Spill is Obama's fault?

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Saturday May 01, 2010 · 10:57 PM PDT

2010/05/01 · 22:57

The narrative begins.

Let the chambers echo with TV news personalities in the morning saying this is Obama's Katrina.

I remember in the days leading up to the Iraq War that certain articles struck me as simply odd in the press. The NYTimes pieces that pointed to WMDs seemed forced, though I had trouble believing that the paper of record would be slanting stories.

So we see now in the last day or so the beginning once again of a careful (yes, more nuanced than the blatant nonsense published by Miller in the Iraq drum-up) construction of the narrative. Will this oil spill be seen as a travesty brought on by greedy international corporations, or an inept Democratic government led by the high-speakin', low performing President Obama. Yes, dear friends, watch the talking heads bobble tomorrow about the parallels to Katrina. New Orleans is dying again, tarred black and preventing a recovery from the most recent disaster.

People will rightfully be angry. They will get even angrier as they see what a HUGE, unparrallelled natural disaster this is. But the work has begun to distract attention from the culprit. Ok, hard to ignore that BP had something to do with this, but if we can't erase that from people's minds, let's add the poor government response! This is really the fault of Obama.

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Is Campbell Robertson Objective?

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Is Campbell Robertson Objective?

He tries to be objective, but darn it, Point of View is hard to suppress

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He is a tool of the right, and he is proud of it

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Pie if I care

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Primary them

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Tuesday June 30, 2009 · 9:41 AM PDT

2009/06/30 · 09:41

Fellow Kossacks,

It really leaves me deeply concerned that we cannot get immediate sign-on from our progressive allies in congress to draw a line in the sand for a strong public option on day one.

I rarely get properly involved in our body politic. It was Bush's first disastrous first term that steamed me so much that I knocked on doors for Dean. Since that loss, I didn't knock on one door, nor make one phone call for the cause. Life got busy.

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No BS Poll. Will you call or write to your Congressperson today? Really?

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No BS Poll. Will you call or write to your Congressperson today? Really?

Yes

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Green Industrial Complex

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Wednesday January 14, 2009 · 1:22 PM PST

2009/01/14 · 13:22

Can we say, yes we can?

Why does no one talk about one obvious solution to our current economic crisis? We have plenty of money, but it's currently being flushed down the black hole of the Pentagon. (And if you think it's not enough just to reallocate money, then double the size of the green programs! Triple them! How much energy do we want to sell to the rest of the world?)

Ok, Obama transition team, ready for an idea from anywhere to save our economy that has merit? How about this one?

For the next eight years, maintain a military budget 10 percent above any nation that we could conceivably need military defense from in the next decade (say China, at 58 billion or Russia at 50 billion): That puts us at spending, per year, at 65 billion dollars of our budget. That would be the most luxurious military budget in the world, bar no other country.

Take the savings yielded:

$711 000 000 000 (current annual budget)- $65 000 000 000 = $646 000 000 000

Follow me after the jump to see how we can use that
646 billion a year to become the world's energy supplier.

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It's a great idea to increase the resiliency and defense of our nation and resources by reapportioning defense budgets to be a mere world leader in military spending so as to shore up green energy. I put my voice behind it. The chance we have that it wil

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It's a great idea to increase the resiliency and defense of our nation and resources by reapportioning defense budgets to be a mere world leader in military spending so as to shore up green energy. I put my voice behind it. The chance we have that it wil

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American green-industrial pie

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Let's wave the 150 mpg Flag at the new Economics Team

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 8:26 PM PST

2008/11/24 · 20:26

So it occured to me this morning, listening to the bailout news on the radio during my morning commute, that if we were going to purposefullly go into major debt to infuse this country with new lifeblood, why wouldn't we mandate the creation of 150 mpg hybrid electric/gas cars that plug into your garage socket at home?

I remember reading an article last year about a guy working car-by-car to convert guzzlers into green cars, and that they had some crazy miles per gallon stats. Googling about for the guy's work (looking up 100 mpg cars, then 150 mpg hybrid) I found this enterprise.

Yes, by Jove, we do have the technology. ATF trinity is showing off the real deal, despite the difficulty they have had in even getting space in a Big-Three monopolized world . We can build them. 150 miles per gallon SUV's that plug into your home outlets for daily use. Help me flag this reality for all those D.C. wonks who read this site every day.

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Do you think we will get this message to Team Obama?

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Do you think we will get this message to Team Obama?

Yes we can, I will recommend the diary

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It just ain't realistic right now, but thanks for the glimpse into the future

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Extreme hybrid pie

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Can we craft an email response, please?

paziz

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 8:53 AM PDT

2008/08/09 · 08:53

Hey good community of progressives,

I just got an email forward from my sister that has been making the rounds of the conservative circles she is in. I don't have the energy today to respond point by point to the list of "dire and/or audacious" things Obama has stood for/done.

I'd appreciate the group effort, if anyone has the time to take a couple of the bullet points and write responses. I figure together we might make a good reply. PLEASE REMEMBER, this is to make CONSERVATIVES think twice. This can mean benefits for children, not getting into stupid wars, college bills to pull yourself up by bootstraps, fiscal intelligence, etc.

Thanks. See the email after the flip.

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 9:23 AM PDT

2008/06/25 · 09:23

The Conyer's House Resolution for Universal Health just got a nice boost today. The nonpartisan U.S. Conference of Mayors (open to all mayors with municipalities of 30,000 or greater)just resolved UNANIMOUSLY to back the H.R. 676 bill.

What does this mean? One could argue both sides...

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I could use some healthcare because...

