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Friday, June 20, 2008

Yahoo! News Story - Obama bypasses public money — 1st since Watergate - Yahoo! News

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Obama bypasses public money, 1st since Watergate. He thinks he can rise more money by himself. And as I understand it if Obama for goes public money John McCain will have as well. For the rest of the story, click on this link.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080620/ap_on_el_pr/obama_money

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Old Obama, New Obama

Nader for President 2008 -- June 20, 2008

June 20, 2008
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Ralph Nader stands for shifting the power from the big corporations back to the people.
Period.
Full stop.
End of story.
Contrast that with Senator Obama.
The old Obama said that he thought NAFTA was a "big mistake."
The new Obama isn't so sure.
The old Obama said he would abide by public spending limits in this election.
The new Obama he says he won't.
The old Obama said he was for a change in foreign policy and surrounded himself with innovative thinkers with a chance to make a difference.
The new Obama has surrounded himself with veterans of the military industrial complex status quo.
The old Obama talked economic populism.
The new Obama talks corporate-speak and surrounds himself with economists from the Chicago School.
You know where Nader and Gonzalez stand on corporate power.
And that isn't changing.
We're at six percent nationwide in the most recent CNN poll.
We're going to be on ten state ballots by the end of June.
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

You can't have him

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

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Will Obama Let Big Corporations Buy the Democratic Convention?

Posted by Greg Kafoury on Monday, June 16, 2008 at 10:38:00 AM

For most thoughtful observers, John McCain's pretensions to independence from corporate power dissolved in the face of his initial decision to stock his campaign from stem to stern with lobbyists.

Yet Obama's pledge to refuse special interest money and his ability to raise vast amounts from small contributors have led many to overlook the fact that his seed money of several million dollars came from Wall Street.

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Monday, June 16, 2008

Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, 158 years ago?

What happened this week back in 1850, 158 years ago?

1. California became a state.
2. The state had no electricity.
3. The state had no money.
4. Almost everyone spoke Spanish.
5. There were gunfights in the streets.

So basically, it was just like California is today, except the women had real breasts and the men didn't hold hands.

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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The History of AT&T or your goverment failed you

And look how fare back it goes. Stop labbiest! They're truned "For the People" into "For the corporations".

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An Opinion - The Democrats' Reagan

Bob Beckel
Tue Jun 10, 9:30 AM ET

Question: Name the presidential candidate described below.

An unpopular incumbent president sits in the Oval Office. His party's brand is badly tarnished. The economy is in shambles, unemployment on the rise. The housing market is in crisis. Gasoline has become a major issue. America is enmeshed in a protracted crisis in the Middle East with no end in sight. We are near war footing with Iran. The reputation of the United States is diminished world wide. In historically high numbers, voters believe the country is on the wrong track.

The opposition party has nominated a charismatic candidate for president whose oratorical skills are compared to JFK, perhaps better. He had been introduced to the majority of Americans by way of a spellbinding keynote speech at a previous national party convention.

He has a fervent core of supporters and has emerged as the leader of his party through an insurgency that challenged and ultimately defeated his party's establishment. He runs against Washington and the special interests that control the Capitol. His message is change and hope.

If ever the public demanded change in Washington, it is in this presidential year. It could not be a better political environment for the party out of power. Yet with all the stars aligned perfectly for a party change in the White House, national polls show the opposition candidate barely ties, and often trails, his opponent.

There is little doubt about the voter's desire for change, but there is plenty of doubt about this candidate who pledges to deliver it. Who is the candidate?

Answer; A) Barack Obama B) Ronald Reagan C) Both

The correct answer is C.

Barack Obama's current political circumstance is eerily similar to that of Ronald Reagan in his 1980 campaign for president. Both Obama and Reagan, from the beginning of their insurgent campaigns, were viewed as transformative political figures. Both enjoyed passionate grassroots support.

Both men had defeated centrist establishment candidates for their party's nomination. Reagan defeated George H.W. Bush, who was viewed by the growing conservative base of the Republican Party as too moderate. Obama beat Hilary Clinton whose husband had been elected twice by moving away from his party's traditional progressive roots and running as a centrist, a path Clinton herself followed (at least at the beginning of her campaign).

In 1980 most conventional political observers failed to recognize the growing grassroots power of the rock solid conservative activists who propelled Reagan to his party's nomination. In the 2008 presidential campaign supporters of Hillary Clinton failed to recognize the growing assertiveness of the Democrats progressive base, especially over the Iraq war which she initially supported and Obama opposed.

