Clinton's remake of herself as a populist champion of fair-trade responses that she opposed as the first lady, a senate candidate and a senator -- is designed to suggest that Obama is not in tune with workers who have seen their jobs, their industries and their communities devastated by trade policies that favored Wall Street over Main Street.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=309961

First we got Goddamn America!!!

Then we got The Weather Underground Bomber Pal!!!

Next comes the Bitter, Bitter, Small-town voters!!!

What will Hillary dish up next for Obama...

Hahahahahahahaha

How many News Days before the Convention..???

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080414-3.html

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/poll_hillary_hal...

Good I hope.. :)

I channeled you & your cockatoo earlier..It was for a worthy cause,I think.. :)

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

my basket of goodies

from late night live

there's something for everyone

for fans of schizophrenia there's

//Psychotherapy or talk therapy is not regarded by mental health professionals as a necessary part of treatment for those suffering from schizophrenia. However Elyn R. Saks, a highly accomplished academic and writer, credits ongoing psychotherapy for her ability to function successfully at a professional and personal level.//

there's even a segment on the armenian genoicide

for exhausted blogger

which i'm about to listen to...

and yourll cordially invited

: )

well i got a heartbeat

: )

High praise for Lucille ! :)

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

The links are good. Now you have to put up a description of the link. Many people don't just go to the link without knowing a bit about it.

Sorry, my girl, Lalala is not enough of a description. People were also a little leary of going to the tiny url links because they didin't want to get a virus.

Don't mean to pick on you but that's what Crank and mhappenow meant by annotation.

Having had terrible problems with viruses that ruined 2 computers on me, I tend not to go to links unless I know that they are okay. The early days of MRR. So that's the main reason. I, also probably miss some good stuff because of it.

Shut up Nancy and sit down !!!
Submitted by Part of the 97 ... on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 10:04am.

~-~-~

The purported American capitalist actually defending the Communists.

It's would be comical, if it weren't showing us just how stupid and the 97% really is.

~-~-~

Morning everone. And Lucille, darlin' you are just fine in my book. I knew it tweren't you. :)

going to a Burl Ives & Pete Seger Concert..

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

It looks like the right is going to try to blame us for the Mortgage crisis. I hope Sam can debunk this.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo125.html

now I can't make it work.....urggghhh...they have a new website too!

McCain indicates he will not support GI Bill.
Despite his claim that he is “a consistent supporter of educational benefits for the men and women of the military,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) indicated yesterday that he will not support the bipartisan 21st Century GI Bill, stating that he is working on his own proposal. McCain has been largely absent on the issue, even though Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) — the bill’s chief sponsor — had been urging McCain “to get on the bill.” Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has now taken out a full-page ad in a South Carolina newspaper pressuring Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to support the legislation.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/15/mccain-indicates-he-will-not-support...

new thread.

or "H-LOTS" as they used to say back in the (usenet) day. :)

“At 39 months in the doghouse,” President Bush has surpassed Harry Truman’s record as “the postwar president to linger longest without majority public approval. Bush hasn’t received majority approval for his work in office in ABC News/Washington Post polls since Jan. 16, 2005 — three years and three months ago. The previous record was Truman’s during his last 38 months in office.”

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/story?id=4652847&page=1

the author is full of it. blaming it all on the community reinvestment act is total horsepucky. there is no reason why a bank can't provide reasonable fixed rate mortgages to individuals in "bad" parts of town based on their desire to fix them up and have a place to live. given the availability of fha insurance and other government programs this is a smokescreen to try and shift the blame.

bottom line - he's a typical right wing bullshit artist who won't take responsibility for his actions and beliefs. just one more person who wants to privatize reward and socialize risk.

This is news that should lift the hearts of those of us who believe in the better nature of Americans. Hillary's attacks (aka John McCain's attacks) are, for the most part, failing.

Why? For one, there's really nothing to her attacks.

Rep. Mike Doyle (D), an undecided superdelegate who represents Pittsburgh and surrounding towns in the Monongahela Valley, said yesterday that he was not particularly troubled by Obama's comments.

"I don't disagree with a lot of what he said. My dad was a mill worker. My grandfather was a steel mill worker, and when the steel industry collapsed, nobody's family was hurt more than mine," Doyle said. "It's not inaccurate to say a lot of politicians have come through these towns, made a lot of promises and failed to deliver. I thought he was spot-on when he said how people feel."

But the strongest reason is that Obama's campaign is firing back with both barrels.

The senator from Illinois also slipped in a dig: "Obviously, it's a little easier for me to say that [it's important not to damage our fellow Democrats], since, you know, I lead in delegates and states and popular vote. Senator Clinton may not feel that she can afford to be as constrained."

Obama continued: "I'm sure that Senator Clinton feels like she's doing me a great favor, because she's been deploying most of the arguments that the Republican Party will be using against me in November, and so, it's toughening me up. And I'm getting a run through the paces here."

Ouch.

Firing back with both barrels and yet keeping himself out the mud. That's why he's my candidate. Simply put: Obama will not stand to be swiftboated.

How many times did you subscribe to Sam's newsletter? And have you done so with multiple email addresses?

I only received a single copy of it, so Sam isn't spamming.