regular gasoline at $3.71 a gallon, mission accomplished!

I foundToday an audacious member of a McCainiac townhall audience Iowa finally asked McCain "the question." It was a query he has been able to avoid so far, simply by besmirching my character and hiding behind his bevy of underpaid hacks. Did he or did he not refer to his wife with an expletive in 1992 in front of the press and male aides of his, as I reported in my book The Real McCain? Well, today McCain's media holiday on this subject came to end, with an everyday person taking democracy into their own hands and asking him to answer for his behavior. Not that he would lower himself to being held accountable -- it was at best a non-denial:

Audience member: This question goes to mental health and mental health care. Previously, I've been married to a woman that was verbally abusive to me. Is it true that you called your wife a (expletive)?

McCain: Now, now. You don't want to... Um, you know that's the great thing about town hall meetings, sir, but we really don't, there's people here who don't respect that kind of language. So I'll move on to the next questioner in the back.

My book broke three major stories, all of which lead to many questions about the character of John Sidney McCain III. In addition to the above dodge and weave, he initially denied a story that he got into a brawl with Congressman Rick Renzi in 2006 on FoxNews, only to have his underlings make a liar out of him when they partially admitted to it later in a Washington Post Story.

Finally, when it comes to another report from my book first reported by the fine folks here at FDL, that McCain tried to get former Common Cause President Chellie Pingree fired from her job because she was, you know, actually in favor of reform, he again denied the story. This even though Pingree and an additional source, Mark Schmitt fully backed up my account. Again, when politically convenient, the "straight-talker" lies.

To Michael Link: Thank you so much for the great job that you do!

Hi Gregg!

regular gasoline at $3.71 a gallon, mission accomplished!

Posted by gregg on May 1, 2008 at 06:57 PM

that's all? I will drive up to your place to fill up then, because I paid $3.79 today!

Posted by marymac_memphis on May 1, 2008 at 07:19 PM

Sorry, I left off the link to FireDogLake for this story! Sometimes my 'link posting' abilities are better than others!

Posted by Trish^ on May 1, 2008 at 06:12 PM

Have you noticed that the line from that article says:

...But as the former Clinton pastor was sentenced...

I'm just speculating here, as I was the last time that e-mail went around so I decided to invent something called the GOOGLE.

Guess what?

THERE IS A VILLAGE OF CLINTON NEW YORK located in THAT County!!

Go figger. Hillary drives hundreds of miles in order to schmooze with a child molester preacher. But who knows? I'm just guessing that the "silly season" is becoming the toxic epoch.

Whooda thunk?

(The absence of the apostrophe and the additional 's' on "Clinton pastor" was a dead give away.)

Posted by PamB on May 1, 2008 at 07:25 PM

I, for one, will be so glad when we have a candidate. That way we can get down to our real business, exposing McSame/McLame for the lying, flip/flopping POS that he really is!

(The absence of the apostrophe and the additional 's' on "Clinton pastor" was a dead give away.)

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on May 1, 2008 at 07:31 PM

Way to go DBDBD!

Posted by marymac_memphis on May 1, 2008 at 07:33 PM

I have a VERY large shaker with a VERY large grain of salt. I don't like ANY of this "gotcha" crapola. From either side's supporters.

I don't like ANY of this "gotcha" crapola. From either side's supporters.

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on May 1, 2008 at 07:42 PM

I am SOOOO with you there!

To anyone: I'm about to go but I was just wondering if anyone knew this:
A few weeks ago, Olbermann and CNN were broadcasting about WalMart sueing a disabled former employee. WalMart dropped the suite amid all of the negative publicity. Does anyone know if the negative publicity affected actual sales? I have to drive by one every day on the way to and from work and it really did seem like there were fewer cars but I haven't seen any numbers on it.

Posted by marymac_memphis on May 1, 2008 at 06:26 PM (on the other thread)

The problem with their whole scheme is that Assturd had ZERO say in who the US Atty would be. That would have been up to Durbin and Obama to nominate someone.

They just wanted to get rid of Fitz because they thought that he would walk away from Scooter. Fitz was too smart for them and had his status raised to that of being equal to the Attorney General but he DOES NOT serve "at the pleasure of the President".

ONLY a vote of 67 Senators could fire him.

He should be the next Atty. General. Non-partisan and clean as a whistle.

Defection of longtime superdelegate jolts Clinton

Former President Bill Clinton was in West Virginia on his wife's behalf. In Clarksburg, he called her a scrapper and contrasted her appeal among working-class voters with the elitists he said support Obama.

Link

With Bill calling the working class and Obama elitists, I call them Royality of Country Club fame who has failed to do her Homework for "We the people." What has the Clinton's have in common with the working class when the Clinton's made $100 million taking in high society speeches. When has Bill talked about the working class, when in his speeches he supports Dubai and Columbian interests. Alao the Clinton's want to associate with the Bush's in partying together as Goodwill Ambassadors overseas.

Obama has no elitist in him, he is a Democrat who will unite the Party where Clinton may divice it in her Kitchen Sink diplomacy.

Posted by marymac_memphis on May 1, 2008 at 07:59 PM

It turns out that the Wally World lawyers started adding codicils to the payout and the guy hasn't received a cent. Now HE is on cancer meds. So the merry-go-round will spin until they both die.

Wally walks, is my guess.

Duh, the neocons don't give a damn about labor.

We trace a brief outline of the history of International Labour Day from the Pagan fertility festival – Beltane – to the Roman festival Floralia, to the fight for an 8-hour working day in the United States of America at the end of the 19th century – where International Labour Day has its roots, to the internationalization of the movement. Curiously, the USA is one of the few countries which does not have a public holiday on May 1st.

Brief History of International Labour Day

On YOUR Dime: Congressmen Lease Luxury Cars

And as CBS 2 HD found out, there's no limit on how much they can spend.

Congressman Charles Rangel was recently seen getting out of his Cadillac DeVille, which he leases for $774 per month. Then there was Congressman Jose Serrano, getting out of his Buick LaCrosse, which he leases for $317 per month. And how about this one: Congressman Gregory Meeks was recently seen waiting for Congressman John Conyers to step out of Meeks' Lexus LS460, which Meeks leases for $998 per month.

All those leases are picked up by taxpayers through a little-known program available only to members of the House of Representatives.

