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before kos gets back.
by citizenx on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:07:49 PM PDT
restraint when presented with a metaphorical open liquor cabinet.
No, we cannot tolerate even a one-term McCain presidency.
by algebrateacher on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:12:54 PM PDT
[ Parent ]
McCain's speaking style: Like a bad Andy Rooney impersonator, except not that good.
by edg on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:17:02 PM PDT
sorry.
White Chick for Obama!
by bluestateonian on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:18:20 PM PDT
Lord Knows this place will drive you to drink.
Saying the Iraq "Surge" worked is like saying Thelma & Louise had a flying car.
by JML9999 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:29 PM PDT
know that we need to be careing for one another have half a shelter box paid for let's finish it. http://www.dailykos.com/...
donate to a shelter box please http://www.shelterboxusa.org/
by TexMex on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:48:13 PM PDT
Eyes on the Prize - JedReport
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:13:56 PM PDT
paying his respects to his grandmother. Story.
by citizenx on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:16:14 PM PDT
by citizenx on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:24:16 PM PDT
if anyone had heard from him. It's got to be a tough time for him and his family.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:33:03 PM PDT
worse.
I honor John McCain's military service.
by Crashing Vor on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:48 PM PDT
by citizenx on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:19:15 PM PDT
Hands off my Social Security, John McCain.
by emmasnacker on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:38:31 PM PDT
And here's why.
A ship adrift in a sea of rhetoric & recycled clichés.
by Terre on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:55:52 PM PDT
after tour of the U.S.
Link: http://ahungerartist.bobdelgrosso.co...
Adopt a Shelter Dog! "No one worked harder to re-elect George Bush in 2004 than John McCain"
by psycho liberal on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:07:51 PM PDT
It's all in the numbers - register voters for Obama, Today!
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:16 PM PDT
dolphin777
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:16:54 PM PDT
Another day swallowed by yard work.
2008 National Champions. Rock Chalk Jayhawk.
by Scout Finch on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:08:07 PM PDT
Another day wasted avoiding yard work. :)
"Go well through life"-Me (As far as I know)
by MTmofo on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:11:48 PM PDT
One whole hour doing cardio at the gym. :)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:13:15 PM PDT
Another 20+ hours spent running the streets of Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto VI
The goal is not to bring your adversaries to their knees but to their senses. -- Mahatma Gandhi
by kingubu on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:17:11 PM PDT
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:21:58 PM PDT
John W. McCain, Bush's third term.
by aaraujo on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:45 PM PDT
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:35:11 PM PDT
by aaraujo on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:44:19 PM PDT
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:22:38 PM PDT
Your question suggests that I might have switched the video input on my receiver to something other than the XBox this weekend...
(IOW, no, got a linky?)
by kingubu on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:27:50 PM PDT
Spent way too many hours here instead of in the yard or at the gym.
by edg on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:18:27 PM PDT
Spent way too many hours here, too. :)
Just kidding. :)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:21:38 PM PDT
Another day (after obligatory jogg in Central Park) watching basketball, baseball, and refreshing Kos looking for new superdelegates.
Hey! I found one!
-4.88 -6.15 Fraggles all over the world approve this message.
by fraggle1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:21:22 PM PDT
Garden while the sun shined, napped during the rain squalls. Best of both worlds.
by emmasnacker on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:40:03 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:04:57 PM PDT
Mother's day is a day of rest, Mr. J. cooked a lovely dinner, just ate some blackberry/raspberry pie and now knitting (or will be after I get off Kos)
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:07 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:15:54 PM PDT
If so, pardon my syntax. I'm knitting :-). He's playing World of Warcraft after his hard day of cooking, etc.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:09 PM PDT
PIE!!! :) :) :) :)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:25:16 PM PDT
with a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream melting all over it. By God, that is heaven!
and I didn't have to cook or do dishes. What a pay-off for birthing those babies we had!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:29:55 PM PDT
Unless you count blackberry COBBLER. (Which is practically the same thing, actually ...)
