Craig Crawford's Trail Mix

Woo-hoo! Public Option!

I watched Senator Bingaman on MSNBC's The Ed Show (which is much better than his radio personna) and was gravely disappointed to hear him state...some sort of 'non-private co-op' option may survive the health finance committee. Geez, Bingaman looked like a whipped puppy and I was expecting the same strength from his op-ed on health care he wrote....nothing. Dems have shot themselves in the foot and Rohm wanted to get the moderates elected...now we has to live (actually die) with this.

From the Gallup link: ". . .all of these have still exceeded the historical average of 55% job approval for presidents from Truman through George W. Bush. On this basis, it can be argued that he is still in the honeymoon phase of his presidency."

Blondie:

It might not be fun dealing with moderate/conservative Democrats - but they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than Republicans - most of whom are going to vote "No" - regardless of what is in the bill.

We moan about the Military/Industrial complex. Eisenhower's granddaughter on Bill Maher said that it originally read Military/Industrial/Congressional complex. Maybe we should now add Corporate media to the whole nefarious conglomerate.

For 60 years, the American people have wanted universal healthcare. For 60 years this has been lied about by a combination of Insurance companies, lobbyists, and media.

Let's face it: Government of by and for the people is a complete illusion foisted on us every July 4. It is government of by and for the privileged who don't particularly give a damn about the general population except at election time.

maybe po' folks needs a lobby.......

Should you ever care to delve into America's history with eugenics, the Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement is a handy thing indeed. It's hard to believe eugenics was as popular here as it in fact was without seeing the visual evidence. The images here include Fitter Family contests, where white Americans competed at state fairs--much like cattle--to determine who had the best breeding. (Make sure to check out this traveling exhibit.) Also, lots of documents and flyers linking criminality to immigrants and heredity. (Oh, the irony of using the swastika to indicate the racial inferiority of Germans!) The interface is pretty clunky but it's worth pecking around.

http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/27/american-eugenics-mo.html

po folks ain't allowed in th' lobby....they get run out into th' street.

"On this basis, it can be argued that he is still in the honeymoon phase of his presidency." -- posted by Rezdog"

nice try, Rez, but that Gallup is a week old, only posted it for the first quarter comparison numbers. If their next numbers are anything like today's Rasmussen think Gallup will agree that it's over.

my family's entry photo one year:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h9OzB7-KVsw/SJIMtq2aDDI/AAAAAAAAApQ/eJK-c92ZBJo/s400/family2.jpg

Whisperin' Bill elucidates on the poor people's plights:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPIorMmFlN8

Hi Warren..

"moderate/conservative Democrats - but they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than Republicans"

I agree, to a point, because both are hanging on the health care reform pendulum to slow it down or stop it! The effect is the same. I still do not know why we are not marching or rioting?

sturg - buncha lookers there

"Let's face it: Government of by and for the people is a complete illusion foisted on us every July 4. It is government of by and for the privileged who don't particularly give a damn about the general population except at election time."

Jamie.... I think that pretty much describes how it is for most peoples in this world throughout history.... although, as in any rule, there are exceptions...

I was reading a fascinating article in The Economist this morning about the Inuit.... mostly in Greenland.... and their struggle for autonomy. I'd link to it, but I'd have to dig up the magazine for my subscription number and I'm leaving for an appointment in a few minutes. Perhaps Flatus will do it if he's around.

"maybe po' folks needs a lobby....."

sturge, give 'em one and next they'd want a bed and bath.

btw, there was a book written on such a thing:

Paul F. Whiteley and Stephen J. Wingard, Pressure For The Poor: The Poverty Lobby and Policy Making. London: Methuen, I987

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Eugenics is a fascinating subject. As with breeding any group of mammals, the criteria you use as to what is a "desireable" attribute and what you decide to do about the "undesireables" makes all the difference. That and who gets to decide.

Probably best to leave people to their own devices. Texas got a lot of good looking people because newly rich oil money was able to purchase long legged New York show girls. :-)

"honeymoon is over for Barack Obama"

craig, but are we in the sleep-on-the-couch, who left the seat up, and my mother's moving in phase yet?

THANKS to Mad Mustard for the great book cover art. Passed it along but just learned that the jacket is in final production and too late for major changes. Still, Mad's handiwork will not go to waste -- makes great cover art for our Commenting Guide:

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/commenting-guide.html

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ha, patd, that's probably the fourth quarter

The Eugenics movement also paralled the birth control movement and over-lapped until the women realized the Eugenics men were 'nuts.' However, reproductive biology was a beginning topic in medicine and women wanted the power and choice in reproduction. It reminds me we have not really changed that much as a society...today we have creationists running several governments throughout the land...denying science and our simian past...not treading past 6,000 years.

patd...the mother-in-law has already moved in!