Link

A Congressman leases a car for $1000 a month plus having insurance and gas paid for. That is 13 to 14 thousand over their wages and other fringes. I think this money needs to be used to pay off Bush interest rates. They can pay for their own car leases like "We the people" do. Congress we need a list of all Congressmen and their leases. We need a total amount of this Congressional abuse.

Investigate!! Ask Questions. Demand Answers.

Fellow Democrats:

So apparently after all the manipulative and slanted questions he asked at the last debate, George Stephanopoulis is hosting a townhall meeting for Hillary. What a shock! The Clintons are so dirty and manipulative.

She lied about NAFTA, Gun Control, Bosnia, Iraq, her knowledge of Bill's pardons/clemencies etc.

This doesn't even begin to mention her controversial assotiations. Obama was too nice to go after Hillary. That's respectable.

Rest assured, when she's our nominee, the GOP will air her dirty laundry.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10010.html

I find it ironic that she ran against Obama arguing she was "vetted" and yet, she hasn't been vetted.

One thing is certain, the Clintons never do what's best for anyone but themselves. Bill was that way and Hillary is also that way

Kev, how could anyone familiar with Stephanopoulis have expected anything but bias? Were you aware that he:

Served on the Clinton/Gore campaign as the Deputy Campaign Manager and Director of Communications during the 1992 presidential election.

Served in the Clinton Administration as the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy

From his Bio

It`s great to see such a impactual superdelegate switch over at such a crucial time.I truly do hope the people of Indiana and North Carolina do vote their hearts.For I believe Barack Obama represents the heart of the Democratic Party!As it has been said many times on this blog the Clintons are very good at taking care of the Clintons.The real question remains are the people in the Democratic Party are going to vote for the new direction or are they going to vote the same old dirty politics?We`ll see soon enough.

Posted by tylinCA on May 1, 2008 at 09:46 PM

I was aware he was involved with that campaign. What is shocking is that he was permitted to moderate that debate. Another thing that is shocking is that we Democrats never seem to learn from our mistakes. We just allowed our frontrunner to be destroyed due to an association... not anything he did personally, but something his stupid minister said.

I have to tell you, I am shocked by what has happened. Shocked and disgusted.

I'll tell you what, I was married in the orthodox church. If I ever ran for office, you wouldn't believe the misogynistic views they express toward women during the wedding ceremony. If anything, I'm submissive to my wife and it's not the other way around. Trust me! I would have been extremely bored in my marriage if that were not the case. But if you listened to the Father during my wedding ceremony, you would have been shocked by some of the things that were said. If each of us was blamed for everything our most inappropriate associates said, we'd all be in a hell of a lot of trouble.

It's unbelievable that during this primary Hillary hasn't even been held responsible for the things SHE said, let alone things she's done and her associates have done. Rest assured, the GOP will vet her.

Solidarity--May Day, 2008

Chicago, Si se puede!

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Iraqi workers, too!

Posted by virgo on May 1, 2008 at 09:54 PM

I love Obama, but I fear we've already screwed up everything and I'm not at all happy about it.

i've been calling voters in Indiana tonight and what fun it was!

Kevin, give it your best shot. My goal for the weekend is 300. I'll stop then. Maybe.

My favorite comment was, "When did they annoint Reverend Wright as Obama's running mate?"

The media whores are losing this one. The pink pants suit was a popular topic, as was the "coffee video".

It's very encouraging hearing from the people who are SO DELIGHTED to be involved in the process! You'd think this 50 state strategy really mattered, or something.

Si se puede!

Fellow Democrats:

Clinton's path to the nomination consists of her throwing the Democratic Party under the bus. It consists of dirty and disgusting political tactics conquering everything for which we're supposed to stand.

There is so much at stake for our country.I`ve never seen this great country hit such a critical time.What we decide as voters can decide the pathway our country takes.For me I stopped listening to what these candidates were saying a long time ago.I`ve listened to what my gut says and my heart.I don`t think the United States of America has come close to what it can be.I only see one candidate that sees that possibilty.Barack Obama will be my vote.

Break-ins plague targets of US Attorneys

Larisa Alexandrovna, Muriel Kane and Lindsay Beyerstein
Published: Thursday May 1, 2008

This is a MUST READ

note: Larissa used to blog here in 2004. She is a rising star, one of the BEST investigative journalists in the country! This is a great collection of work on the Siegleman case, too, at the bottom of the page.

keep it lit~

virgo, Kev,

I spoke with an Obama staffer in Indiana tonight, and our folks are out talking to people face to face. We have over 12,000 people making phone calls, which frees up the staff to meet and greet in person.

If you feel passionate about it, help the folks on the ground and make those calls.

These young people DO NOT focus on anything except their work. It's policy. They are filled with hope and we can make it a lot easier for them if we get on the phone this weekend.

A month and some change from now, this will be over. So now, i have one question:

Are you fired up and ready to go?

Kev,I`m not giving up on Barack.He has to understand that he`s against Hillary,McInsane,and the media.The beauty of the whole thing is that everyone is seeing this for what it is.Voters are seeing this as an attempt to bring this all back to the same old politics.These manipulators don`t even see that this could mean the end of this country as much of anything.We have one person running for office and 2 people who want power.

Posted by virgo on May 1, 2008 at 10:05 PM

I agree with you 100% on this. Obama is the best candidate... the question is, will the Democratic Party allow him to be destroyed, will Americans allow him to be destroyed, based on what SOMEONE ELSE said?? I hope to god the answer is an emphatic NO! I hope he will be our next president, though I am very worried.

GOD BLESS YOU BARACK OBAMA!!!

Democrats, we finally have a candidate who is going after big oil!!!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aP_1wrIyt1Nc

CHECK IT OUT!

Now that is a proposal to deal with the tax crisis. Unlike the nonsense Clinton and McCain proposed.

Posted by fade2bluz on May 1, 2008 at 09:57 PM

Those Iraqi worker demands are incredible. Talk about bush and cheney being war criminals.

WE MUST GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW!

Message to chimpenfuhrer:

Quit stealing Iraqi oil.

Quit stealing American taxpayer money.

Quit being war mongers.

Quit being imperialists.

Quit being fascists. You are as bad a Hitler, Musolini and Stalin together.

Go back to your bottle and resign. This applies to cheney too.

We have had with your pseudo-religious bullshit.

Shove it bush.

