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A video and a poll:
Youtube by awoehler, sound by Harry Shearer from the January 2, 2011 episode of his Le Show radio program -- (@ around 32:00)
Poll 2 votes Show Results Yes? "It’s not enough for just some of us to prosper--for alongside our famous individualism, there’s another ingredient in the American saga, a belief that we’re all connected as one people." "If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can’t read, that matters to me, even if it’s not my child." "If there is a senior citizen somewhere who can’t pay for their prescription drugs, and having to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it’s not my grandparent." "If there’s an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties." "And understand this: If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I’ll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United Stat "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We’ll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies--they’ll get a seat at the table, they just won’t be able to buy every chair." "I will change our bankruptcy laws to make it easier for families to stay in their homes." “If I found out that there were high officials who knowingly, consciously broke existing laws, engaged in coverups of those crimes with knowledge forefront, then I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law.” "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." "Guantanamo, that's easy. We close down Guantanamo, restore habeas corpus, say no to renditions, no to warrantless wiretaps..." "By giving suspects a chance, even one chance, to challenge the terms of their detention in court... we could solve this problem without harming our efforts in the war on terror one bit." "We only know these crimes took place because insiders blew the whistle at great personal risk ... Government whistleblowers are part of a healthy democracy and must be protected from reprisal." "We are going to lead by example. By maintaining the highest standards of civil liberties and human rights.... No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are." "Yes we can." "But." 2 votes Vote Now! Yes? "It’s not enough for just some of us to prosper--for alongside our famous individualism, there’s another ingredient in the American saga, a belief that we’re all connected as one people." 0% 0 votes "If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can’t read, that matters to me, even if it’s not my child." 0% 0 votes "If there is a senior citizen somewhere who can’t pay for their prescription drugs, and having to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer, even if it’s not my grandparent." 0% 0 votes "If there’s an Arab American family being rounded up without benefit of an attorney or due process, that threatens my civil liberties." 0% 0 votes "And understand this: If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself. I’ll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United Stat 0% 0 votes "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We’ll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies--they’ll get a seat at the table, they just won’t be able to buy every chair." 0% 0 votes "I will change our bankruptcy laws to make it easier for families to stay in their homes." 0% 0 votes “If I found out that there were high officials who knowingly, consciously broke existing laws, engaged in coverups of those crimes with knowledge forefront, then I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law.” 0% 0 votes "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." 1 vote "Guantanamo, that's easy. We close down Guantanamo, restore habeas corpus, say no to renditions, no to warrantless wiretaps..." 0% 0 votes "By giving suspects a chance, even one chance, to challenge the terms of their detention in court... we could solve this problem without harming our efforts in the war on terror one bit." 0% 0 votes "We only know these crimes took place because insiders blew the whistle at great personal risk ... Government whistleblowers are part of a healthy democracy and must be protected from reprisal." 0% 0 votes "We are going to lead by example. By maintaining the highest standards of civil liberties and human rights.... No more ignoring the law when it is inconvenient. That is not who we are." 0% 0 votes "Yes we can." 0% 0 votes "But." 1 vote
...and John Mellencamp and Dave Mathews and...
Today on Rust Radio (streaming Neil Young concerts back-to-back all weekend every weekend) I was hearing nothing but Neil's Farm Aid concert segments, one after another. What the-- ? I searched the news and -- of course -- today was the 25th annual Farm Aid concert. Rust Radio must have had 24 sets to choose from.
Did you know? I didn't. I don't see anyone else diarying this so what the hell, I'll say it: THANK YOU...
Poll 35 votes Show Results Thank you? Yes, thank you Thanks but no thanks HELL YEAH! THANK YOU Yes thank you! And Willie Nelson should get the Nobel 35 votes Vote Now! Thank you? Yes, thank you 9 votes Thanks but no thanks 0% 0 votes HELL YEAH! THANK YOU 4 votes Yes thank you! And Willie Nelson should get the Nobel 22 votes
"Tony Hayward, you need to be charged with a crime! You need to go to jail!"