: )

"the jacket is in final production and too late for major changes"

maybe mm's can be on the 2nd and 3rd printings after a year on nyt best seller list or when it comes out in paperback.

don't worry, we'll buy it anyway. nothing says we can't crank up the old copy machine and make our own dust covers.

Just love the "Butthurt" form. Maybe you should link to it anytime you depart for two or more days.

Great stuff of my layup!

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247042

then how bout this jumper:

Borrowed from Sahil Kapur at Huffpo:
"Despite his decline in poll numbers since April, his average approval rating in the recent three months was still notably higher than that of his two predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, during the same period in their presidencies."

Speaking of Eugenics, Ginsburg had a few comments (nyt);

JUSTICE GINSBURG: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae — in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of.

http://tinyurl.com/msnqzs

jamie, that eugenics stuff reminded of those stories about the "lebensborn"

"Between 1935 and 1945, around 10,000 German children and an estimated 9,000 Norwegian children with "Aryan" characteristics of blond hair and blue eyes were born into a Nazi-run programme called "Lebensborn" or "Fountain of Life".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4080822.stm

Probably best to leave people to their own devices. Texas got a lot of good looking people because newly rich oil money was able to purchase long legged New York show girls. :-)

Posted by: jamie44.myopenid.com | July 27, 2009 10:29 AM

You forgot to mention 'big hair' with those long legs.

".... there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don’t want to have too many of."
--justice ginsburg

my ears are burning.............

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Patd

We are coming to a point where experts will soon be able to perfectly read a genetic chart and "designer" babies no longer impractical.

People already do it on their own as much as possible by guess and grab for the most successful, intelligent, or best looking. What happens when you can order the qualities likely to produce those attributes?

here's more on the lebensborn (means born free) in chilling detail

"Lebensborn: The Unnatural Selection"

http://www.shoaheducation.com/lebensborn.html

Oh, and speaking of sports - (I was, anyway) the US lost to Mexico 5-0 in the finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup Championship yesterday. Damn.

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jamie, could see such quests via personal ads in mensa mag. guess a lot of the sperm banks have fairly sophisticated documentation for prospective consumers with goals similar to the lebensborn program. where does one draw the line?

I for one hate to see the demise of the traditional ways of choosing a mate to have offsring with - beginning with high school couplings in back seats (do they still do that?), and progressing to drunken college parties, then the bar scene, then workplace hookups and finally eHRMONY.COM.

yeah, pogo, gotta draw the line at eharmony.

patd

Then you have groups marrying within groups so that the already privileged keep it all in the family. :-) Have to sideline the idiot nephew and import some "rougher" genes into the party (i.e. all that european nobility marrying rich American heirs and heiresses).

One of my favorite books is "Time Enough For Love" by Robert Heinlein. It had it's roots in a novelette, "Methuselah's Children" where there was a fund to support intermarriage between people whose four grandparents had lived to at least 100. The two stories bring up all sorts of ethical situations i.e If you are several hundred years old and have gone through several marital partners and now find you are involved with your own child (ie a young whippersnapper of only a couple of hundred years old) with an absolutely clean genetic chart, is it incest?

It is all done in an entertaining fashion, but your brain can chase the morality around for decades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah's_Children

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eHarmony, Parents Without Partners, SWF seeks another group of initials ...

Back to the drawing board.

jamie, then too there were the cultures (polynesian?) that kept it in the family for spiritual/religious reasons.

Yes, we do have to draw a line somewhere. Jamie, ya think eHarmony accepts multi-centenarions? An interesting 'speriment would be to start a dating site that did not allow participants to put their age, race or gender in their profile - and of course no pictures.

I'll bet an "eHarmony" divorce gets real _______ ugly...

"We were matched across 43 unique dimensions, but noooooo..."

Well, I need to rn a little early - lunch, as we say around here.

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jamie, a "bowywf" (beware of what you wish for) warning should be placed on those programs' ads.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247072

Polynesians and Egyptians among others. Of course they were willing to kill the defective and recessive in order to get the beautiful and brilliant.

Craig, Just seems to me Obama's popularity will fluctuate with the economy. Probably the main reason his popularity has taken a dive (here, not overseas I don't think) is because we expected too much, since he was able to make so many overly hopeful that he could (and would) deliver on all those promises he made. But things change (and everything's relative) so who knows.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/open-thread-weekend-1.html#comment-246965 "And people are seeking to get those points across based on - and in spite of - the facts."

