March 31, 2008
NO MORE SNOW - OK
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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS
I hear the voices
BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS VS. THE FACTS:
Iraq did not seek to acquire yellowcake uranium
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Who are these people that keep calling for and end to the democratic primary process? Last I checked this process runs from January 2008 until June 2008. So IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER or THE FAT LADY SINGS.
How come there isn't a TV Channel or at the very least a program that is slanted toward the dems. You look at FOX and they have the whole Network working for the republicans.
I see that Harold Ford, Jr. has switched to MSNBC from FOX NOISE. I'm still unhappy with him for going on FOX in the first place. They are not his friend and until they stop their BULLSHIT style it doesn't make sense to have anything to do with them.THE MORE THINGS CHANGE THE MORE THEY REMAIN THE SAME
I saw this on Bill Moyers last Friday. I say it all in the title. I'm just not sure that in forty years we've come that far when so much is made of a few sound bites that are really edited from several speeches and put in a continues loop and played over and over.
Watch this short video. * *THEY CALL HIM MR MAYOR
I think the BEST show on all of TV is Bill Moyers on PBS. Week after week he has guests on that provide a conversation that is open, honest, interesting and thoughtful.
This past Friday he had Cory Booker a young man who is the Mayor of Newark, NJ. He seems to have the same qualities that Barack Obama has. He's part of the new generation of Americans that are ready, willing and VERY ABLE to except that torch that has been passed. This is a five part series. Kick back and enjoy the conversation. * *Okay, here are the answers to yesterdays quiz.
1 d - Wonder Bread
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Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
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JON STEWART HAS SOMETHING TO SAY
International Man of Misery - Jon recaps Dick Cheney's diplomatic gaffes as the Vice President took his tour of Iraq.
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I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.
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March 30, 2008
WEEKEND OFF 3/30/2008 ALMOST
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WEEKEND FUN
Oldies Quiz. Have Some Fun (answers tomorrow). You have to be older than dirt to remember some of these. Mick what are you saying you only missed 1 or 2 of these.
1. What builds strong bodies 12 ways?
A. Flintstone's vitamins
2. Before he was Muhammad Ali, he was...
A. Sugar Ray Robinson
3. Pogo, the comic strip character said, "We have met the enemy and...
A. It's you
4. Good night, David.
A. Good night, Chet
5. You'll wonder where the yellow went,
A. When you use Tide
6. Before he was the Skipper's Little Buddy, Bob Denver was Dobie's friend,
A. Stuart Whitman
7. Liar, liar...
A. You're a liar
8. Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, Superman fights a never ending battle for truth, justice and...
A. Wheaties
9 Hey, kids, what time is it?
A. It's time for Yogi Bear
10. Lions and tigers and bears...
A. Yikes
11. Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone
A. Over 40
12. NFL quarterback who appeared in a television commercial wearing women's stockings (and looked mighty fine in them, too!)
A. Troy Aikman
13. Brylcream...
A. Smear it on
14. I found my thrill...
A. In Blueberry muffins
15. Before Robin Williams, Peter Pan was played by
A. Clark Gable
16. Name the Beatles
A. John, Steve, George , Ringo
17. I wonder, wonder, wonder, who
A. Who ate the leftovers?
18. I'm strong to the finish
A. Cause I eats my broccoli
19. When it's least expected, you're elected, you're the star today...
a. Smile, you're on Candid Camera
20. What do M & M's do?
a. Make your tummy happy
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March 29, 2008
WEEKEND FREE 3/29/2008
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DON'T TRUST EVERYTHING YOU READ
The other day I received the below email from a friend. . .
