Happy Labor Day

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its taken us off the issues and created multiple schisms on how it should be dealt with.

rove 1 world 0

what will help them..Neo-con Scum..

G'Morning Dan..

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

You can give help at:
www.michaelmoore.com

Where's Brownie ? ! ;)

Artificially inseminating some poor horse ?

Sorry,my bad..He would be just Stupervising that.. :)

Cause,he's a hell of a Stupervisor..Per..Bushtard..

Neko Case - Buckets Of Rain

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

Strummer Vaultee, "My Addiction"

This man from Oklahoma is one of my favorite performers in Second Life. I find his voice haunting.
I'm dancing in the audience somewhere.
:)

You made your way out of Second Life ! ;-)

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

Only to catch my breath and share some of the wonderful things I am finding.

Love,

P

The World Needs More SEDER!!!

so, does second life only work when you payz money to buy land and get stuff?

i tried it last year when the progressive convention was there (kos?) and played with it a few more times, but i just don't get it.

And I learned their scripting language, bought land, and made a couple of friends. The environment is flaky and would crash all the time. Not real expensive but it's like losing money to gamble.

dry and cozy and safe up here but worried sick about what might be going down down there

watching it on tv and on the computer, not the same as being there while it's happening....so i've been busy on the phone, talking to people, trying not to think about it and not really succeeding, other than when the kids demand attention with their preoccupations, being it need for a diaper change or reading a book or helping pick out a dress for the big event today the montessori kindergarten open house = such a big deal with louisa, she's very excited about it.....

not really much time leftover for me to worry about whether palin was the mother or the grandmother (eyeroll)

worrying about the few stragglers who didn't leave nola, i think there might be a few people i know in that group.... just very anxious until landfall happens and we get word of how high the surge, and where and the state of the levees....while i try to carry on a normal life here.....

the weather is gorgeous, sunny with a hint of fall in the air, yesterday at the farmer's market, the most amazing plaze in this small town, huge farmer's market, i stared and stared at the colors, flowers awsome colors, the best pizza produced on a stone wood oven on wheels, pottery and crafts, cuban food, mabrobiotic food, biological pig meat, cheese and somozas and falafels and coffee and lemonade stands but the pizza that came out that small mobile wood oven was the best i had in the usa in my thirty years in this country, that's something.....

Has Hillary Clinton made any statements on the Sarah Palin pick for VP????

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"This just made hunting bears, a whole lot more fun!!! Helicopter hunting permits, $100... hunting helpless drowning bears from the air, priceless!!!"

IT BREAKS MY HEART TO HEAR PEOPLE GUSHING OVER THIS LADY.....

its that whole love the fetus hate the child, guns not gays, barefoot and pregnant, worship thy husband thing. to paraphrase, its a neocon thing, you wouldn't understand.

Love. Love.

I blame GOD for not being able to drill in ANWR!!!!

If he had just made humans and not all those pesky animals who are soulless lunchmeat then we wouldn't need a wildlife refuge in Alaska!!!!

Sir Real..

where, Alice?

Ralph Radar,Ralph Radar,Ralph Radar..

;-)

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

of Sarah's pregnancy, I'm even more ticked off.

I understand that she loves her baby. But for every drop of love in her blood for him, she must equally hate Texas.

Why did She risk her son further to flee Texas and give birth to Trig in a tiny hospital in Alaska that had no preemie or downs care unit? I live in Texas. It's not THAT bad.

We have more prenatal care units in Austin than all of Alaska. How does she feel about Mississippi or South Carolina? Does she feel the same way too? Is she running to be the VP of America or Alaska?

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html

but then decided not to...

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Miss Snarky

Except for that darn Democracy Now! is blaring on the television.
Cops bustin' down doors in St. Paul & that darn Jeremy Scahill will not let up on those nice Blackwater folks. Above-the-law mercenaries need love, too. Why's Jeremy so hardcore?

of an InfoShop... and

I heard on Amy this morning that the cops are even grabbing miscellaneous items from people's homes to create the idea of terrrrrists with molitov cocktails and things...

I listened to DN today too...was glad they were live...

I just hoped it was weak enough to not cause much damage, life loss, and republican pandering, but that it appeared strong enough to screw up the Repug convention.....

I was just getting up to go to the bathroom, and heard the TV blaring.

But, Kelly watches Democracy Now! and GRITtv, religiously.

I don't think the government's fear tactics are going to work on these kids. They definitely are not working on me. Fear is just "faith in something negative" which strikes me as a highly illogical, useless viewpoint. IMHO :)

I'm now really getting into the power of imagination.

It was nice talking with you, Alice.

Hopefully, I'll wake up in a couple hours to the sound of soccer on Telemundo.

Not likely... :)

I'll see you around. I hope you have a nice day, Alice.
And, I hope everyone reading this has a nice day, too.

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Has anyone seen?????

Submitted by 13ben on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:43am.
Has Hillary Clinton made any statements on the Sarah Palin pick for VP????

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8/29/2008

Statement from Sen. Hillary Clinton on Sen. McCain's VP selection -

"We should all be proud of Governor Sarah Palin's historic nomination, and I congratulate her and Senator McCain. While their policies would take America in the wrong direction, Governor Palin will add an important new voice to the debate."

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Link:

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=7939

I just saw a reporter tied to a pole on CNN. Why do they do that to their reporters. Do they really need to be standing in the rain? How does that make sense?

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Conceived by America's labor unions as a testament to their cause, the legislation sanctioning the holiday was shepherded through Congress amid labor unrest and signed by President Grover Cleveland as a reluctant election-year compromise.

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The American Railway Union, led by a young Eugene V. Debs, came to the cause of the striking workers, and railroad workers across the nation boycotted trains carrying Pullman cars. Rioting, pillaging, and burning of railroad cars soon ensued; mobs of non-union workers joined in.

The strike instantly became a national issue. President Grover Cleveland, faced with nervous railroad executives and interrupted mail trains, declared the strike a federal crime and deployed 12,000 troops to break the strike. Violence erupted, and two men were killed when U.S. deputy marshals fired on protesters in Kensington, near Chicago, but the strike was doomed.

On August 3, 1894, the strike was declared over. Debs went to prison, his ARU was disbanded, and Pullman employees henceforth signed a pledge that they would never again unionize. Aside from the already existing American Federation of Labor and the various railroad brotherhoods, industrial workers' unions were effectively stamped out and remained so until the Great Depression.

It was not the last time Debs would find himself behind bars, either. Campaigning from his jail cell, Debs would later win almost a million votes for the Socialist ticket in the 1920 presidential race.

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it's perfect weather here today....let up in the heat...

Nite.

hey folks good morning
Submitted by mire on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:42am.
dry and cozy and safe up here but worried sick about what might be going down down there

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Good to hear that you are safe, mire.

p.s. Enjoy more pizza!

one of the barrier islands is under water too.

The surge is on. Primary power to the pumping units are down and they are operating on backup. Per CNN.

Thank you Star Vox, I had missed that comment this morning. Bout freaking time.

Haven't been able to receive or send on my Vonage land line for a couple weeks. Enjoyed the silence (the voicemail works fine), but I needed to make a call on that line to do some banking. While I had everything disconnected I gave mire a buzz. She told me she had just posted. So now we have one more thing to be happy about and one less worry.

She sounded just as busy as her post implies!

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Sarah Palin's baby is the love child of Ralph Nader.
You heard it hear first.

I knew that crazy coot was in bed with the Republicans.

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

A reporter,Michelle Kaminsky, MSNBC in Gulf Port could not stand in one place, sidestepping to keep her balance. As she was talking about debris blowing by. These reporters better be getting combat pay.

in nola...the next hour or two will bring in the surge.

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GOP scales back tomorrow’s convention plans.
Today, GOP officials “announced they would hold only essential party business required under its rules on Monday” at their convention in Minnesota. Party officials “have decided that Monday’s session will open at 3 p.m. Central time and probably end at 5 to 5:30 p.m. and will be limited to official business like adopting the platform and electing convention officers.” The New York Times reports on what the media will be doing:

The major television networks are pulling some of their top talent out of Minneapolis, promising to diminish, if not upend, coverage of the convention. Katie Couric will head to the Gulf Coast to open the “CBS Evening News” from there Monday night, instead of from the convention hall as planned. Charles Gibson of ABC News and Brian Williams of NBC News are expected to do the same.

“Nightline” on ABC will also broadcast from the storm area, as will CBS News, a sign that all of the major news programs will be focused on the hurricane zone rather than the convention floor adorned with Mr. McCain’s “country first message.” That will deprive him of the crucial perk of wide television coverage of his message that usually comes with a political convention.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) has also decided not to attend, although it is unrelated to the hurricane; he needs “to deal with a continuing stalemate in Sacramento over the state budget.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/31/gop-scales-back-tomorrows-convention...

Right, MM..because Ralph is just saturating the media...
Submitted by Alice on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:19am.
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Thought you were talking about us Bloggers..

Ya know..A Snark for a Snark.. :)

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

I was over in the other thread talking to myself!

How goes it?

I hope McCain doesn't get his surges mixed up today...when do we get to see him and Palin in rubber ponchos?

Glad to hear Mire is okay.

You are right. gbasin, about combat pay! I think that both CNN and MSNBC (don't know about Fox, don't watch) do this every hurricane and I think we all know that these storms are bad, but this 24 hour just hurricane while other things are happening around the world goes unreported.

you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

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you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

you're doing a heckuva a job brownie.

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Been there,done that.. :)

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

Both Biden and Palin strike me as quick witted. Biden may be able to think that he can rely on facts but Palin has legends on her side. She seems to have a constituency of "believers". I don't trust these people at all.

