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DDay,
I wondered the same things!
What is Project >Censored<?
What happened to yesterday's posts here? They seem to have vanished in the ether. Also, reading Thom.s promotional blurb about being "The nation's #1 Liberal Talk Show Host" What is "Project "? Finally, what day is it?
Nov.4th, 5th? I'm confused. I feel like Cliff Clavin.
DDay,
I realize that standing outside Michele Bachmann's office with a picket sign protesting her latest outrage is a full-time job, but does that happen in her district? Is there any "street theatre" that could occur to attract media attention and show the country that not everyone in MN is "down" with this terrorist?
Goldman Sachs, Other TBTF Corps. Jump Line to Get H1N1 Vaccine
According to Business Week, Goldman Sachs requested and received the swine flu vaccine while the regular people riot over it in the streets. According to the story, Goldman, Citi and other TBTF organizations are receiving the vaccine before others. Not to worry because they plan to abide by the CDC rules of pregnant women, children and those with serious health conditions, you know a typical Goldman trader, will only receive the vaccine.
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2009/db2009112_60...
Will the Democrats Lose in 2010 (or 2012) Because They Won't Pass Real Financial Reforms?
Yesterday, Elliot Spitzer said that the White House's defense of the financial status quo will give Republicans powerful ammunition in the 2010 elections.
Democratic cheerleader Markos Moulitsas (the "Kos" behind Daily Kos) wrote the following about the Democratic losses in several state elections:
Democratic turnout collapsed. This is a base problem, and this is what Democrats better take from tonight:
... If you water down reform in favor of Blue Dogs and their corporate benefactors, you will lose votes...
If you forget why you were elected -- ... financial services ... reform -- you will lose votes.
Tonight proved conclusively that we're not going to turn out just because you have a (D) next to your name, or because Obama tells us to. We'll turn out if we feel it's worth our time and effort to vote, and we'll work hard to make sure others turn out if you inspire us with bold and decisive action.
The choice is yours. Give us a reason to vote for you, or we sit home.
People elected Obama in the hope that he would be different from Bush. But in the most important ways, he is just continuing Bush and Clinton's (think repeal of Glass-Steagall) worst policies.
Both the Republican and Democratic party leadership have become lapdops for the big banks and the status quo. Neither are open to real reform or change.
The Democrats haven't broken up the too big to fails. They haven't restored Glass-Steagall. They haven't really reined in credit default swaps. They haven't pushed for honest accounting or forced the giants to put their toxic SIV-hidden assets back on their books.
People are sick and tired of both parties' catering to the big boys. Indeed, given last night's election results and the Dems' utter failure to institute any real financial reform, trend forecaster Gerald Calente's prediction that a third party candidate will win the 2012 presidential election is sounding a little less crazy.
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
It seems to me that Thom is right; If the people have a choice between a democrat who acts like a republican, or the real thing, they will choose a republican. Are the leaders of the democratic party too dense to figure that out, or are they all just "two sides of the same coin"?
Dateline: Minneapolis MN.
Most of us remember the great TV comedy Cheers. If you do, then you'll remember Cliff Clavin, the amiable, moronic, mailman. Last night in Minneapolis, it was revealed that the actor who played Cliff, John Ratzenberger, wasn't acting when he portrayed Cliff.
Sometime Governor of Minnesota, and presidential aspirant Tim Pawlenty held his first major fund-raiser for his new PAC. Lending low level "star" power to his list of minimum donation $5000 attendees were actors Jon Voight and dim bulb Cliffy from Connecticut. The smug wannabe President decided to channel his inner Bachmann when he announced that his goal was to "launch an American comeback in this country." This comes on the heels of his self anointed appointment as the sole arbiter/judge of conservative credentials for Repubs having given the thumbs down on Sen. Olympia Snowe and Representative Scuzzafavo last weekend. Apparently, taking on the mantle of new gate keeper for Ronald Reagan's formerly "Big tent" will pose no strain on his thin schedule and trivial responsibilities here.
Cliffy Clavin, (aka Ratzenberger) who is considering a 2012 run for Senator in Connecticut said he flew in to attend because he supports the "Judeo-Christian work ethic that built this country." There were no reports of how the American worker fit into his hierarchy of values. Ratzenberger has recently been seen lending his low wattage star power to a cable TV show called "Made in America". The show has been reported to have been canceled after viewers grew tired of watching hamburgers being flipped on every episode. Ratzenberger is reported to have been upset about the cancellation, protesting that he was all set to feature pizza flipping during this new season.
Unlike Cliffy, actor Jon Voight, who greatest role was Leo, the sleazy health insurance lawyer in "The Rainmaker", was not ready to endorse TPaw for President. He seemed more preoccupied with joining Michele Bachmann today in D.C. to protest the "Democrat Health Care Plan". Channeling his inner Leo, denying health care to the sick, has become his raisson d etre'. Meanwhile having nothing to do as Governor of Minnesota, Pawlenty is traveling to Iowa this weekend for a getaway with The Stunning Steve King. Moderate Republicans fearing a pogrom with the impending visit of the High Commissioner of Conservatism are reported to be flocking south to the more forgiving and inclusive environs of Mississippi and Alabama. God Bless Amerika.
