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War Industry.

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BARACKS FATHER'S DAY SPEECH

Good morning. It's good to be home on this Father's Day with my girls, and it's an honor to spend some time with all of you today in the house of our Lord.

At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus closes by saying, "Whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man who built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock." [Matthew 7: 24-25]

Here at Apostolic, you are blessed to worship in a house that has been founded on the rock of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. But it is also built on another rock, another foundation - and that rock is Bishop Arthur Brazier. In forty-eight years, he has built this congregation from just a few hundred to more than 20,000 strong - a congregation that, because of his leadership, has braved the fierce winds and heavy rains of violence and poverty; joblessness and hopelessness. Because of his work and his ministry, there are more graduates and fewer gang members in the neighborhoods surrounding this church. There are more homes and fewer homeless. There is more community and less chaos because Bishop Brazier continued the march for justice that he began by Dr. King's side all those years ago. He is the reason this house has stood tall for half a century. And on this Father's Day, it must make him proud to know that the man now charged with keeping its foundation strong is his son and your new pastor, Reverend Byron Brazier.

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.

But if we are honest with ourselves, we'll admit that what too many fathers also are is missing - missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men. And the foundations of our families are weaker because of it.

You and I know how true this is in the African-American community. We know that more than half of all black children live in single-parent households, a number that has doubled - doubled - since we were children. We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of schools and twenty times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioral problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundations of our community are weaker because of it.

How many times in the last year has this city lost a child at the hands of another child? How many times have our hearts stopped in the middle of the night with the sound of a gunshot or a siren? How many teenagers have we seen hanging around on street corners when they should be sitting in a classroom? How many are sitting in prison when they should be working, or at least looking for a job? How many in this generation are we willing to lose to poverty or violence or addiction? How many?

Yes, we need more cops on the street. Yes, we need fewer guns in the hands of people who shouldn't have them. Yes, we need more money for our schools, and more outstanding teachers in the classroom, and more afterschool programs for our children. Yes, we need more jobs and more job training and more opportunity in our communities.

But we also need families to raise our children. We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child - it's the courage to raise one.

We need to help all the mothers out there who are raising these kids by themselves; the mothers who drop them off at school, go to work, pick up them up in the afternoon, work another shift, get dinner, make lunches, pay the bills, fix the house, and all the other things it takes both parents to do. So many of these women are doing a heroic job, but they need support. They need another parent. Their children need another parent. That's what keeps their foundation strong. It's what keeps the foundation of our country strong.

I know what it means to have an absent father, although my circumstances weren't as tough as they are for many young people today. Even though my father left us when I was two years old, and I only knew him from the letters he wrote and the stories that my family told, I was luckier than most. I grew up in Hawaii, and had two wonderful grandparents from Kansas who poured everything they had into helping my mother raise my sister and me - who worked with her to teach us about love and respect and the obligations we have to one another. I screwed up more often than I should've, but I got plenty of second chances. And even though we didn't have a lot of money, scholarships gave me the opportunity to go to some of the best schools in the country. A lot of kids don't get these chances today. There is no margin for error in their lives. So my own story is different in that way.

Still, I know the toll that being a single parent took on my mother - how she struggled at times to the pay bills; to give us the things that other kids had; to play all the roles that both parents are supposed to play. And I know the toll it took on me. So I resolved many years ago that it was my obligation to break the cycle - that if I could be anything in life, I would be a good father to my girls; that if I could give them anything, I would give them that rock - that foundation - on which to build their lives. And that would be the greatest gift I could offer.

I say this knowing that I have been an imperfect father - knowing that I have made mistakes and will continue to make more; wishing that I could be home for my girls and my wife more than I am right now. I say this knowing all of these things because even as we are imperfect, even as we face difficult circumstances, there are still certain lessons we must strive to live and learn as fathers - whether we are black or white; rich or poor; from the South Side or the wealthiest suburb.

The first is setting an example of excellence for our children - because if we want to set high expectations for them, we've got to set high expectations for ourselves. It's great if you have a job; it's even better if you have a college degree. It's a wonderful thing if you are married and living in a home with your children, but don't just sit in the house and watch "SportsCenter" all weekend long. That's why so many children are growing up in front of the television. As fathers and parents, we've got to spend more time with them, and help them with their homework, and replace the video game or the remote control with a book once in awhile. That's how we build that foundation.

We know that education is everything to our children's future. We know that they will no longer just compete for good jobs with children from Indiana, but children from India and China and all over the world. We know the work and the studying and the level of education that requires.

You know, sometimes I'll go to an eighth-grade graduation and there's all that pomp and circumstance and gowns and flowers. And I think to myself, it's just eighth grade. To really compete, they need to graduate high school, and then they need to graduate college, and they probably need a graduate degree too. An eighth-grade education doesn't cut it today. Let's give them a handshake and tell them to get their butts back in the library!

It's up to us - as fathers and parents - to instill this ethic of excellence in our children. It's up to us to say to our daughters, don't ever let images on TV tell you what you are worth, because I expect you to dream without limit and reach for those goals. It's up to us to tell our sons, those songs on the radio may glorify violence, but in my house we live glory to achievement, self respect, and hard work. It's up to us to set these high expectations. And that means meeting those expectations ourselves. That means setting examples of excellence in our own lives.

The second thing we need to do as fathers is pass along the value of empathy to our children. Not sympathy, but empathy - the ability to stand in somebody else's shoes; to look at the world through their eyes. Sometimes it's so easy to get caught up in "us," that we forget about our obligations to one another. There's a culture in our society that says remembering these obligations is somehow soft - that we can't show weakness, and so therefore we can't show kindness.

