Sunday, November 23, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
50 Things About Barack Obama
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can’t stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn’t
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister’s fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn’t drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters’ ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia’s godmother is Jesse Jackson’s daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favorite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name “Renegade” by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed “Bear” by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were “street urchins”
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Courtesy Telegraph UK
• He was known as “O’Bomber” at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means “one who is blessed” in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle’s shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can’t stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn’t
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister’s fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn’t drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters’ ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia’s godmother is Jesse Jackson’s daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favorite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name “Renegade” by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed “Bear” by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were “street urchins”
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Courtesy Telegraph UK
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Barack Obama On Abortion
- No litmus test; nominate to Court based on their fairness. (Oct 2008)
- 1990: Wrote law article that that fetus cannot sue mother. (Aug 2008)
- FactCheck: Abortions HAVE gone down under Pres. Bush. (Aug 2008)
- Ok for state to restrict late-term partial birth abortion. (Apr 2008)
- We can find common ground between pro-choice and pro-life. (Apr 2008)
- Undecided on whether life begins at conception. (Apr 2008)
- Teach teens about abstinence and also about contraception. (Apr 2008)
- GovWatch: Obama's "present" votes were a requested strategy. (Feb 2008)
- Expand access to contraception; reduce unintended pregnancy. (Feb 2008)
- Rated 100% by NARAL on pro-choice votes in 2005, 2006 & 2007. (Jan 2008)
- Voted against banning partial birth abortion. (Oct 2007)
- Stem cells hold promise to cure 70 major diseases. (Aug 2007)
- Trust women to make own decisions on partial-birth abortion. (Apr 2007)
- Extend presumption of good faith to abortion protesters. (Oct 2006)
- Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism. (Oct 2006)
- Moral accusations from pro-lifers are counterproductive. (Oct 2004)
- Pass the Stem Cell Research Bill. (Jun 2004)
- Protect a woman's right to choose. (May 2004)
Friday, November 7, 2008
Obama Makes History In Nebraska
The Democratic presidential candidate claimed an electoral vote in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District — the first time in more than four decades a Democrat won any of Nebraska’s electoral votes.
The Omaha World-Herald is calling the race after Obama won 8,434 out of 15,039 early votes that arrived too late to be included in Tuesday’s results. They were counted today by Douglas County election officials.
Those ballots give Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Republican John McCain in the 2nd District.
It also added one more electoral vote to Obama’s win over McCain in Tuesday’s election. The electoral count now stands: Obama, 365, McCain, 162.
The Omaha World-Herald is calling the race after Obama won 8,434 out of 15,039 early votes that arrived too late to be included in Tuesday’s results. They were counted today by Douglas County election officials.
Those ballots give Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Republican John McCain in the 2nd District.
It also added one more electoral vote to Obama’s win over McCain in Tuesday’s election. The electoral count now stands: Obama, 365, McCain, 162.
Party Political Humor
I was talking to a friend of mine's little girl the other day. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up and she replied, "I want to be President!" Both of her parents are liberal Democrats and were standing there. So then I asked her, "If you were President what would be the first thing you would do?"
She replied, "I'd give houses to all the homeless people."
"Wow - what a worthy goal." I told her, "You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where this homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward a new house."
Since she is only 6, she thought that over for a few seconds. While her Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
And I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."
Her folks still aren't talking to me.
She replied, "I'd give houses to all the homeless people."
"Wow - what a worthy goal." I told her, "You don't have to wait until you're President to do that. You can come over to my house and mow, pull weeds, and sweep my yard, and I'll pay you $50. Then I'll take you over to the grocery store where this homeless guy hangs out, and you can give him the $50 to use toward a new house."
Since she is only 6, she thought that over for a few seconds. While her Mom glared at me, she looked me straight in the eye and asked, "Why doesn't the homeless guy come over and do the work, and you can just pay him the $50?"
And I said, "Welcome to the Republican Party."
Her folks still aren't talking to me.
Democrat Wedding
A woman married three times walked into a Bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a wedding Gown for her fourth wedding.
'Of course, madam,' replied the sales clerk, exactly what type and color are you looking for?'
The bride to be said: 'A long frilly white Dress with a veil.'
The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, 'Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature is considered More appropriate for brides who are being married the first time - for those who
Are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?'
'Well,' replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness, 'I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate. Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first-time bride.
You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our hotel.
My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again.'
'What about your third husband?' asked the Sales clerk.
'That one was a Democrat,' said the woman, 'and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be, but nothing ever happened.'
'Of course, madam,' replied the sales clerk, exactly what type and color are you looking for?'
The bride to be said: 'A long frilly white Dress with a veil.'
The sales clerk hesitated a bit, then said, 'Please don't take this the wrong way, but gowns of that nature is considered More appropriate for brides who are being married the first time - for those who
Are a bit more innocent, if you know what I mean? Perhaps ivory or sky blue would be nice?'
'Well,' replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness, 'I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate. Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first-time bride.
You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our hotel.
My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the limo on our way to our honeymoon that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again.'
'What about your third husband?' asked the Sales clerk.
'That one was a Democrat,' said the woman, 'and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be, but nothing ever happened.'
Rahm Emanual was on Board Of Freddie Mac When Profits Were Mis-reported
President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac when scandal was brewing there, and the board failed to spot it, according to government reports.
According to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Freddie Mac, known formally as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, misreported profits by billions of dollars in order to deceive investors between the years 2000 and 2002.
Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."
According to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Freddie Mac, known formally as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, misreported profits by billions of dollars in order to deceive investors between the years 2000 and 2002.
Emanuel was not named in the SEC complaint but the entire board was later accused by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) of having "failed in its duty to follow up on matters brought to its attention."
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Rahm Emanuel: The RNC Responds
I pointed out in a previous post that the Republicans were likely to complain about Rahm Emanuel's appointment as Obama's Chief of Staff, on the basis that Obama was reneging on his promise to work across the partisan divide.
They didn't waste any time.
An RNC Memo says "After Promising Change, Obama Selects Hyper-Partisan Wedded To Special Interests As His White House Chief Of Staff".
Read the full text here at Time
They didn't waste any time.
An RNC Memo says "After Promising Change, Obama Selects Hyper-Partisan Wedded To Special Interests As His White House Chief Of Staff".
Read the full text here at Time
How Much Damage Can Bush Inflict?
In The New York Times this morning, it's pointed out that GW Bush, has only a few weeks left in office, but he has enough time to make changes to rules and regulations on the environment, civil liberties, and abortion rights, to name but a few.
There are changes afoot at the FBI, with the Attorney General rushing out new guidelines that permit information gathering from Americans even without any evidence of wrong doing.
The Bush administration has been very busy weakening environmental regulations covering clean air and water, and protecting endangered species.
The Interior Department has been scrambling to open up millions of pristine land to oil companies for exploration, much of which even the oil companies are particularly interested in.
Financial laws are being further weakened.
Bush has also apparently decided not to close Guantanamo Bay, even though he thinks it should be, along with his Secretaries of State and Defense.
There are changes afoot at the FBI, with the Attorney General rushing out new guidelines that permit information gathering from Americans even without any evidence of wrong doing.
The Bush administration has been very busy weakening environmental regulations covering clean air and water, and protecting endangered species.
The Interior Department has been scrambling to open up millions of pristine land to oil companies for exploration, much of which even the oil companies are particularly interested in.
Financial laws are being further weakened.
Bush has also apparently decided not to close Guantanamo Bay, even though he thinks it should be, along with his Secretaries of State and Defense.
Rahm Emanuel to be Obama's Chief of Staff
Congressman Rahm Emanuel has agreed to be Barack Obama's White House chief of staff.
