You are slow

you should be on already.

"It's pretty clear to me that the Democratic agenda is to turn us into France," the Kentucky Republican told The Washington Times in an unusually blunt interview at his office in the Capitol. "Americans may want change, but the question is, what kind of change?"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080512/NATION/690698629/0/METRO

Relax -- that Hoffman Estates 'disaster' was only a drill

Suburban firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers gathered today with hundreds of volunteers at the Sears Centre arena in Hoffman Estates to test how efficient the area's emergency plan is when it comes to distributing antibiotics to combat threats such as anthrax.

More than 20 emergency departments were on hand for the drill, where volunteer victims were given scripted roles. Some of the volunteers were to get microchips like those attached to the shoes of marathon runners to time how long it takes them to go through the lines. Event sponsors were hoping for as many as 3,000 volunteers.

Emergency personnel, under the watch of the Cook County and Illinois departments of public health, were to hand out pill bottles.

Though the exercise will last only a few hours, the full-scale emergency plan's goal is to be able to distribute medicines to a population of 50,000 to 100,000 within a 72-hour window. The thinking is that under real threat, a family member could go through the screening and bring pills home to relatives.

[...]

Boo!

“Sarah Kovner, a longtime supporter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, a close associate of Harold Ickes and a lion of New York's liberal political establishment, attended a fund-raiser for Barack Obama last night, according to two attendees. The event, was held at the East End Avenue home of money manager Eric Schwartz.”

I want to talk to you about the sammycam embed. Will you write me? I lost your email address.

One of the central elements of the elder Sadr’s program (and now of Muqtada’s) was a distinction between the “silent clerics” (represented by Sistani and the Najaf establishment) — bookish sorts who stay remote from the lives of their people — and the “speaking clerics” who take part in the suffering and struggle of the Shia, as Sadeq did. And here the “silent clerics” once again stayed silent while Shia were crushed in Sadr City, of all places, while medical care, food, and shelter are being doled out in Muqtada’s name. It doesn’t require any math to see that Sadr benefits politically from this.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L15166674.htm

is enjoying his down-time.
it probably won't last long
and it goes by so fast.

Sheesh!!

It's not just in the Post, Dan...
Submitted by Willow on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:15pm.

I was lazy and that was the first story link I hit. : /

However, I doubt you would find the journalistic use of the vernacular "can" in the other papers! So .. points for NY Post style there!! ; )

And a "Post" Post Script .. I actually heard about the story this afternoon on CNBC ..

Over the course of the last year, the government first reduced the bounty for Abu Ayyub al-Masri from $5 million to $1 million and then removed him entirely from the State Department's Rewards for Justice Program, which pays tipsters for information leading to the death or arrest and conviction of wanted terrorists, the officials said.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/us_slashes_reward_for_alqaida....

We "Misremember" says Doug Feith?

Oh, I guess we DID "misremember" the misinformation and disremember the disinformation, didn't we? Pishtosh!

These Bush thugs, minions and criminals. The nerve.

But it will make book sales hummmmm, huh?

Mildly spooky. In a "Mark of the Beast" kind of way...
Submitted by cent on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:08pm.
-----------------------
you gotta see
zeitgeist

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

the end goal as stated by a Rockefeller is
to chip everyone and then if you do something the gov. or
whoever is "in charge" doesn't like
as in protest or offer a differing opinion
they deactivate your chip; you no longer exist &
you can't buy or sell etc.
hopefully the link works if not just google it and
you can watch it online

Police seek arsonist as crews fight wind-whipped wildfires on Fla.'s Atlantic coast

Investigators searched Tuesday for one or more arsonists believed to have started nine wildfires that have destroyed or damaged about 100 homes on Florida's Atlantic coast, and crews continued to battle the blazes.

The relentless flames were burning for a third straight day, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents who were trying to save their homes with garden hoses.

The state's largest blaze has charred about 3,800 acres, or nearly 6 square miles, in the neighboring towns of Palm Bay and Malabar.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/police_seek_arsonist_as_crews....

blogger brought over from Huffington Post...

I agree. If Lieberman's words were used to describe Israel's Jews, there'd be accusations of bigotted intent.

remember that name. listening to randi rhodes yesterday, he is the scumbag behind a lot of the things that cause the dems to end up in defeat.

Senate says stop putting oil into US reserves

Senate demands Bush halt oil shipments into government emergency reserve.

H. JOSEF HEBERT
AP News

May 13, 2008 12:01 EST

The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve.

Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel and could better be used to add supplies to a tight market and possibly lower prices.

"We are buying the most expensive crude oil in the history of the world and storing it," said Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. "When American consumers are burning at the stake by high energy prices, the government ought not be carrying the wood."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/05/senate_says_stop_putting_oil_i...

We started covering Sen. Barack Obama's inability to hire good staffers in June 2007, when he blamed staffers for some opposition research trying to link Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to outsourcing in India; for injecting some venom in the David Geffen/Hillary Clinton fight; and for missing an event with firefighters in New Hampshire.

In December, we noted again that Obama was blaming the answers on a 1996 questionnaire on a staffer; and was blaming his touring with "cured" ex-gay gospel singer Donnie McClurkin (which antagonized gays and lesbians) on bad vetting by his staff.

Those five buck-passing incidents were apparently not enough.

...

So, for those keeping track at home, that's ten instances of Obama publicly blaming his staff for various screw-ups.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

(You of course could also add Austan Goolsbee, Samantha Power, Gordon Fischer, and retired Gen. Tony McPeak.)

That would be 14. We will continue to keep track.

And for the record, yet again, let me state that I find Sen. Obama's staff unfailingly competent and polite, courteous and efficient, and I once again express my regret that Sen. Obama does apparently not feel the same way.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/obamas-inabilit.html

Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died Monday night. He was 82.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/arts/design/14rauschenberg.html?_r=1&h...

Head in the sand, eyes wide shut, that is exactly why I fear this election. When you can't even acknowledge the elephant in the room, we might just be ready for the same beat we got the last two times.

But never fear, if we lose you will hear about nothing else!

Charges Dismissed Against Detainee

The Pentagon official in charge of war crimes cases declined to permit a case to proceed against one of six detainees charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, dismissing the charges against a man who had been subjected to aggressive interrogation at the United States prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

The decision by the official, Susan J. Crawford, whose title is Convening Authority of the war crimes tribunals, came with no explanation in e-mail messages to defense lawyers after 5 p.m. Monday. It has yet to be released by the Pentagon.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/washington/14gitmo.html?hp

Rinse and repeat

Submitted by Experience
Submitted by BlueShift

As needed

In 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote a brilliant essay called “Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died,” in which he captured the militant materialism of some modern scientists.

To these self-confident researchers, the idea that the spirit might exist apart from the body is just ridiculous. Instead, everything arises from atoms. Genes shape temperament. Brain chemicals shape behavior. Assemblies of neurons create consciousness. Free will is an illusion. Human beings are “hard-wired” to do this or that. Religion is an accident.

In this materialist view, people perceive God’s existence because their brains have evolved to confabulate belief systems. You put a magnetic helmet around their heads and they will begin to think they are having a spiritual epiphany. If they suffer from temporal lobe epilepsy, they will show signs of hyperreligiosity, an overexcitement of the brain tissue that leads sufferers to believe they are conversing with God.

Wolfe understood the central assertion contained in this kind of thinking: Everything is material and “the soul is dead.” He anticipated the way the genetic and neuroscience revolutions would affect public debate. They would kick off another fundamental argument over whether God exists.

Lo and behold, over the past decade, a new group of assertive atheists has done battle with defenders of faith. The two sides have argued about whether it is reasonable to conceive of a soul that survives the death of the body and about whether understanding the brain explains away or merely adds to our appreciation of the entity that created it.

...

In unexpected ways, science and mysticism are joining hands and reinforcing each other. That’s bound to lead to new movements that emphasize self-transcendence but put little stock in divine law or revelation. Orthodox believers are going to have to defend particular doctrines and particular biblical teachings. They’re going to have to defend the idea of a personal God, and explain why specific theologies are true guides for behavior day to day. I’m not qualified to take sides, believe me. I’m just trying to anticipate which way the debate is headed. We’re in the middle of a scientific revolution. It’s going to have big cultural effects.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/opinion/13brooks.html

guess he got banned and so
is using a new nic
"experience" LOL

A Liberal Wit Builds Bridges to the G.O.P.

WASHINGTON — Representative Barney Frank, the rumpled, cantankerous chairman of the Financial Services Committee, plopped down on a leather bench off the House floor last week. After two months of trying to win Republican support for his bill to help homeowners at risk of foreclosure, he had come up short.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/washington/13barney.html?ref=washingto...

Now .. don't get me wrong here .. but .. uh ..is this a good idea??

I mean, I feel We - as a Nation - need to tap into these puppies to drop the price of gas ala when Pres Clinton did it back in the Golden Age .. Er . um .. I mean the 90s. I can safely .. but horrifyingly .. envision what $5 a gallon gas will look like - and it is hella-unpretty.