* * * * * * * * * Start of email: * * * * * * * * * Didn't know this did you? If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse. For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine. The machine will still give you the money you requested, but unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you. This information was recently broadcasted on FOX TV and it states that it is seldom used because people don't know it exists. Please pass this along to everyone possible! * * * * * * * * * end email * * * * * * * * * When I got this email I was skeptical for several reasons. First I've never heard of doing this. Second I thought Oh geeze, IF I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS SECRET CODE WHAT'S THE VALUE? HOW WOULD I KNOW TO UES IT. Third and finally (maybe most importantly) it's source was "FOX NOISE". I'm just saying. . . Anyway I decided to check with my Credit Union to get some expert opinion regardless of how stupid it might make me look. So I sent them the above email and asked "Can you tell me if this is true or not?" Here is their reply: Mick you dumb STUPID S**T ( I added that part) Thank you for your email. Entering your pin number backwards will not summon the police to the ATM that you are currently using. If your pin number is not entered correctly, money will not be disbursed from the machine. As I said I knew the answer before I asked the question, it's one of those "If it sounds to good to be true it probably is" kind of deals.WEEKEND FUNNIES
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March 28, 2008
XRAYS TODAY
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America--Bush-whacked
BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS VS. THE FACTS:
No mobile biological weapons labs
It's hard to believe but maybe it isn't. The other day on FOX NOISE one of their pendants reused that old BULLSHIT LIE about how Al Gore said he invented the Internet.
Here once again is what he really said in his interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." That's what he said, that's all he said. It then was reported by the Wire Service as ". . . After Gore took credit for the Internet. . ." note - first use found so far of "invent" wording is in a mailing-list message headline composed by Declan McCullagh, publicizing a Republican press release from the story: House Majority Leader Armey on Gore "inventing the Internet" The morale of this story I guess is if you want to be on FOX NOISE you need to be a BIG ASS LIER.BUSHED
Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
DIA mistakes Iran for Iraq - The Defense Intelligence Agency detailed various world crises where it has intervened. Unfortunately, it confused an Iraqi nuclear reactor for an Iranian one. * *WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
Some border agents disagree with tactics. The deputy chief of border agents for Blaine, Washington voiced his reservations about the Patriot Act and thinks warrantless searches are wrong. But Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff still believes in spying on Americans. * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. - Socrates
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March 27, 2008
SAY IT LOUD
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Family Values - What's that?
BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAIMS VS. THE FACTS:
No weapons of mass destruction found
I'm one of those "PLEDGED DELEGATES" that Hillary has been talking about the past few days. I'm at the lowest rung on the latter but I'm not about to change my vote for any reason.
I was voted to go as a caucus member by my neighbors with the FULL UNDERSTANDING that I would vote for Obama. That's what I said I would do and that's EXACTLY WHAT I WILL DO. I'm not interested in playing games saying one thing and doing another. I think Hillary is starting to hurt the democrats. That's not a good thing. Besure to watch today's Worst Person on WAL_MART you'll just shake your head.THEY WON'T TELL YOU THIS
I'm putting together this email about how I see things regarding this Rev. Wright CRAP. It just pisses me off that journalist can't seem to provide some BALANCE on this issue. I wonder how many people know any of these facts about the Rev. Wright.
I keep hearing that the "BLUE COLLER" worker wants to know this stuff. Well if that is true I'm pretty sure in today's world most have a computer and connection to the internet and as I say below it only took me a couple of minutes to find out some info that I didn't know about this issue. You LAZY ASS JOURNALIST and PUNDITS make your BLOOD MONEY the easiest way possible. You get on a story that has been carefully created together out of 9 or 10 twenty second sound bites and suggest that represents the life work of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. You give NO BACKGROUND, NO CONTEXT just the endless loop of these half dozen or so clips. One would think that in a 24/7 News day you could find a few minutes to provide this background/context. Well silly me I'm thinking about what honest hardworking people do not you LAZY JOURNALIST. Here is just a little information that you couldn't seem to find or missed. See below for full explanation of the three points. 1.) Rev. Wright's Education, military service, and achievements: Well it took all of about 2-3 minutes for me to load my Browser and key in Wrights name and push enter. How hard was that? You should try it yourself. One thing I learned from my search is that this is not a dumb guy and he did serve in the Marines and the Navy. Wonder if Dick Cheney ever served? 2.) Career as minister: When Rev. Wright became pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ there were only 87 members. Today I've heard that number is around 8,000. Wright has received three presidential commendations from President Lyndon B. Johnson and was named one of Ebony magazine's top fifteen preachers. 3.) Relationship with Barack Obama: Barack Obama first met Wright and joined his church in the 1980s. If he's been running for president since the 1980s he's got a much better vision for the future than most don't you think?Wright then enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he received a bachelor's degree in 1968 and a master's degree in English in 1969. He served on the Board of Directors for the Malcolm X School of Nursing from 1974 until 1979[5]. He also earned a master's degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School. [5]Wright holds a Doctor of Ministry degree (1990) from the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, where he studied under Samuel DeWitt Proctor. How hard was that? Well it took me all of about 2-3 minutes for me to load my Browser and key in Wrights name and push enter. You should try it yourself.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
