Republicans think Americans are idiots

or just douche bag fan, which would explain Steve and John McCain

Henry Kissinger backs McCain. Zbigs (author of Between Two Ages and The Grand Chessboard) backs Obama. Either way - you lose!

As it became more evident that the neocons would not be able to false-flag their way into Iran (according to NY Times S. Hersh, Cheney wanted to dress up marines as Iranians and have them MURDER other marines to gain your unwavering support). The CFR-Bilderberg globalists decided to turn their attention to BIGGER FISH. Namely, Russia. Zbigs has had a long time hatred for Mother Russia, having been the guy who helped create Al-Qaeda in 1979 (then, 'Freedom Fighters') to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.

So basically here we see these two old friends and Rothschild agents having a little mock debate, (video below) moderated by zionist Wolf Blitzer. But the 'synthesis' or outcome of the debate will be that WWIII with Russia will bring the invasion of Iran anyway. In other words, a PNAC sponsored invasion of Iran now would be counterproductive.

It's time for the head globalists to take over, and that's what we'll get with Zbig's puppet Obama in November. Biden, a true globalist warhawk, and anti-american will somehow further reassure the sheeple, while McCain's selection of a very weak VP candidate will be easily exploited. While it seems O-bomb-a is being set up to win, it also still seems quite possible that the neocons could drop a few nukes on Iran to get things started before they leave office. And We the Sheeple will accept all this, a crashed economy and possibly martial law - as long as we get football and American Idol on our flat screen tv's. BTW - this is not really opinion, as this was all written up in the Project for a New American Century papers and The Grand Chessboard.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=598o1tuYuPI&e

A geography lesson from the woman who thinks the only way to get around Arizona is by private plane!!!

Per MSNBC
new
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 5:22pm.
Sarah Palin has now hired a private attorney for "Troopergate" Investigation.

Another thing to over-shadow the repub convention.

Anything else?

I couldn't get the whole page to load to do that...dial up sucks SO BAD...which is like saying Bush sucks..

Hiya Bibi! Remember rustle of luv? I uploaded his song again..

I just want to thank the Blog from when I got here til now for all the music I have to listen to now...I've been filling up my Zune and not only is this blog a great news archive it's a great music one too...It does suck how many threads are lost now though...I wish we had a running total that was total for here...

And Picture here:

http://www.earthfiles.com/

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

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

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

we missed you!

Everybody knows that Kamchatka is key to Asia! Palin is totally ready to kick your ass in Risk.

---by joejoejoe

[I'm thinkin' it was Lieberman]

:)

Honestly, I don't feel right about being here now...that hasn't really happened since 2004, (which is when I felt like I think Lucille feels now...)

Lindsay just reported in that there seem to be arrests at Sibley St of folks who attempted to block an RNC delegate bus - she's keeping us updated. ColdSnapLegal reports the Ramsey City Jail is on lockdown and no lawyers can get in to see the arrestees - same with the St Joseph hospital where some have been taken.

As you can see, reports are coming in fast from St Paul - with multiple demonstrations happening at once - some dedicated to legal protests and others to disrupting the RNC. The video above is of the Iraq Veterans Against the War march and here's a view of the legal march going on now:

Thanks to Teddy and his diary over at Kos, we also have a description of some not so legal events from a local resident who reports:

I was there, and I got gassed (6+ / 0-)
I live less than 1/2 mile away from the convention. I was on my way home when I saw the protesters appear. I followed them and was tear gassed.

http://cliffschecter.firedoglake.com/2008/09/01/voices-from-the-streets-...

more on protesters and videos at link

that's one blogbunny I B missin'

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Breaking: Pepper Spray and Rubber Bullets in the Streets
By: Siun Monday September 1, 2008 12:20 pm 7
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Latest reports from the streets: Lindsay called in, is fine ... says she has only seen peaceful folks but police are blocking access to many locations and she's seeing a lot of police in riot gear with batons and tear gas launchers at her location. She's hearing that the demonstrations are diverging across the city.

The latest Twitter reports:

AP photographer pepper sprayed.

From the ColdSnapLegal twitter feed: National Lawyer's Guild lawyer being held by police and arrests going on at 6th and Wall.

Earlier: Legal observers from the Cold Spring Legal collective have been arrested – these are the folks trained to watch for police problems.

There are numerous reports of rubber bullets being used against demonstrators and 1 arrestee is reported injured and being denied medical care.

Northstar medic clinic reports "steady stream of folks with pepper spray injuries"

Remember that things happen fast during street demos - news is hard to verify - and observers are kept away from a lot - we can only go on what Lindsay has seen herself and then the reports from observers on the scene.

Video from a Funk the War demonstration in DC - Funk the War is one of the groups reportedly being targeted by police.

More here and videos

http://cliffschecter.firedoglake.com/2008/09/01/breaking-pepper-spray-an...

I wonder how many in St. Paul so far... ?

:)

really...we need you here

National CBS News Obama 48, McCain 40 Obama +8

If the pregnancy story gets more coverage, or turns more ugly, we could actually pick up 2 or 3 points during the Rethug convention.
Plus, minimal Gustav damage means minimal photo ops for the John & Sarah Show.

(...for perspectives sake I tell you that...)

It's good to take a blog break. I did too. Typical family type thing. People say things that hurt and it takes awhile to get over it.

Lucille is Lucille. Nothing like you :) I tried with Lucille is all I can say.

and B. the VP choice?

Actually...it was a combination of Chubbs, Crank and GBC...yes..my love GBC...he got so mad at WD and it scared me a little...plus I was being so defensive too that I knew I wasn't ..mmm...in touch with myself...so to speak...

sexylicious, & somewhat lighthearted, at the same time, on the blog.. :)

...I was angry...and feeling vicious...

I just had to mention that...

John, Don’t Go
By PAUL KRUGMAN
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good. Three years after Hurricane Katrina, another storm is heading for the Gulf Coast — and this has given Republicans a reason to cancel President Bush’s scheduled appearance at their national convention. The party can thus avoid reminding voters that the last man they placed in the White House did such a heckuva job that he scored the highest disapproval ratings ever recorded.

Instead, Mr. Bush is playing Commander in Chief. On Sunday morning the White House Web site featured photos of the president talking to Gulf state governors about Hurricane Gustav while ostentatiously clutching a red folder labeled “Classified.” On Monday, instead of speaking at the convention, reports suggest that Mr. Bush will address the nation about the storm.

And a report on Politico.com suggested that John McCain might give a speech “from the devastation zone if the storm hits the U.S. coast with the ferocity feared by forecasters.”

What’s wrong with this picture?

Let’s start with that red folder. Assuming that the folder contained something other than scrap paper, is the planned response to a hurricane a state secret? Are we worried that tropical storm systems will discover our weak points? Are we fighting a Global War on Weather?

Actually, that’s not quite as funny as it sounds. Some observers have pointed out that daily briefings on preparations for Gustav, which should be coming from the Federal Emergency Management Agency — which is, you know, supposed to manage emergencies — have been coming, instead, from the U.S. military’s Northern Command.

It’s not hard to see why. Top positions at FEMA are no longer held by obviously unqualified political hacks and cronies. But a recent report by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security said that the agency has made only “limited progress” in the area of “mission assignments” — that is, in its ability to coordinate the response to a crisis. So FEMA still isn’t up to carrying out its principal task.

More here
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/01/opinion/01krugman.html?_r=1&oref=slogi...

Lucille just cusses everyone out..

I promise I won't make jokes about Ralph Radar,Crazy Commies and playing in the street, anymore if you stay..

Besides,who will I get my cheese from ?

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

but I had the luxury of changing my nic.. :) I was paranoid and mad so I don't know why i just keep relating to that in her..but still I have no idea what to say to make her feel better.. :/

I tried some Fontina cheese last week..Safeway makes the most kick ass deli sandwiches...smoked Fontina...

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Source: Twin Cities Indy Media

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 16:01UPDATEcred_rating: Fourpeople being kicked in head by horses on kellogg

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:59POLICE VIOLENCEcred_rating: FiveBLACK BLOC PLUS OTHERS ARE BEING PUSHED NORTH ON ROBERT. LOTS OF SPPD WITH GAS MASKS AND BIKES AND ROBERT KEEPING PEOPLE IN. SEVERAL RUBBER BULLET WOUNDS REPORTED - MULTIPLE PROTESTERS DOWN

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:54updatecred_rating: Fourprojectiles fired on kellogg b/t wabasha and cedar; massive numbers pepper sprayed; black bloc dragging barricades into street. also concussion grenades. reports coming in to tcimc of several injuries from rubber bullets on 6th street. MEDICS needed on 6th, and on Kellogg!

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:51upDATEcred_rating: Fourcops putting on gas masks at mulberry/kellogg ** pepper spray used at cedar/kellogg

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:48arrestscred_rating: Four1 from pagan cluster arrested; punched in face; bleeding. ** medics arrested at 6th and wall number 2.

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:40updatecred_rating: Four100s of police at Wabasha and 10th with gas masks - funk the war ** 50 riot police in full gear entering 20 unmarked cars along cedar/7th ** 300 people being stampeded by police horses at 2nd and kellogg (?) ** massive police presence at kellogg/wabasha - bridge occupied by riot cops including national guard. ** police platoons will be erected at cedar/kellogg and wabasha/kellogg

Mon, 09/01/2008 - 15:37updatecred_rating: Three2 arrests 6th/St Peter - possibly 1 medic ** COPS GETTING READY TO GAS FUNK THE WAR BLOCKADE. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF RUBBER BULLETS BEING SHOT. Legal observers needed now

Read more: http://tc.indymedia.org /

and do not in St. Paul..from what it seems...

I'm going to take my cats for a walk..seriously..it's like exactly 80 here... that is so perfect weather-wise...

l8r

At 5 p.m. the center of the newly formed Tropical Storm Ike is located about 1400 miles east of the Leeward Islands.

Ike is moving toward the west near 16 mph.

A general west to west-northwest track is expected during the next day or two. Maximum sustained winds are near 50 mph with higher gusts.

The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 11 p.m.

Read more:

http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=88663

Someone,get that Lady some more Smoked Fontina Pronto..Dag Namit !

I like to ignore my Vista problems..I just reboot ! :)

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

if mcbush wins they might be right

((question))
toniD what did you try with Lucille?

and YOU can fuck off
oh did i mention ((fuck off))?

Gustav.

And thus ends the rather "sober"[cspan] night in St. Paul.

I question that. With no convention, what else are the delegates going to do.

[And Tucker Carlson wasn't waring socks on that cspan politico event.]

Is this non event preparation for the big loss coming in November? The reps can blame it on the weather?

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Jamesbennett

Either they are carrying water for the GOP, or supporting premarital sex.

In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret
"The fact is, regardless of what you will hear over the next few days, Bristol's pregnancy is not a legitimate political issue. Sarah Palin is a longterm member of a group called Feminists for Life, which is not opposed to birth control. So you probably can't tag her for consigning young people to unwanted pregnancies."
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837862-2,00.html

No doubt, they would treat the Obama klan just as fairly.

Happy Labor Day: Riot Police Defend the Mall of America from Workers

Source: Infoshop News

By Mike GW & James Kautz

Starbucks workers and their supporters, 50 to 70 of them, converge for a rally today at the rail station at Lake and Hiawatha in downtown Minneapolis. The crowd comes to stand in solidarity with Starbucks workers in their fight to organize a union, the Starbucks Workers Union (SWU), with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and to escort Erik Forman back to work at the Mall of America.

This is Forman’s first day back on the job after being fired for exercising his right to organize at his workplace—which recently became the first union shop in the entire Mall of America. He is one of many workers across the country who have been fired for their organizing in recent years—among them Starbucks workers and other Wobblies, as the IWWs are known.

This action is joined by Wobblies from coast to coast, along with rank-and-file members of the AFSCME Clerical Workers, SEIU Security Officers, Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE), and Truckers and Citizens of America. “Solidarity!” the call goes out. “Forever!” comes the response.

“We have the right to organize because people have stood up”—says Erin of Twin Cities IWW.

Read more:http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20080901103018645

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Further into the article:

Fast forward to the Mall of America station:

“Get back on the train! Anyone exiting the train will be arrested for trespassing.”

This is what greets all passengers as they enter the Mall of America rail station. It is spoken by armed riot police here to protect the Mall from its workers and their friends. Deployed by the Bloomington Police Department and backed up by other agencies, the riot police run to block the exits of the train.

one of yourll chudrin please bring me some ((icewater)) i need to cool down

Well, I hope you stay... :)

as for Lucille, I have no thoughts other than I can't understand a word she types...every once in a while I'll see a post with "60th" in the middle of it and I honestly don't know how to respond..I tried once, but apparently I wasn't fast enough and now 60th is often accompanied with "old goat"...I still don't know if she means it disparigingly, or not...I'm pretty sure I'm younger than she is..hmmmm..anyway...that's all i got...bbl

ditto. Got it done to a coffee break.

msunukanyoko---

"hussein"
guns up?

ma se poes...

thanks for clearing that up....i think *sigh*

Must be their laxed attitude towards pot.