I think this might be a really bad step .. because it will just reinforce Bush's resistance to tap the Reserves..

"The Senate demanded almost unanimously on Tuesday that President Bush halt the shipment of oil to the country’s strategic petroleum reserve as long as oil prices remain high.

Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico, the ranking Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, conceded that stopping the shipments to the reserve might be largely a symbolic step. Even so, he said, “this is one little thing we can do, and I think we should go ahead and do it.” ...

[Sound of me .. smacking my forehead with my palm.. *SMACK!!*] Oy vey ...

Anyone wanting to know .. Oil closed at $125.82 today .. I figure we will see $130 by EOT Friday. And by this rate .. in about 8 weeks we will most likely be at $200 .. IMHO. I pray I am wrong and it never goes that high .. or worse yet .. goes that high way quicker!

hahaha

sure will sweets!

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/2640

I have a lot of information about the Bush multiply increased Oil Reserves in my Open Mic.

I am having unsuppressible fantasies about Branson's Noah Musicala.

For starters, I imagine Noah much like Tevye from Fiddler On The Roof:

If I were a sailor man,
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
All day long I'd boaty biddy bum.
If I were a sailor man.

I wouldn't have to swim much.
Ya ha deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum.
If I were a boaty biddy sailor,
Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man.

I'd build a big tall ark with rooms by the dozen,
To sail in the middle of the sea.
A fine tile roof with real wooden floors below.
There would be one long staircase just going up,
And a ramp for the menagerie,
And a giant gilded pooper scooper, for...you know.

Ideologically speaking, Barack Obama and George Bush could hardly be more different. Theirs is a dichotomy of Democratic big-government, dovish liberalism and Republican low-tax, free market, hawkish conservatism. But their personalities, when beliefs are removed, are not terribly different to the outside observer. Both shine in tightly-controlled, set-piece environments where the rules of engagement are based on their comfort-level. Although their speaking styles are clearly divergent, their charisma is a defining quality; turning arenas full of people into adoring fans with a turn-of-phrase, wink or thumbs up.

Despite their personal magnetism, though, they are also both clearly uncomfortable in more dynamic situations. Barack Obama in front of a teleprompter and well-screened crowd is a far different candidate than the Barack Obama dealing with Charlie Gibson asking pointed questions during a debate. Obama's reaction to that particular event also points to another trait he shares with the White House's current occupant: Neither reacts well to criticism from quarters they believe unworthy to bestow it. Additionally, Obama's infrequent media availabilities and rare trips to the press cabin of his campaign plane tell us we should expect the same type of minimalist dealings with the fourth estate under a President Obama as we have had under President Bush.

...

And last, but certainly not least, there is the money. In 2000, George Bush shattered previous fundraising records and took people's breath away. Subsequently, Barack Obama raised a staggering $50 million in March of this year alone. Flush bank accounts make small problems seem insignificant and big problems manageable. An abundance of ready cash also allows a campaign to test programs and theories early in an effort thereby avoiding the waste of resources on marginally successful efforts. However, Obama's use of small-donors is a stark contrast to the Bush Ranger/Pioneer program that revolutionized 'bundling' and made huge chunks of cash suddenly available.

As presidential candidates, Barack Obama and George Bush hold radically divergent world-views. But their campaigns reflect their personalities and vice-versa. They share large, well-funded, well-organized organizations that a relentlessly on-message and make few major mistakes. While Barack Obama publicly disavows almost all of what George Bush stands for, it's clear that when it comes to politics, he's willing to learn something from the other side of the aisle.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/is_barack_obama_using_...

hows the flooring going? i am gonna talk to you tomorrow regarding my new toy you know that right?

Didn't mean to tromp on your oil post .. : / But .. I did editorialize a tad ...

Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats

WASHINGTON — A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around ships and docks.

What the student, Wilken-Jon von Appen, received in return was a letter that not only turned him down but added an ominous warning from John M. Busch, a security administration official: “I have determined that you pose a security threat.”

Similar letters have gone to 5,000 applicants across the country who have at least initially been turned down for a Transportation Worker Identification Credential, an ID card meant to guard against acts of terrorism, agency officials said Monday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/washington/13tsa.html?ref=washington

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413099/
Is Steve Carell the star?

this blog is gods country....we are all free, Thank God!!!

everyteen eyerie

> "experience" LOL
>
> Submitted by Lucille on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:32pm.

In an interview in 2007, Young commented that Barack Obama was too young to be president, saying: "I want Barack Obama to be president," Young said, pausing for effect, "in 2016." Also adding about Bill Clinton, "Bill is every bit as black as Barack. He’s probably gone with more black women than Barack." Young quickly followed that comment with the disclaimer, "I’m clowning."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Young

Sign the petition!

John McCain’s campaign relies on well-heeled Washington lobbyists to run and raise money for his White House bid. In fact, he’s relying on at least 112 lobbyists as staff or fundraisers, including at least ten who represent brutal dictators, human rights abusers, and other unsavory foreign interests.

After reports that two former lobbyists for the military junta in Myanmar resigned recently, Campaign Money Watch is calling on John McCain to fire three more lobbyists – Charlie Black, Tom Loeffler, and Peter Madigan – who worked for foreign governments or interests that offend American values and human rights.

Sign below and we’ll deliver a petition to John McCain demanding that he fire the lobbyists.

http://www.firethelobbyists.com/index.html
Thank you..

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

“Girls? I have something to tell you,” Alia faltered, appearing to sway slightly on her high heels. She paused anxiously, and the next words came out in a rush. “I’ve gotten engaged!” There was a chorus of shrieks at the surprise announcement and Alia burst into tears, as did several of the other girls.

Ms. Othman’s mother smiled knowingly and left the room, leaving the girls to their moment of emotion. The group has been friends since they were of middle-school age, and Alia would be the first of them to marry.

A cellphone picture of Alia’s fiancé — a 25-year-old military man named Badr — was passed around, and the girls began pestering Alia for the details of her showfa. A showfa — literally, a “viewing” — usually occurs on the day that a Saudi girl is engaged.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/world/middleeast/13girls.html?ref=worl...

has been good this afternoon.

He has Christy Harvey as a co host today.

this blog is gods country....we are all free, Thank God!!!

Not in my experience .. but bless your heart for thinking that's true! : D - LOL!!

The extraditions were carried out by surprise the early hours of Tuesday with dozens of elite police officers gathering the men from three high-security prisons in Colombia. Interior Minister Carlos Holguín said the men were put aboard a plane in Bogotá bound for the United States, where they will face drug-trafficking charges.

“Most of the top bosses are there,” Mr. Holguín said, speaking on Colombian radio. “In some cases they were still committing crimes and reorganizing criminal structures.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/world/americas/14colombia.html?ref=wor...

Who am I kidding? White Anglo Saxon Protestant Baptists don't have the genetic rhythm necessary to reprise Fiddler On The Roof as Noah On The Ark.

i hear you (wo)man, what you want me to say? am trying to hang out in my little corner here, and lie to myself

The Goldberg Variation

May 13, 2008 8:32 AM

That blatant twisting of Obama's comments about Israel was based on an interview with the senator by Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, who weighs in on the controversy today.

Goldberg writes that "Mr. Boehner, I'm sure, is a terribly busy man, with many burdensome responsibilities, so I have to assume that he simply didn't have time to read the entire Obama interview, or even the entire paragraph, or even a single clause. If he had, of course, he would have seen that Obama was clearly calling the Middle East conflict, and not Israel, a sore. Why, there's no one who would disagree that the Middle East conflict is a 'sore,' is there?

"I have no doubt that Mr. Boehner will issue a correction to his press release in which he states the obvious, which is that Obama expressed -- in twelve different ways -- his support for Israel to me.
If he doesn't, however, I would, sadly, have to agree with my colleague, the less-forgiving Andrew Sullivan, who called Boehner's statement a 'flat-out lie.' In fact, I would add to Andrew's post, by calling Boehner's statement mendacious, duplicitous, gross, and comically refutable."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/05/the-goldberg-va.html

Did you see where Obama is in Cape Girardeau today?

Would you say that the Bootheel of MO is the states's most racist? Or is that an unfair description?

ROFLMAO! You are on a roll today! :-)

But back to reality for a second - The Anglo-Saxons went through the UK or thereabouts, and um, Noah wasn't exactly in that neighborhood...

but yeah, Noah's flowing mane wouldn't exactly lend itself to the possibility of dancing...

But despite all that, it's got awesome potential!

U.S. slams Zimbabwe for "harassment" of diplomats

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States condemned Zimbabwe's government on Tuesday for its "harassment" of the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats questioned by police after visiting post-election violence victims at a hospital.

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said U.S. ambassador James McGee and diplomats from Britain, the European Union, Japan, the Netherlands and Tanzania, were questioned for about 45 minutes at a roadblock outside of the capital Harare on Tuesday.

