open-vod's are up

Happe Talk

Rachel covering the interview with Gibson

OK, now I can leave....

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sarah: charlie, which part of the bush doctrine?

charlie: there are 3. aspects

1. harbor a terrorist you are a terrorist.
2. preemptive war
3. unilateral attacks
4. seizure of assets ah....,

there are 4 aspects of the bush doctrine, producer give sarah the COMFY CHAIR, hA HA!

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re Combo platter
Submitted by Cat Chew on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 7:08pm.
and
Palin's Posture Reveals Her Self-Doubt: Expert
Submitted by toniD on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 8:41pm.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uprjmoSMJ-o
closes a circle of sorts because
Michael Palin is playing the 'charlie' character above.

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Jamesbennett

During the last Rachel break they locally played a very hard hitting Obama ad hitting hard on the issues but ending with an intimate family shot with the girls. Contrast that to the lying sack of shit negativism coming from the Republicans. To paraphrase Capital One

Who do you want in your White House?

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truth trump!

Has the Palin story on now. More from the interview with Charlie Gibson soon.

I MUST HAVE RESPECT!

I know you're hellbent on blinking but you must resist.

Don't blink
Be strong!
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woot woot!

I've been trying to catch all the threads but I can't find them all!

--Janeane on Real Time T'nite!
Submitted by 60th Street on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 10:15pm.

woot woot!--

White House demanding, "Bush: Free the Cuban Five Now!"

In an action that received significant media attention, on the 10th anniversary of the unjust imprisonment of the Cuban Five political prisoners, five people were arrested in a civil disobedience action, trying to present 102,000 signatures on petitions that call on President Bush to free the Five.

Each of the five arrested represented one of the Five, Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Fernando González. The National Committee to Free the Cuban Five presented 102,000 signatures from 78 countries.

Those arrested were Gloria La Riva, Coordinator, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five; Brian Becker, National Coordinator A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism); Elizabeth Lowengard, A.N.S.W.E.R. Washington-DC organizer, Keith Pavlik, National Committee to Free the Cuban Five, and Chuck Kaufman, Interim Coordinator of the Venezuela Solidarity Network.

During the action they demanded 1.) Free the Cuban Five immediately; 2.) Grant entry visas to Adriana Perez and Olga Salanueva, and 3.) Extradite Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela.
...

Translation: "It is fall now … Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn in clusters, because their roots connect them." (bat lashes here)

why don't we nationalize it?

"There are ineficiencies in our government that we can control so that the people and the private secotr can grow and prosper."

She wants to limit money for the agencies and look into Socail Security and Medicare to find a better way.

She has memorized the talking points but still looks uneasy saying what she is saying. It sounds like talking points because it's not how she expresses herslef otherwise.

I have been thinking the same thing. Nationalize energy if it's a security problem.

everyone okay?

Happe Talk

godawful faux news types doing the entertainment 'news'.

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Paul Krugman: The McCain Campaign's Blizzard of Lies. "What it says, I’d argue, is that the Obama campaign is wrong to suggest that a McCain-Palin administration would just be a continuation of Bush-Cheney. If the way John McCain and Sarah Palin are campaigning is any indication, it would be much, much worse."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/opinion/12krugman.html?_r=2&ei=5070&em...

hey, happe talk.

are you going to the palin-fest in carson tomorrow?

uncle sam would go, except i'd rather canvass for barry 'n' me in my district...

What does "open-vod's are up" mean?

Mark's dad's email one was the last one I saw, but that was up before this post. Are there even newer ones?

I hope they get a set system when the new show comes out.

神出鬼没　

Roger Ebert considers Sarah Palin the American Idol candidate; 'I want a vice president who is better, wiser, well-traveled, has met world leaders, who three months ago had an opinion on Iraq. Someone who doesn't repeat bald- faced lies about earmarks and the Bridge to Nowhere. Someone who doesn't appoint Alaskan politicians to "study" global warming, because, hello! It has been studied.'

http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/1156080,091008ebertpalin.article

that creepy 'aspens' bit really turned my gut. 'The Spy Who Came In From Poking The Bear'...

promote it!

Happe Talk

as i was driving home from nyc after 9/11, i was thinking we should probably nationalize the airlines, and any other business or industry the minute they required a taxpayer bailout or government subsidy.

Can't find a song from that..but there's this (if it works)
LZ & Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion (live, mp3)

he's a palin supporter? or he promoted the protest?

last week - that's the first time it's ever been down.. a lot of us are using them for our web-hosting.

Happe Talk

It's fun to read so many people, to see what they bring to the table. I've been working with kids all week at my school- trying to get them to see- there is no one right answer, there are answers to your questions. I love the way I can come to the SSSblog and see a compilation of news (and songs) that I want to know/hear.

The McCain troll reminds me of students I know who act out to get attention.

And I know Alice is gone but I wanted to tell her I've been sharing her links with other librarians in my district.

Have fun,play nice!

Defenders of Wildlife hits Palin with new ad!

Run time: 01:02
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU

Posted on YouTube: September 12, 2008
By YouTube Member: defendersactionfund
Views on YouTube: 125612

Posted on DU: September 12, 2008
By DU Member: Hope And Change
Views on DU: 4285

Worse than Ike?

Ohio Republicans on Friday challenged the state's top elections official, a Democrat, with allegations of power abuse and filed a lawsuit over a separate calendar glitch. Democrats countered that Republicans were trying to suppress the vote.

Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign helped thousands of people request absentee ballots, but Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said many of them forgot to check a box attesting they were registered voters. Republicans protested, claiming Brunner was using her office to benefit her Democratic Party.

On Friday, Brunner offered a fix to the McCain-enlisted voters: Go on the Internet, print a form and mail it back.

"If they would have simply left the check-box off, they would have avoided all these problems and we wouldn't be here today," Brunner said.

Ohio Republicans and McCain's top campaign official in the state objected.

"There is no reason to reject a form that includes all necessary legal requirements," said Jon Seaton, McCain's top aide in the region. "Our position has not changed - qualified electors who request an absentee ballot should not be disenfranchised."

Ohio Republican Chairman Bob Bennett said Brunner was adding "another layer of bureaucracy to complicate the process even more" with the online handling.

http://www.examiner.com/a-1584332~Ohio_GOP_sues_to_block_early_voting.ht...

my opponent's husband for my doc. a great guy, as it turns out, and a full-time ER physician.

must be the time of day.

Sen. John McCain today blasted the expulsion of the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela -- and at the same time the Republican presidential nominee sharply attacked his Democratic rival for suggesting he would meet with Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez during his first year in office. ...