I am sure you are right Warren. Your post said so much.
The little things we discuss here, at home, where ever, are always about bigger things (imo). After about a day and a half into the discussion, I realized we were essentially all talking about something different. It's hard to do that, and not run into conflicts. And of course, it ran into misunderstandings, because we're back to this very difficult forum, where we can't express everything we're thinking in a few paragraphs. I usually try to stay off the controversial subjects, but this time I felt there was too much of an imbalance. (Just from my point of view, that is).

Anyway, you said it all in your post. End of story (I hope).

"...pirates are in our future for a while yet. But at least with the launching of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet Facebook page, you'll be able to watch it unfold in living color..."

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/

Powerful Ideas: Chicken Feathers Could Store Fuel

" ............ Now Wool and his colleagues say that superheated chicken feather fibers could hold vast amounts of hydrogen. They first looked at chicken feathers because they are extraordinarily cheap — the United States alone generates some 6 billion pounds of the feathers per year.

"It actually costs the poultry industry money to get rid of these feathers, so they're basically for free," Wool told LiveScience. "

http://www.livescience.com/technology/090727-ideas-chicken-feathers.html

Yes but what are they going to do with the Horsefeathers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjwY__0qqFQ

more brave new world acoming, folks

"A replacement for the black and white stripes of the traditional barcode has been outlined by US researchers.

Bokodes, as they are known, can hold thousands of times more information than their striped cousins and can be read by a standard mobile phone camera."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8170027.stm

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247083

Bob, there's gotta be a sitcom in there somewhere.

"The Comet was the world's first passenger jet . It had a fatal design flaw that made it the world's first passenger jet to crash ."

I was aboard an airplane taxiing around Miami International. Looked out the window and there it was, a Comet parked in an isolated corner of the airfield. It was, maybe, 1974.

It looked just as if the crew locked the door and left it when the planes were grounded a couple of decades earlier.

I don't recall them ever being used by a domestic carrier. Instead, the Viscount, a turbo prop, was heavily marketed until the first 707s started appearing.

One of the pitches for the Viscount was that you could place one of your cigarettes, Pall Mall, I'm sure, on end on the table in front of you and it wouldn't be tipped over because of the vibration always present on piston airliners.

My airplane of choice was the Constellation Super-G. Also known as the triple-tailed dragon. Great big picture windows, adjustable footrests, and really comfortable seats. Most everyone dressed as if they were going to an 'event'.

"I'm calling the coppers.... here's to hoping nothing happens and if it does, I don't make the national news.... :0)))))"

Ha -- Renee! Watch your back. And if the press comes calling say you'll only speak to Craig Crawford!

"It might not be fun dealing with moderate/conservative Democrats - but they are a heck of a lot easier to deal with than Republicans -"

Doesn't matter, Warren...the Democratic party shot itself in the foot with all the catering to conservatives. We'll end up Republican Lite.

"Texas got a lot of good looking people because newly rich oil money was able to purchase long legged New York show girls. :-)"

You and Renee are both on a roll, Jamie!

Flatus, we lived almost under the glidepath of B'ham Intl. back when there were actually airplanes flying in and out with some regularity. I used to love the whine of the Viscounts landing.

How about just one promise?

"I was reading a fascinating article in The Economist this morning about the Inuit.... mostly in Greenland.... and their struggle for autonomy."

Is this it, Renee?
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14031276

Back to The Cover. I'd love seeing the unmistakable profile of HT with her finger in a notional president's stomach.

Craig, I claim bragging rights as having ordered the first retail copy through Amazon:
Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 09:58

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Jamie and Blonde W,

your point is?

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247087

Flatus,

People in the area of the old LA airport would park along the fence to watch those planes land just for the thrill of looking up at the undercarriage and the the triple tail passing over your head to sit down on the other side.

Michigan's tax dollars at work.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/gop-rep-will-offer-resolu_n_245287.html

Maybe McCotter should consider this ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-winkler/obama-was-right-about-the_b_244888.html

Is it stupid to arrest someone for something that is not a crime? Some would say so.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247094

flatus and renee, nice touch to let the new hosts know we tmrs read the good stuff now and then. not the backward yanks they might think we are.

now, let's see, what was that we were discussing? long-legged, big hairy ladies from texas?

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Senor Dooty

Only that a whole lot of money can have a positive effect on both your looks and your offspring.

Hear a newsfeed describe the Palin departure as "She will now be working with center right coalitions".

Can't help but wonder if Palin is "center right", where would the writer of that blurb put falling off the edge of a flat earth crazies.

Shock and surprise. Sessions will vote against Sotomayor because he fears she will "give in judicial activism."

