David Corn

DC,

Great piece. Sad news for the poor little bankers and CEO's - I hope they manage to land on their feet after being dangled from their golden parachutes.

Thanks

During the hearing, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked a question:

WHITEHOUSE: Gentlemen, we’re in the middle of a near total mortgage system meltdown in this country. We have a health care system that burns 16 percent of our GDP, in which the Medicare liability alone has been estimated at $34 trillion. We’re burning $10 billion a month in Iraq.

This administration has run up $7.7 trillion in national debt, by our calculation. And there is worsening evidence every day of global warming, with worsening environmental and national security ramifications. In light of those conditions, do any of you seriously contend that drilling for more oil is the number one issue facing the American people today?

(Long silent pause during which nobody answers.)

WHITEHOUSE: No, it doesn’t seem so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnJAIeEgjSM

John McCain: economy is ’still strong’

Yes from today 9/15?
Black Monday?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igAmVs0cvY8

President Bush can declare a national emergency and martial law in the event of an economic crisis.

FEMA EXECUTIVE ORDERS

http://tinyurl.com/bboso

FEMA is in place to preserve the government.

It will try to mitigate the number of dead citizens but the government must perservere.

FEMA is not a service for citizens it is a service for the government.

From RFK Jr.:

"Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that "some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in pubic premises before the snow flies."

It might be worth asking Governor Palin for a tally of the other favorites from her reading list. "

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You go Bobby!

I think Bobby Kennedy would make a great Attorney General. Caroline Kennedy would make a great HHS Secretary.

Empty Seats Greet McCain at Fla. Rally

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain held his first rally without running mate Sarah Palin today, and let's just say there were seats available.

The McCain "Road to Victory" rally was originally scheduled to be a pancake breakfast, but the campaign said there was such an outpouring of enthusiasm the event was shifted to the 15,000-seat Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena.

The may not have been the best idea: There were almost no supporters in any of the cavernous arena's 24 upper-level seating sections, and only eight of the 21 sections downstairs held fans. Only four of those were filled, though some supporters crowded around the stage on the arena floor.

http://tinyurl.com/5mxbnk

*****

No small wonder he hates celebrity - he can't become one.

DC: Pure Orwellian double-speak. They are taking everything Bush threw at them in 2000 and are using for themselves. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That's fine if he wouldn't then turn around and call himself a reformer and maverick though.

In response to today's news of the worsening financial markets, including the news that the large investment bank Lehman Brothers will file for bankruptcy, Senator Obama released the following statement:

This morning we woke up to some very serious and troubling news from Wall Street.

The situation with Lehman Brothers and other financial institutions is the latest in a wave of crises that are generating enormous uncertainty about the future of our financial markets. This turmoil is a major threat to our economy and its ability to create good-paying jobs and help working Americans pay their bills, save for their future, and make their mortgage payments.

The challenges facing our financial system today are more evidence that too many folks in Washington and on Wall Street weren’t minding the store. Eight years of policies that have shredded consumer protections, loosened oversight and regulation, and encouraged outsized bonuses to CEOs while ignoring middle-class Americans have brought us to the most serious financial crisis since the Great Depression.

I certainly don’t fault Senator McCain for these problems, but I do fault the economic philosophy he subscribes to. It’s a philosophy we’ve had for the last eight years – one that says we should give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. It’s a philosophy that says even common-sense regulations are unnecessary and unwise, and one that says we should just stick our heads in the sand and ignore economic problems until they spiral into crises.

Well now, instead of prosperity trickling down, the pain has trickled up – from the struggles of hardworking Americans on Main Street to the largest firms of Wall Street.

This country can’t afford another four years of this failed philosophy. For years, I have consistently called for modernizing the rules of the road to suit a 21st century market – rules that would protect American investors and consumers. And I’ve called for policies that grow our economy and our middle-class together. That is the change I am calling for in this campaign, and that is the change I will bring as President.

http://tinyurl.com/63khkv

http://www.mccainpedia.org/index.php/Count_the_Lies

If McCain were making the same speech that Obama made, he wouldn't have said "I certainly don't fault Obama for this" Oh yes he would! That would be the first thing out of his mouth. That is the difference between Obama and McCain. Obama is trying to take the high road.

