Max Boot, Eugenics, Crazy Preachers,

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Wednesday September 24, 2008 · 12:18 PM PDT

2008/09/24 · 12:18

The McCain campaign now employs Max Boot as a key advisor and campaign surrogate. He put the con in neocon. Max Boot has been irreversibly blinded by a mutated nationalism reminiscent of the Hitler Youth. God help us all if this gung-ho psychasthenic rabble rouser should be granted any role of actual power in a sitting administration.

Here's one of Max Boot's numerous literary tumors:

[...] Once we have deposed Saddam, we can impose an American-led, international regency in Baghdad, to go along with the one in Kabul. With American seriousness and credibility thus restored, we will enjoy fruitful cooperation from the region's many opportunists, who will show a newfound eagerness to be helpful in our larger task of rolling up the international terror network that threatens us.

Frakking. Delusional. Egomaniac. Man-child.
He and John McCain must get along famously.

Other stuffz after the flip.

prestochango

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Monday September 22, 2008 · 2:22 PM PDT

2008/09/22 · 14:22

This is my "attack" on Sarah Palin's family. Her family reminds me of many normal families I got to know when I was growing up. They aren't perfect. Her teenagers had some problems during adolescence, and no doubt there will be more adolescent issues with her family as the years go by. Bristol lived her life as a normal American teenager, which includes the fact that everything was not always perfect. Track lived life as a normal American teenager. I don't feel the need to get specific about any problems they may have faced. Those problems are normal, and Sarah Palin's family is normal.

I can only imagine the strong reaction such words may cause. I say these things in the spirit of peace and friendliness, however. I just want Mrs. Palin and her family to know that I have no animosity towards any of them. I hope and pray that they do not win the election in November, but I harbor no resentment towards them as people or citizens of the United States.

After the flip I present some of the important issues I have been focused on for the past few days. None of it has anything to do with Sarah Palin's family.

prestochango

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Saturday September 20, 2008 · 12:21 PM PDT

2008/09/20 · 12:21

I've heard people say the McCain health care plan looks pretty good. It may look better than what we have now, but it's going to be an utter failure for anyone without a substantial income. Coupled with the disproportionate rise in premiums and inflation, even families with fairly substantial incomes will feel the sting within a year or two. In the short term McCain's plan is not unattractive, but that is all he cares about. He wants his ideas to look good right now so that he can become POTUS. After he's in the Oval Office there won't be any reason for him to be concerned about the long term consequences of his ideas.

This plan is okay in the short term, and horrible in the long run. I had not written about it before because there are just so many vacuous ideas to cover coming from McCain's campaign. After hearing a couple of Republicans, and one staunch Democrat, say good things about this health care plan, I decided my silence on the subject was counter productive. What follows is a list of links that reference the problems with McCain's health care plan, and his campaign's philosophy on it, along with synopses and relevant quotes from these articles.

prestochango

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Thursday September 18, 2008 · 3:41 PM PDT

2008/09/18 · 15:41

Full text of Obama's speech today, with personal analysis:

I just want to begin by saying a few words about the turmoil in our financial markets. We are in the midst of the most serious financial crisis in generations. Three of America's five largest investment banks have failed or been sold off in distress. Our housing market is in shambles, Monday brought the worst losses on Wall Street since the day after September 11th, and the Fed has had to take unprecedented action to prevent the failure of one of the largest insurance companies in the world from causing an even larger crisis. Just this morning, we learned that the Fed had to act with central banks around the world to maintain the functioning of our financial system.

Speech in full after the jump

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Wednesday September 17, 2008 · 4:48 PM PDT

2008/09/17 · 16:48

Today is Constitution Day. On this day in 1787 the United States Constitution was signed into law by the founders of our nation. The United States became a country ruled by laws and not the whim of its leaders. The document provided a framework for guaranteeing basic human rights, justice and freedom. The Constitution of the United States sets our nation apart from the dictatorships and evil regimes, and should be cherished.

Lots more, yep --

prestochango

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Saturday September 13, 2008 · 12:57 AM PDT

2008/09/13 · 00:57

For the sake of all the people who did not evacuate the Texas Gulf Coast region, and the prisoners who were not evacuated as of middle afternoon, this storm will hopefully not produce the disaster that everyone fears. New Orleans is/was not very densely populated compared to the area north-northwest of Galveston, and the situation could result in massive loss of human lives. The Catch-22 of the phrase "hope for the best, prepare for the worst" applies to this situation in a frightening way. Here's to hoping for the best.

For the people who rode out the storm and are still safe after the storm passes, there will be incredible obstacles to overcome should the storm be anything like the prediction. Veterans of hurricane relief efforts will be welcomed after the area opens back up. I will be going to S.W. LA to help as soon as news reports indicate what assistance is needed (why not clean up hurricane mess all September?). For the rest of you out there, if the aftermath of the storm moves you to compassion then please consider making a donation to one of the charitable donations that helps people after hurricanes, such as the Red Cross or even the Houston Area Salvation Army. The people down there will need all the help they can get.