What a useless ignoramus.

I'm baaaaack....
Flatus.... yes... that's it. thanks for posting it. I think we all too easily forget the natives of the north.... and of course reading about what climate change is doing to them is so CBobish...

Jamie.... of course people are privately having "designer" children....
Michael Jackson had 3 of them....

In the car heard news playing the Gates 911 tapes
released today. Only heard a small clip, so no idea
what, if anything, may be established from them.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090727cambridge_to_release_gates_arrest_911_tapes/srvc=home&position=0

Swine flu news for the upcoming fall season

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-camp-flu27-2009jul27,0,2093846.story?track=rss

Loved the ad for "swine flu insurance - we can get you covered". Let's see, you don't have regular health insurance but you can buy coverage just in case for a specific disease?

james taranto, wall st jrnl online:

"Reverse Rosa Parks
Her arrest called attention to an injustice. Skip Gates’s arrest calls attention to the progress he denies."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204886304574311302608460522.html

For Frank McCourt admirers--a short article that you may enjoy.

"A Marriage that made a Masterpiece Appear"

"Had he not left for a snack that evening with Ellen
Frey, we are free to speculate, the memoir he had not yet written, 'Angela's Ashes', might never have risen from the yarns that he had already been polishing for years in classrooms & over the rims of glasses at the Lion's Head."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/nyregion/26about.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=a%20marriage%20that%20made&st=cse

Lard’s hospital room phone number is (321) 841-0845

the gates 911 tapes

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1187334&pos=breaking

patd...after listening to the 911 tape, it is clear the cops did not have much to do that day. It is so pitiful that real crime is ignored and this has become such a time waster.

I had written here in June when I was detained by the border patrol for 45 minutes...without my purse, phone, car, etc. and made to wait in a metal room while the dog and agents went over my car. I knew I was innocent and could have created a scene by screaming, etc., but I knew these guys had a job to do. Of course, they had made a mistake, but I remembered a few days before the cops tasered a 70 year old grandma for mouthing off.... Yep, it was a mistake that could have really cost me a lot more. The jails are filled with innocents who got pissed-off by false arrest.

Gates should have know better, but it is totally unnerving to be approached when you are at home. Since the Patriot Act, why push the police? I saw similar incidents at the airports after 9/11...airport cops harrassing drunks on the concourse instead of terroists...because they know they are "safe" targets to harass. Gosh, the real criminals are hard to deal with!

I take it this means he is up to receiving calls?

pat, wadr, that WSJ article is pretty selectively researched imho. (Really? The 911 caller was a "passerby"? The one who worked in an office 100 yards away and saw the breakin from her office?) I don't know whether Crowley did anything as a result of any racist feelings he has, but I do think what he did was stupid, considering the state of the law of disorderly conduct in MA, which is what police in MA are supposed to enforce, right? That aside, there certainly have been fundamental changes re: race in the US since Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, AL - I can't speak for Montgomery, or for Boston for that matter, but Birmingham (Bull Conner, police dogs, fire hoses, etc.) has had at least 2 AA mayors and numerous City Councilmembers and other city and county (Jefferson) officials over the past 30 or so years.

pogo, since an earlier article quotes her lawyer clarifying that she tentatively id'd the b&e as hispanic, sounds like ms whalen the 911 caller is worried she may be sued.
there was also another passer-by witness who's unnamed so far. wonder if she too has hired a lawyer.

pat, I wondered why she felt she needed a lawyer - in fact it struck me as very strange because frankly I don't believe she could be sued for making a 911 call under any circumstances that exist in this case. After all, Gates WAS breaking into his own house and she apparently did not know it was him or his house.

let's see, that makes three-four lawyers involved not counting the precinct's or the president's lawyers.

Craig....
since we've already established that we are breaking Lard's privacy.... could you please at least tell us his real first name....

I'm not sure I want be asking for Lardass Liberal .... you never know who might be answering the phone....

There were several witnesses of the incident after the police showed up, but I believe Whalen is the only one who called the breakin in.

oh yeah, there'll probably be a lawyer for harvard alumni magazine (whalen's employer) warming up in the dugout as well as the univ.'s lawyers.

lotta $$$ being paid for legal types this weekend in bean town

I think the 911 caller needs a lawyer because she is a plant from the insurance industry! This sure has gotten us to take our eye off of the health care target.