... By contrast, he said, Sen. Barak Obama "calls for meeting directly and unconditionally with the region's worst tyrants.... Rather than focus on strengthening America's ties with friends and allies, he has pledged to sit down with dictators in Venezuela and Cuba in the first year of his presidency. Such a course of action would undermine our democratic allies and embolden anti-American dictators. The United States, and our partners throughout Latin America, cannot afford Senator Obama's brand of unilateralism that rewards Hugo Chavez and his dangerous despotism." ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/12/mccain_attacks_oba...

Wow, are you swimming against the tide.

The Sarah Surge is just beginning to build.

It's gonna be a rough ride for ya'll.

he helped promote the protest...sorry for the miscommunication
Submitted by mhappenow on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 10:40pm.
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I guess this means that he won't be sending me a Vegetarians For Palin t-shirt?

Sunset
September 12, 2008

The librarians ar the REAL `aspens' here...

We could really use her strength and brains to help put these bastids away.

I hope we will see/hear more of her between now and the election.

it looks familiar to me...

what a day. Its been a bummer of a day.
A good friend of mine, her dad died last night,
another good friend had to have part of her leg
amputated because of infection & has the infection
back, found out a friend of mine who died 1 week
before his 40th b-day (5yrs. ago) - his mom died this past
July.
Listening to Malloy now - trying to get some balance
in this crazy life of ours.

..yeah! bibs! remember that? when Libby said that to Judith Miller there was a collective *shudder* across the country...

power line on the upper left side...I look down towards Stockton and Modesto...in the central valley...

Talking about Shock Jocks

;)

Palin challenged Gibson to show where she says global warming isn't man-made

Here's where she said it on 08-29-08

Newsmax: What is your take on global warming and how is it affecting our country?

Palin: A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.

For being a Christian she sure does lie a lot.

Free Democracy

Assimilated Press:

The following 10 Commandments have been released by the Bush administration in concert with a coalition of Republican lawmakers and evangelical Christians in order to prepare the population of the United States for a full scale transition to Biblical governance expected to be completed sometime in 2010

1. All women must be modestly dressed when in public. Any exposure of the female body that serves to entice or create lascivious reactions in men will be a criminal offense punishable by 10 lashes.

2. Women must at all times respect the wishes and commands of their husbands or closest patriarchal figure. Failure to obey the will of the closest masculine authority is a criminal offense punishable by 10 lashes.

3. All abortion is strictly prohibited. Women and doctors who violate this commandment will face 20 years of hard labor in a federal penitentiary.

4. Be obedient and never question the authorities. Failure to obey this commandment will lead to re-education at the nearest Halliburton Luxury Spa & Resort. Repeat violators will be dealt with in a harsh but humane manner.

Con't

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

Hi Kev! Happy Friday!

Lies, Damned Lies, and Barack Obama = Why isn't Obama stretching the truth more often?

Slate

Since July, John McCain and his campaign have made 11 political claims that are barely true, eight that are categorically false, and three that you'd have to call pants-on-fire lies—a total of 22 clearly deceptive statements (many of them made repeatedly in ads and stump speeches).

Barack Obama and Joe Biden, meanwhile, have put out eight bare truths, four untruths, and zero pants-on-fire lies—12 false claims. These stats and categories come from PolitiFact, but the story looks pretty much the same if you count up fabrications documented by FactCheck.org or the Washington Post's Fact Checker, the other truth-squad operations working the race: During the past two and a half months, McCain has lied more often and more outrageously than Obama.......

happy friday to you too 8-)

Free Democracy

Coleman's two-second mistake could cost millions (MN-Senate)

Source: Politico

...snip...

Al Franken, who’s trying to unseat the Minnesota Republican this fall, is claiming that a tiny error at the end of a 30-second Coleman commercial violates federal communications law – and Coleman has to forfeit the special, reduced ad rate given to political candidates.

Coleman recently produced an ad featuring former Minnesota Lt. Gov. Sandy Keith attacking Franken. To receive the “lowest unit charge” – which can sometimes be half of typical rates -- Coleman must include a disclaimer saying he approved the message. He also needs to broadcast his own likeness for a minimum of four seconds, according to the federal Communications Act of 1934.

...snip...

“Though the written disclaimer does appear for four seconds, Coleman’s image only appears for the last two seconds of the advertisement,” wrote Franken’s counsel Marc Elias of Perkins Coie, in a letter to 11 Minnesota station managers obtained by Politico.

It’s a loser-pays-all kind of law, according to Elias: If a campaign violates the rule once, it loses the discount for the "duration of the current election cycle."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0908/Will_Colemans_twosecond_mist...

my cat - my best friend, roommate, and traveling companion for the last 12 years - passed away two weeks ago, and my online friend is going through the same thing now with one cat, and another one got bit by a rattler last night.

fred nietzsche used to say, 'that which does not kill us makes us stronger.'

courage.

Hubby and I lived in western Alaska in the 80's (Bethel).
I don't know if you are aware that Wasilla is the xurb of Anchorage that the Rednecks pushed to make the state capital. They thought Juneau was too elitist. Alaskans (mostly the anglo/redneck ones) are that weird breed of libertarians that think they truly take care of themselves while having a budget that is 33% Federal. It is truly scary trying to survive now in the Bush. Someone posted a link to the Tundra Drums on a previous thread (Bethel's hometown paper) that highlighted that. We just sold a passive solar house (Thank the powers) in Bethel that we built in 81 (after reinsulating and residing) and I want to say that solar works!
Hi Alice!

thank you.

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Reposted because it's Friday
You can live a Lie or Live with it, or vote against it!

1. The Myth: McCain and Palin claim to be agents of change.

The Truth: In a desperate attempt to revive McCain's "maverick" reputation, the McCain campaign is trying to co-opt Obama's slogan. But "change" is a tough act to pull off when your record almost exactly matches the current president's. According to a study cited by the Huffington Post, John McCain voted in keeping with the president's positions 100 percent of the time in 2008 and 95 percent in 2007.

2. The Lie: To burnish Palin's rep as a down-to-earth, no-nonsense fighter of government waste, the campaign keeps bringing up the state-owned jet Palin put on eBay. Today McCain stated: "You know what I enjoyed the most? She took the luxury jet that was acquired by her predecessor and sold it on eBay -- made a profit."

The Truth: As Politico points out, Palin did put the Alaska-owned plane on eBay. But she failed to sell it. Instead, the state had to go through a private broker to unload the jet and ended up losing money in the transaction. Or, the opposite of profit.

3. Flip-Flop: Offshore Drilling.

Original Position: In 1999, McCain made conservatives very unhappy by supporting a moratorium on offshore drilling.

Politically Expedient Position: McCain can't afford to make conservatives unhappy anymore; his campaign now depends on the rapturous love of a conservative base that is still suspicious of him

4. : McCain and Palin have said up to 29 times and counting that Palin told Congress "'thanks but no thanks' on that Bridge to Nowhere."

