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The passing of surfing icon Woody Brown POLITICS A Conservative Estimate By Rick Hamada - April 30, 2008 »
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VPAP (The Virginia Public Access Project) has recently gone through a site upgrade and it looks great! For those new to Virginia Politics, VPAP is THE place to find data on Virginia campaign finance, while I think all the old fogies will appreciate the new look and expanded functionality. Either way- make sure to find […]

I’ve always liked Ben Stein, but this quote from an interview Ben did with the Trinity Broadcasting Service about his anti-evolution movie Expelled leads me to think that he’s lost his mind. Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about […]

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I think partly because of the sort of racial narratives that are likely to attach within rightwing circles in the Democratic Party of an Obama defeat, as well as the subsequent role that he’d be likely to play in public life, that from the standpoint of progressive interests, we will ultimately be worse off […]

Congressman Ramstad comes out in opposition to the Flight 93 memorial Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-MN) gave a House speech this month, supporting Mr. Burnett’s opposition to the crescent design. The speech is entered in the Congressional Record here, along with supporting statements from Tom Burnett Sr. (father of murdered Flight […]

Ann Richards Speaks I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you. Ann Richards Yep Posted by Will Kirkland on 04/30/2008 @ 11:27:36 AM in Presidential 2008
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Webb On McCain: “He’s So Full Of It!” Buck 04/30/2008 - 3:27 pm Our troops deserve better than this! For all his talk, you would think McCain would know better. This is so tragic. I really thought John McCain was a better man than this. But he’s no different […]

April 30, 2008 Today is an exciting day for our campaign and our movement: my new book The Revolution: A Manifesto is officially released. Although a short book, it is the product of many years of thought and action. It is a defense of the principles to which you and […]

Congressman Ramstad comes out in opposition to the Flight 93 memorial Congressman Jim Ramstad (R-MN) gave a House speech this month, supporting Mr. Burnett’s opposition to the crescent design. The speech is entered in the Congressional Record here, along with supporting statements from Tom Burnett Sr. (father of murdered Flight 93 […]

A couple months ago I posted about how the EPA overruled its own experts and denied California’s plan to address greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks. Well this pattern of using politics, rather than science, to create rules and justify actions and the EPA has infected the agenct to a dangerous degree, according […]

Permalink :: 3 Comments Tags: AK-Sen, Senate 2008, Alaska (all tags) Millennial Makover: Millennials and the 2008 Election by Jerome Armstrong, Wed Apr 30, 2008 at 02:19:24 PM EST This is the second of three parts in […]

Here is an analysis of primary polling bias for all of the states holding primaries since March 1st. A comparison of pre-election polls to election results shows a polling bias against the eventual winner of each state, whether that was Obama or Clinton (mostly). It seems that the polling organizations are predicting closer races […]

Canadian Dimension magazine, May/June 2008 issue H.L. Mencken once wrote, “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” (more…)
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Code Pink has been granted special protest permits - complete with exceptions for parking, etc. - by the Berkeley City Council which allows the groups never-ending protest in front of the city’s local Marine recruiting center. Now the Berkeley College Republicans, in a flash of genius, have applied for the same […]

Saturday morning, I attended a symposium on regional unity, sponsored by The Future of Hampton Roads, Inc. The event featured a panel comprised of Dels. John Cosgrove, Glenn Oder and Joe Bouchard, along with Art Collins, the retiring executive director of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission. While the overriding theme of the […]

A news and politics overview of the 30s, including a timeline. Theme: Teach Beag non-US Great Depression history.
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First there was the Indiana Censorship Bill that requires any seller of sexually explicit material to register with the Secretary of State. You know, like bookstores that sell romances and such. Now the Republicans have the opportunity to vote for Tony Zirkle who is in a primary race for a […]

If economists only do things that make economic sense, then Captain Capitalism lists a few things they surely do not do. I would add one more: they would never run a blog like Maggie’s Farm.
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URL that is. WBIR has a new series of forums. One deals with guns and gun rights.
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First. This isn’t a political blog so I neither wish to endorse or detract from President Clinton’s visit to Appalachian State University yesterday afternoon. But I would like to point out that Bill Clinton has been to the High Country more than our current Governor (publicly, that is) . Just noticing…. […]

We’ve stopped listening to the news for a while. Feel so sorry for those news people who have to glean material and pretend excitement (in hopes of generating same and keeping folks interested) as this seemingly endless campaign goes on. And on. The candidates never seem to venture into areas of genuine […]

