denver!

if you want to watch a Broadcast News show.

Free Democracy

Run time: 02:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cki_Va7n3Mo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQOyvzFP-Ug&feature=related

Run time: 05:50
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4EN7ibO1ec

Dennis is already on the tubes! He's amazing.

Democrats Criticize McCain's 'Dial-up Campaign'

Leading Democrats on Tuesday attacked the Bush administration's broadband policy and the technology track record of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain, while leading tech companies pushed for a more tech-savvy and innovative federal government.

"The Obama campaign is the broadband campaign and the McCain campaign is the dial-up campaign," said Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecom and the Internet.

Markey and other members of Congress were on hand at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for several technology panels hosted by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado.

"On McCain's watch, the U.S. fell from third to fifteenth in broadband penetration," said Julius Genachowski, technology advisor to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. That is "shocking."

Genachowski attacked McCain's record as chairman of the Commerce Committee, a position McCain held from 1997 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005. McCain did nothing to spur growth in the technology industry, create jobs, help create an open Internet, or ensure competition, Genachowski said.

"You know in your hearts that in eight years, there was never one conversation in the Oval Office between Dick Cheney and George Bush on broadband policy," Markey said. "That … should frighten you."

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2328903,00.asp

It's like you are there.

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

No sense in wandering around the Tubes ... 8-)

3rd charged in '75 American Indian Movement death

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A federal grand jury has indicted a third man in connection with the 1975 slaying of an American Indian Movement member on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Vine Richard Marshall, better known as Dick Marshall, of Rapid City, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to aiding and abetting the first-degree murder of Anna Mae Pictou Aquash, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Marty Jackley.

Prosecution witnesses have testified that Aquash, 30, of Nova Scotia, was killed because AIM leaders thought she was a government spy. AIM leaders have denied any involvement in her death.

Fritz Arlo Looking Cloud was convicted in 2004 and is serving life in federal prison for first-degree murder. John Graham, a Canadian, is also charged with first-degree murder and is scheduled to stand trial Oct. 6.

(Marshall has already served over twenty years.)

Marshall, 57, was an AIM leader who served 24 years in prison for shooting a man to death in 1975. Marshall was paroled in 2000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7754731

Looks like the delegates do too! That man is gold!

FactCheck: Claims omit details on McCain record

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7754758

better have someone start his car for him.

What an ugly tie

Craven? How excellent is this?

AP wire now just GOP mouth--
new
Submitted by ghettodefender on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 8:51pm.

FactCheck: Claims omit details on McCain record

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Murdoch is on the board and that Zell guy is a RW stooge ... plus they put that RW Stooge Furnior(sp?) in charge of I think the Washington DC Office.

Buchanan is G-O-N-E!

It's hard to imagine his reality and how he can believe this "Pat hearts Hillary" stuff works on people!

and trick the morons into shouting "FOUR MORE YEARS!!!"

I bet you we could pull this off. Where is the RNC this year anyway?

isn't that where Larry Craig wanted to suck that blond dudes pecker?

It's in that town.

Warning WarDog, POT97, this guy is a cop.

You could probably get them to yell "Bring Back The Draft!".

Lemmings are like that ya know.

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Starting to see why Sebelius didn't make the cut.

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You could TOTALLY pull that off!

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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” –Helen Keller

It sounds like something he would go along with.

Hey I like that. We shold keep that one.
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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” –Helen Keller

Send the "Four More Years" idea to Code Pink or some performance art group. Hey, I bet the Upright Citizens Would do it!

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“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” –Helen Keller

He was mayor when I lived in Denver...he sucked at public speaking then too.

Wellington Webb was much better as mayor.

Happe Talk

Its got to be someone who can get floor access. I know one or two bloggies who live in Minneapolis. I will see if they have any ideas about how to get access. This would be so cool to see happen.

Today whilst banging nails (technically I was pulling nails, but who cares?), I listened to a Rogers, Arkansas local AM radio call-in show. National politics was a hot item.

A woman called in (a barely educated hick, based on her speech pattern and vocabulary). She said, "If Obama is elected, this country is riggered. I'm not going to say the real word."

