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Via Talking Points Memo:
I’ve always said it. You cannot sell Jack Cafferty a line of B.S., at all. Between this interview and McCain’s performance last night, If I were the Republicans, I would not aim too high on this election. Because you might just be setting yourselves up for a let down. A hard letdown in November.
Others: Newshoggers.com and Matthew Yglesias
Technorati Tags: CNN, Conservative, John McCain, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin
Obama was well prepared. Articulated his points very well. McCain was snobbish and a bit of an asshole.
However, McCain did well as well. There were no gaffes that I really thought were worth mentioning.
Because I am not in the tank for either, I say it was a draw.
I’ve been up past my bedtime and now am going to bed.
More Blogging when I wake up.
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Conservative, Democrat, Democrats, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, Liberal, Liberals, Libertarian, McCain, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Presidential Debates, Republican, Republicans
Well, I just done something rather dumb. 😯
I just deleted a weeks worth of postings from my Blog. I was supposed to delete just one. and I ended up deleting a whole weeks worth. Ooops!
I might be able to fix it. But I may just leave it… Not sure yet.
Sorry about that. 🙁
Update: After thinking about it, I haven’t done a backup in a while. So, the latest messages wouldn’t be there anyhow… D’oh! 🙄
-Pat
If this hits the Main Stream media, it very well could ruin John McCain’s Presidential Campaign.
It appears that John McCain’s Chief of staff is a Homosexual.
Quote:
What does John McCain’s loyal chief of staff – a man who apparently is in a long-term relationship with another man, and appears to be open about it to John McCain — think about the fact that Sarah Palin devoutly worships at a church that promotes “converting” gays to heterosexuality? What, conversely, does she think of him? More importantly, what does John McCain think about all of this? And don’t we deserve some answers from the American media?
Over the past month I’ve been contacted by three different individuals (two of them members of the Log Cabin Republicans) claiming that McCain’s Senate chief of staff, Mark Buse, is gay. None of these individuals would be quoted by name, though each described Buse as being rather “open” to those around him and to his family – in a “glass closet” rather than deeply undercover or trying to appear heterosexual.
Then I was contacted in recent weeks by 46-year-old Brian Davis, an Arizona resident, who told me about his intimate relationship with Mark Buse (confirmed by Davis’ mother, as well as by a long-time friend), and who decided he needed to tell the truth about Buse, on the record, in light of John McCain’s dramatic shift to the ideological religious right in this election and his choice of Sarah Palin, starlet of the evangelical movement, as a running mate. (Repeated calls to Mark Buse’s office and calls and email to McCain’s communications office in the Senate regarding this story were unreturned. Mike Rogers, the blogger and activist who revealed the truth about Senator Larry Craig and others in politics, today reports this same reality about Mark Buse that I report here, with separate, independent sourcing.)
[…]
The traditional media may be petrified to pick up this story but people across the country who see McCain’s hypocrisy and who support equality will only demand more answers. Certainly our media could serve us better by getting us those answers rather than once again putting their heads in the sand.
Unbelievable. I’ve always said that the Republican Party is becoming more and more like the Democratic Party everyday. The line of separation is become smaller and more blurred by the minute.
Can someone please tell me, just what the hell happened to the Party of Morals? I always thought that the G.O.P. was the Party of Christian morals? I always thought that the Republican Party was the Anti-Liberal Party? I thought it was the one who differed themselves from the Party of God-forsaken homosexuals? It seems that I was quite wrong about that.
Between this and the Republicans selling the Fiscal Conservatives, like me, up the damn river. I’m almost inclined to believe that the Republican has officially gone to hell.
Needless to say, The Republican Party is NOT the Party of Ronald Reagan. I mean, A gay staffer, A female V.P. pick? What the hell is going on in that Party??!?!?! Whatever happened to women staying home and raising their children and being a good Conservative Christian Woman? Whatever happened to Conservatives shunning the sin-depraved Homosexuals?
It simply boggles the mind….
Technorati Tags: Christanity, Conservative, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin
It seems so…. The guys over at The Jawa Report have been doing some digging, with friends of theirs and the results are startling.
The Points being made are:
While some of these points could possibly be argued, if there is any truth to this. Obama might be looking at some serious problems here.
Memeorandum has more reactions.
Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Conservative, Democrat, Democrats, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, Liberal, Liberals, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin
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Remember the hacker kid that I warned everyone against publishing his picture?
Well, it seems the FBI has caught up with him.
