Repetition does not transform
a lie into a truth.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
"I'm going to give you
back your Democratic Party, I'm going to
give you back the White House and I'm going to give you back your country."
Saturday
23 February 2008
Deep End News
Slow Locals . . .Mitch Clogg for Congress"Congressman Clogg could be part of a fresh class of Congress members willing to finally rid the Legislature of its current complicit Democratic leadership."
New attacks hit American-protected Green Zone in Iraq's capital Baghdad
John Affleck, AP
Vietnamese plaintiffs v. Dow Chemical, Monsanto Co, nearly 30 other companies
Court upholds dismissal of "agent orange" suit
Martha Graybow, Reuters
Now we see a woman running as the fighter and a man modeling a “woman’s way” of leading . . .
Ellen Goodman, truthdig: "If Hillary Clinton was the tough guy in the race, Barack Obama became the Oprah candidate . . . He finely honed a language usually associated with women’s voices.
We see a younger generation in particular inspired by ideas nurtured by women, as long as they are delivered in a baritone.
So, has the women’s movement made life easier? For another man?"
Big Tent Democrat, talkleft: "Obama's Unity Schtick is precisely what the DLC and Joe Lieberman have been preaching for decades."
Friday
22 February 2008
Slow Locals . . .Congress, California Assembly, Mendocino County supervisors for districts one, two and
[
four], Mendocino County central committees.
March 7 filing deadline WillitsNews
NBC's
Meet the Press on Sunday . . .
Nader to Discuss Election Plans
Sam Hananel, AP
Ray McGovern, consortiumnews:"One out of six Americans have no insurance card in their knapsack or in the plastic bag that serves as their chest of drawers. Is that the America of which we were once so proud?
It started with my swollen right leg . . . "
Thursday
21 February 2008
Slow Locals . . .U.S. Cellular consultant said he does not know whether the company will appeal the decision.
. . . the candidates preen and smile and bring forth a shower of clichés with a solemnity appropriate for epic poetry . . . They offer no radical change from the status quo.
"Thanks to Karl Rove and his friends in the shadows, the Democratic nominee may ultimately be determined not by Democrats but by the G.O.P., with the help of its unwitting accomplices at the DNC."
Can We Combine Hope and Change? Yes We Can!
An Editorial by Senator Barack Obama
Frank J., imao
ricarofive, sfgate: Its funny how you never hear any criticism about Obama in the press. Its almost like every journalist is afraid of being labeled a racist if they write anything questioning him. I don't think this debate is going to change many peoples opinion though, because its quite easy to BS through any debate with slogans.
Wednesday
20 February 2008
Veterans for Peace:19 March General Strike HOW SICK OF IT ARE YOU?
Mike Ferner
Quake swarm on Calif-Mexico border rattles nerves AP
LA Times: "Obamaphilia has gotten creepy."
"Name some of [Obama's] legislative accomplishments . . . name
any . . . "
Chris Matthews Humiliates State Senator Kirk Watson On MSNBC
huffingtonpost
January 17, 2008:
That’s what he said --
Barack Obama sounds just like Deval Patrick. Is that good or bad?
Adam Reilly, thephoenix
Denver's MediaNews to cut jobs at California papers
Mark Harden, bizjournals