Back to my least favorite work location today. I’ve really been having a tough time getting through this week. Just not up for it. Hopefully it’ll go fast.
Posted by pjsauter on June 26, 2008
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Back to my least favorite work location today. I’ve really been having a tough time getting through this week. Just not up for it. Hopefully it’ll go fast.
First twice in one week? Wow.
Ralph Nader advises Obama on how much to black it up-
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/25/nader-critical-of-obama-for-trying-to-talk-white/?loc=interstitialskip
:jerk: :crap: :barf:
It would be better (IMHO) if Nader would press Obama on this:
Sigh…., if only there was someway, some place that Obama could have access to information that would let him know that the bush evil empire was trying to spy on us BEFORE! 9/11.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/before-911-nsa-.html
:fustrate: :growl: :rant1:
It looks as if Lincoln couldn’t find any hawks to photograph, cats to adopt or abandoned dogs to find homes for so he busied himself taking beautiful photos of some other birds which grace Central Park.
Ah, Ward Stone. Another SU boy.
An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper in Dubai that will be “the world’s first building in motion,” an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/25/dubais-moving-skyscraper_n_109274.html
There’s video. The buildings are really cool and they generate their own power with wind. They may not be friendly to folks who suffer motion sickness, though.
Finally, some real news. Oh, and Mick Ware’s gettin’ some of that, too.
Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Gun Ban
The Supreme Court says Americans have a right to own guns for self-defense and hunting, the justices’ first major pronouncement on gun rights in U.S. history.
The court’s 5-4 ruling strikes down the District of Columbia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns as incompatible with gun rights under the Second Amendment. The decision goes further than even the Bush administration wanted, but probably leaves most firearms laws intact.[..]
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:tommygun: :tommygun:
The Obama strategy emphasizes down-ballot races
By: Steve Benen @ 5:30 AM – PDT
We know quite a bit about the Obama campaign’s intention to “stretch†the map and compete in “red†states that a) Dems would be expected to skip; and b) the McCain campaign doesn’t want to have to fight for.
But Ben Smith went a little deeper and considers what this might mean for Dems further down on the ballot.
Barack Obama will focus his resources largely in 14 states George W. Bush won in 2004, his chief field operative said Tuesday, hoping to score upsets in places like Virginia, Indiana, and Georgia.
But winning the White House won’t be his only goal, deputy campaign manager Hildebrand told Politico: In an unusual move, Obama’s campaign will also devote some resources to states it’s unlikely to win, with the goal of influencing specific local contests in places like Texas and Wyoming.
“Texas is a great example where we might not be able to win the state, but we want to pay a lot of attention to it,†Hildebrand said. “It’s one of the most important redistricting opportunities in the country.â€
That’s a good point. You may recall Tom DeLay’s painful re-redistricting scheme, the result of which was five new Republican seats in the U.S. House. After the 2010 census, it’ll be time to draw those lines again, and if the Obama campaign can help strengthen the party at the state level, the efforts will pay dividends in the long run.
It’s not just Texas. Ben also noted a competitive House race in Wyoming, where Gary Trauner is running for the state’s lone U.S. House seat. He was narrowly defeated two years ago, but hopes the rematch will turn out better.
Is Obama going to win Wyoming? Almost certainly not, but when he invests campaign resources in the state anyway, he not only raises eyebrows at McCain HQ, he also gives candidates like Trauner a better shot at victory.
“If we can register more Democrats, if we can increase the Democratic performance and turnout, maybe we can pick up a congressional seat,†Hildebrand said.
I’d get one of these, but I refuse to wear a tie.
‘Big Bird’ Designer Kermit Love Dies at 91
:parrot: 🙁 :gate:
Yeah, I heard an interview with Big Bird about Kermit on NPR last night.
For the second day in a row the Republican Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Republican ideology. This court has all the markings of the best court big business and anti-Americans can buy. The United States doesn’t need terrorists as long as we have Republicans and the court system they broke.
Headline shoulda been
Supreme Court shoots down gun ban.
Assholes!
WOW … The First Big Bird :bow:
‘Big Bird’ Designer Kermit Love Dies at 91 … :parrot: 🙁 :gate:
Comment by vernon — June 26, 2008 @ 11:34 am
Thank You. :bow: Big Bird Love … :love: 🙁 :gate:
I hope y’all can forgive me for quoting Robt. Novack on this lovely blog, but I really think he has put his finger on something. To wit:
The Republican Party is a dead rotting carcass with a few decrepit old leaders stumbling around like zombies in a horror version of ‘Weekend With Bernie,’ handcuffed to a corpse.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/25/AR2008062501942.html
Unfortunately, the Democrats are (almost) all terrified of zombies. Sadly, KO is a bit disappointing, too.
Hey, they say we’re poised to become the global leader in green technology.
When all the oil runs out, I’m going to be riding around in a Ventastega.
http://www.kval.com/news/national/21566064.html
So, you can carry guns in DC now. Just in time for an Obama presidency. :crap:
Evening all.
Mike Malloy was bitten by a brown recluse the other night.
Those are nasty, he’s lucky to be alive. :reaper: :fire:
He missed one day of broadcasting. Lucky indeed.
(and brown recluse referred to a spider and not Limbaugh’s offal)
WebHubbleTelescope, Mike Malloy was bitten by a brown recluse the other night.
WOW … those lil things are deadly …. :omg: and Yucky too and scary…
I thought he would still be having “dead” flesh taken out…
My Mother had “dead flesh” removed in hand fulls…
I do not kill spiders except B. R. & Black Widows — which are beautiful and so hard “to kill”. But they can easily kill a pet. … :smack: even in “lala” town in doorways, in shade. (I get to say “lala” town — don’t anyone to whom has never “lived” in L.A. say “lala” about L.A…. 😉 :nod: ) I lived down there and went to a few different schools in L.A. & area…