"I guess it is harassment," said McCormack of the questioning of the diplomats.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1341180520080513?feedTy...

I have family in the bootheel.

They're not racist, and I get sick and tired of people continually talking about race.

night yourll

My very own personal Unity Ticket.

Provides unity, balance & highlights the message rather than diluting it.

It's about how when fascists visit a liberal blog somebody always ends up calling him an asshole. It is quite fascinating.

It was so sweet, at the reception after the wedding George Bush danced with his daughter.

It was the first time he's led in eight years.

(tremendous laughter and applause)

does he blog here?

why do you get sick and tired of people talking about race?

Stay away from Louisville, Ky. and Indianapolis, In.

Trust me on that.

finally finished it. I haven't seen the final cut yet though.

Pretty good show.

The part on religion was an eye opener for me. It pretty much finished my move along the path from "recovering catholic" to atheism.

The rest of it was mostly rehash for me. I am a longtime devoted dues paying member of the tinfoil hat brigade.

PB and I have already reserved adjoining rooms in the FEMA Camps. :-)

People talk about the south being racist. But the midwest is just a bad. Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Missouri are all full of small town racists. Not in the style of the KKK, but just the type who would never vote for a black for President. They are just the type who will be the last to change.

what does that mean?

Submitted by mo lib on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:52pm.
Did you see where Obama is in Cape Girardeau today?

[[Yes.]]

Would you say that the Bootheel of MO is the states's most racist? Or is that an unfair description?

[[I don't know. I've only been through the bootheel twice en route to elsewhere and I don't know anyone from the area...unless Limbaugh counts.]]

Rush Limbaugh is from Cape Girardeau, MO.
Wonder if Obama is having fun there today?

of burning laminate flooring...I swear every muscle in my body hurts...even the fat hurts...up and down, on the knees, down the stairs, up the stairs, my fingers are cut, my hands are swollen, and we aren't quite done but almost....I am meeting with clients in my bedroom....I had a client who had to leave suddenly to take care of her sick mom so I am free, in a quiet empty house to blog for a minute...things were feeling rather strange on the blog in the last few days...I think I am trying to adjust to much less Sam...and the fucking ads on AM radio...the sammy cam is such a wonderful option..sniff, sniff...

Glad to see Lu' is back..I looked in this morning and it was dead here. Lucille hadn't posted any news so I had to look around for myself...

Submitted by cent on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:05pm
PB and I have already reserved adjoining rooms in the FEMA Camps. :-)

asked "why not Napolitano?"

Two words: Latino Vote.

Take a break kiddo. I've had to mow my lawn in shifts. It's only 1/4 acre, but it's push mowing.

all the code language in the media drives me nuts...uneducated, blue collar, hard working....call it what it is

fucking racists!

Submitted by Annette on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:52pm.
...but yeah, Noah's flowing mane wouldn't exactly lend itself to the possibility of dancing...

But despite all that, it's got awesome potential!
----------
http://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/BransonMO/activity/NoahTheMusicalatSigh...

(My favorite line on the page):

Dubbed "the Christian Broadway," Sight & Sound Theatres has taken performance production to the next level.

(Presumably the next level is religious exploitation designed to skin rubes.)

great advice pb....my ocd really wants me to get this thing finished and pretty....my clients feel funny doing therapy in my bedroom...and Steves adhd gives him tons more energy than me so we just keep plugging along...we have only 4 or 5 more planks and then baseboards and then furniture moving...

That does not surprise me one bit. I don't know what Obama can do to sway small town, midwest voters. I would think his best bet is to just expand the new younger, better educated base to the point that is can cancel out the old prejudice that continues boil. But if these Hillary voters switch to McCain I don't think it can be done.

I asked cent. What do you mean about the Latino vote?

> Submitted by BlueShift on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:05pm.
>
> People talk about the south being racist. But the
> midwest is just a bad

Don't forget Chicago:

A Wright-written panegyric eulogy for teacher, psychologist, and historian Asa Hilliard reveals more of the same bombastic, incendiary language that the Reverend is now famous for.

In the Dec. 2007 edition of the Trumpet magazine, which was founded in 1982 by Barack Obama’s church, Trinity United Church of Christ, and has Wright’s daughters serving as publisher and executive editor, Wright wrote: “(Jesus’) enemies had their opinion about Him… The Italians for the most part looked down their garlic noses at the Galileans.”

In the article, which seemingly mysteriously cannot be located, Wright writes that Jesus’ crucifixion was “a public lynching Italian style” that was wrought in “Apartheid Rome.”

He then critiques America by claiming that “the government runs everything from the White House to the schoolhouse, from the Capitol to the Klan, white supremacy is clearly in charge, but Asa, like Jesus, refused to be defined by an oppressive government because Asa got his identity from an Omnipotent God.”

This current revelation comes on the heels of another revealing 2007 issue of Trumpet Magazine in which Obama’s mentor and tight friend, Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., heaps praise and adulation on none other than anti-Semite, racist Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam.

Farrakhan, who was inspired by Malcolm X, said in a March 11, 1984 speech broadcast on a Chicago radio station that “the Jews don’t like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that’s a good name. Hitler was a very great man.”

Farrakhan was promptly unanimously censured by the United States Senate for the speech.

Farrakhan has also referred to Jews, Palestinian Arabs, Koreans, and Vietnamese collectively as “bloodsuckers” while maintaining that “murder and lying comes easy for white people.”

Apparently, Obama didn’t mind at that time that his church and pastor, through the magazine, gave the Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award to Farrakhan, whom it said was a man that “truly epitomized greatness.”

“When Minister Louis Farrakhan speaks, America listens…For his commitment to truth, education and leadership, we honor Minister Louis Farrakhan with the Rev. Jeremiah W. Wright Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award,” Wright said in the article. “His depth on analysis [sic] when it comes to the racial ills of this nation is astounding and eye-opening. He brings a perspective that is helpful and honest.”

“His love for Africa and African-American people has made him an unforgettable force, a catalyst for change, and a religious leader who is sincere about his faith and his purpose,” Wright said.

Wright’s comments ran in a video, which was played when Trumpet bestowed the award.

But let’s not jump to conclusions about Farrakhan with only snippets of his thousands of words spoken over two decades. Let’s see what “truth” the man really stood for.

“White people are potential humans - they haven’t evolved yet.”

I like Nissan's .. I had a 1991 Maxima SE that I just gave away this Winter [Yes .. I did cry like a big baby when it went away .. and yes .. even thinking about it now I am tearing up..] But .. anyway .. looks like Nissan will be producing a electric car for US consumption by 2010 ...

Nissan Plans Electric Car in U.S. by ’10
"The Nissan Motor Company plans to sell an electric car in the United States and Japan by 2010, raising the stakes in the race to develop environmentally friendly vehicles.

Other automakers like Mitsubishi Motors and Fuji Heavy Industries are testing versions of electric cars, and General Motors and Toyota are working on battery-powered vehicles that have small gasoline engines for recharging. G.M. plans to start producing the Chevrolet Volt in 2010, while Toyota expects to offer a similar, so-called “plug-in” hybrid around the same time." ...

Ugh! Don't get me going on GM and Toyota [But GM ESPECIALLY!!!] .. I am still mad as hell after seeing "Who Killed the Electric Car?"

But .. Good on Nissan!

recommended...thanks...I notice a difference....

We have a guy here in L.A. who gave the nickname "Topgun" to himself-- "topgun defense attorney."

My new name is "Michael the Topgun Blogger."

Associated Press
May 13, 2008

JAIPUR, India — Bombs ripped through crowded parts of this ancient city in western India on Tuesday, killing 60 people and wounding 150, police said.

The seven explosions in Jaipur took place in markets and several other areas of the city in Rajasthan, a region dotted with palaces and temples that draws hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, said A.S. Gill, the state's police chief.

"Obviously, it's a terrorist plot," he told reporters. "The way it has been done, the attempt was to cause the maximum damage to human life."

He said bicycles may have been used in the bombings. But he did not say if the explosives were detonated by suicide bombers riding through the crowds or if the bombs had been planted on parked bicycles.

Another senior Rajasthan police officer, A.K. Jain, said 60 people were killed and 150 wounded.

Shortly after the bombings, which began just before 7:30 p.m., authorities put New Delhi, India's capital, and Mumbai, the country's financial center, on high alert along with several other cities.

Wil,

I've been trying to buy one of these Datsuns (later changed to Nissan) for years.

1969 Datsun 2000 Roadster

My personal feelings on the issue aside, the immigration enforcement policies in Arizona are going to be used against her and may give her trouble with the latino vote, especially with Gonzalez running with Nadar.

Pick a color and you can find someone who doesn't like someone from another ethnic 'camp.'

But, I am forced to watch FOX. ALOT. And if you don't realize by now that the Republicans are trying to pit us against each other on the issue of race, then I've got some beachfront property next door (in Kansas) I'd love to sell ya.

