C&L please report this please!

Troopergate: HE WAS FIRED FOR TRYING TO STOP SEX ASSAULTS

If you haven't heard when Sarah Palin was the mayor of Wasilla, the city charged sexual assault victims for the cost of rape kits and forensic examinations.

The Violence Against Women Act.

Joe Biden's legislation required that state, local, and Indian governments provide the rape exams to victims free of charge as a condition of receiving federal funds under the Violence Against Women Act. In 2000, Alaska finally passed state legislation in order to qualify for federal funding.

McCain not only opposed Biden's legislation, but also has voted against funding it as recently as October 2007.

TROOPERGATE: NO TIME FOR SEX ASSAULTS.
Via Feministing, it turns out that one of the reasons cited by Sarah Palin for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan is worse than why we previously believed she fired him: merely abusing her power to take revenge on a former brother-in-law. (See this ABC News report for the basics). She did it because Monegan was going to Washington to ask for money to combat sexual assault -- Alaska has more forcible rapes per capita than any other state in the Union -- and Palin didn't want Monegan's request to interfere with her earmarks requests going through now-indicted Senator Ted Stevens. The AP checks it out:

The last straw, the McCain campaign said, was in July, when Monegan planned to travel to Washington to seek federal money for a plan to assign troopers, judges and prosecutors who could exclusively handle sexual assault cases -- one of the state's most intractable crime problems.

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: The governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request was "out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. (Ted) Stevens."

Four days later, Monegan was fired. He said he had kept others in the administration fully apprised of his plans to go to Washington.

Between this and her refusal to subsidize rape kits for sexual assault victims, a pattern is clear.

Latin languages come from Latin America!!! haven't you known this!
Romans? what is that?
King Ferdinand, Queen Isabella? who are they?
Christopher Columbus was commissioned by our founding fathers to discover America

Has anyone else noticed that mccain never has physical contact with cindy and she always walks behind him. Ever seen them hold hands?

Bob Broughton @ 3:

Is there any evidence around that Palin speaks in tongues?

not unless BS is considered a tongue...

Hagel questions Palin creds

Chuck Hagel of Nebraska on Wednesday became the nation's most prominent Republican officeholder to publicly question whether Sarah Palin has the experience to serve as President or V.P. In criticizing Palin, Hagel broke with other Nebraska Republicans, including Gov . David Heineman, who have praised the selection.

Omaha World-Herald:

"She doesn't have any foreign policy credentials," Hagel said in an interview. "You get a passport for the first time in your life last year? I mean, I don't know what you can say. You can't say anything."

Palin was elected governor of Alaska in 2006 and before that was the mayor of a small town.

Democrats have raised questions about Palin since Sen. John McCain picked her as his vice presidential running mate. Most national Republican officeholders have rallied to Palin's candidacy.

Palin has cited the proximity of Alaska to Russia as evidence of her international experience.

Hagel scoffed at that notion.

"I think they ought to be just honest about it and stop the nonsense about, 'I look out my window and I see Russia and so therefore I know something about Russia,'" he said. "That kind of thing is insulting to the American people."

...

Hagel offered a couple caveats on his assessment of Palin: Experience is not the only qualification for elected officials — judgment and character are indispensable.

Washington experience isn't the only kind of experience, Hagel said, and he noted that many White House occupants have been governors with no time inside the beltway.

"But I do think in a world that is so complicated, so interconnected and so combustible, you really got to have some people in charge that have some sense of the bigger scope of the world," Hagel said. "I think that's just a requirement."

So is Palin qualified to be president?

"I think it's a stretch to, in any way, to say that she's got the experience to be president of the United States," Hagel said.
 

Well.. not knowing the leader isn't so bad.. (well, okay, bad for someone who claims to be a foreign-policy expert)
But wavering on whether Spain is a friend and ally of the USA... that's just downright unacceptable!

Wingnut alert! Off Fox News' website:

Comment by KC in KY
September 18th, 2008 at 9:50 am
To me, it’s obvious that Obama and his high tech computer whiz team are the ones who hacked into Gov. Palin’s email account. I remember reading several months ago how Obama has the best computer wizards in the country and how that helped him to be so successful in raising millions of dollars for his campaign. I pray it can be proved and the American people will know just how low he and his co-horts will go to try to destroy Sarah Palin. Who else would care about her personal emails? Although it’s doubtful anyone will be charged and sentenced in this hacking job, I think Americans with half a brain can figure this one out!