Other stuff after the flip

prestochango

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 9:41 PM PDT

2008/09/11 · 21:41

I found out a couple of hours ago how Sarah Palin did on her first televised interview on the national stage since becoming the GOP VP contender. I loved the news. Loved it. I waited for the rush transcript before posting about it. You can find my comments, for whatever they are worth, after the flip.

prestochango

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 10:49 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 10:49

EVERY national news organization pulled out of Louisiana for Gustav's aftermath, probably because of the RNC. Our local CBS afiliate just appealed to all viewers to contact anyone they know out of state to tell the truth about how hard hit we were. Aid is not flowing in from out of state, because it got no coverage. New Orleans did not flood, but everything else got flattened. I know people out of state to tell the truth to, but nobody with so much influence as the good people of the Daily Kos.

I really don't know what to do about this. I assumed there was great coverage of Gustav. I thought everyone would want it to go better than Katrina. I was wrong, apparently. The Red Cross is not receiving a fraction of the charitable donations it received during Katrina's aftermath: little news coverage. Charitable organizations of all types are hurting for supplies down here.

Let me tell you, Gustav was a hundred times worse in my region than Katrina was. It's just a huge mess, and people need help. If anybody knows who to contact about this, please help. Thank you very much for your time. I can't tell you how much people here would appreciate your assistance.

- Javier

In The Pits: New Orleans and St. Paul

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Sunday August 31, 2008 · 4:39 PM PDT

2008/08/31 · 16:39

I had an interesting idea today. I thought I might write something that wouldn't offend anybody. The notion quickly passed, as my very existence offends people. The fact that I just keep writing also seems to cause a lot of anger. I have been endlessly amused by the negativity, and I appreciate the passion very much.

I have been blogging on the police actions in St. Paul almost around the clock, except for the couple of hours I drifted off. St. Paul is the only place in the nation that's almost as bad a place to be as New Orleans right now. I would have been in St. Paul today if it weren't for Gustav, but that doesn't make me feel any better about the massive storm. I would rather be under arrest in Minnesoata than face the devastation that's liable to take place in Louisiana.

Just when I thought things wouldn't get any worse, I heard Bush and McCain will both come here. Oh, yay. I hoped to be spared such an insult from John McCain, but Bush's visit and lies were inevitable. If there were only some way I could avoid listening to any of the Repiglican leaders... I know, I'll instantly turn off the television when they speak. What are the best lies? Is that an oxymoron?

prestochango

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Saturday August 30, 2008 · 2:03 PM PDT

2008/08/30 · 14:03

Let me preface this entry with the information that I am writing in the Tunica Uplift region of Mississippi, having fled South Louisiana because of Category 5 Gustav. My house is 40 feet above sea level. Big deal. I rode out Hurricane Andrew and Hurricane Katrina, and regretted it both times. This time I left.

Yesterday I referred to Sarah Palin as "a bimbo with a freak hairstyle." That was wrong on so many levels. She's much worse than that. She's a highly intelligent, beautiful and accomplished woman who believes in everything I detest. I wrote the trash I referred to because I was in a hurry to evacuate my home. I apologize. Sarah Palin is just a dangerously unqualified choice to be Vice President, she is not a bimbo.

More follows...
and excuse any typos. I am using a monitor so small I can barely see what I am writing (my hurricane evac monitor).

prestochango

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Friday August 29, 2008 · 3:19 PM PDT

2008/08/29 · 15:19

I apologize about the short diary today. McSame-Failin' hijacked most of the news, and I refuse to write about The Twilight Zone. I have other things on my mind. I rescued people from New Orleans, in a boat, while Bush had his thumb up his bum. I am concerned.

News ticker in Luziana-ville (liveblogging local news):
Federal troops mobilizing, will be stationed at the New Orleans Convention Center (site of humanitarian crisis under Democratic Governor Katherine Blanco)...
State of Emergency declared at every governmental level in Louisiana (not that different, but they are doing something) ...
Law enforcement flooding into New Orleans (before the storm this time)...
Soldiers will have necessities this time (as opposed to last time)...
Gustav getting faster, strengthening, will likely hit us...
Winds to hit us no matter what...

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Thursday August 28, 2008 · 7:29 AM PDT

2008/08/28 · 07:29

I wanted to write this last night. I really needed the transcripts to do it right though. I won't discuss every speech, because it would take waaay too long.

The two biggest winners among last night's speakers were undoubtedly Bill Clinton and John Kerry. Most of the MSM coverage cut away from Kerry, which was unfortunate. Anybody who really wanted to hear the speakers watched CSpan's commercial free unedited coverage. Beyond a doubt if Kerry didn't take first prize he gave Bill a run for his money. One can only believe Senator Kerry has improved his game immensely after listening to him brilliantly defend Barack Obama and eviscerate the criminals in the Bush administration. Even some at Fox News thought so. I get down to the nitty gritty about it after the flip.

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