Mike's Blog Roundup
By Mike Finnigan Saturday Sep 13, 2008 10:00amPam's House Blend: The 'values' at the Values Voters Summit - Obama as a Muslim Aunt Jemima
Firedoglake: McCain/Palin Lies Of The Day Watch...Update
We are respectable negroes: These bloggers have written an ingenious series of posts based on an alternate reality in which 'O'Bama' is a white, Reagan Republican, while Democrat McCain is a womanizing, foul mouthed traitor of low moral character. Sarah Palin is a black welfare queen. Scroll down and read 'em all.
unbossed: "Stop blogging! Stop blogging right now!"
The Opinion Mill's Weekend Bookchat: Robert Stone sees greatness in a book about the war on terror, William Gibson sees an embarrassment of riches and the Great Orange Satan sees ways for activists to use the Internets. And dare you take the Junot Diaz geek test?
WTF is going on?: If elected, Obama's first act as president should be to end the Pentagon's ban on pictures of the coffins of fallen soldiers.
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Since there is no "Holy-Crap" this week I thought I'd add my own.
Here's some food for thought.::
Blind faith is an ironic gift to return to the Creator of human intelligence. Unknown
We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes. Gene Roddenberry
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. George Bernard Shaw
You are basically killing each other to see who has got the better imaginary friend. Richard Jeni
I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence. Doug McLeod
It's pretty hopeless.
L.A. Confidential @ 2:
Want some Prozac ??
"WTF is going on?: If elected, Obama’s first act as president should be to end the Pentagon’s ban on pictures of the coffins of fallen soldiers."
I think we should have a contest: "If 'elected,' what should be Obama's first act?
Me? I think the first thing a President Obama should do is summarily fire every single employee hired during the Bushevik regime.
I am pretty sure the Civil Service laws--the laws that were violated, wholesale, by all the "Goodlings" of the Regime, in every bureau, office, and department of the Govt. to stock the Govt with Bushevik loyalists--would prohibit it.
But, imho, ceteris paribus, that'd be the first thing I'd do.
GOOD NEWS
Our 527 video started with 7,000 hits, it is now almost at a 1/4 Million
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQobIUE1zTU
The repugs are panicking at the YouTube site trying to change the subject to partial birth and running scared as this video goes viral
Send it to everyone you know and let's get it aired in MI VA & FL
If you haven’t seen it, hit it just to make it to 1M by Monday.
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30 buys a 1/2 minute ad.
L.A., cheer up.
The worse things get, the greater the odds the American people will say Enough! and take steps to take back their government.
Just hope I get to see the Revolution before I check out. (Seeing it afterwards would be great, too, though.)
woody, tokin librul @ 4:
Obama should (flip flop) and repeal the Patriot Act
repeal FISA too.
Sarah Palin smiling as she lies her ass off is all the proof we need that she is a spawn of Satan. And to think all this time we thought Georgie was the anti-christ! Nope. Apparently the anti-christ is a Pig with lipstick on. Scary.
Woody at 4
My recommendation: Set up a Truth Commission.
♠♠...Bangkok Bob...♠♠ @ 3:
This'll cheer you up:
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=13206
VietVet8666 @ 9:
I agree. And that would also include the truth about what happened on September 11th, 2001.
I guess what is boils down to is this. Will the effects of Bush's awful policies hit the voters hard enough to make them realize what has happened before November?
Here's Barack Obama's view on signing statements and how George Bush has made a mockery out of what our Founding Fathers did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAR1S1Mjkc
I either heard Barack say it or it was reported on the news somewhere that Barack's Administration will go over each and every one of George Bush's signing statements to see if laws were broken and will act accordingly. This is where Joe Biden will succeed at the VP because of his time on the Senate Judiciary Committee. While Barack is leading our nation, ole Joe will be going after the corrupt & criminal Bush Regime and I hope he goes after them full-force to the point George & Dicky are afraid to leave their homes wherever they may be for fear of being arrested! Yes, FISA was passed, but criminal charges have not been taken off the table when it comes to this new bill. Bwa hahahahah haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Could a being create the fifty billion galaxies, each with two hundred billion stars, then rejoice in the smell of burning goat flesh?
~ Ron Patterson
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own; a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms…
~ Albert Einstein
And with That .... I'm outta here, Midnight is upon me and my brain is clouded with drink.
Abbia un buon pomeriggio.
Ciao
Lets get real.
Like Iraq, there is no victory in this election.
Both parties are corrupt and business as usual.
Lobbyists will continue to rule Washington and bankrupt your children's lives.