Right ghettodefender, when a Republican girl gets pregnant it's their position not to "be the kind of person to make sport out of a young girl's slip."

I betcha Rush and company shrug this off, but the first Democratic teenager to get a hickey will be branded "ho" faster than you can spell it.

How do you spell hypocrisy anyway?

Guess Dobson will have to withdraw his support now, right?

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Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of 'impending US attack'

Source: Telegraph UK

According to reports in the newspaper De Telegraaf, the country's intelligence service, the AIVD, has stopped an espionage operation aimed at infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in Iran.

"The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iran," said the report.

"Targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action."

"Well placed" sources told the paper that a top agent had been recalled recently "because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/2656680/Dut...

parlez vous francais? - blog pic

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

am surprised you understood me now?

americans in iraq

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

I was just trying again

coz its gonna be a must that i fuck with you
"thats all I AM saying"

Joe Biden: Ten Times More Boneable than Sarah Palin

The media is drooling over Sarah the beauty queen, not Palin the politician. They are focusing on her rack record, not her track record. This is sexist, salacious, and distracting. The media is moving the national conversation away from the more the issues that really affect the American people. Namely, Palin lacks the experience, preparation, and insight to lead this country. And, perhaps more importantly, Joe Biden is infinitely more boneable than Sarah Palin. Biden is the real VPILF.

[...]

http://katiehalper.com/

She is always good for a belly laugh when I need it most.

Andrea Mitchell just said Repub lawyers currently doing vet of Palin in Alaska

TPM link to MSNBC video

"We had heard hints of this. But just moments ago, Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC said that Republican lawyers are currently doing a vet of Sarah Palin up in Alaska. We'll get you the video shortly. But it seems that the really deep vet of Palin started after her selection was announced." Live, from the convention floor.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com /

Here's the end of convention scoop from bloggers Jane Hamsher and Christy Hardin Smith of firedoglake and Baratunde Thurston who writes for The Onion and Jack and Jill Politics.

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Run time: 10:06

cent -If you like Katie, here's her vid when she went PUMA hunting

New Poll
USAToday/Gallup: Obama 50%, McCain 43%.

--Josh Marshall

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-01-poll-monda...

The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo
By Greg Sargent - September 1, 2008, 6:20PM
On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...

* The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to Nowhere went national.

* It emerged that Palin has links to the bizarro Alaska Independence Party, which harbors the goal of seceding from the union that McCain and Palin seek to lead.

* The news broke that as governor, Palin relied on an earmark system she now opposes. Taken along with the Bridge to Nowhere stuff, this threatens to undercut her reformist image, something that was key to her selection as McCain's Veep candidate.

* The news broke that Palin's 17-year-old daughter became pregnant out of wedlock at a time when the conservative base had finally started rallying behind McCain's candidacy.

* Barely moments after McCain advisers put out word that McCain had known of Bristol Palin's pregnancy, the Anchorage Daily News revealed that Palin's own spokesperson hadn't known about it only two days ago.

* A senior McCain adviser at the Republican convention was forced into the rather embarrassing position of arguing that McCain had known about the pregnancy "last week" -- without saying what day last week he knew about it.

* It came out that Republican lawyers are up in Alaska vetting Palin -- now, more than 72 hours after it was announced that she'd been picked.

* Palin lawyered up in relation to the trooper-gate probe in Alaska -- a move that ensures far more serious attention to the story from the major news orgs.

What else will come out today? After all, there are still six hours left until September 2nd...

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

???
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Hafta admit it's a little catchy. OK very little.

Some good videos at the Uptake.org...
http://theuptake.org/?cat=32

5:58 [Comment From Bretton Jones]
They Arrested Amy Goodman for Shit's sake!

On DN! today she jumped the fence to interview the landlord of the house that had just been storm-trooped by county sheriffs (I think that's what they were) but she walked away from that one.

The woman has moxie!

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>>Do you speak french?

no, not near well enough. But Yahoo! bablefish does! and here's what they have to say:

Sarah Palin naked?
Posted by My Missionary the 01.09.08 with 13:43 | tags: buzz sexy, people, policy, photograph, naked

Hardly named, Sarah Palin unchains already the phantasms which, thanks to the magic of Internet, become sublimated reality. Ca feels the future Photoshop contests. It will have nevertheless to be said to them, with the Americans, that is not used for nothing to try to copy us. In France, one left with a length in advance.

all i have is that one post.

btw, shoot me yer phone number again.

Anti-War Rally in St. Paul

Tried to send you emails but they bounce back. Are you still at Telus.net?

in your face journalism right there

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5EqOiye7zI

http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?p=r&user=GottfriedGeist&page=4

Submitted by Sunshine Jim on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:18pm.
...Moose weigh between 800 to 1200 pounds (males)
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Although the muumuu moose, commonly seen in North America--

--nope. Not gonna do it. Wouldn't be prudent.

WATCH: If Democrats were Republicans- attack ad

One thing became evident after the 2004 swiftboating of John Kerry- Republicans can smear anyone. Frustrated Democrats often wonder why their party doesn't hit back with the same fervor. Well, wonder no longer. There's a new 527 in town, If Democrats Were Republicans, and they're rolling out a series of McCain attack ads.

http://www.236.com/news/2008/09/01/watch_if_democrats_were_republ_1_8633...

If rain is "God peeing," is Hurricane Gustav "God voting?"

http://www.236.com/news/2008/09/01/if_rain_is_god_peeing_is_hurri_1_8621...

This is actually a bigger turnout than they were expecting.

Is Hurricane Gustav an exercise of God's wrath in response to the Republican party's lowball politics and their recent selection of an inexperienced beauty queen to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?

Sure, why not!

Come on, how can this not be the work of divine partisanship? It's got all the trimmings. A hurricane touching down on the very first day of the GOP convention? Touching down during the anniversary of the hurricane that effectively signed the death certificate of the present GOP presidency? And it touches down in the EXACT CITY that has become the symbol of Republican insensitivity and the phrase "George Bush doesn't care about black people." Nobody but God could pull off this kind of stagecraft. Okay, God and Karl Rove, but we're pretty sure he's not involved in this one.

Sorry, but if the religious right gets to blame gays and the ACLU for 9-11, we get to blame the GOP for Gustav. You have to deliver a pretty long sermon to make the case for God bringing down the twin towers to punish us for Gay civil unions, but attributing Gustav to God's dissatisfaction with the GOP isn't even a reach. It's such a direct connection it's a wonder that CNN doesn't run the chyron, "Anti-GOP Storm Touches Down Causing Tragic Irony."

Not many people were very happy with the recent Dem efforts to woo the faith-based, but it appears to be paying off like gangbusters. We just wish the Republican party would stop upsetting God so much that he feels the need to continually destroy New Orleans. Doesn't the GOP realize those Cajuns have had it hard enough already? It's time to step up the game, GOP, or you'll only make God destroy this country further. We guar-own-tee!
Filed under: Gustav, Gustav Bush, Gustav RNC, RNC, RNC cancelled, RNC schedule, hurricane Gustav RNC, George W. Bush, Republican National Convention, John McCain, The Conventions

Yea, their just sickening and pathetic. They exhibit medieval like thinking everyday; coming up with most laughable arguments imaginable. If they weren't "the' media, they would have been cooked years ago. We have to fight with no hands. I can't even watch the convention.
Anyway, I just went out in the woods and found the biggest white ceder I've ever seen. I can't get my arms around and I'm guessing it is eight feet in diameter. It must be at least five hundred years old. Later in the week I'll measure it accurately.

2008 RNC Gift Basket

http://www.236.com/blog/w/allison_kilkenny_and_jamie_kilstein/2008_rnc_g...

The attendees at the Republican National Convention will receive complimentary gift baskets. Stay-at-home bloggers Jamie Kilstein and Allison Kilkenny have the inside scoop on this year's goodies.

Face It: They Didn't Vet Her
Earlier I noted Andrea Mitchell's reference to reports that the McCain camp had just sent a team of GOP lawyers up to Alaska to do what I guess you'd call a post-vetting of Sarah Palin. Now George Stephanopoulos appears to have more. George says the McCainers are sending a "rapid response team of about ten operatives that includes lawyers" to do the aforementioned deeper vet. A lot of attention is being given to Gov. Palin's daughter's situation. The much bigger deal is the expanding trooper-gate investigation, the fact that Palin lied in her Friday speech about her purported opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere, her apparent former membership in the secessionist Alaska Independence Party, and more. Individually, you can come to your own judgment about how consequential these stories are. What they show pretty clearly now -- in addition to the news that the McCain campaign is only now sending in a vetting team -- is that John McCain didn't do any serious vetting of Palin before he invited her to join his ticket and, he hopes, become Vice President of the United States.

Fundamentally, of course, this is about John McCain. And the real issue here is what this slapdash decision says about his judgment.

--Josh Marshall

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/212192.php

is good.
the next DN should be good.

Anti -War rally - RNC re-playing C-span

I'm trying to watch the anti-war rally on cspan.

but, jesus christ, those speakers make it near impossible.

Why are they all hollering in exactly the same tone?

the tone is simultaneously irritating and monotonous.

Billionaire backer of anti-Obama ad previously broke campaign finance laws
By Jason Leopold
Online Journal Contributing Writer

Sep 1, 2008, 00:15

Harold Simmons, the billionaire Dallas investor, has grown accustomed to using his vast wealth to influence the outcome of elections.

For decades, Simmons has poured millions of dollars into the campaign coffers of mostly Republican lawmakers to get legislation introduced that would greatly benefit his financial holdings.

Simmons has had a close relationship with President George W. Bush and the Bush family for more than a decade. He contributed at least $90,000 to Bush’s Texas gubernatorial campaign, was one of the largest donors to Bush’s presidential campaign in 2000, and donated $100,000 to Bush’s 2004 inauguration.

con't

http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_3686.shtml

>>the tone is simultaneously irritating and monotonous.

I can't take it any more.

I may agree with their message. But all the hollering turns me off.

this is not public speaking, it is public yelling.

it doesn't look like the other people on stage are actually listening to the speakers.

>>this is not public speaking, it is public yelling.

When I realized these guys sound like pro-wrestlers I had to turn the channel.

As correct as these people may be, small wonder no one takes them seriously.

Alaska governor Sarah Palin's 2008 -State of the State Address- Januray 15, 2008.

http://alaskareport.com/news18/z48113_alaska_state_of_the_union_address....

thanks to all who expressed sympathy and good wishes - i am sure we're not done hearing about gustav but at least nola, looks like it did "dodge the bullet" i'll say it even if ray nagin doesn't wanna say it yet, and no toniD, i don't wanna hear about this guy ykes or whatever it's called, please let me have at least one restful night after so many fitful tossings and turnings;

i must say that even with all my recent worries, this palin woman managed to get on my nerves; and the republican family values crowd hypocrisy though it's nothing new for sure it still irritates the crap out of me each time i see it - and certainly obama is right that these family gossips and maligning should be off limits, but why doesn't he add that they should be also banished from the political discourse altogether, isn't it always the republicans that make these sort of issues their centerpieces, family privacy shouldn't be just for republicans when they stray, what about what happened to john edwards, why was elizabeth e. not allowed some privacy and discretion, and the whole phony issue of choice like it has been pointed out, choice for them while they deny it to others, this stuff is getting so old

Another Tropical Storm in Atlantic - Ike
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 4:51pm.
Heading due west toward Puerto Rico and the Bahamas...
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Not to put too fine of a point on it, but the nearest of the Bahamian islands and cays is 400 miles north of Puerto Rico. The farthest is 1000 miles north of Puerto Rico and only 50 miles from Florida.

I suppose if you are far enough away to the east, the Bahamas and Puerto Rico are due west...but so is Hawaii.

I lived near Puerto Rico. When a storm tracked toward the Bahamas, it could have been in Utah for all we cared.

The official coordinates for the Bahamas are 24 15 N and 76 00 W. The official coordinates for Puerto Rico are 18 15 N and 66 30 W.

I think (but am not certain) that the coordinates mark a point near Nassau and a point near San Juan.

Labor Day....

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the
fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first
existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher
consideration.

--Abraham Lincoln, First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861

The strongest bond of human sympathy, outside of the family relation,
should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues,
and kindreds.

--Abraham lincoln, Letter to NY Workingman Assn, March 21, 1864

When the last living thing

has died on account of us,

how poetical it would be

if Earth could say,

in a voice floating up

perhaps

from the floor

of the Grand Canyon,

“It is done.”

People did not like it here.

Mr. Vonnegut went east to attend Cornell University, but he enlisted in the Army before he could get a degree. The Army initially sent him to the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh and the University of Tennessee to study mechanical engineering.

