Exceptional Nader interview hosted by Inforum, C-SPAN
On being blacklisted by Democrats after 2000. On the Obama-supported bailout. On Islam's intolerance re human rights. Much more:
The embed isn't working, but find the video here.
Monday, October 06, 2008
Sunday, October 05, 2008
You as Bronson Pinchot
"Balki Bartokomous the great thinker from Mypos said:'If everyone knew how to herd sheep there would be no one left to write poetry'"
Maybe you assholes have already seen this, but i hadnt until tonight and i thought it was a total swish! Three points!
Saturday, October 04, 2008
GOLD!
Spot-on Herebrt Article! HERE
" Where is the evidence that Governor Palin even understands these complex and enormously challenging problems? During the debate she twice referred to General McKiernan as “McClellan.” Neither Ms. Ifill nor Senator Biden corrected her.
But after Senator Biden suggested that John McCain’s answer to the nation’s energy problems was to “drill, drill, drill,” Ms. Palin promptly pointed out, as if scoring a point, that “the chant is ‘Drill, baby, drill!’ ”
How’s that for perspective? The credit markets are frozen. Our top general in Afghanistan is dialing 911. Americans are losing jobs by the scores of thousands. And Sarah Palin is making sure we know that the chant is “drill, baby, drill!” not “drill, drill, drill.”'
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
No bailout, yet, but look how the Representatives voted
My Democratic Representative (Capuano) voted YES, and if I still lived in Mpls my Rep. would be Ellison, who also voted YES. It looks, w/ the exception maybe of Jeff, like yours did too. Did he or she? From AP: "Voting yes were 140 Democrats and 65 Republicans. Voting no were 95 Democrats and 133 Republicans." What the fuck is going on?
MASSACHUSETTS -- Democrats: Capuano, yes; Delahunt, no; Frank, yes; Lynch, no; Markey, yes; McGovern, yes; Neal, yes; Olver, yes; Tierney, no; Tsongas, yes.
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MINNESOTA -- Democrats: Ellison, yes; McCollum, yes; Oberstar, yes; Peterson, no; Walz, no. Republicans: Bachmann, no; Kline, yes; Ramstad, no.
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OREGON -- Democrats: Blumenauer, no; DeFazio, no; Hooley, yes; Wu, no. Republicans: Walden, yes.
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PENNSYLVANIA -- Democrats: Altmire, no; Brady, yes; Carney, no; Doyle, yes; Fattah, yes; Holden, no; Kanjorski, yes; Murphy, P., yes; Murtha, yes; Schwartz, yes; Sestak, yes. Republicans: Dent, no; English, no; Gerlach, no; Murphy, T., no; Peterson, yes; Pitts, no; Platts, no; Shuster, no.
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WISCONSIN -- Democrats: Baldwin, yes; Kagen, no; Kind, yes; Moore, yes; Obey, yes. Republicans: Petri, no; Ryan, yes; Sensenbrenner, no.
More at Washington Post. Sphere: Related Content
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Amid economic meltdown, Washington plans permanent Army deployment in U.S.
From Army Times article. Sounds like the Army will be following the examples of Iraq and the RNC roundup:
It is not the first time an active-duty unit has been tapped to help at home. In August 2005, for example, when Hurricane Katrina unleashed hell in Mississippi and Louisiana, several active-duty units were pulled from various posts and mobilized to those areas.Sphere: Related Content
But this new mission marks the first time an active unit has been given a dedicated assignment to NorthCom, a joint command established in 2002 to provide command and control for federal homeland defense efforts and coordinate defense support of civil authorities.
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They may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control ...
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The 1st BCT’s soldiers also will learn how to use “the first ever nonlethal package that the Army has fielded,” 1st BCT commander Col. Roger Cloutier said, referring to crowd and traffic control equipment and nonlethal weapons designed to subdue unruly or dangerous individuals without killing them.
“It’s a new modular package of nonlethal capabilities that they’re fielding. They’ve been using pieces of it in Iraq, but this is the first time that these modules were consolidated and this package fielded, and because of this mission we’re undertaking we were the first to get it.”
The package includes equipment to stand up a hasty road block; spike strips for slowing, stopping or controlling traffic; shields and batons; and, beanbag bullets.
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“I can’t think of a more noble mission than this,” said Cloutier, who took command in July. “We’ve been all over the world during this time of conflict, but now our mission is to take care of citizens at home ... and depending on where an event occurred, you’re going home to take care of your home town, your loved ones.”
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
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