1.) Rev. Wright's Education, military service, and achievements:
From 1959 to 1961, Wright attended Virginia Union University,[1] an historically black school in Richmond. He then joined the United States Marine Corps and served in the 2nd Marine Division with the rank of private first class. He subsequently transferred to the United States Navy and entered the Corpsman School at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, where he graduated as valedictorian in 1963[5]. He was trained as cardiopulmonary technician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland and graduated as salutatorian in 1967[5].2.) Career as minister:
Wright became pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ on March 1, 1972, at a time when its membership was only 87 members. [1] Wright has received a Rockefeller Fellowship, and has also been a professor at Chicago Theological Seminary, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary and other educational institutions. Wright has also served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Black Theology Project, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University and of the City Colleges of Chicago. Wright has received seven honorary doctorate degrees, including from Colgate University, Valparaiso University, United Theological Seminary and Chicago Theological Seminary. [5] Wright, who began the "Ministers in Training" ("M.I.T.") program at Trinity United Church of Christ, has been a national leader in promoting theological education and the preparation of seminarians for the African-American church.[6] Wright has received three presidential commendations from President Lyndon B. Johnson[5] and was named one of Ebony magazine's top fifteen preachers.[7]3.) Relationship with Barack Obama:
Barack Obama, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, first met Wright and joined his church in the 1980s, while he was working as a community organizer in Chicago before attending Harvard Law School.[8] Obama and his wife, Michelle, were later married by Wright, and both their children were baptized by him.[9] The title of Obama's memoir, The Audacity of Hope, was inspired by one of Wright's sermons[8] and he credits Wright with strengthening his faith.[9] The public invocation before Obama's presidential announcement was scheduled to be given by Wright, but Obama withdrew the invitation the night before the event.[10] Wright wrote a rebuttal letter to the editor disputing the characterization of the account as reported in the New York Times article.[11] In late 2007, Wright was appointed to Barack Obama's African American Religious Leadership Committee, a group of over 170 national black religious leaders who supported Obama's bid for the Democratic nomination;[12] however, it was announced in March 2008 that Wright was no longer serving as a member of this group.[13]
JON STEWART ABOUT THE LAST 5 YEARS
Iraq: The First 5 Years - Jon looks back in time to see the Bush Administration's benchmarks for success after the start of the Iraq War.
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Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
Walmart sues disabled former employee - Worst: A Wal-Mart employee got into a truck accident - then sued and won. But now, wheelchair-bound and brain damaged, she's being sued by her employer. It turns out there's fine print in the company health plan. * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, "Lillian, you should have remained a virgin." -- Lillian Carter (mother of 64th Jimmy Carter)
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March 26, 2008
MID WEEK BLUES YA THINK
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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS
SUSPENSION OF HABEAS CORPUS - THAT'S THE TICKET
THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY:
Witch Hunt - Prosecuting members of the Bush Administration.
* *Yesterday I got an email asking me to create another email and send it back to him so that he can present it to the State Transportation Commission as proof that "we the people" are not in favor of this idea.
So what is this "idea" that I'm not in favor of? It's the name that some people what to give to a "BRIDGE". . . A STUPID BRIDGE. I sent this person my reply: "We just passed the 4000th US Soldiers death in Iraq and you're worried about the name on a Bridge? How about turning this into a STOP THAT GOD AWFUL WAR email petition. I'd sign that." Just wondering: Is IRAQ going south again?BUSHED
Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
Cheney compares Iraq to Nixon pardon - While being interviewed by Martha Raddatz of ABC, Vice President Dick Cheney not only answered "So?" to the fact that two-thirds of the Americans think Iraq was a mistake, he also compared staying in Iraq to Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon. * *WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
O'Reilly threatens Washington Post - Worst: In response to an unflattering article published in the Washington Post Sunday magazine, Bill O'Reilly said, "If the Washington Post keeps it up... there are going to be some pretty interesting things being reported on them." * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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March 25, 2008
RUNNING LATE
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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS
WEAPONS OF MASS DECEPTION
THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY:
Wiretapping - If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear, right?