At this point. I think he should just leave those comments out. Don't fault McCain directly, unless warranted, but don't add the "I certaintly don't fault McCain"...or "McCain served with distinction" crap. He said it once and doesn't have to say it again. Just repeat that McCain would be no different than Bush over and over and over. THAT is not a lie.

Neoconservatives plan Project Sarah Palin to shape future American foreign policy

Neoconservatives whose influence had been waning in Washington have hitched their colours to rising star Sarah Palin in a bid to shape US foreign policy for another decade.

http://tinyurl.com/633cqf

Actually, you can fault McCain directly for the current financial woes. He, with his advisor Grahm, helped relax the laws that got us into this subprime mess. I think that needs to be shouted on the rooftops.

Another real good one-liner:

"This country can’t afford another four years of this failed philosophy"

And you expected 'what' from these people?

Looks like 1984 is a little late, but on the tracks...

Flat-out lies finding a receptive audience in voters seeking denial

[...]

The McPalin campaign knows. No need for rumors and innuendoes. It flat-out lies. Repeats the lies. Then lies again when the lies are exposed. There's Palin's lie about the infamous Bridge to Nowhere: She campaigned for it, then kept the $223 million in federal tax dollars when Washington killed its support. Still, she keeps repeating her "thanks but no thanks" line rally after rally. There's Palin's lie about how "we began a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence," as she told the Republican convention, even though not an inch of that pipeline has been built, not an inch will be built for years, and it may never be built at all. There's Palin's lie about being an ethical reformist even though she thought nothing of billing taxpayers for 312 nights spent at home, at $60 a night, on days she commuted 45 minutes to her governor's office in Anchorage.

Then there's McCain's fantasies about balancing the budget while cutting taxes, fighting wars and "changing the tone of Washington" while slandering Barack Obama's darkish background. It's what Justice William Brennan once defined, in a different context, the reckless disregard for the truth.

But to succeed, deception needs a receptive audience. It needs the incurious, the unquestioning, the toadying. The effectiveness of the lies, in a year when comatose fleas should capably beat the shrewdest Republican, is telling -- not about the candidates' venality, but about the electorate's want: This isn't an election about change. It's an election about extending the denial that made the last eight years possible. Many Americans, maybe most, want to convince themselves that America's moral authority and example is undiminished despite the last eight years. (And who can blame them? Who doesn't wish it weren't so?) The last thing those brave Americans want is change. They want leadership that validates their delusion. Palin-McCain is their narcotic bridge to nowhere.

http://tinyurl.com/64d34j

No Hockey Mom Left Behind

I believe Sarah Palin is qualified. To sell Tupperware. As far as that other job she's up for, not so much. Let me explain something—you've been punk'd. This is the Harriet Miers of vice presidential picks, but the joke's gone on too long. Pull the plug, Ashton. And thank you, John McCain, for the most cynical move in the history of presidential politics. I still think you should have gone with Jenna Jameson, but you're the pro.

This is not about lipstick on a pig. It's about the elephant in the room. All that talk about Harvard Law Review president Obama not being qualified, and now this? A skinnier, less witty version of Roseanne Barr? Let's hope we never have to hear Sarah Palin sing the National Anthem. And let's hope vacuousness doesn't trickle down.

This is not a gender issue. In fact, I was for a hiring quota in the White House before I was against it. It's the mediocrity, stupid. Mediocrity hasn't had this kind of bump since Happy Days spun off Joanie Loves Chachi. And it's not about how Sarah Palin is opening doors for women. It's about how Dan Quayle and George W. Bush opened a door for Sarah Palin. Meanwhile, planet Earth looks on in bewilderment as we build our national bridge to nowhere.

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/news/17165

Dept. of poor timing

Quite a day for an op-ed titled "Quit Doling Out That Bad-Economy Line."

From Donald Luskin's attack-ad-ready piece: "Full disclosure: I'm an adviser to John McCain's campaign ..."

http://tinyurl.com/6lsfpz

DID SAAKASHVILI LIE?