In 1944 he was shipped to Europe with the 106th Infantry Division and shortly saw combat in the Battle of the Bulge. With his unit nearly destroyed, he wandered behind enemy lines for several days until he was captured and sent to a prisoner of war camp near Dresden, the architectural jewel of Germany.

Assigned by his captors to make vitamin supplements, he was working with other prisoners in an underground meat locker when British and American warplanes started carpet bombing the city, creating a firestorm above him. The work detail saved his life.

Afterward, he and his fellow prisoners were assigned to remove the dead.

“The corpses, most of them in ordinary cellars, were so numerous and represented such a health hazard that they were cremated on huge funeral pyres, or by flamethrowers whose nozzles were thrust into the cellars, without being counted or identified,” he wrote in “Fates Worse Than Death.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/books/12vonnegut.html?pagewanted=3&_r=...

>>this is not public speaking, it is public yelling.

IT IS LIKE READING SOMETHING WRITTEN IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS WITH ALL THE SENTENCES PUNCTUATED WITH 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

IT IS ANNOYING!!!

IT REALLY IS!!!

AND THEY GO ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!!!!

MAYBE THEY SAID SOMETHING WORTH LISTENING TO, OR MAYBE THEY DIDN'T!!! WHO CAN TELL!!! ALL THE YELLING SHUT DOWN YOUR EARS LONG AGO!!!

YET THEY CONTINUE TO SHOUT IN THE EXACT SAME MONOTONOUS TONE!!!

JUST LIKE THEY ARE WRITING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS WITH ALL THE SENTENCES PUNCTUATED WITH 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!

That description on Ike was from the TV weatherman. That's what he said.

Maybe he was describing the assumed trajectory.

>>I lived near Puerto Rico.

I lived in Puerto Rico. You, sir, are no Puerto Rico.

OK, so I never lived in Puerto Rico...but I did drink a lot of rum back in the day...

that should count for something...

We won't know until the water recedes and no one sabotages a levee. Garden District should be OK though. Friends stayed and I have not heard but the power is likely out. They would have escaped to Baton Rouge or Lafayette where the storm hit hard.

Now let's hope Hanna and Ike head for the UK. and wtf with the damn barges. I saw that one that ended up in the 9th. Can't they secure those things?

Submitted by Chubby Bubba on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:35pm.
...I never lived in Puerto Rico...but I did drink a lot of rum back in the day...
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Bait: "Oh, the stories I could tell if I could remember them."

Bubba: "Old age getting the better of you?"

Bait: "No. I couldn't remember the stories the following morning."

i'm happy to see you back so soon! have a drink! get some rest!

Tasty. Thanks!

thing goes totally over my head, kinda like the meatball thing, too american for me i guess, just don't get it - no biggie

but today i saw a beautiful deer (not a moose!) as we were driving around, so matter of fact, so close, so unconcerned, in somebody's frontyard, nibbling at their flowerpatch, just about a few yards from our car, looked up at us and then went on trampling on the unlucky garden, like it could have been a regular old pet, a dog or something - this was downtown, not on a country road...i dunno, maybe i was just displaying my out-of-towness by marvelling at this sight, because nobody else in the car was at all surprised....

but we all did stare when we sighted a sugar glider gliding up a passerby's backside on the commons (the ithaca pedestrian mall) so we got into a conversation with the guy...very interesting, but still weird for me, why o why didn't i take a picture (especially when that thing was crawling up the guy's crotch, looking eerily sexual) i guess i was just too engrossed to even think about taking out my camera

i'm just saying, finally enjoyed a little bit of touristing this afternoon, with the cornell students back in town to begin a new school year and everyone looking so happy, i felt attuned and happy too

Is you call yourself on your stuff. You belong here in my opinion. I missed your presence.

Happe Talk

THE PROBLEM WITH THE HOLLERING WITH THE SAME TONE AND INFLECTION FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME, WHICH I EARLIER LIKENED TO WRITING IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS AND WITH ALL THE SENTENCES PUNCTUATED WITH 3 EXCLAMATION POINTS IS THAT IT ALL TENDS TO RUN TOGETHER LIKE EPISODES OF LAW AND ORDER OR CSI DURING A 12 HOUR MARATHON!!!

AT SOME POINT IT ALL RUNS TOGETHER AND MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL!!!

JUST A BIG PILE OF GARBLE!!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!

Conservative Media Elites Blast Commenters On Liberal Blogs As ‘Vicious,’ ‘Hurting The Country’
Today in Minneapolis, The Huffington Post hosted a panel discussion about the rise of new media with a host of leading traditional media personalities. Conservative radio talk show host Laura Ingraham applauded the rise of the online journalism. “Look, the old media blew it; the free market does work,” she said. But many of her conservative co-panelists lamented the perils of this free market.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said the flip side of the emergence of the blogopshere is that “it’s so ugly now in some parts of the internet” that good people are being dissuaded from running for office. Scarborough explained that he thought about running for Senate in 2005, but when word leaked out online and commenters began “trashing” him, he said, “screw this, I’m going to get paid for talking on TV.”

His fellow conservative media elites chimed in with similar criticisms:

Conservative columnist Peggy Noonan: The commenters “are much like what you would have gotten in 1880 if you walked into a bedlam with a megaphone and said, ‘I’d like to say a few words.’ It’s wild, it’s crazy, and it’s awful, and it’s often quite vicious.”

Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson: People are “really underestimating the vitriolic dumbness” that’s out there. “I don’t think there’s any way to understate it. … It’s mostly on the left,” he said, and it’s “totally intolerant.” It’s “the least liberal thing I have ever seen — the default position is ‘I don’t agree with you; you are either stupid or corrupt,’” he said. “I think it’s actually hurting the country.”

Conservative pollster Frank Luntz: “You’re right,” he said to Tucker. “Mean would not describe it. It is as humanly vicious as it possibly can be,” he said, adding that it is “deliberately insulting.”

Even liberal columnist Margaret Carlson echoed the views of her conservative peers. “The left is as vicious, if not more so [than the right used to be] and cruel,” she said. “There’s an element of ‘they’re mad and they’re not gonna take it anymore.’”

Scarborough then proposed a solution. “Why don’t internet sites that want to be respected make people [commenters] put their names and their phone numbers”:

If you are going to accuse me of being responsible for starting the Holocaust in 1939 or 1940, then you can put your name, and you can put your telephone number on there so I can pick up the phone and say, “Brother, my lawyer’s going to be calling you in about 10 minutes.”

Arianna Huffington agreed with him about the need to keep commenters from “hiding behind the cloak of anonymity.” Watch it: at link

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/01/media-panel-st-paul/

More coverage from the New York Observer.

http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/arianna-huffington-internet-porn

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales mishandled highly classified notes about a secret counterterror program, but not on purpose, according to a memo by his legal team.

The memo, obtained by The Associated Press, acknowledges that Gonzales improperly stored notes about the program and might have taken them home at one point.

Removing secret documents from specially secured rooms violates government policy.

Gonzales' lawyers wrote in their memo that there is no evidence the security breach resulted in secret information being viewed or otherwise exposed to anyone who was not authorized.

The classified notes focus on a March 2004 meeting with congressional leaders about a national security program that was about to expire. Efforts to renew the program sparked an intense Bush administration debate that played out at the hospital bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft.

The memo was prepared by Gonzales' legal team as a response to a report being finalized by the Justice Department's inspector general. The report, which could be released as early as Tuesday, is expected to criticize Gonzales' handling of sensitive compartmentalized information, or SCI, according to the memo.

Gonzales agrees with inspector general's findings that his handling of notes and other SCI documents "was not consistent with the department's regulations governing the proper storage and handling of information classified as SCI," concluded the legal team's memo. "Judge Gonzales regrets this lapse."

Con't

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

ah, Patioterer..where the EFF R U?

it was a joke, mire, about the silly inconsistencies of the English language

the word "moose" is both singular and plural (ie. one moose, two moose)

the plural form of goose, however, is "geese"

get it? moose, meese :)

Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:34pm.
That description on Ike was from the TV weatherman.
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I assumed that you were repeating information that you had heard or read.

From a geographical perspective, coupling the Bahamas with Puerto Rico is like saying Chicago is next door to Nashville.

I hope that the TV weatherman was referring to the breadth of the cone of possible projected paths of the storm.

Rove calls Biden a ‘big blowhard doofus.’

Today, the campaign of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) criticized Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) for saying that McCain is “out of sync with the whole rest of the world.” McCain spokesman Ben Porritt said that while McCain “has called upon Americans to serve and assist our fellow citizens in the gulf states,” Biden “clearly has no limits when it comes to political attacks.” Today, however, McCain adviser Karl Rove took the attacks even further at the GOP convention, calling Biden a “big blowhard doofus.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/01/rove-calls-biden-a-big-blowhard-doof...

We don't get it either,Mire..

Just goofing on a word and a post.. :)

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

Sure, Joe! I'll give you my home phone number if you give me yours...then we'll have a race to see who watches their mouth first!

Meese Demystified
Submitted by 60th Street on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:48pm.
...get it? moose, meese
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The complete joke conjugation is:

moose, meese, Edwin, Attorney General

UCLA 7 Tennessee 0
2nd quarter..

Yes I know..We have a Loooog way to go yet..

Go Bruins ! :)

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

((STOP))

you don't get moose meese?

Here it is: Frostbite Falls, Minnesota.

cut me the fuck off
godamnit

You can still view some remains at LeeP's place.

Bibimimi, love ya! You have been the bestest on the Palin-birthing-babies-sack-of-crap. It doesn't matter whose it is, this gal is so obviously totally lacking in intelligence, judgement and common sense either way.
________________________________

"Republicans think Americans are idiots"

We don't need no education!
Polka Floyd perform Another Brick in the Wall at YouTube.
(I apologize for being almost on topic.)

nawk nawk nawk

(sorry, mixing metaphors)

talking about sounds good; i hear ya airball, i know getting back to nola won't be a picnic, power out and branches in the street and most annoying, the traffic lights probably out again.....they were out for almost a year after a katrina which made driving around quite something, and it was so good to see them slowly one by one come back to life, we cheered each one "did you see the light at Napoleon and Louisiana is finally working?" "no, really? wow"

no, i know there's gonna be some problem or other, but nothing like i was foreseeing in my worst nightmare, at least not this time; me too I know of some people that stayed in the city...we'll have a lot to talk about when i get back i am sure, lots of stories....last week i had just bought the dvd of "katrina's children" which had been featured by laura flanders in her gritv week dedicated to katrina anniversary, and was looking forward to watching another good movie Trouble the Water, also scheduled to be shown for the katrina anniversary, who would have guessed we would be "celebrating" the anniversary in a such more fitting way!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm1ibHUyJjA

"Cheney wanted to dress up marines as Iranians and have them MURDER other marines to gain your unwavering support"

Dear Alice, And my faith is strong in our brainwashed military that there are more than a few platoons worth of Marines patriotically gullible enuff to volunteer to 'serve' their cheney and country with such legalized mass murder.. And may self respecting amerikans from sea to polluted sea ritually greet "Heil Soldier, thank you for your service!!"

I hate meeses to pieces!

i'm having such a good time im having a ball

Mrs. Palin.... Why did you and your daughter lie about the reason your 17 year old daughter was removed from school. Mononucleosis or embarrassing pregnancy????

as are birth pangs.

``Life happens,'' said McCain adviser Steve Schmidt, talking about the pregnancy story.

``An American family,'' added colleague Mark Salter.

Prominent religious conservatives, many of whom have been lukewarm toward McCain's candidacy, predicted that the pregnancy announcement would not diminish conservative Christian enthusiasm for the vice presidential hopeful, a staunch abortion opponent. In fact, there was talk that it might help.

``Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect,'' said Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. ``Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord.''
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7767458

Presumably this guy got the memo:

Ex-marine acquitted in Iraq deaths
Nazario was charged in the deaths of four unarmed detainees in Falluja in 2004
A former US marine has been acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of unarmed detainees in Iraq four years ago.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/08/2008828234640926649.h...

And these guys didn't:

Afghan children killed by Nato fire

Protesters blocked a road in Kabul accusing US-led troops of killing Afghan children [REUTERS]

Nato-led troops have killed three Afghan children and injured seven during artillery fire in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/200891165429151631.html

white cedar?

a port orford cedar?

i love the smell of that wood!

lucille;

this is belated, but thanks 4 the SOS Band's Just Be Good 2 Me from this weekend.

that's a weeper from my college days.

AP issues talking points over Fournier

AP Washington bureau chief Ron Fournier has been targeted by MoveOn, Media Matters and many liberal blogs this campaign cycle for what they consider light treatment of John McCain at the expense of other candidates — especially Barack Obama.

In July, I reported that Fournier had discussions with the McCain campaign in late 2006 — while not at the AP — about taking a senior level communications job with the campaign. Fournier spoke with Mark Salter, Rick Davis, John Weaver and other campaign staffers, but did not take the job. He returned to the AP in March 2007.