The Truth: Palin strongly supported the Bridge to Nowhere and campaigned on the issue while running for governor of Alaska in 2006. It should also be noted that she never actually got the chance to tell Congress "no thanks," as Congress killed off the project, choosing instead to give a lump sum for all of Alaska's transportation projects, money that Palin gladly accepted.

5. The Lie: McCain keeps repeating, over and over and over again, that Obama's tax proposals will hurt the middle class.

The Truth: Obama's tax policy cuts taxes for people in the middle-income brackets, while his plan would increase taxes only for those with a family income above $250,000 and individuals who make more than $200,000. Not exactly the middle class.

6. The Lie: McCain falsely claims he received every award from every veterans organization.

The Truth: Despite saying it again and again, McCain is flat-out lying when he claims to have received the highest award from every veterans organization. As Think Progress reports:

He received a grade of D from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and a 20 percent vote rating from the Disabled Veterans of America; Vietnam Veterans of America noted McCain had "voted against us" in 15 "key votes."

As for the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars -- with whom McCain claims to have a "perfect voting record" -- both groups vigorously supported Sen. Jim Webb's (D-Va.) GI Bill that McCain tirelessly opposed.
7. Flip-Flop: Immigration Reform.

Original Position: McCain was once a proponent of an immigration plan that would combine securing the borders with a temporary worker program and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.

Politically Expedient Position: With his poll numbers dipping and under attack from Republican opponents during the primaries, McCain switched his position on immigration. As the AP reports, instead of supporting broad immigration reform, McCain's first and foremost priority now is to secure the borders. All that other, less important stuff, could come ... whenever. Stated McCain: "I got the message. ... We will secure the borders first and then go on to other issues."

8. The Lie: An attack ad (ironically called "Fact Check") by the McCain campaign claimed that Factcheck.org, a nonpartisan election-accuracy watchdog, accused Obama of spreading misleading information about Sarah Palin.

The Truth: Factcheck.org did not attribute Internet rumors about Palin to the Obama campaign. The organization was in fact debunking information about Palin spread online though anonymous e-mails and Web posts.

9. The Lie: The very same attack ad seems to purposefully misquote an article in the Wall Street Journal. The ad states that the Obama campaign sent a team to Alaska to "dig dirt on Governor Palin."

The Truth: The article actually stated they were sent to "dig into her record and background." Also, as it turns out, the article was wrong to begin with. Obama did not send a team to Alaska to dig into anything. What are the chances McCain will pull the ad and apologize?

10. The Lie: An attack ad by the McCain campaign says Obama is "against troop funding."
The Truth: According to Factcheck.org, Obama has only voted against one war-funding bill, "after Bush vetoed a version that contained a date for withdrawal from Iraq."

Check out the next 10 Lies

www.alternet.org

:)

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

Senator Hatch: both sides "ridiculous" in squabbles (defends Obama))

NEW YORK -- Senator Orrin Hatch, a conservative Utah Republican, today defended Barack Obama from what Hatch called ``ridiculous'' charges that Obama had insulted GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin with the use of an age-old expression, ``lipstick on a pig.''

``I think it's ridiculous, what they've said about Sarah Palin,'' Hatch said, referring to criticisms of her fitness for the White House. But to suggest that Democratic nominee Obama was calling Palin a ``pig?'' Just as silly, Hatch said. ...

...While Hatch said he is committed to electing GOP nominee John McCain, ``Barack Obama is a nice person. He's smart; he's intelligent. He writes well. He's very charismatic.'' Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has served with Hatch for decades in the US Senate, is ``a very fine human being,'' Hatch added. ...

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/senato...

Todd Palin for President
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/12/2008 09:03:00 PM ET · Link
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Not only is it clear that John McCain is no longer running for president, but rather is taking a back seat to his human shield Sarah Palin, but it seems that Sarah Palin herself often takes a back seat in public office to her husband. Putting aside the fact that it's not clear how great a feminist she can be if her unelected husband is calling the shots in her public office, but what kind of elected official has their spouse in every meeting? They don't. And Hillary Clinton got a lot of crap from the Republicans for having such an extended role in Bill Clinton's White House. And with Sarah Palin clearly being billed as the one wearing the pants in the McCain/Palin family, I mean Palin/McCain, does this mean Todd, warts and all, will really be in charge? Because if he is, he just got subpoenaed.

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor?from=30&comments_per_page=30

And The Repub is being a condescending moron as usual.

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

PLEASE!

a smug, rude, bloviating MORON.

I transferred to AZ in the late 80's (Tohono O'Odham Reservation with the BIA) and now live in Tucson. We had our house rented to the Indian Health Service and after Katrina they notified us they were moving out (and out of about 30 other rentals in that small town of about 8000.) Fuel oil is over 5.oo a gallon there and groceries are incredibly expensive. The native Yupiks subsistance fish but there is no longer commercial fishing in the rivers of the Yukon/Kuskokwim Delta. Now the Repubs are pushing a relaxation of clean water laws to allow Canadians the right to mine for gold at the headwaters of some of the richest fish habitat in the world.
Hubby was back in Bethel for a year and a half before we sold. The house only has south facing windows and in the Sping he could keep it a 60 without running the boiler.

Fund is toast.

....................Someone from 11:04 p.m

www.hbo.com/billmaher

Reality. TV. Two more reasons to read.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.
---Ray Bradbury

nice defense of common sense!

rctowns & MMRules

Cool moving graphic of the hurricane!

Good Luck RCT!

We've got some really great Dems. running here in Northern Nevada, including a sederite!!!

Jenanne is speaking the truth and kicking ass!!!
new
Submitted by Nefferkitti on Fri, 09/12/2008 - 11:20pm.
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where is/was she?

I'd look on the last thread but something on there makes my processor go up to 100percent.

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Jamesbennett

sorry to hear about the cats.

How the burning palm tree incident turn out...? That sounded pretty rad....

get called down to Houston & Galveston
to rescue pets.
Hope everyone & everything is safe down in that part of the country.

I am sorry to hear about your kitty passing a few
weeks ago. :( I meant to say that while thanking you a
few post's ago.

thoughts on Alaska...

Take about half the population of Rhodes Island, spread it out over about 370 times the space.

and you have Alaska.

It's time to shift the discussion about Palin to what really matters: her far-right views on the issues.

Let's forget for a moment that Sarah Palin likes to kill moose, has lots of children and was once voted the second-prettiest lady in Alaska; that's all part of the gusher of sensationalist, but not particularly substantive, news that has dominated coverage of the Alaska governor's addition to the Republican ticket.