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Today's post is short and sweet. I have a Dr. appointment and I'm getting 2-GB of memory for my Media System and I have to run to Costco this morning.
On top of that I got up late today and needed to watch Bush's War on FRONTLINE (more on that tomorrow). * *BUSH'S WAR
We now have 4000 dead US Soldiers in this god awful war.
Click on the image for a very large view. * *MCCAIN AND BUSH TOGETHER AGAIN
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Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
Another war surge? In Bushed, the Conservative American Enterprise Institute is about to announce a push for another U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan. Countdown's Keith Olbermann discusses. * *WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
Hume defends McCain 'al-Qaida' lapse Worst: While discussing Sen. John McCain's misinformation about Iran trading al-Qaida for missions in Iraq, Fox News' Brit Hume said "it's probably just a blip, the feeling was not that he's a dope, didn't know his way around, that he might have had a senior moment there." * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks. -- Steve Martin
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March 24, 2008
WATCH FRONTLINE TONIGHT
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Compassionate Conservative - WHAT'S THAT?
THE LATEST ADDITION TO THE REPUBLICAN DICTIONARY:
W is for Waterboarding - George Bush's middle name.
4,000 SOLDIERS HAVE NOW DIED IN IRAQ
A few more details about the Obama passport breach. According to a new piece out in the Post from Glenn Kessler, the breaches occurred Jan. 9th, Feb. 21st and March 14th.
That would be the day after the New Hampshire primary, the day of the Democratic debate in Texas and the day the Wright story really hit. OH CRAP I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS AND SOME BAD NEWS. . . -- Former SLA member Sarah Jane Olson was mistakenly freed a year early from prison Monday, and is back in custody. * *EXPANDING A LITTLE ON MY POST FROM YESTERDAY
I watched CNN'S Reliable Sources yesterday and they did a segment on the Rev Wright dustup. Did you see a Sunday show that didn't do at least one segment on this. I sure didn't.
I was so impressed with one guest Eric Deggans that I sent him an email to tell him what a great job he did on the show. See below. What I don't get is that these SO CALLED JOURNALISTS don't even seem to do BASIC let alone investigative reporting. It would have only taken about $9.95 for them to buy the CD and listen to the full speech. My god that might mean they where doing there job. By the way when you can see that a 4 minute video clip has been put together by using 11 different sermons don't you think that that is just WAY TOMUCH CREATIVE EDITING. Here is Mr. Deggans web site: Click to visit his site.
Hi Mr. Deggans,
I saw you on Reliable Sources this morning and I was so impressed with your response to all this "CRAP" (excuse my French) about what Rev. Jeremiah Wright said in his church. Honestly, it brought tears to my eyes. I'm a 71 year old white guy that supports Barack Obama. I'm retired but I manage to send his campaign $25 per month, so it's not just talk for me. I thought that back a year or so ago we would see an honest discussion about race in America when Don Imus made his stupid remarks about that woman's basketball team. I saw a number of new faces on TV that I thought would add a new and different perspective to this issue. It didn't happen. Cable TV can follow a car chase in southern California for several hours without breaking for a commercial. On this issue it's over in about 8 minutes and then we are off to see what Paris Hilton or Britney Spears are up to. Today for the FIRST TIME on TV you where able to bring a little background and context to this discussion. It's funny because on my blog (www.thebscorner.com) just this morning my post was on this very "CHICKEN COMING HOME TO ROOST" comment that I saw on The Huffington Post. It provides a YouTube video that is about 17 minutes long that gives that context you talked about. Just this morning I saw another YouTube video that is 4:14 minutes long that puts this clips together. I counted what Rev. Wright was wearing and there was 11 changes of clothes, remember the total video was 4:14 minutes long. So every 23 seconds on average is the time they used his words from different speeches. There were also some seven obvious splices so it's impossible to know what kind of "CREATIVE EDITING" was done. I fully understand the agenda of the right wing nut jobs, but don't get why the Main Stream Media don't provide just a little context to this kind of stuff. It's not like the video wasn't available. I guess it's just to much work when they have a sound bite they can use. This is the first time I've seen you on TV and hope they will use you more. It's important to hear the truth and to see someone stand up to these lies. Sincerely, Mick Horan Bremerton, Wa. * *ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION
Also on that Reliable Sources program they had right-wing tool Michael Medved on and Howard Kurtz asked him a very specific question which was. "Why didn't the journalists seek to do any investigative reporting."