The host didn't understand that she uttered "riggered" (neither did I). He asked her to repeat what she said. So she did.

The rhyming word (is it a word?) that the woman uttered was understood by the host and by me at the same time.

The host, who is a Right Wing, religious, military-retiree and unapologetic two-time Bush voter, admonished her.

Lightly.

This is the same radio show host who repeats endlessly, "What do we know about Barack Obama?"

I scream at the radio, "More than you bothered to learn about George Bush except that his last name is Bush, that he said 'Jesus' as often as possible, and that he is a Republican."

So there you have it. The level of (native) discourse in Rogers, Arkansas hovers somewhere between a KKK rally and a lofty standard of past successes that only applies to the guy for whom they aren't going to vote anyway.

I'd join the Misanthrope Party if there was one.

Motto: Sit down and shut up.

It'll be a resounding success!

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Hagel, 8 other GOP senators to pass on RNC convention.
The Hill reports Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is “skipping the GOP convention.” Along with Hagel, the following conservative senators are also taking a pass: Pat Roberts (R-KS), Ted Stevens (R-AK), Elizabeth Dole (R-NC), Gordon Smith (R-OR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Larry Craig (R-ID), Wayne Allard (R-CO), and John Sununu (R-NH). Roger Wicker (R-MS) is undecided about whether he will attend.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/26/hagel-8-other-gop-senators-to-pass-o...

Still better than Sebelius was.

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Is anyone going to be there?
Submitted by toniD on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:31pm
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Don't forget Poland!

An Alabama Ledbetter!

HAW!
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From TPM Reader AR ...

I'm hearing Bob Casey from the convention floor on my radio, and I think this line of his should become the Democrats' new mantra: "John McCain says he's a maverick. But he's voted with Bush over 90% of the time. That's not a maverick. That's a sidekick!"
Now that's a classy insult. And it'll get under McCain's skin.

--Josh Marshall

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/210612.php

Happe Talk

I feel like I'm listening to my grandmother. I like this Lily Ledbetter.

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He must have been on different meds yesterday.

VA has been kicking ass locally.

When Warner gets in, we will have replaced two Reps with two
Dems in 6 years.

YES!!!

Okay another cheap shot.

ssssssssssst

Happe Talk

Democrats who backed wiretaps turn away Democratic bloggers from AT&T fundraiser
Diane Sweet

AT&T security suggest bloggers talk to police
Moderate Democrats are turning away Democrats, even those with press passes.

On Monday night, AT&T held a 'Blue Dog' fundraiser for the group of congressional Democrats who endorsed the recent bill that gave immunity to telecoms for President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program.

The affair was held at Mile High Station, which is one of the closest buildings to Invesco field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado where the Democratic National Convention is being held.

While delegates came in and out of the party, it wasn't as easy for approved Democratic bloggers and reporters. Amy Goodman of DemocracyNow, Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake and Glenn Greenwald of Salon.com were ushered away by event security. All three had valid press passes to cover the Democratic National Convention.

As they tried to enter the event, security guards curtly refused to permit them to enter, and ordered them away from the entrance, giving few details.

Even the guests who came and went refused to say who invited them to the affair, or give their names. Only a pair of talkative men, who identified themselves as a lobbyists, and a Republican, replied.

"Can I just ask a question?" Goodman asked. "If this is open to the delegates, why isn’t it—"

"Other side of the property, please," an unidentified guard replied. "The other side of the property, where the public can stand."

"But isn’t this open to the delegates?" Goodman said.

"No, it’s not. You could talk to the police right now. Go to the other side of the property, where the rest of the public can stand, please. Here comes an officer to talk to you."

"We’re confused," Goodman said. "We’re press for the DNC to cover the Democratic National Convention, and I’m just wondering—"

"Unfortunately," the guard said. "I’m just telling you what I’ve been told."

Video follows of Goodman, Hamsher and Greenwald as they cover the events of the evening.