But our young boys and girls see that. They see when you are ignoring or mistreating your wife. They see when you are inconsiderate at home; or when you are distant; or when you are thinking only of yourself. And so it's no surprise when we see that behavior in our schools or on our streets. That's why we pass on the values of empathy and kindness to our children by living them. We need to show our kids that you're not strong by putting other people down - you're strong by lifting them up. That's our responsibility as fathers

. And by the way - it's a responsibility that also extends to Washington. Because if fathers are doing their part; if they're taking our responsibilities seriously to be there for their children, and set high expectations for them, and instill in them a sense of excellence and empathy, then our government should meet them halfway.

We should be making it easier for fathers who make responsible choices and harder for those who avoid them. We should get rid of the financial penalties we impose on married couples right now, and start making sure that every dime of child support goes directly to helping children instead of some bureaucrat. We should reward fathers who pay that child support with job training and job opportunities and a larger Earned Income Tax Credit that can help them pay the bills. We should expand programs where registered nurses visit expectant and new mothers and help them learn how to care for themselves before the baby is born and what to do after - programs that have helped increase father involvement, women's employment, and children's readiness for school. We should help these new families care for their children by expanding maternity and paternity leave, and we should guarantee every worker more paid sick leave so they can stay home to take care of their child without losing their income.

We should take all of these steps to build a strong foundation for our children. But we should also know that even if we do; even if we meet our obligations as fathers and parents; even if Washington does its part too, we will still face difficult challenges in our lives. There will still be days of struggle and heartache. The rains will still come and the winds will still blow.

And that is why the final lesson we must learn as fathers is also the greatest gift we can pass on to our children - and that is the gift of hope.

I'm not talking about an idle hope that's little more than blind optimism or willful ignorance of the problems we face. I'm talking about hope as that spirit inside us that insists, despite all evidence to the contrary, that something better is waiting for us if we're willing to work for it and fight for it. If we are willing to believe.

I was answering questions at a town hall meeting in Wisconsin the other day and a young man raised his hand, and I figured he'd ask about college tuition or energy or maybe the war in Iraq. But instead he looked at me very seriously and he asked, "What does life mean to you?"

Now, I have to admit that I wasn't quite prepared for that one. I think I stammered for a little bit, but then I stopped and gave it some thought, and I said this:

When I was a young man, I thought life was all about me - how do I make my way in the world, and how do I become successful and how do I get the things that I want.

But now, my life revolves around my two little girls. And what I think about is what kind of world I'm leaving them. Are they living in a county where there's a huge gap between a few who are wealthy and a whole bunch of people who are struggling every day? Are they living in a county that is still divided by race? A country where, because they're girls, they don't have as much opportunity as boys do? Are they living in a country where we are hated around the world because we don't cooperate effectively with other nations? Are they living a world that is in grave danger because of what we've done to its climate?

And what I've realized is that life doesn't count for much unless you're willing to do your small part to leave our children - all of our children - a better world. Even if it's difficult. Even if the work seems great. Even if we don't get very far in our lifetime.

That is our ultimate responsibility as fathers and parents. We try. We hope. We do what we can to build our house upon the sturdiest rock. And when the winds come, and the rains fall, and they beat upon that house, we keep faith that our Father will be there to guide us, and watch over us, and protect us, and lead His children through the darkest of storms into light of a better day. That is my prayer for all of us on this Father's Day, and that is my hope for this country in the years ahead. May God Bless you and your children. Thank you.

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A REAL DISNEYLAND

GREAT QUOTES

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. -- Author Unknown

MY KIDS

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June 15, 2008

HAPPY FATHERS DAY 2008

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HERE KITTY, KITTY

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June 14, 2008

WEEKEND FREE 6/14/2008

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MY KIDS

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June 13, 2008

SUN TODAY I'M SURE

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican.

I've seen a number of interviews given by some of the Boy Scouts that lived through the tornado in Iowa. These boys all were heroes. I was just so proud of these kids. They didn't panic, they didn't run they put their scout training to good use.

THEY INDEED ARE HEROES.

Q: Is it true John McCain voted with George Bush 95 percent of the time?

A: Yes, it's true, according to Congressional Quarterly's assessment of McCain's voting record.

Q: Do the poor drive farther than the rich, as McCain claims?

A: No. McCain is wrong when he claims repeatedly that low-income people drive more. In fact, the affluent drive twice as many miles.

Have you noticed with the ever increasing cost of gas there are more and more reports of people finding their GAS not their CAR is being stolen.

Some construction sites and farmers are having their diesel stolen from storage tanks at around $4000 to $5000.

FIGHT THE SMEARS

Senator Obama has added a new WEB Site "FIGHT THE SMEARS". It's designed to address the smears that the Republicans and the Right Wing Wack Jobs are sling at Barack. I plan to run this (updated) once a mouth and I've added the "FIGHT THE SMEARS" URL here and at the top for easy use.. * You can see the full response to these smears here at the Obama Fight The Smears site.<----( click here to go to the site )
* SMEAR: Michelle Obama Says "Whitey" On a Tape

LIE: Rush Limbaugh says a tape exists of Michelle Obama using the word "whitey" from the pulpit of Trinity United

LIE: Blogger Larry Johnson writes "New and dramatic developments. This is a heads up. I'll post the news Monday morning by 0900 hours."

LIE: Proven GOP sleazemeister Roger Stone says he has "credible evidence that some indelible record exists" of a tape of Michelle Obama using the term "whitey."

