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John McCain Is Surrounded By Lobbyists
Mr. Straight-Talk sure does have a lot of lobbyists working for his campaign. This is from an email I received earlier today from Progressive Media USA:
JUST LIKE BUSH, MCCAIN IS SURROUNDED BY LOBBYISTS WHO FIGHT AMERICAN INTERESTS, PROTECT CEOS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS.
This weekend, two McCain aides resigned after Newsweek reported that their lobbying firm had represented the repressive Mynamar military regime.
o McCain has at least 114 LOBBYISTS who are advising, working for or raising money for his presidential campaign. McCain has surrounded himself with people who are working for big oil companies, big drug companies and other special interests, instead of working for the American people.
o The two McCain aides who resigned were just two of at least 10 top McCain aides or fundraisers who have lobbied for foreign governments, including at least 6 regimes or rulers with a history of human rights abuses, and at least one rebel leader with a history of human rights abuses.
o Among the leaders represented by McCain's top advisers and fundraisers are Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre, Zaire's dictator Mobuto Sese Soko, Nigerian dictator Ibrahim Babangida, and Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.
Read more at McCainSource.com.
Danny
Communications Director
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bless you all for your support.
next up , the northern va conventions. watch out.
- - Go eat a guppy fred - By puddle on May 12, 2008 10:14 PM
By Fred from Oregon on May 12, 2008 10:23 PMI'm insulted.
But maybe if I knew what a guppy was, I wouldn't be. Anything like gefilte fish :) ?
So 78 years ago, someone asked someone else's ancestor's to leave WV, and now Hillary should be ashamed of winning? Should FDR, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Carter, Clinton I & II have been ashamed, too?
I provided a personal experience of racism in this state, and a anecdotal experience close to my relatives.
I didn't say Hillary should be "ashamed" to win there. That is your spin. I did say she should not be proud. Not proud to advance her candidacy mostly upon the racism that is so blatant and prevalent there, and not upon her deeds, but upon her "whiteness" of festering hatred.
They are not of my lineage but inlaw. My family was not Sicilian. They were not wealthy.
It was close the the 1940s.
They were driven out for being Sicilian and Catholic. The people that worked in his factory were among the cross-burners on his front lawn. They were broken-hearted. The decision was a sad one.
I was hitchhiking through West Virginia circa 1972 when a hillbilly took me through Putnam County, where he claimed he saw a black man lynched one night in the late sixties. His crime? Wandering into a white county. The storyteller was proud of it.
No secret that West Virginians were not that fond of hippies, but you my friend were being put on. Better, lol!, you actually fell for it!
Last known lynching in WV was in 1931.
December 10, 1931: The State Upholds Its Anti-Lynching Law
On the night of December 10, 1931, about 50 armed and masked men drove to Lewisburg to avenge 2 murders. To protect their identity, they traveled in cars from which the license plates had been removed.
Two white men, Constable Joseph Miles and Jack Brown, both of Quinwood, were killed after Miles had been called to quiet the revelry at a dance near Rainelle. Nearly 3 weeks later, Tom Jackson and George Banks, the African-American men charged with the crime, found themselves the target of a lynch mob. The two were forcibly removed from the Greenbrier County Jail and taken about 2 miles west of Lewisburg, where they were hanged from the cross arm of a telephone pole. The mob then unloaded their rifles, shotguns, and pistols into the men's bodies. Empty shells gathered at the scene filled a half-gallon bucket.
A few hours after the lynching, 3 brothers, R. E., Jack, and Pete Legg were ordered held for investigation. The prosecuting attorney promised, in his words, "the fullest investigation" of the lynching. Governor William Conley called the murders "a horrible thing" and asked the state police to look into them.
The 3 brothers were later convicted in Kanawha County of the lynching. Significantly, the West Virginia Supreme Court used the case to uphold an anti-lynching law passed by the legislature in 1921.
All lynchings in WV were 48: 20 whites, and 28 blacks. Pretty equal opportunity lynchers, these hillbillies.
It's also well to remember WV's beginnings: it was the only state in the South that refused to fight in the civil war. As a matter of fact: the ONLY reason it IS a state, is that the people in this part of what was formerly Virginia refused to fight for slavery.
Here's a post from earlier:
West Virginia
By Joan In Florida on May 12, 2008 1:10 PM
Hillary Clinton better think twice about crowing very loudly when she wins WV -- perhaps the most racist state in the union. Of course nothing has stopped her in the past from playing the race card. But this would be different in that it wold look like she is supporting racism.
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Nope. I can think off hand of several more racist than here. Including Florida.
In 1973, the black guy I was seeing moved here, up one of the hollows in PawPaw. Right out of dogpatch. All of us city liberals were terrified. . . None of the locals seemed even to notice.