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

Happe Talk

Tweety being an ass again
Submitted by toniD on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:39pm.
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You'll know when the drugs kick in, the drool will start.

Nuke plant employee guilty in cover-up
Engineer hid condition of reactor from regulators to delay safety inspection.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080826/D92Q5AAO1.html

I prefer to watch it on PBS. Slightly less talking head dickwaving. Slightly.

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That was a good line.

If I was incharge of this convention ... the music would be Metallica ..... and the small fill in speakers would be comics making fun of McCain.

After the Convention I would be known as the "Convention God"

I can't focus on what I'm supposed to be doing!

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CREW SUES DOJ FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE RECORDS OF V.P.'S INTERVIEW IN PLAME LEAK INVESTIGATION
http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/33836

25 Aug 2008 // On August 25, 2008, CREW sued the Department of Justice for failing to provide records of Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald's interview with Vice President Richard Cheney stemming from the investigation into the leak of Valerie Plame Wilson's covert identity as a CIA officer.

For over a year the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has been seeking documents from DOJ related to the leak of Ms. Wilson's covert identity. While some records have been provided, DOJ has refused to provide the committee with access to records related to the vice president's interviews, despite the fact that the interviews were not grand jury material and the Office of Special Counsel had made no promises to the vice president regarding their use. When the committee subpoenaed the records, Attorney General Michael Mukasey asked President Bush to assert executive privilege over the records and on July 17, 2008, the committee announced that the president had done so, blocking DOJ from providing them. CREW then sent a Freedom of Information Act request to DOJ for the interview records, requesting that they be processed on an expedited basis due to public interest in the matter. Though it agreed to expedition, the Department has failed to provide CREW with any records or identify a date by which processing would be complete. As a result, CREW filed suit in federal court alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act. The matter has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan.

Happe Talk

or a homely warren beaty
Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:46pm.
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You've got it M'hap!

a keynote address?

Submitted by Meg on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:49pm.
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Meg, the span has no commentary.

ABC NEWS

A federal judge denied the White House's last-ditch attempt block a former aide from testifying before Congress as part of the investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal.

Today's ruling by Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is expected to pave the way for former White House Counsel Harriet Miers, who returned to her old law firm in Texas, to testify before Congress in the coming months. It also urges the White House to turn over documents subpoenaed from former chief of staff Joshua Bolten.

"If the government is trying to run out the clock on the 110th Congress, today's decision suggests that Judge Bates won't let them," said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at American University.

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, praised the decision and pledged to schedule a hearing for Miers shortly.

"I am heartened that Judge Bates recognized that the public interest in this matter is best served by the furtherance of the Committee's investigation," he said in a statement.

No C-Span
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but the highlights are better there b/c on PBS it comes in HD here and there is a tiny logo in the corner.

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs_cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

You can stream all the C-SPAN channels here

C_SPAN 1 is the convention

being lost at DHL .... and it is being ingored except on C-SPAN

That should be on the TV!

They have stupid David Brooks on. What a dork.

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Submitted by Meg on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:58pm.
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It isn't worth it, Meg.

about her speech

If I can't afford cable I certainly can't afford an HD TV. Ever since my TV was stolen several years ago I watch on a little 12" TV made by Daewoo.

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I wasn't streaming because we were having thunderstorms which wreaks havoc with the wireless. Maybe I can now, storms gone.

But they are talking to Michelle right now on PBS so I want to see that first.

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Happe Talk

is over the airwaves Meg.

Submitted by Kevin © on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 9:49pm.
...If I was in charge of this convention...the small fill in speakers would be comics making fun of McCain.
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I just flew in from The Surge and, boy, are their arms tired.

Senator McCain told me to call him at home. Now I have a $400 phone bill.

A funny thing happened on the way to the Convention. I didn't toe-tap back, though.

When Jack Abramoff heard that I would be here, he asked me to bring him an Obama button...and a hacksaw.

But seriously, folks. How 'bout that Unitary Executive Theory? Hail to the Chief!

That's my time. Don't forget to tip your delegates. Hillary, you know what I'm talkin' about. I kid the Hill. Love ya baby.