Her polling, even with people who are ideologically opposite of her is quite high. And you can't trust her nay-sayers either. Most of them are members with the Corrupt Bastards Club such as that Lyda Green lady.

of amphibious vehicles deployed in NOLA and Mississippi?

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Free Democracy

brett's neighborhood?

her is quite high.

really? i would think a majority of people would see her as a right wing wackjob.

Howard Wolfson: I Now Heart Obama
Former Hillary Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson has a new column in today's Washington Post, saying that Barack Obama's acceptance speech has converted him into an enthusiastic supporter: "In person, my attention undivided, I saw something of what so many others had seen for so long."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR200808...

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Poll: Race Remains Dead Even; Only A Third Of Women View Palin Favorably
By Greg Sargent - September 1, 2008, 9:30AM
Some interesting numbers in the new CNN poll:

* There was no convention bounce for Obama in this survey, which was taken Friday through Sunday; it found that the race remains dead even, with the Obama-Biden ticket at 49% versus 48% for McCain-Palin.

* And yet...Barack Obama's convention acceptance speech was a success: Sixty-four percent rated it excellent or good, higher than recent speeches. And a majority -- 51 percent -- said the convention made them more likely to pick him.

* Palin's numbers are mixed: Fifty-two percent say the Palin pick is excellent or pretty good; 46 percent rate it as fair or poor.

* But barely more than a third -- 36 percent -- of women view Sarah Palin favorably.

* And fifty percent say she's unqualified for the presidency, versus 45 percent who say she's prepared.

We'll bring you the internals when they're available.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/31/cnn-poll-obama-49-mccain...

top of the hour msnbc leads with the hurricane coverage. breaking news is that water is topping the walls at the nola industrial canal (don't know if thats specific or not). the nola pumps are working full time to remove water. a corp spokesman was quoted as saying they are prepared to move pumps in and help if they are asked. is this deja vu all over again?

Preemptive police raid on RNC protesters leads to investigation
By Andrew McLemore

The Minnesota Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild is seeking a judicial review into six activists arrested during a police raid on a group organizing protests against the Republican National Convention, The Minnesota Independent reported Sunday.

A representative of the National Lawyers Guild said the police officers are simply trying to prevent the activists from their right to protest as no charges or official complaints have been filed.

“If they have evidence of a criminal act, then they should charge them,” he says. “And if they can charge [my client, Monica Bicking] with a complaint, then we will go defend that in court. But right now they are just holding them. You can’t just hold [Bicking] to prevent her from exercising her free speech.”

The activists were arrested when the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department stormed a rented meeting place of the RNC Welcoming Committee, a self-described “anarchist/anti-authoritarian” group, in St. Paul, Minnesota Friday night, CNN reported.

As many as 30 police officers entered the building with guns drawn, temporarily detaining and photographing at least 50 people.

St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said the men acted under a search warrant, but said “the cause for the search warrant is not public at this time.”

Although no one in the building has been charged with anything, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher issued a press release which called those in the building “criminal anarchists” and listed materials for bombs and hazardous materials police found in the building, including “assorted edged weapons”, “wrist rockets”, “large amounts of urine” and many others.

A statement from the group maintains that the meeting place “is not used for illegal actions” and that members were “watching films and sharing food” when police raided the building.

St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman defended the actions of the county sheriff’s department as necessary to keep other protesters of the Republican National Convention safe.

“We are making sure that people here to legitimately protest have the right to do that, but people engaging in criminal activity are not going to be able to do that,” Coleman said.
More at link

http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1792

I'm sure she can hold her own and they will milk the identity politics angle for all they're worth. I know the righties love her, but there is a strong opposition, as well and I'm all for making it stronger. WE need to be on the offensive and I like what I am seeing. Palin is being attacked from all sides and on a number of fronts. To me this shows that Progressives are fighting and that they are not sitting on their hands while the republicans shove another bad candidate their throats. And an imporperly vetted one, at that!

As far as I can tell there is plenty of talk about the issues still and criticizing McCain for his reckless choice is VERY important. If not, then we would be executing the same tired and spineless Dem plays of letting the Republicans set the dialogue and not beat up on their candidates.

Let me give you another fair criticism of Palin's choice to fly back to Alaska after her water had broken. The operative word there is "choice".

Is she saying she made a reproductive decision there?

Is she saying this is between a woman and her doctor?

This baby thing is a non-issue compared with sooo many other way more important things, we know that. But the war against the Republicans has to be fought on many fronts and this is just another one. I don't care about the daughter rumor. I care that this was a reckless decision, which is relevant on many levels and, furthermore, involving reproductive rights and that the woman in question is a fierce opponent of reproductive choice. As far as I can tell, she's against contraception, too, and I want those questions out there. If The MSM won't do it, we have to.

I'm not afraid of Karl Rove...I'm way smarter than he is.

NYT: Hillary Could Be Dems' Best Weapon Against Palin
The New York Times reports that Hillary Clinton could see an increased role on the trail in courting women voters for Barack Obama, in light of the McCain campaign's play for them in selecting Sarah Palin. Senior Clinton adviser Ann Lewis said some women voters may be giving McCain a second look now, but Hillary could reach them: "These voters see Hillary as someone who fought and rose to challenges with persistence, and who spoke in real ways to their lives."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/us/politics/01clinton.html?partner=rss...

USA Today: Yes, Palin Backed Bridge To Nowhere
The mainstream media is catching on to Sarah Palin's double-talk on federal earmarks and the infamous Bridge to Nowhere, with USA Today laying out her past support of it as well as other costly Alaska earmarks. On top of her support for the bridge, her town of Wasilla was also one of only six incorporated municipalities in Alaska to hire a federal lobbyist specifically for the purposes of obtaining earmarks.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-08-31-palin-brid...

McCain 44%

Gallup Daily
VIRGO
August 29, 1936

The spirit of co-operation could be revived - if only you could get certain work colleagues to concentrate on the job in hand. Contact with the healing profession is likely - you might also make good friends with someone who's about to be given a double work-load but might not yet have realised what they've agreed to. Calming someone whose nerves are shattered might also be necessary.
39.3% chance of winning

Obama 45%

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LEO
August 4, 1961

The way that others process information could be a source of amusement - yet you might instinctively know that it's better not to laugh. In reaching a decision, you may need to sift through options slowly - and might not even arrive at a conclusion until tomorrow. A tax bill or arrangement to place a deposit could involve you with extra paper-work or phone calls to a bank.

60.3% chance of winning

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As Hurricane Gustav neared Louisiana's coast Monday morning, forecasters warned the storm could stall over Louisiana and northeast Texas for several days, which would "exacerbate the threat of heavy rains and inland flooding"

I lived in Nacogdoches, Texas, very briefly in 1971 while in High School. I got in trouble for the terrible crime & audaciousness of sitting on the wrong side of the segregated bleachers while having long hair. Had to get of of town soon after. Hope that everyone gets through this storm safely, Fernando stay dry!

The last frontier. Still in the 19th century. Much of Alaska is still a wilderness.

How can someone running a frontier state, many thinking in old ways, run the rest of the United States?

Sorry but the rest of the U.S. is far ahead of them in many ways. How would Palin know about inner city problems or industrial losses in the mid west or farming problems? Alaska dosn't have many of those problems and if they do, it's minor there.

You just cannot compare her knowledge after less than 2 years running Alaska with what Obama knows after 2 years of traveling this country from state to state, talking to people about the problems of the U.S.

And add lack of foreign policy experience to that and she's a complete zero in experience!

is that it creates a craving for more speeches. its like being given a morsel of food after having been starved for eight years.

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in some of the western states. Idaho, Montano, Wyoming, etc.

The change of last century thinking is creeping into these states. You can see it in Montana who voted for a Dem Governor. Things are changing out west. Just not fast enough. Change comes hard.

It's raining cats and dogs here! Wind blowing like crazy, and just finished dumping buckets of hail. Effin' crazy weather for two days now! Trees downed in my neighborhood too...

So, I'm listening to NPR top of the hour news, and Carl Castle says this... yes I'm paraphrasing:

John McCain told NBC that due to hurricane Gustav, Republicans would "scale back the politics at the convention," but, that he may end up addressing the convention via sattellite from the gulf coast.

Excuse me? How is that NOT making Gustav MORE political?!

This asshats are trying so desperately to make up for Katrina. I hope no one buys into this crap.

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Storm politics present risks and rewards
Failings of Bush presidency recalled just as McCain's big moment arrives

She can only speak in anecdotes. Biden has the ability to speak in facts.

Any mother with children and a lick of sense will see the difference.

Men won't give a shit, she has the look of a librarian in a classy porno flick, they're lost regardless of what she does.

A journalist with a minor in PoliSci and a dream of being a sportscaster is way out of her league. She might make a great rightwing talk show host, but she's not presidential timber. Though she can chop down a tree and turn it into hockey sticks!

I just [wish] their debate was soon, before she has a chance to get her talking points memorized.

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Finally got my Vonage phone fixed after being on my cell for an hour with Matthew...........Singh.
Nice guy. I told him to rebel and use his real name. He giggled.
Port 1 was totally blown on my adapter.

Talking from the campaign trail

But, she lives in a state next to Russia, toniDeee.

That's all there is to it.

She's obviously a foreign policy natural!

Jeebus... oh, to be simple-minded. Must make life in this complex world sooo much easier, lol.

Caught it too late. sorry

Any web-sites that anyone knows about??