Kev,I`m not giving up on Barack.He has to understand that he`s against Hillary,McInsane,and the media.The beauty of the whole thing is that everyone is seeing this for what it is.Voters are seeing this as an attempt to bring this all back to the same old politics.These manipulators don`t even see that this could mean the end of this country as much of anything.We have one person running for office and 2 people who want power.

Posted by virgo on May 1, 2008 at 10:18 PM

I wish everyone saw this for what it was...
I don't know what I'll do if he loses...
I believe he will lose. The GOP very carefully and deliberate targeted him. They are holding their fire for Hillary until later. She has insane baggage and they will have a field day with her. For now, they are focusing on getting rid of Obama. The media and Hillary are doing everything possible to help the GOP in this regard.

I have to say, I think he'll have trouble in N.C. and I think he will BADLY lose Indiana. I don't think enough superdelegates will step in to help... they should have acted after Wisconsin.

If they waited as long as they have, I doubt they'll show leadership now. I fear it is already too late.

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In some ways lawmakers' finances look a lot like those of many Americans. They include diverse portfolios of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real estate. They have bank accounts, credit cards and mortgages, just like a lot of people. The difference is: politicians have more money and—unlike the people they represent—they have to make their investments public. By May 15 of each year, Congress members and top officials in the executive branch must file forms covering the preceding calendar year that list their assets and liabilities, their income (excluding their government salaries, oddly), asset transactions, gifts they received and more. They need not list property unless it produces income (so their primary residence is generally not listed), but they must include the source of their spouse's income.

It is difficult to gauge what a lawmaker is worth based on what they file, however, because the disclosure forms do not require exact values. Instead, the lawmaker reports the range of value into which an asset, for example, falls. As the values increase, the ranges get broader. To calculate net worth, shown here, CRP added together the lawmaker's range of assets and then subtracted their range of liabilities. We then calculate the midpoint of the resulting range and use this figure to rank the filers. Using this method provides a ranking that more closely reflects reality than using either the minimum or maximum values. (Read more about our methodology) Valuation of very large assets is limited by the top range being over $50 million. When further research definitively revealed a more accurate figure, it was used in place of the range.
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Jane Harman (D-Calif)
$222,175,772
$409,426,887
$596,678,002

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Darrell Issa (R-Calif)
$158,580,056
$337,440,028
$516,300,001

3
John Kerry (D-Mass)
$221,589,484
$267,789,805
$313,990,127

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Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla)
$-24,520,706
$191,695,634
$407,911,974

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Herb Kohl (D-Wis)
$117,798,026
$171,423,011
$225,047,997

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Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass)
$43,351,040
$102,822,519
$162,293,999

7
Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa)
$55,878,022
$91,713,012
$127,548,003

8
Robin Hayes (R-NC)
$32,122,164
$82,552,081
$132,981,999

9
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif)
$49,392,297
$79,555,657
$109,719,018

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Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ)
$45,501,164
$79,051,090
$112,601,017

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Charles H. Taylor (R-NC)
$56,056,018
$66,698,509
$77,341,001

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Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
$22,766,190
$49,515,595
$76,265,000

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Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
$17,409,136
$46,648,568
$75,888,000

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Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
$18,523,145
$43,867,072
$69,211,000

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Nita M. Lowey (D-NY)
$15,326,725
$39,753,196
$64,179,668

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Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif)
$-9,292,881
$38,539,554
$86,371,990

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John McCain (R-Ariz)
$27,817,187
$36,431,099
$45,045,011

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Tom Petri (R-Wis)
$9,724,038
$35,918,018
$62,111,999

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Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY)
$10,960,095
$34,069,544
$57,178,994

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John Campbell (R-Calif)
$13,504,082
$32,846,041
$52,188,000

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Bob Beauprez (R-Colo)
$9,419,013
$32,392,002
$55,364,991

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Denny Rehberg (R-Mont)
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$31,046,505
$55,744,997

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Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
$10,360,009
$30,691,003
$51,021,998

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Gary Miller (R-Calif)
$2,687,042
$28,244,520
$53,801,998

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Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn)
$11,622,675
$27,800,155
$43,977,636


INCOME TAX 2008 35% FOR WAGES $357,700 & UP 1993 - 2000 it was 39.6%. In 2001 39.1%. Year 2002 38.6% 2003-2008= 35%! Does it Look Fair to You?

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Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is one of the largest private equity investment firms in the USA. The firm is based in New York City, and run by 48-year-old financier Steve Feinberg. Former U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle has been a prominent Cerberus spokesperson and runs one of its international units.

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1 History
2 Notable acquisitions
3 Broken Deal for United Rentals
4 Notes & References
5 External links

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Founded in 1992, Cerberus (named for the legendary three-headed dog in Greek mythology that guarded the gates of Hades) invests primarily in companies which are near bankruptcy in hopes to make the businesses it acquires profitable. Feinberg has stated to his employees that while the Cerberus name seemed like a good idea at the time, he later regretted naming the company after the mythological dog.[1]

The company has been a voracious acquirer of businesses over the past several years and now includes sizable investments in sportswear, paper products, military services, real estate, energy, retail, glassmaking, transportation, and building products. Its holdings amounted to $24 billion in 2006. While many of its peers have bought out companies in order to strip assets and sell on for a profit, Cerberus builds its reputation on identifying firms that are undervalued, and assisting in rejuvenating them by working with current management.[2]

On October 19, 2006, John W. Snow, President George W. Bush's second United States Secretary of the Treasury, was named chairman of Cerberus.

Does the house of Congress pay taxes on the leased cars they get supplied, as taxpayers we have to pay taxes, so why are politicians different?

Posted by fade2bluz on May 1, 2008 at 10:03 PM

I'll have to call more people this weekend too.
You're right that I can't give up on it until it's over. I'll make some calls. FYI, I donated again within the last few days.

They just announced on CBS news that a New York Congressman representing the Bronx and Staten Island wsa arrested for DWI in Washington, DC.

All we hear from limpballs and hannity are snide remarks about Kennedy and a Democratic Congressman several years ago about being drunks.

Guess what. This clown is a neocon. So shut the fuck up hannity and limpballs.