And you folks not from Chicago, don't forget to vote early and often!

too bad.

Happe Talk

shit, I tuned it out almost completely....sorry Mark Warner...I'm afraid you're no Kucinich...congrats on your millions though...spend them on some balls

Happe Talk

they were just bored with the sedate nature of the Dems housekeeping session last night.

They are just trying to stir shit up. "Making news".

Except for that little regression around 6 p.m., I've had CSPAN on all night listening to every speaker (if I could keep from falling into a coma). I've been reading all the posts about what you say the pundits are saying and doing and it makes me realize how differently we perceive what's on the TeeVee when we watch it generically on CSPAN versus the mostly polluted version we get when we watch it via MSM.

Why is it so fucking important to talk about what the talking heads on TeeVee?

Why can't we just talk about what's actually on?

It's like that dynamic where you tell someone some fact or joke who sends it on down the line and by the time it gets to the 10th person not even Crank Bait can make sense of it.

Walk away from the MSM TeeVee machine, unless Rachel is ranting of course. The good news is the stuff that's really worthy winds up on YouTube anyway, so you never really miss anything except Joe Scar, Pat Pukannon et. al.

Sermon over.
Amen.
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I heard on the BBC there are going to be a lot of out of work comics when Bush leaves .... they would have been lining up for free to be the fill in for this snooze fest.

8-)

This election has made me realize that underneath it all, I am closer to Hugo Chavez in political philosophy than the Democratic party.

Is it me that changed, or them?

Submitted by maggiesboy on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 10:20pm.
...It's like that dynamic where you tell someone some fact or joke who sends it on down the line and by the time it gets to the 10th person not even Crank Bait can make sense of it...
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A rabbi, a Baptist preacher and a Catholic priest go fishing together.

No, wait. They went bowling. And it wasn't a priest, it was a nun.

Shit. I forgot about the chicken. Let me start over.

Or was it a penguin? No, the nun is the penguin.

Okay, I can do this. I remember how it goes now.

maggiesboy: "Zzzzzz."

.. commandeer the damned boat!

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Argh!

Duh !

www.marcmaronrules.blogspot.com

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

That's why I am not over on DU during this ... every other thread over there is about what some dumbass pundit has said.

I don't see any reason to listen to people that are out of touch with the real world.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Play/32209/2/DNC-Kucinich-Wakeup.mov...

Happe Talk

just a part of it

maggiesboy: ROFLMFAO!

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Bayer CropScience is facing scrutiny because of the effect one of its best-selling pesticides has had on honeybees.

A German prosecutor is investigating Werner Wenning, Bayer's chairman, and Friedrich Berschauer, the head of Bayer CropScience, after critics alleged that they knowingly polluted the environment.

The investigation was triggered by an Aug. 13 complaint filed by German beekeepers and consumer protection advocates, a Coalition against Bayer Dangers spokesman, Philipp Mimkes, said Monday.

The complaint is part of efforts by groups on both sides of the Atlantic to determine how much Bayer CropScience knows about the part that clothianidin may have played in the death of millions of honeybees.

Bayer CropScience, which has its U.S. headquarters in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, said field studies have shown that bees' exposure to the pesticide is minimal or nonexistent if the chemical is used properly.

Clothianidin and related pesticides generated about $1 billion of Bayer CropScience's $8.6 billion in global sales last year. The coalition is demanding that the company withdraw all of the pesticides.

"We're suspecting that Bayer submitted flawed studies to play down the risks of pesticide residues in treated plants," said Harro Schultze, the coalition's attorney.

"Bayer's ... management has to be called to account, since the risks ... have now been known for more than 10 years."

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the pesticide in 2003 under the condition that Bayer submit additional data. A lawsuit, which the environmental group filed Aug. 19 in federal court in Washington, accuses the EPA of hiding the honeybee data.

The group thinks the data might show what role chlothianidine played in the loss of millions of U.S. honeybee colonies.

Researchers have been puzzled by what is causing the bees to disappear at what is considered an alarming rate.