Frontpaged on Michael Moore right now:
June 17th, 2010 3:49 PM Video: Woman with tar on hands arrested at hearing By Jake Sherman / Politico A woman with tar-stained hands was forcibly escorted out of the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room after interrupting BP CEO Tony Hayward’s opening statement.
June 17th, 2010 3:49 PM Video: Woman with tar on hands arrested at hearing
By Jake Sherman / Politico
A woman with tar-stained hands was forcibly escorted out of the Energy and Commerce Committee hearing room after interrupting BP CEO Tony Hayward’s opening statement.
Posting here as a diary a comment I read in emptywheel's blog ("Made in China, Where Contents and Labor Practices Don’t Matter") on Firedoglake this morning that just made my day. Copied and pasted here with the permission of the author, Leen:
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/... I’m in Boulder visiting my oldest daughter a teacher in Broomfield, youngest in school in Boulder. Been walking around town a great deal. As I crossed one of the bridges over Boulder Creek near the city library two men in tattered clothing were standing smoking cigarettes and talking in the frigid cold . I heard one say "did you sleep outside last night?" (temp was 10 degrees) the other fellow said "yes". Now I wanted to stop and ask questions which I have often done with street folks but decided not to. Boulder has an incredible homeless shelter but it does get filled to capacity, has rules and some street folks I hear decide not to try to get in (hard to believe).
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/...
I’m in Boulder visiting my oldest daughter a teacher in Broomfield, youngest in school in Boulder. Been walking around town a great deal. As I crossed one of the bridges over Boulder Creek near the city library two men in tattered clothing were standing smoking cigarettes and talking in the frigid cold . I heard one say "did you sleep outside last night?" (temp was 10 degrees) the other fellow said "yes". Now I wanted to stop and ask questions which I have often done with street folks but decided not to. Boulder has an incredible homeless shelter but it does get filled to capacity, has rules and some street folks I hear decide not to try to get in (hard to believe).
cont'd over the jump...
Poll 114 votes Show Results Do I care? I care. I'd like to care, but I don't know how. I'd like to care, but I'm afraid. I'd like to care, but I don't have the money and/or the time. I don't care. I need care myself. Pie. 114 votes Vote Now! Do I care? I care. 67 votes I'd like to care, but I don't know how. 5% 6 votes I'd like to care, but I'm afraid. 4% 5 votes I'd like to care, but I don't have the money and/or the time. 15 votes I don't care. 6% 7 votes I need care myself. 7% 8 votes Pie. 5% 6 votes
Remember the movie Who Killed The Electric Car? (Trailer below the fold.) We thought all the GM EV1s were shredded and gone! But apparently in Canada you could actually buy, not lease, an EV1, and one in British Columbia just sold for $465,000; asking price started at $75,000.
Used GM EV1 Electric Car Sold for $465k!? by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 10/23/08 GM EV 1 excellent shape. 142,500 km's. Grandfather prepaid in 1995. Have not taken out of garage in four years. GM still want's the car so I'm looking for car collectors only, depending on the offer. Don't really want to sell it but I am taking offers. And SERIOUS offers only . I'm not letting just anyone come and see her. Please no more email's to take picture's or to "see it in real life" ! thx It is now listed as "SOLD" for CAD$465,000. The surprising part is that most people thought that GM had crushed all EV1s except a few that ended up in museums. This car probably is rare enough to be worth half a million bucks... And that's sad.
Used GM EV1 Electric Car Sold for $465k!? by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 10/23/08
GM EV 1 excellent shape. 142,500 km's. Grandfather prepaid in 1995. Have not taken out of garage in four years. GM still want's the car so I'm looking for car collectors only, depending on the offer. Don't really want to sell it but I am taking offers. And SERIOUS offers only . I'm not letting just anyone come and see her. Please no more email's to take picture's or to "see it in real life" ! thx
It is now listed as "SOLD" for CAD$465,000.
