My Son's Chinese Rap Experience

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Saturday February 23, 2013 · 9:55 PM PST

2013/02/23 · 21:55

My son left a job on Wall St. and moved to China to work and study Mandarin. He also recorded a hip-hop album while in Beijing and just recently filmed a music video for one song in Atlanta. I'm encouraging him to get a little bit political with his lyrics in the future. He was an Econ major in college and is interested in trying to sneak some sensible economic policy into his songs, but is still trying to figure out how to make that happen. Thanks! Enjoy :)

He produced the music and the video:

http://youtu.be/...

Just Told him I posted this and he also asked me to share a video of his favorite rapper Nas. It's called Sly Fox and is about Fox News

http://youtu.be/...

We voted for Obama but got a Clinton administration

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Tuesday February 10, 2009 · 6:02 AM PST

2009/02/10 · 06:02

As Obama has populated his administration with Clinton apparatchiks and Republicans, progressive principles seem to take a back seat to accomodation. An important difference that lead me to support Obama over Clinton during the election campaign was his willingness to sit down with our adversaries and those with whom we had policy differences and talk with them. Yet, George Freedman, in a marketing email from Stratfor notes that Joe Biden's speech in Munich suggests that Obama maintains the preconditions that Bush, Clinton and McCain all said were so important during the campaign.

Consider Iran. The Obama administration’s position, as staked out by Biden, is that the United States is prepared to speak directly to Iran provided that the Iranians do two things.

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Has Obama met your expectations been met?

141 votes Vote Now!

Has Obama met your expectations been met?

Too early to tell

43 votes

You have to compromise to bring about change

9 votes

He's selling out his principles to accomodate those who will never support his policies regardless of how much he compromises.

38 votes

Obama is hitting it out of the park. He is doing what needs to be done to bring about change.

51 votes

news media still asleep

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Saturday January 24, 2009 · 2:33 PM PST

2009/01/24 · 14:33

I've been listening to the news on and off throughout the day and have not heard anything about our boarding an Iranian arms ship. I heard repeatedly that unless we maintain Guantamo, torture those who were imprisoned without regard to any civil rights our country will be in jeopardy. But, it seems like when our actions may precipitate further instability in the region, our media remain silent.

DEBKAfile's military sources report that a US Navy Coast Guard team this week boarded an Iranian arms ship flying a Cypriot flag in the Red Sea and found weapons in its hold.
This was the first time an America warship had ever intercepted an Iranian vessel in international water.

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Saturday March 08, 2008 · 1:56 PM PST

2008/03/08 · 13:56

Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey, the Nobel Peace Price winner and former first minister of Northern Ireland scoffs at the suggestion that Hillary had anything to do with bringing peace to the region according to an article in the Telegraph.

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If elected Hillary's leadership style will be

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If elected Hillary's leadership style will be

Call them names if they don't support you

11 votes

Get support from Republican's and corporate lobbyists

11 votes

No way she'll get elected

19 votes

Washington Post ....Is Obama tough enough? w/poll

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Saturday April 28, 2007 · 7:52 AM PDT

2007/04/28 · 07:52

Why is "toughness" a virtue? Is it tough when we are attacked to ignore the country of the attackers and attack a country that was not involved? Is it tough to hold no one in your administration accountable for incompetence that is destroying our military capability , ignoring our cities and threats to our environment, all the while punishing this country's workers at the expense of annointed few?

"At issue is whether Obama mishandled a question about how he would respond if two American cities were attacked by terrorists: Did he fail to demonstrate the toughness and resolve that voters want in a president or was his answer a careful and comprehensive checklist for any potential president dealing with an international crisis?"

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Does Washington Post understand the concept of "tough"

116 votes Vote Now!

Does Washington Post understand the concept of "tough"

Bush is a weenie, Obama is a weenie

8 votes

Bush is a weenie, Obama understands when to be tough. The Post sucks.

78 votes

Who needs a "tough" president, it's not about cojones

17 votes

"Bomb, bomb, bomb.....bomb, bombIran"

4 votes

Hillary is wearing her "I'm a tough guy" costume

9 votes

Google forms PAC to support Republicans

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Thursday September 14, 2006 · 10:37 AM PDT

2006/09/14 · 10:37

Rawstory reports that Google has formed a PAC to support Republican candidates. While the article notes that while individuals have been more likely to support Democrats, the company seeks increased influence in DC by supporting Republicans.

Do we need to be concerned about Google gooing to bed with Republicans? Will they offer more than simply $$$? While the blogosphere has incredible research capabilities, I am afraid that Google's as yet untapped resources could offer an incredible advantage to the opposition party.

http://www.rawstory.com/...

Wes Clark Advises Supporter to Urge Lieberman to back down

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Wednesday August 09, 2006 · 9:52 AM PDT

2006/08/09 · 09:52

On Tuesday, the message sent by Connecticut voters was loud and clear. They want change, and they want Ned Lamont to represent them in the U.S. Senate, voting for Ned by a 52% - 48% margin over Senator Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary. Read More

When Democrats retake congress

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 3:29 PM PDT

2006/04/21 · 15:29

EJ Dionne comments that Rove's demotion is merely a refocusing of his efforts. He is being asked to use his nefarious talents to insure that the GOP maintains control of congress thereby effectively blocking investigation into the Bush regime's criminal deceptions, cronyism and acting outside the dictates of the US constitution.

We can only hope that Fitzgerald's indictment will make Rove a short-timer in his new role before being frog-marched out of the White House.

How will a new Democratic congress set priorities? Will they be able to effectively reverse much of the damage and abusive legislation that Bush has foisted on us or will they focus and bog down investigating Bush's crimes? Will we win in 2006, and fail to deliver in time for the public to support the Dems in 2008? Is 2 years sufficient to regain the public's trust?

CNN: Lou Dobbs "That BullSh~t"

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Friday July 15, 2005 · 3:18 PM PDT

2005/07/15 · 15:18

This was amazing. At 6:13pm if you Tivo, check out Lou Dobbs.

...."testimony suggests that President Bush's political advisor may not have been the original source of the Valerie Plame leak. Rove testified that he first learned about Plame from columnist Robert Novak. Dana Bash reports" Then a whispered voice says on air! "THAT's BULLSHIT"

WOW, someone at CNN knows the truth.

Atlanta Air America Affiliate for sale

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Tuesday June 28, 2005 · 7:16 PM PDT

2005/06/28 · 19:16

I have just received information that the Air America AM outlet in Atlanta will soon be for sale. Why they are interested in selling this AM statin is not yet clear. Anyone with some spare dollars who wants to see Air America remain online in Atlanta, please step forth. If Al Gore won't step forward to start his liberal network, perhaps we can create a limited partnership to allow us to invest in keeping this station on the air.

Wesley Clark Surprises Hannity

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Saturday June 18, 2005 · 5:15 AM PDT

2005/06/18 · 05:15

"Wesley Clark, new Fox News contributor, had a chance to test his debate strategies with Hannity last night on Hannity and Colmes. Clark was on to discuss Dick Durbin's comment about treatment of detainees at Guantanamo Bay and if Hannity expected Clark to apologize for Durbin's comment, he was in for a surprise."