I also LOVE homemade apple crisp ... mmmn ... I make a Mean One.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:32:58 PM PDT
Blackberry cobbler is the best! Ever tried blackberries and biscuits? Family treat when I was growing up. Any kind of biscuits, covered with warmed and sweetened blackberries and butter. OMG!!!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:35:45 PM PDT
Just LOVE me some biscuits - never had 'em with blackberries, tho! Had 'em with the traditional white sauce - yours sounds better!
Love PEACH cobbler, too - with vanilla ice cream and warmed up in the oven first, too!!!
(I spent some time in Nashville, where I learned how delicious food can be.)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:41:28 PM PDT
the south: where anything on biscuits is good eats!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:43:15 PM PDT
... or a Special (Food) Comment!
Yumm!!
I've mostly lived in NYC, tho used to visit relatives in Wyoming - that was neat. They had a sunrise public pancake breakfast, where you'd sit on bales of hay that they trucked into the town, and then get free eats cooked up by Boy Scouts and cowboys. Kinda cool.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:46:02 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:46:25 PM PDT
but would love to visit both.
we now live in Madison, WI. Man do I miss B-B-Q. It's just not the same up here.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:49:32 PM PDT
And briefly to Milwaukee ... I recall driving by a giant beer factory. (Which would that have been - Budweiser??)
I'm getting kinda tired of NYC - the traffic is just horrible - might offer to swap places for a while but my job won't let me. :)
Always welcome to visit if you don't mind a typical NYC studio apartment! (It's kinda like camping out.)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:52:46 PM PDT
maybe Miller? Breweries all OVER the place in WI. Beer, brats and cheese!
Thanks for the offer--Mr. J is presented a paper in NYC last year but I didn't get to go. He's got another one in Boston. That's pretty close isn't it?
And the offer is reciprocated! Madison is beautiful and fun and not too big. Anytime, we have extra room.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:56:49 PM PDT
I DO recall there were lots of breweries - only sorry that I was there on a quick business trip and couldn't stay longer - would have been fun to explore the city. I recall the view of the lake was very nice - it was so big!
Yup - Boston isn't too far - it's probably about a 4-hour or 5-hour drive from NYC. You can take a train there, too. Thanks for the offer! Very kind of you! I'll google Madison and have a look!
One of these days I've GOT to put up some kind of personal email on dKos ... don't have one up yet. But casperr who posts here has an email up. I'm on her NYC Kossack list. :)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:12:42 PM PDT
of the dailyKos conventions so haven't met any kossacks in person yet. I'd love to someday.
I think the Budweiser brewery is in St. Louis. The beer here in WI is fantastic!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:15:46 PM PDT
I've met a good number of Kossacks, as many seem to come to NYC from time to time, but I haven't met Kos or anything. I'm pretty sure I met Hunter once, tho I didn't really know who s/he was at the time. Now, thinking back, I'm in awe!!
I wanted to go to Netroots Nation this year, but I don't think I can afford it. :(
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:22:16 PM PDT
You really CAN see the snow-capped Rockies, 80 miles away from Cheyenne ... and sunset on the Great Plains can be stunning.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:53:32 PM PDT
relocated to Laramie. Their xmas card had the mountains in the background. Looked stunning.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:57:39 PM PDT
in the winter. They have about two months of summer, IIRC, and the rest of the time it's tons of snow and screaming, howling winds.
I've been told by the folks in Cheyenne that the sound of the wind can drive people crazy.
However, that being said, it really is nice during the warmer months, and you can always visit during Frontier Days, if you want to see the world's largest outdoor rodeo (and if you don't get upset at that sort of thing).
They often get a famous singer to do a concert around that time. It's kind of fun to go then, and to drive out of town and follow the Oregon Trail. You can see the actual wagonwheel grooves in the stone from all the pioneers.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:08:21 PM PDT
and I don't miss that at all. Hell on your allergies. I'm not much of a rodeo fan but it sounds like fun.