Before the next news cycle brings the shocking information that Palin was actually impregnated by Bigfoot, we need to shift the discussion to what really matters about her in the context of the White House: her dangerous views.

Con't-AlterNet

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

I hope your heart heals ... Time, time, time....but it mends sorta..

Sometimes though I swear I feel her jump on my bed and pillow...she slept there for many years...and I used to sleep with my head on her a lot too :) She was nice like that...

I was just telling P how much I still miss Sam.

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2008/09/gina-gershon-does-sarah-p...

From where I took that picture, A.

And one of my favorite movies is "Mr. Write" with Paul Riser.

Also starring Mary Jo Sperber and Martin Mull.

It is arguably the most horrible movie ever made.

I have two copies.

is on the air

ya doin' good
I miss all of my buddies
that have gone over that rainbow bridge.

in a bit -
hopefully will have the strength
to stay up & blog with all of you
cool Sederites.
Till we meet later........

asking if you are going to call him... If you are, and you need the number I can email it to you...

*

Work tonight, smcgee43?....*shudder*...hope you make it back later too.. :)

NC's number!

Yes please!

thanks.

been typing with a finger in a splint.... thanks for the sentiment, smcgee...
I've had a feline companion almost continuously for the past 39 years. They usually live much longer than the average domesticat... i rescued dr katz when she was full-grown, so she was at least 14 or 15 years old. my oldest kitty, 'moogus' was nearly 20 when he got knocked out by the leukemia virus.

keeping my eyes peeled for my next companion.

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

dada...It takes me 20 minutes to go the 5 miles to work here...I'm guessing it takes..hmm...1/2 or more?...just guessing...

"Mr. Write"...
Charlie's got a bad case of writer's block...And her name is Nicole! < - - - tagline from imdb - Do you mean Wendie Jo Sperber, the girl from "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Bosom Buddies?"

It was the book he wrote called Couplehood that I like...

I like the Jesus Kills pic you have too...P helped a LDS lady today at her house...they opened up a box and the lady said it was a box of her 'orthopedic devices'..it turned out to be her Morman underwear.. Poor little elderly lady..she was so embarrassed...P was too... silly...

My friend's cat, Squeak, died on New Year's Eve 2007. She was a well loved pet and her passing was very hard on them. The next day her daughter was testing the camera on her new cell phone and decided to take a photo of the chair where her cat had loved to sit. When she reviewed the photo she found this image. They were very surprised, but also comforted that Squeak seemed to still be with them.

--Shari
briquettethepoodle@gmail.com
\
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

Sorry for your trouble RC. We lost 2 this year too. Very sad. It leaves a hole.

We just started loving our other cats more to make up for it I guess.

Be well.

I'm sending it to the telus email..which I think is the only one I have anyway...

sofrajonesattelusdotnet

So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out
the back door and circled around to the front and started yelling, "Throw the bums out!"

They've been running Washington like a well-oiled machine, to the point of inviting lobbyists into
the back rooms to write the legislation, and now they are anti-establishment reformers dedicated
to delivering us from themselves. And Giuliani is an advocate for small-town America.

Con't

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

I suppose you could say we have Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to thank for the Obama campaign's newest Nevada staffer. Jeff Giertz will be the campaign's Reno-based press secretary. He was transferred here this week from his previous post as Alaska communications director. The Obama campaign had chalked Alaska up as an early battleground state, and while the camp still says publicly they will compete there, Giertz's transfer is a bit more telling sign they're shedding Alaska staff in the wake of Palin joining the GOP ticket.

reported by Anjeanette Damon in today's reno gazette-journal.

got it!

whens a good time to call him?

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What the hell was I thinking?

Ya, depending on the traffic, it could take 20 minutes to an hour or more to travel those five miles.

The subway is a little faster.

We're planning a little soirée for her, feel free to join us @ 4:00 p.m. pony express pavilion on Hwy.50 for some real "Battle Born" fun!

Oopps, Michele just told me that your busy canvasing, sorry

Sorry to hear about your cat..

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

canvassing in ad25 in the morning... i was thinking our uncle sam might be able to put in an appearance in carson later in the day, though.

he's going to be at the veterans for obama thing in reno on monday at 5pm... powning park, 150 s. virginia.

♫♪♫♪♫♪♪♫

神出鬼没　

(that was fun burepe)

cobra style

soothing

Moyers just told that story...

and the Blog has brought it up recently too I think...

This is what I think about when I read Sarah Palin's name so much lately...

By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 7:09 AM EST
full article

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) plans to release 10 years of his tax returns on Friday morning, pressuring his Republican counterpart, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, to do the same, Politico has learned.

Disclosure, or transparency, is a big way for a candidate to make that case during a campaign.

News reports from Alaska have said that Palin collected per diem travel payments even when she was at home, and the Obama-Biden campaign wants reporters to see if she paid taxes on it.

Is that a band?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imWCrJpsBI0

Oddly Soothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szmyoKgBp6Q

Consequences of Cindy McCain's Drug Abuse Were More Complex Than She Has Portrayed

By Kimberly Kindy
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 12, 2008; Page A01

When Cindy McCain is asked what issues she would champion as first lady, she often cites one of the most difficult periods of her life: her battle with -- and ultimate victory over -- prescription painkillers. Her struggle, she has said repeatedly, taught her valuable lessons about drug abuse that she would pass on to the nation.

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Her misuse of painkillers prompted an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and local prosecutors that put her in legal jeopardy. A doctor with McCain's medical charity who supplied her with prescriptions for the drugs lost his license and never practiced again. The charity, the American Voluntary Medical Team, eventually had to be closed in the wake of the controversy. Her husband was forced to admit publicly that he was absent much of the time she was having problems and was not aware of them.

Con't

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

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

http://www.galaxy1981.com/music/k_o/old/ZZZZ_Teddy%20Bears999999999/03.m...

If you think the ads for the Presidential race are tough, they have nothing on the Minnesota Senate race.

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/

What Coleman did to Franken, is exactly what Obama needs to do to McCain.

you remember the mtv youth vote thing bill clinton did back in the day, and someone asked him, 'boxers, or briefs?'

mccain's answer: 'depends'

That's a big ass Hurricane..Poor folks..

Sure glad I'm on the West coast..

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

...

Bhimpalasi

wonder if the wingnuts will say we shouldn't rebuild Houston? People shouldn't live there, etc.?

But Houston is the home of big oil...

will it make a difference?

Alaska under Sarah Palin has the highest rape rate of any state
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/12/2008 12:47:00 PM ET

But please don't talk about it because winning is mean. The dark purple line is the number of rapes per capita for the top states. Sarah Palin's Alaskan Miracle is number one:

See chart.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/alaska-under-sarah-palin-has-highest....

