Snakes In The Grass, Saturday Edition

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Saturday August 09, 2008 · 2:58 PM PDT

2008/08/09 · 14:58

I almost didn't write anything today. The media is all over the Olympics. I am sure it's a great honor for the athletes. The coverage of the event, however, continues to be possibly the worst presentation ever, again. Anybody who watched the opening ceremonies sober can tell you, it had all the appeal of dueling church organs playing one of Bach's slower dirges. Yawn. I will not be watching any more of it, which means this will probably be the year that the most amazing thing ever happens (but I won't see it).

Saturday Music: Nine Inch Nails, Halo 1-18. What can I say, it's an uninspired day.

John McCain and his Rove disciples tripled down on their determination to lie and smear their way into the White House in November. Obama's camp issued another tepid response. I broke the coffee cup I was holding when I read about it (King Kong closing his fist). The ad says B. will increase taxes on the working class. Things have so improved for working class America under George Bush, right?

More, yup.

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 3:38 PM PDT

2008/08/08 · 15:38

After reading numerous articles about John McCain's plan to limit veterans' access to VA health care (VA health care rationing) I realized I failed my own family. I rarely see my pops. He lives in another state. We do talk on the phone, regularly. We almost never discuss anything substantial, instead choosing to simply enjoy the communications for the sake of closeness. Today I realized I never told him about McCain's plan to ration veterans' health benefits from the Veteran Administration to combat related issues. I quickly rectified that after my realization.

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Thursday August 07, 2008 · 12:23 PM PDT

2008/08/07 · 12:23

Today Michael Carmichael wrote about problems the Democratic Party has encountered in August in the past. I love history, and I immediately liked most of the article. I thought the idea of Colin Powell as Vice President was interesting, although I question the logic that dictates how much Powell would bring to the ticket. I am not qualified to judge Carmichael's statements, however.

Unfortunately Carmichael also discussed the daily popular voting polls in his article. He referred to the General Election campaign as a "dead even horse race." This struck me as irresponsible, and not just because today's polls have Obama coming in at five to six points ahead of Mr. Wrinkly. More significantly I just read an article seconds before called "Electoral Math Charts Updated" by Chris Weigant. Electoral votes, the ones that count, show Obama with a big lead right now. ChrisWeigant.com provides daily updates on this.

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Wednesday August 06, 2008 · 9:51 AM PDT

2008/08/06 · 09:51

John McCain has become so enamored of the surge in Iraq, which he has trademarked and owns exclusive rights to (and which did not lead to the Anbar Awakening), that it is now his answer to everything. Last week he proposed a surge in our cities to keep the population under control. He honestly believes that America needs armed government thugs on every corner. Now he proposes an "Economic Surge." John McCain says, "We'll fight those pesky market indicators with our own, better equipped market indicators. We will bring war to every aspect of life in the United States. We're going to have a Straight Surge to fight the Gays. We're going to have a Religious Surge to fight every person who believes in the wrong things. By God, we will definitely have a White Surge to combat the uppity Illinois Senator. And thanks to Viagra, I will have a surge in my pants too." (paraphrased)

Much more after the flip

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Monday August 04, 2008 · 4:06 PM PDT

2008/08/04 · 16:06

John McCain: Confused Racist Puppet

Some political analysts and Republican strategists have questioned thenegativity of the McCain campaign at such an early stage of the general election, as if the campaign has a positive platform to run on. The tactics employed by Steve Schmidt and Karl Rove's other disciples come as no shock to anyone who payed attention in 2000 and 2004. The incredible nonsense beginning to emanate from John McCain's campaign constitutes the only possible way the far right can get their ancient, pasty excuse for a candidate elected. Meanwhile, Obama's campaign has dismissed the advertising with logic and dignity, an approach which has demonstrably failed against Rove's dirty politics in the past.

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Saturday August 02, 2008 · 6:59 AM PDT

2008/08/02 · 06:59

Mr. Michael Goldfarb,

It has come to my attention that yesterday you derided the New York Times editorial blog, The Board. You also decided to denigrate Daily Kos writers as a whole in the process. I would urge you to think about the things you write a little longer before you publish them. As I sit here in the home I own, with a computer setup you probably would not understand, I wonder exactly how many DK writers play Dungeons and Dragons and live in their mother's basement. The logical fallacy you committed with your statements is called a glittering generality, and given your past work the fact that you committed it really does not surprise me.