Good Labor Day to everyone.. hope your all
having a great one.

perfect

You live in a western state so who better to tell us about the thinking of the people there. 19th century?

another generation of neocon rule and it will be a gift we all are blessed with. mommy, tell me the part again how jeebus loved the dinosaurs...

most people don't care who governs what. The truth is that she has all of the experience that George Bush had. Texas Governors don't have power to decide anything. It's a figure head position. The Lieutenant Governor has all the power. She is a typical unqualified Republican candidate who is stupid and careless enough to take her fetus on an 8+ hr flight when it's ready to be born. We shouldn't be surprised.

gbasin - I had no idea you lived in Nacadocious. I'm sorry to hear that. I nearly killed a drunk driver when I lived there one year. And if I could have pulled his punk ass out of his Cadillac, I would have. Idiot pulled out right in front of me as I was driving down the highway at highway speeds and put me into a spin to avoid him. I was so pissed off I raced to catch him, pulled in front and commenced major road rage on him. I was wearing boots that night and busted every panel of that piece of shit he was driving with my heels. Ignorant ass fools both of us at that point.

VP pick Sarah Palin and the Alaska Independence Party

In spite of the rethug efforts to delete Sarah Palin's history, particularly between 2004 and 2006, we found a real gem on you tube this evening.

The clips show the connection between Sarah Palin and the Alaska Independence Party.

The AIP’s main aim is to secede from the United States, becoming either a territory or a sovereign nation. They aim to be entirely "self-sufficient" using profits from the oil and gas resources of the state.

Laura Bush and Cindy McCain Added to Monday RNCC Agenda
In a conference call with reporters just now, RNC officials announced some additions to today's abbreviated convention schedule.

First Lady Laura Bush will introduce a video of the various Gulf Coast state governors (all Republicans, I believe) this afternoon and Cindy McCain will also address delegates, urging support for hurricane victims. Their portion of the program is expected to begin shortly before 6 ET.

"We will try not to overly politicize it," McCain campaign manager Rick Davis Davis said on the call, referring to the additions of Bush and McCain to today's agenda.

Today's events had already been largely canceled, except for necessary party business which has been condensed into a two-hour session this afternoon that was intended to be devoid of political speech-making and the other usual convention pomp and circumstance.

Late Update: On the call Davis suggested that no decision will be made on Tuesday's schedule until Tuesday morning once the impact of Gustav can begin to be assessed.

As the conference call wrapped up, Davis appeared to play down the chances of McCain making his acceptance speech from the Gulf Coast or anywhere else other than St. Paul.

--David Kurtz

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/212027.php

Storm reporters standing, or trying to stand, outdoors in a storm's wind is an asinine gimmick, in my opinion, for the following reason.

When the sustained or gusting wind speeds reach a certain point, it is not possible to look into the wind and see. It is only possible to turn one's back to the wind and see in a 180 degree arc at best.

Debris traveling at, say, 50 mph can injure or kill a person and that person will never see it coming.

On the other hand, the videotape would be on the You Tube Greatest Hits list...so to speak.

2 of the kitties we raised last fall for about 2 months.
There mom is a young single mom who bought a
townhome & needed to do a lot of work in it. Her
son has a zillion allergies & she needed to get mold &
other things out of the home. so to say the least
we are a little sad to see them go. Lie-la & Chino
are there names, you talk about personalities -
they have 2 of the best. I think we did a great job
on raising them. (If I do say so myself)
Some of you know about Scruffy the feral momma cat
who we had a hell of a time catching to spay her.
Well these kittens are from her second to last litter.
Anywho it is sad to see them go. :(

Obama deals gently with Palin on equal pay issue

Obama's 1 gripe about Palin: She is McCain's pick

CHARLES BABINGTON
AP News

Sep 01, 2008 04:53 EST

Barack Obama seems to have only one problem with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican candidate for vice president: She holds the same positions as John McCain, the GOP presidential candidate who tapped her.

That may seem like a "well, duh" observation on his part, but Obama has tiptoed carefully around Palin as he tries to attract female voters. So far he has criticized her only for her ties to McCain.

On Sunday, the Democratic nominee seemed eager to blunt Palin's possible appeal to undecided women, but again, indirectly.

"We're going to make sure that equal pay for equal work is a reality in this country," Obama said at an economic forum in Toledo, Ohio, a battleground state this fall. Alluding to Palin without saying her name, he told about 200 people sitting on a sun-drenched office rooftop that she "seems like a very engaging person, nice person. But I've got to say, she's opposed, like John McCain is, to equal pay for equal work. That doesn't make much sense to me."

Obama, sharing the stage with running mate Joe Biden, has often criticized McCain's stand on a failed Senate bill called the Fair Pay Restoration Act. It essentially would have reversed a 5-4 Supreme Court decision holding that a woman had only 180 days to formally complain that she was paid less than male colleagues for the same work.

Obama, who co-sponsored the bill, says such barriers should be eased.

McCain missed the Senate vote, but said at the time: "I am all in favor of pay equity for women. But this kind of legislation ... opens us up to lawsuits for all kinds of problems."

Some of Obama's supporters and spokesmen have been less gentle with Palin, noting that she has been governor only two years and has little if any foreign policy experience.

Obama, who attended church Sunday in Lima, Ohio, promised to bring jobs to hard-pressed sections of the state.

"We're going to invest $15 billion a year in making highly efficient cars of the future right here in Ohio, right here in America," he said to loud cheers. He promised to help create plants to produce "windmills and solar panels and biofuels, right here in Ohio, creating millions of jobs that can't be exported."

He and Biden, who jumped in a few times to help answer questions from the audience, said they would pay for their initiatives partly by ending some of the Bush administration's tax cuts for high earners.

Later Sunday, during a rally with Biden at a minor-league ballpark in Battle Creek, Mich., Obama said, "I'm tired of reading about 10,000 jobs leaving and 20,000 jobs leaving ... and no one thinking about what we can do about job creation."

The McCain campaign said Sunday that the presidential candidate and Palin support equal pay for women even though they do not think the 180-day limit for filing complaints should be changed.

Source: AP News

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2008/09/obama_deals_gently_with_palin....

starting to breach..... Now the port is flooding...

This hurricane is not hitting NOLA and the Lower 9th is breaching. Connect the dots CNN....

for being on a completely different topic.

lived in Mid-City N.O.

yes, it was great today -- morning all

... UPDATE: no luck. NOLA.com has a few cams full of water but no zoo cams.

historical reminder: the US Congress was so afraid of having a truly international holiday (May 1) they moved it to September in the US

Obama to Enlist Supporters for Gustav Aid
By Jeff Zeleny
Updated TOLEDO, Ohio – Senator Barack Obama said Sunday that his campaign would mobilize its giant e-mail list of supporters – to volunteer or send contributions – as soon as the impact of Hurricane Gustav becomes known in the Gulf Coast.

“We can activate an e-mail list of a couple million people who want to give back,” Mr. Obama told reporters after leaving services at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Lima. “I think we can get tons of volunteers to travel down there if it becomes necessary.”

Mr. Obama has made no plans to travel to the Gulf Coast, saying he does not want to get in the way of emergency efforts there, but he has spoken by telephone to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin.

Mr. Obama conducted telephone interviews with four TV stations and a news-talk radio station in New Orleans, aides said, amplifying the warning for any remaining residents to follow the evacuation order and leave the city.

Asked whether he believed it was appropriate for Senator John McCain to travel to the Gulf Coast, Mr. Obama said: “A big storm like this raises bipartisan concerns and I think for John to want to find out what’s going on is fine.” (President Bush and Vice President Cheney have canceled their Monday night appearances at the convention.)

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/obama-to-enlists-supporter...

Chubbs is right

Japanese prime minister resigns

The Associated Press
Published: September 1, 2008

TOKYO: Japan's chronically unpopular prime minister suddenly announced his resignation after less than a year in office Monday, throwing the world's second-largest economy into political confusion.

Yasuo Fukuda, in a hastily arranged evening news conference, said he was stepping down to avoid a "vacuum" as the deeply troubled government heads into a special session in the politically split parliament.

The 72-year-old leader made the announcement just days after unveiling $18 billion in spending to shore up the flagging economy. Growth has stalled amid anemic consumer spending and rising fuel and food prices.

"I felt that we must particularly stress the importance of the economy," Fukuda said in the nationally televised address. "If it will help even a little bit to make the parliamentary session go smoother, I decided that it might be better for someone other than me to lead."

Fukuda, whose father also served as prime minister, suffered from persistently low approval ratings as he presided over a parliament split between the ruling party and the opposition. One poll published Monday showed support at 29 percent, down sharply over the past month.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/01/news/Japan-Politics.php

I tried google-ing it & came up with squawt.

Meantime, people are still living in tents from Katrina,,,
there's $5 million just sitting there that they will just let sit there. La. will say they don't need the money, which will enable them to take over NO by eminent domain...

Well, I'd say it's a bit more complex than that, toni...

I see SLC as a progressive city, what with local elected officials mostly having progressive resumes. We had Rocky Anderson as mayor for two terms. The city proper loved him, everyone outside the city HATED him. We are seeing similar attitudes towards Becker, our current mayor.

Then move up to the state wide legislature and it's a different story. We are a "special" case, and that's because religion trumps politics. Everyone knows "the church" controls the legislature here.

And then nationally, yes, you see nothing but old school ideology and politics. People here call that independent. But our reps in Congress are anything but independent. They just tow the party line. We do have Matheson, but, being that he's a Blue Dog, he ain't much different from a Republican.

But it's funny sometimes, and granted it's because I live in SLC's downtown area, you even mention the name Orrin Hatch and most people start to gag.

But, literally head 20 minutes north or south and you are in a different world from SLC. Utah county is like the twilight zone to me. I can't stand going thru there.