And I'm not biting. My nanny growing up was Vietnamese and her family lived with us, and I considered them my family. I have Mexican inlaws, nieces and nephews. I have Jordanian inlaws, nieces and nephews. And I get along better with the African American, Mexican and Asian women I know than I ever will with the white women I know- mostly because they're so much easier to talk to.

And I'm the whitest person here. I guarantee. My nephew calls me 'mayonnaise legs'...

I go back to MLK - that it's all about the content of your character, not the color of your skin. Which is why, mo lib, I don't like to talk about race. It's like pointing out differences and it's about regressing to times past, times from before I was born, times that are foreign to me, and that I desire to remain foreign to me.

I had no idea!!!!

just looked into his eye now by accident

The Datsun is Nissan???
Submitted by Annette on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:38pm.
I had no idea!!!!
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Your appropriately applied sarcasm is duly noted.

Huh?

Huh?

Could it be that you are sojourning to the land of blue powdered pompadours, Yakov, hillbilly worshippers and Elvis (and other famous dead people) impersonators?

Inquiring minds wanna know. :-)

Seriously.

I still remember the Datsun commercial. :-O)

My second one. The first my ass of a husband gave me in the divorce instead of the Buick we bought together.

I get great mileage with my Nissan though. Close to 30 miles a gal. so I'm not complaining. The only thing with Nissans is their AC isn't made well. Had problems with both cars with the AC.

The Maxima was my second excursion into NIssan. I had a rare hybrid as my first ... 1985 Nissan Datsun 200SX .. white .. 5 speed .. coupe .. My heart breaks every time I think of what happened to it. Gave it .. GAVE IT .. to the guy I married and he destroyed the car .. then sold it to some kid who finished the job. : (

But the 200SX had Nissan listed on the left side of the ass .. then Datsun 200SX on the right side of the ass. I loved damn car .. first and probably only "sports car" I will ever own.

More on cars .. I know they seem like a good idea .. but .. well .. just don't - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju6t-yyoU8s

Man.. . The Old Bullshit Meter !
Submitted by Jmach1JP on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 4:21pm

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

So, Crank, what are you doing looking at Branson shows?
Submitted by Annette on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:49pm.
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Branson is not far from here. I am in its local advertising region. I can tell you more than either of us wants to know about Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner And Show.

http://www.dixiestampede.com/branson.php

My favorite line on the web page:

"If you or anyone in your party has allergies or medical conditions, please be advised to take the necessary precautions prior to entering the facility."

(Translation: Don't order the Cowboy's Surprise.)

Submitted by Annette on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 5:37pm.
My nanny growing up was Vietnamese and her family lived with us, and I considered them my family. I have Mexican inlaws, nieces and nephews. I have Jordanian inlaws, nieces and nephews. And I get along better with the African American, Mexican and Asian women I know than I ever will with the white women I know- mostly because they're so much easier to talk to.

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Some of my best friends are....pick your color

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It seems First Lady in waiting, Michelle Robinson-Obama has been obsessed with race for a good part of her life. At least she figured out liberals are some the worst racists she has to deal with. one need not wonder why she and Barack are members of an Afro-centric church which basically has been configured to exclude whites by having a written militant black agenda.

"My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before," the future Mrs. Obama wrote in her thesis introduction. "I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don't belong. Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second."

The Michelle Robinson-Obama Graduate Thesis (entirely focused on race):

http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_1-251.pdf
http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_26-501.pdf
http://www.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_51-751.pdf
http://dyn.politico.com/pdf/080222_MOPrincetonThesis_76-981.pdf

After seeing this treatise by Michelle regarding her thoughts on race, I'm going to run with it now and go on record as predicting a loss of epic proportions for Barack if he's the nominee for the democrats to be president, because the 2 of them will not be acceptable to many white, Latino, Asian, etc., democrats. He will, however, get a majority of democrat votes, just not enough to gain a majority of all votes. I can't wait for the questioning of Michelle to start as to how much or how little she continues to believe about race relations in this country. It should be quite interesting in terms of how she's going to triangulate her responses to appear acceptable to white democrats and unenrolled voters.

http://eforum.reviewjournal.com/lv/showthread.php?t=22069

But part of recovery is the inevitable relapse ...

As close as I can get .. but this is red and a H/B ..

At least it is tiny?? : /

Hum - Toni .. my Maxima didn't have AC issues .. just had to recharge the freon twice in the years I owned her. My 200SX didn't have AC .. but that was what made it so fast! ; )

If I hate ignorant White People .. but I am white myself??

Wil,

You are an ignoramusophobe.

McCain's Hagee apologizes
for anti-Catholic remarks

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John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_el_pr/hagee_letter_5

hahaha---thats too funny! thats them though, selfish punks!!

Cool Crank !

Another one For the never ending and forever changing War Puppy Nic Pool.. ;)

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

Shipping containers could
become condos in Detroit

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A Detroit-based group hopes to use empty shipping containers to build a $1.8 million, 17-unit condominium project.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_re_us/odd_shipping_container_c...

Survey: 1 in 10 boomers
borrowing for everyday expenses

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The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow money for everyday living expenses and to seek help from family, friends or charities, according to a survey released Tuesday by the AARP.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080513/ap_on_bi_ge/economy_survey;_ylt=Ar.i...

Datsun?

"You are an ignoramusophobe."

Than a fear, Crank. How about I wanna commit Ignoramuscide? ; )

another neo-classic from the neo-master of neo-comedy!

West Virginia attempts to end voter fraud
Beverly Davis

By installing new voting machines and quickly correcting registration misinformation, West Virginia's Secretary of State is attempting to clean up her state's record of voter fraud and Election Day mishaps before and since she took over the office in 2004.

Sarah Bailey, press secretary for Betty Ireland, West Virginia's Secretary of State, told RAW STORY that "West Virginia historically has had problems – specifically, vote buying. We've worked hard to update our voting system and most of our counties now use optical scan paper ballots or electronic voting machines with paper trail verification."

According to a poll commissioned by The State Journal, 69 percent of registered voters in West Virginia believe vote buying happens either "very often" or "somewhat often" and about seven out of ten West Virginians feel corruption happens in political races.

In an attempt to stave off criticism of voter fraud allegations, which have plagued West Virginia in the past, Secretary of State Ireland was asked by a metronews reporter if she feared following in the footsteps of notorious Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris. "We do not want to see Betty Ireland live on Fox, CNN, you name it... we don't want to be there," laughed Ireland.

Ireland's predecessor, Ken Hechler, had been the focus of several investigations over widespread charges of voting fraud - including vote buying and lost ballots - throughout his tenure as Secretary of State.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/WV_voter_fraud_problems_0513.html

Hi Lucille

Well there's no scoop except to say that the SA government behaved quite scandalously in opposing the claim for reparations because they did not want to spoil South Afrca's image as an 'investor friendly' country. I would be very surprised if the claim succeeds, but it is a good fight to fight.

Sheri

Ocean motion used to power up homes
Associated Press
Published: Tuesday May 13, 2008

When it comes to tapping energy from the ocean, off-shore oil rigs are often what comes to mind. But the ocean itself is proving to be an efficient and environmentally friendly source of energy.

Blustery winds threaten to topple Iain Russell off the dock into the narrow stretch of water connecting the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

But those gusts are a key reason why his company, Wave Dragon Ltd., plans to anchor the world's largest wave energy converter several miles out to sea off this small town on the southwestern Welsh coast.

More than a century after the industrial revolution's coal mines and steel works turned Wales' lush green valleys into stark black hills, the strong winds that batter its coastline are playing a major part in the local government's plan to turn the country green again.

By 2025, Wales wants to generate all its electricity from renewable sources and even become a net exporter of power.

Wales is betting that two huge projects _ a $30 billion tidal barrage in the Severn Estuary and the largest biomass plant in the world in Port Talbot _ will produce most of the electricity needed to reach its 2025 target.

For the rest, the local government is hoping that its natural winds, streamlined bureaucracy, access to skilled labor, proximity to universities and state funding will prove enticing to companies in both the renewables and clean technology sectors.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Ocean_motion_used_to_power_up_0513.html

Bill Moyers: Every American should have 'Cheneycare'
David Edwards and Mike Sheehan
Published: Monday May 12, 2008

Esteemed veteran news broadcaster Bill Moyers takes aim at health care in his latest report for PBS.

"You don't need me to tell you that 47 million Americans are uninsured, and it's not news to you that medical costs are increasing faster than the rate of inflation, or that more Americans than ever are afraid a single major illness could bankrupt them," says Moyers. "It's little wonder that when the Gallup poll asked people on the eve of this election year to name the most important thing that can be done to cope with health care, 63% mentioned universal coverage."

Moyers reports that nurses are now among those at the forefront of the battle for affordable health care for all Americans.

The report cites the high quality, condition-free medical insurance enjoyed by the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney, who, despite four major heart attacks and other serious coronary issues, "can't be denied health insurance no matter how serious his heart condition is" because he is a U.S. government employee.