Be Bop Deluxe-Shine(Live)

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

my crystal ball says $5 gas in the near future...

the water line is 1 foot higher than records on LA/TX border.

they expect Galveston Island to be under water within the hour.

dhit!

I hope those people got out of there. they were estimating 90000 people didn't evacuate as of a few hours ago.

can't post, too much of a hassle w/my arm immobilized.

FLASHBACK - 2006

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009379/

"None of the circuits involved in conscious reasoning were particularly engaged," Westen said. "Essentially, it appears as if partisans twirl the cognitive kaleidoscope until they get the conclusions they want, and then they get massively reinforced for it, with the elimination of negative emotional states and activation of positive ones."

Notably absent were any increases in activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain most associated with reasoning.

...

A brain-scan technique known as functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, revealed a consistent pattern. Both Republicans and Democrats consistently denied obvious contradictions for their own candidate but detected contradictions in the opposing candidate.
...

Is that Chinese? I don't catch the meaning.

Edit: Ah, I see. Duh. That is chinese though, no?

神出鬼没　

LEONARDO DA VINCI
HIS FLYING MACHINES

http://wanderling.tripod.com/davinci_kite.html

http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/leonardo.html

"ognuno si potrà gettare da qualsiasi altezza senza alcun rischio"
(anyone can jump from no matter what height without any risk whatsoever).

and that's how it translated from Chinese in the translator....

it actually gave me the option of Simplified or Traditional Chinese..

*

Kevin tells me they are still pulling people from the train crash in So Cal...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Rj4S609mY

Ultimate HAARP Proof - Warning Hurricane Ike,Hanna,Josephine,Nana,Gustav

http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message605456/pg1

http://www.haarp.alaska.edu/haarp/data.html

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The phrase I wrote is Japanese, but most of those come from Chinese. It doesn't always work the other way. There are a lot of phrases in Chinese that don't exist in Japanese.

Thanks for noticing. I put it there to peak people's intrest. Then maybe people will want to learn more about Japanse. I know me and if I saw that I woud be like "what is that?"

神出鬼没　www.kokekokkou.net

So I put on the news. Hurricane Ike has hit Texas and are now on the back side of the storm.

But Our weather here in Illinois...

Thunderstorms and a Tornado watch til 10 AM CDT.

Yuk!

Back to bed!

BBC

The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, has said that he will never declare victory there.

In a BBC interview, Gen Petraeus said that recent security gains were "not irreversible" and that the US still faced a "long struggle".

When asked if US troops could withdraw from Iraqi cities by the middle of next year, he said that would be "doable".

In his next job leading the US Central Command, Gen Petraeus will also oversee operations in Afghanistan.

He said "the trends in Afghanistan have not gone in the right direction... and that has to be addressed".

Afghanistan remained a "hugely important endeavour", he said.

Earlier this week, President George W Bush announced a cut of 8,000 US troops in Iraq by February - with some 4,500 being sent to Afghanistan........

Submitted by rctowns on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 1:37am.
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like the Stockholm reference- 2nd one today(yesterday} I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmRh1bsPogk

http://search.playlist.com/tracks/teddy%20bears
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Jamesbennett

http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php/support-your-local-kkk-18...

Submitted by gbasin on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 12:04am.

http://www.votetownsend.com/

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Jamesbennett

Howard Zinn: US 'In Need of Rebellion'

Al Jazeera speaks to Howard Zinn, the author, American historian, social critic and activist, about how the Iraq war damaged attitudes towards the US and why the US "empire" is close to collapse

09/09/08 "Al Jazeera" -- - - HZ: America has been heading - for some time, and is heading right now - toward less and less world power, less and less influence.

Obviously, since the war in Iraq, the rest of the world has fallen away from the United States, and if American foreign policy continues in the way it has been - that is aggressive and violent and uncaring about the feelings and thoughts of other people - then the influence of the United States is going to decline more and more.

This is an empire which is on the one hand the most powerful empire that ever existed; on the other hand an empire that is crumbling - an empire that has no future ... because the rest of the world is alienated and simply because this empire is top-heavy with military commitments, with bases around the world, with the exhaustion of its own resources at home.

[This is] leading to more and more discontent and home, so I think the American empire will go the way of other empires and I think it is on its way now.

Q: Is there any hope the US will change its approach to the rest of the world?

HZ: If there is any hope, the hope lies in the American people.
[It] lies in American people becoming resentful enough and indignant enough over what has happened to their country, over the loss of dignity in the world, over the starving of human resources in the United States, the starving of education and health, the takeover of the political mechanism by corporate power and the result this has on the everyday lives of the American people.

[There is also] the higher and higher food prices, the more and more insecurity, the sending of the young people to war.

I think all of this may very well build up into a movement of rebellion.

We have seen movements of rebellion in the past: The labour movement, the civil rights movement, the movement against the war in Vietnam.

I think we may well see, if the United States keeps heading in the same direction, a new popular movement. That is the only hope for the United States.........

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20721.htm

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080830.html
linked to
Mount Everest equipment list
http://www.mnteverest.net/gear.html
linked to
Sagarmatha National Park
http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=120
linked to
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/south-asia/nepal/sagarmatha/map....
click the little pics for Himalayan panoramas

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Jamesbennett

The Australian

KEY corps commanders of Pakistan's 600,000-strong army issued orders last night to retaliate against "invading" US forces that enter the country to attack militant targets.

The move has plunged relations between Islamabad and Washington into deep crisis over how to deal with al-Qa'ida and the Taliban

What amounts to a dramatic order to "kill the invaders", as one senior officer put it last night, was disclosed after the commanders - who control the army's deployments at divisional level - met at their headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi under the chairmanship of army chief and former ISI spy agency boss Ashfaq Kayani.

Leading English-language newspaper The News warned in an editorial that the US determination to attack targets inside Pakistan was likely to be "the best recruiting sergeant that the extremists ever had", with even "moderates" outraged by it.

The "retaliate and kill" order came amid reports of unprecedentedly fierce fighting in the Bajaur Agency of Pakistan's tribal areas, an al-Qa'ida stronghold frequently mentioned as the most likely lair of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

At the same time, a series of brutal killings by the militants were reported.

The beheaded bodies of two of nearly 40 police recruits abducted a week ago were found near the town of Hangu. Their discovery follows warnings that the recruits would be put to death, one by one, unless Pakistan stopped its big offensive in Bajaur.

The bodies of three local Bajaur men who had been shot in the neck were also found yesterday. Notes were attached declaring the men to have been spies.

In a day of what appears to have been unrelenting combat in Bajaur, helicopter gunships, heavy artillery and tanks were used to strike al-Qa'ida targets.

