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Why is this happening again? Haven't people had enough with Bush? Don't they realize what will happen if McCain gets in office?

This is a nightmare!!!

McCain on working class wages
by smintheus
Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 05:13:01 PM PDT
Since the nation is in the midst of John McCain's 'housing crisis', in which he tries to remember how many houses he owns, and we're all still trying to figure out why McCain thinks an income of $5,000,000/year is needed to be considered rich, it's worth revisiting McCain's opinion about the value of wages. In 2006 at an AFL-CIO convention, when asked about the effect of immigration in depressing wages, McCain declared that no Americans would be willing do agricultural work for as little as $50/hour. At that rate, a worker would make as much in 6 months as the average annual household income in the US.

McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona.

Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer.

"I’ll take it!" one man shouted.

McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. "You can’t do it, my friends."

Some in the crowd said they didn’t appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic.

A fake jobs program - the only kind Republicans favor. That's more than arrogant. McCain is totally out of touch with the realities of working Americans.

I'd love for voters to ask McCain at townhalls this summer and fall whether he still thinks nobody's willing to work for as little as $50/hour.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/162111/573/526/572063

My brain has been spinning all day -- it's caused by too much stress (an upcoming move) and the damn heat, man....

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

TNR upset at Rachel Maddow's hiring
by kos
Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 03:39:37 PM PDT
Of course they are. They're not the only ones, either.

The reaction to Maddow's show highlights just how suffocatingly narrow, and right-wing, the spectrum of mainstream political discourse in America is. Hiring Michael Savage, Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson to host their own shows didn't jeopardize NBC's news brand, just as giving Glenn Beck -- Glenn Beck -- his own show didn't jeopardize CNN's. Most mainstream political and media figures even continue to insist that Fox is a legitimate news organization because Brit Hume confines his overt right-wing talking points to the Sunday show. But the presence of a liberal on MSNBC instantaneously destroys traditional principles of Journalism.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/161017/940/541/572048

http://www.bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2008/08/while_were_talk.html

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

to bring up the Keating 5.

McCain brought up Rezco, now Obama is wide open to bring up the Keating 5!

McCain's Politically Convenient Anthrax Threat
by angry young man
Thu Aug 21, 2008 at 04:44:15 PM PDT
How to take the people's eyes off the Dem Convention in four days, off the new timetable for a pull out of troops in Iraq, off the fact that McCain's real history of vast wealth and adultry is now out in the open, and put it right back where it McCain would like it: on the War on Terror?

Why, it must be time for an anthrax attack! Even though the US government scientist who sent American anthrax to Congressional and media figures in 2001 just killed himself and the FBI hurriedly closed the case, McCain was fortunate enough to have suspicious white powder sent to his campaign offices in New Hampshire and, of course, Denver today. Funny how that happens when you want to turn around a news cycle. I guess this is just John McCain's way of going Bush one better, Bush who fabricated more than a dozen terrorist alerts to take bad news for him off the front page.

http://www.cbsnews.com/...

Call me heartless. Tell Olbermann I know he also got white powder and it was wrong for the NY Post to mock him over hit. But this is just way to convenient to be believed.

I'm sure the government has their "top men" on it too. And I'm sure the Denver Police are ramping up security against "terrorists" and "protestors" even tighter as the Democrats arrive.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/21/193713/349/379/572202

Blows!

Cindy McCain has something in common with Crank Bait...

they both have a sibling who is an only child

I Spent Years as a POW with John McCain, and His Finger Should Not Be Near the Red Button

By Phillip Butler, Military.com. Posted August 21, 2008.

A fellow Vietnam POW of McCain's warns of the candidate's "quick and explosive temper" and suggests McCain is exaggerating his imprisonment.

http://www.alternet.org/election08/95825/

Interesting story. Must read!

Aug 21, 2008

& boy is he pissed!

Good evening to you all.

Well, considering Ivin's is very incoveniently, you know, DEAD, I guess they can't lay the blame at his feet.

Reeks.

It's a lie.

McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. "You can’t do it, my friends."

FEMA's Phone System Hacked

Someone with unauthorized access placed over 400 calls through FEMA's National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Md. to several countries in the Middle East.

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
August 21, 2008 05:20 PM

A hacker hijacked the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) phone system over the weekend, leaving the agency with bill of about $12,000.

According to the Associated Press, someone placed over 400 calls through FEMA's National Emergency Training Center in Emmitsburg, Md., to several countries in the Middle East.

FEMA is a part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The hacker took advantage of a newly installed voice-mail system. FEMA's CIO, Jeanne Etzel, is investigating the incident, according to FEMA spokeswoman Debbie Wing.

The preliminary results of the investigation suggest that a contractor involved with the installation of the voice-mail system appears to have been responsible for the system's misconfiguration, Wing said.

Wing said that FEMA became aware of the unauthorized calls on Saturday, Aug. 16, and that technicians promptly made the necessary corrections. She said she didn't have any information about whether one person or several were responsible for the more than 400 unauthorized calls.

Wing said she too had seen the $12,000 cost figure reported but couldn't immediately confirm it. She also said that she was unsure about whether FEMA would end up paying for the calls. She said that she expected the agency would try to work something out with its telecom service provider.

Last year, hackers broke into dozens of computers at the Department of Homeland Security and spirited sensitive data to China. Government investigators blamed a government contractor, Unisys (NYSE: UIS), for failing to deploy intrusion detection systems.

Unisys issued a statement disputing the allegations, noting that it could not fully respond due to federal security regulations that "preclude public comment on specific incidents."

BIRD ON A WIRE?
Submitted by toniD on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 5:48pm.

toniD I couldn't resist...

Suicide Bomber Kills 58 outside Munitions Plant;
Zardari Candidate for President

The Tehrik-i Taliban responded to Pakistani military operations against it at Bajaur by sending a suicide bomber to attack workers leaving a munitions factory. Some 57 are dead and 70 wounded.

The Pakistan People's Party, the largest party in parliament, has reportedly decided to seek to get its de facto leader, Asaf Ali Zardari, elected as the new president. Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, might be able to count on a sympathy vote in parliament.

Although the wrangling over who will be president is being reported in the US press as a crisis, I don't see it that way. It is, rather, an ordinary political process in which eventually there will be a winner who will garner enough votes to be elected. No one is brandishing a gun over all this to my knowledge. You might as well call the current presidential campaign in the US to determine who will succeed George W. Bush a crisis. There is an interim president,and if the process takes a while, it will just give the prime minister a chance to garner more executive power, which would be all to the good. In the aftermath, I hope that the special prerogatives of the presidency, rooted in martial law amendments of the 1980s, can finally be gotten rid of.

War resistor, Robin Long, faces expedited court martial tomorrow, Friday, August 22

Last week, I told you about war resistor Robin Long, 25-year-old U.S. Army Private First Class who recently was deported from Canada and handed over to military authorities in the U.S. We recently learned that Robin faces court martial tomorrow at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, CO. Robin could face three years confinement, forfeiture of pay, and a dishonorable discharge from the Army if found guilty. Regarding his decision to resist, Robin explains, “Regardless of what hardships I go through, I could have put Iraqi families through more hardships. I have no regrets.” IVAW members across Colorado will offer support by attending Robin’s court martial tomorrow. If you are in the Colorado Springs area and would like to show your support by attending, here are the details:

7:30 AM - Arrive at the Ft. Carson Main Gate at 7:30 AM to ensure you can get to Bldg. 6221 in time. You will need to provide a drivers license, registration, and proof of insurance if driving. Do not wear any political buttons, t-shirts, etc.