So what does Medved do he says "That's a complicated question" Is he nuts? What's complicated about that question? They simply didn't do their job. Then he says "Obama is trying to change the subject." Did he even listen to the Obama speech? Doesn't sound like it. So why can't he just answer the damn question? * *FRONTLINE
Tonigh and Tuesday you need to watch FRONTLINE on PBS.
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for six years, FRONTLINE has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence. * *BUSHED
Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
Libby disbarred. Bushed! A three-judge D.C. Court of Appeals panel has disbarred I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for his conviction on obstructing the investigation into the administration's outing of Valerie Plame. President Bush cannot reinstate him. * *WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
FoxNews.com hate speech. There's a string of user comments on FoxNews.com relating Barack Obama to the Black Panthers. The site, which is moderated, has some hate-filled language. But can we expect another Bill O'Reilly tirade? * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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March 23, 2008
EASTER 2008
IN LOVING MEMORY - FIVE YEARS
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That's the short 8 second sound bite that was played over and over the past week or so. The right wing loves to do this kind of CRAP because they know that they can get away with it. Who's going to check?
Well this EASTER I think it's an appropriate day to fight back. . . to tell the truth. . . to tell the FULL story. Spend about 15 minutes to watch the below video, you'll change your mind. They are not going to get away with it. . . NOT THIS TIME.Just saw this on Huffpost and thought I should share. I have now watched Wright's sermon in context and I must say I have been struck with a little shame. Like an avid Obama Supporter I defended Obama against the 8 seconds sound bytes that were played endlessly but inside I was hurt by Wright's comments and chalked it up to the 'Crazy Uncle' explanation. At the very end, he preaches about self-examination and I guess I, along with most of America, have a lot of examining to do.
This is some real Journalistic Work by Sam Stein over at Huffpost. All the credit for this story is his. I am merely passing it on.AMERICA'S CHICKENS COMING HOME TO ROOST
Meet the man who inspired Reverend Jeremiah Wright's now famous tirade about America's foreign policy inciting the terrorist attacks of September 11.
His name is Ambassador Edward Peck. And he is a retired, white, career U.S. diplomat who served 32-years in the U.S. Foreign Service and was chief of the U.S. mission to Iraq under Jimmy Carter -- hardly the black-rage image with which Wright has been stigmatized. In fact, when Wright took the pulpit to give his post-9/11 address -- which has since become boiled down to a five second sound bite about "America's chickens coming home to roost" -- he prefaced his remarks as a "faith footnote," an indication that he was deviating from his sermon. "I heard Ambassador Peck on an interview yesterday," Wright declared. "He was on Fox News. This is a white man and he was upsetting the Fox News commentators to no end. He pointed out, a white man, an ambassador, that what Malcolm X said when he got silenced by Elijah Muhammad was in fact true: America's chickens are coming home to roost." Wright then went on to list more than a few U.S. foreign policy endeavors that, by the tone of his voice and manner of his expression, he viewed as more or less deplorable. This included, as has been demonstrated in the endless loop of clips from his sermon, bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki and nuking "far more than the thousands in New York and the Pentagon and we never batted an eye." "Violence begets violence," Wright said, "hatred begets hatred, and terrorism begets terrorism." And then he concluded by putting the comments on Peck's shoulders: "A white ambassador said that yall, not a black militant, not a reverend who preaches about racism, an ambassador whose eyes are wide open and is trying to get us to wake up and move away from this dangerous precipice... the ambassador said that the people we have wounded don't have the military capability we have, but they do have individuals who are willing to die and take thousands with them... let me stop my faith footnote right there."