WHY DOES Cerberus want to Buy Blackwater? They already Own Notable acquisitions
Pharmaceuticals - In December 2004, the company announced the acquisition of Bayer's plasma products business and renamed it Talecris Biotherapeutics.
Paper products - The company acquired MeadWestvaco's paper business for $2.3B in 2005 and renamed it NewPage Corporation. Cerberus also purchased, from Georgia Pacific Corporation, its Distribution Division/Building Products and all of its associated real estate. It renamed this new company BlueLinx Holdings, based in Atlanta.
Government Services (Military, Energy, and Food & Drug) - owns IAP Worldwide Services, which bought Johnson Controls' World Services division in February 2005, and Netco Government Services.
Real Estate - Through investment affiliate Blackacre Capital, the company has been making direct equity, mezzanine, first mortgage, distressed and special situation investments in all asset types. It also controls Miami Beach.-based LNR Property, a large real estate development and investment firm through subsidiary Riley Property. Cerberus also controls Kyo-ya, a Japan based group of entities that owns several Starwood managed assets in California, Hawaii and Florida.
Retail - Cerberus purchased 655 of the 2,500 Albertson's, Inc., grocery stores, forming Albertsons LLC of Boise, Idaho, in June of 2006. They also own Mervyn's department stores, which was acquired from Target Corp. In June 2007, Cerberus acquired Torex Retail Plc., a retail solutions provider in troubled waters, for approximately 400 million US dollars.[3]
Transportation - Acquired bankrupt ANC Rental, owner of the National and Alamo car rental chains, for $230 million in October 2003 and purchased DaimlerChrysler's 45% share of debis AerFinance, an aircraft leasing business, in May 2005. Complete acquisition of debis AirFinance (later renamed AerCap) was concluded in July 2005. Also acquired North American Bus Industries, Optima Bus Corporation, and Blue Bird Corp. in the bus manufacturing sector. Cerberus also owns bus companies Coach America and American Coach Lines, which were acquired from Stagecoach Group.
Automotive - Peguform, GDX, and Chrysler.
Financial Services - General Motors sold a 51% stake in its GMAC finance unit to an investor group led by Cerberus Capital Management. GM expects to receive $14 billion over the next three years from the sale of General Motors Acceptance Corp. In December 2006, Cerberus acquired the Austrian bank BAWAG P.S.K. for a reported EUR3.2 billion. In August of 2007, Cerberus announced that it was closing one of their mortgage companies, Aegis Mortgage.
Firearms - Acquired Bushmaster Firearms, Inc., from Windham, Maine native Dick Dyke for an undisclosed sum in April 2006, and purchased Remington Arms in April 2007. Under Cerberus direction, Bushmaster Firearms acquired Cobb Manufacturing, a well-respected manufacturer of large-caliber tactical rifles in August 2007. Cerberus also announced the acquisition of DPMS Panther Arms in December 2007.[4] Remington Arms is in the process of acquiring Marlin Firearms.[5]
Entertainment - Acquired 6 television stations formerly owned and operated by CBS Corporation. The station group is called Four Points Media Group. As of September 1, 2007, the 6 stations are no longer listed on the CBS Television Station website.[6] By the end of September 2007, all of the stations have launched new websites.
Other holdings of the investment group include Formica, Inc., and the Aozora Bank in Japan; U.S. tech firm SSA Global Technologies, and cable operator Galaxy Cable.

Posted by fade2bluz on May 1, 2008 at 10:14 PM

I'm fired up and ready to go. I'm also very worried about the upcoming contests. You're right though that worrying does not help. I'll pick up a phone.

Kev, don't give up hope.. I could post some really uplifting and positive material but since this is the DNC and not a candidate blog, just believe me...good things are happening. And keep making those calls, they help remind people how important this race is.

Obama '08

What's up Dems?
Max, Do you think you could preview your posts so they don't take up so much space?
That Joe from DC, once IN, looks like Rove's little brother. And that's no compliment.

BYD - I've been hoping to see you. We keep missing each other! Are you still here?

I post this earlier today and felt like it needed to be reposted. Also, I've tried to remain neutral - supporting both of our Democratic Candidates equally but, just for the record, if I had to cast a vote right now - it would be for Sen. Obama. I posted that earlier today, as well.
I apologize for the length of this post, but I had a lot to say.

There is a huge risk when putting an individual, any individual on a pedestal. No human is perfect and when one of these imperfect humans is placed upon the 'perfect person' pedestal, it will inevitably be a long, painful fall from grace. It will be painful for both the person falling from the pedestal and even more painful for the person who placed the individual upon the pedestal.

At the risk of offending a lot of people here, Sen. Obama is a fine and good man. He is an excellent choice for President but he does not walk on water. He is not the second coming. By the same token, Sen. Clinton is not a minion of the devil nor is she evil incarnate. She is a fine and good woman who has done a lot of great things for this country and the Democratic Party. She, too, is an excellent choice for President.

It is imperative that we see our candidates as the good, decent and fine people that they both are, but it is also imperative that we recognize that no one individual is perfect. Each of our candidates has their respective strengths and weaknesses and to make an honest, fair choice, we need to accept this. Moreover, if you are unwilling to even acknowledge, not to mention respect, the strengths of your opponent, you are doomed to loose.

If you value the strengths of Sen. Obama over the strengths of Sen. Clinton, that is fine - I support your choice. But, it is foolish to cast Sen. Obama in the role of all-knowing, all-seeing, omnipotent, God-like entity. It is even more foolish to, in an effort to make Sen. Obama seem even more deity-like, cast his opponent - Sen. Clinton - as some incarnation of the devil.

In a perfect world there would be no negative campaigns, there would be no attacks on a person's minister, no one would need to sling mud to get an advantage and there would be no authoritarian, neo-conservative, Republicans- (who really are the minions of the Devil!) but this is a far from perfect world and no amount of wishing on our part is going to change that. While we sit around daydreaming of perfection and demonizing the opposing democratic candidate, the Neo-conservatives take advantage with classic misdirection, they draw in independents with social issues that actually mean little in the big picture, while focusing moderates with lies and innuendo that question the patriotism and even the very citizenship of our candidates.

We can not afford to keep sitting around wishing for and dreaming of perfection. What we can do is to change is the direction that this country is headed in. What we can do is begin to repair some of the destruction done to the world by the current administration. What we can do is take back the 99% of influence currently enjoyed by wealthiest 1% and give it to the middle class, where it belongs! But we can do none of this without each other. If we do not band together and stand shoulder to shoulder against the republicans, we have no hope.