5:00 PM - Join Robin's lawyer, James Branum, and supporters for a vigil and press conference at the Main Gate to hear about the results of Robin’s hearing.

Other things you can do to support Robin:
1. Please take a few moments to write Robin a simple note of support today. Moral support is such an important way to support war resistors, who are taking serious risks and to stand up for their conscience and are role models for others. They need to know that they have not been forgotten, and that their sacrifice is recognized. You can send a letter to Robin by writing to:
Robin Long, CJC
2739 East Las Vegas
Colorado Springs CO 80906

Robin is allowed to receive hand-written or typed letters only. His letters will be reviewed, so please do not write anything inflammatory that might get him in trouble. Do NOT include postage stamps, drawings, stickers, copied photos or print articles. However, you may send Robin a money order for commissary items (postage stamps, toothbrush, shirts, paper, snacks, etc.). The money order should be in U.S. funds made out to "Robin Long, EPSO". The sender’s name must be written on the money order. Robin cannot receive packages of any type from private citizens. But, you may order a book for Robin from either Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble and have it shipped directly to him from either of these companies. They know the procedure for delivering books to inmates.
2. Donate to Robin's legal defense.

Nando :)

I mean, it sounds like he's about to pop a vessel but that's normal for him. Was he throwing stuff?

No - but he sounded like he was to that point.
I'm always so afraid hes going to have a damn
heart attack.

he's caused a few. His reports often piss me off too.

Glenn Greenwald
Thursday Aug. 21, 2008 08:47 EDT
The decay of serious journalism and Rachel Maddow's new show

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/08/21/tnr/index.html

yep...

is pretty scary. I have a question though...
stupid but a question anyways
can any of this stuff be REVERSED???

McCain: They're Cindy's!!!
McCain's latest response: They're not my homes! They're Cindy's!

--Josh Marshall

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/08/mccain_prepares_rez...

.

I just tuned in and am in the dark.

Happe Talk

elitist accessory for a beer heiress? Gnarly whore.

Good name for a band.

Gone wild!

http://www.pbase.com/prplexd/image/56718241

directive from the executive. You can tell because his description is similar to hemorrhoid surgery.

brought up Keeting five around talking about all the houses. The repub was stammering and sputtering like crazy and making the lamest arguments.

Happe Talk

Happe Talk

Is this Cindy at Sturgis?
Submitted by ellwort on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:50pm.
Gone wild!

Has anyone had problems playing the
downloaded podcasts?

My DSL isnt fast enough to watch the Videos,
so I downloaded the podcast Part 1 and 2
( 37, and 35 MBytes )

I finally found some time to listen to them
and my players crash.

Using either Real Player10 or Winamp after about 8 minutes
they crash. I even tried to FF past that spot, and
within 10 seconds it crashes. >:(

My only other idea is to try and burn an Audio CD
and try and play it in a reg CD player?

I have reasoned this out. There is only one thing that could make this announcement so big:

Barrack Obama has chosen Sam Seder as his V.P. pick. Sam meets all of the criteria, including "someone who will stand up to me."

And where does Maron fit into all of this? Secretary of Defense, of course. Our new military motto: "We shall swarm upon our enemies like a hoard of feral cats in heat!"

Opinions?

Nona D. Above

The press is in real need of analysis. They will need him.

How to Open the Channel

anyone have some news sources for what Malloy is talking about?
Submitted by mhappenow on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:47pm

Mike said it came from New Yorkie Times, Washington Post

By Lt. Gen Robert G. Gard Jr., USA (Ret.)

The McCain campaign has spent weeks trying to portray Obama as out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans. Today, an interviewer at Politico.com asked McCain how many homes he and his wife owned, to which he responded that he was not sure but would get someone from his staff to answer.

Contrary to what many will tell you, this does not make McCain out of touch with ordinary Americans, as many families today are in trouble with their banks and trying to figure out how many homes they have - zero or one.

Still, it’s the campaign’s defense we find deeply troubling:

“This is a guy who lived in one house for five and a half years — in prison.”

We obviously honor and respect McCain’s service and the five-and-a-half years of horror that he went through at the hands of the North Vietnamese; but it’s not an excuse for everything. He has already used it to explain away his infidelities in his first marriage. He’s used it to defend his healthcare plan. He just the other day used it to deflect accusations of having skirted the rules of the Saddleback forum.

It’s time for the Senator to stop cheapening the war experiences of thousands of vets and his fellow POWs, and his own as well, by stretching the boundaries of logic to make his POW status a wild-card rebuttal to all accusations or an answer to all difficult questions.

We are veterans who like John McCain, who served honorably, but and we continue to serve our country honorably by not using our military experiences as unjustifiable necessary shields or stepping stones. John McCain has faced and will continue to face many difficult questions that he does not have an answer for, and problems to which that he will provides no solutions to, in the 70 days between now and the election. When he uses his status as a veteran to deflect legitimate questions and concerns, it devalues not just his service to our country but ours as well.

So today, we ask not as Veterans for Obama, but as Veterans of America that Sen. McCain respect the service of his fellow POWs and combat veterans, and stop cheapening their service by hiding behind his own.

Free Democracy

Australian newcomer Mia Wasikowska will play the part of Alice.

Nope, Cindy's eyes are that ice blue color.

Happe Talk

the secretary of state's office (Oregon) has found that the Peace Party has enough signatures to qualify for the Oregon ballot. The party now has until Tuesday to officially nominate candidates for the general election.

I'd be a little worried about that, although, Marc could probably supply his own analysts for the task.

Nona D. Above

Thats funny :)
That would be both hilarious and an improvement!

What up with the kitties??? Have you gotten any help
from any of the organizations I suggested??
I hope that everything is working out.

New Guidelines Would Give F.B.I. Broader Powers

By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: August 20, 2008
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department plan would loosen restrictions on the Federal Bureau of Investigation to allow agents to open a national security or criminal investigation against someone without any clear basis for suspicion, Democratic lawmakers briefed on the details said Wednesday.

The plan, which could be made public next month, has already generated intense interest and speculation. Little is known about its precise language, but civil liberties advocates say they fear it could give the government even broader license to open terrorism investigations.

Congressional staff members got a glimpse of some of the details in closed briefings this month, and four Democratic senators told Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey in a letter on Wednesday that they were troubled by what they heard.

The senators said the new guidelines would allow the F.B.I. to open an investigation of an American, conduct surveillance, pry into private records and take other investigative steps “without any basis for suspicion.” The plan “might permit an innocent American to be subjected to such intrusive surveillance based in part on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, or on protected First Amendment activities,” the letter said. It was signed by Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island.

As the end of the Bush administration nears, the White House has been seeking to formalize in law and regulation some of the aggressive counterterrorism steps it has already taken in practice since the Sept. 11 attacks.

Congress overhauled the federal wiretapping law in July, for instance, and President Bush issued an executive order this month ratifying new roles for intelligence agencies. Other pending changes would also authorize greater sharing of intelligence information with the local police, a major push in the last seven years.

