Sunday, October 12, 2008

For Sunday, October 12, 2008


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7666065.stm

McCain in 'hatred' war of words

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7665780.stm

Issue of race seeps into campaign

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27141688/

Rage rising on the McCain campaign trail

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/mccain.crowd/index.html

McCain to crowd: 'Don't be scared' of Obama

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/11/mccain-to-crowd-dont-be-scared-of-obama-presidency/

Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_go_co/second_stimulus;_ylt=AjKLBzI24i_rh4nbdxpaKu2s0NUE

McCain strikes back at Obama ally

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27130171/

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(politician)

George C. Wallace, Jr.

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

Rep. Lewis clarifies George Wallace remark

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/12/mccain.lewis/index.html

NYT: GOP worries after McCain's rough week

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27138361/


How would candidates tackle economy?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/163456

Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27148089/



Nun, 106, to back Obama after not voting since 1952
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Saturday, October 11, 2008

Race-baiting & Fear-mongering = Civil War?

Was it race-baiting and fear-mongering and just shear vindictiveness that got Mc-Palin into this mess? Obviously, Ms. Palin is denying the probe report findings that she did indeed abuse her power - and has David Shuster (we seem to recall) said last night, and violated the public trust. Many politicians (in the US and elsewhere) have violated the public trust - and some have come to some very tragic and historical outcomes. Witness, Richard Nixon, most (in)famously. We admit we have yet to review the 300 page report (Whew!) - can't wait. But other matters are pressing us.
The fear-mongering and race-baiting by the Mc-Palin have revealed some deeply veiled (now out in full open!) hate and fear in some of our fellow Americans. Well, we really weren't surprised. Witness that foolish woman in the video speaking to John McCain and uttering the word "Arab" on national TV!!! John then did the right thing he had to do, and corrected the poor woman - much to her embarrassment on national TV!!! And then, he was booed by his own crowd for his defense of Obama - on national TV!!! Further demonstrations by our fellows have shown that yes, they do believe these "guilt-by-association" techniques have worked! And it has boomeranged back to smash Mc-Palin right in the mouth. Oh, we're gleefully waiting more of this sad and terrible spectacle.
Well, it would seem that Obama has a long tough road to hoe with these folks. But, he probably can't change their opinions and it would be a waste of our time. The only appeal we see that he can make is that we are Americans. We don't hate "that person" next to us. In fact, our culture, our heritage, and our traditions demand that we love them. Or else, its probably time for the next US Civil War. Remember how much fun the first one was?
Truth is, racism does exist, Right here in America, where it shouldn't. We just witnessed powerful evidence of it last night and in the previous days. We've seen the consequences of race-hating in other places in the world - Rwanda, Darfur and Bosnia-Herzegovina, to name just a few. Oh, and don't forget - the HOLOCAUST!!! Racism is a disease. It is a pandemic. It is a plague. And like any plague it must be destroyed and the causes (not the infected) need to be wiped away from the face of the earth - forever.
N Korea taken off US terror list

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7665206.stm

New Kim Jong-il images released

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7664859.stm

N Korea nuclear timeline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7265679.stm

All that money you've lost — where did it go?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_bi_ge/where_s_the_money;_ylt=Aid0UYCAjjPrEm6oP_K6DNas0NUE

Palin abused power, probe finds

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7662820.stm

The probe’s report

http://download1.legis.state.ak.us/DOWNLOAD.pdf

Palin denies abuse of power report

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27130436/

McCain defends rival Obama

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7665238.stm

McCain booed for calling Obama 'decent'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27130171/

Obama notes McCain's effort to temper GOP comments

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/obama;_ylt=Ai_eNZT.enPZPBp2_p81_rWs0NUE

NY election mix-up: 'Osama' on the ballot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/osama_ballot;_ylt=AmaYMYibQxssO_FUKRz5BxvtiBIF

Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/rezko_spilling_the_beans;_ylt=AjEyV9ESlAVgLOJjRGLAfzus0NUE

The campaign's got your number, and your bar code

http://www.yahoo.com/s/968874

Obama-Biden

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

McCain-Palin

http://www.johnmccain.com/

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_re_as/as_bird_flu_biological_warfare;_ylt=AmO1Zfs9ZpfbW_Euv4rF0hKs0NUE

Austria's Haider dies in accident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7664846.stm

Jörg Haider
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Friday, October 10, 2008

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Defamation?