While it may be less than perfect, the fact is, that we have two (2) choices come November. We can stubbornly refuse to vote for anyone other than our own candidate, which ends up being a vote for the Republicans or we can recognize the benefits of unity and vote for whomever the party nominates. I personally do not believe that I, nor the bulk of the world - not just my country, - can stand four more years of what we are currently suffering.

HILLARY+O'REILLY=BILL+MONICA

I am told that Hillary used to be a Goldwater Republican in her youth. Seeing how she behaves lately I can believe that she was a Young Americans for Freedom (YAFer) type. The motto of YAF-- I was one of its state chairmen so I know what they are like-- is to cannibalize the FELLOW YAFER ahead of you by playing "outside the box" (ie. outside the rules) in order to eat him up and take his place. Similarly, the Clintons know that Obama has this primary campaign for the presidency won, that he's on top of her. The Clintons know that the Congressional super-delegates decided to vote AS A BLOC for Obama. So what are they trying to do?

If one looks at whom they are appealing to under the guise of trying to win primaries, it is the rednecks of a weakening America who always thought that everything is the fault of the Commies and the niggers-- the middle aged boomers who remember welfare and all those things that supposedly "liberals gave to niggers" at their expense, causing them to turn to Reagan...The same middle aged boomers who also think that what Bill Clinton did was to stop the niggers from getting everything through welfare when, in fact, Bill just capitulated to Newt Gingrich, the Speaker of the Republican controlled House of Representatives. Unbeknown to most of us, Bill has been campaigning in redneck states among his fellow 60-somethings...states that have no role to play in the primaries anymore. Bill is campaigning for them NOT to vote for Obama in November and to wait for Hillary to run again in 2012, when President McCain will be too worn out to re-run for President. Better McCain in 2008 than Obama, they figure, at this low ebb point for Hillary in the primaries campaign. And what's the best way from stopping "Reagan Democrats" from voting for Obama? WHY TO REMIND THEM IN EVERY WAY POSSIBLE THAT OBAMA IS A ***NIGGER*** LIKE ALL THE NIGGERS WHO USED TO LIVE IT UP ON WELFARE BEFORE BILL (actually he gave-in to Newt) STOPPED IT!

Yet, American youth voters have risen above all this. My experience in science academia has made me realize that today's youth-- notwithstanding the fact that my generation's pensions are eating theirs-- believe in American revival as a moral and fair nation to all. They are convinced that in a well-controlled rising tide ALL BOATS RISE. These are not the young "entrepreneurs" (French for the guys IN BETWEEN who TAKE from both ends and RUN) hustler-type YAFers, now called Young Republicans, now in prison who thought Bush would make them all millionaire by tilting the windmill their way.

No, no, no! The youth I speak of has PRINCIPLES and an open heart for ALL their fellow Americans. To these youths there are no whites, no niggers...only Americans that, when UNITED AS OBAMA WOULD UNITE THEM, can all bring America back on top PRODUCTIVELY as INNOVATORS instead of ENTREPRENEURS. To young blacks, Obama is a "white boy" who is BLACK ENOUGH to reliably NOT FORGET their plight at the hands of the educational system.

YOUNG AMERICANS OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORT OBAMA BECAUSE HE SPEAKS MOST CONVINCINGLY ABOUT FIXING OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT IS AS MESSED UP AS WAS OUR WELFARE SYSTEM WHEN WE NOW 60-SOMETHING WERE YOUNG. But young whites and blacks would rather have EVERYONE educated so they can contribute to America's renascence than have America so corrupted so only the chosen few get something for nothing as entrepreneurs.

ALSO, most young Americans saw through the phony Rovian polarization "wedge politics" by which Democrats=alQaeda.

Rove-- Bush's brain because Bush has no brain of his own (he burned it out with coke and booze long ago)-- realized that middle aged Americans became stampeding cattle on 9/11. So they perpetuated a constant state of fear by actually praising alQaeda as omnipotent. They never admitted that if ALL the airlines had not violated the law by keeping the pilot's cabin door locked 9/11 would never have happened; so it was OUR stupidity, not their brilliance, that made 9/11 happen. And so, Rove redirected their fear of aging into fear of dying at the hands of alQaeda. Soon afterward Rove further redirected that fear into avarice for Iraqi oil in order to fill-er-up their big SUVs, those big four-wheels-drive totems that keep away old age. They all like Bush because they said to themselves: wow, finally, a president who thinks simple like us!

They didn't care about all the moms and dads who patriotically became fallen heroes in Iraq. After all, they were inured from caring by the "ain't my kid going to Iraq" disconnect syndrome. But when the big heist the "entrepreneurs" pulled on them with the mortgage scam hit them, they again panicked. No pundit thinks that Iraq will ever be the top campaign issue. After all, it's the economy that affects these boomers, not Iraq. But they may be fools, yet they are not idiots. They realize that two billion dollars a month in Iraq is coming out of their kitty too. So, with filling-er-up their SUVs doubling in price since the Iraq war started, instead of halving, they want out of there; but they, like Bush, don't want to bee show-up as unable to get it up anymore, can't win in Iraq. So they let Bush stay in Iraq because they're just too scared to do anything else-- and after all, it doesn't cost them anything, directly!

As the old farts frozen in fear for themselves, suddenly sink into depressive awareness that neither God nor Bush is stopping their aging and inability to raise the "flag" anymore, they went into immobilisme. But the young, on the other hand, saw a new message in Obama. They saw in him-- not Rovian divisiveness-- but an appeal to first come together as one America and then struggle in a COMMON effort to CHANGE the way Wash DC works. I have not seen this much moral enthusiasm since Martin Luther King mobilized America's youth of my generation for equal rights.

What can someone like Hillary do-- who, as she does now, is on video all through her career bobbing her head up and down in agreement with the CEO of Wal-Mart when he called for screwing the workers and when standing next to McCain in Baghdad in 2006 when he was insisting that we are WINNING (a few months later Bush admitted that we were losing and called for the surge)? Compared to Obama she had no other card to play than the bitter post-menopausal women who fought for women's rights in the 1970s and in the end got little in return. So she turned to Bill, the good-old boy Southern flim-flam man who knew how to play his fellow good-old boy rednecks. Whatever chance she had to win the primaries, Bill destroyed by playing the race card.

WHAT ABOUT REVEREND JEREMIAH WRIGHT?

