Most voters hear from the Rep'blican Party that Socialism is bad,

because it benefits the weak at the cost of the burdened strong.

But what of the Bush, Republican, corporate burden?  That is, the burden to the tax-payer

(society, and ever more the weaker/poor segment of society)

in paying for the failures at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  And to that, recall the Savings and Loan failures of the Reagan/Bush years, to which McCain is tied.

Socialism.  Hypocrites. 

Feds close Silver state Bank. McShames son left the bank in late July. Family values and vision !

A McCain spokeman said Pallin could connect because she had "that" skill.

I about died laughing.

"Hey moose!" "You slacker!" "Give it up!"

KAL at the conventions

Sep 5th 2008
From Economist.com

Every day this week, our cartoonist is sending his sketches from the Republican convention in St Paul, Minnesota. Sketches from previous days can be found here. You can find up-to-the-minute coverage on our American politics blog.

You must have the Adobe Flash Player installed on your computer to view this interactive slideshow.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/LIBRARIANS-AGAINST-MCCAIN-by-Judy-Swindler-080905-443.html

"I am a public librarian who is concerned about having Sarah Palin in the White House. While mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin attempted to ban some books from the city library. When the chief librarian would not ban books without going through the formal book challenging process, Sarah Palin attempted to terminate the librarian’s employment. Only after public outcry was the termination withdrawn.

I do not want a book banner in the White house!"

http://www.librariansagainstsarahpalin.wordpress.com/about/

from The Economist

under all plans to bail it out so that no one could profit if the taxpayers stepped in

buyer beware

but now the extreme threat on the horizon is the full faith and credit in government paper (will the Republican dream of destroying Social Security be realized)

Obama better study up on FDR's moves

feeling people's pain is what Obama learned as a community organizer and what propelled him to strive for higher positions so he could make a difference, and organizing a country to combat economic peril is the ultimate test

I'm glad he has that experience. It will take the best minds and a superb leader to get us out of this mess.

I'd go and bring back a report if I hadn't just spent time in central WI and have work to catch up on.

Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney will be speaking and I feel an urge to go counter that with some Obama arguments on the ground because that is a gathering of die hard progressives and like me many thought the Democrats didn't have one in this field.

A Partisan in Maverick's Clothing

The idea that John McCain's problems stem from some paradoxical downside to his "maverick" style and record of post-partisanship (Matthew Continetti, "Sounds Nice, But Will It Get Votes?") is the sort of clever conceit on which the punditry business is founded. But a much simpler explanation is at hand -- having spent the first four years of the Bush administration remaking himself as an independent-minded maverick, McCain has spent the past four years remaking himself as an orthodox Republican and now finds himself running for president at a time when his party is deeply unpopular.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/02/AR2008090201922.html

look no farther than President Jimmy Carter. Thanks to him we, the taxpayers have been bailing out the airlines for years.

I'm afraid Ricky Obama Baby Jesus will be as bad or worse that Carter, which will take away Carter's title as the "Worst President" in US history.

W = Worst. President. Ev'r

http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%e2%80%9cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%e2%80%9d/

“So Sambo beat the bitch!”

This is how Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin described Barack Obama’s win over Hillary Clinton to political colleagues in a restaurant a few days after Obama locked up the Democratic Party presidential nomination.

Racial and ethnic slurs may be “just Alaska” and, clearly, they are common, everyday chatter for Palin.

Besides insulting Obama with a Step-N’-Fetch-It, “darkie musical” swipe, people who know her say she refers regularly to Alaska’s Aboriginal people as “Arctic Arabs”

Ricky Obama Baby Jesus?  that's the best you have?  Hilarious. 

Good morning folks.  Newsweek has a story on the McCain operatives trying to shut Troopergate down.  More of the same. 

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/6/93555/86476/1005/588873

No thanks to a theocracy

Andrew McCain was on the board until he abruptly resigned in July.

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/6/93957/32617/978/588876

I need my coffee.  Tom - you are so damn funny.

Gotta run to Seattle. 

9/5/08

Pollster.com

Barack Obama 48.3

John "No Solutions" McSame 42.7

Polls really need to give the percentage of undecided voters to get anywhere near an "accurate" assessment of what they might or might not indicate.

http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php

First of all, I read a Lakoff article on another blog regarding how Palin lights up people's symbology grids but has nothing to say regarding real problems of the day. His point was as long as Democrats hew to rationality (as we almost always do), we will underestimate her potency.

We have to fight symbology with symbology.

IMO one of the best ways to do this is to point out that -- like a bad Dad -- Republicans always want you to do as they say, not as they do. Then just pick every single bit of hypocrisy and stick it right on that framework.

All the ways Republicans fail to handle money properly, but want you to stay on a strict budget.

All the ways Republicans want to restrict your rights while playing fast and loose themselves.

Palin saying, "Sambo beat the bitch," is a beaut, since as a pious Christian she wouldn't want her children to use words like "bitch". That's something Christian kids get their mouths washed out with soap for, take my word on it.