My wife has informed me that the power structure of the Nazi Party will be grooming Hitler II for the presidency in 2012. His name is Jeb Bush, Hitler the second.
Yesterday I stopped in a coffee and donut shop for my daily sugar and caffeine fix; the proprietor was an individual from a Mediterranean country. There was a newspaper on the counter, and I mentioned my thoughts regarding people seemingly getting wise to Tim Eyman’s increasingly unbalanced antics, voting down his latest anti-tax “initiative.” There was a wide screen television on the wall tuned to CNN; the proprietor expressed some dismay that all morning CNN was wasting viewers’ time reporting on Sarah Palin’s latest unbalanced antics. He couldn’t understand why American media wasn’t reporting more on the important issues of the day, like health care, in-house bank robbers and global warming. He didn’t understand why so much time was wasted on politicians who had nothing constructive to say except to complain about Obama; he didn’t understand why the media spent so much time reporting on “news” more fitted for cheap tabloids.
Neither could he understand why Democrats were not emulating Republicans and standing as one on the important issues. Did not people vote for Obama because they wanted change? Why have many Democratic lawmakers not heard this message? They seem to prefer to listen to unhinged fringe elements rather than recognize that something different must be done, and done now. He couldn’t understand why people were not going out on the streets and protesting—not against Obama, but for basic human and labor rights. He noted that in countries like France and Italy, people simply out of habit gathered every once in a while to protest against some perceived infraction on their labor and public welfare rights.
It should be pointed out (again) that right-wing tea-baggers are not out there protesting for their “rights,” but against some perceived black bogey man (Obama) out to “change” things. It seems to me that hate—rather than simple outrage—is the prime mechanism for drawing these people (or anyone) out when uncertainty and confusion gathers in the face of an unknowable future.
Why am I always right???
http://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2009/11/03/heeding-george-kennans-s...
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Question: Why does Thom like to beat his head against the wall by 'debating" people like Dan Gainor?
Answer: Because he feels better when he stops.
BEST Dan Gainor segment EVER!!!! Bar none. He should stay off the air more often.
Thom,
I have been thinking that the involvement (and encouragement) of the Dick Armey corporate groups is the scariest thing about yesterday's elections. This gives even MORE direct power to these bad actors to control the government. Like all the other malfeasance we've seen by the right (stolen elections, etc.), it starts small, with a test case, then gets multiplied on a huge scale.
DDay,
I would love to go to Duluth. However, there's no guarantee I'd be elected. Our caucus likes to give people who haven't attended the convention a chance. Since it's an off-year, maybe I will go. As Thom says, time will tell.
FYI-
I just spoke to an expert in women's health and gynecology, (my wife), about Restless Vagina Syndrome. I asked her if it was real? She said she has read about it but never encountered it in her practice. She said that the literature says that women are extremely reluctant to speak about it. It apparently is manifested by sufferers being on the verge of an orgasm all the time. She did reveal that our dear friend Tom, who is a bachelor doctor, reports that he encounters it all the time, (not in his practice but in his private pursuits) and suspects he is the cause. He claims to be the cure too! Tom is the original PIG, but a great doctor. We affectionately call him Mengle.
Just received this from VA Congressman J. Randy Forbes
Dear Friends:
We received notice last night that the House of Representatives could vote on the newest version of the healthcare bill, H.R. 3962, as early as Friday evening. The bill is almost 2,000 pages in length and, if passed, will result in a government-takeover of our healthcare system...
http://forbes.house.gov/Blog/?postid=152480
RendezvousWithDENSITY.Whore?
Horse-crap: Dede Scozzafava is way to the right in the New York State Assembly.
DDay,
Yes, I wanted to cry...
The voters of Maine broke my heart yesterday. I had such high hopes for that race. It was a race for the human race.
DDay,
Back at ya!
FDR saw the light. Obama hasn't yet, or he thinks he can compromise. Either way, it's not good enough. I bless him for wanting the best, but he seems not to be able to accomplish it (so far.)
Quark,
I'm crazy about YOU. Thanx!
It is frustrating that the President has not done what we expected, and some say he can't do it overnight and it took alot longer to get to this point, that it will take atleast that amount of time to fix it, but do we have the time? Next year the election will surely change the Congress, and even with the Majority we are not able to get anything done, so time is of the essence, so he needs to be the "bull in the china cabinet," and atleast apply the pressure to the rogue Dems/Independents, and push on the issues that are important that were of his campaign and what he was elected on. He knew who would be pushing back before he became the President! Healthcare in 2013? The right will never let it happen......I wish the President and the Dem leadership well, but they need to take the lead and start ruffling some feathers! Please - for us!