The West Begins to Doubt Georgian Leader

Five weeks after the war in the Caucasus the mood is shifting against Georgian President Saakashvili. Some Western intelligence reports have undermined Tbilisi's version of events, and there are now calls on both sides of the Atlantic for an independent investigation.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,578273,00.html

New Ad!

http://tinyurl.com/67vf7v

Rovian Push Polling In Florida Tries to Link Obama To PLO

crooksandliars.com — Key West resident Joelna Marcus received a phone call today. She was asked if she is Jewish, and she replied in the affirmative. She was asked if she was religious. She was then asked if her opinion of Barack Obama would change IF she knew that Obama had given lots and lots of money to the PLO.

Romney on McCAIN: "HUGE MISTAKE!!" False Accusation Was WRONG & REPREHENSIBLE !!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY5Plqs5d98

Rove: McCain attacks have gone “one step too far”

http://tinyurl.com/56gmnp

wow rove? wtf?!
will wonders never cease!

Barack Obama on Change in Grand Junction, CO

"But now suddenly, John McCain says he is about change, too. He even started using some of my lines. Suddenly he says he wants 'to turn the page.' He had an ad today that he started running that he and Gov. Palin would bring the change that we need. He had this in an advertisement. Sound familiar? Let me tell you something, instead of borrowing my lines he needs to borrow our ideas," Obama said.

He followed up with [a] dig on lobbyists, saying "if you think those lobbyists are working day and night for John McCain just to put themselves out of business, well then I've got a bridge to sell you up in Alaska."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFxHZd4sEWo

DJIA down over 500 at closing.

I might be crazy but I fear this isn't the bottom.

Capt.

The 'experts" predicted a 300 point fall.

Housing has to get better before anything else will.

At times like these my Father used to (sarcastically) say, "What this country needs is a good WAR!"

-T

So I was at work in the ER yesterday,

One of the docs were going down the list of what antibiotics were right for which animal bites...

"Rat, dog, gopher," he read, "non-venomous reptiles, prairie dog, catfish barbs, squirrel..."

"What're reading," I interrupted, "the menu from the Sara Palin VPILF Funraiser?"

-T

Repeat after me...

Keating 5, Keating 5, Keating 5.

This needs to be brought back out and into the light. He should have been removed from office for this and now it's all forgotten. Read this from Buzzflash...

Charles Keating helped McCain's father-in-law buy McCain his seat in Congress in 1982. Keating and Cindy McCain were partners in a shopping mall venture that McCain only cashed out (at a million dollar profit) when Keating was jailed in the late 1990s. Keating was obsessed with obliterating pornography while he was using his corporation's money for wild drunken parties, at least one of which McCain attended.

McCain hid from Congress that he had taken 9 trips on Keating's jet. These included three vacations at Keating's mansion on Cat Cay in the Bahamas that McCain and his wife shared with Charlie Keating and his family. McCain got more money than any of the other four politicians at the heart of the Keating scandal. When asked if he was buying or influencing McCain with his gifts and money, Keating replied, "I want to say in the most forceful way I can, I certainly hope so!"

Charlie Keating was running a series of shell corporations to hide cash he moved illegally from Lincoln Savings and Loan. Lincoln became the largest S&L to collapse and cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars for a bailout. When Federal bank regulators, led by Ed Gray, tried to limit Keating's worst excesses, Keating sent a letter to McCain describing the bank board (FHLBB) as a police state under a mad dog's leadership.

And then McCain had one of his meltdowns. This was the key moment in McCain's Keating Five scandal and it occurred at March 19, 1987.

Keating asked McCain to pressure bank auditors not to enforce the law against Lincoln S&L. McCain told Keating he was uncomfortable strong-arming the nation's financial regulators. Keating taunted him, "McCain's a wimp." At 1:30, in his Senate office, McCain exploded into fury, "One thing I'm not is a coward." McCain screamed at Keating that he hadn't lived in a box for five years to have his courage questioned. McCain's aides were very surprised by McCain's tantrum and even Keating begged him to calm down.

McCain didn't back off. He shouted that he knew it was not appropriate for him to negotiate on Keating's behalf with regulators who were looking into the illegal activities at Lincoln Savings and Loan. Keating told McCain that he should not bother going to the meeting. McCain was still mad and replied, "No, I'm going to that meeting."

Later that day, Keating boasted that he "knew how to get McCain's attention."

McCain met Ed Gray on April 2, 1987. Against all protocol, McCain didn't allow Gray to bring any staff or attorneys to the meeting and also excluded his own aides. He later said this was because he wanted to be able to deny everything. McCain tried to force Gray to ignore a banking regulation that affected Keating's Lincoln S&L. McCain kept referring to Keating as "my friend."