What do we know about Rahm Emanuel?
Republicans might complain that his appointment sends the wrong message from Obama, who has stated that he wants to work across the divide.
The president-elect said he had made that choice because Mr. Emanuel had “deep insights into the challenging economic issues that will be front and center for our administration.”
What do we know about Rahm Emanuel?
- Emanuel is a big supporter of the occupations of Iraq and Palestine, and he has been pushing to invade Iran for some time.
- He got his place in the House due to his ability to be the Democratic attack dog as the chairman of the DCCC
- He is a hard line hawk aligned with the Right, and with deep AIPAC connections as well.
- Schumer and Emanuel were the architects behind the Democratic congressional takeover in 2006.
Republicans might complain that his appointment sends the wrong message from Obama, who has stated that he wants to work across the divide.
The president-elect said he had made that choice because Mr. Emanuel had “deep insights into the challenging economic issues that will be front and center for our administration.”
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Getting Down To Business
It is the morning after the night before. The parties will have wound down by now. Some people will have a sore head. Some of those sore heads will feel sore that they didn't come through last night; others will be jubilant. However, once all the cheering and crying and consoling have died down, there is the serious business of getting on with business as usual, for everyone of us.
It's my view that this country certainly needed a change. God knows we need a change of direction, a break from the discredited Republican elite that has been driving the global economy into the abyss. I'm sure that the GOP will spend quite a lot of time licking its wounds, and wondering where it went wrong.
Firstly, it had a huge weight around its neck in the form of GW Bush, who has arguably had one of the least successful presidencies in US history. Instead of Bush reaching out to the world, he turned his back on it. In this global age. no country, however big, can afford to do that. Like it or not, it is important to be seen as a friend and a supporter to most of the world, and not simply as a bully that wants all its own way. Just as in school, that is no way to make more friends, or garner support for your ideals. You have to negotiate with people, persuade them that there is a better way, and remember that your own way isn't always the only way, and sometimes isn't the right way for them, even if it seems the right way for you.
Many things that the outgoing administration seem to have held up as the right way, are seemingly not so at this point in time, particularly with the global economy in tatters, largely fueled by a credit crisis that began right here in the USA.
That's another reason why Obama was successful last night. Folks wanted change, and more folks saw Obama being the author of change than they did McCain.
Many folks, myself included, don't have any or very much trust in politicians. They're often seen as self-serving egotists who are 'in it' for their own ends. They speak but don't deliver. Experience tells me this is often the case. Obama might prove to be one of those. I hope not. I always hope not, in any election, whoever is elected.
I'm not afraid of an African-American as President, in fact I look forward to the day we no longer even notice race or gender in elections. It should be insignificant.
I am not excited at the result, not jubilant or ecstatic. I am cautiously optimistic.Then again, that's how I treat life. Never be so optimistic you can't see the hole in the floor because you're dancing too wildly. At any point in time, you're at where you're at, and you've got to find the positive aspects of that, and move forward to where you want to be.
That is true for the United States right now. Things could be a lot better for many people, but things could be much worse, for many many more.
So when the corks have stopped popping, and the euphoria on one side, and the despair on the other, has died down, let's hope that, whoever got your support, that the people in this great nation, can work together to re-vitalize the American Dream.
There is always hope for a better brighter day tomorrow.
It's my view that this country certainly needed a change. God knows we need a change of direction, a break from the discredited Republican elite that has been driving the global economy into the abyss. I'm sure that the GOP will spend quite a lot of time licking its wounds, and wondering where it went wrong.
Firstly, it had a huge weight around its neck in the form of GW Bush, who has arguably had one of the least successful presidencies in US history. Instead of Bush reaching out to the world, he turned his back on it. In this global age. no country, however big, can afford to do that. Like it or not, it is important to be seen as a friend and a supporter to most of the world, and not simply as a bully that wants all its own way. Just as in school, that is no way to make more friends, or garner support for your ideals. You have to negotiate with people, persuade them that there is a better way, and remember that your own way isn't always the only way, and sometimes isn't the right way for them, even if it seems the right way for you.
Many things that the outgoing administration seem to have held up as the right way, are seemingly not so at this point in time, particularly with the global economy in tatters, largely fueled by a credit crisis that began right here in the USA.
That's another reason why Obama was successful last night. Folks wanted change, and more folks saw Obama being the author of change than they did McCain.
Many folks, myself included, don't have any or very much trust in politicians. They're often seen as self-serving egotists who are 'in it' for their own ends. They speak but don't deliver. Experience tells me this is often the case. Obama might prove to be one of those. I hope not. I always hope not, in any election, whoever is elected.
I'm not afraid of an African-American as President, in fact I look forward to the day we no longer even notice race or gender in elections. It should be insignificant.
I am not excited at the result, not jubilant or ecstatic. I am cautiously optimistic.Then again, that's how I treat life. Never be so optimistic you can't see the hole in the floor because you're dancing too wildly. At any point in time, you're at where you're at, and you've got to find the positive aspects of that, and move forward to where you want to be.
That is true for the United States right now. Things could be a lot better for many people, but things could be much worse, for many many more.
So when the corks have stopped popping, and the euphoria on one side, and the despair on the other, has died down, let's hope that, whoever got your support, that the people in this great nation, can work together to re-vitalize the American Dream.
There is always hope for a better brighter day tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Vote For Whoever You Like
Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah
Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah
(McCain supporters)
McCain’s the best candidate
With Palin as his running mate
They’ll fight for gun rights, pro life,
The conservative right
Our future is bright
Better economy in site
And all the world will feel our military might
(Obama supporters)
But McCain and Bush are real close right
They vote alike and keep it tight
Obama’s new, he’s younger too
The Middle Class he will help you
He’ll bring a change, he’s got the brains
McCain and Bush are just the same
You are to blame, Iraq’s a shame
Four more years would be insane
Lower your Taxes - you know Obama Won’t
PROTECT THE LOWER CLASS - You know McCain won’t!
Have enough experience - you know that they don’t
STOP GLOBAL WARMING - you know that you won’t
I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA
Stick with McCain and you’re going to have some drama
We need it
HE’LL BRING IT
He’ll be it
YOU’LL SEE IT
We’ll do it
GET TO IT
Let’s move it
DO IT!
Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah
Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah
I’m talking big pipe lines, and low gas prices
Below $2.00 that would be nice
But to do it right we gotta start today
Finding renewable ways that are here to stay
I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA,
Stick wit McCain you gone have some drama
MORE WAR IN IRAQ
Iran he will attack
CAN’T BRING OUR TROOPS BACK
We gotta vote Barack!
Obama on the left
McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah
Democratic left
Republican right
November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah
The Drudge-Fox-McCain Bullshit Machine
Another lot of hooey and hogwash from the Bullshit Brigade
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/ohios-gop-senator-mccain-will.html
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/ohios-gop-senator-mccain-will.html
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Palin Prank Audio File
Figured I'd put it up for a "grins".
You have to wonder, how the hell this call got all the way to Alaskan Barbie. Morons!
I think maybe "Betsy", is looking for a new job come Monday morning!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
If Only.....
As we all swing into the Final Weekend of this Presidential Campaign, there are many Obama supporters, including myself, that wish it was next Wed and this thing was over and "our guy" has won. Include even a miracle, that the Dems/us/We, have a 60 seat majority in the Senate. Could it get any better? Dare we dream? Not!