LIE: Blogger: "Tape was filmed between June 26th - July 1st 2004 in Chicago, IL at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Conference at Trinity United Church: specifically the Women's Event."

SMEAR: Barack Obama's birth certificate

LIE: Barack Obama is hiding his birth certificate

SMEAR: Barack Obama is a Muslim

LIE: Barack Obama is a Muslim

LIE: Barack Obama attended a radical madrassa

LIE: Senator Obama was sworn into the US Senate using the Koran

Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was not raised a Muslim, and is a committed Christian

SMEAR: Obama's Books Contain Racially Incendiary Remarks

A recent email forward allegedly quotes passages from Senator Obama's books related to race and religion. The majority of these are alterations, deliberate manipulations, and in one case, an outright fabrication of Obama's words.

Book Quotes are Truncated and Out of Context

SMEAR: Barack Obama Won't Say The Pledge of Allegiance/Won't Put His Hand Over His Heart

LIE: Barack Obama won't say the pledge

LIE: Barack Obama won't put his hand over this heart during the pledge of allegiance

View video of Barack leading The Pledge of Allegiance in the United States Senate

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SPECIAL COMMENT - NOT TO IMPORTANT

Keith Olbermann has a special comment on John McCain's Not To Important comment.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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OH CRAP!!!

GREAT QUOTES

A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

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June 12, 2008

NO SUN YESTERDAY

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

We report. You decide.

ELITIST -- THAT'S IT. . . THAT'S ALL THEY GOT??? And that is just so wrong.

I keep hearing about what a Straight Talker John McCain is. . . I think it's just STRAIGHT BULLSHIT.

YES I'M A LIBERAL. . . AND DAMN PROUD OF IT

Tonight I was doing some work editing some TV shows for my Blog and I had a program on PBS called Anyone and Everyone. It is a documentary about people as they recall their reactions to their teens or adult children coming out.

It was a powerful film that made me proud to know that I'm a LIBERAL and have nothing but respect for the gay community. I agree that they should have EVERY SINGLE RIGHT that I have.

In my working life I've worked with two or three guys that were open. Remember I've been retired for about 10 years now and so these guys came out 20 or 30 years ago when it must have been very, very had to do.

These guys where just like the rest of us. They came to work everyday worked hard and went home.

Watching this show you saw how hard it was for the moms and dads to deal with these children and how hard it was for the child.

The message I got was to remember that they are still your children and you just need to love them for who they are not what others think they are.

HOW DO YOU SPELL WIMPY ANSWER

About 3 weeks ago (see May 30 post) I sent Dunkin Donuts an email telling them that they gave into to the FEAR of the right wing nuts by pulling their ad with Rachael Ray.

The other day this is the WIMPY reply that I got back from them.

Thank you for sharing your comments. We always appreciate hearing from our customers. The intent of the online ad featuring Rachael Ray wearing a paisley silk scarf was to promote iced coffee. Given the surprising and truly unfortunate interpretation of this ad from some of our consumers, we decided to pull the ad and replace it with another as it is no longer serving its intended purpose, which was to simply promote our iced coffee---nothing more, nothing less.

At Dunkin' Donuts, we value all of our customers and remain steadfastly committed to making your experiences with us both memorable and pleasant. Thank you, again, for making us aware of your concerns; it is appreciated.

THE MEDIA DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB 4 OF 4

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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LUNCH IS ON

GREAT QUOTES

Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

MY KIDS

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June 11, 2008

LOOKS LIKE SUN TODAY

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

Senator John McCain has aggressively tried to distance himself from Bush in an effort to avoid being tagged by Democrats as running for Bush's third term. However, as Think Progress notes, McCain's chief surrogate, Senator Lindsey Graham, did not adhere to that message during his appearance on ABC's This Week, with George Stephanopoulos.

Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Graham if McCain's tax and healthcare policies are essentially "an extension or maybe an enhancement of the Bush policies." Sen. Graham answered, "Yeah, absolutely."

PUNDITS KEEP GETTING IT WRONG

Jon Stewart does it again. He nails the TV Pundits that get it wrong almost every time they open their mouths.

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FAIR AND BALANCED DOES IT AGAIN

On June 6th Fox News' America's Pulse, host E.D. Hill teased an upcoming segment about Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama's on-stage "fist bump" by saying, "A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently."

Well if she thinks that's what it means here are a few more she can add to her list.

FLASH: From the June 10 edition of Fox News' America's Pulse:

HILL: Want to start the show by clarifying something I said on the show last Friday about an upcoming body language segment. Now, I mentioned various ways the Obamas' fist pump in St. Paul had been characterized in the media. I apologize because unfortunately, some thought I personally had characterized it inappropriately. I regret that. It was not my intention. And I certainly didn't mean to associate the word "terrorist" in any way to Senator Obama and his wife. Now, today, the senator is talking about the economy.

That's a pretty lame apology. I don't think any of the crap the FOX NOISE grew puts on TV is said my mistake. They know damn well what they are saying. SHAME ON YOU FOX NOISE.

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THE MEDIA DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB 3 OF 4

Five years after the invasion of Iraq, Scott McClellan, formerly White House press secretary and one of President George W. Bush's closest advisors, has published a tell-all book with little new information about the propaganda campaign and the role of the press in selling the war. On this week's JOURNAL, Bill Moyers talks to three prominent journalists to find out why the book is such big news and whether anything has changed.