Officials said at least 100 militants had been killed, bringing the number who have died in the six weeks since the offensive was launched to well over 700. The figure is regarded as remarkable, given that NATO forces in Afghanistan seldom achieve a "kill" rate of more than about 30 in any single operation. Many of those killed are reported to have been "foreign fighters" - mostly Arabs and Central Asians, who have been flooding into Pakistan's tribal areas to join al-Qa'ida and the Taliban......

US expels Bolivian ambassador: "In response to unwarranted action and in accordance with the Vienna Convention, we have officially informed the Government of Bolivia of our decision to declare Ambassador Gustavo Guzman persona non grata,'' said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.

Venezuela expels U.S. ambassador: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday his decision to expel the U.S. ambassador and ordered him to leave the country in 72 hours.

U.S. expelling Venezuelan envoy in response to Chavez: "We have informed the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States that he will be expelled and should leave the United States," McCormack said.

Honduras in diplomatic snub to US over Bolivia: Honduras, a former U.S. ally in Central America now run by a leftist government, told a U.S. envoy not to present his credentials as ambassador on Friday in a diplomatic snub in support of Bolivia.

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NYT

While watching the Sarah Palin interview with Charlie Gibson Thursday night, and the coverage of the Palin phenomenon in general, I’ve gotten the scary feeling, for the first time in my life, that dimwittedness is not just on the march in the U.S., but that it might actually prevail.

How is it that this woman could have been selected to be the vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket? How is it that so much of the mainstream media has dropped all pretense of seriousness to hop aboard the bandwagon and go along for the giddy ride?

For those who haven’t noticed, we’re electing a president and vice president, not selecting a winner on “American Idol.”

Ms. Palin may be a perfectly competent and reasonably intelligent woman (however troubling her views on evolution and global warming may be), but she is not ready to be vice president..........

Hey Kev... how are ya - hope well.

Donut over here jbenet - I like the glazed ones if there
are any left.

Raining cats & doggies here in Chicago area. @least its warm
& not cold out. So I really don't mind the rain :)

Very COOL photo of your friends kitty.
Wow - how comforting to know she is still there
in spirit.

Palin lied about Iraq visit to "battle zone"
Chris in Paris · 9/13/2008 06:54:00 AM ET · Link
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Good grief, she lies repeatedly about everything. Then again, considering how flimsy her resume is, this is no surprise. Hey, I looked at China from the border in Laos so does that count as a visit to China? I changed planes at the airport in Seoul, so maybe that also counts as a visit according to Palin. I took a bus through Zambia for thirty minutes after rafting down the Zambezi River. Does that bus trip count as "on the ground experience" in Zambia? Does flying over Greenland count? I could see it from the plane window, after all.
Following her selection last month as John McCain's running mate, aides said Palin had traveled to Ireland, Germany, Kuwait, and Iraq to meet with members of the Alaska National Guard. During that trip she was said to have visited a "military outpost" inside Iraq. The campaign has since repeated that Palin's foreign travel included an excursion into the Iraq battle zone.

But in response to queries about the details of her trip, campaign aides and National Guard officials in Alaska said by telephone yesterday that she did not venture beyond the Kuwait-Iraq border when she visited Khabari Alawazem Crossing, also known as "K-Crossing," on July 25, 2007.

Asked to clarify where she traveled in Iraq, Palin's spokeswoman, Maria Comella, confirmed that "She visited a military outpost on the other side of the Kuwait-Iraq border."

It was the second such clarification in as many weeks of the itinerary of what Palin has called "the trip of a lifetime." Earlier, the campaign acknowledged that Palin made only a refueling stop in Ireland.
She took a few steps over the border to an outpost and thinks that was a battle zone? Does McCain honesty think this is valid experience for a v.p. candidate? Is he serious when he repeats the "she can see Russia" line? Even with that line, she has never even said that she personally saw Russia, only that it's possible. What new lie are we going to discover next? When is the media going to quit calling her lies "clarifications" or "stretching the truth" or providing other excuses. A lie is a lie and Palin-McCain can't stop themselves from lying.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/09/13/palin_camp_clarifi...

someone writes about Palin in a way that reflects how I really feel.

We've got Tornado watches and flash flood warnings here today.

And, of course, today is my first day back to work! The humidity is 100% and my other knee is screaming. Jeesh, I can't win for losing!

This hurricane rotation is feeding into our system here which only makes it worse.

I wonder how it is in Crank's area also?

but the clouds are passing quickly. I just came inside from sitting with my feet in the pool while drinking coffee. It might be the only chance I get to spend out doors this weekend.

on ABC. I already knew she isn't capable of becoming VP let alone President, but this woman is arrogant with no reason to be.

I watched the interview with my jaw dropped permanently. McCain is insane for even thinking she could do the job. And the people that like her need a lobotomy!

From your post. This says it all about the people that like her:

"Now, I want to be clear and speak directly to those of you who LOVED that Palin interview. You're an idiot. I mean that. This is not one of those cases where we're going to agree to disagree. This isn't one of those situations where we debate it passionately and then walk away thinking that the other guy is wrong but argued well. I'm not going to think of you as a thoughtful but misguided person with different ideas who still really cares about the country and the world. No, sorry, not this time. This time, if you watched those interview excerpts and weren't scared out of your freakin' mind, then you're mentally ill, mentally disabled, or mentally disturbed. What you are NOT is responsible, informed, curious, thoughtful, mature, educated, empathetic, or remotely serious. I mean it."

up a 3 again with the weirdest dream...

doggers wanted out and then barked at a rat they found, me chasing them and finally getting them back in the house.

the rat likes the apples. can't blame it, i do too.

Ruzzer upset because i did'nt let her finish the job. oh well, we'll get it today.

too bad. it's a life i hate to take.

and I find those words simple enough for even Republican trolls to read and understand. I appreciate that because it just makes it easy for us to refer the idiots to just go read the article.

McCain/Palin Love Site
Submitted by Kevin © on Sat, 09/13/2008 - 6:47am.
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in some file stopping by the crazy klan site ! ;)

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

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

The decision was made on the first day of the two-day meeting of Pakistan's top military commanders to discuss the U.S. coalition's ground and air assault in Waziristan region which killed dozens of civilians.

Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani chaired the meeting which began in Rawalpindi on Thursday at the Army General Headquarters.