"Whalen is the only one who called the breakin in"

pogo, she called at the other person's urging from what i could tell from the tape. she refers to her as someone who lives nearby and is talking in background as she talks to 911 officer.

bw, brilliant deduction. insurance lobbyists are having a field day while everyone is out chasing the red herring...

patd...they are sneaky bastards! : )

Lunch is over...back to work. Be careful out there...no universal health care, the cops are out-of-control and I am counting my pennies to buy flu insurance.

and can you imagine the headaches awaiting the editor of the alumni magazine. heads will at least be banged if not roll.

Yes Ree - by Independent - you mean that you are free to be unhappy with whichever party is currently in power.

It's not one of the things I focus on, so would someone tell me, for the sake of context, what race Ms Whalen is?

OK, this is very confusing.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090727gates_case_shocker_woman_who_called_cambridge_police_says_she_never_referred_to_intruders_as_black/

based on the two Boston Herald articles:

- Whalen never said that the guys breaking in were black. She saw the incident from her office window 100 yds from Gates' house.
- Whalen told the dispatcher that one looked kind of Hispanic (does this jibe with being too far away to see what race they were?)
- Whalen called in at the urging of another woman who saw them breaking in?
- "In the police report, Crowley says Whalen told him she saw “two black males with backpacks on the porch.” People who have come to the defense of the veteran cop have noted that Crowley did not presume the “suspect” was black, but rather was told so."
This could all be a result of anxious reporting, but I can't reconcile it all.

I guess this could be a result of poor reporting, but I can't reconcile what's in the two BH articles and the excerpts above.

blondie, there's a health care debate? I thought that was after the congressional vacation break. Who knew?

According to Ms. Whelan's attorney, Wendy Murphy, she is of portugese descent.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090727gates_case_shocker_woman_who_called_cambridge_police_says_she_never_referred_to_intruders_as_black/

Flatus, all I know is that she is olive skinned and of Portuguese descent. IOW, white?

So why would Crowley put in the report that Whalen TOLD him the two men were black?

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/07/27/gates_caller_didnt_cite_race_police_say/

Read this article and tell me that you think police reports are accurate. I know better than to believe that.

LOL - Faux news poll? Newsflash Ree, dems who disapprove of congress (who along with indies account for th drop in cong. approval nos.) aren't going to vote for reps. Faux is zooming you.

Thanks, Pogo, Coreen. Sounds as if, if she chose to, she could be a hyphenated American. I hope she remains just a concerned citizen and is respected for doing the 'right' thing.

"http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247061
Jamie and Blonde W,
your point is?"

That you are cute enough to pass for Fort Worth Bubba. :)

Pogo,

FYI I posted this last week. Gate's statement. Obviously for his benefit.

http://www.theroot.com/views/lawyers-statement-arrest-henry-louis-gates-jr

Flatus, that is exactly how she strikes me.

Rez, too damn many lawyers involved, but do you know anything about Charles Ogletree? Very well respected, and if I needed someone to put out a statement for me, I doubt I could find anyone better.

What the heck is Eugenics? Is that the study of people named Eugene? Renee, I didn't wanna be your friend on Facebook anyway. LOL!

No, no, no, Corey. Eugenics is the selective breeding of people named Eugene.=D

Our friend just returned from her home in AK and linked some photos. It's in the 90s here this week, a real heat wave for us, we're spoiled. These pix of the ocean and whales are refreshing.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lgrabhorn/

Corey.... well you'd better wanna be my friend here.... or I will hunt you down and hug you to death.... then I'll put a Celtics t-shirt on you.... :0)

Rez.... my first thought was "why does Rez wanna show us pictures of Arkansas"..... those pics are great... thanks for linking them...

it's really hot and humid here too..... think my brain is fried....

RR,
AR = ack , chicken farmers

Thanks for clearing that up for me, Pogo! Renee, Jamie sent me a notification on Facebook about you. I'm always hesistant about doing those friends requests like that because my success rate is kinda low on that. LOL!

Corey, happy to do that. I wouldn't want you to embarass yourself or anything.

pogo, you can hear the actual 911 call on that boston hearld link which will clear up some of your questions.

Top ten list of party schools by Princeton Review

The nation's top party schools, according to Princeton Review's 2009 survey of 122,000 students.

1. Penn State University, State College, Pa.
2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
3. University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss.
4. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
5. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
6. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.
7. University of Texas, Austin, Texas
8. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
9. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla.
10. University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif.

Complete College Rankings- all categories

http://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings.aspx

Looks like SEC are the leaders of kegger, jello shots and beer bong schools. :-)

I listened to the 911 arrest tapes (didn't hear any ruckus in the background), but I didn't find the 911 call from Whalen - that's the one I want to hear. It will have to wait until tomorrow because I gotta get some grass cut before I have to hay it.