The problem with this wishing and dreaming, is that it is NOT next Wed and "wingnuts, inc" (the GOP) is not conceding anything and in fact have stepped up their efforts, as to be expected. Now, I know I am the guy around here that puts up the "polls" and such, but in truth if you watch them and track them as I do, you would notice a gradual tightening of this contest, based on the "polls". The National average IS tightening. Not a big change, but noticeable, when you take it all in. Over the last week, McCain has picked up a point here and there and by God, he is closing the gap. By the way, to be fair to all, find today's RCP Polling data here.
Point being, as this campaign approaches "election day", nothing can be taken for granted. Nothing is a "sure thing", least of all this election. I have already voted and I hope you, our US readers have as well. Perhaps you are in the Obama camp but it matters not, really. Just make sure you vote! (for Barack Obama !)
Sorry, that just slipped out!
The problem with this wishing and dreaming, is that it is NOT next Wed and "wingnuts, inc" (the GOP) is not conceding anything and in fact have stepped up their efforts, as to be expected. Now, I know I am the guy around here that puts up the "polls" and such, but in truth if you watch them and track them as I do, you would notice a gradual tightening of this contest, based on the "polls". The National average IS tightening. Not a big change, but noticeable, when you take it all in. Over the last week, McCain has picked up a point here and there and by God, he is closing the gap. By the way, to be fair to all, find today's RCP Polling data here.
Point being, as this campaign approaches "election day", nothing can be taken for granted. Nothing is a "sure thing", least of all this election. I have already voted and I hope you, our US readers have as well. Perhaps you are in the Obama camp but it matters not, really. Just make sure you vote! (for Barack Obama !)
Sorry, that just slipped out!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Palin, As President
Too funny and a bit frightening.........
Tell your Friends and Family (ever heard that before?) Vote, on the 4th!
Tell your Friends and Family (ever heard that before?) Vote, on the 4th!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Republicans will go south
Republicans will go south. They'll find a small central American country to overrun and set up the Republic of JesusGunTaxFree.
After Calling Social Security An ‘Absolute Disgrace,’ McCain Says Safety Nets Are ‘What America Is All About’
"But you know, the Safety Net Program, a lot of Americans pay in to Social Security, they pay in to a number of those programs. So the point is, yes, a society and government takes care of citizens who need our help. That’s what America is all about".
Holy crap! Is that what Barack Obama is saying now? Government takes care of CITIZENS? What a socialist! What a communist! What an anti-American!
Oh, wait - it was McCain who said that? Heh. Never mind…
Holy crap! Is that what Barack Obama is saying now? Government takes care of CITIZENS? What a socialist! What a communist! What an anti-American!
Oh, wait - it was McCain who said that? Heh. Never mind…
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Right-Wing Religious Ranters...
How's this for some real ranting crap? Seems to me that it's these Right-Wing Religious Ranters that should go to hell for their intolerance of anything else but their own bigoted ideas.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/vote-obama-go-hell
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/vote-obama-go-hell
GOP On Life Support?
Right now the GOP seems to be facing it's impending electoral death with all the grace, dignity, and intelligence we've come to expect from the bigoted ranters inside it.
If it was in hospital on life support, it wouldn't want the machine turned off, no siree, it would want friends and family to cough up their life savings to keep it alive as long as possible.
When that didn't work it would go begging in the streets at strangers. Except that, in the case of the GOP ranters (and of course not everyone in the GOP is a ranter), they would try to get support by shouting and screaming 'communist' , 'Marxist' and 'socialist' at Obama and the Dems at every opportunity, instead of engaging meaningful discussion or intelligent argument
If it was in hospital on life support, it wouldn't want the machine turned off, no siree, it would want friends and family to cough up their life savings to keep it alive as long as possible.
When that didn't work it would go begging in the streets at strangers. Except that, in the case of the GOP ranters (and of course not everyone in the GOP is a ranter), they would try to get support by shouting and screaming 'communist' , 'Marxist' and 'socialist' at Obama and the Dems at every opportunity, instead of engaging meaningful discussion or intelligent argument
Obama vs McCain Tax Plans
According to a new analysis by the Tax Policy Center, a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are both proposing tax plans that would result in cuts for most American families. Obama's plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy. For the approximately 147,000 families that make up the top 0.1 percent of the income scale, the difference between the two plans is stark. While McCain offers a $269,364 tax cut, Obama would raise their taxes, on average, by $701,885 - a difference of nearly $1 million.
We provide, You decide.....
[source: Washington Post]
Another "WTF?!" moment.....
Alaskan Barbie takes Stevens to task concerning his conviction.
You can't make this stuff up, folks.....
I seem to remember that the Gov. HERSELF has been convicted of a discretion or two up there in the Alaskan Wonderland. Makes you wonder what else is happening up there.
You can't make this stuff up, folks.....
I seem to remember that the Gov. HERSELF has been convicted of a discretion or two up there in the Alaskan Wonderland. Makes you wonder what else is happening up there.
Monday, October 27, 2008
As the World Watches......
Gang, read this over. It's from Barbados. Sometimes we need to remember, that others ARE watching. Find the article HERE.
Assassination Plot Foiled
Well, this HAD to show up, in one way or another before this election was over. Let's hope that it is the LAST one to come up.
WASHINGTON - A plot by two Neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and kill dozens of other African Americans has been foiled, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said Monday.
ATF: Plot by skinheads to kill Obama is foiled
Two Neo-Nazis held in Tennessee, allegedly also planned to kill dozens
WASHINGTON - A plot by two Neo-Nazi skinheads to assassinate Barack Obama and kill dozens of other African Americans has been foiled, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said Monday.
Daniel Cowart, 20, of Bells, Tenn., and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Ark., were charged Friday with making threats against a presidential candidate, illegal possession of a sawed-off shotgun and conspiracy to rob a gun store.
In court records unsealed Monday, agents said they disrupted plans that included robbing a gun store and targeting an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school.
Full story HERE.
Obama is "Back to Basics"
This "closing Argument" speech in Ohio, is just another prime example of the Obama Campaigns' steady course and strategic planning. No surprises, no "flip-flopping", just a return to "Basics".
This guy may win this thing, gang. Maybe even win it huge.
More coming....
This guy may win this thing, gang. Maybe even win it huge.
More coming....
Sarah The Socialist?
For her part, Sarah Palin, who has lately taken to calling Obama “Barack the Wealth Spreader,” seems to be something of a suspect character herself. She is, at the very least, a fellow-traveller of what might be called socialism with an Alaskan face. The state that she governs has no income or sales tax. Instead, it imposes huge levies on the oil companies that lease its oil fields. The proceeds finance the government’s activities and enable it to issue a four-figure annual check to every man, woman, and child in the state. One of the reasons Palin has been a popular governor is that she added an extra twelve hundred dollars to this year’s check, bringing the per-person total to $3,269. A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist — Philip Gourevitch that “we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Alaska's own newspaper endorses Obama
Gov. Palin's nomination clearly alters the landscape for Alaskans as we survey this race for the presidency -- but it does not overwhelm all other judgment. The election, after all is said and done, is not about Sarah Palin, and our sober view is that her running mate, Sen. John McCain, is the wrong choice for president at this critical time for our nation
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Biden Calls Out Interviewer Who Used McCain Talking Points
The Interviewers husband, Wade West, is a media consultant to GOP candidates. some minor donation info here: [http://bit.ly/1aFAdz]. from one of his bios: "His media communication and fundraising skills have made him a popular consultant for political candidates ranging from local elections, to more than 85 members of Congress and members of the President’s cabinet." [http://bit.ly/1IK7dA]
Friday, October 24, 2008
Daily Poll(s)
Ok, gang, here's the polls. Yeah, it's the FiveThirtyEight polls, ok, ok! I'll post the RCP polls, below it.