Pakistan's military commanders expressed their determination to defend the country's borders without allowing any external forces to conduct operations inside the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, sources said.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=177691

the oil wells"
Sarah Palin's environment record targeted by polar bears in computer game PolarPalin 12 Sep 2008 Players of PolarPalin must help a polar bear to navigate its way across Alaska to blow up oil wells, all the while avoiding [sociopath] Sarah Palin, the governor of the state, in her campaign tank. "This game is funny, but it has a very serious message," said Sadia Chishti, managing director of T-Enterprise, the Scottish company behind the game. "The US recently classified the Alaskan polar bear as a threatened species. It is predicted that the population of bears could be reduced by two-thirds by the year 2050. Yet the state of Alaska, led by Sarah Palin, is going to sue the government to reverse the decision.They are worried it will hold back oil and gas developments." In the game, which can be played online at www.t-enterprise.co.uk/polarpalin, players are urged to "help the polar bears fight back by using dynamite to blow up the oil wells".

http://www.legitgov.org/

Feel better - Im working a little o/t today.
My sinus's are killing me. Joints are swelled < is that even a word??
I hope your 1st day back @ work goes well. :)

The US must ensure that Teheran does not obtain weapons of mass destruction and should not second guess an Israeli decision to carry out a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, John McCain's running mate in the US presidential race, said Thursday night in an interview with ABC News that focused almost exclusively on foreign policy issues.

"I believe that under the leadership of [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad, nuclear weapons in the hands of his government are extremely dangerous to everyone on this globe," Palin asserted. "We have got to make sure these weapons of mass destruction; that nuclear weapons are not given to the hands of Ahmadinejad, not that he would use them, but that he would allow terrorists to be able to use them. So we have got to put the pressure on Iran."

When asked how the US should respond in the event of an Israeli attack on Iran, Palin said, "Well, first, we are friends of Israel, and I don't think that we should second guess the measures that Israel has to take to defend themselves, and for their security."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1221142455689&pagename=JPost%...

It's only a couple of hours but it's back at work. My boss is worried I won't be able to last more than a couple of hours. I'll show her!

Pre-teen dance night is this coming friday, but I get a break from it this time. Yeah!

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department made public on Friday a plan to expand the tools the Federal Bureau of Investigation can use to investigate suspicions of terrorism inside the United States, even without any direct evidence of wrongdoing.

Justice Department officials said the plan, which is likely to be completed by the end of the month despite criticism from civil rights advocates, is intended to allow F.B.I. agents to be more aggressive and pre-emptive in assessing possible threats to national security.

It would allow an agent, for instance, to pursue an anonymous tip about terrorism by conducting an undercover interview or watching someone in a public place. Such steps are now prohibited unless there is more specific evidence of wrongdoing.

The plan is the latest in a series of steps by the Bush administration to extend key aspects of its counterterrorism strategy beyond the end of President Bush’s tenure. An executive order from Mr. Bush in August rewrote the rules for the nation’s 16 spy agencies, and an administration legislative proposal before Congress would reaffirm that the country “remains engaged in an armed conflict with Al Qaeda.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/washington/13justice.html?_r=1&oref=sl...

Palin has no clue how entitlements work.
Tonight in an ABC interview, host Charlie Gibson asked Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) if she would cut entitlements — such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Palin, however, began talking about spending by government agencies, demonstrating a fundamental ignorance on economics:

GIBSON: Do you talk about entitlement reform? Is there money you can save in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid?

PALIN: I am sure that there are efficiencies that are going to be found in all of these agencies. I’m confident in that.

GIBSON: The agencies are not involved in entitlements. Basically, discretionary spending is 18 percent of the budget.

Watch it: at link

Last weekend, Palin also tried to explain the recent federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by saying that they had “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” The companies, however, aren’t taxpayer funded but rather operate as private companies.

Transcript: Read the rest of this entry »

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/12/palin-entitlement/#more-29098

Update Palin used the word "efficiencies" four different times during the interview to refer to money that can be saved in government agencies. She presumably meant "inefficiencies."

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5789483

love y'all!

I suppose in practice a McCain administration’s budgets would just look like George W. Bush’s budgets or Ronald Reagan’s budgets — tax cuts and huge deficits. But it is telling that the woman John McCain chose as his running mate doesn’t seem to understand what “entitlements” are. Clearly, just as most citizens don’t know what the Bush Doctrine is, most people probably aren’t all that familiar with the meaning of the entitlement/discretionary distinction in federal budgeting. But it’s a big deal for people who actually pay attention to political and policy issues in the United States. I wonder if McCain chatted with Palin at all about her views on entitlement reform before adding her to the ticket?

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/maverick_budgeting.ph...

I know we are facing the most extreme form of extinction. I'm sure you already understand how much I loath the global warming deniers who want to destroy what is left of our planet.

I hope that people who write such violent things as blowing up oil wells understand the chaos and backlash that would bring. I support non-violent resistance, most of all because they won't permanently detain you that way. I think blowing up oil wells is just as irresponsible as denying global warming and it's effects on the inhabitants of the planet. I urge you to be careful.

Charlie Gibson's War
By Todd Gitlin - September 12, 2008, 11:42PM
Well, not war, but a milder though satisfying combat and a valuable moment of self-redemption. By network standards, Gibson was a lipstickless bulldog. The encounter was combative enough to blow some of her Teflon off.

Much has already been written on segment one of the Gibsonthon, aired on World News Tonight Thursday. Palin didn't recognize the pillar of Bush's foreign policy, and then mischaracterized it. She repeated her absurdity about command of the Alaska National Guard and proximity to Russia. (He might well have asked her what she'd learned from all that proximity.) She declared that she was ready for war with Russia. Mild-mannered Charlie, who is always wishing us a good day, confessed: "I get lost in a blizzard of words there." I've never heard him so blunt.

On the Friday night 20/20 segment, Kate Snow's teaser began: "You discover her story is part fact and part fable." Palin was an earmark queen, winning $27,000,000 for 6000 people. She spent $8,000,000 on a road to nowhere. "Some of her best friends...are reluctant to endorse Sarah Palin the candidate," Snow reported.

That was for openers. Then Gibson continued: "We've got a very sick economy....What are three principal things you would change in the Bush economic plan?" Her answer: "Put government back on the side of the people." She touted "what I did with Wasilla. We cut the personal property tax." Gibson: "You came into a debt-free city and left it with considerable debt."

Gibson: "You've advertised yourselves as the party of change. What would you change in the Bush economic ;lan ?" As she rolled into her preprogrammed cant, drifting away from his question, he had to keep pressing her. Here's what she came up with at last: 1. Reduce taxes. 2. Control spending. 3. Oversight. Now, leave aside that oversight is not an executive prerogative at all, does this sound convincing? When she called for "efficiencies," Gibson asked whether that included entitlement programs. "All sectors," she clarified.

He might have asked what's so inefficient about Social Security. He might have asked whether she agreed with her running-mate that Social Security is a "disgrace." Still, to me, Palin sounded unconvincing.

"Why do you keep saying Obama's going to raise taxes?" "What was wrong with the Clinton economic plan? He produced 22,000,000 jobs against 5 million for Bush." Her bulldozer bulled on.