The failures of the Bush Administration convinced many progressives that the conservative cycle, deep into its third decade, had run its course. These activists believed the country was ready to tack back toward more progressive and transparent government. Barack Obama recognized and embraced this growing progressive movement.

Obama's message that it was time to "turn the page" on politics as usual (a not very subtle reference to both the Bush and Clinton years) resonated with progressives. That message coupled with his message of post-partisan, anti-polarization politics, so attractive to independent voters, provided Obama with a core of progressive activists along with a solid base of black voters and young voters energized by his youth and oratorical gifts.

But insurgency campaigns by definition run counter to the established order. Even in years when voters clamor for change, insurgent candidates must prove that neither they nor the change they offer is perceived as too far from the mainstream. It is this potential fear that opponents of insurgent candidates seek to exploit.

For most of the general election in 1980 Democrats succeeded in raising doubts about Reagan's brand of conservatism. They charged that he was too far right, and questioned his past conservative associations with the John Birch Society which, like Reagan; had been strong supporters of Barry Goldwater in 1964. Democrats argued that Reagan's brand of virulent anti-Communism coupled with his lack of foreign-policy experience was a dangerous mixture for the man whose finger would be on the proverbial "button."

For most of the 1980 general election the attacks on Reagan raised enough doubt about him to neutralize the public's strong desire for change. I was managing Carter's campaign in Texas that fall, and even in that conservative bastion, Carter led Reagan in the polls until mid-October. Our strategy was simple: On a risk scale of 1 to 10 (one being no risk, 10 being far too risky) we had managed to keep Reagan in the 7 to 8 range. Then came the only Carter/Reagan debate and the flood gates opened.

On stage with the President of the United States, Reagan did not come across as a threatening mad bomber. He was collegial, surefooted, and calm. His performance shattered expectations that he was a risk, which allowed Reagan, at the end of the debate, to pivot to the state of the economy with his devastating question, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?" Reagan was elected in a landslide and proceeded to transform politics in America well beyond his two terms.

The Republicans are employing the same "risk" strategy against Barack Obama in 2008. McCain and company have used Obama's willingness to meet with avowed enemies of the United States like Iran as a sign of naivetÃ© and weakness. Republican operatives and their radio talk show allies have sought to tie Obama to the anti-American rants of his former pastor Jeremiah Wright and his neighbor William Ayers, a former '60s radical.

Republicans have even dragged Obama's wife Michelle into the fight. They cite her Princeton senior thesis, selected campaign comments, and Obama's failure to wear an American flag lapel pin as evidence of passive patriotism.

Democrats in 1980 charged that Reagan would rip apart the social safety net for the poor, while Republicans in 2008 accuse Obama of inciting class warfare and suggest as president he will undertake a classic liberal redistribution of wealth by increasing taxes on wealthy Americans and profitable US corporations.

It is incumbent on Obama to diffuse the "risk" issue. In some ways his will be an easier job than Reagan's. Reagan ran against an incumbent president, always a difficult race, while Obama faces a 71-year-old Senate veteran. (McCain turns 72 on Aug. 29.) Reagan faced a president preoccupied with 52 American hostages in Iran while Obama's opponent supports an unpopular war in Iraq that has already cost over 4000 American lives.

The "risk" factor for insurgents can best be addressed in direct candidate to candidate debates. Insurgents tend to have low expectations in these matchups, and hence a greater upside potential. Ronald Reagan had only one debate opportunity to counter his "risk" problem. Obama is likely to have a minimum of three encounters with John McCain and potentially several other town hall joint appearances.

John McCain will not be irrelevant in these face-offs, but only Barack Obama can confront the question of risk. It is an enviable position for Barack Obama Only he can win the race for the White House, and only he can lose it.

If Obama has proved one thing in his short political career, it is that he is far more likely to win than to lose.

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An Opinion - It's Congress, not a king's court.

By Mickey Edwards
Tue Jun 10, 4:00 AM ET

The central feature of American government, the one that made the United States "exceptional" and preserved our freedoms for more than 200 years, is in the process of being destroyed. The enemy is not in Iraq or the hills of Pakistan but in Washington and in cities and towns throughout the United States.

America's Founders, it turns out, were not as smart as we thought. They assumed that if they put most of the nation's real powers – over war, taxes, and spending – in the hands of the people themselves, through their representatives, those representatives would do their duty and prevent an American president from acting as though he were king.

