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How good is the quality of your state, local, and federal offical's service?
How much does it affect your life and how sure are you of that answer?
What would be your recomendations to these guys?
How much does it affect your life and how sure are you of that answer?
What would be your recomendations to these guys?
Here is the web address to my blog, which focuses on the vast disparity between the two parties in garnering support from young voters. (I interviewed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for this article)
http://www.bornsteinpoliticalplate.squarespace.com
http://www.bornsteinpoliticalplate.squarespace.com
*BREAKING NEWS*
Sen. Ted Stevens the 40-Year; longest-serving (Republican) senator (and most powerful in Washington) in Alaskan history; CONCEDES DEFEAT to Anchorage moderderate-conservative DEMOCRATIC Mayor MARK BEGICH.
It is a glorious and bright new dawn for Alaska. It a glorious and bright new dawn for the United States Senate. It is a glorious and bright new dawn for UNION.
GOD BLESS MARK BEGICH; and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Brett A. Encelewski,
Secretary, Disrict-33 Alaska Democratic Party
Sen. Ted Stevens the 40-Year; longest-serving (Republican) senator (and most powerful in Washington) in Alaskan history; CONCEDES DEFEAT to Anchorage moderderate-conservative DEMOCRATIC Mayor MARK BEGICH.
It is a glorious and bright new dawn for Alaska. It a glorious and bright new dawn for the United States Senate. It is a glorious and bright new dawn for UNION.
GOD BLESS MARK BEGICH; and GOD BLESS AMERICA!
Brett A. Encelewski,
Secretary, Disrict-33 Alaska Democratic Party
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/17/paul-krugman-schools-geor_n_144298.html
For some reason live link is not available to me, but if anyone wants to give me a lesson on it,
feel free.
For some reason live link is not available to me, but if anyone wants to give me a lesson on it,
feel free.
"General, a man is quite expendable.
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think."
-Bertolt Brecht
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So why has Obama promised to imitate George W. Bush's surge strategy in Afghanistan? I thought they were supposed to be totally different. So, we've been over there for seven years and we're still not done eh? When do we get a timetable for withdrawal from that war?
I wouldn't mention it except that in war, people die. And in humanity's recent wars civilians do most of the dying. Also, I thought we were supposed to be better than terrorists. Terrorists have no regard for civilians, they think everybody in America is guilty. Guilt by association. We wouldn't stoop to that would we?
Oops, we already did . . .
He can fly and he can kill.
But he has one defect:
He can think."
-Bertolt Brecht
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. So why has Obama promised to imitate George W. Bush's surge strategy in Afghanistan? I thought they were supposed to be totally different. So, we've been over there for seven years and we're still not done eh? When do we get a timetable for withdrawal from that war?
I wouldn't mention it except that in war, people die. And in humanity's recent wars civilians do most of the dying. Also, I thought we were supposed to be better than terrorists. Terrorists have no regard for civilians, they think everybody in America is guilty. Guilt by association. We wouldn't stoop to that would we?
Oops, we already did . . .
The Daily Beast founder and editor-in-chief Tina Brown appeared on "The Rachel Maddow Show" (guest-hosted by Alison Stewart, wife of executive producer Bill Wolff) Tuesday night. Brown's segment was focused on the 62 days remaining in the Bush presidency, and she did not mince words in dissecting the lame duck.
"One of the things that I'm told at the moment is that Bush is entirely focused right now on his legacy, on his library," she said. "That's all he really wants to talk about is his library. Because he's trying to build a legacy. But quite honestly, one can only think that that library is a Halloween House of Horrors. From the Guantanamo room to the Abu Ghraib room to the Hurricane Katrina room, this is going to be a very interesting library when it is built."
Brown also said that Bush's presidency has had "so many disasters" that, unlike previous lame duck Presidents, he is not "looking back in a mellow fashion on his Presidency, or even feeling that he has busy things to do so much as a President who is kind of punch-drunk with a series of debacles which even he — in his great denial and refusal to accept his own failures — has to accept at this point has been a chapter of hideous accidents, if you want to be charitable about it."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/18/tina-brown-bush-library-t_n_144796.html Chimpy's House of Horrors!AP Calls It For Begich 
by Scout Finch Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 06:11:48 PM PST
by Scout Finch Tue Nov 18, 2008 at 06:11:48 PM PSTLooks like Mark Begich will be setting up a new office in DC after all.....MSNBC is reporting the race in Alaska has been called for Mark Begich.
WASHINGTON - Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens lost his re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich after the last large batch of votes was counted Tuesday.
The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.