But ultimately I can sum up the attitude of most Utahns outside SLC this way: they are two kinds of people, the ones that hate you to your face and the ones who hate you behind your back.

I don't have to modify most of my dietary habits!

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1318541.aspx

From NBC's Mark Murray/September 01, 2008 11:58 AM
Reuters: "The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said. 'We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,' the Palins' statement said. 'Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,' the Palins said."

h/t to Balloon Juice (comments)
John Cole Says:
Excellent. Another victory for abstinence only and family values.

McCain says he supports minimum wage after voting against it 19 times
By Andrew McLemore

Sen. John McCain said he supports raising minimum wage on Fox News Sunday with host Chris Wallace as he admits voting against it at least 17 times.

Wallace asked McCain about his voting record on minimum wage after Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden used it to criticize the candidate during a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Wallace eventually corrected his original question by informing McCain that the senator had actually voted 19 times to keep wages at the current level, to which McCain responded, “Well, or 29 or 49, whatever it is.”

“The point is I voted to keep taxes low,” McCain said, who went on to blame Obama for voting to raise taxes.

When Wallace pressured McCain again on the question, the senator argued that he only voted no to wage increases to prevent unrelated spending packaged with the bill.

“I’m for the minimum wage increases when they are not attached to other big-spending pork barrel. The practice in Washington is attach a good thing to a bad thing. And that way, then you have to vote yes or no,” McCain said. “When I’m president, I’m going to veto every bill that doesn’t have straight up or down votes on the issues that are important to the American people. … The fact is that I am for a living wage for all Americans.”

Apparently, McCain doesn’t think unrelated spending includes funding the Iraq war because the senator did vote for minimum wage increases in May 2007 as part of a $120 billion war spending bill quickly passed by the Senate and signed by President Bush.

PolitiFact.com, a Web site devoted to fact-checking for the presidential campaign, found Biden’s accusation that McCain has voted against raising minimum wage 19 times to be accurate, though not all were pure votes on that issue.

However, the site points out that McCain did vote for raising minimum wage in 2007 from $5.15 to $7.25 as part of a bill that also gave tax breaks to businesses to soften the blow of the wage increase.

http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1787

Video at link

No it's not that she lied about earmarks and the Bridge to Nowhere ..... her 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant.

This is why I don't watch Network News.

Any idiot in the press that talks about a "silver lining" for the GOP because there was a Cat 2 hurricane is just as guilty of politicizing disaster as the Bush Administration was at politicizing 9/11. So let's stop regurgitating GOP talking points and be clear:

a hurricane hitting the U.S. is a disaster, not an opportunity.

having a convention disrupted is not good for McCain. He needs the audience to sell his unvetted VP pick and set the narrative well before the press and the Democrats do it for him. He's lost precious time.

his first choice for VP, Joe Lieberman, stonewalled Katrina post-evaluation on his Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

reminding people of Katrina is not good for McCain. See video.

Gustav is not a do-over. Having a more professional response now is neither good nor bad for McCain. He is not in charge of FEMA (coordination, not asset provider), or the Defense Department (heavily involved in the response) and has no role whatsoever in the hurricane response.

candidates have no business in a disaster area. Period. They not only get in the way, it looks like the stunt it really is.

Why is the press abandoning logic and common sense? Because they feel guilty about not gushing over the GOP convention. Well, it was disrupted by a hurricane, and the grown-ups have work to do. Karma's a bitch.

"Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said. 'We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,' the Palins' statement said. 'Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,' the Palins said."

I thought repub kids don't have sex. Abstinance.

I wonder how the repubs will spin this?

so we were prescient? The Palin's condone of premarital sex and pot smoking? They must be the Libertarian type of Republican.

http://www.samsedershow.com/comment/reply/3683#comment-form

Are you kidding. Rules are for other people. We can't even bring up Mary Cheney or her organ donor child...

Federal government involved in raids on protesters
(update below)

As the police attacks on protesters in Minnesota continue -- see this video of the police swarming a bus transporting members of Earth Justice, seizing the bus and leaving the group members stranded on the side of the highway -- it appears increasingly clear that it is the Federal Government that is directing this intimidation campaign. Minnesota Public Radio reported yesterday that "the searches were led by the Ramsey County Sheriff's office. Deputies coordinated searches with the Minneapolis and St. Paul police departments and the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Today's Star Tribune added that the raids were specifically "aided by informants planted in protest groups." Back in May, Marcy Wheeler presciently noted that the Minneapolis Joint Terrorist Task Force -- an inter-agency group of federal, state and local law enforcement led by the FBI -- was actively recruiting Minneapolis residents to serve as plants, to infiltrate "vegan groups" and other left-wing activist groups and report back to the Task Force about what they were doing. There seems to be little doubt that it was this domestic spying by the Federal Government that led to the excessive and truly despicable home assaults by the police yesterday.

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/31/raids/index.html

UPDATE: A Professor at the University of Minnesota who lives in the neighborhood where one of the homes was raided yesterday sent photographs he took which rather conclusively demonstrate federal involvement in these raids:

And Feministing has the video -- here -- of the scene yesterday where journalists were detained, along with an interview with the homeowner whose house was raided.

http://www.feministing.com/archives/010742.html

Reporting From Where No One In His Right Mind Would Be
Submitted by Crank Bait on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:56am.

Storm reporters standing, or trying to stand, outdoors in a storm's wind is an asinine gimmick, in my opinion, for the following reason.

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I think that is one of the dumbest reporting skits they do ..... I wish a flying sheet of plywood would take one out.

How sexist. Notice they only stand up men in hurricanes?

The scariest terrorists of them all: Vegans.
Sheesh!

Sarah Palin Loves Washington "Earmarks" supported Ketchikan ‘bridge to nowhere’ during 2006 race for Alaska governor

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

With another hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast, the so-called “bridge to nowhere,” championed by Alaska’s Congressional delegation on behalf of the people of Ketchikan, just won’t go away.

Three years ago, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the plan to spend hundreds of millions to connect Ketchikan with its airport on Gravina Island became a national symbol of Congressional excess, much to the dismay of Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young.

Sen. John McCain has made it a habit to ridicule the bridge project during his presidential campaign.

McCain has promised to veto any bill sent to him by Congress with any earmarks. In July, the Associated Press reported that McCain wants to cut all earmarks and billions more to “punish lawmakers for past earmarks,” the AP said.

Stevens and Young have long argued that earmarks have been essential to the Alaska economy, funding everything from the Denali Commission to the Alaska Volcano Observatory.

In her introductory speech Friday as McCain’s running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin picked up on the Ketchikan bridge that was never built as a symbol of bad federal policy.

“I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress,” Palin said at her first campaign appearance. “In fact, I told Congress — I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that bridge to nowhere. If our state wanted a bridge, I said we’d build it ourselves.”

That is not how Palin described her position on the Gravina Island bridge when she ran for governor in 2006.

On Oct. 22, 2006, the Anchorage Daily News asked Palin and the other candidates, “Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?”

Her response: “Yes. I would like to see Alaska’s infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now — while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.”

Palin’s support of the earmark for the bridge was applauded by the late Lew Williams Jr., the retired Ketchikan Daily News publisher who wrote columns on the topic.

Williams wrote on Oct. 29, 2006, that Palin was the only gubernatorial candidate that year who consistently supported the Gravina Island Bridge, the Knik Arm Bridge and improvements to the Parks Highway.

Two months earlier, while campaigning in Ketchikan, Palin made a positive reference to the bridge, while also joking, as a resident of the Mat-Su Valley, about Sen. Ben Stevens’ slap at Mat-Su residents as “Valley trash.”

“OK, you’ve got Valley trash standing in the middle of nowhere,” Palin said on a stop in Ketchikan, a quote reprinted in the Juneau Empire Friday. “I think we’re going to make a good team as we progress that bridge project.”

A year later, she issued a news release as governor saying Ketchikan needed better airport access, but a $398 million bridge was not going to happen.

“Despite the work of our congressional delegation, we are about $329 million short of full funding for the bridge project and it’s clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,” Palin said on Sept. 21, 2007.

The money was not sent back to the federal government, but spent on other projects.

That was hardly “Thanks but no thanks.”

In his statement announcing Palin as his running mate Friday, McCain said, “She put a stop to the “bridge to nowhere” that would have cost taxpayers $400 million.”

One of the immediate related questions for Alaska is whether Palin plans to change her position and accept McCain’s view that earmarks should be abolished and that any bill containing them should be vetoed.

This is significant because the state, along with dozens of local governments and nonprofit groups across Alaska, routinely asks Congress to fund everything from new buildings to docks and road work. The Alaska Railroad alone asked for about $80 million this year, while Nome wanted $13 million for wind generation, North Pole asked for nearly $7 million and the Fairbanks North Star Borough asked for about $25 million.

McCain has made his position clear.

“I will veto every bill with earmarks until the Congress stops sending bills with earmarks on them. I will keep vetoing. I will make them famous. You will know their names, ” McCain said in a speech on April 15, according to video on his Web site. He also said, “I have a clear record of not asking for a single earmark for my state.”

Alaska has a clear record of seeking earmarks.

In March, Palin’s Washington, D.C., representative, John Katz, wrote a defense of earmarks, published in the Juneau Empire in which he said the state is cutting back on its wish list.

The Palin administration requested 31 earmarks this year totaling $200 million and “we are not abandoning earmarks altogether,” Katz said, as they are a “legitimate exercise of Congress’ constitutional power to amend the budget proposed by the president.”