The phenomenon, known as colony collapse disorder, threatens a $15 billion portion of the U.S. food supply.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/256/story/50734.html

Where the hell did I put that parrot?

..that's pretty much how I pictured her in real life.

How long before she has Sam on her show? Let's start a raffle. I'll hold the $$. ;-)

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I love her...

my dog murphy is growling every time the convention applauds.

Happe Talk

Submitted by Kevin © on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 10:29pm.
...I don't see any reason to listen to people that are out of touch with the real world.
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Uh-oh.

Lol! That was the caption under Bill in the video...nice touch!

Damned sheeple.

A lesson on how consultants can make a difference in an organization.

Last week, we took some friends to a new restaurant, 'Steve's Place,' and noticed that the waiter who took our order carried a spoon in his shirt pocket.

It seemed a little strange.

When the busboy brought our water and utensils, I observed that he also had a spoon in his shirt pocket.
Then I looked around and saw that all the staff had spoons in their pockets.

When the waiter came back to serve our soup I inquired,

'Why the spoon?''

'Well, 'he explained, 'the restaurant's owner hired Andersen Consulting to revamp all of our processes.

After several months of analysis, they concluded that the spoon was the most frequently dropped utensil.

It represents a drop frequency of approximately 3 spoons per table per hour.

If our personnel are better prepared, we can reduce the number of trips back to the kitchen and save 15 man-hours per shift.'

As luck would have it, I dropped my spoon and he replaced it with his spare.

'I'll get another spoon next time I go to the kitchen instead of making an extra trip to get it right now.'

I was impressed.

I also noticed that there was a string hanging out of the waiter's fly.

Looking around, I saw that all of the waiters had the same string hanging from their flies.

So, before he walked off, I asked the waiter, 'Excuse me, but can you tell me why you have that string right there?'

'Oh, certainly!' Then he lowered his voice.

'Not everyone is so observant.

That consulting firm I mentioned also learned that we can save time in the restroom.

By tying this string to the tip of our you-know-what, we can pull it out without touching it and eliminate the need to wash our hands, shortening the time spent in the restroom by 76.39%.

I asked quietly, 'After you get it out, how do you put it back?'

'Well,' he whispered, 'I don't know about the others, but I use the spoon.'

..could take the south out of the equation for now. Ya think? Are there enough electoral votes out there to make a diff?

I could live with that.
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The Dem version of "Will it Float"

68 is not that old, she'll be in her political prime.

“If you’ve proven that you’re a doormat, you can pretty much expect to get stomped on"
Naomi Klein

WTH!

I was told I would see a PUMA stampede.

"Lets not bicker argue about who killed who..."

She looks like a pumpkin.

that's not very nice.

Hahahah ! :)

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

....Nahhhhhhh.
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Orange is a fall color isn't it? ;)

Atleast I am not calling her an ugly Jenna Elfmann

it seems like she has been practicing on her speech giving..

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

Pumpkins don't talk nearly so looong.

Now that was truly horrible.

...awesum

gotta check that.

they were little and green, kinda like Dennis, when the rabbit's started dining on them

McCain/Bush makes one wonder if they aren't closet cloning supporters.

"After the war, she retired to the family home in Auburn, New York, where she cared for her aging parents. She was active in the women's suffrage movement until illness overtook her and she had to be admitted to a home for elderly African-Americans she had helped open years earlier. After she died in 1913, she became an icon of American courage and freedom."

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

I might be wrong but,
new
Submitted by MMRules on Tue, 08/26/2008 - 11:01pm.

it seems like she has been practicing on her speech giving..

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I noticed that also.

>>"Bait is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."

I wonder about the polling methodology used on this survey,

from m experience Crank and pokes in the eye w/a sharp stick are roughly equal.

now if that wound gets infected..that gives the poke a slight edge...

8-8-9-9-8-9-8-9-9

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I'm sure the MSM will fuck it up but for now I'm happy with her words tonight.

>>kinda like Dennis, when the rabbit's started dining on them

OMG!!!

Denise Kucinich was eaten by a rabbit?

Where was is the MSN on this!?!