The Justice Department is already expecting criticism over the F.B.I. guidelines. In an effort to pre-empt critics, Mr. Mukasey gave a speech last week in Portland, Ore., describing the unfinished plan as an effort to “integrate more completely and harmonize the standards that apply to the F.B.I.’s activities.” Differing standards, he said, have caused confusion for field agents.

Mr. Mukasey emphasized that the F.B.I. would still need a “valid purpose” for an investigation, and that it could not be “simply based on somebody’s race, religion, or exercise of First Amendment rights.”

Rather than expanding government power, he said, “this document clarifies the rules by which the F.B.I. conducts its intelligence mission.”

In 2002, John Ashcroft, then the attorney general, allowed F.B.I. agents to visit public sites like mosques or monitor Web sites in the course of national security investigations. The next year, Mr. Bush issued guidelines allowing officials to use ethnicity or race in “narrow” circumstances to detect a terrorist threat.

The Democratic senators said the draft plan appeared to allow the F.B.I. to go even further in collecting information on Americans connected to “foreign intelligence” without any factual predicate. They also said there appeared to be few constraints on how the information would be shared with other agencies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/21/washington/21fbi.html?_r=1&ref=washing...

Happe Talk

that little girl was amazing in In Treatment

by Turning his Back on the Dalai Lama

thats quite the house. More like a castle.

are scheduled for tonight. I've been waiting so long.

Then early 2 or 3am this morning Team Synchronized Swimming! I can't wait.

It's like freaking Christmas over here.

Iran’s New Friend in Latin America

I hazz 'em

I loved that show....Gabrial Berne's character was an incredibly lousy therapist, but what a sexy hunk.

Happe Talk

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.♡. - .☮.

that is characteristic of tinted contacts? Maybe she took off those itchy lenses, too.

*PS: Apologies to anyone whose sensibilities that photo may have offended.*

It would make for some great press conferences, can you see this guy on the podium?

http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/stalker_guilt/

Nona D. Above

I downloaded them but for archival purposes. I have watched most of it on the video.

Cindy's breasts are MUCH bigger(probably implants)

Happe Talk

FYI

Here is more mhappenow.

She was one of his patients and stole the show as far as I'm concerned...

Do they have removable ones for when they seem odiously cumbersome?

What'll they think of next?

she was my favorite too 60th.

Happe Talk

OUCH!

Happe Talk

Have not watched any of the Olympics..
I had no idea you were into Team Synchronized Swimming!
BMX must be pretty cool to watch.

I passed on all the information I could gather to the group...Trying to steer clear of it all..I would have to go renegade on anyone who tried to take cats from my house - let alone punish me for taking care of more than four of them...thanks for your info...It's fucking spooky living in a weird backwards conservative idiot douchebag know-nothing town...

ellwort?

under boob ziplock pouch

Its on NBC right now smcgee43. I love the games. Did anyone catch the hula-hoop dancers or the ladies with whips earlier?

Pink Floyd music....

Love that. Even though - for good reason - he might make Dana Purina Dogchow look even civil by comparison.

the more I wish they'd just go back to the way things used to be.

Take this Hershey bar I picked up a couple days ago...yes, it is surprising it lasted so long on my desktop, but that's not the point. Point is, they changed the god-damned package!

What was wrong with the foil wrapper and paper sleeve? This one piece wrapper-thingie bugs me!

Haven't I been through enough? I survived the turbulent 70s, fer Kristsakes, and the introduction of the aluminum drink can. I mean, I spent my formative years opening steel beer cans with a church key! Then...in the midst of Vietnam, Watergate and all the rest of the malaise associated with the 70s...BAM!!! Aluminum cans. And there were how many different types of openings for those new cans?

But who really wants to drink from cans, anyway? There used to be a day when you could buy a cold glass bottle of pop just about anywhere. I have a fond memories of the pop machines on the 6th and 15th tees at the golf course I caddied at in the early 70s. Not to mention the ones invariably at the Mom and Pop stores which used to populate the countryside...Today you have to really look for glass bottles and you certainly will pay for the luxury...Now if you want Coca-Cola in a 12 ounce glass bottle, you best look to Mexico. That's right, they don't even make that American icon, the 12 oz glass Coke bottle, in America. Yeah, that trade marked bottle, prevalently used in Coke adds and a strangely nostalgic piece of Americana has been outsourced to Mexico!!!

Not only that, but...Excuse me, I have to go yell at the neighbor kids to get out of my lawn.

weird backwards conservative idiot douchebag know-nothing school...also good old boy town.

I understand as to taking a step back. sometimes you
have to do that. Its hard - but you gotta do it some-
times.
I'm glad that you had that info. I hope that it helps.

A modified screen grab.

Even Fox News Refuses To Run Slime Ad Against Obama
By Eric Kleefeld - August 21, 2008, 7:37PM
How bad does a wingnut ad attacking Obama have to be for Fox News to refuse to run it?

The Associated Press reports that Fox News is declining to run the new ad from the "American Issues Project," a new right-wing swift-boating operation, connecting Obama to former 1960s radical William Ayers.

This may be because the ad accused Ayers of participating in a bombing of the U.S. Capitol, despite there being no evidence he ever did such a thing. So if Fox were to run it, they'd be open to a potential lawsuit for slander.

Looks like even Fox has its limits!

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/even_fox_news_re...

I feel your pain!

of being a renegade :)

Happe Talk

Last month, got the job of her dreams!! Yay! In the building green business:

www.alwaysbuildgreen.com

But like any business, it requires being on the job 9-5 and (like my teaching job) you don't really leave the job when you check out of the office in the evening.

She says, "Hi," to you and everybody; "Tell 'em I've been busy as HELL!" (That - with emphasis - is how she talks.)

Happe Talk

78% of Bush’s signing statements “have raised constitutional or legal objections”
By: SilentPatriot @ 3:40 PM - PDT
When President Bush receives a bill he doesn’t like, instead of issuing a veto and challenging Congress to override him as School House Rock would have you believe, he issues a private “signing statement” setting forth how he plans on interpreting the new law. The House Armed Services Committee has just released a report on the practice and the conclusions are not encouraging.

From the report (.pdf)

The Bush Administration’s use of presidential signing statements to indicate disapproval of enacted legislation has generated confusion and has undermined congressional oversight of national defense policy, the House Armed Services Committee said in a report this week

“78 percent of President Bush’s more than 150 signing statements have raised constitutional or legal objections, compared with only 18% of all of President Clinton’s.”

“Signing statements may, if used appropriately, serve a legitimate function as a tool for continuing dialog between the President, Congress, and the public. On the other hand, signing statements may be a mechanism to expand executive authority at the expense of the legislature,” the Committee report said.

As the report makes clear, not all signing statements are bad. Sometimes they’re useful and entirely appropriate, and sometimes they’re used for naked power grabs that are nearly impossible to challenge. Well, it appears 78% of President Bush’s fall into the latter category.

That begs the obvious question: Which laws has Bush challenged?

1. A provision in the 2008 defense bill that would make it illegal to build permanent bases in Iraq. The White House is currently pushing for 58 bases.

2. A bill outlawing the use of torture on detainees. McCain did a lot of grandstanding on the day this law “passed,” but he hasn’t said anything since about Bush’s refusal to abide it.