PUBLIC DIVORCE According to Tim Russert, Obama’s denouncement of his Pastor this week had three audiences: superdelegates, Indiana and North Carolina voters. AP wrote, “Obama said his earlier mild reaction came because he gave him the benefit of the doubt, but that evaporated when he saw Wright’s speech. Wright’s comments may well […]

Interesting that the President, when clearly agitated and in rare oratory form, uses the verboten term ‘Jihadists’  in defiance of the governments Newspeak guidelines. P.S. - When confronted by an annoying reporter, you can almost see President Bush thinking to himself, “look, bitch! You only get one follow-up question!” […]

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If you live in Indiana, and possibly elsewhere, you have seen all of the campaign ads on tv for different democratic candidates just itching to get your vote for the Indiana primary on May 6th. The current ads have a common theme: gas prices. I know gas prices are high, but that is not my […]

TWO POLAR REALITIES THE GOP has picked their opponent and they are ready to define him, Politico reported this morning. They like the odds better with Obama, though they describe the two candidates as philosophical soul mates. In referring to Barack Obama, the candidate they “looked at four or five months ago, […]

Full of cheese in the Mansion Posted at 10:26 AM by Chris Fitzsimon Governor Mike Easley’s endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton this week has raised an understandable ruckus. Prominent supporters of Senator Barack Obama are upset that Easley did not join many leading North Carolina Democrats and endorse […]

Karl Rove Gives John McCain the Reverse ‘Swift Boat’ Treatment Photo: Getty ImagesIn today’s Wall Street Journal, GOP mastermind Karl Rove writes an editorial about John McCain, demanding that the candidate be more open and honest about his past. Recently, Rove says he “heard things about Sen. McCain that were deeply […]

Laura and I had a memorable weekend in Austin, Texas. We were there, of course, for the Nebula Awards Weekend, but we spent Friday evening out with local friends—expatriate New Yorkers and repatriated Texans. This was a very good thing, we later decided, since Laura was forced to deal with a terrible work crisis almost […]

WAL-MART WEDNESDAY… 1030 by Jeff Hess It’s been a busy week in Wally World: the Universe’s source of cheap plastic crap. On The Writing On The Wal — the blog USA Today says should be on its readers’ radar — Jonathan Rees, Robert Feinman, Peter Sayles and I continue our work dedicated to […]

Our cable “news” organizations did not do it. But The Daily Show did. Is it journalism? It is useful information. From the Washington Post: So here’s Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of coalition forces in Iraq four years ago, describing the situation in a TV interview in September 2003: “We’re not in a quagmire,” […]

The Mufti of Mmount Lebanon is a foul-mouthed demagogue who needs to be removed as soon as possible. This must be one of the saddest, most irresponsible spectacles I’ve witnessed in Lebanese politics lately: The Mufti of Mount-Lebanon emerges from a meeting with the Sunni leader of the largest parliamentary block, to denounce […]

Sarah asks, So, could South Africans boycott Chinese products with any justification?: “Consumer boycotts have long been a means for ordinary consumers to express their anger with a country and hit regimes where it hurts most, in their wallets - even if only indirectly.”
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  Join Mark Warner as he officially kicks off his campaign for the U.S. Senate! On May 4-6, Mark Warner will be making stops in 9 cities around the Commonwealth to […]

April 30, 2008, 6:30, 9:15 a.m. If Senator McCain Had Opponents Senator John McCain is coming to Iowa tomorrow (Thursday, May 1). With increasingly angry Clinton and Obama supporters threatening to vote for McCain if their favored candidate is not nominated at the Democratic National Convention, it’s time this blog gives a little more […]

A Filipino lawmaker-blogger hopes that the next defense chief of the Philippines will still come from the civilian sector.
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There’s this concept called turning lemons into lemonade and now is the RIGHT time for Barack Obama to take advantage of the WRIGHT time and make hay while the proverbial sun shines. That which our enmies propose for our demise we can turn into a victory m,ore often than not if we have the […]

Permalink :: Comments John McCain in Denver Friday to Discuss Health Care Plan Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for President, will be holding an open Town Hall Forum in Denver on health care Friday. To attend, you must call 303-830-6707. You can […]

During election season, most people expect to find political email in their inbox. But government workers are well advised to exercise big-time caution before hitting “forward.” A law prohibiting political activities by civil servants can catch even the most innocuous-seeming behavior. Explore the Hatch Act — trying to draw the line between the work […]