Bill Moyers speaks with Greg Mitchell, editor of the influential magazine about the newspaper industry, EDITOR & PUBLISHER, and two members from McClatchy's Washington Bureau, one of the few news outlets to aggressively question the administration's case for invading Iraq: John Walcott, the bureau chief and John Landay, senior national security and intelligence correspondent.

So why is it such big news? John Walcott explains that it wasn't the information that made McClellan's book such a fire-starter, it was the source:

This is one of the first times, I think, that a member of the President's inner circle, one of the Texans who came to Washington with him and was regarded as being very close to him, has gone this far in denouncing what the administration did with respect to Iraq and has come right out and said that they deceived the American people.

This is a four part series. Today, part 3.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

Cavuto provides conflicting tips to McCain

June 9: Fox News' Neil Cavuto said John McCain shouldn't hide his temper because it shows his "passion." However, four months ago Cavuto had a different opinion saying, "...a lot of people are waiting for Senator McCain to snap; for him to do something crazy and that just as he's on the verge of winning this, he's gonna go. kinda like a Norman Bates deal."

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HAPPY HOME COMING

GREAT QUOTES

Keep skunks and bankers and lawyers at a distance.

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

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June 10, 2008

SHOW ME THE LIGHT

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Bush's Brain.

I'M SO PISSED. . .

Yes I'm pissed. For the third time in less than a year I'm about ready to empty my freezer and refrigerator because of a power outage. From 5:45 pm last night until 5:30 am this morning I've been sitting in the dark. . . well sleeping. I was really pissed when the power first went out because I was watching Countdown and it was almost time for "WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD".

A day without WORST, is a day without Sunshine. That would be yesterday.

Anyway It's a short Blog today.

THE MEDIA DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB 2 OF 4

Five years after the invasion of Iraq, Scott McClellan, formerly White House press secretary and one of President George W. Bush's closest advisors, has published a tell-all book with little new information about the propaganda campaign and the role of the press in selling the war. On this week's JOURNAL, Bill Moyers talks to three prominent journalists to find out why the book is such big news and whether anything has changed.

Bill Moyers speaks with Greg Mitchell, editor of the influential magazine about the newspaper industry, EDITOR & PUBLISHER, and two members from McClatchy's Washington Bureau, one of the few news outlets to aggressively question the administration's case for invading Iraq: John Walcott, the bureau chief and John Landay, senior national security and intelligence correspondent.

So why is it such big news? John Walcott explains that it wasn't the information that made McClellan's book such a fire-starter, it was the source:

This is one of the first times, I think, that a member of the President's inner circle, one of the Texans who came to Washington with him and was regarded as being very close to him, has gone this far in denouncing what the administration did with respect to Iraq and has come right out and said that they deceived the American people.

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

GREAT QUOTES

Life ain't about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

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June 09, 2008

HOW MUCH FUN CAN YOU HAVE

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Defeatocrats.

It's the Economy Stupid!!! Bush still doesn't get it.

THIS IS OUR MOMENT

Here is part of Barack Obama's speech from last week.

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THE MEDIA DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB 1 OF 4

Five years after the invasion of Iraq, Scott McClellan, formerly White House press secretary and one of President George W. Bush's closest advisors, has published a tell-all book with little new information about the propaganda campaign and the role of the press in selling the war. On this week's JOURNAL, Bill Moyers talks to three prominent journalists to find out why the book is such big news and whether anything has changed.

Bill Moyers speaks with Greg Mitchell, editor of the influential magazine about the newspaper industry, EDITOR & PUBLISHER, and two members from McClatchy's Washington Bureau, one of the few news outlets to aggressively question the administration's case for invading Iraq: John Walcott, the bureau chief and John Landay, senior national security and intelligence correspondent.

So why is it such big news? John Walcott explains that it wasn't the information that made McClellan's book such a fire-starter, it was the source:

This is one of the first times, I think, that a member of the President's inner circle, one of the Texans who came to Washington with him and was regarded as being very close to him, has gone this far in denouncing what the administration did with respect to Iraq and has come right out and said that they deceived the American people.

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ROBERT KENNEDY HAD IT RIGHT 40 YEARS AGO

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

TAKE FIVE

GREAT QUOTES

Your fences need to be horse high, pig tight and bull strong.

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 08, 2008

WET AND COLD WEEKEND

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BELMONT STAKES

What a sad end to a great story. Maybe next year.

WEEKEND FUNNIES

DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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OLD FOLKS

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

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June 07, 2008

WEEKEND OFF 6/7/2008

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BELMONT STAKES

WEEKEND FUNNIES

DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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THE OLD FOLKS

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 06, 2008

WE KNEW THIS DIDN'T WE

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

I'm keeping a Count Down of the days left until Bush is out of office and a Count Up til I get my Tax Rebate.

MORE TO SAY

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THE MESS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - McSAME

THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Neocons -- Wrong again .

RFK died this day some 40 years ago.

Oil price is $128 per barrel.

"BUYING THE WAR" 5 OF 5 (16:45)

"Buying the War" examines the press coverage in the lead-up to the war as evidence of a paradigm shift in the role of journalists in democracy and asks, four years after the invasion, what's changed? "More and more the media become, I think, common carriers of administration statements and critics of the administration," says THE WASHINGTON POST's Walter Pincus. "We've sort of given up being independent on our own."

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TIMELINE TO WAR IN IRAQ

March 7, 2003 -- Hans Blix before UN Security Council states that searches have "found no evidence of mobile biological production facilities in Iraq," and that "after three months of intrusive inspections, we have to date found no evidence or plausible indication of the revival of a nuclear weapons program in Iraq." He also says that Niger uranium documents are "not authentic."

