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
29 March 2008
Deep End News
"Obama praised George H.W. Bush - father of the president - for the way he handled the Persian Gulf War"
Is it Tet yet?informedcomment: Sadrists open New fronts throughout Shiite South
BBC: "Baghdad's military command has extended a round-the clock curfew in the city for an indefinite period."
AP: Iraq: New Restrictions on US Embassy
Voices of Iraq ticker
aljazeera: Sadr urges support for 'resistance'
LATimes: "In Sadr City, about 40 members of the National Police went to the main Sadr office to offer their weapons. They said they did not want to battle fellow Shiites.
In exchange, they were given olive branches and Korans, according to witnesses."
Peter Graff, Reuters: "We will fight on and never give up our weapons," Mehdi Army deputy military commander in Basra Abu Hassan al-Daraji told Reuters by telephone. "We will not turn over a single bullet."
Mendocino County . . ." ... about 100 members of the House and Senate, including Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Petaluma, reveal their earmarks."
Board of Supes Info for 1 April:
UkiahValley.TV
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All letters must be received by April 17Send letters care of Mendocino County District Attorney Meredith Lintott at P.O. Box 1000, Ukiah, CA 95482.
Letters can also be faxed to 463-4687.
California 1st Congressional District . . .
Friday
28 March 2008
Is it Tet yet?InformedComment: "US helicopter gunships are said to have killed 60 in Hilla south of Baghdad."
"We demand the downfall of the Maliki government," said one of the marchers. "It does not represent the people. It represents Bush and Cheney."
The streets are controlled by Mehdi Army fighters, many of whom say they expect an all-out American attackStalled assault on Basra exposes Iraqi government's shaky authority
Patrick Cockburn, independent
Famous lost words: Bush praises Iraqi government push as "defining moment" more
Curfew bans pedestrians, vehicles in Baghdad, Basra, four other cities
Baghdad on lockdown as rockets, bombs fly CNN
U.S. Planes Attack Militia Strongholds in Basra Fighting
Erica Goode, nyt
U.S. forces drawn deeper into Iraq crackdown Peter Graff, Reuters
Iraqi PM makes cash-for-arms offer to end Iraq fighting AFP
U.S. war planes dropped bombs on rebel areas in an effort to help the Iraqi army regain control of the city
Famous lost words . . .Maliki gives Iraq militiamen more time to disarm Tina Susman, LAT
Famous lost words: "This operation is going to take some time to complete," Bush predictedBush likely to delay planned withdrawal of troops from Iraq Ewen MacAskill, guardian
Since 2005, [Obama's] PAC has donated $710,900 to superdelegates, more than three times as much as Clinton's PAC has.Obama leads Clinton in giving money to superdelegates Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy
chicago sun-times: A son of Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad is suing Tony Rezko and the chief urologist at Cook County's Stroger Hospital, claiming the two of them bilked him out of his South Side mansion.
Bawdy Obama Skit Riles N.D. Campus
Dave Kolpack, AP
opednews: "The Enquirer, in dramatic fashion, published a story in its March 17 issue claiming that Obama may have had something to do with the murder last December of Donald Young, the choir director at the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, to which Obama has been a member for more than 20 years. . .
"The 47-year-old Young was found dead in his South Side apartment two days before Christmas, the victim of multiple gunshot wounds. A spokesperson for the Cook County medical examiner's office would say only that Young's death was ruled a homicide and that Chicago police were investigating the incident."
Larry Sinclair, Rense:
"Nobody else, other than the Obama campaign, had a record of my constantly adjusted numbers. And I did not go public with my allegations until after Mr. Young was murdered."
Windy City Times:
"According to The Chicago Sun-Times, Michelle Obama called the passing 'sad,' adding [Young] 'was very well-known in the church family.'”
Documents show Wright sold the property to his church, Trinity United, in December 2006, with the proceeds going to a living trust shared with his wife, Ramah.Obama’s Former Pastor's $1.6M Retirement Home Jeff Goldblatt, fox
Thursday
27 March 2008
CodePink: We can't afford to let our President start a third catastrophe in Iran.
Please call Senator Biden (
202-224-4651)
today to urge them to have Fallon testify.
Pentagon will not send Adm. Fallon to Congress on Iraq
Reuters
Is it Tet yet?
Fighting spreads in Shiite areas of Iraq AFP
Iraq spokesman for Baghdad security plan kidnapped AFP / rawstory
The Obama campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
See also DemocraticGovernors.org -- it reads like an ad for Obama/Deval Patrick
Mendocino County . . .
Wednesday
26 March 2008
U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited the men recently and said he has learned of evidence proving they were wrongly convicted.
Ex-Panthers leave solitary after decades
Doug Simpson, AP
You often hear it said, of some political or other opportunist, that he would sell his own grandmother if it would suit his interests. But you seldom, if ever, see this notorious transaction actually being performed . . . Mark my words: This disappointment is only the first of many that are still to come.
Deval Patrick has lately addressed doting crowds around the country as a surrogate for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, his friend and fellow gifted orator . . .$10,000 on drapes for his State House office and upgrading his state car from a Ford Crown Victoria to a Cadillac.Deval Patrick: Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor
Abby Goodnough, nyt
Tuesday
25 March 2008
White House spokesman: "The Surge created new opportunities" . . .
thinkprogress The U.S., Great Britain and Israel are turning portions of the Middle East into a slice of radioactive hell.
"We are living through another Hiroshima," Iraqi doctor says
Sherwood Ross, uruknet
Gregory Unruh recently spoke to his family about his disillusionment with the war, particularly with political leaders in Washington, calling them "a bunch of idiots" who are "going to get people killed," his father said.
Texas soldier's father calls son's death 'a waste' Rosanna Ruiz, chron.com
In February alone, the Obama campaign spent $2.5 million on online advertising.
"He was blinded by his ambition," Rush told
The New York Times last year.
This is the first confirmed report of MRSA in retail meat in North America
Mendocino County . . .Allman was supervisor of the Covelo area during the years outlined in the suit.
"I can't comment on that," Allman said Monday, citing the litigation.
Hamburg case over but seized marijuana at issue Ben Brown, UDJ