We had 100" of snow here this winter but spring, summer and autumn are gorgeous. We like to ski and we're semi-old so the ski resorts here are just our size.
How long have you lived in NYC? Not sure I could handle that many people all at once :-).
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:13:25 PM PDT
Compared to some of the Kos Kiddies here, I'm a super-old person. But compared to let's say, Grandma Moses, I'm an embryo!! :)
I went skiing once - love it! The only time I fell was on the j-bar lift, going up the slope, but I got to be helped up by a very cute ski instructor. :)
I've lived in NYC more than 20 years (!). YIPES!! Actually, this has been the only apt. that I've ever lived in, since moving away from home. Can't afford to move anywhere else in NY, now - way too expensive. I feel like I'm one of the middle class that IS falling thru the cracks, tho I am just about making enuf to exist here. Not much left over.
The people situation has always seemed okay - traffic generally manageable, but truly in the last two years, it's gotten impossible - there is a major traffic problem that's being written about in the press, and an initiative where they're trying to get people to pay to be able to come into the midtown area by car. It didn't pass the vote, being very controversial. However, the traffic problem remains. It really DOES get on my nerves, these days.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:19:17 PM PDT
I have a friend who relocated to NYC and she left her car. She lives on campus in faculty housing and said a car would cost too much to garage and she wouldn't want to drive in NYC anyway.
We seem to have hijacked this diary with our own conversation :-)! Hope no one minds!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:24:56 PM PDT
Yup, people regularly leave their cars somewhere else if they move to NYC - sometimes they find a parking place out in New Jersey, or in the suburbs, if they can. It can cost the equivalent of a month's rent to house a car in NYC - not worth it. Most people rent a car if they need to drive somewhere else. And they have something called Zipcar these days, but I don't know if it's good or anything. Probly can find it at zipcar.com or something.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:35:28 PM PDT
glands on (drip, drip), man, would a couple of biscuits be great just now!
by pickandshovel on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:09:49 PM PDT
heading for the fridge to dig me up something to eat, now!!
Don't feel bad, though, j - I was planning on dessert anyway, tonight. :)
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:13:49 PM PDT
I wasn't making shoes, my friends, but the other day I cobbled the best thing to come out of my oven in over a week. Yes, served out of the oven, with vanilla ice cream on top.
Melt 6 tlbs. butter in an 8x8 baking pan, pour the batter over, top with peaches & raspberries, bake for 40 mins., find yourself in cobbler heaven. (The fruit dessert heaven, not the shoe-making heaven!)
by angel d on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:25:48 PM PDT
I slather on some blackberry preserves because the recipe I use calls for unsalted butter to be rolled into the biscuit dough.
Good eating, gooooooood eatin'.
But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James 3:8
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:47:39 PM PDT
We should write a cookbook - Good Eats on Biscuits!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:52:17 PM PDT
go on Weight Watchers. Gaah!!
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:09:12 PM PDT
we could put together a Kossack Bloggers Cookbook - I've got some great recipes.
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:23:35 PM PDT
put together by different groups of people; churches, pta's etc.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:32:32 PM PDT
Actually, the Edwards folks were going to do this, and then he dropped out.
I have some cookbook putting-together links if we really want to do this ...
You can apparently put one together online.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:47:28 PM PDT
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:24:25 PM PDT
http://www.morriscookbooks.com/...
I haven't had time to explore the site, or if it's really do-able. You may want to have a look, if you can. I'll look now to see if I have anything else saved.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:26:19 PM PDT
lulu.com. We need to decide how we're going to do this, where the proceeds will go (to the DNC?). How many recipes - will we do veggies, side dishes, meats, poultry, seafood (I have a really good crab cake and blackened salmon recipe) cakes - I make a mean apple cake, pies - I've got a chocolate pie with pecans recipe that smokes, cookies, pies and breads or will we specialize, like breads only, or desserts only or veggies only or whatever.
We can do this.
Geez, those Nelson boys were so cute. Rick died way too young and now there's only David left of the whole original Nelson family.