When I was working as a home health aid, one of my coworkers was a woman I liked a lot, but the most notable thing about her was that she was missing her right arm. When he daughter was killed in a car crash her senior year, it turned out that Rose had been married to a black guy for 30 years. No one thought it was noteworthy enough to even mention.
When I drive to town, around the time school's letting out, I watch the couples strolling down the street, holding hands, etc. A goodly many of them are mixed race couples. And no one seems to notice.
I live within a quarter mile of a mixed race couple, and the kid is the joy of the neighborhood. Never heard a single word of negativity about them.
Beyond that, Brandywine (unencorporated) has a reasonably famous lesbian couple, who run a very successful car detailing business. Only comment I ever heard about them was that their husbands sure took it hard. . . .
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Lynchings: By State and Race, 1882-1968 * |
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| State | White | Black | Total |
| <hr /> | |||
| Alabama | 48 | 299 | 347 |
| Arizona | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| Arkansas | 58 | 226 | 284 |
| California | 41 | 2 | 43 |
| Colorado | 65 | 3 | 68 |
| Delaware | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Florida | 25 | 257 | 282 |
| Georgia | 39 | 492 | 531 |
| Idaho | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Illinois | 15 | 19 | 34 |
| Indiana | 33 | 14 | 47 |
| Iowa | 17 | 2 | 19 |
| Kansas | 35 | 19 | 54 |
| Kentucky | 63 | 142 | 205 |
| Louisiana | 56 | 335 | 391 |
| Maine | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maryland | 2 | 27 | 29 |
| Michigan | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Mississippi | 42 | 539 | 581 |
| Missouri | 53 | 69 | 122 |
| Montana | 82 | 2 | 84 |
| Nebraska | 52 | 5 | 57 |
| Nevada | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| New Jersey | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| New Mexico | 33 | 3 | 36 |
| New York | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 15 | 86 | 101 |
| North Dakota | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| Ohio | 10 | 16 | 26 |
| Oklahoma | 82 | 40 | 122 |
| Oregon | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 156 | 160 |
| South Dakota | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| Tennessee | 47 | 204 | 251 |
| Texas | 141 | 352 | 493 |
| Utah | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Vermont | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Virginia | 17 | 83 | 100 |
| Washington | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| West Virginia | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Wyoming | 30 | 5 | 35 |
| Total | 1,297 | 3,446 | 4,743 |
| *Statistics provided by the Archives at Tuskegee Institute. | |||
They are not of my lineage but inlaw. My family was not Sicilian. They were not wealthy.
It was close the the 1940s.
They were driven out for being Sicilian and Catholic. The people that worked in his factory were among the cross-burners on his front lawn. They were broken-hearted. The decision was a sad one.
I was hitchhiking through West Virginia circa 1972 when a hillbilly took me through Putnam County, where he claimed he saw a black man lynched one night in the late sixties. His crime? Wandering into a white county. The storyteller was proud of it.
- Some Good Chicago Blues on Now - www.wxrt.com and listen live!
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 10:31 PM
- Chicago Blues Fest - first weekend of June and it's free
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 10:34 PMhttp://www.chicagobluesfestival.org/
In Grant Park - do they play in the Petrillo Bandshell? site doesn't say much
- Yes Grant Park - various stages are set up
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 10:46 PMhmmm, the comment box when I hit reply doesn't let me type anything in it - switched to the laptop for now - no prob 'cept I have to wear my glasses.
- It's intermittent, Thankful - like a slot machine, sometimes it pays off
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 10:40 PM
- http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Blues+Festival&entityNameEnumValue=159
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 10:47 PMHere is a better link Thankful
#mce_temp_url#http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalEntityHomeAction.do?entityName=Blues+Festival&entityNameEnumValue=159
Thursday - Johnny Winter - w00t!! Catch him while he's still breathing
Buckwheat Zydeco, Koko Taylor, B.B. King - and Buddy Guy's will be hoppin' that night. Li'l Ed and the Imperials....
- Fred you are an interesting addition to the blog.
By Phil Specht on May 12, 2008 10:56 PM
- Tony Joe White the Gator Got Your Granny Guy will be there LOL
By Denise in San Mateo County on May 12, 2008 11:01 PM
- one out of six citizens of Postville are in ICE detention tonight
By Phil Specht on May 12, 2008 11:05 PM
I still curious as to what political vendetta is in place to cripple the kosher plant and leave the Tyson plant alone?
or why they singled out Swift last time?
corruption? campaign contributions?
Just my prediction, but its based on some inside info.
I talked to Deaniac over the weekend - nice to get a call from him. Trying to convince him to go to Demfest.
And donna, if you're still around, "waving" to you, too
Since there have been Mexican workforces at all the packing plants since they busted the unions decades ago we are now graduating American citizen children of the workers, and I wonder what they think of that image of parents, hundreds in a line, marched along by armed men into buses with blackened windows to be disappeared without due process
Jews in Germany were "illegals" too
In the next two weekends, I hope you'll be able to do what I've done in this campaign -- get in the car, hit the road, and make a difference for Barack.