Much ado about nothing.
Abbybwood at 11
Agreed, together with a few matters left over and still festering from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
getalife @ 16:
But, but, but...
You're right on.
♠♠...Bangkok Bob...♠♠ @ 14:
Maybe it all comes down to the simple pleasures?
Seriously, though, even though I know you're out I do have a question for you. Have you ever noticed the most vocal, obnoxious, shove-hell-in-your-face Christians are the ones who fear the "ter'rists" the most? They're the ones who are all for the shoot 'em up republican POTUS because we need that to "keep us safe".
If they really do believe as they say they do why are they afraid to die?
♠♠...Bangkok Bob...♠♠ @ 14:
The scariest thought is that there's a God, and he/she has a sense of humor, a wry sense of humor.
Gretchen the aspiring elitist @ 19:
Because they know their gawd is really after their type, so they project their own morals & values onto others hoping gawd won't notice. See? ;-)
Wondering why my earlier comment is awaiting moderation? Is this because I have posted some articles and links to the issue that is very seldom brought up or blogged about like this link? Is it because I have challenged Firedoglake and their merge with the mainstream media on this critical issue (which is to not discuss it or bring it up?) Can you explain why my comments would be moderated?
Just a few issues that our MSM and even so called progressive blogs like Firedoglake will not touch.
Amy Goodman one of the brave souls who will cover the Israeli Palestinian conflict fairly. Firedoglake will not touch the Israeli lobby or the Israeli Palestinian conflict
B’Tselem: Israel Expanding Settlements
In Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli human rights group B’Tselem says it’s collected new evidence of Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian land. B’Tselem executive director Jessica Montel says twelve settlements east of the Israeli wall through the West Bank have been expanded.
B’Tselem executive director Jessica Montel: “It is not new houses necessarily, in terms of the expansion, but new lands have been taken around very many settlements, both in an official way that Israel is erecting new fences around settlements as a security measure.”
Israel had previously pledged to freeze settlement expansion but now maintains that promise only applies to settlements it doesn’t want to keep. Israeli government spokesperson Yigal Palmor rejected the allegations and said Palestinians have the right to challenge settlement expansion in Israeli courts.
Yigal Palmor: “The status of these issues, the settlements and the Palestinian territories, in general, is currently under negotiation between Israelis and Palestinians, and whatever security measures that are taken on the ground do not effect these negotiations. At any rate, if any person, whether a landowner or other, if any person feels that their rights are being breached by these constructions, they can appeal to the Supreme Court of Israel.”
Palestinian landowner Issa Slaiby said the Israeli court rulings are irrelevant to realities on the ground.
Issa Slaiby: “In 2005, we got a ruling from the Supreme Court that allows us to farm our lands, and this ruling stands and includes the landowners. Regardless of that, the Israeli Defense Forces, or what is called the
Israeli Defense Forces, prevent us from farming our land.”
War Crimes Probe Urged for Ex-Israeli Army Chief
In other news from Israel, calls are growing for a probe into whether Transportation Minister and leading prime ministerial candidate Shaul Mofaz ordered “war crimes” while serving as the Israeli military’s chief of staff. Earlier this year, reports emerged Mofaz instructed Israeli troops to kill seventy Palestinians a day during the Second Intifada. In May 2001, Mofaz reportedly gave a briefing to senior West Bank army commanders and said he wanted ten slain Palestinians a day in each of the seven territorial brigade areas. David Kretzmer, emeritus professor of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, says the accounts of Mofaz’s order add to speculation he could have “committed serious offenses, some of which at least, fall into the category of war crimes.” The calls for investigating Mofaz come as Israeli police have recommended indicting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges.
Israeli Border Guards Order US Troupe Member to Dance Because of Muslim-Sounding Name
A member of a renowned African American dance ensemble says Israeli airport guards forced him to dance to prove his identity because of his Muslim-sounding name. Abdur-Rahim Jackson says he was singled out as the Alvin Ailey troupe arrived at Ben Gurion International Airport on Sunday.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/12/headlines#9
Obama: "They must think you're stupid."
Yes, they do. (and most Republicans are--the others are rich.)
That alt universe series is pretty good.
If it's OK I'll add one more
August foreclosures hit another record high
There were 304,000 homes in some stage of default last month, and 91,000 families lost their homes.
money.cnn.com/2008/09/12/real_estate/foreclosures/index.htm
YUP we're just a nation of whiners, it's all psychological you know
Tina Fey for President...
or at least make her a lobbyist for the television industry.
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