Seven days later, bank regulators were summoned to the Senate for an unusual late-night meeting. McCain wanted the auditors to let Lincoln continue making real estate loans without carrying out credit checks, a clear violation of the law. This is also the practice that has led to the current U.S. economic crisis. When asked by his aides about the meeting, McCain whistled through his teeth rather than answer their questions.

Here it is in a nutshell: In 1987, McCain tried to force bank regulators to ignore the law for his friend and benefactor, Charlie Keating. McCain knew this was improper but plunged recklessly into the meetings after Keating taunted him for being a coward.

McCain almost destroyed his career by accepting bribes and letting mere words goad him into knowingly breaking the law.

If he was President, what might else might McCain's temper destroy?

"VPILF"
too funny!

ELECTED

http://tinyurl.com/6e2um7

From ABC:
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Evangelicals and social conservatives have embraced McCain's vice presidential pick for what they call her "pro-family," "pro-woman" values. But in Alaska, critics say Gov. Sarah Palin has not addressed the rampant sexual abuse, rape, domestic violence and murder that make her state one of the most dangerous places in the country for women and children.

Alaska leads the nation in reported forcible rapes per capita, according to the FBI, with a rate two and a half times the national average – a ranking it has held for many years. Children are no safer: Public safety experts believe that the prevalence of rape and sexual assault of minors in Alaska makes the state's record one of the worst in the U.S. And while solid statistics on domestic violence are hard to come by, most agree it is an "epidemic."

...current and former officials from Palin's administration confirmed that an ambitious plan to tackle the crisis has apparently sunk into doldrums after arriving at the governor's office.

"She's really done a lot of work on oil and gas, but when it comes to violence against women and children. . . we haven't been on her radar as a priority," said Peggy Brown, executive director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. The Juneau-based group is an umbrella organization for shelters and anti-violence programs around the state.

Some members of Palin's administration were focused on the issue of sexual violence. Officials in the Department of Public Safety were devising an ambitious, multi-million-dollar initiative to seriously tackle sex crimes in the state, but Palin's office put the plan on hold in July.

Days later, Palin fired its chief proponent, Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, after he declined to dismiss a state trooper Palin accused of threatening her own family members. Palin has said she fired Monegan because she wanted to move his department in a "new direction," and he was not being "a team player on budgeting issues." The dismissal is now at the center of a hotly-contested investigation by the state legislature.
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....not to mention that She made rape victims pay for their own evidence exams in Wasilla, when mayor...

"...but, but, but...she's SPUNKY!"

Keep buying those glasses and those shoes, gals...this is the GRRRl for YOU!

-T

WAR PIGS

http://tinyurl.com/yem8el

McCain/Palin - vote for war and religious extremism in '08!

To repeat...

"...Alaska leads the nation in reported forcible rapes per capita, according to the FBI, with a rate two and a half times the national average – a ranking it has held for many years. Children are no safer: Public safety experts believe that the prevalence of rape and sexual assault of minors in Alaska makes the state's record one of the worst in the U.S. And while solid statistics on domestic violence are hard to come by, most agree it is an "epidemic." ..."

"two and a half times the national average" in domestic violence, rape, child abuse..."

TEN TIMES the national average in Federal Pork dollars for ridiculous "infrastructure"!

And THEY make fun of age-appropriate sex ed...
PUH-thetic!
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It is all about those great Outdoorsy-Testosterone-Fueled-Christian-Familiy-Abstinence-Creationist-Pro-Life-Values Folks!

What did Palin do as Mayor?

She MADE RAPE VICTIMS PAY FOR THEIR OWN EVIDENCE EXAMS!

What did she do as Governor?

She FIRED THE GUY WHO WAS TRYING TO TACKLE SEX CRIMES!

Vote McPalin, Girls, She's obviously looking out for YOU!

Biden believes that life begins at conception - Obama believes in healthcare for all.

Which begs the question, WHEN DOES UNIVERSAL HEALCARE BEGIN??????

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the failed loan institutions causing the current financial crisis, were very active in campaign donations to US Senators. The TOP TWO receipients are -

Christopher Dodd - $ 165,400.00
Barack Hussein Obama - $ 126,349.00

Change - No He Won't!!!!!