3. A provision in the Patriot Act that requires the White House to inform Congress on how the FBI was using it’s new spying powers. This one naturally led to the FBI severely abusing their power.

etc. etc.

You know what happens after the President is called out on his lawbreaking, right? The White House should expect Congress’ Strongly Worded Letter™ any day now.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/21/78-of-bushs-signing-statements-...

Alice the renegade librarian!

(Sorry for the lame abbreviation)

Treebu seconded that and then she swandove into bed and the land of slumber.

I'm gonna swandive after her - gotta get up and fret over the syllabus for September's bleary-eyed students.

I thought that was where the Bush family was buying up a lotta land.

:)

I'm just a squinch lefter ererer.... (that was an old timers joke).. :)

...which is why I'm a pinko commie faggot.

My letter to the editor... read it and weep. Or ridicule, what have you. ;-p

Dear Editor,

I marvel at the audacity of Republicans in congress. Before the August recess, Democrats offered four amendments addressing the energy crisis. All were rejected by Republicans even though they included expanded off-shore drilling, oil shale production, and nuclear power. This sit-in stunt that Republicans are pulling doesn’t hold water. Democrats capitulated on the very issue that Republicans are grandstanding about. Drill here! Drill now! But it's not enough; it’s never enough. Greed rules the day.

What Republicans don’t bother to tell you is this: The Bush administration's own energy advisory concluded that an increase in off-shore drilling or opening up ANWR would not effect gas prices for another 15 to 20 years, and that effect is projected to be around 5 cents a gallon. Why so little? Because we participate in a global oil market.

When the dollar value goes down, as it has under Bush, our oil prices inevitably go up. Speculation, better known as the “Enron loophole,” is also responsible for possibly 60% of current prices. The dollar has been declining for longer than the Democrats have had control of Congress, and speculation is still rampant thanks to Republicans rejecting these amendments.

I saw an ad that claims John McCain is “taking on Big Oil.” How exactly? By wanting to continue the billions of dollars in tax breaks they already have while they also reap record profits? Wanting to give them more leases to drill on when they don’t drill on half of the leases they already pay for? I’m sorry, John, that’s rolling over to, not taking on Big Oil.

The Republican meme this election year seems again to be: Lie. Lie often. Then lie again. Eventually the lie is accepted as truth. Similar is the lie McCain and now Brother Mitt are saying about the conflict in Georgia; that in the 21st century, nations don’t invade other sovereign nations.

Let me tell you a story about a sovereign nation named Iraq, guys. They might tell you a different story.

Great post - 78% of Bush’s signing
Submitted by toniD on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 10:33pm.

just perused the website...I want all that stuff. my dream is a straw bale home...all those window seats...don't mind the abbvs.

Happe Talk

meek shall inherit the earth

patrioterer-erererrr! how I miss the old days sometimes.

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I Will Not Obsess! I Will Not Obsess! I Will Not Obsess!

library here @ school.

the other righties there are religious and somewhat scary...and one is religious and left...So you know, these labels mean near nothing..as we know...The ones who say they're cons/rep. they could be in the mindset of that Andrew Bacevich from Moyers...they probably feel their party left them...

Renegade librarians from Connecticut!!

See the book Standing Up To The Madness by the Goodman siblings - Amy and David.

You go, Alice!

Happe Talk

That's what I've read...who knows though....not me.

Obama wouldn't be the Dem candidate if he was going to do anything..*ahem* renegade...

Treebu is there anything comparable on the west coast?

if you wanna say...I'm just curious..

tell Treebu hi too! :)

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Affect - Effect!

I know! I know! (cuz Crank taught us that here before)

One is physical and one is not... :) (sorry that's all I recall)

so be kind... lol

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/21/224632/541/247/572326

Me too sometimes..we were so...virginal.. *ha!*

and then there is affect, like emotional expression...

Happe Talk

Submitted by mhappenow on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 10:45pm.

I teach that shit, GBC, and (much as I love this bastard language called English), I know this is one of the hardest sound-alike distinctions to get into the noggin:

"I lie in the sun naked all day, doctor, and I worry that it may affect my skin. What effect could it have?"

But what difference does it make, really? If people pretend not to get what you mean 'cause of this arcane distinction, they're just being assholes, I think.

I basically just pick up after all of the kids (& some adults). Garbage, wash the tables - there's a lot of them,
clean all of the glass, vacuum the carpet - which needs to be replaced, straighten out the chairs. I also have the music dept., radio & t.v. Yes we have our own t.v. & radio stations. So I am pretty busy when the kids are back in school. We have almost if not 3000 kids here.

and Eugene Puryear, or I would be happy to comment, GBC...

...even at Whole Foods prices

Who says John McCain is out of touch with the common people?

"The McCains increased their budget for household employees from $184,000 in 2006 to $273,000 in 2007, according to John McCain’s tax returns."

via Duncan

don't get a degree - you become a janitor.
It sucks - but it pays the bills.
I am doing school on-line. slowly but
Shirley. Ha-Ha-Ha

yesterday...

I do some of the things you do at my place...the chairs..and picking up after the kids...

We have this cool lady who actually only has to clean the lib. every other day - but she comes everyday because it's too much to do every other day..I'm not sure if she's paid for the extra time or not...

I've read that library staff should use the public bathrooms to be more understanding of what the patron's go through...

for a while. fuck a duck...half a mill on household help....dang!

Happe Talk

Honey, Kossacks are Democrats; not free thinkers and third party radicals! How dare you!

What we're you thinking?

lol. ;-p

>>How exactly? By wanting to continue the billions of dollars in tax breaks they already have while they also reap record profits? Wanting to give them more leases to drill on when they don’t drill on half of the leases they already pay for? I’m sorry, John, that’s rolling over to, not taking on Big Oil.

How exactly? By continuing the billions of dollars in tax breaks they currently enjoy while also reaping record profits? By giving them more leases while they haven't even developed half of the leases they already have?

I’m sorry, John, that’s rolling over to, not taking on Big Oil.

*****

That, Alice, was one of treebu's, of course. She's the cleverer of the humans in our space. I'm never quite sure about the cats.

I'm not sure if it will help but P uses this program called realtek...that might be good?...Or redownload them? Or download them in a different browser..? I got something in my Mozilla that until I spybotted it out, it would make all my downloads via mozilla be all choppy and weird..but in IE and firefox they would be ok...

Feingold Joins Call Against FBI 'Surveillance' Proposal

WASHINGTON - Sen. Russ Feingold was among four U.S. senators to voice concern Wednesday about proposed guidelines for FBI investigations that may infringe on the rights of innocent American citizens.

In a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the senators contend that the guidelines will allow the FBI to use "intrusive investigative techniques ... without any basis for suspicion" when conducting criminal, security and intelligence investigations.

The senators expressed concern that the proposed guidelines would permit FBI officials to subject innocent citizens to "intrusive surveillance" based on someone's race, ethnicity, nationality or religion.

"As you know, attorney general guidelines were first implemented in the wake of FBI abuses of the 1960s and 1970s and serve as one of the bulwarks against future abuses," the senators wrote.

The senators contend Mukasey told them they would be given adequate time to review the proposed guidelines so they could offer appropriate recommendations to the Department of Justice regarding the issue. According to the letter, Mukasey plans to finalize and sign the guidelines next week without any further input from members of Congress.