Congress was not to be a copy of the British Parliament but its exact opposite: Whereas Parliament is essentially an extension of the executive (the prime minister's party always controls Parliament and its members are expected to enact his or her proposals) and members need not have any connection to the "constituencies" they allegedly represent, the American system requires members of Congress to come from the states they represent and to serve as a check on – not enabler of – the president.

It's a simple enough concept, but one apparently hard for members of Congress to grasp.

Rep. Peter King (R) of New York was quoted recently bemoaning the fact that legislators were going to have to fend for themselves in November's elections.

"You are going to run on who you are and establish some independence," he told The New York Times, "and that is going to be tougher for some than others."

Having served in Congress myself, I feel sad for those members who are going to find it tough to run as who they are and "establish some independence," but I had assumed that was precisely what they were supposed to do.

The opposite, of course, would be to pretend to be someone other than who one really is or to have no convictions other than to obey somebody else's directives (presumably those of the president or party leaders). Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D) of California, has a similar confusion. Interviewed on National Public Radio, she said part of her job as House speaker was to ensure that there would be a Democratic majority in the next Congress. That, of course, is likely to happen regardless of what she does, but that is actually the job of the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Ms. Pelosi's job is to legislate and to see to it that the House fulfills its constitutional duties as a separate, independent and equal branch of the federal government.

Tom Cole, the Oklahoma congressman who chairs the Republican Campaign Committee in the House, inherited a mess, including a deeply unpopular president and a host of GOP incumbents heading for the hills, and has been unfairly blamed for the party's losses in this year's special elections. (Full disclosure: He is a friend who once worked on my congressional staff.)

But even Mr. Cole, who holds a doctorate and is one of the smartest members of Congress, sometimes loses sight of what it means to be a member of the legislative branch. Asked about the desirability of distancing oneself from George W. Bush, Cole told The Washington Post that "it's not for me to second-guess the president of the United States."

Yes, it is. That is precisely the constitutional obligation of a member of Congress – to second-guess, challenge, question, and, when necessary, serve as a check on a president.

In November, voters will elect every member of the House and one-third of the members of the Senate. In January, each successful candidate will take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Perhaps it would be good for each of them to get a crash course in exactly what that means.

• Mickey Edwards is a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma. His new book is "Reclaiming Conservatism." He is now a lecturer at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. ©2008 Los Angeles Times.

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Saturday, June 07, 2008

Breaking News Saturday, June 7, 2008, 12:26 PM PDT
ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) Ex-SNL writer Al Franken wins Democratic nod for U.S. Senate.

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Cuba approves free sex-change operations

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:29 pm PDT
AP - Cuba has authorized sex-change operations and will offer them free for qualifying citizens, an official said Friday. The move is the latest in a series of changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February. Raul Castro's daughter, Mariela, heads Cuba's National Center for Sex Education, which strongly backs the new policy

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Friday, June 06, 2008

For anyone still trying to make sense of Political Science

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

> , here is a
> simple guide.
>
> DEMOCRATIC
> You have two cows.
> Your neighbor has none.
> You feel guilty for being successful.
> Barbara Streisand sings for you.
> REPUBLICAN
> You have two cows.
> Your neighbor has none.
> So?
> SOCIALIST
> You have two cows.
> The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
> You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.
> COMMUNIST
> You have two cows.
> The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
> You wait in line for hours to get it.
> It is expensive and sour
> CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
> You have two cows.
> You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.
> BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
> You have two cows.
> Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot
> one, milk the
> other, and
> then pours the milk down the drain.
> AMERICAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on
> the 2nd one.
> You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows.
> You are surprised
> when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the
> analysts stating
> you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
> Your stock goes up.
> FRENCH CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You go on strike because you want three cows.
> You go to lunch and drink wine.
> Life is good.
> JAPANESE CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an
> ordinary cow and
> produce twenty
> times the milk.
> They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
> Most are at the top of their class at cow school.
> GERMAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of
> beer, give excellent
> quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
> Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per
> year.
> ITALIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
> While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
> You break for lunch.
> Life is good.
> RUSSIAN CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> You have some vodka.
> You count them and learn you have five cows.
> You have some more vodka.
> You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
> The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you
> really have.
> TALIBAN CORPORATION
> You have all the cows in Afghanistan , which are two.
> You don't milk them because you cannot touch any
> creature's private parts.
> You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find
> alternatives to
> milk production
> but use the money to buy weapons.
> IRAQI CORPORATION
> You have two cows.
> They go into hiding.
> They send radio tapes of their mooing.
> POLISH CORPORATION
> You have two bulls.
> Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to
> milk them.
> BELGIAN CORPORATION
> You have one cow.
> The cow has split-personality disorder.
> Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times
> he's Flemish.
> The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
> The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
> The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
> The cow dies happy.
> FLORIDA CORPORATION
> You have a black cow and a brown cow.
> Everyone votes for the best looking one.
> Some of the people who actually like the brown one best
> accidentally vote
> for the black one.
> Some people vote for both.
> Some people vote for neither.
> Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
> Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which
> one you think is
> the best-looking cow.
> CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
> You have millions of cows.
> They make real California cheese.
> Only five speak English.
> Most are illegals.
> Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.
>