WHAT YOU DIDN'T HEAR - WATCH THE VIDEO IN CONTEX
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So it seems that while Wright did believe American held some responsibility for 9/11, his views, which have been described as radically outside the political mainstream, were actually influenced by a career foreign policy official.
Who is Peck? The ambassador, who has offered controversial criticism of Israeli policy in the West Bank but also warned against the Iraq War, was lecturing on a cruise ship and was unavailable for comment. But officials at Peck's former organization, the Council for the National Interest, a non-profit group that advocates reducing Israel's influence on U.S. Middle East policy, offered descriptions of the man. "Peck is very outspoken," said Eugene Bird, who now heads CNI. "He is also very good at making phrases that have a resonance with the American people. When he came off of that Fox News, a few days later he said they would never invite me back again." And what, exactly, did Peck say in that Fox News interview that inspired Wright's words? Here are some quotes from an appearance the Ambassador made on the network on October 11, 2001, which may or may not have been the segment Wright was referring to. On the show, Peck said he thought it was illogical to tie Saddam Hussein to the terrorist attacks on 9/11, and that while the then-Iraqi leader had "some very sound and logical reasons not to like [the United States]," he and Osama bin Laden had no other ties. From there, Peck went on to ascribe motives for what prompted the 9/11 attacks. "Stopping the economic embargo and bombings of Iraq," he said, "things to which Osama bin Laden has alluded as the kinds of things he doesn't like. He doesn't think it's appropriate for the United States to be doing, from his perspective, all the terrible things that he sees us as having been doing, the same way Saddam Hussein feels. So from that perspective, they have a commonality of interests. But they also have a deeply divergent view of the role of Islam in government, which would be a problem."
March 22, 2008
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March 21, 2008
TAKING IT EASY TODAY
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No energy policy
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Voter Fraud - The crisis of the poor and/or minorities actually voting (GASP!).
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I went to the 9 o'clock mass every Sunday for about 12 years and during all that time I don't think we had the same priest two weeks in a row. Food for thought when you hear this Crap about Obama went to this church for 20 years.
Do you feel more safe or less safe five years into the Iraq war. Bush Says Iraq War Was Worth It. What do you think? * *JUST THINK ABOUT IT
BUSHED
Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.
'No-fly'gate The Justice Department's Inspector General reveals, in an audit, that the government-wide terrorism watch-list is filled with "incomplete, inaccurate, and outdated information" about totally innocent people. Some of the bad info was as much as three years old. * *WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.
McCain makes factual error on Iran Sen. John McCain had to be corrected publicly for claiming Iran is training members of al-Qaida. Plus, why is Keith Olbermann calling himself the third worst person today? * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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He had just saved her from a fire in her house, rescuing her by carrying her out of the house into her front yard, while he continued to fight the fire. When he finally got done putting the fire out, he sat down to catch his breath and rest. A photographer from the Charlotte , North Carolina newspaper, noticed her in the distance looking at the fireman.
He saw her walking straight toward the fireman and wondered what she was going to do. As he raised his camera, she came up to the tired man who had saved her life and the lives of her babies and kissed him just as the photographer snapped this photograph. And some people say animals are dumb.GREAT QUOTES:
A lot of controversy over this possible invasion of Iraq. In fact, Nelson Mandela was so upset, he called Bush's dad. How embarrassing, when world leaders start calling your father. -- Jay Leno
MY KIDS
My God I love dogs.
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
March 20, 2008
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History has called us into action
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Vice President - An enigma. Has all of the privileges, but none of the responsibilities, of the Executive Branch.
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Joe Scarborough of Morning Joe is a loud mouth Mr. Know It All. * *BREAKING NEWS: Part 4 of
Of course I can't fully understand what it's like to be black in America but just as I don't need to put my hand on a red hot stove top burner to know it's hot I have a brain and I can reason and imagine what it is like and know what is right and what is wrong.