Sign up now -- someone from the campaign will be in touch with more details:
http://sd.barackobama.com/CometoSD
When milk and gas are both pushing $4 dollars a gallon and jobs are hard to find, it's time for a change.
You and I know what kind of change Barack is offering -- and we know he can deliver.
I hope you'll do everything you can to help in South Dakota.
Thank you,
Senator Tom Daschle
P.S. -- If you won't be able to make the trip to South Dakota, you can make a difference right from home.
Use the Obama campaign's online tool to call potential South Dakota supporters and talk to them about why you support Barack:
I have to say, the president campaign seems miles away to me. I'm running three seperate county races and its all I can do to keep up.
- South Dakota is a battleground state in a battleground region.
By Phil Specht on May 12, 2008 11:26 PMwhy quit so close to the finish line?
Hillary has some pretty good McCain bashing ads up, and if she takes the high road out, should go all the way
but mainly Obama needs to get that skeleton GOTV organization ready for the fall (not that far away)
TTT
- speakers? speakers? we don't need no stinkin' speakers
By Phil Specht on May 12, 2008 11:28 PMI get tired of people criticizing Democrats, when they never got up on the soap box themselves. It aint' easy. I would love to try for city council but my condition would make it much too difficult.
- see you at Deanfest if I don't hitch a ride from Cleveland Tim
By Phil Specht on May 12, 2008 11:30 PMI'm staying up waiting for my son and his friends to pull into the driveway after their 1200 mile journey.
Not suggesting this is related but Tyson was a big supporter of Bill Clinton.
will see you Phil and Tim -
lots have indicated they're coming, please RSVP also...
I pissed off a Congressman today, one Steven LaTourette. I had a nasty message on my voice mail from his office. Also had a sweet message from his ex-wife Susan in my voice mail.
This Letter was publish in all the area newspapers and seem to have struck a cord. My intention of course was to let Marc off the hook, but put out the republican hypocracy.
Dear Editor
I believe the scandal that has erupted out of Attorney General Marc Dann's office reminds us all of how human we are. How easy is it to lose your way from your family when they are in one town and you in the another.
Congressman LaTourette went through a similar scandal back in 2003 when he was forced to call his wife and ask for a divorce before it was revealed that he had been sleeping with his Chief of Staff. His then wife Susan was quoted in "The Hill," a congressional newspaper as saying "I think Washington corrupts people. He was a wonderful husband and father, the best I ever saw, until he went there. I told him I was trying to get him out of the dark side, all that power and greed and people kissing up to them all time. Now he's one of them. All they care about is getting reelected. I hate them all."
When I served in the Army I observed many couples lose to infidelity brought on by high stress from the job and distance for long durations. In the in end, the loneliness of separation can lead one down a road not normally taken.
One thing I do know, I didn't hear many ask for LaTourette's resignation and most saw fit to forgive.
Timothy L. Snell
Not sure yet whether flying or driving, or going from the midwest or east coast, and am going down a day or two early. But, if someone needs transpoertation and can go early they're welcome to a ride. If it makes a difference between going or not, I'll pick ya up... with the general limitations of not very far west of the Mississippi and/or south of Virginia - although Atlanta may be do-able.
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- Nanoparticles scrutinized for health effects
By Fred from Oregon on May 13, 2008 12:27 AM...If a chemical substance has been commercialized before, on a larger than nano-scale, and is included in the Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory, it is considered as "existing" by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - and the nano-scale version of the material requires no further testing.
Scientists such as Jennifer Sass of the Natural Resources Defense Council say they think that's a mistake, and that nanoparticles should be treated as new and different materials.
That's because the few scientific reports available suggest that nanoparticles can pose a threat to human health and to the environment...
- Nanoparticles scrutinized for health effects
By Fred from Oregon on May 13, 2008 12:28 AM
I see a good night's sleep coming soon. Our Senate race pits progressive Yalie c'boy, my friend, Scott Kleeb, against street smart ex-repub industrialist, Tony Raimondo. The winner faces Mike Johannns, the farm kid who quit the job as Sec. of Agriculture. No soul whatsoever. If I were ever in that post, it would take 2 4020 JD's to pry me from that chair. Such an opportunity to do so much good for so many millions of folks around the world, and he quit without taking any notable action in threeplus years. Not a great candidate for Senate or anything else. This is a case where the winner of the Dem Primary gets my full support no matter the outcome of the primary. Walked my last slate sheets today after work. Will spend tomorrow night signing up new members for County Democratic Party at the post-election Bash.
This is also a good (non-binding) test to see if theresultsof our Presidential primary parallel our February Caucus two-to-one Obama vote.
Thanks again for the power, Governor Dean.
- Howard Dean is first :~)
By Annilow on May 12, 2008 10:14 PM