Todays 538 Polls
RealClearPolitics (RCP) Polls
Gang, this is getting really ugly here, ya know? Yeah, ya, we all have heard that these "polls" should not be taken as "reality", but never before has practically ALL of them said the same thing, eh? By all rights, this whole Election process should end up as an Obama "LandSlide"......uh.....right?
Don't count on that sh_t! There are forces, that are already rearing their heads, (no, not Putin over Alaska!) The GOP is pushing HARD to place clouds over the Electoral Process, meaning, they are gonna dispute votes, in ANY state they can, to cloud the results and "steal" another one. This of course, is not "news", just a "reminder". The "publicans" have no cards left to play, other than voter supression and they will play that card. They have played every other one, some of them more than once and expect them to continue.
Stay the course, Gang. Put your heart on the back burner. Vote for who I think, you already know will be, between the two of these choices, is the better.
As for this Blogger, I support and endorse, Sen. Barack Hussein Obama, for the office of President of the United States.
Todays 538 Polls
RealClearPolitics (RCP) Polls
Gang, this is getting really ugly here, ya know? Yeah, ya, we all have heard that these "polls" should not be taken as "reality", but never before has practically ALL of them said the same thing, eh? By all rights, this whole Election process should end up as an Obama "LandSlide"......uh.....right?
Don't count on that sh_t! There are forces, that are already rearing their heads, (no, not Putin over Alaska!) The GOP is pushing HARD to place clouds over the Electoral Process, meaning, they are gonna dispute votes, in ANY state they can, to cloud the results and "steal" another one. This of course, is not "news", just a "reminder". The "publicans" have no cards left to play, other than voter supression and they will play that card. They have played every other one, some of them more than once and expect them to continue.
Stay the course, Gang. Put your heart on the back burner. Vote for who I think, you already know will be, between the two of these choices, is the better.
As for this Blogger, I support and endorse, Sen. Barack Hussein Obama, for the office of President of the United States.
More from "Wingnuts R' US".....
Direct from Tampa, Florida....(I'm on vacation with my Father!) Sorry gang, I can't help it....
See the video HERE.
See the video HERE.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
A bit of "catch-up" here......
Like I said, on vacation and still bloggin'....
A bit on the $150,000 Palin wardrobe.
Read about it here.
A bit on the $150,000 Palin wardrobe.
Read about it here.
Memo to McCain Campaign Team
To: McCain Campaign Team
Subject: "Muslim Connection"
Ref: previous posting, this Blog
Wingnuts,
Remember this? Did we not TELL you this was important and NOT to continue your dumb-ass attempts to use Muslim's and Islam as a smear against Obama? Did we not tell you?
See article here.
Subject: "Muslim Connection"
Ref: previous posting, this Blog
Wingnuts,
Remember this? Did we not TELL you this was important and NOT to continue your dumb-ass attempts to use Muslim's and Islam as a smear against Obama? Did we not tell you?
See article here.
On Vacation.....yeah, right!
Bloggin' in from the great State of Florida, Tampa, to be exact. Been watching the going's on and will be back later today with my thinking on $150,000 wardrobes, Chris Mathews and his dynamic interview and even some comments on the World Series.
Sorry, could not take a "vacation", (LOL!) I am who I am. check back later, I'll have some stuff for ya.
Sorry, could not take a "vacation", (LOL!) I am who I am. check back later, I'll have some stuff for ya.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Post "Meet The Press" Q&A with Colin Powell
If you agreed with the General (ret) during his "Meet The Press" segment, you are gonna' LOVE this press conference that occurred directly afterwards.
And he's STILL a Republican!
Even so, with his faults admitted to and explained, a good man, indeed.
And he's STILL a Republican!
Even so, with his faults admitted to and explained, a good man, indeed.
Guestbook for CPL Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan
Please find you way to the Guestbook, honoring CPL/SPC Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, Muslim American Hero. Read the outpouring of American sentiment and should it move you as it did me, please add your own comments.
You will find the address HERE.
You will find the address HERE.
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Another Letter to the McCain Campaign
Dear McCain Campaign Team,
Sorry to bother you again, as I am sure you guys are busy, trying to keep some traditionally "red" states from turning "blue", failing yet again with the Ayers thing and now trying to tie ACORN to some big FBI investigation for voter-fraud.
Oh yeah, before I forget, you guys DO know what the FBI has found out, right? You know, that the names that some employees' submitted, tho "fake", were simply to get a "bonus" from ACORN, you know, "stealing" from ACORN? Also, that the only thing the FBI could charge ACORN with, to date, is failure to "monitor" its' employees' submissions? You DO know that, right?
Anyways, the purpose of this little note is to ask how you guys are doing with the "Muslim" connection? Seems to me, you guys kind of missed on that one too, eh? Seems to me, that you should gone AFTER the Muslim vote. Any clue, you bunch of political morons, how many Muslims there ARE, in the US of A and every one of them Americans who vote?
Just a bit of RESEARCH, (remember that word?) would have given you a clue, free of charge. Permit me to pass along a single web-site, just one(1) and the lengths this one group has gone to, for Barak Obama. I'll even put up a slide-show, a good one, too, that demonstrates clearly, a group of Americans that you anal retentive bigots missed out on.
Here is the slide show. PAY ATTENTION, RNC Team. The web-site address is on the bottom.
Find more photos like this on Muslim-Americans for Obama
Not a fuckin' terrorist in sight, eh? No "Anti-American" posters/banners, no armed, masked "Freedom Fighters" with raised fists shouting "Death To America!" Kind of looks like any other, non-Muslim site you may find on the internet, yes? Are you wingnuts gettin' a clue here?
Oh, oh....before I forget.....did you catch earlier today, the endorsement of Barak Obama, from none other than Gen. Colin Powell(ret.)? He is a "Big Dog" Republican, yes? Yet, he backs Obama and just about tossed the RNC out on its' ear. He mentioned the preceeding slide-show and specifically, a particular picture. I present said picture, below.
Note the name, note the Awards, remember the dedication American Soldiers "volunteer" to honor and then check the Religious Affiliation symbol at the top of the TOMBSTONE.
This young man, who was 14 on 9/11, gave his life, in defense of America. He was Muslim.
And you guys, "advising" a major American Political Party Candidate for the office President of The United States, have the unmitigated gall to insinuate that anyone who may be Muslim-American, is less American than anyone else.
I cannot nor anyone, least of all you fuckin' wingnuts, can say who will win this Presidential Election. But I can say with some certainty, that many things will be remembered. Keep in mind, that all of us will "reap what we sow".
Take care, in what you "sow".
Joe-Six-Pack
Hockey Moms
Mr/Mrs Apple Pie
Muslim-Americans
Hispanic Americans
Pakistani-Americans
Russian-Americans
Undecided Americans (-1)
Sorry to bother you again, as I am sure you guys are busy, trying to keep some traditionally "red" states from turning "blue", failing yet again with the Ayers thing and now trying to tie ACORN to some big FBI investigation for voter-fraud.
Oh yeah, before I forget, you guys DO know what the FBI has found out, right? You know, that the names that some employees' submitted, tho "fake", were simply to get a "bonus" from ACORN, you know, "stealing" from ACORN? Also, that the only thing the FBI could charge ACORN with, to date, is failure to "monitor" its' employees' submissions? You DO know that, right?
Anyways, the purpose of this little note is to ask how you guys are doing with the "Muslim" connection? Seems to me, you guys kind of missed on that one too, eh? Seems to me, that you should gone AFTER the Muslim vote. Any clue, you bunch of political morons, how many Muslims there ARE, in the US of A and every one of them Americans who vote?
Just a bit of RESEARCH, (remember that word?) would have given you a clue, free of charge. Permit me to pass along a single web-site, just one(1) and the lengths this one group has gone to, for Barak Obama. I'll even put up a slide-show, a good one, too, that demonstrates clearly, a group of Americans that you anal retentive bigots missed out on.