Americans with half a brain can probably also figure out Palin's zip code and birthdate. Which is apparently what she'd used as her 'secret' forgotten-password questions. (not that I condone criminal behaviour.. but come on! If you don't lock your front door, the guy who stole your stereo doesn't need to be Hudson Hawk)

This just IN!!!
Palins emails hacked and online!

http://gawker.com/5051193/sarah-palins-personal-emails

right on! @ 8:

Bob Broughton @ 3:

Is there any evidence around that Palin speaks in tongues?

not unless BS is considered a tongue...

Here you go: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/palin.pastor/

We can all quit worrying about the economy. G.W. is skipping that trip and as soon as he finishes finding the cure to cancer he's going to get this credit thing-a=ma-giggy all figgered out.

Ooops!

We did it again!

Pakistan: Suspected U.S. missile strike kills 6

Pakistan: U.S. did not warn of missile strike

right on! @ 8:

Bob Broughton @ 3:

Is there any evidence around that Palin speaks in tongues?

not unless BS is considered a tongue...

forked tongues

liberalNmoderation @ 16:

And it gets better...Rove weighs in on hacked emails...
http://www.topshelfdogfood.com/2008/09/emails-shemails.html

glen Greenwald at Salon rips through this absurd hypocrisy
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/18/privacy/
Still, it's really a wondrous, and repugnant, sight to behold the Bush-following lynch mobs on the Right melodramatically defend the Virtues of Privacy and the Rule of Law. These, of course, are the same authoritarians who have cheered on every last expansion of the Lawless Surveillance State of the last eight years -- put their fists in the air with glee as the Federal Government seized the power to listen to innocent Americans' telephone calls; read our emails; obtain our banking, credit card, and library records; and create vast data bases of every call we make and receive and every prescription we fill and every instance of travel and other vast categories of information that remain largely unknown -- all without warrants or oversight of any kind and often in clear violation of the law.

Being an atheist I don't put stock in the heavenly host business, but take out the god stuff and the rest is mostly fine.

So, now I learn that southern evangelicals are FOR torture. Really! Maybe they change their BEATITUDES (thinking of number 5 here) thus:

Blessed are the merciful TORTURERS not only for NOT giving alms, but especially for giving of themselves in helping TORTURING others, who in turn obtain mercy TORTURE.

Sounds exactly like HYPOCRISY to me!

right on! @ 9:

♠♠...Bangkok Bob...♠♠ @ 6:

Has anyone else noticed that mccain never has physical contact with cindy and she always walks behind him. Ever seen them hold hands?

weird, huh? I'm thinkin' it's a marriage of convenience...

Convenient for who?

I have heard nothing about this today except what I read in the Palm Beach Post today.

"A soldier was detained in Iraq after he allegedly opened fire on a superior and another unit member, killing them both, the Army said Wednesday.

The soldier was subdued by other troops, and medics tried unsuccessfully to save the wounded soldiers, said Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, commanding general at Fort Stewart in southern Georgia, where the soldiers' unit is based.

An Army spokesman said the shooting happened Sunday in Tunnis, Iraq. The slain soldiers and the alleged shooter, whose name was not released, belong to the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division."

The whole Republican Party is in complete disarray. They are getting hammered all over the tube.

The Straight Talk Express has turned into The Crazy Town Express.

liberalNmoderation @ 29:

Kathleen @ 24:

liberalNmoderation @ 16:

And it gets better...Rove weighs in on hacked emails...
http://www.topshelfdogfood.com/2008/09/emails-shemails.html

glen Greenwald at Salon rips through this absurd hypocrisy
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/18/privacy/
Still, it's really a wondrous, and repugnant, sight to behold the Bush-following lynch mobs on the Right melodramatically defend the Virtues of Privacy and the Rule of Law. These, of course, are the same authoritarians who have cheered on every last expansion of the Lawless Surveillance State of the last eight years -- put their fists in the air with glee as the Federal Government seized the power to listen to innocent Americans' telephone calls; read our emails; obtain our banking, credit card, and library records; and create vast data bases of every call we make and receive and every prescription we fill and every instance of travel and other vast categories of information that remain largely unknown -- all without warrants or oversight of any kind and often in clear violation of the law.

And Bert has the gall to ask me what civil liberties I've lost personally...it's not just me, it's EVERYONE!

Here's what I'm referring to...taken from the Paul Begala Rips Carly Fiorina thread...

Bert @ 182:

liberalNmoderation @ 181:

Bert @ 180:

liberalNmoderation @ 179:

Again, what rights have you lost that you have actually experienced? No reason to give generalities, please be specific.

