Low polls and high desperation

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Monday October 27, 2008 · 2:58 PM PDT

2008/10/27 · 14:58

I live in Denver.

I read Mike Litwin's column in The Rocky Mountain News regularly. Last Saturday's column made me laugh out loud. Particularly this line:

And if McCain's campaign is now defined everywhere by low polls and high desperation - which, I know, sounds like a Righteous Brothers song - Colorado still matters more than the other guys.

However, I disagree. I don't think it sounds like the Righteous Brothers at all. It reminds more of a Country Western song. One by Garth Brooks actually. So, follow me below the fold for....

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 1:30 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 13:30

During last nights debate McSame claimed he'd opposed Bush on torture. But, as I recall, he voted to pass the military commissions act of 2006 which authorizes water boarding. Which, correctly - for once, McSame decried as torture. After all, after WWII, the Japanese war crimes tribunal convicted some Japanese prison guards of torture because they waterboareded some American POWs.

jakethomson

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Friday December 08, 2006 · 3:39 PM PST

2006/12/08 · 15:39

I've read a couple of diaries, well, more than a couple actually, calling to impeach Dim Son, and thus remove his sorry ass from our collective lives. How ever, there's another way to get rid of a sitting president - the 25th Amendment....

Quoted in it's full glory below the jump.

jakethomson

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Tuesday November 22, 2005 · 9:19 PM PST

2005/11/22 · 21:19

I read Yoss' diary, We Need a Weekly Presidential Question Hour, and thought it would make a great Constitutional Amendment. Make the President answer unrehearsed questions in each House of Congress, once a week, alternating between the House and Senate. With either the Speaker of the House, or the President Pro Tem bringing the President back to the question should they wander off. Kind of like what happens in Parliment.

Of course the chances of this ever happening are between slim and none, but still....

If you could come up with a Constitutional Amendment or three and get them implemented, what would you like to change?

A couple of mine below the fold. Read More

I'm agnostic, you got a problem with that? (w/poll)

jakethomson

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Wednesday November 16, 2005 · 4:42 PM PST

2005/11/16 · 16:42

I realize I'm a bit late to the party. However the question kept me up all night, so...

I'm agnostic about the whole "god's existance" issue.

I will attempt to explain below the fold.
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A question for you legal beagles, RE: DeLay

jakethomson

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 8:27 PM PDT

2005/09/28 · 20:27

Now that Tom DeLay has been indicted, presumably, the next step is to have a Texas Judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.

Given that the Bugman is in D.C., how will the State of Texas execute the arrest warrant?

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jakethomson

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Tuesday August 30, 2005 · 4:29 PM PDT

2005/08/30 · 16:29

A lot of people have suggested donating blood, which is an excellant idea. However, you can only donate once every 8 weeks. You can donate plasma up to twice a week with at least 48 hours between donations.

H5N1 Strain of Avian Flu finally makes it to Europe

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 4:48 PM PDT

2005/08/19 · 16:48

It was just a matter of time. The H5N1 strain of avian flu has been marching inexorably west. I read a news article today that confirms it has finally crossed the Urals. However, as lethal as it is to birds, there haven't been any human fatalities reported in Russia.

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Russian enriched uranium turns up in Turkey

jakethomson

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 1:23 AM PDT

2005/08/19 · 01:23

Film at 11...

I saw this story while perusing the internets and it scared me silly.

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For all of you "Pottery Barners" out there

jakethomson

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Thursday August 18, 2005 · 3:24 PM PDT

2005/08/18 · 15:24

You know who you are. You argue that "WE" need to stay in Iraq because:

We would leave behind a civil war.

We would lose credibility on the world stage.

It would embolden the insurgency and cripple the move toward democracy.

Iraq would become a haven for terrorists.

Iranian influence in Iraq would increase.

Unrest might spread in the region and/or draw in Iraq's neighbors.

Shiite-Sunni clashes would worsen.

We haven’t fully trained the Iraqi military and police forces yet.

Talk of deadlines would undercut the morale of our troops.

Taken from What’s wrong with cutting and running? by William E. Odom.

Or what have you, I have a suggestion for you.

Enlist.

In my opinion, if you advocate staying the course without putting yourself on line, you're a chickenhawk.

I have a nephew serving in Iraq. I want him home. Alive. In one piece. Uninjured. Now.

Here's a one-stop shop for all things US Military recruitment:

Military G.I.

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Assassinated

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Friday August 12, 2005 · 8:07 PM PDT

2005/08/12 · 20:07

Lakshman Kadirgamar was shot in the head and died at the hospital. Two suspects have been arrested. Anonymous Sri Lankan officials have been quoted blaming Tamil seperatists. Sri Lankan President Lakshman Kadirgamar has imposed a state of emergency. Condi has expressed her dismay.

Another stunning success for Dubya's WOT, eh?

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Australia to sell Uranium to China?

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Tuesday August 09, 2005 · 7:58 PM PDT

2005/08/09 · 19:58

This ought to give Bush fits. I mean they've got their panties all in a bunch about Iran's Uranium processing program.

Australia is negotiating with a deal with China to sell Uranium, well, yellowcake anyway, to the Chinese. But first the Aussies want assurances that China won't use their yelowcake for military purposes. However, Uranium is fungible. If China agrees not to use the Aussie Uranium for military purposes, that just frees up an equivalent amount of Uranium either produced locally or purchased somewhere else for military purposes.

And while extracting U-235 from natural Uranium is a pain in the ass, extracting Pu-239 from spent reactor fuel is much easier. At least the Russians required the Iranians to send back the spent reactor fuel so they couldn't process the Plutonium out of it.

Low polls and high desperation

help with military commisions act research, please?

25th Amendment, Anyone?

Fantasy Constitutional Amendments

I'm agnostic, you got a problem with that? (w/poll)

A question for you legal beagles, RE: DeLay

Donate Plasma

H5N1 Strain of Avian Flu finally makes it to Europe

Russian enriched uranium turns up in Turkey

For all of you "Pottery Barners" out there

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Assassinated

Australia to sell Uranium to China?