I've seen Vegans chop the heads off of Arugula. Why do terrorists always take the head off? Sometimes they bury their victims in the ground and just lob it off. Caution: graphic torture image.

But I thought this happened only to Dem kids!
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 12:24pm.
...I wonder how the repubs will spin this?
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I know how Bait will spin this and I should be ashamed of myself. Sing along, toniD. You know the ol' tune by the Dovells:

The kids in Bristol are sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp
(Whoa, oh, oh)
Really somethin when they join in jumpin
When they do the Bristol Stomp

On all day C-SPAN 3

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

Kinda like Big Foot .... I don't think they really exist.

8-)

yes, that's right - the rethugs are crassly exploiting Gustav (now we learned - - not) and a female veep candidate.

does it have a drive-thru fer huntin' licenses and packaged goods?

My second wife was a Vegan. They are real.

And they will bury you and take your head if they get a chance.

Nasty Crank! But I do remember it :)

This is the most insane campaign ever!

The MSM either still hasn't caught on or are sitting in their meeting rooms wondering how to address this.

The casualties of the family values crowd.

to Texas per Rick Perry on CNN with George Bush now.

I hope none of them are late stage pregnant women. Wouldn't want to force them to give birth in our clearly unfit state. I'm glad Sarah pointed that out for everyone so they know how inept we are. We don't really need any of her kind coming here anyway.

Rick looked like he was sitting on some large vibrating device. Very uncomfortable....

to the phrase "Shotgun Wedding" I wonder what a moose gun looks like.

BWONK!

Yesterday I posted that the Christian Broadcasting Network had removed all article pertaining to Palin. So had James Dobson's, Focus on the Family. Tony Perkin's, Research Council's site will not even come up. I wonder why? Gary Bauer's, American Values, nothing! Perhaps this is due to his own adultery. I also checked the Trinity Broadcasting Network. Again nothing! Saddleback? Nothing!

I can only think of one response to this:

Muh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Submitted by bibimimi on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 12:48pm.
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Corndoggery? You're too funny Bibi.

here:

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3683#comment-248896

not a new thread

I thought it was an new thread. Never mind. stay here!

Very glad to hear that you are safe.

Reason two for logging on was to hear more about the raids. Had to read the four yesterday threads to find so now have to read what's here later. Thanks for posting it.

Hey Miz Cleo: Thanks for posting the Kathy Sample too--LMFAO (unfortunately not literally).

Secessionist Sarah Palin and the Secessionist Alaska Independence Party

She was for Alaska Secession from the USA before she was Against it ... or is she against it, she doesn't say.

In the first clip we see Palin address the AIP convention earlier this year:

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

This next clip is the 1st of 2 parts from the convention itself. About half way through the speech(at 6:00), the Vice Chairman of the AIP, Dexter Clark, says this of Palin: "Our current governor who I mentioned at the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected . . . .and there was a lot of talk about her moving up. She was an AIP member before she got the job as mayor . . . "

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHFY1otOWjQ

This last clip is a continuation of the speech from Dexter Clark, the Vice Chairman from the AIP. In it, he talks about the necessity of infiltrating the major national parties in order to further the goals of the AIP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9RDjKN8t4w

The AIP’s main aim is to secede from the United States, becoming either a territory or a sovereign nation. They aim to be entirely "self-sufficient" using profits from the oil and gas resources of the state. The AIP Website

Governor Palin’s connections with the AIP are also furthered by her connection to Wally Hickel, a former Alaskan governor. Hickel was elected on the AIP ticket. He served as the co-chairman of Governor Palin’s campaign in 2006. Interview Hickel did with the Alaska Dispatch

Doocy: Anyone who can raise 5 kids can be vice-president
By Muriel Kane

During a discussion on Fox & Friends Monday about how Sarah Palin might energize the Republican base, host Steve Doocy began by citing her “lifelong” NRA membership and her husband’s membership in a union.

“Plus she’s a mother of five,” Doocy went on. “And we were out at the state fair and somebody said, ‘Look, any person who can help raise five children … certainly could be vice-president of the United States.’ They said being a mom is tougher than being vice-president.”

Doocy gained notice last Friday for suggesting last Friday that Palin “does know about international relations because she is right up there in Alaska right next door to Russia.”

This remark led Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart to call Doocy a “moron.” However, conservative journalist Michael Barone made the same argument in his blog at U.S. News, writing that “Alaska is the only state with a border with Russia. And it is the only state with territory, in the Aleutian Islands, occupied by the enemy in World War II.”

Now even Cindy McCain has adopted the Doocy position. When ABC’s George Stephanopoulos asked her on Sunday about Palin’s national security experience, she replied in all seriousness. “[R]emember, Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia. It’s not as if she doesn’t understand what’s at stake here.”

This video is from Fox’s Fox & Friends, broadcast September 1, 2008.

http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1794

It's clever...we'll see how dumb the public is if they let that one go.

"McCain adviser Mark Salter said the campaign announced the daughter's pregnancy to rebut those rumors.

Senior McCain advisers said the Arizona senator and his top aides had known about Bristol's pregnancy before offering Palin the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.

"Senator McCain's view is this is a private family matter. As parents, (the Palins) love their daughter unconditionally and are going to support their daughter," said McCain spokesman Steve Schmidt.

Said Schmidt: "Life happens."

Better late than never..Sorry.. :)

Just bouncing around the internets too much this morning..

More coffee,please.. ;)

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

I'll have what she's having.. ;)

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

I had to eat a crustacean and buy this cookbook to get off the no-fly list.

Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 1:12pm.
Senior McCain advisers said the Arizona senator and his top aides had known about Bristol's pregnancy before offering Palin the No. 2 spot on the GOP ticket.

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Sure they did.

Kasey Chambers - Not Pretty Enough
To be a VP Nominee ?

More,
http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3337#comment-248916

My Friends,The Oasis Part Quad...
Did I say,My Friends ?

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

By: Christy Hardin Smith

Monday September 1, 2008 7:03 am

Is it me, or is a statewide tip line being set up for calls and information about potential abuse of power allegations, with Sarah Palin and members of her staff and her husband caught telling big, fat lies about their involvement in "abuse of power" allegations in the midst of a family custody wrangle a fairly big deal when you are looking at a running mate? Or where there are allegations of a wrongful firing to spite the man who wouldn't fire her former brother-in-law?

Doesn't this all sound like an episode of Dr. Phil gone wild rather than a presidential campaign?

Whatever the personal angle in all of this, the public interest question ought to be asked whether or not Palin was using the power of her office to settle a personal score, and whether said actions constituted a misuse of public funds, resources or otherwise distracted from the duties of her office and those of her employees involved in the ensuing mess.

Isn't this about as basic a vetting question as you get in a Veep selection process?

http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/01/mccain-palin-sloppy-to-no-vetting-how-...

Three And Counting

I posted this story: John McCain running mate Sarah Palin misled Republican supporters.

Getting on there is a Labor Day Miracle .... I will take the rest of the day off ..... see ya later blog 8-)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

Report Card: Workers worse off on pay, employment
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 7:08 a.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- This Labor Day finds workers in worse shape than they've been in years, according to a scorecard released Monday by Rutgers University.

In its first national labor scorecard, the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations said more than 10 percent of Americans are unemployed, discouraged from seeking work or underemployed. That is a nearly 25-percent increase from one year earlier.

Professor Douglas Kruse, a labor economist who created the scorecard, said a sharp decline in the number of Americans able to find full-time jobs, along with growing consumer debt and health care costs, were causes for concern.

''But there are some bright spots long term,'' Kruse said, including improvements in workplace safety, a small but growing percentage of employers offering support for childcare and employee wellness programs, and more Americans who are completely satisfied with their jobs.

Meanwhile, the Labor Department last week said the number of people signing up for jobless benefits declined for the third straight period, but remained above 400,000 -- an indicator of a slowing economy.

The Rutgers labor scorecard offered other sobering findings:

-- About 530,000 were subject to mass layoffs in the last year, growth of nearly 5 percent, but a lower rate than five and 10 years ago.

-- The median weekly earnings for American workers have not grown in real terms over the last eight years.

-- At $6.55, the federal minimum wage is worth 40 cents less per hour, in inflation-adjusted dollars, than it was a decade ago.

-- While employer-assisted childcare and employee wellness programs have grown quickly over the last decade, they still cover less than one quarter of American workers.

-- Roughly 4 percent of the workforce wants to work full-time, but is working part time because they can't find full-time work.

The scorecard, which doesn't assign grades but charts whether indicators are improving or getting worse, is based primarily on data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/business/AP-Worker-Report-Card.html?page...

Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 1:12pm.
"...McCain adviser Mark Salter said the campaign announced the daughter's pregnancy to rebut those rumors..."
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Uh, er, I suppose it could be called a rebuttal in the strict sense. You wouldn't find me making the following rebuttal in a debate:

The daughter WAS NOT pregnant and I can prove it because the daughter IS pregnant, so there.

busy morning here i see!

eya Mire we was worried, glad yer with yer folks!

3 stooges marathon is on here on KTLA channel 5 …. Just like watching FOX NEWS but in B & W

Free Democracy

A mother that endangers her infant was the weekend story

NOW we know that she accepted the VP nomination knowing the public scrutiny her daughter would undergo as the child of vehement abstinence only promoter! What kind of mother would do that knowing they were going to have to put loads of spin on this story to get it to lean their way!

That's two hidden pregnancies in one year! These people are nuts!

McCain's credibility to make sound judgments is shot!

Well done!

Q: Are you offended by the phrase "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?

PALIN: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me...

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/13152/11620/160/581558
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Know the difference!