March 16, 2003 -- At a summit in the Azores, President Bush and Prime Minister Blair issue an ultimatum to the United Nations that if it does not enforce its own demands for Iraqi disarmament, the United States and Britain will lead a coalition to war within days.

Vice President Cheney on MEET THE PRESS: "My belief is that we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."

March 17, 2003 -- In a televised address to the nation, Bush gives Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave Iraq or face invasion.

March 20, 2003 -- War begins.

US planes bombard military targets in Baghdad. British marines invade the Faw peninsula in the south of the country.

April 9, 2003 -- With the help of a US Marine tank, an Iraqi crowd topples a giant statue of Saddam Hussein in central Baghdad. Widespread looting breaks out in

April 22, 2003 -- The UN chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix, condemns British and American handling of the hunt for any possible weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

May 1, 2003 -- President Bush lands on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln wearing a flight suit and in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner states, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended."

SCOTT MCCLELLAN MUST FEEL GOOD THIS MORNING

When President Bush and Vice President Cheney began building their case for the pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, they did so in high profile speeches that received no vetting or approval from US intelligence agencies that were gathering information about Saddam Hussein's regime, according to a new Senate report.

It turned out that most of their assertions were wrong. THEY WERE LYING. . . IT'S CLEAR. . . IT'S SIMPLE.

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The full report is available as .pdf files. <----( Click here. )

* The Committee's report cites several conclusions in which the Administration's public statements were NOT supported by the intelligence.

o Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa'ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa'ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.

o Statements by the President and the Vice President indicating that Saddam Hussein was prepared to give weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups for attacks against the United States were contradicted by available intelligence information.

o Statements by President Bush and Vice President Cheney regarding the postwar situation in Iraq, in terms of the political, security, and economic, did not reflect the concerns and uncertainties expressed in the intelligence products.

o Statements by the President and Vice President prior to the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iraq's chemical weapons production capability and activities did not reflect the intelligence community's uncertainties as to whether such production was ongoing.

o The Secretary of Defense's statement that the Iraqi government operated underground WMD facilities that were not vulnerable to conventional airstrikes because they were underground and deeply buried was not substantiated by available intelligence information.

o The Intelligence Community did not confirm that Muhammad Atta met an Iraqi intelligence officer in Prague in 2001 as the Vice President repeatedly claimed.

Cheney's speech and President Bush's address to the United Nations on Sept. 12, 2002, were not reviewed in advance by the Intelligence Community, according to the report.

"This report again demonstrates how President Bush, Vice President Cheney and others made repeated assertions about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein that were not supported by, and at times outright contradicted, the intelligence available at the time," said Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), an Intelligence Committee member. "The administration made the case for war in Iraq by convincing the American people that Saddam Hussein had, or was on the verge of obtaining, a nuclear weapon and that he had a relationship with al Qaeda and would provide it with weapons of mass destruction to attack the United States. The administration used the 9/11 attacks to justify a war that has not only been waged in a country that had no connection to the attacks, but has seriously damaged our ability to fight al Qaeda. Sadly, after years of misconduct, these findings come as no surprise."

This country is more than ready for a new administration that will be truthful with the American people.

BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

CHANGE

GREAT QUOTES

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -- Maurice Chevalier, New York Times, 9 October 1960

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 05, 2008

JUST ANOTHER THURSDAY

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

I'm keeping a Count Down of the days left until Bush is out of office and a Count Up til I get my Tax Rebate.

MORE TO SAY

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THE MESS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - McSAME

THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Osama Bin Forgotten

GEORGE W. BUSH LIBRARY IN EARLY PLANNING STAGES :

You'll want to be one of the first to make a contribution to this great man's legacy. The Library will include:

* The Dick Cheney Room, in the famous undisclosed location, complete with shooting gallery.

Who is LESS FUNNY than Dick Cheney. . . I say Dennis Miller.

McSAME keeps saying that we are wining since the Surge started and that troops deaths are down since the first of the year. I think there are over 185 reason that might argue that point.

"BUYING THE WAR" 4 OF 5 (22:31)

"Buying the War" examines the press coverage in the lead-up to the war as evidence of a paradigm shift in the role of journalists in democracy and asks, four years after the invasion, what's changed? "More and more the media become, I think, common carriers of administration statements and critics of the administration," says THE WASHINGTON POST's Walter Pincus. "We've sort of given up being independent on our own."

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TIMELINE TO WAR IN IRAQ

January 13, 2003 -- Tony Blair says that Britain and the US could act against Iraq without a second UN resolution. International Atomic Energy Agency Chief, Mohammed ElBaradei, says that weapons inspectors need "a few months" to finish their search in Iraq.

January 16, 2003 -- Weapons inspectors find 12 empty chemical warheads, not accounted for in Iraq's 12,000 page weapons report.

January 28, 2003 -- In his State of the Union address, President Bush alleges "the British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

February 5, 2003 -- Colin Powell addresses the United Nations, making the United States case for war against Iraq. He draws attention to a British Intelligence Report, which, it was quickly proven, had been downloaded off the Internet. The U.S. press focuses its criticism of the mistake on U.K. intelligence

February 12, 2003 -- UN weapons inspectors report that Iraq possesses illegal missiles: two Samoud rockets that exceed the maximum range of 150km set down in the 1991 Gulf war ceasefire agreement.

February 14, 2003 -- Chief UN Nuclear Weapons Inspector, Mohamed Elbaradei, reports to the UN: "We have to date found no evidence of ongoing prohibited nuclear or nuclear related activities in Iraq."