Rez, and I'm embarassed that UofA didn't make the cut. Things musta calmed down in T-town since Ieft. Later dudes and dudettes.

Pogo

As far as I know Crowley never spoke to Whalen. At one point he asked the dispatcher to tell the 911 caller to come to the door and was told that it wasn't her home. The confusion seems to be what Crowley was told by the dispatcher and the police report written after the fact supposedly combines the whalen call and the statements from others unnamed.

Lots of room for error between the call, the dispatcher, the policeman, the report, and the reporter writing up the whole brouhaha.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247165

Portuguese descent? Does that means she qualifies as a "wise Latino woman"?

about the report that whalen was so far away. her employer the harvard magazine location is at 7 ware and the gates incident was at 17 ware. this gets curiousor and curiousor.

pogo, if your still there, my earlier post that's entitled "gates 911 call" has the link that gives you both recordings, the first part is whalen and second part (with a lot breaks) is crowley et al.

OK -- I've gotta say this: I am friggin' SICK of people saying -- "Professor Gates is one or the top academics in the country -- he rolls with kings and queens..."

Gene Robinson says, "He's an important guy."

SO WHAT?

How dare anyone profile him!!?? Well, I am friggin' sorry!!! Tell that to a kid from the projects.

Patsi

Aw, I liked the "saying a Harvard professor is arrogant is like saying an NBA basketball player is tall".

when's the recess bell to ring? and have the little congress critters had their snacks and naptime on schedule. not good do-bees if they're grumpy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/27/us/27iht-letter.html?_r=1&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y

"What 1994 Can Tell Democrats on Health Care"

"The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, will decide in the next few days whether to bring a bill to the floor before the August recess.

Passage would add to a sense of momentum, yet there is a danger in appearing to rush through a measure that affects one-sixth of the U.S. economy, and she could lose up to three dozen of her Democrats in a floor vote. (The White House would prefer that the House stay in session a week beyond the July 31 summer recess date. The problem is that many members, with younger children, have family plans before school starts in mid- August.)

For all the difficulties, the contours of any ultimate measure are clear.

The so-called public option — some form of government-run plan to compete with private insurers — will only be a fallback in the event private insurers fail to meet the goals, and will probably be in the form of health cooperatives or another mechanism. Liberals simply will have to accept that they lack the votes for a full-fledged public option."

y'all about to get the crime of the century solved'another
week or two and i think you'll have it''or maybe we need congressional hearings'' a special commission appointed ' special prosecutors ' take it all the way to the supreme court and beyond

It's a three year old study, but the basics still hold when comparing health care in Canada vs. US

http://www.pnhp.org/canadastudy/pressrelease.pdf

woooohooo go Badgers! University of Wisconsin is on that list every year. Madison should be in the party school hall of fame.

July 27 (Bloomberg) -- Almost 16,000 U.S. auto dealers have applied to participate in the “cash-for-clunkers” vehicle trade-in program, or about 80 percent of the nation’s new- vehicle retailers, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aROQEAfYLvcQ

Time article on China's "one child" policy and the problems that come from trying to enforce population reduction even when it is in the best economic interests of the country in the long run.

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#3YIuE0/www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912861,00.html/

I got to visit with Joe, the fellow who gave us the brisket to cook Saturday.

He put it in his oven for another 1 1/2 hours at 350 F and it was done.

Maria nearly cooked that bad boy, if her operator knew what he was doing she just might have finished that boat anchor.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/07/27/bill_clinton_on_health_care_debate_give_me_a_break.html

"Bill Clinton On Health Care Debate: "Give Me A Break""(video)

Excellent tweet question from KOS

"Did you ever hear Bill Frist whine about needing 60 votes? Reid has promoted that threshold as a handy excuse for failure."

When I went to Kenyon, it was second behind Univ of Chicago. Based on my recollections and dismal academic performance, we should have been a strong first.

In any case, I repaired my record in later years at South Florida.

And, I, um. tempered my social activities in the interim.

From yesterday: BOOK COVER
From the title I would suggest that you need to represent the people not the government. A group of people all pointing. http://www.123rf.com/photo_867164.html
I do think Flatus the best idea with HT!
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247095

Ah! Just watched a baby mockingbird make it's first departure from its nest in our cherry tree. I'd be hard pressed calling it a flight. More like a wing-stretching exercise.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-27/finally-action-on-gay-soldiers?cid=hp:mainpromo2

"A statement from the Gillibrand’s office, shared exclusively with The Daily Beast, notes that “265 men and women have been unfairly dismissed from the Armed Forces since President Barack Obama took office.”