Badenov and Fatale
McCain and Palin

Mat-Su Hospital pages showing the log of what babies were born on Trig's birth date is missing too. Alaska Daily News appears modified to me.

I still can't reconcile the latest KOS image showing Sarah Palin with pictures of her just a few weeks before the baby. Was she wearing some kind of corset?? Can you do that if you are pregnant?

Why does John McBush hate America?

Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 1:12pm.
"...McCain adviser Mark Salter said the campaign announced the daughter's pregnancy to rebut those rumors..."
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So where was Salter when McCain told his filthy joke about Chelsea- and Limbaugh called her a dog.

Just like watching FOX NEWS but in B & W

I'm stealing that line :D
Congratulations, front-pager!

i guess we'll just have to wait for the next birth...

the actual was she or wasn't she probably has little if any traction at this point, on the other hand

- we now have additional reasons to doubt the judgement of mccain

- we now have substantial reasons to doubt the judgement of palin

- we have a potential vice president candidate whose daughter is the poster child for why abstinence education doesn't work

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and another thing, do you think a down's syndrome baby born to somebody living in poverty in say the 9th ward would get the same healthcare that baby number 5 is going to get all its life (is it easier to believe in the right to life if you've got the state looking after you?)

Bwaaa! Nice! Billo, Hannito, Doucheo and Turdy

nyak nyak nyak

To comment on McCain's behavior when asked the "How do we beat the bitch?" question.

Wonder how she'd handle it?

Re: AIP/Secsessionist Movement. Wouldn't the immediate result of them declaring independence result in Russia either invading or reclaiming them? Then who would come to their defense? Canada?

Of course we don't have to worry as Gov. Palin has international relations experience. Whew!

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The Stooges were smart and funny.

Morning Zoo on FOX News? Not so much.

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Directs you to the Red Cross. Don't mean to be skeptical but I wonder if the Republicans are doing the same or if they are going to collect and redistribute the money to trailer makers, water/ice haulers, etc.

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Last day of the 25th AK legislature on March 13th Uploaded: August 31, 2008 by erik99559
March 14, 2008 at the state elections office in Anchorage

Put that crap together with the fact that we know many of her old pictures are being removed or modified.....

and look at THIS.... The source of the KOS picture shows being taken on a FujiFilm FinePix S9000 that wasn't event announced until July of 2005 so the picture has a default March 19th 2005 date. So we don't know the ACTUAL date of the picture, just that it was uploaded on the 31st.

And look at THIS... Even close advisers were surprised to hear she was pregnant on the 6th of March. She clearly appears pregnant on the supposed 13th of March. So earlier reports don't substantiate the date either.

I wish I could just take Sarah's word for it but no way am I just blindly trusting any Republican - EVER.

They are probably going to revoke my nyucklehead card for that one!

If her new grandchild was conceived from a rape, since Palin is on record opposing abortion even in the case of rape.
I'm glad Sam posted that picture of the Wasilla capital. I've been there three or four times, but I didn't think they their own city office. This whole claim that Wasilla is a town is a joke. The population is spread over an area of at least 100 square miles.

Submitted by dan on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 1:45pm.
the actual was she or wasn't she probably has little if any traction at this point, on the other hand

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Oh no Dan. We have to stay on the story. We have to continue the pressure on the MSM. They are counting on our sympathies toward women's issues- to stifle any further explanation. But we cannot do this. We simply cannot afford to let them off the hook again. The ramifications are too great here. They've thrown the daughter under the bus to protect Mom and McCain. They are the ones who war morality on their sleeve's.

I say it's war baby.

"We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents," Sarah and Todd Palin said in the brief statement."

so they acknowledge she had a choice, huh? It's good to be pro-choice...I hope the kid that knocked her up has one, too. He's about to marry into some serious shit!

Reproductive rights and the fallacy of abstinence only education in this country just became front and center and the MSM is off chasing the weather 24/7. The Internet is way ahead of them and we have to keep it that way!

We can end the right wing stranglehold on these issues right here and now! The dialogue is on!

Did you read this, Toni?
new
Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 1:25pm.
Three And Counting

Sorry, I'm not feeling great today so I'm a bit slow. Flare time again.

Weather changes up her doing the same to us both.

i keep hitting the wrong keys.

Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 2:04pm.
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60th, they're off chasing the hurricane- not because they care about the citizens trapped in the storm. Oh no, no, no, 60th. You must remember that this is the same media that doesn't give a damn about the soldiers in Iraq. Britney Spears & Paris Hilton are more important. They have looked the other way as this administration has committed war crimes against the people of Iraq- as well as destroyed the Constitution of the United States.

No indeed. The weather coverage is merely a diversion to keep from reporting on the Palin story. It is also an attempt to use the Hurricane to benefit the Republican Convention.

see wants to make Alaska a foreign nation.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/4231/18477/878/581881

(Her candidacy just more better.)

THE ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY!
This brings up fond memories of one of my all time favorite politicians:
Joe Vogler
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Joe Vogler (1913-1993) was the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party and active in politics, regularly running for public office in Alaska for many years
Vogler was murdered under suspicious circumstances in 1993. Manfried West confessed to the killing the following year. Vogler was buried in Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada, fulfulling a wish that he not be buried under the American flag. His second wife, Doris, who died of cancer in January 1992, is buried next to him.

Vogler also ran for governor in 1982 and 1986. Several incidents during these campaigns raised his profile as a "colorful character." In the 1982 race, Vogler was taken to task for comments made during a debate. The issue of moving Alaska's capital appeared during the election, as it has on and off since 1960. The media and political pundits took great fun over Vogler's debate remarks that Alaska should "nuke the glaciers" along the coast of the Gulf of Alaska and build a freeway to Juneau. Vogler would later contend that what he said was misinterpreted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Vogler

I can't stand it when these liars keep pulling the wool over peoples heads.

Check out that story that supposedly debunks the Sarah's pretending to be Bristol babies mother story. Look who wote it. The-Red-Pen wrote it. Check out the link for other articles he has posted. For example he pushes the recent bull shit story that explains how WTC7 collapsed. The-Red-Pen is not a progressive. He is a DKOS troll from what I can tell...

That debunking story looks like pure crap to me so only Sam's word that the photographer has credibility is supporting the Palin story against other photos from the time. I'll believe my eyes before I'm going to believe anyone else.

The troll even pushed the "Michelle Tape" rumor. What crap.

Palin was such a foe of Ted Stevens that she ran his 527.

via TPM

Report: Palin's Spokesperson Didn't Know About Pregnancy Two Days Ago
By Greg Sargent - September 1, 2008, 1:10PM
The Anchorage Daily News, in its write-up of the announcement that 17-year-old Bristol Palin is pregnant, reveals that Sarah Palin's spokesperson didn't know about this two days ago:

The Daily News had asked Palin's press secretary, Bill McAllister, over the weekend to address rumors that Bristol was pregnant.
"I don't know. I have no evidence that Bristol's pregnant," he said on Saturday.

The McCain campaign says they knew about the pregnancy, but this suggests the possibility that they didn't -- and raises further questions about how thoroughly McCain vetted, and how much he knew, and knows, about the person he selected as his back-up commander-in-chief.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/report_palins_sp...

Remember! MSM = Public Enemy #1
Submitted by edna ellen poe on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 2:21pm.
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I think they are not in front of the story because this opens up issues that are much too explosive and nuanced for them to handle right away AND they have no way of taking any position on it with regard as to how their coverage is going to affect their ratings. They are following it on the Internet and will step out into the light when they feel it is safe. As far as I can tell, the discussion is swirling around right wing hypocrisy, abstinence, reproductive choice and unwed mothers. They have a lot to spin here! We have the truth!

http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm
There's nothing under "Families & Children" yet.

Deposition
The Alaska special investigator on the Trooper-gate case is currently in contact with Gov. Palin and they are scheduling her deposition. According to our report, it will likely take place in the next few weeks and will almost certainly be under oath.

--Josh Marshall

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/palin_likely_to_testif...

where to start?

Call me Ishmael?
In the beginning?
It was a dark and stormy day?

Mornin'

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3687#comment-248878

no no no

it was a dark and stormy night

Will there be shows from the rebublic convention?

to cause the convention to accept her declining the nomination so that she can spend more time with her family?

if so, would mccain go with huckleberry hound, mister magic underwear or that guy who vetoed funds for bridge repair in minnesota.

Well. First I think I should give thanks and praise to God for his response to Dobson's prayer for "rain of biblical proportions" to ruin Obama's acceptance speech, by ruining the republican convention using Hurricane Gustav as a reminder of just how badly Republicans rule.

For the republicans, the worst thing about this timing is they will have to pretend they give a fuck about poor people instead of going to the expensive catered parties they've been looking forward to for the last year.

"COPS ARE INDISCRIMINATELY USING TEAR GAS AND PEPPER SPRAY AT 7TH AND MINNESOTA STREETS. HELP NEEDED ASAP: WATER, MEDICS. JOURNALISTS GASSED

Also reports of police horses being used against marchers.

Update at 10:41 (pacific) Lindsay just saw 12 bicycle cops ride past in gas masks - and there are reports that "Justice Department officers directing riot police on 6th St to "get ready" are popping up on the Indy tweets.

Lindsay, Glenn and Jane are out in St. Paul getting the story from the ground as the RNC starts up – and we’ll be bringing you continuing news throughout the day."

Schecter

Oh, crap! Now they're going to revoke my literary license.
I better better quit while I still have pockets.
Later!