Vice-President Cheney on MEET THE PRESS on March 16, 2003 responds to IAEA reports: "I think Mr. ElBaradei frankly is wrong. And I think if you look at the track record of the International Atomic Energy Agency and this kind of issue, especially where Iraq's concerned, they have consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing."

February 28, 2003 -- Hans Blix releases interim report, which gives a mixed assessment of Iraqi cooperation with weapons inspectors, but particularly commends Hussein's pledge to destroy the two illegal Samoud missiles.

March 6, 2003 -- President Bush gives press conference in which he indicates that war is very close

JON STEWART INTERVIEWS SCOTT McCLELLAN PART 2 OF 2

Unlike O'Reilly, Jon Stewart does an interview about the book.

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IT'S ABOUT ME. . . BILL-O

Bill O'Reilly's interview with Scott McClellan aired the other night and ever since then he has been looking for some confirmation that HE DONE GOOD.

This will go on for a week or more just like he did with his Hillary interview. I don't know why these folks go on his show because he'll use it against them for a week or more as will the other FOX NOISE shows.

One of the themes of the interview was O'Reilly's point that the "hate Bush venues" and "pure Bush haters" were using McClellan. O'Reilly didn't mention anyone by name - but he did bring up, "these people at NBC and some at CNN," one time.

Apparently O'Reilly tuned in to some of the interviews: "I watched you last week promoting the book with some of the most notorious bush haters in the country and you were on their programs." He can't bring himself to say their names how petty is that.

At the start O'Reilly said: "The Hate Bush Press is Using You". McClellan answered O'Reilly's question on that and ones like, "what was going through your mind," in going on these shows. "First of all I think some of those were the first to come to the table," he said. "I'm glad to do all the shows."

McClellan not only held his own but if you look at the transcript of the interview you'll see just ho un-objective this interview was. ( read it below ).

Bill-O needs his ego stroked and so he has all these people on for the following days so that they will say what a great job he did on Scott McClellan.

Here is a cross section of some comments I found:

So this interview wasn't about McClellan's accusations, it was all about Bill and his endless Quixotic quest against the "far left smear merchants". Couldn't see that one coming!

I mean, even McClellan's critics aren't arguing with the points he's made, they're just saying he's a traitor. Everybody knows he's just confirming what we've all gotten used to over the past eight years. Propaganda? Disinformation? Politics influencing policy? Yawn. Tell us something we didn't know.

"Pure Bush Haters" = Olbermann. Period. Orally is the most transparent fool on TV.

Bush haters include 72% of Americans. . .

O'Reilly made every question about himself and then lectured McClellan and told him what to do. this guy is a joke.

Scott McClellan walked all over Bill O. The interview was a total bust and wouldn't you know - after speculation that in a few days there would be the body language expert telling us what he really meant, there she was, makeover and all, telling us on the very same show what he really said. You blew it, Bill!

No Jeremy Glick moment eh?

Yet another attempt by corrupt Republicans to distort the facts, history and truth.

So when CIA chief Tenet says "slam dunk" he meant to say flimsy at best. Or was he talking about basketball.

So O'Reilly, who was so upset last week that McClellan wasn't on his show, gets Scotty on and asks him about . . . his appearances on other shows! Sheesh.

This is what passes as an interview?

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

MY COMPUTER CRASHED AGAIN

Tip 'O the hat to Karen

GREAT QUOTES

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. -- John Mortimer

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

Posted by thebscorner at 03:05 AM | Daily Dose |

June 04, 2008

A GREAT DAY FOR AMERICA

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

I'm keeping a Count Down of the days left until Bush is out of office and a Count Up til I get my Tax Rebate.

MORE TO SAY

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THE MESS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - McSAME

THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Fox News - In the Tank

OBAMA PRESUMPTIVE NOMINEE

- NO -

BARACK OBAMA WINS ! ! !

"Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States," -- Barack Obama, June 3, 2008

Here a short video from Barack's speech last night.

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"BUYING THE WAR" 3 OF 5 (11:50)

"Buying the War" examines the press coverage in the lead-up to the war as evidence of a paradigm shift in the role of journalists in democracy and asks, four years after the invasion, what's changed? "More and more the media become, I think, common carriers of administration statements and critics of the administration," says THE WASHINGTON POST's Walter Pincus. "We've sort of given up being independent on our own."

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TIMELINE TO WAR IN IRAQ

October 7, 2002 -- President Bush: "We cannot wait for the final proof - the smoking gun- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud."

October 10, 2002 -- Congress passes Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Military force in Iraq.

October 26, 2002 -- In largest public anti-war protest since 1960's, 100,000 march in Washington to protest military strike against Iraq. WASHINGTON POST Ombudsman later criticizes the paper for not giving this event wider coverage.

November 2002 -- James Fallows piece "The Fifty-first State?" is published in THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY in which he queried "Going to war with Iraq would mean shouldering all the responsibilities of an occupying power the moment victory was achieved. These would include running the economy, keeping domestic peace, and protecting Iraq's borders-and doing it all for years, or perhaps decades. Are we ready for this long-term relationship?"

November 8, 2002 -- UN Security Council adopts Resolution 1441, which dictates "Iraq will face serious consequences if it does not comply with inspections."

November 27, 2002 -- UN weapons inspectors arrive in Baghdad for the first time since December 1998 in order to search for weapons of mass destruction.

December 7, 2002 -- Iraqi officials in Baghdad present 12,000 page weapons report to United Nations, as instructed by UN resolution 1441. Iraqi General Hasam Amin says report proves "that Iraq is empty of weapons of mass destruction."