Palin and McCain are two lousy Dads who want to take away any scrap of goodness from our lives while continuing to do anything they themselves please (squander money, have affairs, use bad language and substances, y'know, all the "adult" things).

-- volney

http://pundits.thehill.com/2008/09/05/spiro-palin-and-the-coming-charge-of-the-hillary-women/

Get ready for the charge that is about to come from Hillary Clinton, who will soon have one of her finest hours, and leading Democratic women who will fight and fight again for the America that Sarah Palin and John McCain, in their traditions of George Bush and Spiro Agnew, will never know and must never lead.

The charge of the Democratic women is about to begin and it will be a sight to behold. They will attack the royalist economics of McCain and Palin, who campaign against equal pay for equal work, who oppose legislation to help single moms, and who would literally start a national civil war because of their extremism and intolerance over abortion.

The charge of the Democratic women will highlight the best of what women bring to politics and government, the ability to bring people together and lift people up regardless of race, gender and nationality and a clear voice that will champion the idea that Sarah Palin does not represent a glass ceiling to be broken, but an iron chain of reactionary policies around the necks of average Americans of all races and both genders.

The coming Hillary barnstorm for Barack and the coming charge of the Democratic women will join the debate for real. They will say, as Barack says, as we say: enough! It is time to turn the page and build the future, and the charge of the Democratic women will bring the power for real change in a battle for the future of America that is long overdue and must not be won by two phony "mavericks" fighting for the policies of George Bush, with the politics of Spiro Agnew.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Barbara_Boxer_Palin_extremist_%5BVIDEO.DE%5D_0905.html

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has become the latest female Democratic leader to slam Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, telling reporters on Thursday that Palin is "an extremist" and "way out of the mainstream."

"My impression of Sarah Palin is that she can throw a very strong punch, a very sarcastic punch," Boxer began. "I think her speech was laced with ridicule. ... People will respond differently to that. It didn't move me very much. I was uncomfortable with it."

"But the most important thing, it seems to me, is her record and her views," continued Boxer. "She's an extremist. And she's way out of the mainstream. And it's ... hard for me to imagine how Democrats, moderate Republicans, and moderate independents can embrace the McCain-Palin ticket."

Good Fascist Salute!

yes, I shopped at WalMart this morning.  I'm visiting my parents and to conserve gas, I wasn't about to drive around aimlessly trying to find a store that sold what I was looking for.  So, WalMart was there...and I went in. 

The older woman at the checkout was way beyond friendly...the older people usually are.  When she was done scanning my purchases, she leaned in toward me, which I thought was odd at first.  Then she whisped to me..."I like your shirt.  My husband doesn't know it, but I'm voting for him.  We need a big change in this county." 

I was wearing my Obama shirt.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdffd9a6-7b71-11dd-b839-000077b07658.html

US military trained Georgian commandos

Published: September 5 2008 18:49

The US military provided combat training to 80 Georgian special forces commandos only months prior to Georgia’s army assault in South Ossetia in August.

The revelation, based on recruitment documents and interviews with US military trainers obtained by the Financial Times, could add fuel to accusations by Vlad­imir Putin, Russian prime minister, last month that the US had “orchestrated” the war in the Georgian enclave.

The training was provided by senior US soldiers and two military contractors. There is no evidence that the contractors or the Pentagon, which hired them, knew that the commandos they were training were likely be used in the assault on South Ossetia..........

she's edited the jet story - now it's I put the plane on ebay.....  and that's it - no 'sold' it on ebay, no 'made a profit'.  at least she knows when to stop with the lies.  they're freakin going nuts for her!  I've never witnessed this much excitement for McSame.

i'm testing out a pctv tuner I bought for my pc so I can use it as a dvr - tres cool! 

and will top the four million meal total for Gustav sometime today. They are still bringing in air transport loads of tarps and the Guard is putting them on roofs as fast as they come in. 26% of the state are still without power

the state is very vulnerable to IKE

my son left Baton Rouge and is staying with friends in Texas until the University re-opens

my read on Ike's path is that much like Gustav once it gets in the Gulf it can go right or left, as two different tracks are both viable, but if the pressure of the two highs is roughly egual it will follow the Gustav path, and then LA is in deep trouble

today the state just about ran out of water, the USDA surplus bulk commodities are arriving by the truckload for the Red Cross and Baptists and Salvation Army and will serve 100,000 hot meals in Baton Rouge today

best not committ too many of the Guard to Hanna til we know where Ike is headed

I've been thinking we need to 'frame' Palin - at least the 2nd part of her speech as 'hate speech.'  (Annilow)

I'm thinking it might not be a terrible idea to do a "visibility event" inside WalMart stores.  Get groups of people in Obama shirts to walk around and be visible. (Thomas Janowski)

I'm going to mention Tom's idea at our DEC meeting next Thursday. They like to do election visibility events. Walking around WalMart would not exactly be an event per se so the management would certainly not object to the customers' clothing, especially if they were shopping.