I think I was very specific Bert.

Please cite specific examples that YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED. What you're telling me is, you've experienced all of the above? Is that correct?

Sounds like you have jumped on the bandwagon and you're not really sure why. This is labeling you: You're a 60's hippie wannabe.

Cite examples.

xoites defends Constitution @ 25:

Kathleen @ 21:

Nothing in the MSM and very little to nothing in the so called progressive blogosphere about what is taking place in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. How many times in the states do we have to hear (anything that is allowed through) that it is this conflict that is one of the root causes for the anger towards the U.S. When will the so called progressive blogosphere start discussing this issue? Firedoglake will not touch this issue (I don't care how progressive they may think they are). It is on this issue that they completely merge with the MSM. Daily kos, Crooks and liars dips their toes in just a bit.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9828.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9835.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9837.shtml

It is not the only reason and stop pretending it is. Al Qaeda does not even like the Palestinians. The ways America has come up with tho piss people off on this planet are almost uncountable.

"one" of the root causes. A major issue that the MSM will not come close to reporting about. It is on this issue that the MSM and the so called progressive blogosphere merge.

About McCain and his interview on the Prime Minister of Spain.....the link below has an actual audio link of the interview.

Decide for yourself, but I think it is very scary that McCain does indeed confuse the location of Spain....sounds pretty convincing to me that he at the time thought Spain was in Latin America, and that he didn't know who the PM of Spain is.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/McCain_asked_if_he_would_invite_0918.html

Kathleen @ 21:

Nothing in the MSM and very little to nothing in the so called progressive blogosphere about what is taking place in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. How many times in the states do we have to hear (anything that is allowed through) that it is this conflict that is one of the root causes for the anger towards the U.S. When will the so called progressive blogosphere start discussing this issue? Firedoglake will not touch this issue (I don't care how progressive they may think they are). It is on this issue that they completely merge with the MSM. Daily kos, Crooks and liars dips their toes in just a bit.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9828.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9835.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9837.shtml

I've never understood the US lock-step support for Israeli genocide of the Palestinians. The Dems won't touch it. Mention it in a professional setting and your chances of advancement evaporate.

Years ago I had a conversation with a fellow grad student, an Israeli, who said to me, "Candidly, we Israelis have treated the Palestinians as badly as you Americans treated the Native Americans."

Israelis are free to criticize Israel, but Americans are not.

Ruthless People @ 37:

McCain has a map of Spain. Anita Bryant Palin lives near Russia. That's all the foreign policy experience they need.

If you look at a map of Alaska i think you will see she is closer to Seattle than she is to Russia.

xoites defends Constitution @ 42:

Ruthless People @ 37:

McCain has a map of Spain. Anita Bryant Palin lives near Russia. That's all the foreign policy experience they need.

If you look at a map of Alaska i think you will see she is closer to Seattle than she is to Russia.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Map+of+Alaska&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=...

xoites defends Constitution @ 44:

xoites defends Constitution @ 42:

Ruthless People @ 37:

McCain has a map of Spain. Anita Bryant Palin lives near Russia. That's all the foreign policy experience they need.

If you look at a map of Alaska i think you will see she is closer to Seattle than she is to Russia.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Map+of+Alaska&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image

So...she is qualified to start a grunge band then?

Kathleen @ 24:

liberalNmoderation @ 16:

And it gets better...Rove weighs in on hacked emails...
http://www.topshelfdogfood.com/2008/09/emails-shemails.html

glen Greenwald at Salon rips through this absurd hypocrisy
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/09/18/privacy/
Still, it's really a wondrous, and repugnant, sight to behold the Bush-following lynch mobs on the Right melodramatically defend the Virtues of Privacy and the Rule of Law. These, of course, are the same authoritarians who have cheered on every last expansion of the Lawless Surveillance State of the last eight years -- put their fists in the air with glee as the Federal Government seized the power to listen to innocent Americans' telephone calls; read our emails; obtain our banking, credit card, and library records; and create vast data bases of every call we make and receive and every prescription we fill and every instance of travel and other vast categories of information that remain largely unknown -- all without warrants or oversight of any kind and often in clear violation of the law.

