Political Schmalitical

Dick Cheney's Been Preparing for An Economic Collapse

2008-03-27T07:44:00.001-07:00

"Wouldn’t you like to know where Dick Cheney puts his money? Then you’d know whether his “deficits don’t matter” claim is just baloney or not. Well, as it turns out, Kiplinger Magazine ran an article based on Cheney’s financial disclosure statement and, sure enough, found out that the VP is lying to the American people."

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NYC Cops Beating Up Protesters in Front of U.N Headquarters

2008-03-26T15:16:00.001-07:00

Video footage of New York cops clubbing and arresting peaceful Tibetan protesters who were merely walking down the street has gone relatively ignored beyond Youtube. While stories emerge out of China every day of police beating and killing Tibetan protestors in the streets, the same sort of behavior by cops in America tells its own story.

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Hey!......yeah!

2008-03-26T13:42:00.000-07:00

FOund here

Clinton Says Sleep Deprivation Caused Her Bosnia Lie

2008-03-26T13:41:00.003-07:00

Hillary Clinton today banked on the fact that she believes we voters are all complete idiots and gave an interview today with a Pennsylvania newspaper with this gem: "On saying last week that she landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia in 1996, when she was first lady: 'I was sleep-deprived, and I misspoke". WTF?

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Hillary or Nobody?

2008-03-26T13:41:00.001-07:00

"Some top Democrats are increasingly worried that the Clintons’ divide-and-conquer strategy is nihilistic: Hillary or no democrat. (Or, as one Democrat described it to ABC’s Jake Tapper: Hillary is going for “the Tonya Harding option” — if she can’t get the gold, kneecap her rival.)"

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Change is real

2008-03-22T10:53:00.000-07:00

Reading this older article on WIRED, it again illustrates why Barack Obama is our man.

Change Congress

2008-03-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

Aftr reading an article about this on BoingBoing and then WIRED on Larry Lessigs WIkipedia approach to changing congress, and the smart idea of using this big series of tubes your on now to actually ferment a change, I thought I would track as best as possible to follow, read, and participate in the Change Congress project, and hopefully report its uses and goings ons of the site.
One of the things that intrigued is finally a good wording on a problem that seemed to have so many angles and nothing to pin down, but as as Lessig said:
"The problem we face is ... the problem of crony capitalism using money to capture government," he said on Monday during the launch of his project in Washington, DC. "The challenge is whether in fact we can change this. The political experts tell you that it can't be done, that process always win over substance."

The premise is this: Members of Congress Have four things they must PLEDGE by: (1) a promise not to accept PAC or lobbyist contributions, (2) a commitment to abolish "earmarks" permanently, (3) a commitment to support public financing of public elections, and (4) a commitment to compel transparency in the functioning of Congress. Once a candidate or Member selects the planks he or she supports, the site will give the candidate code to embed that pledge on the campaign website.

SO maybe this can be a popularity totem pole for them to clamor for and hopefully clean DC up in the same faction but first lets see who pledges, no?
More to come

Back to it 3.2008

2008-03-19T08:39:00.000-07:00

Back in action:
Did I miss anything? Oh wait:

But then out of the blue, like a shot that true:

Here I come to save the day!
I don;t know, I know Obamas right, but do people? The Media Machine if out there fucking shit up so bad, I wonder.

I am glad I had this as a tool, to convince my mother, brother and family to stay with Obama. Long time Republicans voting along with the rest of Cubans here in Miami, they never really saw too many side to the election and with the media pouring into this ridiculousness of this situation it gave me great pride that Mr. Obama came out and with a calm cool manner, to paraphrase Jon Stewart, speak to America like we were adults.
and with this video I help ebb some of the first struck anger, and justifiable outrage over Reverend Wright words, but I must tell you that it's not done:
The Spanish media, at least in Miami, if only seeing this one sided, and if the Obama campaign wants to make stride address them as the same as you addressed everyone in some way, We really need to. It's startling how little Latinos know about Mr. Obama, and how scary it is to see how this has been used in a very controlled and contrived Latin media market to make him look bad. I can hope you all do what you can to bring this message more so that we can understand as well as my family did of what happened.

How America's Banks Lost their Reputations

2008-03-19T07:56:00.001-07:00

With the near collapse of Bear Stearns, some of America's biggest banks are tumbling helplessly into the void. Others have no idea how many billions they will have to write off. The markets are falling into a state of panic and elbow room for banks is shrinking when they most need it.

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The $2-3 Trillion Nightmare; A Cheney-Bush production

2008-03-06T09:24:00.005-08:00

The Cheney-Bush "administration" has concealed the horrendous costs of the war ($2-3 Trillion or more). It has bypassed the normal budgetary process, financing the war almost entirely through “emergency” appropriations that get far less scrutiny. Bush lied to us about the reasons to go to war, and was a coward for evading service in Vietnam.