The Report via WBIR:
Quote:
The FBI is stepping up its investigation into the possibility that a University of Tennessee student hacked into the personal e-mail of Vice
Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.A person who identified himself as a witness tells 10 News that agents with the FBI served a federal search warrant at the Fort Sanders residence of David Kernell early Sunday morning. Kernell lives in the Commons apartment complex at 1115 Highland Ave.
David Kernell is the son of Mike Kernell, a Democratic state representative from Memphis.
A Department of Justice spokesperson confirmed there has been “investigatory activity” in Knoxville regarding the Palin case, but she said there are no publicly available search warrants, and no charges have been filed.
A separate law enforcement source confirmed to 10 News that a search warrant was served on Kernell’s apartment.
According to the witness, several agents arrived at The Commons of Knoxville around midnight.
They presented their badges upon entering Kernell’s apartment, where several students were having a party, and took down their names.
The witness tells us they asked him and those who did not live in the unit to go outside. He believes the investigators took about 1.5 to 2 hours taking pictures of everything inside the apartment.
He says Kernell’s three roommates were also subpoenaed, and must testify this week (Tuesday) in Chattanooga.
It could mean quite a bit, and at the same time, it would mean nothing. But I would think with subpoenas and all, someone is in some serious trouble.
I’m still not publishing his picture. 😀
Others Blogging: Threat Level, Sharoncobb, GINA COBB, TBogg, pw, Hot Air, Pursuing Holiness, The Other McCain, Macsmind, www.redstate.com, American Power and JammieWearingFool
You are not going to believe this one. I even cannot believe it.
It is stories like this right here, that convince me, that the New York Times is nothing more than a front for the Communist Party of the United States.
It seems that we have the remains of 13 of the 19 men, who slammed the planes in to the World Trade Center Towers, the Pentagon and into that field in Pennsylvania. Now, it seems, that the New York Times is fretting about what should become of the remains of these monsters who carried out the attacks, of September 11, 2001. The attacks that killed 2,999 and injured 6,291 or more.
Quoting the Communists:
Seven years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, the remains of 13 of the 19 men responsible have been identified and are in the custody of the F.B.I. and the New York City medical examiner’s office.
But no one has formally requested the remains in order to bury them.
"Politically, one can understand that this is a hot potato," said Muneer Fareed, secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America and a former professor of Islamic studies. "People don’t want to identify with the political equivalent of Jeffrey Dahmer."
What would happen if someone asked for the hijackers’ remains is not clear.
Neither the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which holds the remains of the nine hijackers whose planes hit the Pentagon and crashed in a field in Somerset County, Pa., nor the New York City medical examiner’s office, which holds the remains of 4 of the 10 hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center buildings, has policies to deal with such a request.
"If and when it comes up, we’ll address it then," an F.B.I. spokesman, Richard Kolko, said.
The bureau could turn down such requests, Mr. Kolko said, because the Sept. 11 investigation is an open case.
The medical examiner’s office, which, like the F.B.I., refuses to say where exactly the remains are being kept, will eventually put together a committee to come up with a policy, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the office.
Groups representing the victims of Sept. 11 are not sure what should be done with the remains.
"It would be sadly ironic if they ended up being properly buried or sent to a Muslim country when many of the remains of the victims remain buried in a garbage dump," said Kurt Horning, a founder with his wife, Diane, of the group WTC Families for Proper Burial. "I know we’d feel very distressed."
The Hornings’ son, Matthew, 26, was working at the World Trade Center and died there on Sept. 11. Their group has been advocating for excavation of the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island where ash and other debris from the World Trade Center site was buried. The group believes the debris may contain identifiable remains.
The identified remains of the victims of Sept. 11 are regularly returned to their families upon request, after officials have made positive identifications.
Some of the users at Right Wing News have some ideas.
What really tweaks me off about this is, why in the hell would a major newspaper such as the New York Times, even have the audacity to even ask a question like this in public newspaper?
I mean, has The New York Times utterly forgotten the horror and shock felt on the morning that the terrorist attacks were carried out in this country? You know, I have accused the far left of being nothing more than terrorist sympathizers, but this just proves it more than I could ever imagine.
As I have said on this Blog many times before, almost to the point where it has become somewhat of a talking point. Do you now see why I left that side of the damned political isle?
I am sorry, but any damned political party that believes, that terrorists have the same standing in the World, as the rest of law abiding Americans, is, as far as I am concerned nothing more than pure Anti-American. The people that carried out the September 11 attacks on this country were not humans, they were utter animals, possessed by a satanic religion that teaches that it is, if I can dare to be so blunt to even use the word; godly to kill people to further a mindless purpose in a religion.