December 19, 2002 -- Hans Blix, UN Chief Weapons Inspector, states that the Iraqi weapons report does not contain substantial new information about its capability to produce weapons of mass destruction. The United States thus declares that Iraq is in "material breach" of UN Resolution 1441.

JON STEWART INTERVIEWS SCOTT McCLELLAN

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THE WORD

Steven Colbert has the WORD of the day.

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

UNITY

GREAT QUOTES

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. -- George Bernard Shaw

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 03, 2008

ALMOST HEAVEN

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

I'm keeping a Count Down of the days left until Bush is out of office and a Count Up til I get my Tax Rebate.

MORE TO SAY

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Surrender monkeys

Tuesday, June 3

Montana Primary 24 delegates

South Dakota Primary 23 delegates

THE FAT LADY IS WARMING UP

Today is the last primary of the year.

GM to close 4 factories.

These are Hummer and SUV type automobiles. I'm no damn mulit million dollar CEO but I knew that 10 years or longer ago that GM, FORD and CHRYSLER were not getting ready or even developing cars of the future. They know that they can make BIG BUCKS on these cars so why build a smaller more efficient car.

"BUYING THE WAR" 2 OF 5 (18;56)

"Buying the War" examines the press coverage in the lead-up to the war as evidence of a paradigm shift in the role of journalists in democracy and asks, four years after the invasion, what's changed? "More and more the media become, I think, common carriers of administration statements and critics of the administration," says THE WASHINGTON POST's Walter Pincus. "We've sort of given up being independent on our own."

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TIMELINE TO WAR IN IRAQ

December 2001 -- FRONTLINE, in collaboration with THE NEW YORK TIMES, produces "Gunning for Saddam," detailing the strong evidence provided by defectors that Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction.

December 20, 2001 -- Judith Miller publishes the first of six stories for the NEW YORK TIMES based on Iraqi defectors' testimony. One major source for such defector information was the former head of the Iraqi National Congress, Ahmed Chalabi.

January 29, 2002 -- In his first State of the Union address since September 11, George W. Bush declares Iraq part of an 'axis of evil'

February and May 2002 -- VANITY FAIR writer David Rose publishes a number of stories relying on the information provided by Iraqi defectors. He follows the series with January 2003's "Baghdad's Cruel Princes." While most of the stories are not online, Rose's January 2007 article on prominent Neoconservatives look back at the Iraq war - "Neo Culpa" is available.

August 2002 -- Vice-President Dick Cheney: "Many of us are convinced that Saddam Hussein will acquire nuclear weapons fairly soon."

September 8, 2002 -- Vice-President Cheney cites NEW YORK TIMES story about aluminum tubes on NBC's MEET THE PRESS.

September 19, 2002 -- Joby Warrick reports in THE WASHINGTON POST "A key piece of evidence in the Bush administration's case against Iraq is being challenged in a report by independent experts who question whether thousands of high-strength aluminum tubes recently sought by Iraq were intended for a secret nuclear weapons program."

October 2002 -- Administration releases unclassified version of The National Intelligence Estimate detailing Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs.

CNN'S WARE DISSMISSES MCCAIN'S CHALLENGE THAT OBAMA VISIT IRAQ.

CNN's Michael Ware dismissed Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) recent assertion that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) travel to Iraq in order to get a better sense of the war. Ware said that U.S. officials' trips to Iraq are usually "divorced from reality" adding that its "impossible" to "get much of a real picture." Ware then noted that McCain's own trips to Iraq have not helped him get a sense of the realities in Iraq:

WARE: I'll issue a word of caution, too. I mean Senator McCain has been here, what, more than half a dozen times. And we've seen him get assessments of Iraq terribly wrong. So I wouldn't be hanging my hat on the fact that your opponent has only been here once.

While McCain said that he'd "be glad to go" with Obama to Iraq, a Washington Post reporter noted yesterday that there is "no way" the Secret Service would agree to McCain's plan.

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MCCAIN MISSPEAKS. . . AGAIN

Is it his age or is it that he just needs to spin the success of the war?

Either way McBush get's it wrong again.

Obama answers back.

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

WISDOM OF THE AGES

GREAT QUOTES

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. -- Mark Twain

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 02, 2008

ALMOST OVER

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

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THE NEW BUSH BUMPER STICKERS

Homelessness

This BULLSHIT that the Hillary campaign is putting out that they "Have the most vote of anyone." Is just that BULLSHIT.

One other thing for argument sake let's say she does. That doesn't change the fact that Barack Obama has the MOST delegates which by the way is what counts according to THE RULES. YES THE RULES.

Here is a simple example:

"BUYING THE WAR" 1 OF 5 (14:58)

One of the unintended consequence of Scott McClellan's book "WHAT HAPPENED" has put some of the highly paid journalists on the defense for not doing their on the run up to the war.

Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln wearing a flight suit and delivered a speech in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner. He was hailed by media stars as a "breathtaking" example of presidential leadership in toppling Saddam Hussein. Despite profound questions over the failure to locate weapons of mass destruction and the increasing violence in Baghdad, many in the press confirmed the White House's claim that the war was won. MSNBC's Chris Matthews declared, "We're all neo-cons now;" NPR's Bob Edwards said, "The war in Iraq is essentially over;" and Fortune magazine's Jeff Birnbaum said, "It is amazing how thorough the victory in Iraq really was in the broadest context."