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Friday August 01, 2008 · 12:47 PM PDT

2008/08/01 · 12:47

The world's largest corporation fears that workers will be able to unionize and seek better working conditions in the event that Barack Obama wins the presidency in November. Wal-Mart forced store managers and department supervisors to attend mandatory meetings in order to mobilize them against the Democratic candidate. The retail giant used fear tactics in the meetings, telling their managers that workers would be forced to pay huge union dues while receiving nothing in return. They also claimed that large numbers of jobs would be lost because unionization would cause labor costs to rise. It's really no wonder that Wal-Mart would be frightened of a unified, mobilized and proactive workforce, considering the corporation minimizes employee costs in order to increase its profits. They do that through low pay, discriminatory promotions, dehumanizing scheduling and poor benefits.

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 2:28 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 14:28

"War" on Terror

Today at TPMCafe Senator John Kerry discussed ways our response to extremism and terrorism should be changed. As so many well informed people have been saying all along about the "War on Terror," everything about the way our government approaches the subject needs to be rethought from the bottom up. The basic strategy of Communist guerrilla recruiters, which was highly successful in so many places, was always to swell the ranks by winning over the hearts and minds of the local population. Terrorist organizations have adopted roughly the same strategy. The militaristic approach our nation has employed during the Bush years plays right into the hands of the recruiters.

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Wednesday July 30, 2008 · 4:02 PM PDT

2008/07/30 · 16:02

Techno RNC Style

Yesterday I saw a video described as a new advertisement attacking Obama. The production quality was so poor I assumed it was a hoax. This morning I found more references to it, meaning the RNC really did create it. Watch the video here.

What target audience could this ad possibly have been created for? The only people who would become alarmed about a Marxist in the Obama campaign would never understand the video, because they would be like 100 years old. Somebody should tell the RNC that the Soviet Union collapsed, and Marxists are like cute pets now.

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Monday July 28, 2008 · 2:04 PM PDT

2008/07/28 · 14:04

My heart goes out to the survivors and the families of the survivors and victims of the shooting at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. I will keep them in my thoughts and prayers, as well as Mr. Jim Adkisson. I do not understand the depths of despair and derangement that drove him to open fire inside a church, but it had to be the act of a desperate and damaged mind. There really are no words to describe how terrible I find this event.

Mr. Adkisson heard words of hatred and intolerance from a wide variety of sources inside the ultra-right-wing world. Congratulations to Fox News, because their broadcast has finally brought about the sort of tough action they have wanted all along. The world would be a better place without all the vicious talk and hate mongering, but I won't count on any organization in Rupert Murdoch's portfolio working to make that happen.

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Sunday July 27, 2008 · 2:24 PM PDT

2008/07/27 · 14:24

I have read plenty of criticisms of bloggers. I know, then, that I am about to write exactly the sort of thing that makes the stuffed suits puff up with self-important disdain. A lifetime of journalism could not have prepared me for the propaganda and revelations of evil I have witnessed this year, however, so critique away. I will just write the way I want to write, same as it ever was (water flowing underground).

Why should I support John McCain?
Is it because of his compassion for homosexuals and children?
Is it because he has all of his facts together when he speaks?
Is it because he is young enough to understand how to use a computer?
Is it because he never changes his positions on issues?
Is it because he has a host of surrogates who speak honestly and fairly on his behalf?
Is it because, like the working class in our nation, he has money troubles?
Is it because of his great skin?

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Friday July 25, 2008 · 8:55 AM PDT

2008/07/25 · 08:55

Reporting here in the United States on the rescue of FARC hostages on July 2, 2008 provided United States citizens with an overly optimistic picture of President Uribe's progress against Colombian leftists.

The rescue is the most serious blow ever dealt to the 44-year-old Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, who considered Betancourt and the three Americans their most valuable bargaining chips.

The words in themselves, from a respected source of objective journalism, do not do injustice to that one particular part of the ongoing conflict in Colombia. Taken in context of the overall picture, however, the delivered blow may only indicate that the insurrection in that nation may take on a new face, or revamp the old one.

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