Is the new McCain web ad decrying Barack Obama's tacit association with Bill Ayers justified - or just defamation? We think its defamatory to Obama's reputation. Obama had no association with Mr. Ayers when the Weathermen were bombing things and maiming and killing people - including at least one police officer. By the time Obama and Ayers had associated Mr. Ayers had surely been rehabilitated at that time - and paid his dues to society. Also, his efforts showed that he tried to give back to society even more than he paid for. Is that what a terrorist does?

No - we didn't think so. So, apparently the McCain ad gets it all wrong. Or, is it just defamation of character trying to make Obama look guilty by association? We think its the latter.


Speaking of terrorists, what have you done to capture Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice, John? Or did you forget that the most despised and reviled terrorist in the world is still on the loose? Shouldn't you be chasing him, John, rather than Mr. Ayers? Isn't this a sign of irresponsible (and possibly illegitimate and illegal) campaigning? Do we need somebody that irresponsible for President of the Free World? No, we didn't think so.

John, what happened to you? You're supposed to be a hero - a war hero. Now you've turned to these ridiculous, devisive, derisive, irresponsible attacks. You used to be somebody we could look up to. Now we can't. And that's one very real result of your attack ad on Obama.

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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Obama Won the Debate - The Economy is Still a Loser

Sorry, we didn't have time to watch the debate in full. But we did catch the part where John McCain quoted Teddy Roosevelt as saying "Speak softly, but carry a big stick." It was definitely the "Gotcha" moment, and expertly played by Mr. Obama. We grinned with wicked glee as Obama stuck the dagger in and watched Mr. McCain squirm like an insect stuck on a red hot needle. It was a great moment. Obama did show McCain to be a chump.
What troubled us (besides our senior editor appearing to be mentally ill - or a mildly retarded stroke-victim), was the $ 53 Trillion While Elephant standing squarely at the front of the audience (see yesterday's post for a link to the commentary on this debt). Whoever the next POTUS will be (we're predicting Obama) will inherit a creaking, card house of financial debt that looks to be about 5000 times bigger than the financial crisis that is Zimbabwe. Obama may have won the debate - but the economy, the global economy, is still a loser. When it collapses, we're predicting worldwide famine and drought. And the war starts. McCain might be the best to be a war president, that just might be one of his greatest talents. But, Obama will still win. Will he be presiding over a financial apocalypse? Can any one person handle it? No.
We know that you're probably thinking, "Ridiculous. You sound like Chicken Little." Perhaps, but we just want to get our questions down before everything goes black. Or, should we say Red - as in Red China. Will we be borrowing funds from Russia and China? Or, will the nations go to war over funds, food and water? Is world Communism coming - to a future near you?
Central banks slash interest rates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7658958.stm

IMF: U.S. set to go into deep recession

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27083134/

Retirement account losses near $2 trillion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27073061/

Newsweek: Poor are not to blame for mess

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162789

How to recession-proof your family

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/08/o.recession.proof.family/index.html

CNNMoney: What this economy means for you

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/pf/money_crisis.moneymag/index.htm?postversion=2008100808

IMF: World economy to slow sharply, led by US

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_bi_ge/world_economic_outlook;_ylt=AmsQH9.aOiD_ARRo0G4_sV4DW7oF

Facing Foreclosure? Here's What to Do

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/story?id=5894527&page=1

India leads S Asia market falls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7658899.stm

N Korea 'building atomic warhead'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7658986.stm

Debate verdict

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7658313.stm

Debate fails to give McCain a game-changer

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/08/1511667.aspx

Analysis: No new ideas for new contagion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27078786/

US: 2 American journalists missing in Lebanon

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_missing_americans;_ylt=Aq1qeF51F46UCR7IJ_SKaLqs0NUE

Federal judge grants delay in Rezko sentencing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_us/fundraiser_trial;_ylt=AirBc9saY.Rl8fJXLmatQ9es0NUE
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Oh NO You Didn't


Oh NO you didn't. Didn't John McCain just jibe the other day about Obama being "a politician from Chicago."? Well, what's wrong about being from Chicago? The senior editor used to live in that great city. We feel somewhat disrespected - don't you? And what's wrong with being a politician from Chicago? Nothing. There is however something wrong with being a politician - if you go around disrespecting the great city of Chicago. There's something very wrong with that. We are predicting a loss for John McCain, if not in Chicago, but the entire state of Illinois should get behind Obama, and vote against the insult.



























































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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Give this Lady a Saliva Test?