Here is the slide show. PAY ATTENTION, RNC Team. The web-site address is on the bottom.
Find more photos like this on Muslim-Americans for Obama
Not a fuckin' terrorist in sight, eh? No "Anti-American" posters/banners, no armed, masked "Freedom Fighters" with raised fists shouting "Death To America!" Kind of looks like any other, non-Muslim site you may find on the internet, yes? Are you wingnuts gettin' a clue here?
Oh, oh....before I forget.....did you catch earlier today, the endorsement of Barak Obama, from none other than Gen. Colin Powell(ret.)? He is a "Big Dog" Republican, yes? Yet, he backs Obama and just about tossed the RNC out on its' ear. He mentioned the preceeding slide-show and specifically, a particular picture. I present said picture, below.
Note the name, note the Awards, remember the dedication American Soldiers "volunteer" to honor and then check the Religious Affiliation symbol at the top of the TOMBSTONE.
This young man, who was 14 on 9/11, gave his life, in defense of America. He was Muslim.
And you guys, "advising" a major American Political Party Candidate for the office President of The United States, have the unmitigated gall to insinuate that anyone who may be Muslim-American, is less American than anyone else.
I cannot nor anyone, least of all you fuckin' wingnuts, can say who will win this Presidential Election. But I can say with some certainty, that many things will be remembered. Keep in mind, that all of us will "reap what we sow".
Take care, in what you "sow".
Joe-Six-Pack
Hockey Moms
Mr/Mrs Apple Pie
Muslim-Americans
Hispanic Americans
Pakistani-Americans
Russian-Americans
Undecided Americans (-1)
Here's Another ..."WTF!?" moment.......
This woman, Michelle Bachmann, is a US CongressWoman. Stop the video when you've had enough.
She insinuates, that "liberals" (Democrats) are "anti-american". She also calls for the "media", who to date, has been called "biased" for Obama, from the start of this campaign by the RNC, to undertake a "McCarthy style witch-hunt" for these "anti-american liberals", currently in office.
In response, I offer the following quote, from one of the most beloved Presidents this country has ever been blessed with;
She insinuates, that "liberals" (Democrats) are "anti-american". She also calls for the "media", who to date, has been called "biased" for Obama, from the start of this campaign by the RNC, to undertake a "McCarthy style witch-hunt" for these "anti-american liberals", currently in office.
In response, I offer the following quote, from one of the most beloved Presidents this country has ever been blessed with;
"...if by a liberal they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people - their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, their civil liberties... if that is what they mean by a "liberal" then I am proud to be a liberal." ~ John F. Kennedy
Powell Endorses Obama for President
While I have little time for, and little trust in, most politicians, Colin Powell is someone I have respected and thought to be a person of integrity. As he, better than most - given his experience - knows what it means to be not only president but Commander in Chief, this is a very powerful endorsement for Obama, and a stinging put down for McCain.
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
I'll just follow up my Partners last post here......
First, look this over.
So much for "Joe-the-Plumber"...... . Now, let's talk about McSames involvement with G. Gordon Liddy, who actually did jail time for his offenses....and the question comes from no less than David Letterman!
How's this for "verification" that McSame has had direct, recent communication with the "G-Man"?
[cut to Obama commercial]
[back to blog post]
Here's the latest Tracking Poll from RCP.
That's enough for this post, gang. (stop laughing!)
So much for "Joe-the-Plumber"...... . Now, let's talk about McSames involvement with G. Gordon Liddy, who actually did jail time for his offenses....and the question comes from no less than David Letterman!
How's this for "verification" that McSame has had direct, recent communication with the "G-Man"?
[cut to Obama commercial]
[back to blog post]
Here's the latest Tracking Poll from RCP.
That's enough for this post, gang. (stop laughing!)
18 days to go
Listen to That One:
Don’t underestimate the capacity of Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Don’t underestimate our ability to screw it up. I want everybody running scared. Over the next 18 days, other than your family and your job, I want you to make a decision that there is nothing more important than bringing about this change that we need.
He’s right. Volunteer at a phone bank. Talk to your neighbors, family and friends. If you don’t have a sign, get one. Slap a bumper sticker on your vehicle. Do whatever you can.
The GOP knows the electorate in aggregate is a beast driven alternately by fear and hate. We might be in the hope column personally, but let’s not forget that fear (about the collapsing economy, the conduct of the war, the loss of American prestige, etc.) is what’s driving the beast leftward right now.
We’re going to see an unprecedented avalanche of sleaze and lies over the next two and a half weeks; it will be an attempt to drive the beast rightward with hate. It has worked before. We can’t let it happen again.
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Great post.
"Yes We Can" video
This has been viewed over 10,450,000 times on YouTube. Since you are already here, I'll just put it up for ya. Nice vid, gang,
Workin and tryin hard........
Gang, I am really trying to find ANYTHING that I consider "news" from the Obama Campaign to complain about. I'll find SOMETHING, I promise. I AM gonna start to VLOG, for ya. May as well, no? Check tomorrow, I'll have something for ya.
RussD
RussD
Normal folks can't make this shit up.....no way!
(Food Stamp featuring Barack Obama)Is THIS the kind of "racist" propaganda Americans really want?
The loathsome douchebag who included this image in her GOP newsletter actually had the gall to offer up the following “defense”:
The group’s president, Diane Fedele, said she plans to send an apology letter to her members and to apologize at the club’s meeting next week. She said she simply wanted to deride a comment Obama made over the summer about how as an African-American he “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.”“It was strictly an attempt to point out the outrageousness of his statement. I really don’t want to go into it any further,” Fedele said in a telephone interview Tuesday. “I absolutely apologize to anyone who was offended. That clearly wasn’t my attempt.” [...]
“I didn’t see it the way that it’s being taken. I never connected,” she said. “It was just food to me. It didn’t mean anything else.”
Are you fuckin' kiddin' me?
The problem is, in fact, that it perfectly reflects the principles and values of the current GOP. No principles. No values. And, hopefully, no future. I want these morally bereft bottom-feeders to rot in it up to their necks (and maybe higher) after November 4th.Ita, Amen!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
I Want Some!
I'd like to get hold of some of these for the next three weeks. It's not even so much the BS that's coming from the candidates, as the crap and drivel that the media keep trotting out!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
The Real Barack Obama - The truth behind the Canditate - "Barack Obama Exposed"
Articles from "zuper-dooper" writers such as Ann Coulter, Pat Buchanan, Bill O'Reilly, Robert Novak, Rob Limbaugh and other "Rabid Right Winger's". MUST reading for those of you on the "far right". See? Everyone gets a "fair shake" here, except the CFR (The Council On Foreign Relations) because THIS Blogger smells a "rat" as far as I am concerned and I am gonna say so, every chance I get.
Find that "Obama EXPOSED" article HERE.
It's not THAT expensive, folks. There is that "free" offer, ya know.
(opinion: I read the whole fuckin' thing. Junk, pure junk. Pat B. had a few interesting comments, but the rest was "Rabid Right Wing" propaganda. ) Your choice, Gang.
Find that "Obama EXPOSED" article HERE.
It's not THAT expensive, folks. There is that "free" offer, ya know.
(opinion: I read the whole fuckin' thing. Junk, pure junk. Pat B. had a few interesting comments, but the rest was "Rabid Right Wing" propaganda. ) Your choice, Gang.
Now, stay with me here, think it over.......
I am not saying "probable", just keeping the possibilities "open". No, I am NOT a "conspiracy" nut. But I do smell a rat. Too many things, "don't make sense" and "too many things, do". Check "Wikipedia". Simply, a web-info site. Non-political, non-denominational, "info" only, website.