Reverend Wright is not the problem, he is a cover for Obama's real RACE problem. Wright, after all, is a black American who served his country as a Marine and when he came back to civilian life, he saw that, while McCain came home after being a POW soon got rich in various shady deals of his own, most American blacks who came back from the war continued to live like POWs for the rest of their lives. No one saluted their service, suffering and sacrifice the way people saluted McCain's. Sooooo Wright got angry and he spoke his anger from the pulpit. It wasn't hate, it was moral indignation. I may not agree with it, but I will defend especially Wright's right to speak up, given that he did what most of us would never do: join the Marines!

Yet the Clintons play Wright's personal anger to the hilt-- amazing McCain, who was planning to only use it much later in the campaign-- because they know that this is the best way to get the "Reagan Democrats" to stay home in hateful racist rage on election day in November.

WHAT BILL AND HILLARY KNOW IS THAT REAGAN DEMOCRATS WILL NOT HELP HER BEAT OBAMA IN THE PRIMARIES, BUT IF THEY, THE CLINTONS, KEEP PLAYING THE WRIGHT CARD, IT WILL BECOME A COVER-UP ALLEGORY FOR "WE DON'T WANT A NIGGER IN THE WHITE HOUSE" *REAL* ISSUE FOR A LOT OF REAGAN DEMOCRATS. AND SO, FOR ALL WE KNOW, THEY COULD HAVE RIGGED ALL THE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS FOR WRIGHT AFTER THE PENNSYLVANIA PRIMARIES IN ORDER TO AT LEAST INSURE OBAMA'S DEFEAT IN NOVEMBER, IF NOT HER WINNING THE SUPER DELEGATES BEFORE THEN.

So there's Hillary on that scuzzy "O'Reilly Factor" on FOX TV...Why on the show of a guy who called her every filthy name in the book? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE I-CAN'T-GET-IT-UP TYPE REAGAN DEMOCRATS WATCH. HILLARY IS TELLING THEM WITH HER EVERY SPEECH: IT'S OK THAT YOU DON'T WANT A NIGGER IN THE WHITE HOUSE, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPOSE YOUR SECRET THAT WAS BOTHERING YOU ALL ALONG: A NIGGER IN THE *WHITE* HOUSE. REVEREND WRIGHT IS NOW AN ALLEGORICAL COVER-UP FOR YOU REAGAN DEMOCRATS STAYING HOME IN NOVEMBER AND THEN COMING BACK TO BEAT THE DRUM FOR ME IN 2012.

So, in effect, Hillary's presence on the O'Reilly Factor was-- not illegal-- but utterly filthy...just like Bill Clinton getting a blow job in the People's House and then saying that he's going back to do the "people's business."

But, Hillary, what goes around comes around. Four years from now-- should you succeed-- no one would touch you with a ten foot pole because the stink will NEVER leave you if you wallow in the muck with Bill in this horrible way. ABOVE ALL ELSE, DIGNITY WILL BE YOUR SHIELD and if you sacrifice that for political motives, you are nothing more than BUSHIT!

Hillary, don't think with your gut...you saw where that got Bush. Think of America instead of yourself and then you can at the very least be sure that you will neither go down in the history books as will Bill or as will GW Bush....DON'T PLAY THE ****NO NIGGER IN THE *WHITE* HOUSE****CARD a la Bill or a la Rove.

In the end, even if by a sliver, America will save its moral dignity and Obama will be elected President. McCain lacks the moral character, as can be seen from his Bush-like political career, to beat Obama. But you don't want to be remembered as the WOMAN who shouted "NIGGER, NIGGER" at your opponent, disguised as "WRIGHT-LOVER, WRIGHT-LOVER," just NOT so that you can win the nomination but so that Obama NOT win in November. Break with the filth from the past. You don't want to be remembered as the tail end of a long turd: Bush-->Clinton-->Bush-->Clinton...So don't think with your gut, think with your heart, as a real woman of dignity and an patriotic American. We can no longer afford to play low-ball like the Roman Emperors. We need to keep it clean, moral and above board. Support Obama as that WHITE BOY WHO IS BLACK ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT BLACKS NEED TO FINALLY GET THEIR DUE. As a Democrat you owe your country preventing a Bush-like McCain presidency in service to the reckless entrepreneur cannibals....Stop your hidden message: NO NIGGER IN THE *WHITE* HOUSE, disguised as shock, shock, shock at Jeremiah Wright's words...Wright, after all, was a Marine serving America while Bill was demonstrating against the US as a draft-dodger in Moscow Square.

I was for you Hillary, but I had to turn against you when you became Bill-like and just about did politically with O'Reilly what Bill did with Lewinsky...Yuk!

It is interesting to see the hate and bias that still exist in this country in some of the blogs posted here.

You demonstrate not only to blog participants your neandethal intelligenge, but you also show your self ignorance.

We are in th 21st Century, and your attitudes belong in the 19th. As you and those like you die off, what legacy will you leave to your children, and to the world.

This country faces one of the greatest moments in it history, and all you can do is spew bias. A woman or an African American could be our next president. This scenario shows the world that despite you and those like you with your biases, we have grown. We ARE the Greatest Country in the world. You are allowed to have and speak your opinion no matter how lopsided or biased it may be, freely. My suggestion to you GROW UP

Posted by FrostyMilkweed on May 2, 2008 at 05:09 AM

Np one here cares what you think, nor does anyone here bother to read what you post. So, you post and then it all gets deleted. Some impact you're having. None!

good morning. raining here in the hudson valley. spring is in full bloom.

McSquirrel is running around from tree to tree, from place to place, chattering wildly, but he still can't find where he left(lost) his nuts!

Good morning, john & gregg. I got most of the flowers planted yesterday. The nursery I order from guarantees that they will be shipped just in time for planting (which around here is Mothers' Day) and PRESTO! They showed up yesterday!

The herb garden goes in this weekend. The T-Storms later today will be good for them.

McCain lurches and gawks worse than a "downer cow" and this is what the Republicans are putting up to be president and lead this country?

NO WAY!

Posted by Doo-Bee-Doo-Bee-Doo on May 2, 2008 at 06:44 AM

Nice to hear from a sane person doing normal things!

Good Morning!

My head is still hurting from the pounding it got yesterday and there is a huge dent on my desk top.