The surprising part is that most people thought that GM had crushed all EV1s except a few that ended up in museums. This car probably is rare enough to be worth half a million bucks... And that's sad.
Poll 147 votes Show Results GM: Stupid Stupider Stupidest 147 votes Vote Now! GM: Stupid 3% 4 votes Stupider 16 votes Stupidest 127 votes
To the members of the Senate Banking Committee, who held a hearing yesterday on bailing out the Big 3 automakers. You had each of the Big 3 CEOs plus a couple other guys testify. I'll make this short. In 1996 there WERE electric cars, successful cars, and 10 years later they were gone, confiscated by the auto companies and crushed. Before you decide on a bailout, I'd like to know that you watched the 2006 documentary Who Killed the Electric Car? Or even just the trailer:
Why is this not being discussed? If you bail these guys out, are you setting back the electric car, or other solutions, again?
(upgrade of comment I left in diary 5th Grader Interviews Joe Biden on the V.P. Job).
Chris Matthews to Nancy Pfotenhauer, who was defending Sarah Palin's description to a third grader of what a vice president does: "READ THE JOB DESCRIPTION!"
In an eerie repeat of Sarah Palin being asked to explain the functions of the vice president to a third grader, at an elementary school in Florida Joe Biden was interviewed by fifth grader Damon Weaver, who asked him to explain what a vice president does. Biden's answer: Two things: Help the president get elected, and help the president govern.
When I listened to Biden's answer, I thought, Chris Matthews is going to blow his top. See the Hardball video and transcript below. Chris has skin in this game.
From the John Dinges article, McCain's Private Visit With Chilean Dictator Pinochet Revealed For First Time, posted today on Huffington Post:
On December 30, [1985,] McCain traveled back to Santiago for a 5 pm meeting with dictator Pinochet, followed by a meeting with Admiral Jose Toribio Merino, a member of the country's ruling military junta.
Hey, I have some questions for John McCain!
I just got a link to this new video by Paul Hipp in my e-mail, and I don't see it here, so I'll post it and take it down if someone's got it covered. Too good to miss!
Posted at Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...
paulhipp.com
myspace.com/paulhipp
E-mail Paul at: hipptunes@gmail.com
There's a wonderful diary on the Rec list right now by Arkieboy about his experience at the Kansas City rally for Obama: Life Saving Efforts at KC Obama Rally -Updatedx3.
Arkieboy's wife had an asthma attack at the rally. In the massive crowd, two people sprang into action to help her, first a black Navy vet, then a white Iraq vet combat medic, and they got his wife to an ambulance that was on site. Because those people and that ambulance were there to give her immediate care, his wife’s life was saved. It's a great story about people helping people, and also about a society that works and cares. The detail that caught my attention was the waiting ambulance--was its presence a manifestation of some kind of socialism that Michele Bachmann wants investigated? And I don't remember Sarah Palin mentioning Kansas City in those small town "pro-America areas" of the country she wants to be vice president of. And if this was New Orleans, if there was an ambulance there at all, would it be provided by Blackwater?
It made me think back to a different story about a different ambulance at a different place and time -- Kent State, Ohio, on May 4, 1970.
He just apologized for MSNBC airing the Republican convention 9/11 video. He said if a TV network had shown that much 9/11 imagery and in that way, they would be properly eviscerated for exploiting the memories of the 9/11 victims. And he apologized. He spoke as someone who had lost friends that day. He separated himself from others on the air, he just had to say it right then and there. "That was probably not appropriate to be shown."
Now I have to say it: THANK YOU KEITH OLBERMANN
This diary is an upgrade of a long comment I left on Kos's diary Thanks. I was replying to this comment, wherein user ProfJonathan asks Kos if a particular user could be unbanned now, and another helpful user subsequently explained hide rating to me. But I want to know more about banning on Daily Kos. It's different than hide rating, yes? Hide rating is community self-policing, and the community can also check and balance? And the banned member, Stranahan, wasn't being abusive, he was saying something unpopular? Tell me how banning works here.
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