So with the blogosphere enraged over Fournier, FishbowlDC writes today that Ellen Hale, the AP’s vice president for corporate communications, has e-mailed talking points to managers on how to deal with questions about the wire's D.C. bureau chief. But the contents of the memo were not yet revealed.

I’ve now obtained the full talking points which are after the jump (and include a mention of "Politico.com, the blog").

Talking points at link. Read the comments also

http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0908/AP_issues_talking_po...

i know what frostbite is and Michigan i have an idea......so now, how is any of this supposed to be funny? someone please connect the dots for me....or not....is it worth the intellectual effort required? i doubt it; humor is the hardest thing in the world to translate.... i lived in the us for at least 6 years (and already fluent speaker - please no jokes about my accent :)))) before i started laughing on pitch with everybody else at jokes, comedies and stuff, but sometimes I still miss a beat, sorry

the heartbreak of fornication?

trenchcrotch?

good ol' fashioned backwoods American boogie woogie flu?

love fever?

something ending in -itis that meeans 'chronic bullshitter'?

Pixie and Dixie

Pay no attention to the moose advice mire. It's 1 moose and 2 miice.

Sheesh!

___
bluerootsradio

so embarrassing

the AP is following in the grand tradition of UPI

suck proudly!♠♦♣♥…

No Eastern White Cedar. Much smalller tree-- usually. I think the biggest White Cedar here are in the western Upper Peninsula near Canada. I found some big port orford cedar logs before though fishing for Albacore on the West Coast.

yep, back when it was funny to laff at yer speech impediment!

you win one meeseburger...you can collect it at the new Wasilla Steak n' Shake... where the Planned Parenthood clinic used to be

"Oooooh I'll make mincemeat out of that meese!!"?

"When in Wasilla, plan on being a parent."

Talking to Stephanie Miller, Carville, some Townhall chik and Michelle Bachmann

The rethugs going to bat for Palin! Hilarity ensuing!

(I think) :)

My sympathys are with the illegitimate father of the illegitimately blushing young bride.
Any lifetime NRA expert care to surmise what gauge shotgun Christian Governor Palin used to convince the inadvertent father (young man or old) that it twas in his own best self interest to lawfully wed the immorally bedded young Christian object of his misinjected Christian spermatoids??
Just wondering... an idle mind is the devil's playground or "What a waste it is to lose one's mind"

Pac 10
Cal gets big late TD run, beats Michigan St. 38-31

sounds like that panel was a bunch of hoooey, why was arianna involved in something so shoddy? conservatives only see viciousnes and cruelty when it is coming from the left, and it if really only criticism of their own - the right - viciousness and cruelty, gee this stuff gives me a stomach ache

i♥ithaca

left me some brain cells there and in watkins glen

say 'hello' 4 me

(¯`*._(¯`*._(--)_.*´¯)_.*´¯)

deep

deep

deep thotz

>>Any lifetime NRA expert care to surmise what gauge shotgun...

That is clearly Crank Bait's area of expertise.

Conservative Media Elites Blast Commenters On Liberal Blogs As ‘Vicious,’ ‘Hurting The Country’
Submitted by toniD on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 8:45pm.
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The Conservatives represented by such as Hannity, Savage, Michael Reagan, Mark Levin, Beck, etc., etc., are a vicious ugly crowd. Though our motives are about the truth, when Progressives strike back, we are deemed the villains. Don't fall for the okie-doke. The right doesn't do empathy, sympathy, diplomacy, and certainly not truth. Therefore, we should hit back, and hit hard. Don't give the MSM one moment of peace. After all, someone has been busy removing data and photos on Palin- from the Web. So expect the cover-up accommodated by MSM.

They have no intentions of being honest with the American People.

Submitted by mire on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:13pm.
...sometimes I still miss a beat...
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All you need to know is who's on first. The rest is fluff.

...and then some eep!

word!

then, who's got the peanut butter, yo?

(((FUCK)))??

Palin - Alaska Native issues
part of the blog post:

Grassroots Science sent me a whole slew of media reports mentioning, or even playing up, his "native Eskimo" heritage.

Let me try and make a comparison about why it is so frustrating to have this mentioned in the media - when I am so proud of Alaska Native people and want to see our causes forwarded:

I am proud to be voting for and supporting the first Black/Mixed race President. But I am not voting for him because he's black. I'm voting for his ideas, his plans, his experience, his obvious desire and will to change America for the better. "Any black man" will not do. He's the man for the job, and it's a bonus that he will also be breaking the racial "glass ceiling." But he's done plenty for black America, from legistlation on racial profiling to his work in Chicago - he was a civil rights lawyer!

But this is the kind of stuff that concerns me about the Todd Palin mentions (from the Baltimore Chronicle):

Married to a native Eskimo, and with four mixed-race children, she can
expect to appeal to many non-white American voters, on whose support the Obama campaign is counting.

I cannot stress enough - Sarah Palin has done nothing for the Alaska Native community - a community that includes her own children.

Any venture into the Alaska Native community has been superficial at best. I can't even take issue with her Alaska Native policies, because she has NOTHING of substance. She has ignored Alaska Native people from before she took office as governor - an act all the more harmful because it is her own children's heritage she is not acknowledging.

The only thing I know she's "done" for Alaska Native people - fire them. Or not hire them in the first place. The more recent one is Walt Monegan. I absolutely don't believe she fired him because he was Native - I believe she fired him because he wouldn't fire her ex-brother in law- despite the investigation that had already been done on him, with findings and reprimand.

The most troubling part of all of that was, here was a man who was finally doing something about the horrible rates of violence and abuse in Rural Alaska - and for Alaska Native people. He was passionate about these issues. So she fires him. To "go in a new direction." The problem was, she hired a guy to replace Monegan who had been reprimanded for sexual harrassment. And she never could explain what that "new direction" was.

I don't know what Sarah Palin's views on Alaska Native issues are, mostly because she hasn't said what they are. She's skated by without addressing those issues so far. But before she fires any more staffers for personal reasons, she needs to remember we're here, and that these firings can affect Native people in a big way.

http://alaskareal.blogspot.com/2008/08/palin-alaska-native-issues.html

dont
keep on fucking

Sympathy? If McLiar pulls this off, that horny punk will be next generation of illegitimate Rethug leaders. All these Rethug leaders we have now were shitty students, alcoholics and horndogs.
Fuck him! He should be sterilized.

i did something wrong again

GOOD>>>>>>>>>>>
\love it!!!!!@

Shotgun wedded son of a gun
Submitted by SederChest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:29pm.
My sympathys are with the illegitimate father of the illegitimately blushing young bride...
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What more could possibly happen?

Okay, how about this: The kid takes the nationally spotlighted opportunity to demand a paternity test, and he comes up negatory for fatherhoodedness.

Uh-oh. "Youthful indiscretion" suddenly goes plural. Or polygamous. Or something.

Witness for the defense: "She's packed more beef than IBP."

(((((((GOOD)))))
BOOPUPOOP AM LOVING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

a nascar type place, out by seneca lake?

i like ithaca too, but for the winters....

kercr's

A little more cartoon insight

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

it is a re-run from Friday Night
I was in the middle of work Friday
so I can really listen it.
I sent Uncle Mike the articles on the
wolves being shot from helicopters/planes
If anyone listened/listening

Happy Labor - less Day everyone

'I wanna re-sperm count, or is it a sperm recount?? whatever! the one that gets my dick outta this vise!!'

((( are we ready for him to crash our country??? Bush=Trainwreck, McCain=Planecrash )))

McCain III lost jet number one in 1958 when he plunged into Corpus Christi Bay while practicing landings. He was knocked unconscious by the impact coming to as the plane settled to the bottom.

McCain's second crash occurred while he was deployed in the Mediterranean. "Flying too low over the Iberian Peninsula," Timberg wrote, "he took out some power lines [reminiscent of the 1998 incident in which a Marine Corps jet sliced through the cables of a gondola at an Italian ski resort, killing 20] which led to a spate of newspaper stories in which he was predictably identified as the son of an admiral."

McCain's third crash three occurred when he was returning from flying a Navy trainer solo to Philadelphia for an Army-Navy football game.

Timberg reported that McCain radioed, "I've got a flameout" and went through standard relight procedures three times before ejecting at one thousand feet. McCain landed on a deserted beach moments before the plane slammed into a clump of trees.

McCain's fourth aircraft loss occurred July 29, 1967, soon after he was assigned to the USS Forrestal as an A-4 Skyhawk pilot. While seated in the cockpit of his aircraft waiting his turn for takeoff, an accidently fired rocket slammed into McCain's plane. He escaped from the burning aircraft, but the explosions that followed killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.

McCain's fifth loss happened during his 23rd mission over North Vietnam on Oct. 26, 1967, when McCain's A-4 Skyhawk was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. McCain ejected from the plane breaking both arms and a leg in the process and subsequently parachuted into Truc Bach Lake near Hanoi.

(source)

The alcohol poisoning death rate in the United States is shockingly high, consistently between 300 and 400 a year. It's zero for pot.
On Aug. 19, the Associated Press reported on a group of college presidents proposing reconsideration of the legal drinking age. I'll refrain from wading into the emotional debate about what the legal age for alcohol should be, but a graph that accompanied the story in some outlets, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, raises larger questions about our national policies toward drugs and alcohol.

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/95656/booze_kills%2C_pot_doesn%27t/

I hung there in it's pre-nascar days, i did camp trackside, but in town u could see fireworks in the cavern or swim in the lake.

almost got my ass fried off in a thunderstorm the last time i was there. the southern tier don't play.

you CUT "gravitas" OFF
i wanna go with him
seriously!!!

I like YOU and YOU attack me. I don't mean to offend YOU and I always do. Others have posted similarly but YOU won't listen or filter it out.

AND YES! I STILL LIKE YOU MUCH! Now what do YOU have to say about that? I don't need to hear about how you like to play with your ass. But I do like to hear your opinions. That is criticism. It's meant constructive. If YOU don't like me because of it then who is to blame? And if YOU don't take that in and work on it who loses? But I will always accept YOU either way.

And Alice, what goofy thoughts you wrote. Why do you care who likes or dislikes what you write. I just don't get that. Now War Dog, he was tone deaf, and even then, it was funny. And you call yourself an anarchist....? pffft.

The spawning of salmon is something of a primal, epic drama. After spending their life of several years in the sea, the fish make their way up streams to the places where they were born. They don't eat, all their energy focused on their single-minded goal of spawning, after which they will die. Their flesh turns red from the effort, and hormones cause the males to develop a hump and a sinister-looking, toothy hooked beak.

The salmon life cycle is also part of the cycle of life for thousands of Alaska natives and Alaskans in general. Bristol Bay is known as the world's largest wild salmon fishery. With more than 30 million salmon worth hundreds of millions of dollars caught per year, it is a bedrock of commercial fishing and Alaska natives' subsistence fishing as well as a popular sport-fishing destination. Even people who have dispersed to Anchorage or other towns return yearly, like the salmon, to fish in Bristol Bay. The state's fishing industry is highly regulated to ensure the salmon population is not overfished.

http://www.alternet.org/water/96843/alaska_chooses_largest_gold_mine_ove...

"mishandled"
((NO LIE))
addy?

why was arianna involved in something so shoddy
Submitted by mire on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:30pm.
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Because, she use to be one of them. Yep, she was real right-wing. I remember seeing her years ago on the Span- debating women's issues. She made a complete fool out of herself. When Bill Maher was on ABC, she debuted as a Conservative. She remained a Conservative- until she found out that her right-wing, billionaire husband, Michael Huffington, was gay.

I heard that David Frumm was a guest at one of her cocktail parties. This was fairly recent. Frum was a speech writer for Bush. He came up with the infamous "Axis Of Evil."

did you wright something? maybe too much
don feel like reading

...within

the EARTH

we know there is an other EARTH...

...this other EARTH

knows us

though we

know it not ...

~~~~

...to make known

this other EARTH,

this present EARTH

now opens out,

and like a flower,

that has given all,

provided

every bee its suck,

disintegrates its petals

over-ripe

blown apart

swept away,

are now messages carried

by a strange and ancient wind

to land as fragments

of time regained,

on who-knows-what other worlds...

~~~~

...and in its stead

this other EARTH

now stands revealed...

...not a flower

like the last,

but as a crystal...

...this other EARTH

both new and yet,

without beginning,

scintillates its pattern...

...geometries of secrets,

sown by millenial star-gazers,

spontaneously

push through

the crust of illusion

separating past from future...

...this other EARTH

beckons a home

more familiar than

the suburban ravage

of plywood

and cement

we now call

home...

...this other EARTH

o bounteous crystal gridwork

veins of light

connecting sea

and

mountain cloud

waiting so long

to become

VISIBLE at last

pierces the dark tent of sleep

where

a race of AMNESIACS

struggles to ascend,

the luminous

sound cloud-ladder,

leading to

the once-and-always

Palace

Of

Universal

Memory...

