here is where you can watch it.  He did a super job with some really difficult people calling in.

Dean on  C-Span, Q & A session.

Looks like Ted Stevens won his primary. Unbelievable.

Talked with a friend, she said voter turnout was low.  I fully expect Mark Begich to win the general, at least he is ahead in polling.  With that being said there are alot of Stevens supporters who think he is getting a raw deal.

After taking small-arms fire, the patrol chased some men into a building, arresting them and finding several automatic weapons, grenades and a sniper rifle, they said. On the way to their combat outpost, Sergeant Hatley’s convoy was informed by Army superiors that the evidence to detain the Iraqis was insufficient, Sergeant Leahy said in his statement. The unit was told to release the men, according to the statement.

“First Sergeant Hatley then made the call to take the detainees to a canal and kill them,” Sergeant Leahy said, as retribution for the deaths of two soldiers from the unit: Staff Sgt. Karl O. Soto-Pinedo, who died from a sniper’s bullet, and Specialist Marieo Guerrero, killed by a roadside bomb.

“So the patrol went to the canal, and First Sergeant, Sgt. First Class Mayo and I took the detainees out of the back of the Bradley, lined them up and shot them,” Sergeant Leahy said, referring to a Bradley fighting vehicle. “We then pushed the bodies into the canal and left.”

I reached 998 characters so posted the link in the title - but it didn't work...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/middleeast/27abuse.html

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080825/480/2a4ecd0ab7484dd8a74bb64a243d21c8/

Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

From the article:

"Sergeant Leahy, in his statement, said, 'I’m ashamed of what I’ve done,' later adding: 'When I did it, I thought I was doing it for my family. Now I realize that I’m hurting my family more now than if I wouldn’t have done it.' "

This is why this needs to end, NOW. This is a senior medic, who both committed a crime and violated the Hippocratic Oath because he was sold a bill of goods and/or brainwashed into believing government lies that any of this is "for our families". Bull crap.

Most wars come down to being about making the rich richer somehow. Period.

-- volney

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... southside of Chicago:

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//080827/480/2bfde717c61545d98c2ec004abbc735d/

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008.(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Here is something funny from The Jed Report titled How Clueless Can You Get showing how clueless McCain is.

http://www.jedreport.com/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_fe_st/odd_one_horse_town

Nebraska city council votes to evict aging horse

...if you missed it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8iatxuU3OU