For you see, I am still in shock with a co-worker.
A few years back, his wife and I got into an email war about his son volunteering for the Army. I tried to explain that many young people go into the service because they have nothing else to do. With no good paying jobs and the cost of college out of sight, they join up. Oh, my co-worker was so proud to have his son sign up. He was fighting the terrorists you see who attacked us on 911. His wife and I had no further contact after that exchange. Life went on and so did the war. So it was with great surprise that I received a call from her the other day, asking me how to vote early. And then she said something - she told me she was voting Democrat. Here is a life time Republican finally getting it.

But the flip side of this story was what made my head hurt. I asked her husband, my co-worker if he was going to vote early. He replied no. He doesn't vote. He said his vote wouldn't make a difference anyway and it was a waste of time.

His son is now in Iraq.

How sad that with all his talk of being so proud, of his son fighting those who attacked us on 911, on what a great job Bush has done for this country.... he doesn't vote.

I am sick at heart that this man doesn't even vote to support his son who is fighting over there and according to him, fighting to keep us free.

He simply doesn't get it, does he.

gregg, what the heck is that siding you put up called? Something like "novelty siding" or something. (Jeeze, the grammar police / nuns will kill me for those 2 sentences.)

i haven't taken the fig tree up from the root cellar yet, we could still get a frost and any frost at all pretty much wipes them out. last year the tree made little figs which didn't come to term ( does this make me a fig abortionist? ) and so i called the pbs plant show and they told me what fertilizer to use and that being as far north as i am it's really a crap shoot from year to year as to whether or not it will be hot enough for the figs to ripen.

as a kid i remember all the italians in my grandparents neighborhood in queens having these giant stumps wrapped in tar paper and old rugs and topped off with a waste paper basket in the winter and in the spring they would uncover them and in no time shoots would emerge and by late summer these big fat juicy purple/green figs would be all over. my mom would slice them open and put a piece of vanilla halvah in them and boy were they good. these days i see them in all kinds of desert dishes in restaurants...so we shall see...

Posted by Kathy_from_Indiana on May 2, 2008 at 06:53 AM

That may be a good thing in the end because he would probably vote for McMoreofthesame. So, that's 1 fewer vote for the blast from the past.

McCain does not know the difference between a Sunni, a Shiite, a Whabbi, a Whirling Dervish and a cow. Like his "Daddy", McBush, he thinks "they are all Arabs", including the cows!

If elected, he has promised to attack Texas and Montana to wipe out all those "Arabs" (cows)!

Can anyone visualize doddering old John staggering around the platform, trying to find the podium to debate Obama? He would quickly appear to be what he really is in any debate with Obama, a mentally defective, unarmed midget!

My apologies to the "little people" but I just had to say it!

Good morning all. In case you missed this from yesterday:

War and Workers’ Rights Highlight May Day Celebrations

by James Parks, May 1, 2008
Photo credit: machoroboraza

Workers around the globe today are celebrating International Labor Day, better known as May Day, to make it clear they want to live in a world where people live in peace and prosperity.

On the U.S. West Coast, thousands of dockworkers are participating in a voluntary action by members of the Longshore Division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The workers are refusing to work on the docks for eight hours today to demand that the United States immediately end the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and withdraw U.S. troops from the Middle East.

Union President Robert McElrath said in a press release:

We are supporting the troops and telling politicians in Washington that it’s time to end the war in Iraq.

The dockworkers’ action has drawn support from workers throughout the country, including the Washington State Labor Council and the Martin Luther King Jr. County Labor Council in Seattle. Workers in Seattle will march along the waterfront to demand an end not only to the war in Iraq but also to the war on workers, both here and abroad.

The Vermont AFL-CIO also endorsed the action, saying the war in Iraq is “immoral, unwanted and unnecessary.” The Vermont resolution adds that the war will only be brought to an end by “the direct actions of working people.”

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/05/01/war-workers%e2%80%99-rights-highlight-may-day-celebrations/
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Thank you dockworkers, AFL-CIO and workers throughout the world who oppose the oppression of free enterprise globalization.

dpd, the siding i used is called novelty siding. it comes in 8" ( which is 7.5) and six inch ( which is 5.5) and is really easy to put up. it is pine, usually the fast grown stuff so it is good to get a nice stain or paint on it before the weather hits it. are you thinking of doing some siding?

Posted by goodfoe on May 2, 2008 at 07:01 AM
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Hi goodfoe,

McFool shouldn't be running. His chance was in 2000. Now instead of being 8 years smarter, he actually went backwards from somewhat moderate to the neoconservative economic libertarian right winger.

McCain ... same as Bush!

Morning all good Dems,

It's 38 here and clear. The humidity is 7% and we are in drought mode. The Iris are in full bloom but we haven't had rain in weeks.

Some German scientist says we are going into a global cooling period for the next ten years then global warming will be back with a vengeance trying to make up for lost time.

I think we need to hold all primaries the same day nationwide about the middle of September. Conventions should be the same days at the very end of September. They should overlap. This gives the republicans one month to rig the election. Voting should be by paper absentee paper ballot. Anyone caught cheating should be hanged.

Not me, I'm done with the remodeling thing. A friend is adding a sun room to her house now that the kids are gone and wants something that doesn't look like everything else in her neighborhood. Her kids are saying "thanks a LOT, mom. Why couldn't you have done this when we were living here?"

She explained that THEY are/were expensive little lawn mowers and now that they have families of their own they will soon find out. BUT, they are welcome to visit. (When the grass needs mowing.)

rj,

mclame was swiftboated by chimpenfuhrer in 2000. So why is he so lovey dovey? mcwhore is a total loser.

Posted by rjsnj on May 2, 2008 at 07:18 AM

Good morning RJ, I know that some of my posts this morning may seem "far out" to anyone who has not watched McCain closely. You are absolutely correct. McCain is not the same person he was in 2000. He, today, is a groveling old man who will do or say anything to get elected. Did you see the video of him hugging Bush with his head leaning on Bush's chest? Gross!

dpd if you have my e-mail address send me a note and i can send you back a photo of the how the siding looks on my addition.

i am also using this plastic stuff made by azec for the corners and window trim so i won't have to ever paint it. it's expensive but so is falling off ladders.

Posted by Johne on May 2, 2008 at 07:27 AM
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Hi JE,

McLame was Roved in 2000 by the chimpenfuhrer. He's a butt kisser. The man has no standards at all.

Good morning Gregg and Johne

So far, John Conyers has no takers.

The powerful and persistent Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has invited a number of the leading figures in the Bush torture scandals -- John Ashcroft, George Tenet, John Yoo, Douglas Feith and others -- to appear at a crucial hearing on May 6th.

