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Mike's Blog Round Up

By Mike Finnigan Sunday Jul 12, 2009 7:00am

Balloon Juice: From the sh*t you already knew department. Who knows, someone in authority may even be moved to uphold the law!

field negro: Another unabashed Republican racist

DownWithTyranny! Confidential to banksters...

PoliGazette: Obama strikes the right tone on Africa

Informed Comment: Afghanistan/Pakistan death and displaced persons update

BAGnewsNotes: Because Chris Hondros, having made twelve trips to Iraq in covering the war, is one of America's most respected and highly praised photojournalists, BNN is pleased to offer this review of "The Hurt Locker."

Tags: Afghanistan, CIA, John Yoo, Mike's Blog roundup, New Yorker, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, outrage

13 comments

The 5% Nation of

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:11 — Evet

bailout money

I want to know why Obama's speech was sabotaged

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:14 — Ferrofluid

You cannot tell me in this day and age of professional tech MSM, that the terrible video/audio quality was not deliberately set low.

hi mike

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:15 — dnyknot

o/t
about a year ago you said you were with Etta James for 14 yrs ? , did you ever play at the showcase in Oakland Ca on 33rd and telegraph , I have always been a big time Etta fan having first heard of her about 62 , and I lived on 33rd street .

down with tyranny

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:19 — constituent

the banker's are reluctant to make loans even to people with cash and a good credit score(s). this along with other variables will only delay the economic recovery. of course, this will be obama's fault.

Of course it will be Obama's fault

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:36 — Evet

Especially when people start asking . .

"Hey buddy, where's this change we can believe in?"

I never knew Obama was a satirist :)

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:25 — Ferrofluid

Is this a message for domestic US as well as Africa !

"No country is going to create wealth if its leaders exploit the economy to enrich themselves, or police can be bought off by drug traffickers,” he said. “No business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top, or the head of the port authority is corrupt. No person wants to live in a society where the rule of law gives way to the rule of brutality and bribery. That is not democracy, that is tyranny, and now is the time for it to end. "

I hope this is the first steps towards the line being drawn on the ground, maybe the start of something good.

Obama is either "one of them"

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:38 — Evet

or totally and completely naive.

Retaining Repug Gates at the DoD

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:54 — Ferrofluid

and appointing Geithner and Summers, says the latter or he is surrounded by powerful forces that are telling him what to do.

Basically don't rock the Boat.

re obama

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:54 — dnyknot

not really feeling big on the love part right now , its all fine and dandy chilling in the big house , it seems the ( da ) man needs to be away from his squezze for a while so he can grow a pair , whats the saying " this shit just aint happening " , let me be as gentle as can be " end the wars you asshole quite killig people " , thats the change i will believe in . You are the C n C you could stop this bs tomorrow , enough of the speeches put some stones on the line .

Yes, POTUS has the power

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 07:59 — Ferrofluid

Of course Obama putting his foot down and doing, would send a lot of Democratic Congresscritters into a sheer panic. It would be interesting times, I think Pelosi &co would suddenly find the table top. They would sacrifice Obama to the Republicans to save their maggot hides.

hi Mike

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 08:02 — Mike Finnigan

I played with Etta James off and on for over 20 years. I was her music director for a couple years in the late 80'. A great pleasure for me. One of the first records I ever bought in the early 50's was "Roll With Me Henry." Don't remember all the hundreds of places I played with her though!

when i could

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 08:28 — dnyknot

i would sneak out of the house and go sit on the corner with my git-tar and listen to people like bobby blue bland , albert king , bb king , ike and tina , seems i remember muddy waters , howling wolf , john hurt , and so many more , age and adult refreshments will do that to you ( this was 1958-1963 era) hell I remember beatnicks and bongos .
Always thought Etta was the real " soul " woman , even got in a fist fight about her , man oh man that woman is all WOMAN . What a great pleasure it must of been for you , i can only be envious of you .

Re: Mike's Blog Roundup

Sun, 07/12/2009 - 13:12 — Batocchio

It can't be repeated enough, and John Cole does it well there - the Beltway crowd knows where any investigation will go, and they just don't want to go there.

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