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The cost of War

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"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

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Friday, February 17, 2006

The cost of the Iraq war

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

Cost of the War in Iraq

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Monday, June 06, 2005

Sounds more like a chat between our gov. and one ouf us. Just change the names around

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

A fleeing Taliban,
desperate for water,
was plodding through
the Afghanistan desert
when he saw something
far off in the distance.
Hoping to find water,
he walked toward the object,
only to find
a little old Jewish man
sitting at a card table
with neckties
laid out on it.

The Arab said,

"My thirst is killing me.
Please, do you have water?"

The Jew replied,
"I have no water.
Would you like to buy a tie?
They are only $150.
This one goes very nicely
with your robes.

"The Arab shouted,
"Idiot! I do not need
your overpriced tie.
I need water!"

"OK,"
said the old Jew,
"it does not matter
that you do not want
to buy a tie. I will show you
that you have not offended me.
If you walk over that hill
to the east for about four miles,
you will find a lovely restaurant.

Go! Walk that way!
The restaurant has
all the water you need!"

The Arab
staggered away
toward the hill
and disappeared.

Eight hours later
the Arab came crawling back
to the Jewish man's table.

The Jew said, "I told you,
the restaurant with the water
is about four miles over that hill.

Could you not find it?"

"I found it," rasped the Arab.
"But your brother
wouldn't let me in
without a tie."

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Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Me too, said the Lord

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

Jewish businessman in Chicago sent his son to Israel for a year to absorb
the culture. When the son returned, he said, "Papa, I had a great time in
Israel. By the way, I converted to Christianity."

"Oy vey," said the father, "what have I done!"

He took his problem to his best friend. "Ike," he said, "I sent my son to
Israel, and he came home a Christian. What can I do?"

"Funny you should ask," said Ike. "I, too, sent my son to Israel, and he
also came home a Christian. Perhaps we should go see the Rabbi."

They explained their problem to the Rabbi.

"Funny you should ask," said the rabbi. "I, too sent my son to Israel, and
he also came home a Christian. What is
happening to our young people?"

They prayed, telling the Lord about their sons.

As they finished their prayer, a voice came from the heavens: "Funny you
should ask," said the voice,
"I, too, sent my son to Israel

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Me too, said the Lord

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

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Interesting Fact:

"He who is willing to sacrifice freedom for safety deserves neither freedom nor safety." - Ben Franklin

"One useless man is called a disgrace; two useless men are called a law firm; and three or more useless men are a congress" - John Adams

Politicians and diapers should both be changed regularly and for the same reasons.

"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it."--Mark Twain

There have been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq
theater during the last 22 months; that gives a firearm death rate of
60 per 100,000. The rate in Washington, D.C. is 80.6 per 100,000. That means
that you are 25% more likely to be shot and killed in our Nation's Capitol,
which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the nation, than you are
in Iraq.

CONCLUSION : We should immediately pull out of Washington, D.C

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Yahoo! News Story - Obama bypasses public money — 1st since Watergate - Yahoo! News

Old Obama, New Obama

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

You can't have him

Can you tell them apart Bush & McCain that is...

Will Obama Let Big Corporations Buy the Democratic Convention?

Let yourself hear from everyone you can

Don't Run

Monday, June 16, 2008

Do you know what happened this week back in 1850, 158 years ago?

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The History of AT&T or your goverment failed you

An Opinion - The Democrats' Reagan

An Opinion - It's Congress, not a king's court.

Saturday, June 07, 2008

Cuba approves free sex-change operations

Friday, June 06, 2008

For anyone still trying to make sense of Political Science

The cost of War

Friday, February 17, 2006

The cost of the Iraq war

Monday, June 06, 2005

Sounds more like a chat between our gov. and one ouf us. Just change the names around

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Me too, said the Lord

Me too, said the Lord

Interesting Fact:

Agree or not, talking it over is better...

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