The California Nurses Association (CNA) criticizes such "Cadillac healthcare" favoritism and contrasts it to the limited options afforded to the majority of Americans. The CNA has launched an ad campaign saying that "if Cheney were just a regular American, he'd probably be dead by now."

The CNA's executive director rues the "double standard," saying, "There should be an excellence in care that applies to all people. We, as the public, pay for Dick Cheney's care. ... Why is the government not providing the same type of care to all Americans?"

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

Senators threaten Saudi arms deal over oil prices

A group of Democratic Senators Tuesday threatened to block a multi-million dollar US arms deal with Saudi Arabia, unless the kingdom ups oil production and helps cut soaring gasoline prices.

The Senators introduced a resolution of disapproval on the arms sale, as President George W. Bush prepared to head for Saudi Arabia, partly on a mission to contain runaway oil prices.

"We are saying to the Saudis that, if you don't help us, why should we be helping you?" said New York Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer.

"We are saying that we need real relief, and we need it quickly. You need our arms, but we need you to cooperate and not strangle American consumers."

The resolution, expected to be fast-tracked to the Senate floor, would prohibit the mammoth arms sale unless Saudi Arabia agrees to increase oil production by one million barrels per day.

Schumer said such an increase could bring down the price of a gallon of gasoline at the pump by 50 to 75 cents.

"We're losing our wealth. Our economy is heading south. That is the highest priority, not the Saudis getting the top-notch weapons," Schumer said.

The United States offered last year to sell Saudi Arabia and Gulf states a 20 billion dollar arms package, as part of a wider regional program aimed at deterring Iran and Syria, Lebanon's Hezbollah and Al-Qaeda.

The resolution specifically mentions a sale of 900 kits to Saudi Arabia, which turn conventional bombs into laser-guided explosives or Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM).

Schumer said a motion of disapproval needed only 51 votes in the 100 seat Senate to pass and could not be filibustered.

Bush was heading to the Middle East on Tuesday, for a tour which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the formal establishment of US-Saudi relations.

The White House has said he will stress US concerns about soaring oil prices when he meets King Abdullah on May 16, and is expected to press the Saudis to boost their oil production as a way of curbing spiraling fuel prices.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/Senators_threaten_Saudi_arms_deal_o_0513200...

hating ignorance doesn't make you a racist regardless of your color.

Daihatsu is a Japanese car maker owned - okay 50% or some such .. by Toyota .. another Japanese car maker

Nissan is a Japanese car maker owned - okay again another 50% or some such .. by a French car maker - namely Renault

For those eagle eyed in the crowd .. you will see a Renault insignia on the prototype of Nissan's electric car in the NY Time story I posted above.

*** It was a joke Fernando .. ; ) ***

BLONDE BOMBSHELLS - tonight's speciality drinks - Can someone please invent the ingredients my head hurts too much.

The bar is OPEN - officially now - Self Serve, or bartender manned depending on how the population of the blog is when this post arrives.

West Virgina Pina Coloada - virgin coloadas are the non-alcoholic specialty - cause I am in the mood for one, but of course anyone can create their own specialty drink.

Enjoy everyone!!! I am here, just migraining and at @ 7+ right now so... in and out of 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

song back in the country

braai vleis
rugby
sunnyside
and chevrolet

51% now say Franken should drop out of the race?

In a follow-up question, 51 percent said the former comedian and satirist should withdraw from the race, while 38 percent said he should remain in it.

http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/18579019.html

What do yo bet Limbaugh or O'Rielly have something to do with Al's turn in the polls!

First car I ever drove. It was a standard. I guess it was a little rough but no one got hurt.

I leave you all to the blog to play alone! Be nice ... ; )

Have a lovely night ...

Early Canned Peaches, Ya'll!!

me pontiac..and no was no key in the egnition was standing in the back yard to remind my father of his youth

ZEITGEIST

I just got out of the virtual theater and my eyes are getting used to the Light!

MANY THANKS.

i was born in it too!! father was a mechanic, thought he could he could revive it and his young days

never happened!!! HA

I lost my virginity in a Renault
Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 6:41pm
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Bait: "Dauphine?"

Fernando: "No. Shirley."

I sent you Incubus's addy.. :)

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

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/05/13/18498857.php

...
In a nationwide field of more than 300 presidential candidates, America’s corporate media has narrowed the field and choices down to three presidential contenders; Senators Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and John McCain.

America’s corporate media has blacked out all third party candidates; on television, Spanish, Vietnamese and Korean speaking stations, and all major newspaper publications nationwide.

However, third parties and third party candidates continue to campaign against the incredible odds imposed by the Democrats and Republicans and the corporate media.

These third party candidates are getting their message to the public with the help of volunteers and supporters, with bumper stickers, brochures, flyers, business cards and attending meeting, and using the Internet.
...

I have MSNBC on.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to turn on Air America and be getting live reports from the primary?

is Nova M filling the void?

God, Terry McCaulliffe won't shut the f--- up. Can't stand that guy.

The fun never stops.

Off to the M.O.O.S.E. Lodge

for all you can eat fried chicken! ....

~`~`~`~`~`~
Jamesbennett

once again !!!!we dont need a 3rd party...this is all one party

we need a 2nd party

PERIOD!
"cum get me" i aint sayin sheet

NO FIGHTS WITH ME, GONNA EMBED JEZ WATCH

I didn't mean it was my first time to be intimate Lucille. It was the first time I drove a car.

Norm Coleman's DCI Group connection
http://www.minnesotamonitor.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3964

oo boy Lucille gets carried away with a quickness!! ma bad!

I meant I lost my virginity as a driver
Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 7:18pm.
I didn't mean it was my first time to be intimate Lucille. It was the first time I drove a car.
--------------------------------
Oh. I misunderstood. In that case:

I lost my virginity in a Renault
Submitted by Fernando on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 6:41pm
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Bait: "Shirley?"

Fernando: "No. Dauphine."

Firms Seek Patents on ‘Climate Ready’ Altered Crops
by Rick Weiss
A handful of the world’s largest agricultural biotechnology companies are seeking hundreds of patents on gene-altered crops designed to withstand drought and other environmental stresses, part of a race for dominance in the potentially lucrative market for crops that can handle global warming, according to a report being released today.

The ETC report concludes that biotech giants are hoping to leverage climate change as a way to get into resistant markets, and it warns that the move could undermine public-sector plant-breeding institutions such as those coordinated by the United Nations and the World Bank, which have long made their improved varieties freely available.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/13/8930/

They haven't blacked out Bob Barr yet. He's all over punditville right now.

I was trying to figure out how he got it into the tailpipe...

People are still looking for something to save this election.

quit sniffing glue:

Pastor Hagee on Channel 369 right now Direct TV

The car that says, "Our designer was out sick that day."

Thank you Lucille.

At the reception, the President danced with his daughter Jenna.

It was the first time he's led in eight years.

(snare roll, cymbal crash)

The Huffington Post
| May 13, 2008 06:30 PM

As violence in Iraq continues -- clashes today left 11 dead and 19 injured -- President Bush has for the first time revealed the great sacrifice he's made for the sake of our soldiers: he's given up golf.--

http://tinyurl.com/3nrmr2

Do you think the rednecks are Pro-Hillary or anti-Obama? What can Obama do to win over the rednecks? Will the rednecks cancel out the new first time voters for Obama? Will the rednecks switch over to McCain?

Better find out now while there is still time.

im on top of you..(oops meant to say on top of it, trust me)

We had a Renault Dauphine too..

My Dad bought it from our neighbor when I was a kid..

It lasted about 2 months before the engine blew..
Aw Memories.......

My Dad stuck to VW Bug's after that.. :)

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

well this imbecille is conveniently forbetting that Rush, King of the Rednecks, has commanded his flock to vote Hillary.

Easy to forget, no one in the media has the balls to mention it.

Sam Seder included.

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

how fast was the bug going when it hit him?

Dear MoveOn member,

John McCain says he's a defender of democracy. But the folks running his campaign have been playing for the other team.

Two of John McCain's senior campaign staff were forced to resign this week after revelations that their lobbying firm was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to represent Burma's brutal military dictatorship.1

And it gets worse—turns out this goes all the way to the top. Charlie Black, McCain's campaign chairman, ran a lobbying firm that represented brutal dictators like Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines and Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire—along with terrorist rebel Jonas Savimbi in Angola. Together, these men have been responsible for massive human suffering.2

And for good measure, Charlie Black has represented war profiteer Blackwater Worldwide and Iraqi fraudster Ahmed Chalabi.3

John McCain has a lobbyist problem, and we thought he could use your advice. What should Senator McCain do about his top adviser, Charlie Black? We'll release the results to the media—and forward your advice to Senator McCain himself. And we're working on a hard-hitting web ad about Charlie Black that we'll release soon.

Click below to choose which message to send to John McCain:
Fire Black. Fire Charlie Black if he doesn't resign first.