...within this EARTH

there is an other EARTH,

crystal liberation

of no-more self

the sound so pure

that rainbows

cease to disappear....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

mitakuye oyasin

Arianna has redeemed herself in spades...David Brock too, Andrew Sullivan is on his way

with tyler anyway to no man land?

UCLA 3rd string Quarterback throws 4 interceptions in First Half..
Jeebus ! !

Only down 14 to 7..At Halftime..Amazing !

I just hope the second half isn't a blow out..

Go Gutty Little Bruins !

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

Love (with Arthur Lee) performing 7 and 7 is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PStzQW6XVkM

Since I posted on April 28 the article "Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers," the deaths of two more U.S. Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been listed as suicides - the Sept. 28, 2007, death of 30-year-old Spc. Ciara Durkin and the Feb. 22, 2008, death of 25-year-old Spc. Keisha Morgan. Both "suicides" are disputed by the families of the women.

Since April 2008, five more U.S. military women have died in Iraq - three in noncombat-related incidents. Ninety-nine U.S., six British and one Ukrainian military women and 13 U.S. female civilians have been killed in Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as probably hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women and girls. Of the 99 U.S. military women, 64 were in the Army active component, nine in the Army National Guard, seven in the Army Reserve, seven in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy and three in the Air Force. According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been killed in Iraq died in "noncombat-related incidents." Of the 99 U.S. military women killed in the Iraq theater, 41 were women of color (21 African-Americans, 16 Latinas, three of Asian-Pacific descent and one Native American - data compiled from the Web site www.nooniefortin.com).

http://www.truthout.org/article/us-military-keeping-secrets-about-female...

Fernando,

Good luck with that. The posts are entirely self-serving and egocentric.

Whether you like the posts, hate the posts, live, or die is of no concern whatsoever. You don't exist.

this is a very pretty area, geographically speaking, and very interesting people - you won't find many mcain/palin yard signs here that's for sure

If McFeeble were polling better it would have been a .410-- or no gun at all. If McFeeble were polling really poorly, it would have taken a 4 gauge. But since gramps actually has a poor, but real chance, I'm guessing a 20 gauge.

Frostbite Falls, Minnesota
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frostbite Falls, Minnesota is a fictional small town seen on the American animated series Rocky and His Friends and The Bullwinkle Show. It is located in the (real world) location of Koochiching County in Minnesota.

Frostbite Falls is the home of Rocket J. Squirrel, better known as "Rocky," and his pal Bullwinkle J. Moose. The two are the town's most famous residents.

anyone wanna
new
Submitted by Lucille on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:36pm.

(((FUCK)))??

I heard there's a nice hot fertile young lady up in cold frigid Alaska who doth fucketh ... like a rabid rabbit... Fly Air Alaska to paradise..

Thanks for the heads up on Amy Sedaris appearing on Letterman. Delightful! No more a nutjob than I am. Don't know why you'd say such a thing about her.

but I am.

I went with the photographer to do a photoshoot for a Greek magazine (she's Greek)at a restaurant in NYC.

She was a lot of fun and REALLY attractive and very nice!

not nice

nothing like getting arrested to get a good rant going!

Obama and Biden, than she has more experience than McCain, following the repub logic, that is.

I'm extremely fond of her brother, too.

Submitted by Cat Chew on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 10:04pm.
...No more a nutjob than I am. Don't know why you'd say such a thing about her.
------
Yes, you do. It's because she's a nutjob albeit a delightful nutjob.

There is faked nutjobbiness, and there is real nutjobbiness.

Amy Sedaris is the real McCoy...unless you think that putting doll wigs on doorknobs is an idea that almost anyone would have.

Yea, that is the horrible initiative that just passed on Tuesday with Palin's illegal support. She used state funds to advocate for a private initiative. A no no. Not that it matters. Laws don't apply to rich people, Rethugs or USC alumni.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axtr-yL33os

**repost**

...unless you think that putting doll wigs on doorknobs is an idea that almost anyone would have.

I sincerely think that it is, but most of us are persuaded to stop doing that or at least to stop sharing that notion at an early age. You are correct that I do know exactly what you mean. I was just funning (and I was flattering myself, too).

Can O' Worms Alert

and ducking and running for the door.

Hey good people before I split...

I contacted Shannyn Moore, the blogger up in Alaska eep posted last night. I just wanted her to record her blog post on Palin but she rather do an interview. So, if you have some burning questions for a native Alaskan (not Native Alaskan) email them to me and I'll see what I can do and put it on the show. She has her own producer, la-di-da! ;-)

I know you'll do better than me. So far I have:

1. What's your favorite color?
2. How do you prefer your moose meat cooked?
3. Does every Alaskan have a giant crab on their coffee table?

See why I ask for help?

___
bluerootsradio
G'nite
G'bloggin
G'mire made it outta Dodge, er NOLA ;-) You 'splain Crank lexicographer such as you are.

Wow. Hanna hooked south and east. You don't see that very often.

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/atlstorm8/stormtrack_large.html

Amy Goodman and producers arrested at RNC
RAW STORY
Published: Monday September 1, 2008

**UPDATE:
Goodman has been charged with "conspiracy to riot" and released. Her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, are still in custody.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press Writer

Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke and Democracy Now! TV and radio show host Amy Goodman were among those arrested Monday at an anti-war march coinciding with the first day of the Republican National Convention.

Rourke was swept up as police moved in on a group of protesters in downtown St. Paul, the scene of scattered violence and vandalism by protesters, some of whom described themselves as anarchists.

Goodman was arrested as she tried to prevent two colleagues from being arrested, a producer for her show said.

David Ake, an AP assistant chief of bureau in Washington, said he was concerned by the arrest of Rourke, a Philadelphia-based photographer.

"Covering news is a constitutionally protected activity, and covering a riot is part of that coverage," Ake said. "Photographers should not be detained for covering breaking news."

Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties, Democracy Now! said in a statement. Ramsey County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Holli Drinkwine said Goodman was arrested on a misdemeanor but she didn't know the charge. She did not immediately have any information about the other three.

Police said late Monday they had arrested 163 people at the march, with more expected. Most of the estimated 10,000 people in the march were peaceful, but small groups totaling about 200 broke windows, taunted police, slashed tires and harassed delegates.

Rourke took photos throughout the day showing police shooting tear gas at protesters. Evan Vucci, another AP photographer, was with Rourke but did not see him get arrested.

"The police had pushed the protesters into a parking lot where they had police coming from all sides to encircle one area," Vucci said. "Once they got all the protesters into this one parking lot they kind of rushed and arrested all the protesters in there."

Snip

A video of Goodman's arrest posted on YouTube shows her begging police not to arrest her before being taken away in handcuffs.

Read the rest here with the video

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Amy_Goodman_and_producers_arrested_at_0901...

She cracks me up..Thanks Crank.. :)

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

I have a nagging suspicion that anyone who would name herself Cat Chew might have furry doorknobs.

yourll
have not said that in a month of mondays

I find you strong and stubborn. My mom and my daughter have it and are proud to proclaim it. Are you strong and stubborn too?

My father, whom I often fought with demonstrated humility and humor. Those were his best moments. And I was obnoxious to you trying to be helpful.... I was a crappy student for my dad to tolerate.

USC alumni

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

SJ I don't get you. And I usually agree with you more than practically anyone. I mean, I know what you mean, but I don't see that this kind of nitpicking is really helping right now.

Here is the email (with video link) I just read, and that I'm sure many of you got but maybe not some. I have been offline for 8 hrs. I am looking for updates here and elsewhere and then I am calling. Anybody else?

I apologize if there was a link to this posted upthread I did not follow yet...

September 1, 2008

Contact:
Denis Moynihan 917-549-5000
Mike Burke 646-552-5107, mike@democracynow.org

ST. PAUL, MN—Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was unlawfully arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police violently manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers who were being unlawfully detained. They are Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. Kouddous and Salazar were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were being arrested on suspicion of rioting. They are currently being held at the Ramsey County jail in St. Paul.

Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0).

Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.

During the demonstration in which they were arrested law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force. Several dozen others were also arrested during this action.

Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar is a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists from the nation's leading independent news outlet.

Democracy Now! is a nationally syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.

Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

That's what happens when you take a long time to finish a post....;}

Call her General Palin
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/01/2008 09:50:00 PM ET · Link
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Weird new talking point from the McCain campaign. They're now saying that Sarah Palin, or perhaps we should now be calling her General Palin, is "Commander in Chief" of the Alaska National Guard that is fighting in Iraq. I'm sure the governor is the de jure chief of the state's national guard, but to imply that she's somehow the equivalent of the Commander in Chief of the US military, direct Alaska's forces in the fight against Al Qaeda, running through war plans and launching rocket attacks, is just laughable. Don't take it from me. Take it from the general who runs the Alaska National Guard:
Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard... said he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. The entire operation is under federal control, and the governor is not briefed on situations.
Oops.

This interview, below, is simply astounding. CNN's Campbell Brown just obliterates McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds who simply refuses to answer, is unable to answer, the simple question as to what foreign policy experience Palin has. He couldn't name one decision she made as commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard. Watch the video below or via this link. (at link)

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/call-her-general-palin.html

Submitted by 13ben on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 9:55pm.
==
words like these are, to me, like watching dance.

A vibration of effect is shared.

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

Girls Republicans just want to have fun
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/01/2008 08:19:00 PM ET · Link
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Damning story from ABC tonight (read a shortened transcript here) about GOP parties in Minneapolis while the south drowns. Watch this video. It's completely over the top. One party took place only hours after McCain said most events, other than the most essential, would be shut down today. The party featured a band called "Hookers and Blow" (blow is cocaine), and the guests included the House GOP deputy whip Congressman Bill Schuster (R-PA). Watch this, then send the link to your friends:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rni6G7RRFkk

Special needs mom weighs in on Sarah Palin
John Aravosis (DC) · 9/01/2008 07:05:00 PM ET · Link
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A mom with a special needs kid writes us:
I'm the mother of a special needs child, and hopefully my mommy brain can help shed some light on Sarah Palin's strange habits.

Her behavior immediately before (and since) birth does bear some examination. When I was pregnant and supposedly healthy, I canceled a long planned trip to Europe in my third trimester as a precaution. To be fair, Palin had had four healthy pregnancies and wasn't a nervous first timer like me. Plus a Down's baby is usually in normal good health. I'll also stipulate that in Alaska, unlike Arizona, you really do sometimes need a bush plane to get around. Still, once a woman's water breaks, I would personally consider her grounded. If she has any sense at all, she'll arrange to be grounded close to the best medical facilities available.

I'm also a little disturbed by how her decision to give birth to a special needs child is praised, but her decision to spend her time away from that child is completely unexamined. (This is classic behavior from the party that only cares about "life" before birth.) Any five month old baby needs serious time with its mommy. I also doubt that Palin is dragging a breast pump with her on the campaign trail, since it's a bunch of doctors and scientist over at the American Academy of Pediatricians recommending breast feeding for the first year.

My real question about the Palin household is this: Her 17 year old daughter is five months pregnant and getting ready to marry the daddy. When's the daughter's birthday? Has she been 17 for at least five months? How old is the daddy? What are the laws governing such relationships in Alaska? I agree that the girl should be left out of the spotlight as much as possible, but her parents' judgment needs to be thoroughly examined.

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/special-needs-mom-weighs-in-on-sara.h...

This is the e-mail address that was given out on Free Speech TV a few minutes ago, as they interrupted INN news,...

Free Speech TV said to contact:

andrea_mokros@klobuchar.senate.gov

She is the congressional staffer/contact person for the U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Amy Klobuchar.

Viewers are supposed to demand that all accredited journalists be released immediately, particularly those arrested in the area of 5th Street and Jackson ...
in St. Paul. (Arrests happened about 4 or 5 hours ago.)

Not Amy, but one of her co-workers was pepper sprayed and another had a bloody nose.
(Nicole Salazar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous )

---

Love everybody.

September 1, 2008 - Soul Mates Edition

Before we start this week, I'd like to say a special "thanks" to Elad, Hissyspit, and TygrBright for reporting for DU from the Democratic National Convention last week, along with Ava, DFW, and HawkeyeX. If you haven't seen the Denver Journal, you can read it here.

And now, on with the show. (I would have done more this week but by the time I'd finished these two, my eyeballs were bleeding.)

Free Democracy

Re: Amy Goodman
new
Submitted by Sir Real on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 10:56pm.

This is the e-mail address that was given out on Free Speech TV a few minutes ago, as they interrupted INN news,...

Free Speech TV said to contact:

***************

Hey Sir Real

Thanks for that info.

i love Amy Goodman and respect her immensely!

St Amy is a bloggie inside joke that's almost three years old.

"Patron Saint of Radio News" was how i put it then

in response to troll putdowns of her efforts.