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:32:25 PM PDT
apparently Kinkos has a Digital Docs service that will print bound books.
I don't have time to do the work on physically coordinating or putting something together, but I can contribute a recipe or two - maybe my apple crisp!! There have been some other Dem cookbooks, I think - someone mentioned "Democrats for Broccoli," once, but I don't know if that was good or just dumb.
I would love to send the proceeds to the DNC, since they're using all the $ they have to implement the 50-State Strategy. That's my thought, anyway.
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:37:21 PM PDT
and we'll see what we can come up with. Check my profile page.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:54:21 PM PDT
either du or here had some kind of troll recipe cookbook in the past. Of course, I could be delusional too :-).
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:55:40 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:57:19 PM PDT
dKos Trollhouse Cookbook
Apparently it was for sale as a YearlyKos fundraiser. Maybe we could try to do something along these lines.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:03:26 PM PDT
good model, or something to start with, as a framework.
Great work, j!!!
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:14:47 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:01:50 PM PDT
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:04:20 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:48:15 PM PDT
to make sure nobody lifts some of Mrs. McCain's family recipes?
Foodie snark. Gotta love it.
by angel d on Sun May 11, 2008 at 09:27:41 PM PDT
My weekly visit to the buffet joint was ruined by cheapskates taking their mom to the buffet joint. Didn't even bother looking for a parking spot.
The lesson of that history is that you must not despair, that if you are right, and you persist, things will change. -Howard Zinn
by blueyedace2 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:18:27 PM PDT
As someone who worked as a waiter through many a Mothers Day brunch, since my "retirement" I have always chosen to cook at home instead of go out.
by algebrateacher on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:41:34 PM PDT
just pizza, it was also to celebrate 2 other family accomplishments, so I had one of those American "making love in a canoe" beers, which was the only kind they had there
-7.75, -6.05 The point of the war in Iraq is that there IS a war in Iraq- Keith Olbermann
by nicolemm on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:34:27 PM PDT
After participating in the EIF/Revlon Run-Walk For Women yesterday at the LA Coliseum. It's a great event every year, and has raised millions for women's cancers. I represented by wearing my Obama hat, a good conversation-starter! Relaxing at the after-party in the Coliseum, I looked up to see a small plane towing a banner that said, "Obama - Vote For Change - Register Now" - the voter registration kick-off event was going on at the same time. A great day all the way around!
Let all the dreamers wake the nation.
by Nancy in LA on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:18 PM PDT
Excellent article in the times online on Clinton's implosion:
In the Clintons’ morphing into a crude version of racially angry Reagan Democrats, you can see an almost Shakespearian tragedy. Bill Clinton has a long and admirable record in civil rights; and was on the right side of the struggle in the South in his youth. He has an effortless rapport with black Americans, and they were his core final constituency of support in the darkest days of impeachment. But like any southerner, Clinton also knew how to navigate racial resentment. In 1992, he interrupted the primary campaign to return to Arkansas to sign the death warrant of a mentally retarded black man. He made a point of attacking the radical black hip hop artist Sister Souljah in his first campaign. He signed off on welfare reform. His genius was in holding together a coalition that included enough Reagan Democrats to win, while never losing wide and deep black support. But he never ran against a black candidate and neither did his wife. They are used to loving and supporting minorities – as long as the minorities know their place and see the Clintons as the instrument of their salvation. Obama broke that dependency and that relationship. And that was why the Clintons had to do all they could to destroy and belittle and besmirch him.
In the Clintons’ morphing into a crude version of racially angry Reagan Democrats, you can see an almost Shakespearian tragedy. Bill Clinton has a long and admirable record in civil rights; and was on the right side of the struggle in the South in his youth. He has an effortless rapport with black Americans, and they were his core final constituency of support in the darkest days of impeachment.
But like any southerner, Clinton also knew how to navigate racial resentment. In 1992, he interrupted the primary campaign to return to Arkansas to sign the death warrant of a mentally retarded black man. He made a point of attacking the radical black hip hop artist Sister Souljah in his first campaign. He signed off on welfare reform. His genius was in holding together a coalition that included enough Reagan Democrats to win, while never losing wide and deep black support.