"John McCain has gained his first lead in the Real Clear Politics electoral college map. Battleground polls are tightening in dangerous places for Barack Obama, like Minnesota, where the latest poll now has the two men tied."

Hey capt, does this mean the EC numbers are no longer meaningful????? lololo

Cheers

"Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has apparently revealed that the centerpiece of Barack Obama's conversation with Iraqi leaders in July was his hope of delaying the draw-down of American military forces in Iraq. Zebari's recounts that Obama "asked why we were not prepared to delay an agreement until after the US elections and the formation of a new administration in Washington." Obama also reportedly insisted that Congress steer negotiations on the time-table of troops withdrawal, rather than the Bush administration, which he described as being in a "state of weakness and political confusion."

Barack Hussein Obama's DISDAIN for the US Military has cost him the election!!!!!

THE REBUBLOCRAT CAMPAIGN SONG

http://tinyurl.com/6z63gw

Hajji -

Nice try, but like all Barack Hussein Obama supporters, you don't put much weight on the FACTS -

"September 12, 2008 - When Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, the state of Alaska passed a law which prevented police departments from charging rape victims for rape kits. Wasilla's police chief Fannon fought the law, saying the kits cost the department between $300 and $1200 dollars."

"Ultimately it is the criminal who should bear the burden of the added costs, Fannon said. The forensic exam is just one part of the equation. I'd like to see the courts make these people pay restitution for these things, Fannon said. Fannon said he intends to include the cost of exams required to collect evidence in a restitution request as a part of a criminals sentencing."

Make the criminal pay for his crime? How VERY un-Marxist!!!!

If Palin should have been able to stop rape whille she was governor of Alaska, shouldn't have Barack Hussein Obama been able to stop slum lord Tony Rezko from committing felonies while contributing to the Obama campaign?

Just askin'!

Can you say DESPERATION???? -

"The Obama campaign is preparing rolling out a new line of “faith merchandise” – the latest move in an ambitious effort to win over religious voters.

“Check out the Believers for Barack, Pro-Family Pro-Obama, and Catholics for Obama buttons, bumper stickers and signs….” says Obama Deputy Director of Religious Affairs Paul Monteiro in an e-mail obtained by the Beliefnet Web site.

“Believers for Barack rally signs and bumper stickers, along with all Pro-Family Pro-Obama merchandise, are appropriate for people of all faith backgrounds. We'll soon be rolling out merchandise for other religious groups and denominations, but I wanted to get this out to you without delay,” he adds."

"Pro-Family Pro-Obama, and Catholics for Obama buttons" - HAHAHAHAHAHA, the only thing they left out was "Pro-Abortion". Yea, the Catholics will flock to these!!!!!

Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Monday she would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Republicans win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when she said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the solution.

Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said Monday he would concentrate on energy, government reform and helping families with special needs children if Democrats win the White House this fall, and drew cheers when he said, "too often government is the problem" rather than the solution.

Tweedlededum & tweedlededee?

Somehow methinks not.

Shortly after Palin took office, the State of Alaska had to pass a law prohiting cities from charging rape victims to process rape kits. This was done specifically because of what Palin had done in Wasilla. Before she took office, the city paid to process the rape kits themselves. It was a line item on city's annual budget. They went from spending thousands of dollars a year before Palin took office to spending $200 after. And the number of rapes did not go down. Alaska is known for having a high incident rate.

Whether they got repaid - or they intended to get repaid later on is irrelevant. The fact remains, because the city did not want to pay for the up front costs themselves, they passed the cost on to the rape victim. Palin should have more consideration for rape victims. After all, she had a surplus when she got elected. Paying for these lab fees did not put a burden on the city's finances. The fact that she would put money before the emotional and financial well being of rape victims is disgusting to me.

When I was sexually assaulted - 30 years ago August 19th - I got a bill from the hospital. I was a waitress, working my way through community college and did not have health insurance. I told them I wasn't going to pay the bill because I was the victim of a crime. I never did pay the bill but they never came after me, I think it was a different time back then.

Shame on Palin.

Keating 5, Keating 5, Keating 5

Without McCain it would have been the Keating four!