There is a ton more I could write about this, as to my feelings about Islam. But for one, I do not what to be pegged as a hatemonger and two, this entry would be like 4 pages long. Instead, I’ll just refer you to my bookstore, where I have a section to Islam and the hatred behind it. Click here to go check it out. I am also thinking of adding a section about 9/11, It will be added in the near future.
A terrible tragedy.
Judging from the Photos. Two words come to mind. Oklahoma City. Same kind of bomb.
This is why people believe that Timothy McVeigh had outside help…..
Technorati Tags: Terrorism, World News
Seems there’s still Racism in the Democratic Party. (what? you’re surprised? whatever for?) Does anyone remember this here? (It’s a speech given by a Democrat.)
Some are not so sure and blame the AP.
Technorati Tags: Election ’08, Election 2008, Media, Opinion, Politics, Polls
Go here to read more.
Looks like the world woke up and smelled the coffee on Sarah Palin.
About damn time. 🙄
Technorati Tags: Conservative, Neo-Conservatives, Opinion, Politics, Polls, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin
Seems that there are some are saying that this new bail out plan is not looking good.
Click here to read more.
It’s what happens when the Government tries to regulate Capitalism. Someone always loses…
I’m enjoying the weekend for a change.
Technorati Tags: Congress, Conservative, Democrat, Democrats, Economy, Government, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Wall Street
This is interesting….
It was a room full of people who rarely hold their tongues. But as the Fed chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, laid out the potentially devastating ramifications of the financial crisis before congressional leaders on Thursday night, there was a stunned silence at first.
Mr. Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. had made an urgent and unusual evening visit to Capitol Hill, and they were gathered around a conference table in the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“When you listened to him describe it you gulped,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York.
As Senator Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut and chairman of the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, put it Friday morning on the ABC program “Good Morning America,” the congressional leaders were told “that we’re literally maybe days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system, with all the implications here at home and globally.”
Mr. Schumer added, “History was sort of hanging over it, like this was a moment.”
When Mr. Schumer described the meeting as “somber,” Mr. Dodd cut in. “Somber doesn’t begin to justify the words,” he said. “We have never heard language like this.”
“What you heard last evening,” he added, “is one of those rare moments, certainly rare in my experience here, is Democrats and Republicans deciding we need to work together quickly.” – Read the Rest at the New York Times
It’s at times like this, you wonder what Ron Paul would say. But seems the best he can do is babble on like some demented old goat. It’s no wonder that the rest of sane society, that does not ascribe to the drivel that comes out of Alex Jones’s Website(s), tended dismiss Ron Paul as some sort of an lamppost scratching mental patient.
Anyhow, I’m sure you are thinking that I’m totally against this. In a way, the whole idea of our financial system being nationalized, does not exactly make me want to break open a bottle of champagne and celebrate. Because I do believe in a free market system. However, at the same time, I do not wish to see the economy totally collapse either.
On the other hand, I am a bit encouraged to see that the leaders on capital hill have decided to put partisan politics aside and get to the problem and attempt to fix it. Hopefully they can hash out some sort of a plan.
Technorati Tags: Conservative, Democrat, Democrats, Economy, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Wall Street
This From His Blog:
Here’s what McCain has to say about the wonders of market-based health reform:
“Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.”
So McCain, who now poses as the scourge of Wall Street, was praising financial deregulation like 10 seconds ago — and promising that if we marketize health care, it will perform as well as the financial industry!
Ouch! That was tough.
There is no denying it. The Republican Party is the wrong side of all the issues. I’ll be the first to admit this. Especially the economy. I know, many people within that party will deny this, but it is true. However, I will say this also. It is because of recklessness in both parties, Democrats and Republicans both, and yes, that does include the Clinton Administration as well, that we’re in the situation we are in now.
I just hope that the powers that be, will make decisions for the well being of the country and will put partisan politics aside.
Technorati Tags: Economy, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, Opinion, Politics, Sarah Palin, Wall Street
Yeah, I know. I’ve been slacking in my Blogging a bit. It’s just kind of hard to get excited about writing and nobody is interested in donating to my cause here. I’m not one to beg or anything, in fact, I try to avoid the subject. I’m just one of those kind of people that figures that if someone is interested in donating, they’ll see the donation button in the sidebar and put something in the Tip Jar.
Plus, some big stories broke yesterday, which were after my prime time of Blogging. Which is the early morning hours.
Anyhow, just thought I’d offer an explanation of where I’ve been.
Now, off to those stories.
I would advise all Bloggers, who are writing about the Palin E-mail Scandal, to be very careful about posting pictures of the said, But still uncharged supposed suspect.
