For Saturday, October 18, 2008

John McCain Cardboard Cutout image licensed under Creative Commons by Matt Ortega

Dear John McCain, its Shining Time Station time! And we need you to start playing Mr. Conductor and start playing some positive notes! Just see the link to George Stepanopoulos's blog below. Let's switch caps and get that Conductor's cap on! Either that or sack half of your campaign staff - with just 17 days to go. What are they advising you to do? Keep snarling? Keep griping? The American public might just get the message that you're a little too cranky, because you're...because you're...John, you're too old. A little more happiness just might appeal to the youth vote, the independents, the undecided, the minority vote, the foreign observers, your peers, and...you know, just about everybody. That's real politics - just act the part. Everybody does it sometimes, you can do it too, John. We repeat - just act the part. Now, even if you do that, will you still win the election? No. But don't get cheesed and stomp off John. Just act the part...you'll still lose, but you won't look like a sore loser and the old guy in the neighborhood ranting at the kids for biking over your front lawn. It's time to get this old train out of the station...and into the sunset.

BBC GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS News, explanation and analysis - full coverage of the global turmoil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/business/2007/creditcrunch/default.stm

Feds face $1 trillion budget hole

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27247139/

Interactive: Who's to blame for meltdown?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27183355/

Wall Street buzzing about ‘capitulation’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27241353/

Newsweek: Are we in a recession or depression?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/164211

Recession

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recession

Depression

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depression_(economics)

AIG asked for documents on bailout funding

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27242711/

Probe of Lehman collapse escalated: NYT

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre49h0lq-us-lehman-probe/

McCain v Obama: latest polls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7360265.stm

Electoral Map Calculator: You call the race

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/calculator/index.html


Biden hits Palin remark on 'pro-America' areas

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/campaign.wrap/index.html

John McCain's Next Move: Go Positive?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/10/stephanopoul-12.html

In Chicago, ex-radical better known as a scholar

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bill_ayers;_ylt=AhyWO_5bwdDHnrCnre55TYMDW7oF

Deep Background: Cindy McCain's tax returns released

http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/17/1562754.aspx

Cindy McCain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_McCain

Voters hit by registration mix-ups

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27247132/

A US election glossary

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7461848.stm

White House Wall of Silence Over 'W.'

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=6039755&page=1

Hawaii Ending Universal Child Health Care

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/17/health/main4527996.shtml

Dying Lawyer's Son, Clintons Beg Biogen to Use Drug

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081015/pl_bloomberg/ajfbhskp9kae;_ylt=ArpZ8KalhX8Q6pk7qoyrBggPLBIF

Tysabri Natalizumab

http://www.tysabri.com/