For three years, Jill served (part time) as a county rape and child abuse forensic investigator. She's done rape and abuse exams on hundreds of women, children (and yes, adult men, too) and testified in numerous trials, several I attended.

It is a heinous tactics used by perpetrators of the crimes (through their lawyers, of course) to do everything possible to cause public shame, embarassment and legal expense to their victims.

Physical violence threats, threats to employment, etc, were de’ rigeur, even (especially?) in a backwards, backwater like this place.

Causing someone to pay for their own investigation is clearly designed to supress the number of reported offenses, since many victims wouldn’t stand a chance of prosecution without physical evidence and many would pile that on top of all the other threats and not press charges.

Full disclosure...Someone very dear to me was raped, became pregnant, didn’t press charges and gave the child up for adoption. She’s far nobler than I would have been, but she HAD A CHOICE and made it from her own heart and mind.

I think of her everytime (almost daily) I see an abuse patient in the ER who won’t press charges out of fear, shame, or frequently, out of co-dependency.

My blood boils.

When I think about someone in office, in places where such violence in endemic…even epidemic…who does NOTHING to advance and many things to THWART the fight against such diabolical evil, and then see them held up as some kind of “hero” to women…and families...and lawful gun owners...

I wanna do something I shouldn’t.

Y'all keep defending her... go ahead... Make her the reason you've become a bold-faced, standing-in your driveway-saying "Obama's the ONLY one standing who can do anything DIFFERENT in Washington."

Go ahead... Keep it up...

-T

bold-faced, standing-in your driveway-saying "Obama's the ONLY one standing who can do anything DIFFERENT in Washington."...LIAR..., that is...

flan,

Certainly not to make light, but...

It is well know that the billing departments of hospitals have no souls...

I know...I've been down there...they're in the crypt right next to the morgue and our payroll and benefits department...

I came out, mostly unscathed, but there are many who go down there and are never seen again...

...but on quiet, full-moon nights they say...if you listen real hard...you can hear 'em still whimpering for their unused PTO checks...

-T

""Tweedlededum & tweedlededee?""

you are right, Benson, i added joe biden's name to palin's statement.
i did it to illustrate that the dems and reps are just 2 sides of the same coin - a 2 headed snake, etc. but misrepresenting one of them wasn't the right way to go about doing that.
my apologies to both palin and biden.

I just got off the phone, a very intermittant signal, with Jill. Her team was doing health checks on those 2,000+ people they’ve evacuated off Galveston. They passed out needed meds, a bit of TLC and thousands of MREs. Even showed ‘em how to use the heating packs…

While only 5 or 6 confirmed deaths, so far, they expect plenty more, when they start moving the thousands of collapsed structures in earnest.

They’ve adopted a few islanders and a bunch of animals, both of which will be going to shelters tomorrow, when they officially declare martial law. (that’s an exclusive, breaking story, here on DWF, btw!)

So except for clean-up and recovery workers, there won’t be any civillians to treat on Galveston… So Jill thinks she might come home SATURDAY!!!

WOO HOO! Kill the fatted Calves…(no, not YOU Hillary!)

regards,

-T

well, then...I guess not THAT exclusive, eh?

Which is worse - to fire the Safety Commissioner because he didn't fall in step and fire Trooper Wooten, or because he was trying to do his job, which required spending some money? Or, rather, which do you think is the real reason (my bet is now on the money - follow the money).

McCain's camp is now saying it was because of insubordination on budget issues. Yeah, right - or is it? The thing is, either she is petty and vindictive - and it seems there are other examples to help justify that lable - or she is heartless and doesn't give a crap about sexual assault victims. Hey, there's another funny thing - seems there is another example to justify that label too (see other posts refering to victims paying for rape kits).

Read below from the Washington Post. And pay attention to the part that talks about how the trip was not in sequence to other appropriation requests and may jeopordize her relationship with a certain Senator...

The McCain campaign says it can prove Monegan was fired in July because of insubordination on budget issues, and not because he refused to fire a state trooper who went through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister.

To that end, the campaign released a series of e-mails detailing the frustration several Palin administration officials experienced in dealing with Monegan. The "last straw," the campaign said, was a trip Monegan planned to Washington in July to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases.

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

Monegan was fired four days later.