Because if in the outside chance that this guy did not have anything to do with the hacking of Palin’s account. You all could be setting yourselves up for a libel lawsuit. I mean, slander is a legit lawsuit charge and this kids daddy is in the House of Representatives. If you think this guy is dirt poor, think again. I’m sure he has deep pockets and if his kid gets smeared unfairly, he might be out for blood, or well, Money. After all, we are dealing with Liberal Democrats here. Does anyone remember what John Edwards did for a living?
This is why I have been avoiding the subject, other than to comment on it in passing. This is why I have not been posting the dudes picture, at all. I just do not need the legal troubles here. You might think that I am full of it. But think about it for a second. I mean, google search is not that hard to do, to find out who’s talking about your kid, and all this guys parents would have to do is, perform a image search on google and see where their kids image pops up and then do a whois on the domain and then get court orders to force said blog hosting companies to release Whois records. You might think I’m full of it. But you got to realize, money gets you everywhere in the legal system nowadays. Just ask Detroit’s Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Not trying to scare anyone or anything, but sometimes a little common sense goes a long way. The worst thing anyone can do in blogging is believe that they are untouchable. That is simply not the case. Slander lawsuits happen, and it is best to err on the side of caution. Especially when the facts are not fully known yet. I know the guy is over 21, but still, if daddy warbucks has deep pockets and really loves his kid and wants to protect the kid’s and his reputation, some of you might be looking at lawsuits.
So, in closing, my point is, it is better to be safe, than sorry, or in this case, sued.
Technorati Tags: Opinion, Politics, Sarah Palin
This comes via The Detroit Free Press:
“Being elected Mayor of Detroit, my hometown, was an honor and a privilege,” he said. “I want to thank everyone who supported me through the years. I am proud of the fact that we, as a community, were able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time.”
Kilpatrick, who leaves office at 11:59 p.m. tonight, said transition meetings with incoming Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. concluded Wednesday.
“We believe he now has all the information needed for a smooth transition,” he said. “I wish Ken Cockrel Jr. the best of luck. I encourage the citizens of Detroit to lend your support to him as he assumes the role of our city’s Interim Mayor. He will need your support because the job of Mayor requires making the tough but not always popular decisions in order to advance our city. Thank you for the honor of serving you. God bless Detroit.”
Having shared that, I’d like to share a freakin’ hilarious Animated Cartoon by Detroit Free Press Cartoonist Mike Thompson. Click the picture and be prepared to laugh, hard.
Technorati Tags: Democrat, Democrats, Detroit, Kwame Kilpatrick, Liberal, Liberals, Local, Michigan, Opinion, Politics
Seeing that John McCain is making rather idiotic gaffes like Firing the SEC chair, Which he cannot do and then basically insulting the Prime Minister of Spain.
It’s no damn wonder he is slipping in the polls. Well, that and picking a Vice President who’s biggest accomplishment was being a PTA Board Member, A Mayor and The Governor of Alaska. That and being able to see Russia from her house.
It’s no damn wonder she’s being dis invited and canceling appearances.
Just sayin’…
Technorati Tags: Conservative, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, McCain, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin
The Other McCain offers some good advice for lazy Bloggers. (Like me!)
Unlike McCain, I could care less, if I ever make a top Bloggers list.
One of the main reasons is, when people start putting you on a pedestal, you start having to live up to the hype.
One thing I do not want to be noted for is hype. I want to be noted for my honesty.
The problem with the hype crowd is that, there is usually no substance to the hype. There are a few exceptions to that rule, but 90 percent of the time, it’s mostly hype and only mostly hype.
Technorati Tags: Blogs, Conservative, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, blogging
From Ann Coulter’s Latest Article “OBAMA: LUCIFER IS MY HOMEBOY”
In Freddoso’s book, he quotes from the dedication in the first edition of Alinsky’s seminal book, “Rules for Radicals,” where Alinsky wrote:
“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: From all our legends, mythology and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”
I suppose it could have been worse. He could have dedicated his book to George Soros.
*Snort*
Technorati Tags: Ann Coulter, Opinion, Politics, Quote of the Day
I normally do not comment on things I see written on other Blogs. Because the last time I did it. I did it wrong and a whole bunch of crap got started. This was in another Blog incarnation that I ran, Before I decided that the “Left of Center” of the political pool was NOT where I wanted to be anymore.
So, having said that, let me just say that I do not intend this to be a “Blog War”, at all. Because I am just not interested in fighting over politics, it is just not worth it. So, this is not to be considered picking a fight, but rather just a comment on something written on another Blog. If they happen to come read this, fine. If they don’t, no big loss.