See the info HERE. For what it may worth to you, it took eight(8) tries to get the Link to "paste-up" for this post.
See the info HERE. For what it may worth to you, it took eight(8) tries to get the Link to "paste-up" for this post.
New World Order; Update
Had to jump-in gang and ask a simple question. Please keep up with this, as I am not gonna let this particular bone go.
Check my simple question HERE.
Check the Council On Foreign Relations site, HERE.
And just in case, my question gets "lost" in the shuffle, here is a script copy;
I smell a rat. All of us need to watch this, real close.
Check my simple question HERE.
Check the Council On Foreign Relations site, HERE.
And just in case, my question gets "lost" in the shuffle, here is a script copy;
Losing ground
There are two dimensions to the crisis — immediate crisis managment and long-term systemic reform.
On the first, both stock market and credit market responses to the seemingly endless string of “fixes” have been uniformly negative. Why? Because the leadership of the Treasury and Fed appeared panicked in warning of immense danger if something is not done immediately. But then when given the authority and money to act, the US Treasury does not act. “We’ll be ready in a few weeks.” Hardly reassuring. Were they incapable of forward planning? In the meantime, the original scare talk coming from Washington has made investors predisposed to believe the worst and nothing has happened to alleviate that concern. Lesson: Don’t say the sky is falling without acquiring a sturdy umbrella — and then opening it.
The second is the important issue of what happens after the crisis simmers down, which it eventually will. There are two diametrically opposite points of view, call them the Greenspan doctrine and the Volcker view. The Greenspan doctrine is that free markets overshoot and there is nothing anybody can do about that. But the good that they do during booms in creating new businesses, houses, etc. outweighs the damage done in the crashes. So don’t re-regulate the financial system.
The Volcker view, as nicely articulated in today’s WSJ, reaches an entirely different judgment. The crisis was man-made, based on reckless risk-taking by the originators of bad debt, and a mix of laziness and purposeful neglect by the buyers of that now toxic paper, conflicted ratings agencies, together with weak and unimaginative financial supervisors (admittedly often constrained by willing accomplices to the whole sordid process in the Congress). So man-made improvements to the financial system can go a long way to preventing another catastrophy.
Foreign official institutions and private investors alike are watching us closely. They are not sure that the US knows what it is doing in dealing with the crisis (example: the Fed knows full well that ratings agencies are a weak link in the system, but how do they propose to condition their radical new scheme to buy commercial paper to unfreeze that market? by credit ratings! As the man said, you can’t make this stuff up.) But the US has shown itself willing to borrow good ideas from others.(Unfortunately, not expeditiously: case in point, the term auction facility came maybe six months after the ECB was successfully doing almost exactly the same thing.)
Of lasting importance, of course, is what we do to put in place a better financial supervisory and regulatory system. The one we have now is broken beyond repair. It is too narrowly legalistic, too nit-picking (ask any commercial bank COO and you’ll get an earful) but misses the big picture, the real risks to the system that are being created. The way forward better be an improvement or our ability to attract foreign capital without onerous conditions will be gravely harmed.
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I smell a rat. All of us need to watch this, real close.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
I guess it's time to break out the silver bullets here....
Gonna try to kill this vampire once and for all. Here's the video, put out by the McCain Wingnuts.
"Obama's blind ambition. When convenient, he worked with terrorist Bill Ayers. When discovered, he lied. Obama. Blind ambition. Bad judgment."
McCain campaign video, October 10, 2008The Facts
Bill Ayers has acknowledged that he was one of the leaders of a group known as the Weather Underground, which carried out a series of small-scale bombings at the Capitol and the Pentagon in 1970 and 1971 as a protest against the Vietnam War. He was charged with conspiracy to bomb, but the charges were dropped in 1974 because of prosecutorial misconduct. Over the last two decades, he has been better known in Chicago as an education expert, and it was in that role that he became acquainted with Obama in 1995. The two men served together on the board of an anti-poverty group, and Ayers contributed $200 to Obama's re-election campaign for the Illinois State Senate in 2001.
Read the whole story HERE and let's move on!
John Lewis, We need to be more careful here........
I can only hope Obama tosses this guy under the bus ASAP.
John Lewis aint helping, here's a sample;
Lewis didn't accuse McCain of imitating Wallace, but suggested there were similarities.
Nope. No help there, but it gets worse;
Full story above or HERE.
John Lewis aint helping, here's a sample;
"What I am seeing reminds me too much of another destructive period in American history," Lewis said in a statement issued today for Politico's Arena forum. "Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are sowing the seeds of hatred and division, and there is no need for this hostility in our political discourse."
Lewis didn't accuse McCain of imitating Wallace, but suggested there were similarities.
Nope. No help there, but it gets worse;
“As public figures with the power to influence and persuade, Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin are playing with fire, and if they are not careful, that fire will consume us all," Lewis said today. "They are playing a very dangerous game that disregards the value of the political process and cheapens our entire democracy. We can do better. The American people deserve better.”Dam right, we do. Better he had kept the "Public Comment" to himself.
Full story above or HERE.
The Ayers Connection - No Sale
Dear McCain Campaign Team (aka: wingnuts)
Sorry to bother you guys, I know it must be tiring, lugging around those huge, enormous brains and the campaign derailing as we speak, but I thought I would drop you a note and let you know what just one(1) "undecided" voter was thinking.
This whole "Ayers Connection" angle, you know, the "Obama has been palling around with terrorists" screech? Well, it's not working. Helloooo? Anybody home? Time for that "Change" ya'll been talking about! Sheesh!
Wingnuts, here is today's new "keyword" for ya; Ready? RESEARCH. It means: KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. It goes along well with; "Put brain in motion before opening mouth." Here's an oldie but goodie; "Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool than opening your mouth and removing all doubt." Oh, yeah! That last one was real folksie, eh? Darn Right, it was! (exaggerated WINK)
If you had RESEARCH(ed) this deal, you would have dismissed the whole thing as "irrelevant", as everyone but the "Rabid Right Base" has. It "has no legs"; it "won't fly". It's a damned shame everyone else knows more about William "wacko" Ayers and the GOOD he has done, since his "wanna-be-revolutionary" days AND his tenuous "links" to Obama, than you guys. Imagine that, civic minded grown-ups, getting together and doing stuff for the communities they live in, you know, helping people, making a fuckin' difference, that sort of thing. G-dam terrorists! Even more pathetic and sorry, you wingnuts are running a major political parties' Presidential Campaign! No Sale.
Why not punch some holes in the programs Obama has proposed? Point out how they may not or won't work? What about this bailout deal? Is it working? Will it work? Has Obama helped or hurt the effort? How about preparing Sen. McCain for next weeks' Debate. Believe me, he could do better and their aint no more after this one. How about talking to "undecided" voters, like me, who would rather hear about the fuckin' issues, than a "has-been revolutionary" who, unlike you wingnuts, has grown-up, has a real job and tries to make a difference, where he can?
So, get a grip, guys. Drop this dumb-assed line of attack. It's beneath John McCain's fine record and it's offensive to not only Obama but to many of us out here. We are not that stupid. No Sale.
But, you guys knew all this right? Right? HELLOOOO?!
Sorry to bother you guys, I know it must be tiring, lugging around those huge, enormous brains and the campaign derailing as we speak, but I thought I would drop you a note and let you know what just one(1) "undecided" voter was thinking.
This whole "Ayers Connection" angle, you know, the "Obama has been palling around with terrorists" screech? Well, it's not working. Helloooo? Anybody home? Time for that "Change" ya'll been talking about! Sheesh!