Gillibrand’s fast-track proposal for halting DADT, an amendment to the Military Reauthorization Act that would have ordered the Defense secretary to stop investigating gay service members, was never introduced. Even with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid expressing his support, Gillibrand couldn’t gather the 60 votes needed to avoid a filibuster, according to a spokesperson."

This is such BS!! 265 presumed gays discharged since Obama took office!! Are the Republicans still in charge??Sometimes I can't tell the difference....

Hey Cbob, I saw on tv or in the paper that south Tejas is losing a acre of corn a minute (or something crazy) due to the heat and drought ?? Sounds drastic. I hope it's not working it's way west to you.

Some of you sports folks, Flashlight Worthy has a request

Hey major sports book readers! I'm looking for people to write book lists on sports books. Interested? Email me at info@flashlightworthy.com

Rez -

We got a million dollar rain last week ........... very bad down south though , Austin -San Antone. Trying to rain again here, but not trying very hard.

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247225

And what is it with the Reid, Scaredycat - oh my a filibuster, crud.

Just bring it on. Make them stand up and advocate getting rid of all those multi lingual experts with bravery citations, and without complaint from their fellow service people.

With all the noise about Gates, was there one peep about this shooting?

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/07/another_police_killing.php

Be sure to go to the link to the original story after reading the Atlantic cover of it.

For those who enjoy aggravating others as a form of entertainment: Kos wants you to pick on Lou Dobbs.
It's a funny idea even if you don't do it.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/7/27/757454/-Lou-Dobbs-likes-birthers-Lets-mess-with-him.-

Bachman (bless her pointy empty head) opposes resolution praising the 50th anniversary of the state of Hawaii containing the sentence: birthplace of the President of the United State

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/27/bachmann-hawaii-resolution-obama/

Posted by: Flatus | July 27, 2009 12:38 PM : "My airplane of choice was the Constellation Super-G. Also known as the triple-tailed dragon. Great big picture windows, adjustable footrests, and really comfortable seats. Most everyone dressed as if they were going to an 'event'. "
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Both the Lockheed Constellations and the Boeing Stratocruisers were very luxurious. They both had porcelain dinnerware (specially designed for the particular type of airplane) crystal, and cloth napkins. The place settings were fit for men in suits and ties, and women in white gloves and pillbox hats with veils.

My favorite was the Stratocruiser. While it was much slower than the Connie, it was even more comfortable. I remember one outfitted as a Pullman car. It was the mid '50s, and we were able to sleep in bunks all the way to Hawaii.

I never got to fly on a Comet, dammit. But, I did fly on a very quiet (for that era) Sud Oest Caravele. Good heavens those Caraveles had beautiful lines. The Vickers Viscount, Lockheed Electra, and original DC9s were all ear-killers. Hideous.

Just think, only two wide seats

http://www.airfarewatchdog.com/Portals/0/NWA%20DC6%20interior.gif

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247230

"And what is it with the Reid, Scaredycat - oh my a filibuster, crud."

Jamie
I'll just never get it.I wish the Democrats would take one thing from Bush and that's his famous "I have political capital and I intend to spend it".Bush didn't even really get elected and still he rammed through his tax cuts with many Democrats voting for it...Dammit Dems get with it!!

Obviously REid is a little unclear on the concept of MAJORITY. If he has 51 votes it passes. It's not like the President is going to veto.

One almost would think that he is hiding behind the Republicans to make sure the contributions from corporate owners to his war chest continue while he makes liberal noises. Nahhhhhhh That couldn't be possible, now could it?

If you missed Bill Mahar's "New Rules" on FRiday. This was one of the best:

If conservatives get to call universal health care “socialized medicine,” I get to call private health care “soulless vampires making money off human pain.”

I'm putting up a picture of sidi's mule on the blue corn site........she qualifies because next year I'm going to share my blue corn seeds with the side-man............the rosebank farms is going to grow blue corn...............I am pleas-ed.............

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247234

Kansas city is home to what maybe the only flying Connie around, It is an interesting story. a lot of ex TWA emploees were involved in the restoration

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247234

setting on my desk is a solid aluminum model of a Connie. The wife got some where in one of her flea market adventures. there are no stickers or paint just polished aluminum. We assume it was probably a counter display for TWA at one time and a local employee took it home.

Jack

link to the Connie piece

http://www.airlinehistorymuseum.com/connie.htm

when the airshow is in town they give rides on the Connie, told the wife we need to do that some day.