Bush is my shepherd; I dwell in want. He maketh logs to be cut down in national forests. He leadeth trucks into the still wilderness. He restoreth my fears. He leadeth me in the paths of international disgrace for his ego's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of pollution and war, I will find no exit, for thou art in office. Thy tax cuts for the rich and thy media control, they discomfort me. Thou preparest an agenda of deception in the presence of thy religion. Thou anointest my head with foreign oil. My health insurance runneth out. Surely megalomania and false patriotism shall follow me all the days of thy term, And my jobless child shall dwell in my basement forever.

Next I believe I should pass on the opportunity to comment on the St. Paul police raids on "a self-described “anarchist/anti-authoritarian” group".

I was really tempted to say something along the lines of: "I'm not surprised at all, I've been trying to warn people about how supporting anarchy is a sure way of getting yourself on a watch list if not worse."

But. I figgered that this is Alice's first day back, give her a break.

so I'll pass on making any comments along that line.

Morales meets Iranian president

Growing ties between the two countries have raised concerns in the United States [AFP]

Evo Morales, Bolivia's president, has met his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran in an effort to boost relations between the two oil rich nations.

Talks began on Monday between the two leaders, marking Morales's first visit to Iran.

"The two revolutionary nations and the governments of Iran and Bolivia are natural allies and will boost their relations in the fields of commerce, industry, agriculture, gas, oil and politics," Ahmadinejad told Morales in the first day of his two-day trip to Tehran, Iran's capital.

"We are striding on a common path towards a brighter future and will remain by each other's side and supportive of one another under any circumstances," he said.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/09/200891154557660682....

This is the right-wing kooks that are behind the Palin nomination. They are allegedly the right wing answer to the Council On Foreign Relations. Excuse me! I'm going to be sick.

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The Council for National Policy: What It Is

Many Evangelical, Pentecostal, Charismatic, Catholic, Mormon and other ecumenically-minded leaders are members of the Council for National Policy, the 500+ (varies per year) member organization which some suggest plans the strategy of the Religious Right and conservatives in the United States.

The CNP, according to their 1996 Telephone Directory, was founded in 1981. While those involved are from the United States, their organizations and influence cover the globe, both religiously and politically. Members include corporate executives, television evangelists, legislators, former military or high ranking government officers, leaders of 'think tanks' dedicated to molding society and those who many view as Christian leadership. Members in many cases are owners or leaders from industry such as lumber, oil, mining, commodities, real estate, the media, including owners of radio, television and print, with all aspects of life covered. Many are involved in education, determining to influence society's direction by direct input with children and youth. Many advocate from the arena of right wing politics, conservatives, family friendly, reconstructionists, dominionists, and so on.

CNP members are found in Christian organizations encompassing James Dobson's Focus on the Family, Bill Bright's Campus Crusade for Christ and it's many branches, Robert Weiner's Maranatha shepherding group, Gideons, Youth for Christ, World Vision, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Billy Graham Evangelical Assoc., Intercessors for America, International Charismatic Bible Ministries, National Evangelical Assoc., National Religious Broadcasters Assoc., Promise Keepers and many more. The potential spiritual impact of this organization, which claims educational status, could be unparalleled.

Con't - if you have a strong stomach.

http://www.seekgod.ca/cnp.htm

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum said in a weekend interview that people who do not heed evacuation warnings in the future may need to be penalized, but clarified his remarks Tuesday, saying he did not mean people who lack cars or other resources.

His remarks were sharply criticized by the campaign of Democrat Bob Casey Jr., who is seeking to unseat Santorum, the No. 3 Republican in the Senate.

--Associated Press | SEAN D. HAMILL | September 6, 2005 10:49 PM

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3687#comment-249014

Council For National Policy

Mark Crispin Miller states that the CNP is a "highly secretive... a theocratic organization -- what they want is basically religious rule" (A Patriot Act). Barry W. Lynn, the executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, told the New York Times about the CNP meeting ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention, "The real crux of this is that these are the genuine leaders of the Republican Party, but they certainly aren't going to be visible on television next week."

con't

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Council_for_National_Policy

3rdly -- I really have to agree with 60th Street when he says "Chubbs is right" about the `worst talking point ever' (Palin knows foreign policy because she's from Alaska.)

I know I am taking a risky position, going way out on a limb, in this agreement with 60th st.

I hope at least some of you can understand the subtle nuances of my new position.

twin moose back yard ass-cleaning sprinkler party:

http://www.maniacworld.com/twin-baby-moose-in-sprinkler.html

"Aw, look how cute!! Tim, get my rifle!!"

I just heard Arianna this weekend saying that Huffpost deliberately carries stories such a Paris Hilton in order to attract people who wouldn't ordinarily visit a progressive/political website. In hopes they will notice the other material and get hooked.

It makes sense to me.

Well, it looks like I've opined on all the important issues of the day.

Time for a nap.

Those Moose's are Too cute.. :)

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

McCain’s campaign told FOX News that the presumptive Republican presidential candidate knew about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy before he chose Palin as his running mate last Friday, and that Bristol is planning to marry the father of her child. The baby is due in late December.

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,” the Palins said in the statement. “Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.”

The Palins asked the media to respect their family’s privacy.

“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”

A McCain campaign spokesman told FOXNews.com that Bristol’s pregnancy was considered a “private, family matter” that had “absolutely nothing to do” with her mother’s candidacy.

Barack Obama, too, said Monday that the reports have “no relevance to Governor Palin’s performance as governor or her potential performance as VP.”

He said he would fire anybody in his campaign who spreads rumors about the situation.

“I think people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits,” he said. “This shouldn’t be part of our politics.”

LINK

That's why the Palin rumor was important...it was salacious enough to focus people's attention on the inherent hipocrisies of the family values, abstinence-only and anti-choice crowds and the appaling judgment and politics of both McCain and Palin.

Sarah Palin made a reproductive choice in Texas, as stupid and reckless as it was, it was hers and her doctor's to make. Now the McCain camp is playing up the mind-numbingly ridiculous talking point that Bristol Palin made a choice, as well. This has brought the REAL issue to the forefront and we should be happy to have that dialogue. Choice is important. Judgment is important. Life is messy and pious sound bytes are not the solution.

that was lovely bibs! :) *snif*

awful music, tho'

opens to the worst rendition of the National Anthem ever heard.

Consider yourself lucky, If you didn't catch the start.

Now let's see if they are still "Americans" or if they will break that vow and start acting "Republican"...

With so much at stake, there is one candidate * MMRules. MMRules has surprised both Democrats and Republicans with a grass roots effort. This candidate has made many wonder: Who is * MMRules?
http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=2a7c4d4d52756c6573
~`~`~`~`~`~
Jamesbennett

I played it muted, much how i watch those idiot Brad Lachman shows on Animal Planet.

So did a horse bang a buffalo to get us a moose?

I agree, they are cute for moose. Like baby rhinos are cute...

are Just Askin

...finally! of course, it is just an MSM blog...

...but hey! ABC/Disney!

Erik Prince and the Council for National Policy: Armageddon Soon
Today, Blackwater founder Erik Prince defended all of his company's actions in Iraq to the Congress (and to the American people) as being as close to earthly perfection as humans can achieve on god's earth. Prince, who is a also a founder of a right-wing foundation called "Freiheit," which is German for "liberty,

Herr Prince's appearance before the committee led me to wonder what he has been discussing behind closed doors lately as a member of the super-secret "Council for National Policy."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/erik-prince-and-the-counc...

The Far Right in West Michigan: Freiheit Foundation

The Freiheit Foundation--operated by Erik Prince of Holland's Prince family--has funded some religious right organizations including those listed below as well as Michigan Family Forum, Chuck Colson’s groups, the University of Stubenville, and Legionnaires of Christ (Bellant, The Religious Right in Michigan Politics).

For a detailed look at the organizations funded by the Freiheit Foundation, see the Media Mouse article "Blackwater Founder and West Michigan Native Funds Today, Blackwater founder Erik Prince defended all of his company's actions in Iraq to the Congress (and to the American people) as being as close to earthly perfection as humans can achieve on god's earth. Prince, who is a also a founder of a right-wing foundation called "Freiheit," which is German for "liberty,"
Right-wing through Foundation."

http://www.mediamouse.org/resources/right.php?foundId=9

>>I really have to agree with 60th Street when he says "Chubbs is right" about the `worst talking point ever'

I know many of you do not understand this controversial stance.

But I say, "Let the chips fall where they may."

As the Republicans love to say, `History will prove me right.'

now that Gustav hasn't done the headline stealing duty that was hoped

maybe Bush Cheney Rove etc. can attend.

"...that depends on strong experienced leadership...." Mike Duncan

and then they are going to adjourn for the day.

Mike says the rules including no roll call votes unless previously approved.

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

I see (dead) white people O.O

Submitted by bibimimi on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 3:50pm.
...So did a horse bang a buffalo to get us a moose?
--------
Bullwinkle: "Watch me pull a moose out of my sprinkler."

Rocky: "Aww, not that old trick again."

In a brief press conference in Monroe, Mich., here to talk about Hurricane Gustav, Senator Barack Obama was asked about the suggestion by some Republicans that Democrats – particularly liberal bloggers – have pushed a story about the family of Ms. Palin, who was named last week as the running-mate for Senator John McCain. In a statement earlier Monday, Ms. Palin said her daughter was pregnant.

Mr. Obama, in his first remarks on the matter, raised his voiced when asked whether his campaign or other Democratic operatives were working to advance rumors surrounding the Palin family.

“Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be,” Mr. Obama snapped. “And if I ever thought there was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they’d be fired, OK?”

Mr. Obama said the pregnancy “has no relevance to Governor Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president.” He added that, “my mother had me when she was 18. How family deals with issues and teen-age children – that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics.”