The senators ask Mukasey to delay giving his final approval to the guidelines until national security and civil liberties experts, the public and members of Congress have had the opportunity to fully analyze the proposed changes, ask questions and offer suggestions to the Department of Justice.

In addition to Feingold, the letter was signed by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.; and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I. All four are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/08/21-18

I was thinking someone there might like more choices...silly me..

Is that true?

http://deletetheborder.org/node/2425

description:

check: http://interspace.blogsport.de/

Following on from the last international squat and autonomous spaces
meeting in Dijon, France last November, comes the second meeting: this
time on the outskirts of Berlin.
We see this as a meeting not just to exchange tactics and ideas, or to
reflect on the April Action Days (and plan new ones?) but to share in our
new projects, fights and victories: to redraw the battle lines. To achieve
durable exchange and solidarity on an international level.

Crap

http://deletetheborder.org/node/2423

description:

https://balkans.puscii.nl/?q=node/61

EUROPEAN MEETING IN DEFENSE AND IN STRUGGLE WITH THE ZAPATISTAS
ATHENS, 9-10-11 MAY 2008

Companer@s,
Fourteen years after the public appearance of the Zapatista Army for
National Liberation (EZLN), fourteen years after the process of
recuperating land and territory with blood and fire in favor of the
indigenous peoples, zapatista or not, fourteen years after the Fire and
the Word, the zapatista peoples are faced with a new attack from the
Mexican state: �legal� takeovers of land, forced displacements, threats of
displacement, reactivation of paramilitary groups, attacks against the
integrity of zapatista families, damages to their possessions, political
prisoners and hostages, manufactured offences, are, amongst others, some
of the distinct facts which the zapatista peoples are faced with once
again.

The escalating level of the attacks obliged the EZLN�s Sixth Commission to
suspend the tour that had been prepared for last October to pass through
the central and south part of the country in the framework of the Other
Campaign.

This led various organizations in Mexico and in the world to react against
the escalation of repression against the zapatista peoples.

Fire and Word means 12 days of fire and 14 years of honoring the word. If
there is an indigenous movement that has proven in practice one and the
Other, are the zapatista peoples and the EZLN. Through meetings with the
national and international civil society, using dialogue, to build with
everyone a country and a world that are different, where a lot of worlds
can fit (respecting difference), where democracy, freedom and justice will
be a reality for all.
...

Yeah - unfortunately a college degree has become necessary to open doors that are increasingly becoming otherwise impenetrable.

Some of the smartest people I know (and whom I love very much) never actually graduated from highschool.

Some of the stupidest people I know have more than one college degree. (Maybe you can think of one.)

So don't get too hung up on not having a degree, smcgee43, but do - above all - have fun getting your degree.

Fun is the one thing that money can't buy.

This is McManna!

If I were Obama, I'd hold off on the Veep announcment to let this hog run wild for a couplea days...Looks like the blogs have only just gotten started diggin' through this!

Tax records...dey don' lie!

hahahahahahahahahahah

Happe Talk

Good edit. :)

Alice, when are you going to realize you have to assimilate?

♪♫ "isn't it romantic..♪♫

thats what Malloy was talking about.

Amen

McCain lost four planes as a Navy pilot

I did not know this

Is that like fit-in? Act like I want what everyone else wants?

Finally gets his visa from the consultant in S.F. and arrives in Shanghai on Sunday, 3rd year international business/Mandarin. He also gets to catch the last day of the Olympics in Beijing. Kids these Days, shhheeess!

and the kids who jump in the meat grinder in the Floyd vid...

I had heard that Thom Hartman's show
a few days back..I did not know that either
McSame is a BIG loser - just like Bush Cookie

Happe Talk

Happens in the best of places. Some people get sticks up their butts about pointless stuff like affect/effect doctrine. Spelling, traditionally, was pretty arbitrary, as were distinctions like that.

I don't really want to look. Is that really what's triggering the gangbang? Nothing about substance?

One Toke over the Line
sittin downtown by the railway station
One Toke over the Line

Lol. EXACTLY.

And if you ever do that, our affair is OVER! You hear me??

Thanks happ. The rush is over already. It's more about proper english rather than substance. Damn those uppity cheese eating libruls.

how many stories are being written for each candidate. Obama has far more. That needs to change. Good way to assess what the msm is covering and what their emphasis is

Happe Talk

McCain made Charles Keating part of his campaign team today
Joe Sudbay (DC) · 8/21/2008 09:07:00 PM ET · Link

Jed posted an excerpt of John King's paean to John McCain last night. We've heard King really, really likes McCain personally, but he actually dealt with one of McCain's biggest controversies -- The Charles Keating Scandal:

Video at link

Perfect timing because Keating is back big time -- and McCain did it himself through his weak attacks on Obama about Rezko. McCain shouldn't have gone there, but he did. Jonathan Singer reviews the history:

The Keating Five is an old story, so many reporters have shied away from saying much about it because it isn't new -- there aren't a whole lot of new developments in the story.

But with McCain talking about allegedly shady relationships, the opportunity is there to go back over McCain's ties to Keating -- whose nefarious activities, which were at least in part aided by his relationship with McCain, ended up costing the American taxpayer $3.4 billion (a whole lot more than the $14 million Rezko was alleged to have received).

Just how close was McCain to Keating? Take a look at this rundown I posted back in January:

Though McCain might try to downplay his involvement, his campaigns received $124,000 from Keating and his associates during the 1980s (AP, 3/2/91), and McCain was described as being personally closer to Keating than any of the other members of the Keating Five (Roll Call, 1/20/92). What's more, McCain accepted more than $15,000 in free trips from Keating, including vacations to Keating's resort in the Bahamas -- trips that McCain failed to disclose at the time (New York Times, 2/28/91; San Francisco Chronicle, 12/3/90).
In the end, the crash of Keating's savings and loan -- which had been shielded by some of his best friends in the United States Senate -- cost billions to the American taxpayer, as mentioned above, and all told the federal government ended up on the hook for close to $125 billion in the fallout of the crisis that befell the underregulated industry in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Does McCain really want to have to talk about all of this? About the Bahaman vacations he took paid for by Keating? Probably not. But he may soon have to as a result of the shortsightedness of his campaign advisors. Nice move team McCain!

Nice move indeed. Keating is back. It's an ugly story. Lots of taxpayer money wasted. And, I didn't know Cindy was right in the thick of it.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/mccain-made-charles-keating-part-of-h...

my dad was always called happ.;) Part of the reason for the attention is that great headline. Lots of people have tight little assholes and feel that they need to be in control of something small. grammar is good. Look how nuts people get over nucular.

Happe Talk

Corporations like the MSM fear a democratic president with a democratic congress. Simple mathematics to them.

On the other hand, Rachel has a teevee show!

Happe Talk

I had a good time blogging with everyone tonight.
Blog ya tomorrow...

Happe Talk

you too gbc

Im headen out too

g'night all. :)

love, peace.

Note: Can't wait for tomorrow's annoucement Sammer! And... it BETTER NOT BE an annoucement about your goddamn DNC/RNC coverage! It's gotta be better than that!

!

Noooo...how could I go on ...?

I'll stay strong.. like Alicia here... :)

Sam left you a message at the top pf the blog!

I'm really glad I can't honestly say the smartest people I know didn't graduate high school.

And I don't think I can honestly say the dumbest people I know have college degrees.