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Oh wait, there's a third label to slap on her rear end - Porky the Pig! Got any lipstick? Seems the commissioner's trips to get funding to help fight sexual assault was getting in the way of other appropriations requests. That was the "last straw". So not only is she petty and vindictive, not only does she not give a crap about sexual assault victims, but she also got her hands in the cookie jar through Senator Stevens - Can you say pork?

What a reformer! Ha!

Keating 5, Keating 5, Keating 5

flan,

GREAT CATCH!

You paying attention, DC?

flan...

Where'd you come up with that?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/15/AR2008091502680.html

Whoop! Ah, there it is!

Yeah, sorry - should have linked it.

Wow...the more I find out about her the scarier she gets...what a sicko!

From The Huffington Post Mary Mapes:
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It only happened in rape cases.

Hmmm.

Now, why would that be?

There is one terrible possibility: that this happened because somebody in charge in Wasilla -- either the police chief or the Mayor or both -- hails from the craziest corner of the pro-life community, the people who believe that birth control is abortion.

These people oppose paying for forensic work in rape cases because as part of that process -- as a final step in a humiliating and dehumanizing procedure -- a woman is typically asked if she would like a "morning after" pill, a medication that will prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the lining of her uterus. The treatment is believed to be about 80% effective in preventing pregnancy.

Sarah Palin has not deigned to take questions from the unwashed masses in the media, but if she ever does, this might be a good place to begin.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-mapes/palins-fetal-position_b_126670.html

You got that right sister! Hey David - are you listening? Put this question out there and keep it going - maybe we can get some traction on this.

I have another question Did they tell them before or after the collection of the evidence ocurred? Has that question been asked? My guess is that they told them about it before - because some of them may decided to forget it rather than fork out the money. If they didn't, they would have to offer the emergency contraceptive. If they told them and the victim decided to forget it, then they wouldn't have to offer it. What do you think? I think we should get them to answer that question and then we'll know.

I also think we should get more protesters out about this. Did you hear about the numbers of women who got together and protested against Palin in Alaska? It was great. I think we should have a coordinated protest in cities all over the country - Women against McCain-Palin

Talk about being pro-life. How about taking care of the living human beings instead of worrying about a few cells that may or may not turn into anything? Let the woman, in whom these cells abide, be the one to make the decision as to what is right. Let her use her own judgement based on her values, religion and situation. And you so called Christians can just stay out of it! How twisted can you get!

John McCain -- "he walked the anti-regulatory party line, with only occasional exceptions...and tried to lay down a smokescreen of righteousness by campaigning against small potato[e!]s like legislative earmarks--money to study the mating habits of, uh, crabs, in, uh, Alaska (proposed by Governor Honorable)." Joe Klein

McCain is a jerk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkrmn6bAls

What Is The Secret Killing Weapon In Iraq?

“Within seconds the bus had become semi-molten, sagging “like a wet rag” as he put it. He said the bus rapidly melted under this withering blast, shrinking until it was a twisted blob about the dimensions of a VW bug. As if that were not bizarre enough, al-Ghazali explicitly describes seeing numerous human bodies shriveled to the size of newborn babies. By the time local street fighting ended that day, he estimates between 500 and 600 soldiers and civilians had been cooked alive as a result of the mysterious tank-mounted device.”

http://www.infowars.com/?p=4435

Palin has seen dinosaur fossils with human footprints in them.

http://tinyurl.com/6nrmap

wow palin is an extra fool!
but as long as she scares liberals then she is more than qualified to be VP, right?

Great minds think alike! YOu got the analysis from me first though! From Buzzflash - editorial analysis...

http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/118

In the 9/15 Washington Post article, we found the following:

"The 'last straw,' the campaign said, was a trip Monegan [the Public Safety Commissioner] planned to Washington in July to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases. In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request ‘is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. Stevens.’"

This is astounding. The McCain campaign is attempting to disprove that Monegan was kicked out because he wouldn’t fire a state trooper due to the personal emotions of the Palins by asserting that Monegan was doing something wrong by trying to improve the state’s ability to investigate and prosecute sexual assault cases! And they are bragging that Palin wanted good relations with the corrupt and indicted (seven counts) Senator Ted Stevens, who is supposed to be one of the politicians Palin is going to rid Washington of!