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I could use some healthcare because...

I hear it's nice

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I don't got any

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I'm paying a third of my paycheck to cover me/family

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Those senators and them get it, must be good for something

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It's a national disgrace that we are the only industrialized society without it

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Two million more voters for Texas. Obama Wins.

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Saturday June 21, 2008 · 8:10 PM PDT

2008/06/21 · 20:10

Would it be possible to flip Texas back to Blue?

I live here, and I know it reliably sent its electoral college votes to the DEMOCRATIC nominee for President for the lion's majority of its history. It voted BLUE through the 1960's. It voted for Carter in 1976.

What would it take to turn Texas blue in 2008?

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Have you gotten involved in Obama's voter registration drive?

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Have you gotten involved in Obama's voter registration drive?

I've heard about it and I appreciate what they're doing

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I'm letting this idea rattle around in my brain and might act on it

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I have already gotten started with recruiting new voters

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I pledge to get at least 20 new folks registered this cycle

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I think y'all are crazy, but I love ya for it

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Kos vs. Karl

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Thursday November 15, 2007 · 7:40 PM PST

2007/11/15 · 19:40

Yes, Newsweek has drafted Karl Rove as it's poster boy writer to "balance" Markos. How does one react? With glee. I don't think anyone Newsweek regularly will be duped into believing Rove's message is anything but skewed. Sure, he might even write persuasively for the right in the weekly, but readers know from whence he comes.

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What do you think about Kos and Karl in Newsweek?

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What do you think about Kos and Karl in Newsweek?

Better in the grand scheme for the left.

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Better in the grand scheme for the right.

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They, well, balance out.

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A worthy event to throw pies about everywhere willy nilly.

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Shall we focus on one good man to do the right thing? Write, call, fax John Conyers.

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Monday July 09, 2007 · 9:26 PM PDT

2007/07/09 · 21:26

It seems to me that Meteor Blades nails it here.

and Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse nuances it nicely and oh-so-clearly in the diary presently front paged on Frog Marching em out presently.

For me, it's hard to really take the time to contact government reps and such folks, knowing it never really makes much of an impact. I do it on rare occasion, though.

It seems to me that after reading these two diaries (please do read them), it is hard not to conclude that a proper, just investigation of this administration could be commenced by convincing ONE man- a friendly one, at that- to getting his committee in order and starting.

Chairman of House Judiciary John Conyers, Jr.

I will write him, this time. He does indeed have the power. One man. Who may well indeed listen. Will you pledge to make contact with his office to begin with a
"criminal proceeding" to investigate allegations of criminal obstruction of justice by Bush and his administration."

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Will you pledge to make contact with Chairman Conyers to begin an investigation of the Bush Administration's obstruction of justice?

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Will you pledge to make contact with Chairman Conyers to begin an investigation of the Bush Administration's obstruction of justice?

Yes

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Oh Markos, Where Art Thou?

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Wednesday July 04, 2007 · 6:04 PM PDT

2007/07/04 · 18:04

I'm sure I missed a diary somewhere along the way that explains the scarcity of our fearless founder round these parts these days, but I figured someone might know here, and those of us who are not clued in could find out through this diary.

Besides, what better day than Independence Day to be free, out on our own, managing this marvelous site together without Dad around?

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Where do you guess Marcos is these days?

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Where do you guess Marcos is these days?

Changing diapers, feeding small mouths

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Captured by Sith Cheny and being pressured to turn to the dark side

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Spending time with Street Prophets and Sports bloggy and Mother Talkers, figuring why they haven't all made it to the bigtime yet

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Riding ponies, eating pie

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Carpal Tunnel finally caught up with him, keeping him offline

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That's no moon. That's a space station.

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Friday June 29, 2007 · 12:41 PM PDT

2007/06/29 · 12:41

The good old U.S.A. under our fearless leader is going forward with putting up death weapons in space that can target anyone anywhere. Fantasy? No. It's the reinvigoration of "Star Wars."

NPR had a piece today on deteriorating relations between the US and Russia. Putin has been saying for some time now that the spike in rhetoric is matching the US insistence on going forward with our space "defense" program.

He says Russia may re-train its missiles on US-allied cities and countries if we persist.

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Did you already understand that SDI could be used as an offensive weapon system?

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Did you already understand that SDI could be used as an offensive weapon system?

Yes, and I wonder why no one ever reports this in stories about it.

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No. Shocking that we are moving forward with space weapons.

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I never really gave it much thought. Just more overspending by the Defense Department.

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Kucinich, Dean... now Obama. Can you say universal coverage?

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Saturday January 27, 2007 · 8:07 AM PST

2007/01/27 · 08:07

I give Kucinich much credit for bringing some real awareness to the need for real healthcare for all to the national spotlight. And I still wear my Dean T-shirt from time to time that I walked the streets of Iowa with- but to have Obama, media darling, on board- well, it gives me hope.

Obama has decided to make universal coverage a centerpiece on this campaign. It will move the national dialogue that much closer to brining our nation up to speed with the rest of the developed world in having health care for all. Maybe even a reality in the next decade or so, instead of a fringe candidate's theme, derided as leftist or extreme.

It might help Hillary get her gumption back after her healthcare fall early on in her days in the White House. Though my guess is that she will call his plan too radical on the trail, dirtying it during the general election.

Enough of my two bits. Read the text yourself of his healthcare speech after the jump. Whatcha think? Hot air? Real deal?

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What's your read on the speech?

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What's your read on the speech?

More blah blah rhetoric hot air

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Who knows, but heartening to read

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Tremendous hope

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Just won my support

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