It simply is not true. I imagine it makes the drop outs feel better about themselves.

Hate to say it, but the vast majority of high-school drop outs ARE the dumbest people I've met.

-Corporations like the MSM fear a democratic president with a democratic congress. -

Corporation-wise the whole system is on the take...(I probably heard that term on the Bowery Boys...)

thanks t.

He's right about the complicity. The dems won't fix anything. They are in it for themselves.

a birthday present when I got home from work.. :(

P is gone for the night...I'm having a martini...and if anyone is breaking up with anyone, it's going to be P with me, because I let aaaaalllll the cats in our bedroom just now...We used to always let them sleep with us..but somehow it's changed now...and I don't like it...and we have so little furniture now that most of them sleep on the floor...They used to all have a cozy couch spot or something...anyway...this alcohol is only going to get me in hot water tonight...Oh...hot bath..that sounds fun.. BBL..

He must have been reading the blog. Good.

Sam, get a show again so we can interact with you. Believe it or not it helps are sanity. This is an ugly time again.

Conservative Andrew Bacevich says a lot about the whole congress being impotent...

I'm gonna have a bath then I'm making you a birthday card...With NO PENIS AND NO VAGINA... ;)... but maybe other nice things...

This stuff that Mike is talking about

Submitted by smcgee43 on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 9:42pm.
is pretty scary. I have a question though...

can any of this stuff be REVERSED???

______________________

Yes. New rules, executive orders, and laws can be implemented.

p.s. How about a new president first? Some new senators and representatives in Congress also would be welcome.

Butterfingers ! :(

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

with a reference to my "mileage" as opposed to my age. I'm sure that's a reference to the three divorces.

Later

McCain made Charles Keating
Submitted by toniD on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:40pm.
McCain made Charles Keating part of his campaign team today
Joe Sudbay (DC) · 8/21/2008 09:07:00 PM ET · Link

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

you're gonna miss the synchronized swimming? These are the team competitions, not the goofy duets.

Too tall truck tried to go under overpass nails bridge and creates rubble on road below. Firefighters came by to inspect the rubble where one firefighter twisted his ankle.

Terrorist Truckers will cripple your firefighters!

Perversion for Profit
Anti-pornography film produced by financier Charles Keating, linking pornography to the Communist conspiracy and the decline of Western civilization.

http://www.archive.org/details/Perversi1965
http://www.archive.org/details/Perversi1965_2

You say tomato and I say tomato...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ3fjQa5Hls

They Say It's Your Birthday, Meditation Society of Australia, mp3

Flypside feat. Tatu - Happy Birthday, mp3

#1

Flo-Rida feat Rick Ross, Birthday, mp3

can't hear the tunes...let's call it an intuitive b-day card...sorry if the songs suck :)

Librarians pet !

;-)

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

I'd like to be the one who puts handcuffs on David Addington!

George Putnam ! Ewwwwwwww !

That Rethug use to be on our local news channel..
Channel 9.Los Angeles..I hated that Clown..

A self-righteous baffone !

We also had Joe Pine..He was another rightwinged Bonehead !

Charles Keating & George Putnam,yep I can see those 2 Wingnuts doing something together..

I'm guessing they are Chickenhawks too..

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

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/IO...

...
Officials wanted the Olympics to be a coming out party for a new China. But while the Games have been a huge success, there is a legitimate possibility that China's legacy from Beijing '08 will be that of a massive government cover-up, not the magical Opening Ceremony or the transformation of Beijing or anything else positive.

All the good work China did to put on these Olympics could be forgotten because of an unnecessary, arrogant move by the government. Why risk everything to put a 14-year old in the competition when they could have replaced her with an of-age 16-year old gymnast? Sure, He is a better gymnast than the Chinese gymnasts who were eligible to compete, but with the judges they had at the Olympics, would it really have mattered?...

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for a nice picture of the munchkins:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/beijing/chn/Kexin+He/235312/gallery#pho...

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It certainly proves that tyranny by committee in China can be as dishonest as tyranny by cabal....

=====================================

Any reports on just what Bush did for a week in China?

Affect or Effect? Or, Why I Hate the English Language...
Submitted by GBC on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 10:42pm.
...which is why I'm a pinko commie faggot.

My letter to the editor... read it and weep. Or ridicule, what have you. ;-p

Dear Editor,
*******

I thought it was really good ! :)

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

http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&It...

Germans criticize Obama's plan.

"Bird with Two Right Wings"

http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&It...

Michael Parenti's "The Assassination of Julius Caesar".

It's a "people's history" kind of work which tells the story of the Roman Republic transition to Roman Empire showing that the people really did have priorites that the ruling class patricians would not meet.

The parallels to our country at this time are incredible.

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

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

http://www.fair.org/index.php

Think Progress: Krugman Reveals the NYT Urged Him to ‘Lay Off’ the Bush Administration (7/22/08) by Amanda Terkel
The New York Times columnist tells last month's Netroots convention of an experience not unlike that of journalists at several other corporate outlets:

I was never told to stop writing what I was writing. It was, however, made known to me that I was making management nervous. There were occasional, “Couldn’t you do more straight economics writing?” Pretty much the last time I heard that was in 2005, when I was sort of urged to lay off a bit. The words that stuck in my mind were, “The election settled some of these things.” Basically that all stopped with Katrina, actually.

"I have a degree in English..."

Oooooh...Standback!

You don't see that every day!

(Only seven times a day. Or is it eight? I forget.)

CB-Your editing skilz r hot!

Or skillz?

I think I failed to effect an effective affectation.

(I'm am breathing, aren't I? Am I not?)

I'm seeing parallels to McCain's white powder attack. But that's probably just because I'm an utter bitch who has major issues with short, bearded guys who think they know more than God.

http://www.fieldcenter.org./realities/

Please remember to close your tags on the blog.

Thanks!

Senator Robert F. Kennedy with Cesar Chávez and Helen Chávez

Oil + Impeachment
By Joseph Cannon | Cannonfire

Some people -- anti-Semites, mostly -- deny that oil theft motivated the decision to invade Iraq. All such "alternative" theories face one problem: The oil was, in fact, stolen -- and Cheney planned the theft well in advance.

Previously undisclosed Halliburton documents obtained by The Public Record confirm that controlling the world's second largest oil reserves was a top priority for the Bush administration. Additionally, the deal between the Department of Defense and Halliburton unit Kellogg, Brown & Root to operate Iraq's oil industry saved Halliburton from imminent bankruptcy.

The bankruptcy threat came from lawsuits over asbestos poisoning, which led to a form of cancer called mesothelioma. Those ultra-lucrative big money suits are the reason why lawyers have littered the landscape with so many ads trolling for mesothelioma sufferers. At one time, certain law firms would pay as much as ten dollars whenever someone clicked on a Google ad dealing with mesothelioma. (Most Google ads bring in pennies per click.) For a while, some bloggers went out of their way to mention the word "mesothelioma" in their posts, since Google's software automatically matches ads to certain key words. Words like "mesothelioma." Mesothelioma, mesothelioma, mesothelioma.

(Kidding. I don't even get the Google checks anymore, which were always quite miniscule, and I couldn't care less if they canceled the Adsense program on me. Let's get back to our story.)

A March 6, 2003 internal Pentagon e-mail sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official says "action" on a multibillion-dollar Halliburton contract was "coordinated" within Cheney's office.