Fire all the lobbyists. Fire Charlie Black, plus all 112 lobbyists running your campaign,4 including campaign co-chair Tom Loeffler, who has represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a notorious human rights abuser.5

Don't sweat it. The media is so sold on your "maverick" image that corrupt figures in your inner circle won't actually hurt you.

Go all in. Hire more lobbyists who've worked for evil dictators. Maybe Kim Jong-il or Idi Amin.
Tell us what you think and spread the word! This survey's kind of funny, but our goal is deadly serious. If hundreds of thousands of us weigh in, we can show the media that John McCain's campaign has a growing liability: the fact that his inner circle is filled with lobbyists who've worked for everything he claims to be against.

Thanks for all you do.

–Noah, Karin, Ilyse, Peter, Justin, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

P.S. McCain's campaign staff have too many connections to dictators to list in this email. It's unbelievable. But the non-partisan reform group Public Campaign Action Fund created a great fact sheet laying it all out:

http://www.firethelobbyists.com/facts.html

Sources:
1. "A Lobbying Firm and Its McCain Ties," MSNBC, May 12, 2008
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3654&id=12653-2636901-xzPtIu&t=5
2. "John McCain's Lobbyist Connections," Public Campaign Action Fund
http://www.firethelobbyists.com/facts.html

3. Ibid.

4. "McCain's Lobbyists in Trouble for Foreign Lobbying," Progressive Media USA, May 11, 2008
http://www.mccainsource.com/mccain_fact_check?id=0007

5. "McCain Aides Are Tied," New York Sun, May 12, 2008
http://www2.nysun.com/national/mccain-aides-are-tied/

"Obama Calls on Rice to Address Human Rights Violations in Saudi Arabia," November 19, 2007
http://obama.senate.gov/press/071119-obama_calls_on_21/

"Saudi Arabia," Human Rights Watch World Report, 2007
http://hrw.org/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/saudia14717.htm

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> Submitted by toniD on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 6:18pm.
>
> Survey: 1 in 10 boomers
> borrowing for everyday expenses
>
> The economic downturn is hitting roughly one in 10 middle-aged
> and older Americans especially hard, compelling them to borrow
> money for everyday living expenses ...

LCD TVs, DVD players, cell phones, iPods, dinners at restaurants, SUVs, 3000+ square ft. homes, etc., etc. etc. are NOT considered "everyday living expenses" and are some of the reasons those 1 in 10 boomers are "compelled to borrow".

Sam banned you from this blog. Perhaps we need to email Sam. You're a desperate, sick man.

Stick and move, Hillary.
Stick and move.

Glad to see the folks here are open to all ideas. I have heard this blog can be a very much a private party. I guess it didn't take long for the haters to show up.

Looks to me like you're the one calling names. All I have done here today was bring up the topics everyone is talking about on the net. Maybe you think your ideas, which I have never even seen, are the only thoughts out there.

You are in for a very rude awakening.

http://www.ulinkx.com/video/583279/fun_with_real_audio_mccains_speech

... then maybe he can come back and save Air America!

I have heard that too, but not to the point where Hillary gets 70% of the vote in West Virginia. And I don't think Limbaugh has any sway with the Democrats unless it would be to drive them to vote just the opposite of his beliefs.

Submitted by BlueShift on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 7:37pm.

these morons !

They are just geting another Nic..

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

either of them could kick McInsane's ass right now.

that and the King Midget.

Crankie;

had a Studebaker station wagon pass me on the 30 by-pass 2day. Thot I was gonna cry...

Clinton 1,854 57%

Obama 1,113 35%

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#WV

check it out.

Who the hell are you? I just got here today. Nice welcome!
Why don't you go to hell?

you dont HAVE to do ANYTHING you dont want to do..how about dat!!!

dont let anyone COMPELL U!!!

Blue, you're asking too much. Most regulars in here don't want to discuss the issues of the day. Many actually seem incapable of anything except typical liberal insults.

" A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation." - Moire.

I imagine Free Republic would put out nothing but the best Ex-Lax brownies for me.

well sort of, the memory is kinda fuzzy :)

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/11/business/worldbusiness/11fiat.html?_r=...

'You call that a charitable contribution??'

Bob Barr, Roseanne Barr
Submitted by bibimimi on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 8:32pm.
either of them could kick McInsane's ass right now.
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I can't count the times that open bar kicked my ass.

your feet were SURELY sticking out the window at the time...

I guess not. I have never seen such a personal attack for absolutely no reason. Sam always talked about this blog, I didn't know it is a private club.

a candidate I can get b'hind!

brought a sock puppet!

btw: the assumption that most bloggers here do not want to discuss republican talking points is correct. We don't want to play with your loaded dice.

okay.

why DOES gas cost four times as much as it did seven and a half years ago?

Bush chided Clinton to get them spigots open...he sucks at it 4 times as much, obviously.

Barack unified West Virginia-behind HIllary -yeah!

One doesn't have to go far to find this exact flavor of sexism here in this blog:

Clinton Campaign Brought Sexism Out of Hiding
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As the Democratic nomination contest slouches toward a close, it's time to take stock of what I will not miss.

I will not miss seeing advertisements for T-shirts that bear the slogan "Bros before Hos." The shirts depict Barack Obama (the Bro) and Hillary Clinton (the Ho) and they are widely sold on the Internet.

I will not miss walking past airport concessions selling the Hillary Nutcracker, a device in which a pantsuit-clad Clinton doll opens her legs to reveal stainless steel thighs that, well, bust nuts. I won't miss television and newspaper stories that make light of the novelty item.

I won't miss episodes like the one in which the liberal radio personality Randi Rhodes called Clinton a "big f---in' whore" and said the same about former vice presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro. Rhodes was appearing at an event sponsored by a San Francisco radio station, before an audience of appreciative Obama supporters -- one of whom had promoted the evening on the presumptive Democratic nominee's official campaign Web site.

Political discourse will at last be free of jokes like this one, told last week by magician Penn Jillette on MSNBC: "Obama did great in February, and that's because that was Black History Month. And now Hillary's doing much better 'cause it's White B---- Month, right?" Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski rebuked Jillette.

I won't miss political commentators (including National Public Radio political editor Ken Rudin and Andrew Sullivan, the columnist and blogger) who compare Clinton to the Glenn Close character in the movie "Fatal Attraction." In the iconic 1987 film, Close played an independent New York woman who has an affair with a married man played by Michael Douglas. When the liaison ends, the jilted woman becomes a deranged, knife-wielding stalker who terrorizes the man's blissful suburban family. Message: Psychopathic home-wrecker, be gone.

...

There are many reasons why Clinton is losing the nomination contest, some having to do with her strategic mistakes, others with the groundswell for "change." But for all Clinton's political blemishes, the darker stain that has been exposed is the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/05/clinton_campaign_broug...

You're an idiot BlueShift/Experience. Posting with two nics now. You are desperate!

this is so funny...I was thinking that I lost my virginity at the beach one summer with my family...my boyfriend and I were in the room with about 5 other kids....it was a vacation house...

and then you said you were talking about what was the first car you drove...what a GUY thing!! I am not sure I know, but I think it was my parents 61 VW.....I don't think females really make note of that kind of thing..

with regard to this blog and trolls. At other sites like Godlike productions and curezone, there are informational threads and debate threads...

this is NOT a debate thread is it? Icky poo...I don't like to debate, it gives me a headache...I want to have fun here with likeminded people....so whats wrong with that???

I have decided to blog about this blog on my blog...I let you all know when I have it up....Love you all...

remind me of Eddie Haskell....

>>I was thinking that I lost my virginity at the beach one summer with my family.

Jesus Christ! what a pervert! the whole family!?!

you should try it sometime chubbs....

>>I lost my virginity in a Renault

>>First car I ever drove. It was a standard. I guess it was a little rough but no one got hurt.

ouch!

Dude, you have to be more careful where you sit!

you have not seen my family...

Seems more reasonable than most Republican punditheads.

it's not the meat it's the motion don't you know chubby

What is wrong with you? What makes you act this way?

she is just not a winner..

i dont think 50 is that bad
you gonna be K.
dont be so scarey (hood means scared)

I gots the motion sickness

>>you should try it sometime chubbs....
Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:02pm.
you have not seen my family...
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Hmmm. Mr. and Mrs. Bubba?

Beauty and grace aren't the first things that come to mind.

much worse than the rest of my life ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w2Vyor0GHQ

a 2 second video?

for whatever reason, youtube has been giving me those for a week or so, on and off...

I don't know why

It's simple really. Most here are intellectually challenged while also being immersed in their liberal dogma. When faced with an idea, based in truth, that challenges them, they're lost and not up to the task of intelligent discourse.

seems like she's gone a little crazy. she's talking very calm but her words are so out of touch with reality.

Fuck you, scumbag.

is that intellectual enough for you?

perhaps they are redirecting you to amazon....chubbs

welcome!! and its not "ma" not my correction der--get ove it!! jeez

the video plays for 2 seconds.

no redirect.