As of yet, not a single one of them has agreed to show up. In fact, John Yoo and John Ashcroft -- central figures in the Bush strategy for defending torture -- have already refused.

The recent revelations about the Bush administration confirm our worst fears about subversion of the Constitution and betrayals of the rule of law by top government officials -- that they met regularly and approved the CIA’s use of “combined” “enhanced” interrogation techniques.

We must get to the bottom of these allegations, and now we need your help. We’re flooding Chairman Conyers and the whole House Judiciary Committee with “Citizens’ Subpoenas.”

Let Chairman Conyers and the Judiciary Committee know you want them to go all the way by issuing real subpoenas, legally compelling Bush’s torture team to show up.

Stop the Stonewalling: Send your own “Citizens’ Subpoena” now.

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=1dRD3HVuHOPC39tH2bofnw..

Will do, gregg

Now that the chimpenfuhrer and his gang have taken away life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, what's left?

What is wrong with those morons that still think chimpenfuhrer is doing a good job? They must be on drugs.

Now that the chimpenfuhrer and his gang have taken away life liberty and the pursuit of happiness, what's left?
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JE, to do the only thing we can:

FIGHT BACK!

People have done it throughout history. Remember we outnumber them by a large margin.

Every candidate for president should be required to take a full physical including a brain scan, bone scan and cat scan. The results should be made public. Those who are found to have brain tumors should not be allowed to participate in the election process. Since I suspect that John McCain has a serious mental condition, this would have been very useful in determining his qualifications. If McCain does in fact have a brain tumor, that would explain a lot of his actions, calling his wife a dumb bitch, fist fights in the Senate cloak room and etc. Tumor or not, McCain is clearly mentally unfit to assume the responsibilities of the most powerful and in the hands of a mentally ill person, the most dangerous office in the world.

This why we must fight back:

Now Begins Month 61 Since 'Mission Accomplished' Hotlist
by Meteor Blades
Thu May 01, 2008 at 10:06:59 PM PDT

Fifty-two American military personnel deployed to the Iraq occupation went to premature graves in April. Male, female, black, white, Latino. The oldest was Colonel Stephen K. Scott, 54. The youngest was Lance Cpl. Jordan C. Haerter, 19.

Those 52 came from Ardmore, Oklahoma. From St. Paul, Minnesota. From Mesquite and Hull and Fresno and Buchanan Dam and College Station and El Paso and Magnolia and San Antonio and Hempstead and Cedar Park, Texas. From San Juan, Puerto Rico. From Littleton and Colorado Springs, Colorado. From Springfield and Perryville, Missouri. From Dover, Delaware. From Bakersfield and Culver City and Fort Irwin and Hanford and Lake Tahoe and San Diego, California. From Oakmont, Pennsylvania. From Boise, Idaho. From Zephyrhills and Clearwater and Jacksonville and Miami Lakes and Coral Springs, Florida. From Sauk Village, Illinois. From New Market, Alabama. From Cudahy and Waukesha and Racine, Wisconsin. From Lafayette, Louisiana. From Mount Airy and Apex and Teachey, North Carolina. From Commerce, Georgia. From Gaylord, Michigan. From Morris Plains, New Jersey. From Sag Harbor, New York. From Burkeville and Dublin and Norfolk, Virginia. For each of these departed, a candle.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/2/1659/17405/1014/507488http://

If I hear those military lifers say al qaida did it or Iran did it one more time, I am going to scream.

US military blames al-Qaida in Iraq for suicide attack

The chimp attacked Somalia yesterday killing an "al qaida" leader. Yeah right. Why are we involved. This should be a job for the UN.

Every candidate for president should be required to take a full physical including a brain scan
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In Chimpy's case, they would found none unless they looked in his posterior region ... then they would have found a small amount of it (very small).

That's why they call him mini-brain.

Bush Asks Congress To OK $770M In Food Aid

Link

Here again Bush acts like a compassionate man but rewind time to Katrina Tear, Cheney secret oil meetings, and of course Mission Accomplished of his Intelligence of "Lies" of Executive Privilege autocracy. This program of being humanitarian to the world and again he refuses to see the starving and infrastructure plight of "We the people" needs.

So in creating International starvation in Ethonol programs for fuels, he is driving up the cost for surviving the Bush reign of the Bohemian Brothers dynasty, he lacks the foresight to not plant crops for the poor. Just like so many Royals they forget to do they Homework until Mission Accomplished Bush Blunders become disasters.

So in a country now borrowing from Red China for Israeli, Columbian, and foreign country needs this Conglomerate president wants to feed the poor he helped create to bankrupt US further into recession.

Off to work.

Posted by rjsnj on May 2, 2008 at 07:49 AM

Thinking about the pain those fallen warriors families are going through choked me up. I live with the pain of the loss oh my older brother who was killed in a just war. If my brother had been killed in a war brought on by the lies and deception of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice and their stooges, it would be unbearable. I don't know how these families can endure it.

Posted by goodfoe on May 2, 2008 at 08:05 AM
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goodfoe, that is why the peace movement continues the struggle despite an apathetic public and right wing leaning media. We are fighting for the troops, their families and the Iraqi people to free them from an unjust war/occupation.

Posted by rjsnj on May 2, 2008 at 08:14 AM

Yes, and from the dock workers to the common man in the street, there are a whole lot more of us than there are of them. I hope that we prevail and the pigs go to the World Court for crimes against humanity.

Posted by goodfoe on May 2, 2008 at 08:19 AM
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goodfoe,

Absolutely. There should be justice for what the Bushites have done. They took a nation that was shocked by 9/11 and used it as a gimmick for their nefarious goals.

Have a good day all.

Morning Dems,

JohnBoy & rj,

I find it amusing, that these big mouth anti-abortionist who call themselves PRO-life, think nothing of the 4050+ dead US boys who they understand now are dying for lies! Life seems to be sacred while a mass of cells in a mother's womb, but once the child is born , then it is ok for someone else's child to go and die so that they can gas up their SUV with blood oil.

Posted by PamB on May 2, 2008 at 08:25 AM

Good morning Pammy! As you can tell, today is not a good day for me. Too many funerals here in the greater Houston area. Every time I see another life wasted on the lies, I just become furious!

On top of all the lives lost, Bush's policies have resulted in incurable economic loss to the American people.

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