Maybe Jimmy Carter was right about rabbits all along!

Well she did what she was supposed to do.

Critics will still bitch about her speech ... and the media will still ask stupid questions.... Circle of Life .. 8-)

Don't you just feel silly?

...it prolly ain't so.
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And so ends another day of useless words of wisdom by the guy who always says
G'nite
G'bloggin'
G'people.

http://www.firesigntheatre.com/podcasting/

PTSD is not a laughing matter, no matter how many homes you try do fill

now all the clintonistas can relax and vote for Obama...because she told them so.
There is something so wrong with this notion that someone would actually believe in Clinton enough to vote for McCain...
How does that make any sense at all?

I love the videos Sammy...give us more, more, more...especially the monster truck one! But don't get yourself killed out there! Those guys are serious and they have guns!

Finally home for a couple of nights...

Melina
www.RIPCoco.com
www.BrilliantatBreakfast.blogspot.com
www.SweetJesusIHateChrisMatthews.blogspot.com

O.J. to Obama in ten years?

Yes, we can!

JUSTICE -- FBI EXPLAINS IMPROPER REQUEST FOR REPORTERS' RECORDS AS 'MISCOMMUNICATION': Earlier this month, the FBI revealed that in 2004, it improperly obtained the phone records of reporters from the New York Times and the Washington Post. "The records were apparently sought as part of a terrorism investigation, but the FBI did not explain what was being investigated or why the reporters' phone records were considered relevant," the Times reported. While the Justice Department "requires the approval of the deputy attorney general" before accessing reporters' records, no such approval was given. Today, the Washington Times reports that the FBI's general counsel, Valerie E. Caproni, said the records were obtained as a result of "miscommunication - not malevolence." Caproni said "her explanation was based on a preliminary review of e-mails sent among agents at the time." Mike German, who serves as policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said, "It's clear the FBI wants to minimize this as a mistake and not abuse." "The facts are, there was a ridiculous amount of misuse and abuse," he added. A forthcoming Inspector General report is expected to address the circumstances surrounding the incident; the case likely will be brought up on September 17, when FBI Director Robert Mueller who will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/aug/26/fbi-blames-phone-flap-on...

Sorry I called you 'Asshole'

You may have thought you were being funny.

Just scroll down to Patti Smith..

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3337

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

quite the day eh?

quite the day eh?

Laura Ingram just called into C-Span.."The so fake"lady..

I wouldn't put it passed her..What a Wack job !

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

That Sam Put On This Site Is great !

Ladies & Gentleman, I give you Little Mambo !

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

>>There is something so wrong with this notion that someone would actually believe in Clinton enough to vote for McCain...
How does that make any sense at all?

you seem to think this election is about Obama?

You seem to forget the Democratic party is, and always has, been about the Clintons!

I am ashamed the convention has deteriorated into some sort of pro-Obama sideshow.

If democrats can't wrap their heads around the fact the convention is about stroking Bill and Hillary's egos, McCain deserves to be president.

There's a McCain ad on the front page. Scared the shit outta me.

Fox News has announced that Clinton's speech was a "lukewarm, at best" endorsement of Obama. I'd like to hear the opinion of people who walk upright....

HaHa ! So True,Gypsy.. :)

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

Yep,

McCain looks well fed for a man just released from a POW Camp.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/va163saints/803092210/

>>You may have thought you were being funny.

I am talking about elevating the media portrayal/public perception of Black people.

No wonder you have a problem with it..?

>>I'd like to hear the opinion of people who walk upright....

let me check in the back, we may have one in stock. at worst we can order one for you. Should be here by Friday.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/26/open-thread-911/

I am sure 'Black people' thank you (edit)* for the insight.

Must have been a home run then. They still think Bush is a great president.

>>I am sure 'Black people' thank you.

well, I suppose you are one of those nice liberals who claims to have a `black friend'...

Btw: when was the last time you had a conversation with anyone not white?

maron v. seder 3pm

So you are race baiting me based on what?

nothing but your easily offended sensibilities.

and you really went out of your way to try to make this