But he never ran against a black candidate and neither did his wife. They are used to loving and supporting minorities – as long as the minorities know their place and see the Clintons as the instrument of their salvation. Obama broke that dependency and that relationship. And that was why the Clintons had to do all they could to destroy and belittle and besmirch him.
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. - Jessica Mitford
by Swampfoot on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:08:39 PM PDT
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:10:49 PM PDT
is that they don't vote for Democrats
by unterhausen on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:11:39 PM PDT
The "Reagan Democrats" were the last group of people to switch sides in the racial-realignment that began with the Civil Rights Act.
Some of them are still Democrats, especially in places like KY and WV -- but as a whole they didn't vote for Bill or Al or John either, and wouldnt' vote for Hillary.
by psycho liberal on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:16:02 PM PDT
As Dean pointed out, they voted Democratic when Democrats boldly stood up for their economic interests.
But for 20 years or so we've basically been agreeing with the Republicans not to do that any more.
The most we've had to say is that the Republicans will be really bad for them. We haven't had especially inspirational candidates from their points of view, while the Republicans operate the greatest propaganda machine in human history. Heck, now their media are active participants in campaigns.
Does anybody here want to stand up and promise them a return of the steel or auto industries? Or a green-sector industries that will hire the masses of high school educated workers of the past, into middle class labor jobs?
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:34:49 PM PDT
kinda moron!!
Aloha .. .. ..
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:18:48 PM PDT
And check out who the author is.
by psycho liberal on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:12:07 PM PDT
who are too lazy to check, the author is. . . Andrew Sullivan. ; )
Not a Cent to those who won't fight torture.
by not a cent on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:18:56 PM PDT
I've come to like Andrew Sullivan.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:20:37 PM PDT
me too...who knew?
by fraggle1 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:23:55 PM PDT
has turned a bunch of assumptions/likes/dislikes upside down, for everyone!
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:31:42 PM PDT
A harsh clarity in this:
They are used to loving and supporting minorities – as long as the minorities know their place and see the Clintons as the instrument of their salvation.
Nebraska: Who knew it was a hotbed of activist trust-funded latte-drinking Prius-driving brainwashed caucusers? It's not just about the corn.
by cultural worker on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:21:32 PM PDT
Speak the truth, Andrew!!!
"I run the kitchen, so I can stand the heat" - Nikki Giovanni
by sistermoon on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:23:01 PM PDT
eyes, unburdened by Merrkan ways of assessing, IMHO!
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:26:52 PM PDT
under Billy Jeff than under the Nixon Administration, with life-altering ramifications for those wishing to attend college.
There is more and more proof that marijuana is Not a Killer Weed, and yet, in Bill Clinton's America, the number of pot arrests has more than doubled. In 1997 roughly 695,000 people were arrested for pot - by far the largest number in American history. In 1992, the year before Bill Clinton took office, 342,000 were arrested. Eighty-seven percent of the 1997 arrests were for possession of marijuana, a crime that usually involves less than an ounce of pot. The cost of those marijuana arrests - not including the cost of any imprisonment after a conviction - may approach $3 billion. Under the leadership of the first U.S. president who has admitted to smoking pot, more Americans have been imprisoned for marijuana crimes than at any other time in our history. Twice as many people have been arrested for marijuana during the Clinton presidency as were during the entire presidency of Richard Nixon. Legislation passed at the end of 1998 escalated the war on marijuana, expanding the scope of workplace drug testing, funding research on new forms of biological warfare on marijuana plants and cutting off student loans to convicted pot smokers.
There is more and more proof that marijuana is Not a Killer Weed, and yet, in Bill Clinton's America, the number of pot arrests has more than doubled.