“So,” he added, “I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories.”

right, I can't watch ANY funniest videos show with the sound on...

she was telling me about her sister

getting bunted off the road by one in Alberta.

it was standing in the middle of the road, heavy snow everywhere,

she stopped, it did'nt move so she decided to back up...

the reverse gear noise freaked the moose yearling and he charged the car!

spun the car around and she ended up in a ditch with snow halfway up her windshield.

last she saw of the moose was it's feet as it jumped over her car and took off.

luckily she had enough spare clothes and heaters and eventually got a tow.

only upside to this argument--they guy making it will be dead.

Animal Planet Alert---the tux cat WILL do something crazy and/or stupid [like chase a black bear or beat up a hair dryer]

the promo for the next Daily Shows refers to McCain's VP pick as an `unqualified success.'

many a Camaro in th Pacific NW has bought it after a moose encounter.
(¯`*._(¯`*._(--)_.*´¯)_.*´¯)

Two good posts today, on top of all your other great posts!

The 23rd Qualm and the twin moose babies.

I already emailed the Qualm to my friends. Now I have to send the moose babies!

>>they guy making it will be dead

Yes, I suppose I will be...HEY, WAIT A MINUTE!

I heard this once during the passed few days. The only reason that the Palin Vice Pregnancy selection was able to be kept secret was that McCain made selection, literately, by himself. And I also gather the decision was made and hour before it was announced. No staff involvement whatever.

==
What america looks like, cspan1.

==
Cindy McCain speech...."Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen, Free Beer !!!"

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

You did good for those cats and sorry you have to go through that... :( it does hurt to see them go...♥

*

That was funny MM... :).. generators like that are fun...I should use them at work more often now that I think of it...

"“So,” he added, “I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories.”"

Fine!

theres a couple dozen other issues to raise anyways.

which we have...

wonder if he will?

Obama: "I'm Offended" By McCain Camp's Insinuation About Pregnancy Rumors
By Greg Sargent - September 1, 2008, 2:49PM
Obama smacks back at the anonymous McCain aide's suggestion of ties between Obama and the rumors that Trig Palin is actually the son of Sarah Palin's daughter:

Asked about the insinuation from the McCain campaign that the liberal bloggers trafficking in rumors about Palin write for websites that mention Obama, the senator said, "I'm offended by that."
The Democratic presidential nominee said, "There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us."...

"Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever thought that it was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they'd be fired."

Of course, the McCain campaign never even had to make this absurd allegation on the record, because Reuters so generously let an anonymous McCain aide do it.

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/obama_hits_back_...

Thanks for the laugh...

http://www.inews3.com/topstory.php?id=2a7c4d4d52756c6573

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

they're tall enough that the body smashes the roof and windshield when they collide at speed.

the truck moose bumpers get flattened quite often.

Moose weigh between 800 to 1200 pounds (males)

"Of course Sarah Palin has foreign policy experience...as we all know, Alaska is right next to Prussia."

I'm more than happy to question Sarah Palin's version of facts. McCain and Obama's too. Anyone who doesn't stands to wake up one day covered in wool and grazing on grass as their flock jumps off a cliff.

Obama: "I'm Offended" By
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:10pm.
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It is about the Republican Party- enabled by the MSM that continue to conspire and perpetrate fraud against American People.

I believe that's "meese" SJ, just so you know...

http://nightdeposits.blogspot.com/2008/08/monty-hall-problem.html

I don't wanna blow anybody's opinion of me, but I know this guy.

goodun MMR!

the tattoo is perfect!

That is fine my friend, you fight the air war...we'll fight the ground war

sorry, i stand corrected...

I'm finding the "old media" people really scared. Who do they think they are? They really want to own message fabrication. Screw that.

Boe Tie Carson even said "partisanship is bovine mentality". I was waiting for him to show us he udder.

Bloviating about Palin...Arianna looking like she wishes Noonan was on fire

onto Arianna. Peggy loves herself so much. She doesn't need our adoration, nor will she get it from me.

Peggy's on fire
Better throw her in the water
Look at her laughing
Like a heifer to the slaughter

Peggy's on fire
And all the laughing boys are bitching
Waiting for photos
Oh the plot is so bewitching

Go play in the street,please..

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

Reagan's A.G.?

???

Palin gave her daughter a choice to have an abortion?
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/01/2008 01:52:00 PM ET · Link
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From Ben Smith at Politico:
Sarah Palin's personal story, and her views on personal morality, are at the core of her politics and of why she was nominated, and why she'd energized the conservative base.

Now, her daughter's pregnancy has cast her views on teenagers and sex directly into the spotlight.

Democrats noted, before and after today's announcement, that Palin took a hard line on a question in 2006 from the conservative Eagle Forum Alaska:
Q: Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?

SP: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
Palin also opposes abortion in cases like her daughter's, and in harder cases.

"We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby," she and her husband said in a statement. Unsaid in the statement is that Palin, based on her past views, would prefer that her daughter not be given a choice.
Even more unsaid is that, from her quote above, Palin apparently gave her daughter a choice. That makes her pro-choice. You don't give your daughter the choice to "murder" a child, your own grandchild, if you indeed think abortion is murder. This is just getting stranger and stranger.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/palin-gave-her-daughter-choice-to-hav...

Official Canukistani citizen comment:

"I don't think so."

Behold, the future is being revealed and it looks bright for fortune tellers, clairvoyants, tarot card readers and anyone claiming to contact spirits in this corner of northern New England.

Soothsaying might still be banned in some parts of America, but St. Johnsbury has repealed the ordinance against peering into the future that it had on the books since 1966.

"When the ordinance was lifted, I actually felt a large weight lifting from my shoulders," said Maria Pawlowski, a tarot card reader. "It was very oppressive to have to refrain from something that was as natural to me as breathing."
...

New Poll
CBS: Obama 48%, McCain 40%.

(Note too though that CNN had a dead even poll out earlier today.)

--Josh Marshall

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/01/opinion/polls/main4405106.shtm...

That moose should have the right to choose to be meese versus being forced to carry the water of the more traditional moose...

does anyone know Alaska Airline's policy on this?

Heading due west toward Puerto Rico and the Bahamas.

So we have Gustav, Hannah, and now Ike.

Republican Convention Opens With Pared Down Schedule
The Republicans opened their convention in St. Paul with a scaled-down schedule. Laura Bush and Cindy McCain are scheduled to appear late to make an appeal for Gustav aid.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02REPUBSDAY.html?hp

Marilyn Manson - Beautiful People

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

yes.

(ed.note: In the original version of this post, I wrote that "Bristol Palin is currently five months pregnant with another child, which she plans to keep ..." The meaning of another was to distinguish this pregnancy from the rumor that she carried Palin's son Trig. Several readers read this as an insinuation that this was Bristol's second pregnancy. That wasn't the intention and that doesn't strike me as a logical reading. But to avoid any misunderstanding, I revised.)

I will offer what every woman knows about her body: it's REALLY easy to get knocked up again right away...and YOU DON'T BOARD AN 8 HOUR FLIGHT WHEN YOU ARE IN LABOR UNLESS U R DUMB AS A STUMP.

Multiple meese birth generally discouraged in first class, coach okay.

Alaska Airlines also notable for being allowed to put a prayer card under the sandwich in yer in-flight snack pak.

HSBC says super-rich
clients moving into cash

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Many of the world's wealthiest people have moved their money out of stocks and bonds and into cash, the head of HSBC's Swiss private banking unit said on Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/bs_nm/hsbc_swiss_dc;_ylt=Av0zsK1z7ke...

Banks shift funds out of US to Europe

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Banks transferred funds out of the United States and into Europe in the first three months of 2008 as they turned to safer assets amid the global credit crunch, the Bank for International Settlements said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/bs_nm/bis_funds_dc;_ylt=An42fjfUuaiT...

1,800 lbs.

mating season september and october.

Why do you say shit like that?
Submitted by Alice on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:41pm.
???

*******

It's called a joke,Alice..Jeebus ! ;)

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

Iraq war vets rally in St. Paul.
On our way into St. Paul this morning, several members of ThinkProgress stopped to listen to a rally held by a group of Iraq war veterans who are opposed to the war. After denouncing Sen. John McCain’s treatment of veterans and his failure to vote for increase funding for veterans health programs, the speaker of the group said his fellow Iraq vets would travel to New Orleans to serve in relief efforts. “We hope that the world is watching; we hope that America is watching as returning war veterans continue to sacrifice and serve their country,” he said. Watch it:
Video at link

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/01/iraq-war-vets-rally-in-st-paul/

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BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK!!

how much moose jerky is too much moose jerky?

is asking for a Meese Law Suit.. ;)

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

http://samsedershow.com/node/3688

Sarah Palin has now hired a private attorney for "Troopergate" Investigation.

Another thing to over-shadow the repub convention.

Anything else?

And Picture here:

http://www.earthfiles.com/

"September 1, 2008 10:30 AM CDT - Gustav Weakened to Cat 2
and Made Landfall At 9:30 AM CDT in Cocodrie, Louisiana,
70 Miles West of New Orleans.

Currently, maximum sustained winds 110 mph, gusting 135 mph. 6 hours of rain expected. Winds and rain pushing water over top of Industrial Canal levee in New Orleans, but the city has escaped Gustav's full force. More than 250,000 without power in Louisiana.

“It's better than seeing cement collapsing, but it's not good.”
- New Orleans Times-Picayune about water slopping over Industrial Canal floodwall"

I get the feeling this'll be her description: just Google! "Sarah Palin, multi-tasker", and see what I mean...

It's cool. Pretend you're living your last day of life here and this isn't so big...
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