(re read)

oh! i get it!

you were objecting to the use of "rant"

to describe Amy's broadcast style!

sorry! i'm guilty of inexact

language. "rant" was used

affectionately and was'nt

meant as a criticism.

she's a top notch,

very honest

broadcaster.

Good to hear from you.

You're welcome.

Luckily, the announcer spelled the e-mail out for me.

My wife just wrote a hell of a pissed off e-mail.
She's a huge Amy Goodman fan.

I'll do one as well. I'll probably be a little nicer.

I hope you're doing well, Kevin.

Sanitized Coverage?
By: Cernig @ 7:00 PM - PDT
Q: What do rightwing blogger John Hawkins and MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann have in common?

A: Both have been bumped from covering the Republican convention.

Hawkins didn’t get his application for media credentials approved, he says because of critical posts he has written which irritated the McCain campaign, particularly on immigration. AP reports that Olbermann has been re-assigned.

Keith Olbermann was pulled from St. Paul to anchor MSNBC’s storm coverage from New York, with his seat beside Chris Matthews filled by David Gregory. Capus said political considerations had nothing to do with that move; Olbermann has been sharply critical of the GOP.

You believe that, right? Sounds to me like the McCain campaign only wants McFournier types in attendance.

Noel Sheppard at the rightwing News Busters site is oh-so disappointed about Olbermann’s absence. So just to cheer him up here’s some classic Keith from January -

Video at link:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/01/sanitized-coverage/

Cal's had some good teams with that new coach..

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

Later

telus.net

lower case on everything.

:)

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

>>>>...unless you think that putting doll wigs on doorknobs is an idea that almost anyone would have.

>>I sincerely think that it is, but most of us are persuaded to stop doing that or at least to stop sharing that notion at an early age. You are correct that I do know exactly what you mean. I was just funning (and I was flattering myself, too).

Hmmph...so putting dolls wigs on my door knobs makes me some sort of weirdo?!?

you guys can be sooo cruel... ;)

"Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0)."

mailboxes and every other connection chock full

"Democracy Now! is calling on all journalists and concerned citizens to call the office of Mayor Chris Coleman and the Ramsey County Jail and demand the immediate release of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar. These calls can be directed to: Chris Rider from Mayor Coleman's office at 651-266-8535 and the Ramsey County Jail at 651-266-9350 (press extension 0)."

mailboxes and every other connection chock full

so 200 windows were broken by so-called anarchists...

a couple thoughts.:

1) these `anarchists' may not have been genuine. they could have been plants so the police would have a reason for the crack down> I doubt if I'm the first to suspect this...

2) if these guys were genuine, and there is a pretty good chance they were, they did a HUGE disservice to the legit protest groups.

and the rest of the left.

thank you.

Posted on DailyKos
by Gryphen on Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 05:38:23 PM PDT

I live in Alaska and started digging Friday night.

I uncovered a lot of interesting discrepancies but nothing that absolutely proved Trig was not Sarah Palin's child.

But then I got lucky.

I found the MySpace page of Levi, who is supposed to be the father of Bristol's current baby bump.

There were pictures of this young woman holding a newborn baby she identifies as "Trig" in a hospital room, with Sarah Palin standing next to her. Palin is dressed in a sweatshirt and shorts and CLEARLY did not just give birth in the previous day or so.

The MySpace page has been closed, but I saved and posted the photographs here:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.c...

You can also find them here:http://askingwhy08.blogspot.com/

I and my fellow bloggers have sent these photos to everybody we know. They are not going to get "lost".

by Gryphen on Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 05:38:23 PM PDT

the list of `top 10 conservative idiots' has been amended to only 2 to conservative idiots -- McCain and Palin. I can't argue their choice.

but what surprised me is just how LONG the article is. probably twice as much text as their average list.

very in depth and informative. meticulously sourced, btw...

"Mommyinlaw, Trig and myself" is the alleged name of the photo from the afore mentioned (once again alleged) Myspace page.

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/
Submitted by SederChest on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 11:45pm.
and a link from that page
http://flickr.com/photos/30128128@N04/
=
the trailing "om" was cut off the link for me so here it is again.

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

I hope you're doing well.

-

I added the e-mail as an Open Mic since Sunshine Jim indicated that the message boxes at all the phone numbers were full.

Thanks for clarifying. :)

UCLA 27 Tennessee 24 in OT !

Sweet !

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

I emailed her....

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

Man - I thought you folks'd be on top of this and coming out swinging. Thanks. I just now lay down and got the bulletin (and vid) from DN!, and and and - I'm seething!

Seems you all beat me to the voicemail rant-fest. But - boy - was I ready!

Did you watch the video? It was like Mutant Ninja Turtles beating up little Amy. Surreal indeed.

Thanks, Lord Real, for the email link. Think I'll seethe onto the page.

In 1968 they provoked trouble at the DEMOCRATIC Party convention, and we got Nixon - and Kissinger Part One. Now what?

And Zbigniew Brzezinski

Well I guess they're all out.

http://www.democracynow.org/

But it sucks to be beat up by taxpayer-funded terrorists.

You caught the update at DN! I didn't know that.

Until now. (I'll post it on my Open Mic.) Thanks.

I did forget to mention that Andrea Mokros, the contact person for Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, is her Deputy Chief of Staff.

And, that the Senator is a Democrat.

-

Hi MMR... Thanks. I e-mailed her, too.
I wasn't as nice as I had hoped to be.
I hope you're doing well.

http://www.farsnews.com/English/newstext.php?nn=8706091016

The whole page was fascinating, if you have time ....

http://www.farsnews.com/English/NewsV.php?srv=1

Thank you for the DemocracyNow.org/AmyGoodman.Updates.email addr. :) :)

Takecare .....

Peace

Deborah from Kansas

Would a US attack on Iran be the `justification' Bush needs to cancel the election?

probably...

See what happens when you don't impeach war criminals?

Esquire magazine will print the cover of its 75th anniversary issue on electronic paper, a material that's flexible like real paper but can display moving black-and-white images.

And, of course, Bush won't feel he'll need authorization for the war, let alone a declaration of war, against Iran.

He'll claim he already has it because it's part of the `War on Terror'.

Experts poised for rare frog hunt

Scientists are set to begin a hunt for the some of the world's rarest frogs in Costa Rica, including the iconic golden toad, last seen some 20 years ago.

A team from Manchester University and Chester Zoo are in Costa Rica to track down the highly endangered creatures.

BBC News will follow their trek deep into the cloud forests of Monteverde.

Amphibian numbers around the world have crashed, in part because of a deadly fungus. Costa Rica has been particularly badly hit.

Expedition leader Andrew Gray, from the University of Manchester's Manchester Museum, said: "Costa Rica's highlands used to be major biodiversity hotspots - but in many areas, amphibian populations have been completely decimated."

In the late 1980s, herpetologists around the world found that amphibian populations were suffering unprecedented declines, but they struggled to understand exactly why.

A decade later, researchers isolated a previously unknown fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, which was infecting amphibians, effectively suffocating them by making it impossible for them to breathe across their skin.

Recently, the scientists working on the Global Amphibian Assessment estimated that one-third of all amphibians were threatened with extinction and about 120 species had already become extinct since the 1980s.

Many believe the disease caused by the chytrid fungus is a key factor for this crash. Other causes are thought to include habitat destruction and changes in climate.

Countries in Central America have been particularly badly affected by the deadly chytrid fungus, which is widespread there. A great deal of effort is now being put into place to safeguard any remaining species.

ndrew Gray said: "For the last 10 years, I've been working with others to ensure the future for frogs that have so far escaped extinction.

"One of the main things I have been doing is establishing breeding populations in Manchester Museum for a number of very, very rare species - including the splendid leaf frog (Cruziohyla calcarifer), the yellow-eyed leaf frog (Agalychnas annae) and the lemur leaf frog (Hylomantis lemur).

"I've also been working with the Costa Rican authorities and scientists to put conservation measures into place at the sites where any rare frogs are found."

Last year, Mr Gray caught a glimpse of the Ithsmohyla rivularis in the cloud forests of Monteverde - a frog that was thought to have gone extinct about 20 years ago.

He said: "To find this species last year that was thought to have become extinct at the same time as the golden toad was incredible - it is the rarest tree frog in the world."

He has now been given special permission by the Costa Rican authorities to collect some of the frogs to take back to Manchester.

He told the BBC: "We are returning to thoroughly search the site in the hope of finding more specimens.

"It's not going to be easy - they live deep in the Monteverde rainforest, they are only a couple of centimetres in size and they only come out in the dead of night - and while the males do call, the females don't make a sound."

The rediscovery of Ithsmohyla rivularis has spurred the team on to also try to seek out a golden toad (Bufo pereglines).

This colourful amphibian, which scientists only discovered in 1966, became the iconic symbol of amphibian decline. In 1987 there were approximately 1,500 of the toads, but just two years later it had vanished from the face of the rainforest.

Mr Gray said: "We are going to be trekking through an area where the golden toad used to thrive. It is very unlikely we will find one - but as last year's discovery showed us, never say never."

Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC

Goodman Charged with Obstruction; Felony Riot Charges Pending Against Kouddous and Salazar

ST. PAUL--Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar have all been released from police custody in St. Paul following their illegal arrest by Minneapolis Police on Monday afternoon.

All three were violently manhandled by law enforcement officers. Abdel Kouddous was slammed against a wall and the ground, leaving his arms scraped and bloodied. He sustained other injuries to his chest and back.
Salazar's violent arrest by baton-wielding officers, during which she was slammed to the ground while yelling, "I'm Press! Press!," resulted in her nose bleeding, as well as causing facial pain. Goodman's arm was violently yanked by police as she was arrested.

On Tuesday, Democracy Now! will broadcast video of these arrests, as well as the broader police action. These will also be available on:
www.democracynow.org

Goodman was arrested while questioning police about the unlawful detention of Kouddous and Salazar who were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.

Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher told Democracy Now! that Kouddous and Salazar were arrested on suspicion of rioting, a felony. While the three have been released, they all still face charges stemming from their unlawful arrest. Kouddous and Salazar face pending charges of suspicion of felony riot, while Goodman has been officially charged with obstruction of a legal process and interference with a "peace officer."

Democracy Now! forcefully rejects all of these charges as false and an attempt at intimidation of these journalists. We demand that the charges be immediately and completely dropped.

Democracy Now! stands by Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and condemns this action by Twin Cities' law enforcement as a clear violation of the freedom of the press and the First Amendment rights of these journalists.

During the demonstration in which the Democracy Now! team was arrested, law enforcement officers used pepper spray, rubber bullets, concussion grenades and excessive force against protesters and journalists. Several dozen demonstrators were also arrested during this action, including a photographer for the Associated Press.

Amy Goodman is one of the most well-known and well-respected journalists in the United States. She has received journalism's top honors for her reporting and has a distinguished reputation of bravery and courage. The arrest of Goodman, Kouddous and Salazar and the subsequent criminal charges and threat of charges are a transparent attempt to intimidate journalists.

Democracy Now! is a nationally-syndicated public TV and radio program that airs on over 700 radio and TV stations across the US and the globe.

Video of Amy Goodman's Arrest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ

and news gathering today!

Thanks folks!

Someone out there might expect me to say, "I told you so" about `you know what'.

But, I'm not going there today.

thank you Alice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdFGgBsgD7s

Witnesses: Air Tanker Lost Parts Before Fatal Crash

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=47190&catid=2

RENO, NV (AP) -- A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration says a firefighting aircraft has crashed at Reno's Stead Airport, killing everyone on board.

The twin-engine air tanker crashed just after its 6:11 p.m. takeoff about a half-mile from the runway, according to FAA spokesman Ian Gregor. The tanker was flying to drop retardant on a wildfire that had forced evacuations over the weekend south of Lake Tahoe. It was headed back to make one last drop.

Preliminary reports from witnesses suggest the tanker lost a piece of its engine or a wing before it caught fire and went down, Gregor says.

An eyewitness told KOLO-TV Channel 8 that she saw the back of the plane's engine on fire and a wing on fire before the plane crashed. It also appeared the plane struck a power pole and tumbled, the witness said.

Crews received reports that large pieces of debris were found in the area of the crash.

A brush fire also was reported, but no homes were threatened.

Law enforcement officials were trying to keep motorists away and passersby away from the rural crash site.

The plane was owned by Neptune Aviation of Missoula, Montana.

provacateurs.

definitely.

figger a few kids got sucked into it when they saw them getting away with it.

SOS DD.

do the unexpected has always been my reaction to this kind of scam.

we're still acting in isolated ways.

divide and conquer getting a few dings thogh lately.

"W" the asshole shutting off the election looking more likely every day.

Oregon man dies in Mexican jail after reported beatings

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/oregon_man_dies_in_mexi...

A Yoncalla crab fisherman died while vacationing in Mexico last week after reportedly being beaten by Mexican police near Cabo San Lucas.