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9/11 protester arrested after yelling at Bill Clinton

2008-03-06T09:24:00.003-08:00

A protester has been charged with disorderly conduct after yelling at former President Bill Clinton during a campaign stop...

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Bush spends 452 days at Crawford ranch.

2008-03-06T09:24:00.001-08:00

Bush's stay there this past weekend with the the Danish prime minister marked Bush’s 70th visit as president. President Ronald Reagan, one of the modern presidency’s most “famous vacationer[s],” spent just 335 days at his ranch in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Marc Andreessen endorses Barack Obama

2008-03-06T09:22:00.001-08:00

Netscape founder and well-known Sillicon Valley blogger, Marc Andreessen, spent an hour and half with Barack Obama back in early 2007. He tells us about that meeting and his reasons to endorse him.

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Clinton Campaign Threatens to Sue Texas Democratic Party

2008-03-06T09:21:00.001-08:00

This is an outrage! "The Clinton campaign is threatening to sue the Texas Dem Party. "The Texas Democratic Party is warning that its March caucuses could be delayed or disrupted after aides to White House hopeful Hillary Clinton raised the specter of an imminent lawsuit over its complicated delegate selection process, officials said Thursday night"

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Pelosi calls for grand jury to investigate key Bush staffers

2008-03-06T09:20:00.001-08:00

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked the Justice Department on Thursday to open a grand jury investigation into whether President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.

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What's REALLY behind Hillary's "surge" of wins in TX OH RI?

2008-03-06T09:16:00.001-08:00

Its republicans - DUH!John McCain already won the republican nomination for president, so what is a republican voter to do to help his party win the presidency?Register as a democrat and vote for the WEAKEST democratic nominee, somebody John McCain could beat.That would be YOU, Hillary...(don't know about you but this sounds like a bit of a stretch)

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Clinton Needs 60% in Every Remaining State

2008-03-06T09:15:00.001-08:00

According to estimates cited in the Washington Post today, Clinton still needs 60% in every remaining primary state -- difficult math, even for a Clinton.Christ-spitting-fire this is getting ridiculous, you know?

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Indeed

2008-03-06T05:59:00.000-08:00

No matter how it goes, this is something I hope does not happen:
"I don’t think anybody I have talked to, whether they are a Hillary supporter, agnostic or an Obama supporter, wants to see this go to the convention, given the opportunity we have to capture the White House."
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN B. LARSON, of Connecticut, a Barack Obama backer.

Hillary Clinton Officially Wins Ohio and Texas

2008-03-05T11:18:00.001-08:00

RESPONSE:

Obama still leads overall, but Hillary has won Ohio and TexasFUCK! So it's come to this!Time to crank up the the Doom Mech I had going....

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Washington Politicians Are Gutting America Like A Fish

2008-03-05T10:34:00.001-08:00

The American Presidency and our Democratic system of governance is sham, thanks to President Bush and supporters. He isn't solely responsible, however. In addition to the neo-conservative movement, we've seen the rise of cowardice in Congress. Democrats and moderate Conservatives have failed to stand up for justice and the Constitution.File under "No shit Sherlock"At least it has me good points

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Gary Gygax, creator of D&D has passed.away at age 69

2008-03-04T13:00:00.001-08:00

(From WikiPedia) According to Steve from Troll Lord Games, Gary Gygax has passed on to the Great Gaming Table on March 4th 2008. This has not yet been verified independently, but is from a reliable source: http://www.freeyabb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=4373&mforum=trolllordgamesOh man, this is heartbreaking

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Obama Now Leads in Texas AND Ohio According to Latest Polls

2008-03-04T11:29:00.001-08:00

Obama has come back from large deficits in both states and now leads Hillary Clinton in the latest polls. According to the Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released Monday, Obama now leads 47-44 in Texas and 47-45 in Ohio.Meanwhile somewhere in Hialeah:"Bwahahahahahahaha!"

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Clinton PAYING black people to hold her signs in Texas

2008-03-03T13:46:00.001-08:00

The Clinton campaign paid a group of people, all African-American, to hold her campaign signs on a Dallas street corner.WAIT! They're black people in Texas?

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Scientology taking hits online - Los Angeles Times

2008-03-03T13:45:00.001-08:00

A growing number of critics and disgruntled ex-members are using the Web to attack the church's tightly controlled image.Good stuff! Fuck 'em in the ear, that what I say!

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For Obama, a Taste of What a Long Battle Holds

2008-02-29T08:45:00.001-08:00

WASHINGTON — When Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton goes after Senator Barack Obama these days, she presses him on the details of his health care plan, criticizes the wording of his campaign mailings and likens his promise of change to celestial choirs.

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