It first happend while I was looking for Chaka Kahn on the you tube

Now get the Hell out!

man in the immediate background of Hill's speech? wonder how those people feel to be shilled like that...Terry M said this is the best speech in history???? memememememememememe....as usual

keiran
going to see Maron on the 20th in Sf...a stone's throw from San Anselmo. If I can stay awake that is....
Currently committed to voter registration drive and will be in Portland soon. keiran

Don't let the worm get to ya.
I do believe all these lurking snoids are Eric Alterman (or Maureen Dowd).

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:15pm

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No, but it is typical.

pin....fuck a duck man

I am starting to understand why this group is so tiny. Mental stability seems to be in short supply. But long on anti-social behavior. I don't really think you are liberals, more like a little cult of some sort.

Reminds me of a mental ward or a holding cell.

I imagine you have plenty experience with both.

BTW -- you come in here hurling insults..what do you expect?

should go away.

Yeah that's weird.

It sounds like Hillary Clinton is on her way to winning the West Virginia primary by something approaching a 30 percentage point margin. As I've said before, the fact that voters in a given Democratic primary favor Clinton over Obama doesn't mean that many of them will favor McCain over Obama; nor should we assume that Clinton voters who say they'll vote for McCain will actually follow through.

Nonetheless, the margin in the West Virginia primary suggests real resistance to Obama among Democrats in that state. Now, Obama doesn't need to win West Virginia in November any more than he needs to win Kentucky, where he's scheduled to be trounced next week. But there are many Democratic voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania who fit the West Virginia and/or Kentucky profile. Obama may need to do reasonably well with such voters to carry these two crucial states.

Democratic superdelegates probably believe the risk that Obama won't do well enough with white rural and working class voters to win in Pennsylvania and Ohio is smaller than the risk that a great many black voters will stay at home if the Democrats nominate Clinton. These superdelegates may be right. But that doesn't mean the risk associated with nominating Obama isn't quite real.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/05/020512.php

I think this crew is pissed because I told them this would happen this afternoon. I told the the rednecks where not going for Obama. I told them Obama was going to face a racist backlash. As they look at the returns tonight they lash out at me as though I caused it!

Not quite a mature response. That foolishness is straight from the playground.

They sure didn't support Carol Mosley Braun, did they?

you think we didn't know WV would go this way?

coming straight from a wannabe schoolyard bully.

What would you talk about if your party in the past 7 years

• Ignored the warnings Bin Laden was going to attack
• Invaded Iraq because of weapons of mass destruction that have yet to be found
• Said Sadaam Hussein supported Al Qaeda, then said there was no connection
• Turned a $4 billion surplus into a $5 billion deficit
• Ignored the top military brass at the start of the Iraq invasion when they asked for more troops
• Said Iraqi oil would pay for the war
• Said it would be an easy win
• Proclaimed Mission Accomplished about 4,000 military deaths ago
• Has turned the world against us
• Has sold the country to China
• Has severely broken all branches of government with crony corruption

You certainly wouldn't talk about any of this shit now would you? You can't defend incompetence of this magnitude, instead you resort to making a pest of yourself where you are not wanted, much less invited.
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bluerootsradio ~Do no harm~

Good buddy of the Clintons. All Repugnican lite.

Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:19pm.
Terry M said this is the best speech in history????
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You know I don't get it. I thought McAuliffe was kicked to the curb after 2004. Beginning with the loss of the House and Senate in 1994, he had resided over 10 years of Democratic failures.

But maybe it just reveals Hillary's bad taste in men.

I think this crew is pissed because I told them this
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Submitted by BlueShift on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:28pm.

sounded very racist. Doesn't sit well with people here. Plus you sounded just like a troll that recently got banned.
So the attack on you is because of that.

Lightening here so bye bye.

http://vetvoice.com/

Bush Finally Speaks to the Ultimate Wartime Sacrifice
by: Brandon Friedman
Tue May 13, 2008 at 19:32:14 PM EDT

With the ghosts of Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Eisenhower looking down, President Bush finally admitted today that he has been touched by the true cost of war:

For the first time, Bush revealed a personal way in which he has tried to acknowledge the sacrifice of soldiers and their families: He has given up golf.
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander in chief playing golf," he said. "I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal."

...we can only hope our next president is so empathetic :|

I hope you are okay .. Tornado Watch #312 - from 5:10 PM to 11 PM CDT May 13, 2007

Sorry you have been having bad weather down there .. I wish we could warm up and then it would at least move a bit North of you! : /

Hillary got over 60% of the vote in West Virginia-I love it when Obama unifies voters.

What is hilarious is that Edwards is getting 7% of the vote. Even though the media has declared Obama the winner people would still rather vote for the guy who gave up.

What a unifier.LOL.

I'm green with jealousy (or is that the Vigro I took for my electile dysfunction?)

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/if-i-was-a-terrorist/2895821696

we have a severe weather alert up here too.

the cause?

it could 80° for the first time this year...

I'm sure my skin will crack if it hits 85°

By 'people' you mean 'crackers'. Dumbshit, inbred, white wastes of flesh - crackers. All it takes to unify crackers is a car wreck (why they like NASCAR), a bug zapper, a lynching, or Miller Lite.

Bush calls new attack on US his worst worry

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could "eventually lead to another attack on the United States."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080514/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_iraq

and craps on his own cherry-picked intel.

the brass cajones on this bastard...

Submitted by wolf on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:37pm.
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Why don't you go post on Stormfront.

Belissimo!

The Greek myth is both simple and compelling. Daedalus, imprisoned on the island of Crete with his son (Icarus), fashioned wings made of feathers and wax in order for the two of them to fly to freedom. Daedalus warned Icarus, however, not to fly too close to the Sun because the wax would melt and he would fall. The two of them took off, but Icarus became entranced with flight and, ignoring his father's warnings, flew higher and higher until the wax melted and Icarus plunged to his death in the sea.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright made two mistakes, only one of which deserves criticism. The first mistake was that of playing "Icarus." Throwing all sense of tactics aside, Rev. Wright became enchanted, if not entranced, by the publicity he received. Clearly angry about his perception of having been "dissed" by Senator Obama, this was his time in the Sun, so to speak. As demonstrated by his performance at the National Press Club, his speech was compelling, but his approach in the Q&A failed to take account his circumstances: he was not in his own church; indeed, he was not in any church. Clearly, by the time of the Q&A, Rev. Wright was in the stratosphere, inspired, perhaps by both the sound of his own voice and the "Amens" he received from supporters in the room. Yet, the responses he should have paid attention to were those of the journalists, most of whom were apparently not part of his Amen Corner. Since then, he has been plunging into the sea. The problem is that many people believe that he is taking Senator Obama with him. I happen to not agree, for reasons I will present below.

The second "mistake," however, was very different. Rev. Wright has, throughout his career, dared to challenge the myth of US history. For the larger society this "mistake" is of far greater importance than his performance at the National Press Club, and for that matter, whether or not he brings down Senator Obama, US history has a basic narrative: The settlers were heroes; the indigenous people were either heathens or naive primitives, but in either case they were in the way of progress. Slavery was an unfortunate episode that was cleaned up by the Civil War, though it has never been quite clear that the former slaves were ever meant to rule themselves, let alone anyone else. US foreign policy has generally been benign, nearly always driven by either a God-given imperative to improve the world or our sense that the planet would be better off with our version of capitalism and democracy. Where Rev. Wright fell into problems was by challenging this myth. Taking the standpoint of those who have seen the underside of the "American Dream", he was prepared to speak to a counter-narrative that identifies the problematic nature of US history. By doing so he opened himself to ridicule, but only when his counter-narrative was treated in sound-bites rather than taken as a whole.

For this reason the attack on Rev. Wright must be examined very carefully because there are multiple agendas unfolding. The larger problem is that the Obama campaign was treated to a media onslaught that was completely inappropriate to the circumstances. Rev. Wright never spoke for the Obama campaign and on that basis alone, Senator Obama would have been well within his rights to simply stop responding to questions. Certainly both Senators McCain and Clinton have done that when they have been caught in uncomfortable situations. There was no reason that Obama should have been expected to handle it differently. Well, there was a reason that has something to do with his coloring.

It is in this sense that progressives generally, but especially those supporting the Obama candidacy (even if critically supporting it, as is this writer) should remind people that it is not Rev. Wright pulling the campaign down but instead it is the media that tastes blood and is trying to promote an atmosphere of pessimism. Needless to say both the Clinton and McCain campaigns (and their allies) have been complicit in this.

It is also important to emphasize that the Wright/Obama conflict is largely about a means for the mainstream political establishment to situate Senator Obama with those to his Left. To the extent to which Rev. Wright played into this, it was possible, if not essential, in the view of the Obama campaign, to distance itself not only from Rev. Wright but from Wright's message. In this way the message was being trounced along with the messenger. No real discussion is being permitted about the issues that Rev. Wright raised because he is being treated as an out-of-control old man and his message is being treated as incoherent at best, anti-American at worst. Insofar as Rev. Wright's message was maligned as crazy and inappropriate ANYONE conveying that message was also so categorized. Certainly by ignoring tactics and focusing more on proving his own dignity and correctness, Rev. Wright lost control over the situation. His own anger and desire for rehabilitation of his reputation outweighed any sense of the current political situation. This was a major mistake and one that many people will have difficulty forgiving. This is unfortunate.