Pert, perky, cute and possibly quite crazy. Did this lady just accuse Barack Obama of consorting with terrorists - like the Weathermen? Just because he sat on the same charity board as Bill Ayers? (See the links *below). Barack was wearing diapers at the same time the Weathermen were bombing things and killing and maiming people - including one police officer. If the claim is not ridiculous nor crazy - it is just plain dangerous. Give this woman a saliva test, for C****'s sake. Get off the stage miss, the men in white suits with nets are coming now...what's that you say? They're not coming.
Anything goes in politics in the post-financial apocalypse, we guess. It is not satisfactory just to ask this lady to resign from the Republican campaign. It is time for the entire McCain camp to fold up its tents and banners. This party should be declared over - over the top. It's gone too far this time. Making trumped-up charges of consorting with terrorists - radicals, actually is a sign of desperation turned crazy turned dangerous. Every American citizen, nay everybody in the world, should stand up and object to these insane guilt-by-association accusations.
Is this the McCain swipe at terrorism? We haven't heard them complain about the Bush administration failure - nor the failure of Senator McCain - to capture and bring to justice the real terrorists - including Osama bin Laden. Why aren't they playing that terror-card? Because they haven't got the stones to stand up and decry the pitiful and ineffective war on terror. Nor have they managed to bring about the perpetrators of the anthrax scare. No, but they did manage to scare Dr. Bruce Ivins into suicide and the potentially explosive and expensive lawsuit settlements of Steven Hatfill. No, they have managed to ruin a couple of very likely innocent Americans.
In a single statement, this good lady and these bad power-hungry, half-mad Republicans have managed to insult the intelligence of every living and dead American. Also, lest we forget, they have failed to bring to justice those responsible for planning and masterminding the terrorist 9/11 attacks. Lest we forget, they should not be throwing rocks at those they complain are associated with American radicals, when they have failed to do anything for justice for the thousands left dead after the 9/11 attacks and the thousands of American troops left dead and innocent Iraqi and other civilians in the wake of the attacks. They should not be pointing their blood stained fingers at Mr. Obama and accusing him of consorting. They should not take such accusations and slander so lightly when it is they who are largely responsible for failing to live up the appropriate standards of justice for terrorists and terrorism. In biblical times, such accusations would have brought about harsh punishment for those guilty. We tremble with rage at the whole, sorry spectacle these folks have led us into.
Merkel guarantees German savings

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7653317.stm

Europe scrambles to rescue big banks

http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/10/05/german.bank.hypo.rescue.ap/index.html

Europeans scramble to save failing banks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_re_eu/eu_europe_meltdown;_ylt=Ah2dK8dOBBZY4NDEN0FlXGGs0NUE

*Palin makes Obama terrorist claim

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7653132.stm

Palin: Obama 'palling around with terrorists'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27022487/

Doubts remain about Palin

http://www.newsweek.com/id/162396

Obama campaign rejects Palin's terrorist claim

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/05/palin.obama.terrorist.claim/index.html

Ticker: Obama camp calls McCain 'erratic'

http://www.cnn.com/linkto/ticker.html

Analysis: Palin's words may backfire on McCain

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_el_pr/palin_s_words_analysis;_ylt=ArmmCyXDiAhQ955S5ikN8Sqs0NUE

The Weathermen

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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How Much is $700 Billion?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080930/sc_livescience/howmuchis700billion;_ylt=AvcgDqbtHJ6akfStmMkvWr.s0NUE

Polls: Obama leads in key states

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26969221/

First Read: New-voter turnout key, new poll shows

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/01/1473845.aspx

Call her 'Jane six-pack'

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/30/1472611.aspx

Manufacturing sector contracted in September

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_bi_ge/economy;_ylt=Anxk4r8KfAzZguDCt_z94qys0NUE

Spanish report links Pakistan to Taliban

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_re_as/eu_spain_pakistan_taliban;_ylt=Al6ZOk3PU01sAAo8z1HbVwoDW7oF



U.S. Decline Under Bush Is Hot Topic at U.N.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/usdeclineunderbushishottopicatun;_ylt=All2p2ZipMqYYaYqjlHM6EsDW7oF
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