Jack

my favorite connie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjHJ_snG3RI

A cute Connie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R1b3dFATsc

frankie lymon..........takes a long time to sing but then there you go................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q96ylFiQK_I

well, technically not a connie, but a tammy...
well, technically not a tammy either...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YGTJPXPI4Y

"Thanks for signing in, crow_man. Now you can comment. (sign out)"

thanks!

nada nada nada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvOPENG1CcE&feature=PlayList&p=6F0D3B27AD8E3AF5&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=7

hey crow man......how far to pensacola........I mean as you fly.....

quoth the crow_man, nevermore!

not too fer i reckon...
if''n i don't git shot by mistake by the turkey hunter, or pulled over by the Vernon cop!

ka-laugh!

First I want to say that I was guilty of some profiling myself by thinking the caller was the worst offender. See how easy that is? I knew I didn't know anything about her but guessed she was a bigot; I absolutely knew better but got pulled in to calm the roiling waters around Carol, and lost my head. I REALLY hope I never do that again.

I liked the part where Jonathon Capeheart said it might be a generational thing, also. The older generation has had a lot of experiences that the younger ones haven't. Tweety asked if he had ever been pulled over by a cop or even stopped by one - to which Capeheart said he hadn't.

Rez, thanks for the beautiful pix! I took an exercise class once ahoe instructer used tapes of whale songs and they were magnificent all by themselves. Most of them today have orchestral accompaniments.

I guess some of you think I'm a blue dog cuz I don't want to rush a cyclonic change to the health care situation. But I don't think I am - on that little comparison quiz we took, I was in closest agreement with Ginsberg. I want something done now for sure but will probably not be upset if it isn't all done at once.

Besides, I'm an independent for exactly this reason. The Dem party has sheltered a lot of weasels in the past, and I want no part of it. It screws the people and knows it will be forgiven in time - it takes people for granted.

or would that be ka-lawgh........

as a newcomer, i don't wish to post long paragraphs...
if obama is a true progressive, he realizes that he must lose this one for the benefit of the long run...

po' ole ka-lawgh....he never got a kiss

wow fawlty towers

okay...as a short means of introduction, i am used to a more spontaneous, irc-like style, and it's taking a while to get the tempo here, so apologize,...

if your heart should happen to have been made from knotty pine........you'll never show a sign...........

what's a irc?

a certain libertarian chatroom that has of late been boring hell outta me lol

and the references to predatory capitalism are there too..."and then one day a wealthy customer...".

...youtube...gene the dancin' machine!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACpNVD5GMUw

well.....good to see you , mr quick pro crow, but I must now avast and shiver me old timbers..............have a hearty..............

Gene Gene! LOL!

Crow man

think of it more like usenet, more long drawn out conversations and less chat.

Welcome, it is a hard headed opinionated bunch, but not a bad place to hang out.

Right now it is time for Obama to grow a set. everyone is testing him to see if he can handle his power.

Jack

Right now it is time for Obama to grow a set. everyone is testing him to see if he can handle his power.

Jack

Now there's a picture

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/trailmix/2009/07/no-honeymoon-for-health-care.html#comment-247261

Crowman,

First welcome to the group.

Presidents have been losing this one for the long run for 60 years now. How far in the future should be we plan to continue letting Insurance companies and medicine for profit gouge the American public into being one of the lowest in health statistics of the developed nations?

KGC

There are times when Obama reminds me of the ad in the back of comic books. The one where the skinny kid get sand kicked in his face by the bully. Obama is the skinny kid and somedays it seems like everyone thinks they can kick sand in his face.

Jack

Join the Humane Party

http://www.humaneparty.org/

We need another successful national party now that the goopers are so over.

Jack

Can Charles Atlas save Obama?

You'll like it here. It is a continuous conversation about virtually everything from the posted issue to owls and solar ovens cooking blue corn. :-)

"Can Charles Atlas save Obama?"

good question.

I once belonged to the Party party.
Our position on health care was free liver transplants for everyone

Jack

Bed time

night all

Jack

"Nibbled to death by ducks"

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/07/27/nibbled_to_death_by_ducks

I would add to Jamies list - The temp at the South Pole once in a while , and sweet mule pictures from the tide waters.

Sweet mule pictures -

http://cbhopibluecornexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-kid-in-town.html

Temp @ the South Pole -

Current Weather
07/28/2009
04:21:00 GMT
Temperature
-69.8°C -93.6°F
WindChill
-92.8°C -135.0°F

http://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/spwebcam.cfm

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The dead of winter there now.

Somewhere the male Emperor Penguin's are carrying the future on the tops of their feet.

My sourdough starter is ALIVE ! ALIVE , I tell you ! "
Rain water did the trick , I'm convinced of it .

I got the bread rack in the oven installed kids .

It's a goodin'.

http://cbsolaroven.blogspot.com/