On the Bridge to Nowhere, he was Robert Jordan and William Holden in "The Bridge over the River Kwai" rolled together.

What do I know? I don't, of course, know how any of this played with independents who are disinclined to believe that Charlie Gibson is Satan's playmate. Are they prepared to believe that "Alaska is such a microcosm of the rest of the United States"? Do points 1-3 sound like a plausible remedy for the grave economic malaise and the Bush depredations? Doubletalk, tripletalk.

More:

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/12/charlie_gibsons_war/

I agree - I was suprized to see that "game" on
"Citizens for Legitimate Government" web-site

mean to preach. I really appreciate your comments smcgee43. The law is restricting that kind of speech much like yelling fire in a theater. Not sure I blame them.

I'm often struck by the scene in that video of Rome I posted in that Destiny Open Mic above. Evidence of what we can do when there is peace and we work together (even under the rules of tyrants) compared to the devastation of working against one another deciding on the fucking tyrant....

till the idiot leaves office.
That is if he doesn't declare marshall law
@ some point in the next few months.

I did NOT take it as preaching.
Love ya!

GOP Congressman Lies On The Air About Palin And The Bridge -- And Is Called On It
By Eric Kleefeld - September 12, 2008, 10:01PM
A fun pattern has emerged that we don't see too often in politics -- the lies from the McCain-Palin campaign are now being called out as they are told live on the air. Just check out the reception that Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) received today on MSNBC:

Video at link

"You know I think the proof, the proof is in the pudding," Cantor said confidently. "And the fact is, Sarah Palin when she was governor of Alaska, rejected the moneys that came from Washington to construct the Bridge To Nowhere."

He then faced a now-predictable grilling from Norah O'Donnell, who pointed out the truth that Palin did not reject the money at all -- she kept it and used it for other projects.

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

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seal the STORE of ELEGANCE
with the COSMIC tone of PRESENCE.
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did you see the Virgil Goode debate?

Venezuela may be on verge
of cutting off oil to the US

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The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials it accused of helping Colombian rebels smuggle drugs, deepening a diplomatic crisis that raised the specter of an oil supply cutoff.

http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080912/ts_nm/venezuela_chavez_dc

good morning yourll
just had breakfast with my aunt at macdonalds she brought me some roti's

I didn't see the debate, watching it now. What a tool!

for making almost every country in
the world HATE us - you fucking moron

Global warming could
cost Ohio its buckeyes

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It's not the best-researched global-warming theory, but it could be the most horrifying to certain fans of college football: Environmentalists said Friday that climate change might push the growing range of Ohio's iconic buckeye tree out of the state, leaving it for archrival Michigan. "People had thought of global warming as something far away, affecting polar bears," said Tom Bullock.

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080912/ap_on_re_us/saving_the_buckeye

By Jonathan Haidt

...the second rule of moral psychology is that morality is not just about how we treat each other (as most liberals think); it is also about binding groups together, supporting essential institutions, and living in a sanctified and noble way. When Republicans say that Democrats "just don't get it," this is the "it" to which they refer.

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN?

What makes people vote Republican? Why in particular do working class and rural Americans usually vote for pro-business Republicans when their economic interests would seem better served by Democratic policies? We psychologists have been examining the origins of ideology ever since Hitler sent us Germany's best psychologists, and we long ago reported that strict parenting and a variety of personal insecurities work together to turn people against liberalism, diversity, and progress. But now that we can map the brains, genes, and unconscious attitudes of conservatives, we have refined our diagnosis: conservatism is a partially heritable personality trait that predisposes some people to be cognitively inflexible, fond of hierarchy, and inordinately afraid of uncertainty, change, and death. People vote Republican because Republicans offer "moral clarity"—a simple vision of good and evil that activates deep seated fears in much of the electorate. Democrats, in contrast, appeal to reason with their long-winded explorations of policy options for a complex world.

Diagnosis is a pleasure. It is a thrill to solve a mystery from scattered clues, and it is empowering to know what makes others tick. In the psychological community, where almost all of us are politically liberal, our diagnosis of conservatism gives us the additional pleasure of shared righteous anger. We can explain how Republicans exploit frames, phrases, and fears to trick Americans into supporting policies (such as the "war on terror" and repeal of the "death tax") that damage the national interest for partisan advantage.

But with pleasure comes seduction, and with righteous pleasure comes seduction wearing a halo. Our diagnosis explains away Republican successes while convincing us and our fellow liberals that we hold the moral high ground. Our diagnosis tells us that we have nothing to learn from other ideologies, and it blinds us to what I think is one of the main reasons that so many Americans voted Republican over the last 30 years: they honestly prefer the Republican vision of a moral order to the one offered by Democrats. To see what Democrats have been missing, it helps to take off the halo, step back for a moment, and think about what morality really is.

More here:

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/haidt08/haidt08_index.html

I made toniD say tool...

We just got some light rain. Supposed to hit here between 10 and 11am.

Blog ya all a little later.

New thread.

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3766

Flooding.

They just called me from work not to go in because the parking lot is flooded and they cancelled everything.

The pond outside my window is overflowing it's bank.

And Harminder, the lady that helps me said that the street to get to where I live is flooded also.

1. Democrats want to take your money and give it to someone else.

2. Democrats are weak on national defense.

3. Republicans love God.

4. Republicans believe in capitalism.

5. Republicans are patriotic.

6. Republicans want change in Congress.

incubus - how are you doing on that troll filtering patch?

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

in Texas & the midwest up to Chicago, I hope you all are getting through this weather without to much damage. Nando can you get in touch with your family in Corpus Christi?
Watching live weather channel video of Ike. Galveston is really beat up.
Time for some Haydn! (J Haydn String Quartet Op.64 No.5 "Finale")

My mom has been in Virginia for a month and my brothers family is in Connecticut for the next week. My sister-in-law's family moved her mom out of Corpus to Houston when the target was further south. They made it out of Houston in time and are fine in Corpus again. One of the reasons that people do not head evacuations is because of the headache avoiding the storms.

I read the whole thing out loud to Steve. Brilliant and insightful. I am sending it to both Sam and Marc who I think will find it interesting.

Happe Talk

are you actually to ALL the opinions in the article? Cuz I am definitely over the "hot" part, although I appreciate the imaginative scene creation by Mr. Seltzman. (And I respect the fact that he and his wife include provisos, as I would have done.)

P.S. Are there really Barack Obama sheets?

Sam. I checked again just now. Am I looking in the wrong place?

>>WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VOTE REPUBLICAN?

you certainly proved the point of the article. well done.

Andover law school convenes Bush War Crimes Conference - WATCH LIVE

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Andover_law_school_convenes_Bush_War_0913....

back on. discussing the pro torture lawyers.

oops. wrong thread
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