How did the mainstream press get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein to 9-11 continue to go largely unreported? "What the conservative media did was easy to fathom; they had been cheerleaders for the White House from the beginning and were simply continuing to rally the public behind the President - no questions asked. How mainstream journalists suspended skepticism and scrutiny remains an issue of significance that the media has not satisfactorily explored," says Moyers. "How the administration marketed the war to the American people has been well covered, but critical questions remain: How and why did the press buy it, and what does it say about the role of journalists in helping the public sort out fact from propaganda?"

Today and for the next 5 days you can see this Bill Moyers story about how the journalists bought into the war in Iraq. These are longer videos than normal so I'll post the running time in each title.

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TIMELINE TO WAR IN IRAQ

January 20, 2001 -- George W. Bush is inaugurated as the 43rd President of the United States.

September 11, 2001 -- Al Qaeda attacks the United States, causing the deaths of almost 3000 people. Within hours after the attacks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld puts Saddam Hussein on target list.

September 14, 2001 -- President Bush speaks at Ground Zero, "And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."

September 17, 2001 -- Dan Rather on David Letterman, "George Bush is the President, he makes the decisions and you know, as just one American wherever he wants me to line up, just tell me where." In the months after 9/11 many networks note increasing public pressure over coverage.

September 22, 2001 -- Knight Ridder reporter Warren Strobel publishes a story with the lede: "While President Bush's top advisers debate whether to target Iraq for devastating bombardment as part of the U.S.-led war on terrorism, U.S. officials and terrorism experts say there is little evidence Saddam Hussein's regime played a role in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon."

October 2001 -- Pentagon dispatches former CIA director, James Woolsey, to Europe to search for connection between Iraq and the 9/11 attacks.

November 2001 -- As US strikes in Afghanistan are underway, pundits begin citing Saddam Hussein's removal as the next mission in the war on terror. Bill Kristol, editor of THE WEEKLY STANDARD on Fox News: "...it's no longer a question of if, it's a question of how we go after Saddam Hussein." THE NEW YORK TIMES publishes an article citing intelligence from Iraqi defectors.

November 12, 2001 -- William Safire of THE NEW YORK TIMES calls meeting between 9/11 Hijacker Mohammed Atta with an Iraqi diplomat an "undisputed fact."

BILL-O IS NUTS

This is funny. Bill-O is really pissed cause Scott McClellan didn't come on his show first and he can't bring himself to say Keith Olbermann's name.

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BUSHED

Keith Olbermann has listed the various scandles in the Bush administration. Here are three more.

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WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

Keith Olbermann picks the three worst persons in the world.

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DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

THEY NEED YOUR HELP

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PRETTY GOOD JOKES

GETTING OLD

GREAT QUOTES

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. -- Sam Ewing

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

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June 01, 2008

A LITTLE LOVE

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NICE GOING YESTERDAY DNC !!!

-- A Democratic panel approves seating full Florida and Michigan delegations, giving each delegate half a vote.

I think this is a good move for Barack and his family.

Sen. Obama is leaving Trinity United Church of Christ, his longtime religious home in Chicago and a place that has triggered repeated controversies during his presidential bid.

DOGS RULE - YOU CAN SEE THE LOVE

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I AM YOUR DOG

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I am your dog, and I have a little something I'd like to whisper in your ear. I know that you humans lead busy lives. Some have to work, some have children to raise. It always seems like you are running here and there, often much too fast, often never noticing the truly grand things in life. Look down at me now, while you sit there at your computer. See the way my dark brown eyes look at yours? They are slightly cloudy now. That comes with age. The gray hairs are beginning to ring my soft muzzle.

You smile at me; I see love in your eyes. What do you see in mine? Do you see a spirit? A soul inside, who loves you as no other could in the world? A spirit that would forgive all trespasses of prior wrong doing for the just a simple moment of your time? That is all I ask. To slow down, if even for a few minutes to be with me. So many times you have been saddened by the words you read on that screen, of other of my kind, passing. Sometimes we die young and oh so quickly, sometimes so suddenly it wrenches your heart out of your throat. Sometimes, we age so slowly before your eyes that you may not even seem to know until the very end, when we look at you with grizzled muzzles and cataract clouded eyes. Still the love is always there, even when we must take that long sleep, to run free in a distant land.

I may not be here tomorrow; I may not be here next week. Someday you will shed the water from your eyes, that humans have when deep grief fills their souls, and you will be angry at yourself that you did not have just "One more day" with me. Because I love you so, your sorrow touches my spirit and grieves me. We have NOW, together. So come, sit down here next to me on the floor, and look deep into my eyes. What do you see? If you look hard and deep enough we will talk, you and I, heart to heart. Come to me not as "alpha" or as "trainer" or even "Mom or Dad", come to me as a living soul and stroke my fur and let us look deep into one another's eyes, and talk.

I may tell you something about the fun of chasing a tennis ball, or I may tell you something profound about myself, or even life in general. You decided to have me in your life because you wanted a soul to share such things with. Someone very different from you, and here I am. I am a dog, but I am alive. I feel emotion, I feel physical senses, and I can revel in the differences of our spirits and souls. I do not think of you as a "Dog on two fee" -I know what you are. You are human, in all your quirkiness, and I love you still.

Now come sit with me, on the floor. Enter my world, and let time slow down if only for 15 minutes. Look deep into my eyes, and whisper to my ears Speak with your heart, with your joy and I will know your true self. We may not have tomorrow, and life is oh so very short.

Love, (on behalf of canines everywhere)

MY KIDS

My God I love dogs.

BTW, what good is a picnic table if you can't lay on it?

Posted by thebscorner at 06:40 AM | Daily Dose |