You know, another angle on this is the very fact that a VP candidate actually had her email hacked. Seems to me that if I were a VP candidate, I should be security-conscious enough to ensure that no one could actually get into my own personal email. Again, another indication of Palin's inexperience.

liberalNmoderation @ 46:

xoites defends Constitution @ 44:

xoites defends Constitution @ 42:

Ruthless People @ 37:

If you look at a map of Alaska i think you will see she is closer to Seattle than she is to Russia.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Map+of+Alaska&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&resnum=1&ct=image

So...she is qualified to start a grunge band then?

Much more so than being VP, yes.

MountainMan23 @ 40:

Kathleen @ 21:

Nothing in the MSM and very little to nothing in the so called progressive blogosphere about what is taking place in the Israeli Palestinian conflict. How many times in the states do we have to hear (anything that is allowed through) that it is this conflict that is one of the root causes for the anger towards the U.S. When will the so called progressive blogosphere start discussing this issue? Firedoglake will not touch this issue (I don't care how progressive they may think they are). It is on this issue that they completely merge with the MSM. Daily kos, Crooks and liars dips their toes in just a bit.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9828.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9835.shtml
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9837.shtml

I've never understood the US lock-step support for Israeli genocide of the Palestinians. The Dems won't touch it. Mention it in a professional setting and your chances of advancement evaporate.

Years ago I had a conversation with a fellow grad student, an Israeli, who said to me, "Candidly, we Israelis have treated the Palestinians as badly as you Americans treated the Native Americans."

Israelis are free to criticize Israel, but Americans are not.

Biden just recently came out and said he supports Israel but not all of the policies pushed for in congress by Aipac. If a politician tries to deal with the I/P conflict fairly they are buried.

Here is a small counter effort to balance the disproportionate amount of influence and power that Israel and the I lobby have on our foreign policy
http://www.cnionline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29...

Please join the Council for the National Interest and fellow CNI members for our
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October 10, 2008
9:00am - 5:00pm
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We are hoping to have as many CNI members as possible join us on Capitol Hill and help change US policies in the Middle East. Please join us in our efforts!

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this is an effort by former Congressman Findley who was slammed by the I lobby years ago
"Most citizens are unaware of the startling fact that for years our U.S. Middle East policy has not been crafted by seasoned experts who are committed to America's basic national interests."
- CNI Founding Chairman and former Congressman, Paul Findley

CoIntelPro against the WAR of LIES @ 51:

liberalNmoderation @ 45:

CoIntelPro against the WAR of LIES @ 41:

ON THE HACKED EMAILS,

did not rove claim his office was vandalized?

Yeah...he did, didn't he? But wasn't that months before Palin was iin the spotlight?

months?!
:<[)

that was Rove's first media manipulation success!
the lies run around the world while the truth is still getting out of bed.

Seriously...I do remember him stating that, but don't remember when it was.

Here are specific ways to encourage a more balanced approach in U.s. foreign policy with Iran. Also important to examine closely how one fifth of U.S. foreign aid is given to Israel with no questions asked.
http://www.cnionline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29...

More pre-emptive blocking of protest (union members)
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Secret_Service_orders_police_to_block_0917...

Dramatic before and after pics of one place Ike hit.

Relief supply trucks sit hundreds of miles away at a cost of $800/day each.

liberalNmoderation @ 23:

StirFry @ 10:

From a clip from Countdown:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Z3th7iRxg - How a McCain event becomes an Obama rally

winds of change...

Was that not inspring?!?!
I was so proud of those people!

I wouldn't read too much into that. There are a lot of wealthy Republicans in Michigan and a lot of white-trash rednecks in the northern part of the state.

xoites defends Constitution @ 62:

Dramatic before and after pics of one place Ike hit.

Relief supply trucks sit hundreds of miles away at a cost of $800/day each.

Full of food and supplies...next to an empty FEMA trailer. I guess they've already forgotten the lesson they should have learned from Katrina...unbelievable.

xoites defends Constitution @ 64:

Dramatic before and after pics of one place Ike hit.

Relief supply trucks sit hundreds of miles away at a cost of $800/day each.

Why don't you volunteer to drive one? Help or stfu. I don't see your ass driving down there to help, who do you think helps these people? It's volunteers moron, they are not a full time agency.

Women against Palin? This is unreal. What exactly do you not agree with?

Randy, you fucking retard...she's a Retardican! She is against the betterment of this country and in favor of enriching only those who think like her. She is a theocratic nightmare waiting to happen. She is stupid, just like Bush, and look where that got us.

So spare us the "BUT SHE'S A WOMAN!" crap. So shut your traitorous, Tory ass up. And next time you want to talk to Patriots don't slouch, and look us in the eye. Damn I hate fucking Tories...