Rev. Wright should be criticized for abandoning tactics and putting himself before the movement. He should not, however, be criticized for challenging the myths associated with US history. Even if one disagrees with aspects of what he relayed - such as his take on the origin of AIDS - much, if not most of his argument is backed up by a genuine examination of the foundations of the USA and its current role domestically and internationally. Space to make that argument is essential. And we, to the Left of Senator Obama, must continue to advance an accurate sense of the history and role of the USA. This will put us at odds, at times, with the Obama campaign which either cannot or will not agree with such an analysis. Yet if there is a significant constituency that does, this argument will gain attention, if not traction.

"Critical support" means walking on two legs, both offering genuine support, as well as offering sincere and constructive criticism where there are disagreements. Rev. Wright apparently decided that now was a time for lashing out in hurt and anger, rather than recognizing that the sweetest "revenge" is success. For those of us to the Left of Senator Obama, success is more than the election of Senator Obama as president of the USA. It is really about the building of a social movement that embraces much of the counter-narrative Rev. Wright attempted to articulate. With that counter- narrative, we have the basis for a left/progressive strategy. Without that counter-narrative, we are simply wandering in the wilderness, hoping for change.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is Executive Editor of The Black Commentator. He is also a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum.

Sam, now that Nazi's have been mentioned does this mean we have a new thread coming up?

Actually Edna, although if the always angry hating unamerican demagogue 'wolf' boy would have been a big Nazi supporter during that time he is basically just an very ignorant very stupid facist that doesn't believe in anything America was founded on.

He may already post on Stormfront. After all, there are lots of mad at the world stupid punks there.

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Peace be with you too ;)

* Ignored the warnings Bin Laden was going to attack:

That's the Clinton Administration all the way: See "The Path to 9/11"

* Invaded Iraq because of weapons of mass destruction that have yet to be found:

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998

"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." S
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998

[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
- Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998

* Turned a $4 billion surplus into a $5 billion deficit

Little things called Clinton's dot com bubble burst, 9/11, war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

* Ignored the top military brass at the start of the Iraq invasion when they asked for more troops

Funny, the "top military brass" didn't ask for that at all.

* Said Iraqi oil would pay for the war

Never said that. Wolfowitz made the incorrect claim about Iraq reconstruction.

* Said it would be an easy win

Bush, Oct. 2005: As he has many times before, Bush again warned that the war against the militants will be long and hard. He said now is not the time to waver in the face of adversity, but to push on until victory is achieved.

* Proclaimed Mission Accomplished about 4,000 military deaths ago

"Major combat operations in Iraq have ended," Bush said at the time. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on." The "Mission Accomplished" banner was prominently displayed above him — a move the White House came to regret as the display was mocked and became a source of controversy.

After shifting explanations, the White House eventually said the "Mission Accomplished" phrase referred to the carrier's crew completing its 10-month mission, not the military completing its mission in Iraq. Bush, in October 2003, disavowed any connection with the "Mission Accomplished" message. He said the White House had nothing to do with the banner; a spokesman later said the ship's crew asked for the sign and the White House staff had it made by a private vendor.

* Has turned the world against us

Nonsense: One only need to look at recent elections in France, Italy, Germany and UK to see the world is hardly against us. Our enemies are certainly against us. But that's natural.

* Has sold the country to China

Again, that one's on the Clinton administration: May, 1994: President Clinton renewed China's favorable trade status today with virtually no conditions, and said he would abandon his effort to use trade as a lever to force Beijing to make progress on human rights.

2003: Newly declassified documents show that President Bill Clinton personally approved the transfer to China of advanced space technology that can be used for nuclear combat.
The documents show that in 1996 Clinton approved the export of radiation hardened chip sets to China. The specialized chips are necessary for fighting a nuclear war.

"Waivers may be granted upon a national interest determination," states a Commerce Department document titled "U.S. Sanctions on China."

"The President has approved a series of satellite related waivers in recent months, most recently in November, 1996 for export of radiation hardened chip sets for a Chinese meteorological satellite," noted the Commerce Department documents.

* Has severely broken all branches of government with crony corruption

President Clinton impeached. Whitewater, Travelgate, Vince Foster, etc. etc.

Vatican: It's OK to believe in aliens

May 13, 2008

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican's chief astronomer says that believing in aliens does not contradict faith in God.

The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the Vatican Observatory, says that the vastness of the universe means it is possible there could be other forms of life outside Earth, even intelligent ones.

In an interview published Tuesday by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Funes says that such a notion "doesn't contradict our faith" because aliens would still be God's creatures.

The interview was headlined "The extraterrestrial is my brother." Funes said that ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90KSE100&show_article=1

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Ignore the very ignorant spammer/troll now posting with the nick 'Experience'.

It is the very same no intelligence hate troll 'gravitas' who was banned from the blog for very good reasons.

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It is truly amazing that someone can be factually wrong on almost everything they post like that demented dufus.

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But if anyone else watches "Deadliest Catch" .. next week is a big scary episode ..

Phil Harris Almost Died!! : (

As long as they get the proper paper work, visas, green cards, etc.

But I didn't realize the level of bitterness from some of you.

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 9:41pm.

If I could take way your weather too .. I would. We are cold and damp up here in Mpls. It totally sucks here .. we are at least a month behind in terms of our trees, flowers and stuff here. : (

Posting as:

BlueShift!

EXPERIENCE!

Wolf!

Travis Childers wins special election in Mississippi. per the AP

Submitted by edna ellen poe on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 10:13pm.

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You're like a raving lunatic.

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3079

Ohio Dems Impeach The Dannimal
By Paul Kiel - May 13, 2008, 2:40PM
Last week, I did a complete rundown of the incredibly sordid case of Ohio Attorney General Mark Dann (D). Democrats, though united in their desire for Dann to resign, had not quite arrived at impeachment as the solution. As one lawmaker put it, it wasn't clear if Dann's transgressions had gone beyond "being stupid."

Well, with Dann continuing to refuse to step down, Democrats have united on impeachment as the solution. This morning, they filed articles of impeachment in Ohio's House, with 42 of the 45 Dems supporting the nine counts.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/ohio_dems_impeach.php

See New Thread ...

Following up on my earlier post I find that Netherlands own new media geek & priest Father Roderick posting the translation of a interview with the Vatican Astronomer. I don't know how to post the 2 cute pics of E.T. he posted with the story but they will pop up if you click the link at the bottom. By the way it was another Vatican scientist that said last year that the so-called 'intelligent design' was Not science. ;)
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Vatican astronomer: E.T. could be our ‘extraterrestrial brother’

By Fr. Roderick • May 13, 2008

It is possible that intelligent life exists on other planets besides earth. Jesuit director of the Vatican observatory, Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, said this in an interview in the Vatican’s newspaper ‘Osservatore Romano‘.

Their existence would not contradict Catholic faith, according to Funes. After all, these aliens would still be part of God’s creation.

In the interview, Funes also talks about the theory of the Big Bang, and about creation and evolution.

Because most media only give us snippets of Fr. Funes’ answers, I have translated the parts of the interview about the Big Bang and about the possibility of extraterrestrial life:

Full Story Here:

http://fatherroderick.sqpn.com/2008/05/13/vatican-astronomer-et-could-be...

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@@@@> The May Anarchist Forum <@@@@@

Tuesday, May 13, at 7:00pm

Award-winning journalist and World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg will present a video and discussion on the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), a new alliance of trade unions, women's organizations, neighborhood assemblies and student groups opposed to both the US occupation and the sectarian militias.
The IFC is leading a campaign against the pending law that would privatize Iraq's oil, and has established self-governing zones, which both occupation forces and sectarian militias are barred from accessing, in neighborhoods in Baghdad and Kirkuk. Recently, their leaders have been targeted for attack by US forces.

Weinberg is a founder of the New York-based National Organization for the Iraq Freedom Struggles (NO-IFS). He is the author of Homage to Chiapas: The New Indigenous Struggles in Mexico, and co-host of the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade on WBAI in NYC.

>>>>>The event will take place at The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street,
Manhattan (just south of Houston St) (212-792-8050). Coming from uptown, take the F or V train to "2nd Avenue" (exit front of train on 1st Ave, walk east along Houston and turn right on Clinton) or coming from downtown, take the F, V, M or Z train to "Delancey - Essex" and walk east on Delancey 3 blocks and turn left on Clinton for 2 and a half blocks.

Everybody is welcome and invited to come and to have their say. There is no set fee for the presentation, but a contribution to aid the LBC is suggested. If you have questions, contact the LBC /Anarchist Forum, 212-475-7180 or e-mail: roberterler@erols.com