Mexican news media outlets along with the Eugene Register-Guard are reporting that Sam Botner, 38, died in custody after he was beaten by multiple officers after his arrest in San Jose del Cabo.

The Tribuna de Los Cabos reported Sunday that a Mexican judge has ordered a 30-day hold for five officers and their commander, all of whom are being investigated for Botner's death.

Police responded to the La Jolla condominiums Wednesday after a fight reportedly
broke out between Botner and another man, according to another newspaper, La Jornada.

Botner reportedly resisted arrest and had to be restrained by officers. He was taken into
custody and died at a local jail. Accounts vary on whether Botner got into a fight with a
condo security guard or another guest.

Botner's wife, Kim, told KGW that the couple had traveled to Mexico to celebrate his return from Alaska. On Wednesday, they had returned from dinner and he stayed at the condo while she went to the beach. She later heard him shouting and returned to find that he had gotten into a confrontation and fight with a condo security officer. She also said he resisted arrest.

Botner's wife told KGW that he was resisting officers but he didn't deserve to die. "I've seen 29 pictures after they arrested him, and they beat him to death," she told KGW.

>>Oregon man dies in Mexican jail after reported beatings

the local news said 4 of the Mexican guards have disappeared.

look for them at a Home Depot parking lot near you soon.

(yawners)

been a long day.

love y'all!

>>provacateurs.

>>definitely.

I'm suspicious, but can't be %100 sure.

I'd say it's likely, tho...

nite, Jim

I love NIN! Thank YOU

www.ninwiki.com/Corona_Radiata

"Corona Radiata" is the eighth track on the Nine Inch Nails album The Slip. It is an instrumental track, and at 7:34 is the longest on the album. It is also the longest studio song by NIN (the second is "Memorabilia").

Corona Radiata are several protective layers surrounding ova or unfertilized egg cells, responsible with supplying the ova or egg cell with protein. The artwork for the song most probably represents an egg cell with the distinct corona radiata surrounding it. This might be a lead in to some sort of impregnation with the Demon Seed, implied by the red line.

The song begins with a calm and serene tone as if listening to the inside of a womb. Towards the end, drums and other effects fade in, almost like an assault from the outside. Finally, as the song closes suddenly, overlapping screams from an infant and other effects are heard.

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.♡. - .☮.

Sitting Justice From Filing His Dissent

Bush may address RNC via satellite Tuesday

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/bush-may-address-rnc-via...

CNN) — President Bush may still address the Republican National Convention via satellite from Washington Tuesday evening, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.

Perino said the White House is still awaiting world from the Republican National Committee about scheduling possibilities.

"We're waiting to hear what the convention decides on scheduling, so we haven't made any definitive plans yet," she said.

"We're not planning to travel tomorrow," she added.

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Beefcake pinup photo of the superhunky self described "f---in' redneck" who successfully impregnated the doe eyed Bristol

Republican
Bristol Palin's pregnancy was an open secret back home

BY NANCY DILLON, VERONIKA BELANKAYA and TINA MOORE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Monday, September 1st 2008, 11:30 PM
Levi Johnston

Johnston is a varsity hockey player at Wasilla High School.

Bristol Palin Beck/Getty

Bristol Palin

He's a superhunky bad-boy ice hockey player from cold country; she's a chestnut-haired beauty and popular high school senior.

The all-American teen twosome will make GOP vice presidential pick and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin a grandma at age 44 - just in time for Christmas.

Doe-eyed Bristol Palin, 17, and ruggedly handsome Levi Johnston, an 18-year-old self-described "f---in' redneck," have been dating a year, locals in Wasilla, Alaska, told the Daily News.

And the pregnancy? An open secret in the close-knit town of 9,780.
PHOTOS: MEET SARAH PALIN AND HER FAMILY

Bristol Palin, now a senior, was frequently seen cheering her young beau from the stands. Levi is also a senior.

Wasilla mom Jennie Johnston, whose son Jade played hockey with Levi, saw the young couple in January at a game.

"She was in a cute little outfit like young girls wear," said Jennie Johnston, who is not related to Levi. "She was with Levi."

She said her son told her the two were already engaged.
COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE RNC

"They've been together quite a while, more than a year," she said. "I hope everything comes out well. These are local kids."

Johnston, broad-chested and wearing a No. 15 jersey, can be seen in photographs hitting the boards as a Warrior in action.

A closeup shot shows the handsome teen with a light dusting of whiskers on his chin - his dark brown hair curly and wet.

"Levi has got huge potential," Jennie Johnston said. "He's a smart kid."

Sarah Palin admitted yesterday her "beautiful daughter" Bristol was five months pregnant and would marry Levi. The baby is due in late December.

In a photo taken on Aug. 28, Palin holds her infant brother Trig close to her belly during a campaign rally where Sen. John McCain introduced her mom as his running mate.

The campaign released word of the teen's pregnancy to knock down claims on Internet blogs that the teen - not her mom - secretly gave birth to Trig, who has Down syndrome.

Well-liked Warrior

Wasilla Warriors' coach Bill Sturdevant said he never believed that talk.

"He was the same kid from the beginning of the season to the end. No signs of anything like that," the coach said.

"He was a good kid to be around, with lots of friends. He was well-liked."

A telephone number for Levi Johnston's parents, Sherry and Keith Johnston, was disconnected.

Bristol's pregnancy was no secret in the town that lies wedged between two mountain ranges.

The mother of one of Levi's friends, who asked not to be named, told The News that locals knew about Bristol's pregnancy for weeks.

Besides his hard play on the ice, Levi Johnston was also a bit of a hell-raiser off it - another reason Bristol may have been smitten.

State troopers popped Johnston last year for snagging some king salmon out of season in Moose Lake, records from Alaska wildlife enforcement show. He had to pay $370 bail.

On his MySpace page, Johnston proudly declares: "I'm a f---in' redneck."

"I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing," he says on the site.

He also warns that if anyone messes with him, "I'll kick ass."

The Web site, before it was removed, appeared not to have been accessed for a year.

On it, he admits to having a girlfriend.

On the part where it asks about children, he wrote, "I don't want kids."

Mark Okeson, the assistant principal at Wasilla High School, told the Chicago Tribune that Bristol started her junior year last fall, in the town where Sarah Palin grew up.

He said Bristol inexplicably transferred to an Anchorage high school midyear, leaving Levi behind.

"I never heard the story why," he said.

tmoore@nydailynews.com

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>>Levi Johnston, an 18-year-old self-described "f---in' redneck,"

>>Jennie Johnston said. "He's a smart kid."

so which is it?

Is he a "smart kid" or a "fucking redneck"?

You can't be both.

Thank You, Barack Obama.

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Excerpts:

Jake Tapper: Governor Palin and her husband issued a statement today saying that their 17 year old daughter Bristol who is unmarried is 5 months pregnant. Do you have a comment?

Barack Obama sez:

I have heard some of the news on this and so let me be as clear as possible. I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits.

This shouldn’t be part of our politics, it has no relevance to governor Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president.

And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18.

And how family deals with issues and teenage children that shouldn't be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that is off limits.


Jeff Zeleny: an unnamed McCain advisor as reported on Reuters that the despicable rumors have been spread on blogs some even with Barack Obama's name on them.

BO:

I am offended by that statement, there is no evidence at all that any of this involved us. I hope I am as clear as I can be. So in case I am not, let me repeat, we don’t go after people’s families, we don’t get them involved in the politics, it is not appropriate and it is not relevant.

Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever thought it was somebody in the campaign that was involved in something like that they would be fired. Ok. Alright guys. Thank you.

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Link:

http://thepage.time.com/obama-transcript-from-jay-newton-small/

The term “Irish twins” refers to two siblings born in the same calendar year, or otherwise less than twelve months apart. It’s a deeply derogatory term about the stereotypical fecundity (and lack of contraception) of Irish Catholic families.
Irish Twin fortunately can't be applied to Bristol Palin cause she's NOT Catholic. Hallelujah!!
Praise the Lord!!

Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?ref=us

ST. PAUL — A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain’s choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket.

On Monday morning, Ms. Palin and her husband, Todd, issued a statement saying that their 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, was five months pregnant and that she intended to marry the father.

Among other less attention-grabbing news of the day: it was learned that Ms. Palin now has a private lawyer in a legislative ethics investigation in Alaska into whether she abused her power in dismissing the state’s public safety commissioner; that she was a member for two years in the 1990s of the Alaska Independence Party, which has at times sought a vote on whether the state should secede; and that Mr. Palin was arrested 22 years ago on a drunken-driving charge.

Aides to Mr. McCain said they had a team on the ground in Alaska now to look more thoroughly into Ms. Palin’s background. A Republican with ties to the campaign said the team assigned to vet Ms. Palin in Alaska had not arrived there until Thursday, a day before Mr. McCain stunned the political world with his vice-presidential choice. The campaign was still calling Republican operatives as late as Sunday night asking them to go to Alaska to deal with the unexpected candidacy of Ms. Palin.

Although the McCain campaign said that Mr. McCain had known about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy before he asked her mother to join him on the ticket and that he did not consider it disqualifying, top aides were vague on Monday about how and when he had learned of the pregnancy, and from whom.

While there was no sign that her formal nomination this week was in jeopardy, the questions swirling around Ms. Palin on the first day of the Republican National Convention, already disrupted by Hurricane Gustav, brought anxiety to Republicans who worried that Democrats would use the selection of Ms. Palin to question Mr. McCain’s judgment and his ability to make crucial decisions.

At the least, Republicans close to the campaign said it was increasingly apparent that Ms. Palin had been selected as Mr. McCain’s running mate with more haste than McCain advisers initially described.

Up until midweek last week, some 48 to 72 hours before Mr. McCain introduced Ms. Palin at a Friday rally in Dayton, Ohio, Mr. McCain was still holding out the hope that he could choose a good friend, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent of Connecticut, a Republican close to the campaign said. Mr. McCain had also been interested in another favorite, former Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania.

But both men favor abortion rights, anathema to the Christian conservatives who make up a crucial base of the Republican Party. As word leaked out that Mr. McCain was seriously considering the men, the campaign was bombarded by outrage from influential conservatives who predicted an explosive floor fight at the convention and vowed rejection of Mr. Ridge or Mr. Lieberman by the delegates.

Perhaps more important, several Republicans said, Mr. McCain was getting advice that if he did not do something to shake up the race, his campaign would be stuck on a potentially losing trajectory.

With time running out — and as Mr. McCain discarded two safer choices, Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota and former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, as too predictable — he turned to Ms. Palin. He had his first face-to-face interview with her on Thursday and offered her the job moments later. Advisers to Mr. Pawlenty and another of the finalists on Mr. McCain’s list described an intensive vetting process for those candidates that lasted one to two months.

“They didn’t seriously consider her until four or five days from the time she was picked, before she was asked, maybe the Thursday or Friday before,” said a Republican close to the campaign. “This was really kind of rushed at the end, because John didn’t get what he wanted. He wanted to do Joe or Ridge.”

In the final stages, two Republicans familiar with the process said, Mr. McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, emerged as a key advocate for Ms. Palin.

Mr. McCain’s advisers said repeatedly on Monday that Ms. Palin was “thoroughly vetted,” a process that would have included a review of all financial and legal records as well as a criminal background check. A McCain aide said the campaign was well aware of the ethics investigation and had looked into it.

“It was obviously something that anybody Googling Sarah Palin knew was in the news and there was a very thorough vetting done on that and also on the daughter,” the aide said.

People familiar with the process said Ms. Palin had responded to a standard form with more than 70 questions. Although The Washington Post quoted advisers to Mr. McCain on Sunday as saying Ms. Palin had been subjected to an F.B.I. background check, an F.B.I. official said Monday the bureau did not vet potential candidates and had not known of her selection until it was made public.

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- “Some Thoughts About Change (1945-1985)”

Guest speaker: Dr. Timothy Leary

http://matrixmasters.net/archive/TimothyLeary/155-Leary-ThoughsAboutChan...

There were as many counter-cultures as there were groups of friends and lovers meeting together to look into each others’ eyes and smile. That’s the point of the Sixties, there was not one orthodoxy being replaced by another orthodoxy. … You make your own world. Don’t blame your parents and don’t blame society. Figure it out for yourself."

"You would not have had the drug culture movement of the Sixties if you did not have the do-it-yourself psychology movement of the Fifties."

-Dr. Tim

Kitten is rescued from hurricane Gustav

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - --

What began as an updated report on the scene at Bayou La Batre, quickly became a kitten rescue mission. But the rescue wasn't a success out-of-the-box!

Fox Ten photojournalist Vania Kuy and I were updating the flood scene at Shell Belt Road in Bayou La Batre on Monday morning. The road was closed just hours after an initial report from the area. During a report, a small kitten began to meow and whimper loudly in a field located off of the intersection of Shell Belt Road and Highway 188.