Wingnuts, here is today's new "keyword" for ya; Ready? RESEARCH. It means: KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. It goes along well with; "Put brain in motion before opening mouth." Here's an oldie but goodie; "Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you a fool than opening your mouth and removing all doubt." Oh, yeah! That last one was real folksie, eh? Darn Right, it was! (exaggerated WINK)
If you had RESEARCH(ed) this deal, you would have dismissed the whole thing as "irrelevant", as everyone but the "Rabid Right Base" has. It "has no legs"; it "won't fly". It's a damned shame everyone else knows more about William "wacko" Ayers and the GOOD he has done, since his "wanna-be-revolutionary" days AND his tenuous "links" to Obama, than you guys. Imagine that, civic minded grown-ups, getting together and doing stuff for the communities they live in, you know, helping people, making a fuckin' difference, that sort of thing. G-dam terrorists! Even more pathetic and sorry, you wingnuts are running a major political parties' Presidential Campaign! No Sale.
Why not punch some holes in the programs Obama has proposed? Point out how they may not or won't work? What about this bailout deal? Is it working? Will it work? Has Obama helped or hurt the effort? How about preparing Sen. McCain for next weeks' Debate. Believe me, he could do better and their aint no more after this one. How about talking to "undecided" voters, like me, who would rather hear about the fuckin' issues, than a "has-been revolutionary" who, unlike you wingnuts, has grown-up, has a real job and tries to make a difference, where he can?
So, get a grip, guys. Drop this dumb-assed line of attack. It's beneath John McCain's fine record and it's offensive to not only Obama but to many of us out here. We are not that stupid. No Sale.
But, you guys knew all this right? Right? HELLOOOO?!
Friday, October 10, 2008
How the Hell Did This NOT get more Play?
Has anyone seen THIS before?
Presidents Give Warning of New World Order
Expect more on this gang. I am gonna keep diggin' about this.
Presidents Give Warning of New World Order
Expect more on this gang. I am gonna keep diggin' about this.
Incredible!
You have GOT to see these videos. Talk about wacko's!
Where did these people come from?
Save us!
Where did these people come from?
Save us!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
A Letter to John McCain
Senator,
We know you are really busy nowadays, with your campaign sliding off into the "political abyss", but hopefully, you'll take a moment to read this brief letter from "undecided" voters. As a group, we ARE the voters you are trying to convince, right? You betcha!
Not all of us "JoeSixPacks" are as politically savy as you have been claiming to be, but we do tend to listen more than you and this current administration think. Oh yeah, before we forget, those real "folksie" titles your running mate has been bestowing on Americans, ya know like "JoeSixPack", "Hockey Moms" and such? Aint working. While the "First Dude" of Alaska may slug down a six-pack every night and get all "warm and fuzzy" when "Alaskan Barbie" winks and smiles, the rest of us who work everyday and suffer through the bullshit you have brought down on our families, we don't need or appreciate being "titled" by St. Sarah Palin. WINK
Sorry, started drifting there, happens when you get old, but you would know more about that, than us.
Speaking of "drifting", Just where the hell is your campaign going? Every day there seems to be a new direction, and new angle. It must be really nice to travel around the country, spending those political contributions like a drunken sailor on shore leave and not have a fuckin clue about where you are going. Those of us in "the middle class", had better have a clue or we "crash and burn" with the next medical bill or missed mortgage payment. We cannot figure out your campaign strategy, so we thought we would ask.
So far, the only thing that seems to be "steady" in your campaign, is to pick on Obamas' thin connection to an aging 1960's wanna-be-terrorist who, if memory serves, talked about blowing up government buildings. Oh yeah, Obama was 8 yrs old when this Ayers guy was spewing anti-war pablum and preaching revolution.
Here are a couple of names that may spark a memory or two. The now deceased Timothy McVey, a real home-grown wacko and shall we mention Bin Laden who is still running around free and no doubt planning more attacks, whom you claim to "know how to get." This has been a recent "revelation", so we shant expect any action on that particular subject until after the election(s).
And see what happened? We end up with you guys.
Senator McCain, Ayers, who is all-grown-up now and a respected member of the Chicago community, and who, truth be told, has more "gravitas" than you do, only talked about a revolution to bring down the US and all it really took was to put you and the current crop of Senators and Congressmen in power, not to mention George "Ball-of-Confusion" Bush. Our fiscal situation is in the toilet, unemployment is up, the value of the dollar is down, our young people are dying in wars you authorized, including that damned "surge" you keep harping on, you pick a Veep who is lucky enough to remember where she is every morning and why, yet all you seem to care about is that Obama knew William Ayers? Senator McCain, Ayers talked about bringing the US down, you and your buddies in Washington, including your "special interest" campaign advisors, went on ahead and did it. Who then, Senator, is the terrorist?
Anyways, John, if we may call you that, the only thing we would recommend is simple. Get a fuckin grip. You don't have much time. Each day you waste, trying to make character connections to Ayers or using Obama's middle name, "Hussein" as a "bad word", only makes Obama's position stronger.
Oh, by the way, in the Islamic World, the name "Hussein" is quite common and respected and using it like you are, may piss-off a few whole countries, something we, as a Nation, might try to avoid. They don't like us very much as it is, remember? Just a thought.
We are sure, Big John, you "know" this already, since you claim to "know" so much, the latest Gallup polls? (Just click the Link, John. It should work, no matter what day/time you try it.) Not good news, eh? Remember, Gallup has been the most accurate, for the past 12 years. You may consider this suggestion, to tell your "high dollar" campaign team/advisors, to look this over and perhaps, maybe, change the direction of your campaign. Just a suggestion.
Senator, we don't have much more to say, save that we will send a letter to Senator Obama, tho we will alter the contents, somewhat. We also plan to write to Gov. Sarah Palin, tho we may consult our Grand-children, for words the Gov of Alaska, will understand.
We and our "middle class" friends across this country, will now return to "watching" what you and your opponent do, for the remainder of this Presidential Campaign. Remember, we ARE listening. "Get a grip", John.
"Joe Six Pack"
"Hockey Moms"
"The American Middle Class"
We know you are really busy nowadays, with your campaign sliding off into the "political abyss", but hopefully, you'll take a moment to read this brief letter from "undecided" voters. As a group, we ARE the voters you are trying to convince, right? You betcha!
Not all of us "JoeSixPacks" are as politically savy as you have been claiming to be, but we do tend to listen more than you and this current administration think. Oh yeah, before we forget, those real "folksie" titles your running mate has been bestowing on Americans, ya know like "JoeSixPack", "Hockey Moms" and such? Aint working. While the "First Dude" of Alaska may slug down a six-pack every night and get all "warm and fuzzy" when "Alaskan Barbie" winks and smiles, the rest of us who work everyday and suffer through the bullshit you have brought down on our families, we don't need or appreciate being "titled" by St. Sarah Palin. WINK
Sorry, started drifting there, happens when you get old, but you would know more about that, than us.
Speaking of "drifting", Just where the hell is your campaign going? Every day there seems to be a new direction, and new angle. It must be really nice to travel around the country, spending those political contributions like a drunken sailor on shore leave and not have a fuckin clue about where you are going. Those of us in "the middle class", had better have a clue or we "crash and burn" with the next medical bill or missed mortgage payment. We cannot figure out your campaign strategy, so we thought we would ask.
So far, the only thing that seems to be "steady" in your campaign, is to pick on Obamas' thin connection to an aging 1960's wanna-be-terrorist who, if memory serves, talked about blowing up government buildings. Oh yeah, Obama was 8 yrs old when this Ayers guy was spewing anti-war pablum and preaching revolution.