For example when I see a sign in front of a store that says "N****RS AND APES IN BACK" as I did in the ESPN documentary BLACKMAGIC the other night. It's not rocket science to know and understand the meaning of that sign. Nor is hard to understand how that one small example can hurt someone especially a young child. This kind of CRAP has gone on for years that is undeniable. Yes it's true that we as a country have move forward which is a good thing but do you really think it's where we should be some 200 years later? We have much more work to do and that was one of the underlying themes of Barack Obama's speech the other night. So now it comes to Jon Stewart to bring some perspective to this issue. When you listen to these two clips you'll see that Stewart is dead on. To be continued.JON STEWART - Regarding the Obama speech on Race
Barack Obama addresses race after the hubbub over his pastor and makes history on a Tuesday.
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On the fifth anniversary of President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, President Bush said he has no doubts about waging the unpopular war despite the "high cost in lives and treasure."
Vice President Dick Cheney had a different message. Informed during a Good Morning America interview broadcast Wednesday that two-thirds of Americans now think the war was not worth fighting, Cheney said: "So?" "So you don't care what the American people think?" ABC's Martha Raddatz asked. It sure isn't Dicky Boy. Listen to his short and oh so sweet "SO" answer. * *FRONTLINE
Next Monday and Tuesday you need to watch FRONTLINE on PBS.
From the horror of 9/11 to the invasion of Iraq; the truth about WMD to the rise of an insurgency; the scandal of Abu Ghraib to the strategy of the surge -- for six years, FRONTLINE has revealed the defining stories of the war on terror in meticulous detail, and the political dramas that played out at the highest levels of power and influence. Now, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, the full saga unfolds in the two-part FRONTLINE special Bush's War, airing Monday, March 24, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings). Veteran producer Michael Kirk (The Torture Question, The Dark Side) draws on one of the richest archives in broadcast journalism -- more than 40 FRONTLINE reports on the war on terror. Combined with fresh reporting and new interviews, Bush's War will be the definitive documentary analysis of one of the most challenging periods in the nation's history.ONE LAST TIME
I'm saying this one last time. Think about it.
I've seen about 5 or 6 minutes total of Jeremiah Wrights sermons on TV. One of the right wings rants is that Barack spent 20 years in that church. Well I did a little math: 20 yrs X 365 days = 7300 days X 24 hrs = 175200 hrs X 60 min = 10,512,000 total mins. Vs 6 mins of TV video. That does not seem to me to be that much out of balance when you consider we have all said and done things that maybe we are not that proud of.BUSHED
Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more. Bear Stearns criminal investigation? The FBI confirmed that its probe of 14 mortgage lenders has now grown into a criminal investigation into 17 of them. A section chief told Reuters "common sense would indicate that we would look at the Bear Stearns collapse."
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Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world. Hannity's site features outrageous Obama post. Worst: A posting featured on Hannity.com, the Web site for Sean Hannity of Fox News, said "I think more people knowing about Obama's background.[will] almost assuredly get him killed if he is elected as president." It remained there for 24 hours.
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SAY WHAT:
A guy rushes into a hardware store and says, "Quick, sell me a mouse trap, I've got a bus to catch."
The clerk says, "Sorry sir, we don't have one that big."MY KIDS
My God I love dogs.
BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?
March 19, 2008
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Traitor - A person who was right when he/she said Iraq had no WMD, that there was no Iraq-Al Qaeda link, that Rumsfeld was a failure, that things are going to smoothly over there, and so on.
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Bush Says Iraq War Was Worth It. There might be almost 4000 dead soldiers, 700,000 dead Iraqis and more than 60,000 wounded that would take exception to that. "I must say, I'm a little envious," Bush said. "If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed." "It must be exciting for you ... in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You're really making history, and thanks," Bush said. * *BREAKING NEWS: Part 3 of
BARACK OBAMA delivers major speech on race. March 18: Democratic Sen. Barack Obama delivers the most racially pointed speech yet of his presidential campaign.
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Did you watch Barack Obama's speech on race today? To me it was equal to Martin Luther Kings "I HAVE A DREAM" speech. At times I cried. I cried because at my age I might not be around to see him complete his second term. I might not be around to see the changes he talks about. I so want him to be the next president of the United States of America. I want to once again have that feeling we all had so many years ago in the early sixties.