In the middle of the report, Vania and I tried to rescue the kitten from the strong rain and wind, but the kitten quickly ran away. Upon finishing the report, we went back to grab the kitten and bring it to safety. I used a towel and tried to wrap up the kitten, but it was so frightened it squirmed and fled.

During our second attempt, Vania tried to grab the kitten. Again, unsuccessfully. This time the small, seemingly malnourished kitten ran into a marshy area where it became lost in the tall grass. However, we continued to hear the kitten meow, and after searching through the marsh, we found the kitten again.

This time, I wrapped up the kitten in the towel and picked him up. And once in the comfortable warmth of a dry towel, the previously-startled kitten quickly changed demeanor, and enjoyed the make-shift blanket.

After we grabbed the kitten, Bayou La Batre councilman Henry Barnes drove by, and we wanted to interview him on the latest area information. Not knowing what to do with the kitten, I just held him in one arm, while I held the mic out and interviewed Barnes with the other.

Upon completing the interview, we drove to the Bayou La Batre Fire Department and gave them the kitten.

After reporting our little adventure on the news, our station was quickly greeted with phone calls and e-mails from several caring viewers - all voicing their concern for the kitten. Several of the e-mails even offered new names for the little stray - including "Cat 2", "Bayou Cary", and "Cat Chow."

The little kitten even caught the attention of national networks like CNN.

But most importantly of all, the kitten is safe and will go to a happy home.

>>But most importantly of all, the kitten is safe and will go to a happy home.

My sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, reported the kitten will be sent to ST. Paul MN, where it will be eaten alive by Dick Cheney as part of his address to the Republican Nation Convention.

The Nature Conservancy

...
Twenty percent of the gift is earmarked for local conservation efforts in Wells's home state of West Virgina, specifically in the Central Appalachian Mountains. The bulk of the bequest will go towards global programs on behalf of the nature-loving recreational fisherman. The first date he took his wife on in the early 1950s? A 4:30 am catfishing expedition. Carolyn Wells also left a significant gift to the Conservancy following her death in 2005.
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kittens...all of them are maxed out...There's no way I can take any...

It got a little chilly last night and so almost 12 of the cats were all over me...whenever I moved they filled in the spot around me and pinned me in...

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I didn't realize the cut-off for Irish Twins, SederChest...

Speaking of anonymity, upthread there are a couple posts about the MSM bobleheads bitching about how anonymous liberal bloggers are screwing up their news.

I wonder how the anonymous bloggers stack up to the `anonymous sources' often cited by the press?

or, especially, how they stack up against the infamous `some say' that the likes of FOXnews uses so often?

I'm still fartin' about. Already took my meds, D's passed out on the recliner even tho' Sam is yelling at him.

I should go to bed, but my dreams of late are like long foreign films.

Catch u in the morning. Good 2 have u back.

>>whenever I moved they filled in the spot around me and pinned me in...

they weren't really cold, they just love you!

just like everyone else!

the word "officials" then never say who they are...

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Bibi.. I would pay to read one of your dreams! :) See you in the morning...

you called me? Hope not b/c I just wrote it... :)

No, I would not be embarrassed. I was thinking about telling them about it a couple days ago so they wouldn't worry .

I understand how people need blog breaks, too.

I've needed more than a few, I just wish I would have taken more at certain points.

I'm calling it a night too.

I gassed up the generator for the night.

You may have missed my electrical FUBAR of the last few days.

Hopefully, tomorrow morning the code people will come by and inspect the new meter box and life can go back to normal around here.

of its Own This Week

you don't have power? You remind me that my main switch box makes a sizzling noise...very faint...I need to call an inspector...or something...

Are you in The Sederville Hole ... cuz I have a video I want to show you... ;)

It is about a Cat House (snicker)

goodnight, chubbs...I'm watching bernie mac...then I'm going to sleep too...

xo nite Blog

I am..but I have to d/l vids during the business day...I can see tomorrow...How are you?

Dear Sarah Palin: I'll respect your daughter's damn privacy when you respect my damn privacy

http://politits.blogspot.com/2008/09/dear-sarah-palin-ill-respect-your.h...

..it wasn't intended to be a break, Chubbs..I honestly never wanted to come back...but it seemed like a shitty way to end it after all this time...so I'm back for a few more rounds... :)

I want to be up for Amy but not sure if I can be at this point...niterz again...

Republicans think Americans are idiots
Submitted by SEDER on Mon, 09/01/2008 - 5:00pm.

Who is betting against them? I'll take that gamble anytime. Easy money.

Oh.. wait... I mean.. They're wrong-- WRONG, I SAY.

Yeah...

www.sigzone.blogspot.com

Used Car Salesman ?

Of course most Rethug males do..

Just saying..

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

Privacy 4 me but not 4 thee

Submitted by SederChest on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 3:59am.
Dear Sarah Palin: I'll respect your daughter's damn privacy when you respect my damn privacy

_______________________

It's the Constitution. It's the law.

For the record, I strongly disagree with Sarah Palin on many issues.

However, Ms. Palin has her own rights protected under state and federal laws and constitutions.

Ms. Palin is protected from her parents (including Sarah Palin) and others who may attempt to invade her privacy.

By the way, I like the fact that Ms. Palin (and other women) can make her own choices about her pregnancy and reproductive health care without obtaining the permission of her parents and/or others. [She is legally old enough now.]

Ms. Palin is not responsible for the decisions and views of her parents. She has her own individual rights.

Do you think that Ms. Palin expected her mother to be selected as a VP candidate?

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Join the campaigns and support access to reproductive health choices in America:

http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/

http://www.prochoiceamerica.org/

I thought you were going to sleep ... My Bad, cuz I had left. I'll look for you tomorrow (evening for me - ;) )
*Poof*

I haven't read Emily for many Suns & Moons.
Nice.
now *Poof*

What a bunch of Rethug Hypocritical Assholes..
If something happened to their town they would be crying the loudest..

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back to life after the devastating 2005 storm season was worth it.

But what if Gustav had been stronger, a category 4 instead of a 2, and hit the city directly instead of 70 miles to the west? Even Gustav's glancing blow put the city at brink of inundation, waves splashing over the tops of its levees. Would it be worth the cost to rebuild New Orleans again if the storm were worse?

"That's a question that was there before and after (Hurricane) Katrina, and I think is going to come to the forefront again," said Don Powell, who oversaw the Bush administration's effort to rebuild the Gulf Coast in 2005.

"There's a lot of reasons to continue," Powell said Monday, his voice trailing off. "That's a debate we will continue to have."

Con't

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

The spinners are in over gear on Sarah Palin. It's sickening. and Hypocritical.

Just a warning.

Blockbuster NY Times piece on the Sarah Palin vetting disaster
Joe Sudbay (DC) · 9/01/2008 11:41:00 PM ET · Link
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(NOTE: NYT link is correct now, sorry.)

The comedy of errors that is John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin continues. Except, when the issue is picking a potential leader of our nation in a time of war, it shouldn't be a comedy and it shouldn't be filled with errors.

Read this blockbuster article in tomorrow's New York Times. There is so much in it. The article reveals that John McCain didn't get the vice president he wanted (Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge) because the religious right, which controls the GOP (and now controls John McCain), went ballistic on McCain last week because both Lieberman and Ridge are pro-choice. So McCain caved. Because of McCain's kowtowing to the theocrats, he hurriedly dumped Lieberman and Ridge and instead picked the very anti-abortion, but not much else, Palin without even fully vetting her.

Now, sure, the McCain campaign is claiming that Palin was "thoroughly vetted." But, that is clearly not true - the Times talked to all the key players in Alaska, and none of them were approached by the McCain campaign. In fact, McCain's vetter only just arrived in Alaska on Thursday, the day before McCain announced Palin as his VP choice.

This failure is actually quite stunning on many levels. It's just so fundamental to the process, the vetting of a vice presidential choice, that failing to do it properly is pretty much campaign malpractice. Clearly, Sarah Palin was not seriously vetted. An excerpt from the Times:
In Alaska, several state leaders and local officials said they knew of no efforts by the McCain campaign to find out more information about Ms. Palin before the announcement of her selection, Although campaigns are typically discreet when they make inquiries into potential running mates, officials in Alaska said Monday they thought it was peculiar that no one in the state had the slightest hint that Ms. Palin might be under consideration.

“They didn’t speak to anyone in the Legislature, they didn’t speak to anyone in the business community,” said Lyda Green, the State Senate president, who lives in Wasilla, where Ms. Palin served as mayor.

Representative Gail Phillips, a Republican and former speaker of the State House, said the widespread surprise in Alaska when Ms. Palin was named to the ticket made her wonder how intensively the McCain campaign had vetted her.

“I started calling around and asking, and I have not been able to find one person that was called,” Ms. Phillips said. “I called 30 to 40 people, political leaders, business leaders, community leaders. Not one of them had heard. Alaska is a very small community, we know people all over, but I haven’t found anybody who was asked anything.”

The current mayor of Wasilla, Dianne M. Keller, said she had not heard of any efforts to look into Ms. Palin’s background. And Randy Ruedrich, the state Republican Party chairman, said he knew nothing of any vetting that had been conducted.

State Senator Hollis French, a Democrat who is directing the ethics investigation, said that no one asked him about the allegations. “I heard not a word, not a single contact,” he said.

Mr. French, a former prosecutor, said that he was knowledgeable about background checks and that, he, too, was surprised that the campaign had not reached out to state legislative leaders.
We've been saying for the past couple of days that this pick says more about John McCain than Sarah Palin. It really does. John McCain caved to the anti-abortion theocrats running the Republican party, made a hasty pick for his v.p., and is now suffering the consequences.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html?_r=2&oref=s...

good morning.....

Happe Talk

How's everybody?

I don't get it on my cable. I'm watching yesterday's show.

Don't watch TV today
Submitted by toniD on Tue, 09/02/2008 -
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Agreed Toni. But we cannot let the MSM give the Republicans another free pass.

is that why ghouliani is giving the keynote tonight?

Come on girls. Let's have a little talkie poo. We know why McCain picked that hillbilly, Barbie Doll. He is the typical womanizer. And where is the womanizer's brain located? You've got it girls. He took one look at that Sarah - and saw the red, white and booty. The old dumb-ass!

officers. They had no badges. Some were secret service. One ripped Amy's pass off her neck.

Happe Talk

makes you wonder if the talk about infiltrators is just a cover up for domestic wiretapping on a grand scale. plus it has the added benefit of spreading distrust among everyone you are with.

anyone ever listen to hartmann when he talks about his days with sds and how you could tell who the plant was because they were the ones wanting to go to an extreme.

what red blooded man (or possibly woman) can resist the librarian in the classy porno flick? but is she ready to lead?

Secert Service officers at the holding jail in St.Paul where reported, according to Amy Goodman of DN, to be harassing journalists. Are the journalists being targeted? And what jurisdiction are the arresting stormtroopers from? Are some of them former military? I.E. Blackwater?

Found this on Wonkette:

John McCain Laughs About Katrina, FEMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDd83b5byk

Muslim and his progressive politics. He helped to get Amy out of jail.

He is in disagreement with Obama's stance on sending more troops into Afganistan. Same with Pakistan.

Happe Talk

Submitted by mhappenow on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 8:27am.
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I hope Amy will sue the hell out of those thugs.

reminds me of the 60s in Chicago.

Sarah Palin belonged to group that
wants Alaska to secede from the United States

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Officials of the Alaskan Independence Party say that Palin was once so independent, she was once a member of their party, which, since the 1970s, has been pushing for a legal vote for Alaskans to decide whether or not residents of the 49th state can secede from the United States.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html

GOP exposes its
hypocrisy on teen pregnancy

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What's galling is this: When the subject is a pregnancy to an unwed, minority teenage mother growing up in some -- presumably Democratic -- urban area, that pregnancy becomes fodder for lectures from conservatives about bad parenting, the perils of welfare spending and so on.

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/01/abstinence_only/index....

McCain nixed funds to
prevent teen pregnancies

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McCain has voted against bills to spend federal funds on teen-pregnancy prevention programs, AP reports. He's also appeared a bit fuzzy on the contraceptive issue.

http://www.newser.com/story/36394/mccain-nixed-funds-to-prevent-teen-pre...

McCain Hires Strategist Who Smeared Him

Republican strategist Tucker Eskew, who helped smear John McCain in the 2000 primaries, is now on board the GOP candidate’s campaign and will prep Sarah Palin for her role, reports Jake Tapper on ABC News. “He's one of the best and most collaborative talents in Republican politics,” a McCain rep tells Politico. McCain’s 2000 team was less appreciative.

That year, as George W. Bush’s South Carolina spokesman, Eskew was responsible for polling calls to voters alerting them to McCain’s connection to the Keating Five political scandal. As Bush turned to Eskew for help in the Florida recount, a 2000 McCain rep told Tapper, “When the going gets tough for Gov. Bush, he turns to the darker side of our party. We saw that in South Carolina, and we see that today."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0908/McCain_camp_adds_veter...

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