The e-mail says Douglas Feith, the former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, received authorization from then Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to “execute” the Restore Iraqi Oil contract to Halliburton in 2002.

Feith was one of the architects of the Iraq war who operated the Pentagon’s Office of Special Plans that exaggerated the Iraqi threat and provided the White House with bogus information about links between Iraq and al Qaeda.

Right there, you have sufficient grounds for immediate impeachment of Dick Cheney. Not just impeachment: A RICO suit.

Link - AfterDowningStreet

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

Typhoon standby signal raised as city sizzles in 35-degree heat

Cheung Chi-fai
Aug 21, 2008
The Observatory raised the No 1 typhoon signal yesterday as the third tropical storm of the year approached the city....

(i was running down a notice that exchanges in hong kong were closing because of storm conditions. i understand that they are referring to 35 celsius, but still...)

did you get your obama email yet?

talk about overplaying something. sheesh.

George W. Bush to be impeached ?
Dennis Kucinich posts online impeachment petition

Senator (sic) Kucinich is at it again. This time he wants to deliver one million US signatures supporting the impeachment of George W. Bush to Nancy Pelosi by September 10.

US Representative Dennis Kucinich: "The decision before us is whether to demand accountability for one of the gravest injustices imaginable."

Ohio Senator (sic) Dennis Kucinich is not giving up his fight to have George W. Bush impeached during his last days in office. He has posted an online petition and invited U.S. citizens to assist in the collection of one million signatures by September 10 2008.

Speaker for the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has remained firm on her resolution that impeachment is "off the table." In August she told Time Magazine: "You can't talk about impeachment unless you have the facts, and you can't have the facts unless you have cooperation from the Administration. I think the Republicans would like nothing better than for us to focus on impeachment and take our eye off the ball of a progressive economic agenda."

But the possibility of confusing voters in the run-up to the Presidential elections has not detered Kucinich. Among his reasons for the campaign he lists that there should be a new standard set for the incoming administration and that the Bush Administration should be held accountable as soon as possible for the poor response to the catastrophe following Hurricane Katrina as well as the deaths in Iraq, both of American soldiers and Iraqi citizens that he estimates as being well over one million.

More information at www.kucinich.us/

Link

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

Just wish we could get this all over..

Let's vote next week..This has been going on way too
friggin long !

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

i think the hangover from the last eight years is going to last a lifetime.

So Many Things Screwed Up because of BushCo. !

Just one:
401k ? What 401K..What retirement ?

And,there are millions of people worst off than me..

Very Sad..

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

how true. but still they fail to vote for someone who has their best interest in mind.

do you suppose this latest poll is the corporations fighting back or is the nation really lurching towards mcbush? i really think its the former, because you can bias a poll in so many ways and the one thing years of neocon rule have done is to move us towards the ends justify the means, the net result being that we are left in a position where we can't trust any of our institutions.

Put away the crystal ball..

That's not fair.. ;-)

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

today. bernake gives the keynote at 10 (8 mountain) this morning.

marketwatch has a good intro to the whole thing:

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In 1971 a local Jackson Hole resident named Bill Briggs decided to ski down the 13,770-foot Grand Teton mountain. His friends, watching from a safe location, were sure at one point that he had crashed only, to be flabbergasted when he turned up at the bottom in one piece.

Now, 37 years later, the U.S. economy is on a similar perilous course, and Fed officials, gathering for their annual retreat at the base of the Tetons, are watching with their hearts in their throats -- aware of all the possible avalanches, crevices and cliffs that could send the economy dangerously off course.

the only problem is that the fed and neocons are the ones that put us where we are with their disastorous policies.

Can PETA get worse? Yes, yes they can!

Advertising on the border fence with offensive and racist ads is not a better way to promote animal rights.

Ironically, the Department of Homeland Security will not partner with PETA. The government will not allow the ads on the border fence.

Promoting animal rights with racism and sexism is not social justice for all.

Sex sells! is a poor excuse and not the way to promote animal rights and justice.

PETA can do better with their campaigns.

How about supporting animal rights and human rights?

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Excerpts:

While many view the contentious border fence as a government fiasco, an animal rights group sees a rare opportunity.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans today to announce an unusual marketing pitch to the U.S. government:

Rent us space on the fence for billboards warning illegal border crossers there is more to fear than the Border Patrol.

The billboards, in English and Spanish, would offer the caution:


"If the Border Patrol Doesn't Get You, the Chicken and Burgers Will — Go Vegan."

[along with the offensive ad graphic]

The Department of Homeland Security is working to meet a deadline to complete 670 miles of fencing and other barriers on the Southwest border by Dec. 31...

But a government spokesman in Washington said the request [from PETA] will be rejected because it would limit visibility through the fence. And Border Patrol does not allow advertising on its property or installations, the officials added.

"The fencing being put in place is, in many cases, mesh fencing to allow our officers to see what's happening on the other side and to better secure the border," said Michael Friel, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Link:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5937293.html

what does the huge image have to do with tasteless promotions by peta?

just saw an article in the paper that the fec unanimously gave mccain a pass on breaking finance laws.

aren't there any dems on the fec?

c-span is showing the meeting of the FEC now, arguing the loan to McCain.
Ellen Weintraub (D) is speaking now and she seems against it

But, the F.E.C.’s lawyers, on a unanimous basis, recommended to the full commission that the Democratic position be rejected. Today, as the full commission met, it unanimously followed its lawyers’ advice. And the commission did not pass judgment on the underlying terms of the loan.

Two Democrats on the commission voiced concerns about the terms of the loan agreement. Commissioner Cynthia Bauerly called it “murky.” But, in the end, the two voted to support the F.E.C.’s advisory opinion issued by its lawyers.

and voted for. It was unanimous. Damn

all i can figure is that they thought they might be keeping an option open for a future dem since they just converted rule breaking into a valid financing strategery.

Your Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted August 22, 2008.

Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.

While many voting rights activists are focused on stopping potential problems on Election Day, there are several milestones between now and the 2008 presidential vote that would preview problems with voting on Nov. 4.

What voters often do not know is that long lines or delays in polling place voting can result from many factors -- some administrative, some technical, some partisan. Many of the problems that arise on Election Day not only can be identified before voting in November, they can be resolved by election officials. The following issues will directly impact how voters are accommodated.

Voter Purges

According to the federal law that governs how people may be removed from voter lists, the last day that most registered voters can be purged is 90 days before an election, which would have been Aug. 5 for the presidential election. However, some states are not following the process in the National Voter Registration Act, according to voting rights attorneys. Moreover, because purges are often conducted secretly, people who do not call local election offices to confirm their registration status may discover later this fall that they cannot vote.

Solution: Voters, particularly those who have not voted in recent years, should call their local election office to confirm they are registered at their current address. If they are not properly registered, they should update their voter registration. This must be done before registration closes, which is the first week in October in 27 states. Advocacy groups can facilitate this by accessing a voter registration list and reviewing it with community activists. (Editor's note: Web sites and experts to help voters are listed below.)

Unprocessed Voter Registrations

After the Democratic Convention, the Obama campaign will launch a national voter registration drive to bring millions of new voters to the polls in November, according to top campaign officials. This could be the largest voter drive in decades. In previous years, local election officials have complained about receiving too many registration forms at the last minute to verify before Election Day. In two Ohio cities in 2004, Cleveland and Toledo, boxes of registrations went unprocessed by Election Day.