As_If!

lololololololo (footprints)

(the weapon is the microwave beam thingy I bet)

McCain the Maverick!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl_XhrPwZN8

Wow, that ray-gun could put an end to street demonstrations, especially the moms in Anchorage.

Has anyone seen the reports of beefed up security along the border with Arizona, Texas and New Mexico?

Apparantly the economy has gotton so bad that we are stopping the Mexicans from going home.

The population of Alaska is equal to the population of my county, as long as you don't count people under 37 years old. (The average age) Palin could be county supervisor for half the county. I had to look for a town as small as Wasilla. We do have a rural twonship of 6200.

She would like it here. There are plenty of Republicans and Independants. I had to drive 2.5 miles before I saw a 3 deer yesterday. Also, theres a gun club across the street. (no moose)

The disappointing truth is trying to find a chef/housekeeper with a green card and anyone who thinks she should get paid to be home more than half the days.

What say the Dems take 1/2 of the troops currently scouring Alaska for details of "Trooper Gate", and dispense them to get to the bottom of this Charlie Rangel debacle?

Really, this is as appalling as the Rezko stuff ... oh, right, not important enough for Dems to pursue.

Charlie Rangel, the "King of Democrat Ways and Means"!!!!! lolololo.

In the fine tradition of Liberalism - "do as I say, not as I do"!!!

"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the failed loan institutions causing the current financial crisis, were very active in campaign donations to US Senators. The TOP TWO receipients are -

Christopher Dodd - $ 165,400.00
Barack Hussein Obama - $ 126,349.00"

Oh, forgot to mention, Dodd got his money over 20 some odd years, Barry "EARNED" his in only 3 !!!!

Can you say "SPECIAL INTEREST OWNED" ???

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, when asked Tuesday whether Democrats bear some of the responsibility regarding the current crisis on Wall Street, had a one-word answer: “No.”

Pelosi (D-Calif.) ripped President Bush’s “mismanagement” of the economy and a lack of regulation that led to the current situation."

Remind me again, who has been in control of Congress since 2006???

Oh Yeah, the "Do Nothing" Dems!!!

Barack Hussein Obama picks LOBBYTIST John Podesta to head his transition team -

"Podesta was registered with his brother’s lobbying business in 2002 and registered anew in January to lobby for two new tax-exempt think tanks he formed."

Change - no he can't!!!

"The month before the Obama-Rezko purchase, the Chicago NBC affiliate had already aired the story that Rezko was the subject of a grand jury corruption investigation, which may account for The New York Times report that, “Mr. Obama has since called the transactions ‘boneheaded.’”

The Sun-Times also reported that in 2005, after Rezko paid a $1.5 million bribe to the Iraqi Electricity Minister, his company was awarded a $50 million contract to train security officers at Iraqi power stations.

At Rezko’s trial, the government’s star witness, Stuart Levine, testified that Barack and Michelle Obama attended a party in April 2004 at Rezko’s home to honor the London-based Iraqi billionaire, Nadhmi Auchi.

Auchi had just been convicted in 2003 of corruption in France, and given a $3 million fine and a 15-month suspended sentence. A Pentagon inspector general report in 2004 cited “significant and credible evidence” of his involvement in weapons smuggling for Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi Oil for Food scandal. Auchi denies those charges."

More "Felonious Friends of Obama" !!!

Obama is OWNED by special interests -

"Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama tried to direct more than $3 million in taxpayer funds to a Chicago museum whose chairman is one of the Illinois senator's largest campaign fundraisers.

Mr. Obama has twice since fiscal 2006 sought to have taxpayers foot the bill for a new theater projector and other equipment at the Adler Planetarium on the Lake Michigan waterfront. Neither of the requests, which totaled $3.3 million, was approved by Congress, the museum said.

The planetarium's chairman, then and still, is Frank Clark, chief executive of ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Energy. He has pledged to raise more than $200,000 for Mr. Obama's run for the White House.

Moreover, the Adler Planetarium is represented by the lobbying firm National Group LLP, co-founded by William Oldaker, who helped launch Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s political action committee in 2005. Mr. Oldaker, a partner with the Delaware Democrat's son in another Washington lobbying and law firm, is no longer involved with Mr. Biden's PAC, Unite Our States."

But I guess it takes a REAL JOURNALIST to uncover these stories!!! lololo