We have all seen the video loop of Rev Wrights comments over and over and over again. The right wing is quick to make the point that well Obama has been a member of that church for over 20 years yet we have seen only about 6 minutes of video. So I thought maybe it's time to add some context to what we have seen on TV. As I've said I've seen about 5 or 6 minutes total of Jeremiah Wrights sermons on TV. Well lets just do a little math: 20 yrs X 365 days = 7300 days X 24 hrs = 175200 hrs X 60 min = 10,512,000 total mins. Vs 6 mins of TV video. That does not seem to me to be that much out of balance when you consider we have all said and done things that maybe we are not that proud of. After I watched his speech I was very impressed and had a happy feeling inside. I remember back last year when IMUS said what he said and I thought at that time that maybe, just maybe we could now start that dialog. It didn't happen then and I wonder if it will happen now. I'm not so sure. The folks on the right just can't find anything that Obama said that was good. They wanted him to throw Rev Wright under the bus.To be continued. * *Throughout the first year of this campaign, against all predictions to the contrary, we saw how hungry the American people were for this message of unity. Despite the temptation to view my candidacy through a purely racial lens, we won commanding victories in states with some of the whitest populations in the country. In South Carolina, where the Confederate Flag still flies, we built a powerful coalition of African Americans and white Americans.
This is not to say that race has not been an issue in the campaign. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. The press has scoured every exit poll for the latest evidence of racial polarization, not just in terms of white and black, but black and brown as well. And yet, it has only been in the last couple of weeks that the discussion of race in this campaign has taken a particularly divisive turn. On one end of the spectrum, we've heard the implication that my candidacy is somehow an exercise in affirmative action; that it's based solely on the desire of wide-eyed liberals to purchase racial reconciliation on the cheap. On the other end, we've heard my former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, use incendiary language to express views that have the potential not only to widen the racial divide, but views that denigrate both the greatness and the goodness of our nation; that rightly offend white and black alike. I have already condemned, in unequivocal terms, the statements of Reverend Wright that have caused such controversy. For some, nagging questions remain. Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely - just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests, or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed. But the remarks that have caused this recent firestorm weren't simply controversial. They weren't simply a religious leader's effort to speak out against perceived injustice. Instead, they expressed a profoundly distorted view of this country - a view that sees white racism as endemic, and that elevates what is wrong with America above all that we know is right with America; a view that sees the conflicts in the Middle East as rooted primarily in the actions of stalwart allies like Israel, instead of emanating from the perverse and hateful ideologies of radical Islam. As such, Reverend Wright's comments were not only wrong but divisive, divisive at a time when we need unity; racially charged at a time when we need to come together to solve a set of monumental problems - two wars, a terrorist threat, a falling economy, a chronic health care crisis and potentially devastating climate change; problems that are neither black or white or Latino or Asian, but rather problems that confront us all. Given my background, my politics, and my professed values and ideals, there will no doubt be those for whom my statements of condemnation are not enough. Why associate myself with Reverend Wright in the first place, they may ask? Why not join another church? And I confess that if all that I knew of Reverend Wright were the snippets of those sermons that have run in an endless loop on the television and You Tube, or if Trinity United Church of Christ conformed to the caricatures being peddled by some commentators, there is no doubt that I would react in much the same way But the truth is, that isn't all that I know of the man. The man I met more than twenty years ago is a man who helped introduce me to my Christian faith, a man who spoke to me about our obligations to love one another; to care for the sick and lift up the poor. He is a man who served his country as a U.S. Marine; who has studied and lectured at some of the finest universities and seminaries in the country, and who for over thirty years led a church that serves the community by doing God's work here on Earth - by housing the homeless, ministering to the needy, providing day care services and scholarships and prison ministries, and reaching out to those suffering from HIV/AIDS.
IT'S REALLY BEEN 5 LONG YEARS
March 19 marks 5 years since the tragic invasion of Iraq. Here are the things you need to know on this 5 year anniversary.
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Bush Presidency is actually worse than Jon remembers it to be.
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NY Times makes mistake re Obama. Bill Keller, the managing editor of the New York Times printed a column from William Kristol which said Sen. Barack Obama was present during a controversial sermon by Rev. Wright. But on July 22, Obama was actually in Miami. * *DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE
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