First off, Jeff over at Protein Wisdom said something about the whole Sarah Palin hacked e-mail thing and I kind of took issue with it.
Jeff said:
A quick beef: Anonymous is not, from what I can tell, necessarily “left wing” — though they most certainly are little wannabe fascists. From what I can gather, they likely think of themselves more as TRUTHTELLERS with an anarchist strain, and so may be of the left-libertarian / anarchist bent. In other words, politically confused.
Sorry Jeff, As someone that I.D.’s himself as a Libertarian Conservative, I do have to take issue with that…..and I’ll explain why, okay? So just hear me out a little here.
Yes, I know about the email story. No, I’m not quoting it or putting any of those pictures here. As it might cross into legal issues, and quite frankly, jail sucks.
There’s a little funny story behind my finding out about it.
As a Blogged about earlier, I had to attend a memorial service for my Dad’s Sister, who died on Sept 10.
Well, that few hours, turned into about a 5 hour event and seeing I was living on about 4 hours sleep, from like the previous evening. I was dog tired. Hell, if someone would have told me that the Russians were firing nukes at the United States, I would have most likely have told them, that as long as they didn’t land in my bedroom, I didn’t honestly give two flips, as I was tired and going to sleep. Needless to say, my bed was looking mighty fine by the time I made it back home.
Anyhow, I finally awoke from my slumber around 7:30, Hell, I slept through a Pizza delivery. I never sleep through a pizza delivery, ever.
So, anyhow, I woke up, put my glasses on, and got my pizza slices out of the microwave, and I took a bite and opened my news source and this story was the headliner. I nearly choked on my pizza! 😯 😮
Now I said all that to say all this. My reaction to this story is….. Well, basically, Yawn and if you’re a big time Government person like Palin, Why the hell would you use a web e-mail service like yahoo anyhow? That just doesn’t strike me as very smart at all.
I mean, The Republicans are trying to run this narrative that they’re so much better than the Democrats. Needless to say, this is not helping further that narrative at all.
You can follow the story and see the opinions at Memeornadum and TechMeMe. Me? I’m going back to bed. I need more sleep. 😛
Technorati Tags: Conservative, Election ’08, Election 2008, John McCain, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Technology, Web 2.0
Making predictions about the future of America’s financial landscape is a little like getting a verdict on Jewish law from a team of rabbis. For every three people I consult, I get nine opinions. — Marci Alboher - New York Times
*snort*
Remember the death of my Father’s eldest sister that I blogged about earlier?
Well, her memorial service is today. So, I must be getting about the business of getting ready for that.
Please, hold me up in your prayers during this rather difficult event. I am going on like 4 hours of sleep too. So, that ought to make it really, really fun! 🙄
Either way, this is not going to be an easy day for me. 🙁 😥
I will resume blogging later today.
Now that is pretty darned talented! Or at best, slick.
Via The Hill:
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) is busy fending off federal charges and scrambling to retain his seat, but that hasn’t affected his appetite for earmarks.
Stevens has secured the most earmarks in the Senate defense appropriations bill, according to an analysis by The Hill. The Hill reviewed projects requested by individual members that made it into the spending measure.
Stevens’s earmark share in the defense bill is more than $200 million. The indicted senator is likely to tout that haul on the campaign trail.
Senate appropriators recently disclosed close to $3 billion in project requests that were not included in the Pentagon’s budget request for fiscal 2009, according to a calculation by The Hill and Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS). That is more than $2 billion less than what the Senate disclosed last year.
Sens. Stevens and Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, top the list with about $215 million in earmarks each.
Stevens stands out because he made the majority of requests by himself, sharing only a few with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska). By comparison, many of Cochran’s requests come together with Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) or other senators.
Stevens relinquished his spot as the ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Defense panel in July after being charged with seven counts of concealing more than $250,000 worth of home renovations and gifts from a now-defunct oil-services company, Veco Corp. Cochran stepped in as the ranking member of the Defense panel to replace Stevens.
The longest-serving Republican senator has pleaded not guilty and is hoping to clear his name before he faces Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) in the November election. Stevens last month easily won the GOP primary.
Just like in previous years, Stevens — who stepped down before his panel officially marked up the bill — is once again able to secure funds for a wealth of programs benefiting Alaska.
I got to hand it to the guy. He can bring in the cash. Even while being investigated by the feds. That’s pretty darned good. 😀
Although, I do not think that many others would call that talent. Dirty rotten no good….well, you know… Perhaps. But Talent? Nah. slick? Possibly.