Here are a couple of names that may spark a memory or two. The now deceased Timothy McVey, a real home-grown wacko and shall we mention Bin Laden who is still running around free and no doubt planning more attacks, whom you claim to "know how to get." This has been a recent "revelation", so we shant expect any action on that particular subject until after the election(s).
And see what happened? We end up with you guys.
Senator McCain, Ayers, who is all-grown-up now and a respected member of the Chicago community, and who, truth be told, has more "gravitas" than you do, only talked about a revolution to bring down the US and all it really took was to put you and the current crop of Senators and Congressmen in power, not to mention George "Ball-of-Confusion" Bush. Our fiscal situation is in the toilet, unemployment is up, the value of the dollar is down, our young people are dying in wars you authorized, including that damned "surge" you keep harping on, you pick a Veep who is lucky enough to remember where she is every morning and why, yet all you seem to care about is that Obama knew William Ayers? Senator McCain, Ayers talked about bringing the US down, you and your buddies in Washington, including your "special interest" campaign advisors, went on ahead and did it. Who then, Senator, is the terrorist?
Anyways, John, if we may call you that, the only thing we would recommend is simple. Get a fuckin grip. You don't have much time. Each day you waste, trying to make character connections to Ayers or using Obama's middle name, "Hussein" as a "bad word", only makes Obama's position stronger.
Oh, by the way, in the Islamic World, the name "Hussein" is quite common and respected and using it like you are, may piss-off a few whole countries, something we, as a Nation, might try to avoid. They don't like us very much as it is, remember? Just a thought.
We are sure, Big John, you "know" this already, since you claim to "know" so much, the latest Gallup polls? (Just click the Link, John. It should work, no matter what day/time you try it.) Not good news, eh? Remember, Gallup has been the most accurate, for the past 12 years. You may consider this suggestion, to tell your "high dollar" campaign team/advisors, to look this over and perhaps, maybe, change the direction of your campaign. Just a suggestion.
Senator, we don't have much more to say, save that we will send a letter to Senator Obama, tho we will alter the contents, somewhat. We also plan to write to Gov. Sarah Palin, tho we may consult our Grand-children, for words the Gov of Alaska, will understand.
We and our "middle class" friends across this country, will now return to "watching" what you and your opponent do, for the remainder of this Presidential Campaign. Remember, we ARE listening. "Get a grip", John.
"Joe Six Pack"
"Hockey Moms"
"The American Middle Class"
Tracking Poll(s)
From our friends at FiveThirtyEight. But I brought one the graphs here for you consideration;
Anybody care to place a wager or two?
Anybody care to place a wager or two?Another McSame dance number......
McCain changes homeowner plan
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) made an overnight change in the homeowner bailout he proposed at Tuesday’s presidential debate, making it more generous to financial institutions and more costly for taxpayers.McCain's staff says it was always meant that way. Uh, back up the truck! That ain't so.... the REAL story can be found here.
Irrefutable evidence that Obama was in league with terrorists!
Here it is—the smoking gun. Let’s see Obama deny now that he was intimately involved in William Ayer’s domestic terrorist Weather Underground organization.[Cross-posted at Betty Cracker]
Posted by Betty CrackerGotta love it!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
OK, where is this going?
Seems to this Blogger, that the GOP is attempting, (did you get that last word, "attempting" ?) to infer something about Barack Obama's middle name? is there some skullduggery going on here?
Why won't the GOP just come OUT WITH IT, whatever the hell they are trying to say and deal with the reaction? Chicken-shits!
Why won't the GOP just come OUT WITH IT, whatever the hell they are trying to say and deal with the reaction? Chicken-shits!
Back to "Pirates"
Looking into the sky this evening, despite the partial cloud cover, I DO notice a "blue moon" and as this is the case, I must admit that I may have been "wrong". It does happen, every "blue moon". See below;
Should this "deal" go through, I can now say that all nations can expect this type of "high seas" terrorism to quickly grow. You can view the entire story HERE.
Somali pirate 'associate' says deal in the offing
Man tied to those holding ship claims $8 million ransom deal near.
Should this "deal" go through, I can now say that all nations can expect this type of "high seas" terrorism to quickly grow. You can view the entire story HERE.
Free OJ!
Came across this in my travels......
Lawyer wants Simpson free pending appeal
O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety and is focusing on a motion for new trial in Las Vegas and a bid for appellate reversal of his conviction for kidnapping and robbery, his lawyer said. Attorney Yale Galanter said he will continue to pursue a request for Simpson, 61, to be released on bond pending appeal. Simpson will be held in Clark County (Nev.) Detention Center until his Dec. 5 sentencing, then is expected to be transferred to state prison. Because of the seriousness of the charges, it is likely that Simpson, the Hall of Fame running back, would remain in jail during his appeal.
[www.baltimoresun.com]
Now, what's THIS all about?
Judge refuses to end Stevens trial
Alaskan is accused of lying on Senate forms to hide costly cabin renovations
Is not this Stevens guy a friend of "Klondike Barbie" aka Sarah "you betcha" Palin? Read about it HERE.
Over and over again......
Gang, was this comment by McSame really THAT bad? Have all of us not used this very term, in perhaps the same context? Just in case you have not heard it yet, here it is;
I for one, don't see the big harm, but I am just a Blogger. What would I know?
Oops! Forgot the Tracking Poll(s) for today. Coming right up!
I for one, don't see the big harm, but I am just a Blogger. What would I know?
Oops! Forgot the Tracking Poll(s) for today. Coming right up!
Drill, Baby Drill... cheap gas... in 2030 perhaps?
MCAIN: "Oil drilling offshore now is vital so we can bridge the gap between imported oil ... and it will reduce the price of a barrel of oil. ... We've got to drill offshore and do it now."
THE FACTS: The government estimates that opening the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling "will not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." Even then, it would only increase domestic oil production by 3 percent.
THE FACTS: The government estimates that opening the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and eastern Gulf of Mexico to drilling "will not have a significant impact on domestic crude oil and natural gas production or prices before 2030." Even then, it would only increase domestic oil production by 3 percent.
2nd Presidential Debate (2)
We'll try this again.....the LINK is: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video_log/2008/10/the_second_presidential_debate.html
Worth the watch.
Worth the watch.
McCain got "Killed"........
maybe a bit extreme, you decide.
You DID watch, yes? For those of you who cannot answer "yes", I'll dig up the entire Debate for ya and post it up. (slackers! LOL)
You DID watch, yes? For those of you who cannot answer "yes", I'll dig up the entire Debate for ya and post it up. (slackers! LOL)
Daily Tracking Poll(s)
Working on it, gang. Damned "Debate" had thrown off things, I'll get them to ya A.S.A.P..
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
First Poll(s)
Here we go.....hang on and try to keep up, it's gonna come hard and fast......
http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_question/2008/10/07/1966529-who-won-the-presidential-debate
Another "Flash" opinon Poll of undecided voters.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/07/politics/horserace/entry4508356.shtml
Let's get to the "Attack Pakistan" issue. Excellent article.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx
Oh yeah, and the now infamous, "that one" statement....
Here's the complete article.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/that-one-mccain-calls-oba_n_132802.html
It's getting better..... check the "Next" post.
RussD
http://www.polls.newsvine.com/_question/2008/10/07/1966529-who-won-the-presidential-debate
Another "Flash" opinon Poll of undecided voters.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/07/politics/horserace/entry4508356.shtml
Let's get to the "Attack Pakistan" issue. Excellent article.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/default.aspx
Oh yeah, and the now infamous, "that one" statement....
Here's the complete article.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/07/that-one-mccain-calls-oba_n_132802.html
It's getting better..... check the "Next" post.
RussD
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