More here:

http://www.alternet.org/democracy/95974/

SacBee: More than 60 current or former telecom lobbyists work on McCain's campaign
John Aravosis (DC) · 8/22/2008 12:49:00 AM ET · Link
16 Comments · reddit · FARK · Digg It!

60. You can't make this stuff up.
More than 60 present and former telecom lobbyists work for McCain's campaign as staffers and volunteers, some in high-echelon posts while on leave from their firms.

SacBee: More than 60 current or former telecom lobbyists work on McCain's campaign
John Aravosis (DC) · 8/22/2008 12:49:00 AM ET · Link
16 Comments · reddit · FARK · Digg It!

60. You can't make this stuff up.
More than 60 present and former telecom lobbyists work for McCain's campaign as staffers and volunteers, some in high-echelon posts while on leave from their firms.

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1173708.html

Washington Post: Take the McCain House Tour!
Indoor and outdoor swimming pools! Spas and state-of-the-art fitness centers! Views of the Arizona mountains, the Pacific Ocean and downtown Phoenix!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR200808...

After criticizing Obama for wanting a timetable, Bush agrees to a timetable

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Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of major Iraqi cities by next June, with a broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5631071

Analysis: Iraq deal hovers over campaign By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 40 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain prides himself on being gung-ho about pursuing the Iraq war even if it hurts him politically. Recent events in Baghdad threaten to put him still farther out on a limb, however, as the Bush administration works toward a troop withdrawal schedule that is more aggressive than McCain envisions.

Democrat Barack Obama says a McCain presidency would amount to a third term for President Bush, whose popularity approaches historic lows. If the Baghdad negotiations appear headed to fruition while Iraq remains relatively stable — big ifs — some say Obama may be able to push even harder, saying McCain would out-Bush Bush if he had his way.

On the other hand, if Americans believe the war is winding down in an acceptable way, it could significantly reduce the importance of an issue central to Obama's rise to political prominence.

Iraq and the Bush administration have reached a preliminary agreement to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraqi cities, where most of the fighting has taken place, by next June. It would link troop reductions to achievement of certain undisclosed security milestones. The deal also would require the endorsement of top Iraqi leaders and the Iraqi parliament, which is far from certain.

McCain repeatedly has said that events on the ground in Iraq should dictate any pullout schedule. He once suggested, however, that troops would come home, victorious, by the end of his first term, in early 2013.

Obama has set a goal of removing most U.S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office, or by the spring of 2010. He says he would listen to advice from military leaders before deciding.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/the_iraq_pitfall;_ylt=AvX6OeA2Y8nyPeJRl94_HjI...

U.S. warned Georgia about Russia
Posted: 06:21 AM ET
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — The United States urged Georgia “not to do this” before it sent troops into its breakaway region of South Ossetia — an action that triggered a Russian invasion of Georgia, the U.S. ambassador to Russia told a Russian newspaper.

Ambassador John Beryle also told the business daily Kommersant that Russia responded in a “legitimate” way to Georgia’s initial attack on Russian peacekeepers in South Ossetia, though he went on to say that Russia went too far in its military incursion into Georgia.

His comments represent a public acknowledgment from a senior U.S. official that Russia had some justification for its initial response to Georgia’s attack on South Ossetia. CNN confirmed the ambassador’s response with the U.S. Embassy in Russia.

Up to the last minute, Beryle said, the United States “urged Georgia not to do this,” not to resort to force in its breakaway region of South Ossetia.

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/22/us-warned-georgia-about-russia/

The Shiite-run Iraqi government “is driving out many leaders of Sunni citizen patrols” that have allied with the U.S., known as the Awakening. “In restive Diyala Province, United States and Iraqi military officials say there were orders to arrest hundreds of members” of the Awakening “as part of large security operations by the Iraqi military.” “The state cannot accept the Awakening,” one Parliament member said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/world/middleeast/22sunni.html?_r=1&hp&...

A new Pew study finds that 50 percent of conservatives “think churches and other places of worship should stay out of social and political matters, up from 30 percent four years ago.” For the first time since Pew started this survey 12 years ago, a majority of Americans — 52 percent — also hold that view.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x1846891199/Conservatives-grow-w...

The Bush administration “proposed stronger job protections for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections.” Jessica Arons of the Center for American Progress writes that the regulation could be used to block access to contraception.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-08-21-hhs-abortions_N.htm

what Sam and Marc will be doing. I hope it's not a cooking show.

:)

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

Tackling the “unsexy topic of our soaring national debt,” a new movie called I.O.U.S.A. warns: “America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions.” The New York Times reports that it’s “yet another documentary that everyone should see but most will not.”

http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/08/22/movies/22ious.html

Despite President Bush’s promise to double the size of the Peace Corps, officials say the agency “is preparing to cut back on new volunteers and consolidate recruiting offices as it pares other costs amid an increasingly tight budget.” The budget shortfall “can be attributed to the declining value of the dollar overseas and the rising cost of energy and other commodities.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR200808...

while awake in the middle of the night I listened to Rachel's show. In the third hour, Bender had Seder on. Also Hartmann interviewed Thomas Frank...not sure how it was because I think by that time I was asleep.

Haven't gotten a vp email yet.

Happe Talk

“Federal wildlife monitors spotted nine polar bears in one day swimming in open ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast, and environmental groups say the event is a strong signal that diminished sea ice brought on by warming has put U.S. bears at risk of drowning or dying from effects of fatigue.”

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-polar22-2008aug22,0...

The government’s terror watch list system “is hobbled by technology challenges, and the $500 million program designed to upgrade it is on the verge of collapse, according to a preliminary congressional investigation.” The report finds that the system, which includes as many as 1 million names, also “has problems identifying true potential terrorists.”

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB121937117186362585.html?mod=speci...

Coleman wouldn't attend convention either

"Among Republican senators, an invitation to the party's convention next month in Minneapolis might just be the easiest ticket to score in town.

"Coleman's comments come only days after Pat Roberts, the two-term senator from Kansas and former Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, announced he's skipping the convention to instead focus on his tougher-than-expected reelection bid."

Sounds like Normy doesn't like the idea that the Dream Team has been invited to speak at his barbecue. So much for party solidarity. Reaping what you sow 101, my friendsssszz. Home field advantage DENIED. Hope Franken is smart enough to jump on Coleman with both feet and underscore Normy's quandry in an ad or two.

very good vid expose on this crook:

http://newsproject.org/videos/111

Happe Talk

NEW THREAD NEW THREAD NEW THREAD

JEEZ!!!
a bunch of lazy behinds here man!!!!!

http://www.samsedershow.com/node/3611#new

Interesting move form Warry McSame.

McCain camp: A leak might just create enough smoke to quell the hornets still stinging our Grampy about his property woes.

Public perception: It makes his campaign look even further disorganized and, well, leaky, while Obama's ship is looking mighty tight.

I've noticed the news anchors (on CNN, at least) are getting increasingly testy about having to fly their holding pattern blind. Watching the media squirm is the best part of this whole text message idea!

Meanwhile the Mccain camp has to play the VP card to counter the heat he's taking for being a bazillionaire.

Happy Friday!

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