In 1997 roughly 695,000 people were arrested for pot - by far the largest number in American history. In 1992, the year before Bill Clinton took office, 342,000 were arrested. Eighty-seven percent of the 1997 arrests were for possession of marijuana, a crime that usually involves less than an ounce of pot. The cost of those marijuana arrests - not including the cost of any imprisonment after a conviction - may approach $3 billion. Under the leadership of the first U.S. president who has admitted to smoking pot, more Americans have been imprisoned for marijuana crimes than at any other time in our history. Twice as many people have been arrested for marijuana during the Clinton presidency as were during the entire presidency of Richard Nixon.
Legislation passed at the end of 1998 escalated the war on marijuana, expanding the scope of workplace drug testing, funding research on new forms of biological warfare on marijuana plants and cutting off student loans to convicted pot smokers.
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:28:56 PM PDT
Worth seeing:
Al Gore at TED in March: http://www.truthandprogress.com/...
by algebrateacher on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:09:58 PM PDT
A nice summary of some of Barack's legislative work, published several months ago but now receiving renewed attention, is found here.
People who complain that Barack Obama lacks experience must be unaware of his legislative achievements. One reason these accomplishments are unfamiliar is that the media have not devoted enough attention to Obama's bills and the effort required to pass them, ignoring impressive, hard evidence of his character and ability.
by C S McCrum on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:10:41 PM PDT
You want the press to focus on issues? How sweet.
by citizenx on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:12:03 PM PDT
by 99 Percent Pure on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:19:43 PM PDT
by edg on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:22:08 PM PDT
by Blue Waters Run Deep on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:28:35 PM PDT
with the bride, sporting a white rose bouttonniere (Spp?)--- below [wait for it] a FLAG PIN, and his trademark goofy grin, of course!
by dolphin777 on Sun May 11, 2008 at 06:30:13 PM PDT
with a wire story is one of Dubya and Jenna. She, smiling into another camera in front of them, although this picture was taken from the side. Dubya has his arm around her but isn't really touching her, as if there's no real connection. The body language of both is interesting.
Oh, d'uh. Here's the link.. Look at numbers 5 and 7 in that series, too. Portrait of a dysfunctional family.
To my surprise, Jenna may have grown up enough to develop into a real human being. Time will tell.
The degree to which you resist injustice is the degree to which you are free. -- Utah Phillips
by Mnemosyne on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:20:57 PM PDT
That's a bit old-fashioned and sexist isn't it? I haven't seen a newlywed couple referred to in that way in a very long time.
Not to be too too snotty, but the way Barbara is standing just looks weird, like her arm is broken or something.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 07:38:11 PM PDT
looked to me like the way a woman stands when the bodice of her fancy dress is uncomfortable, doesn't fit, or might fall off.
And yes, and Mr. and Mrs. bit was strange, especially when the news story said it's not known yet which last name the newly-married woman plans to use.
In fairness to someone I've considered a useless brat, Jenna does look very nice, and the dress is beautiful. Considering the designer and probable price, not too surprising.
by Mnemosyne on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:45:48 PM PDT
pose. I'm being extremely catty here. My apologies.
by juslikagrzly on Sun May 11, 2008 at 08:52:51 PM PDT
by the late, great Rex Harrison -- to my ears!
When I married (my now ex!), in 1981, UCC minister announced us at close of ceremony: Dr. and Mrs. "H".
I did NOT go into one of my feminist hissy fits.
I see what you mean about the "broken arm" bit! And also looks to me like a really artificial model pose. But bodice doesn't look too stable, either!
What I found amusing was a pic from my AOL Welcome screen, showing what I always called "groomsmen", but in the great country of Texas is called sumthin else: several guys in a mini-bus (?)-- who are wearing [uniformly] the ugliest damn jackets imaginable in a shimmering chartreuse! Yuck!!
I'd guess Texas chic not as elegant as participants believe. WTF passes for a wedding planner in Texas, anyway?!
Very telling that cross/altar was created for occasion, and will remain in place -- and man-made lake also mentioned: artificial, jes' like Commander Chimpy "Mission Accomplished" McCodpiece himself!!
Meow! Meoww!!
by dolphin777 on