That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
Per Lawrence O'Donnell and Dan Abrams on MSNBC, the vote difference is great enough Stevens would have to pay for a recount if he wanted one. And with a 3,724 vote lead, a recount is unlikely.
Welcome, Senator Begich!
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/11/18/205534/84/874/663237
Another door slams shut in Moosebrains Palin's face. There will be no easy Senate seat for you Moosebrains.
Much has been said about the need for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles as a replacement for the gas or diesel engines. I just want to no where the electricity is going to come from and at what cost. If you look at the boom in diesel engines as an example Read More »
I am pasting this from a email I just got. Awesome! I can not pass this up. I have been a member of the ACLU for many years. And a registered democrat for 14 years. I've never done this before. In my entire seven years as the ACLU's executive director, I have never asked you to sign a presidential petition written in appreciation and support, rather than in outrage and protest. http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=MrFdIAYEAdN4NLoRErOKWA.. That's how dramatically different things can be now. From: Rick of the web site Radman_Art
Dear David Sirota:
Does this mean that you are part of the reality-based community? Yeah, Harvey Dent lied. Even the first lady knew that Harvey Dent was lying. Only those who live in the fantasy-based community thought that Harvey Dent and his DLC allies were going to do something about NAFTA. The elitists in D.C. only care about folks with masters degrees. Free trade (corporate rights') agreements put money into their stock portfolios. I could say keep up the good work, but your framing has been off for a while. It is no longer about "fair" trade. Now, we're talking tarriffs.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Does this mean that you are part of the reality-based community? Yeah, Harvey Dent lied. Even the first lady knew that Harvey Dent was lying. Only those who live in the fantasy-based community thought that Harvey Dent and his DLC allies were going to do something about NAFTA. The elitists in D.C. only care about folks with masters degrees. Free trade (corporate rights') agreements put money into their stock portfolios. I could say keep up the good work, but your framing has been off for a while. It is no longer about "fair" trade. Now, we're talking tarriffs.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Dear Igor Volsky:
Say this with me: "Medicare For All". One more time: "Medicare For All". No, its not Bony Tony Blair's national health service or Harvey Dent's trickle-down health scheme (yeah, I can triangulate too!) or the first lady's car insurance health plan (actually, that's a pyramid) or Racist Ronnie's y-o-y-o death plan (well, it's still a pyramid), but it covers all. Unless you are going to write into law how much doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, home health agencies, and medical equipment manufacturers can charge for their services/products, you are never going to get "affordable access" to healthcare. "Access" to coverage is not coverage. The people need coverage. The key word is NEED.
In that spirit, let me just say that if a photo-op politician like Harvey Dent can do it, why can't Bobby Jindhal?
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Say this with me: "Medicare For All". One more time: "Medicare For All". No, its not Bony Tony Blair's national health service or Harvey Dent's trickle-down health scheme (yeah, I can triangulate too!) or the first lady's car insurance health plan (actually, that's a pyramid) or Racist Ronnie's y-o-y-o death plan (well, it's still a pyramid), but it covers all. Unless you are going to write into law how much doctors, hospitals, nursing homes, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, home health agencies, and medical equipment manufacturers can charge for their services/products, you are never going to get "affordable access" to healthcare. "Access" to coverage is not coverage. The people need coverage. The key word is NEED.
In that spirit, let me just say that if a photo-op politician like Harvey Dent can do it, why can't Bobby Jindhal?
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Dear David Corn:
You are a sorry excuse for a so-called "progressive" journalist. Your interpretation of the facts concerning Harvey Dent's transition team is powerfully destructive. The lobbyists are running the show, but you want to obscure this major development to make our future yes-man-in-chief look like something he is not. Your readers deserve more than just cute innuendos when it comes to the basic truth: We've been hoodwinked. What will Harvey Dent and his photo-op coalition have to do to get you to stop playing the role of bodyguard? What is it going to take for you to realize that Harvey Dent neither needs nor deserves your protection? You are stuck in the us vs. them universe; the hero vs. villain framing; the fantasy-based community- and it is doing your readers a major disservice.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
You are a sorry excuse for a so-called "progressive" journalist. Your interpretation of the facts concerning Harvey Dent's transition team is powerfully destructive. The lobbyists are running the show, but you want to obscure this major development to make our future yes-man-in-chief look like something he is not. Your readers deserve more than just cute innuendos when it comes to the basic truth: We've been hoodwinked. What will Harvey Dent and his photo-op coalition have to do to get you to stop playing the role of bodyguard? What is it going to take for you to realize that Harvey Dent neither needs nor deserves your protection? You are stuck in the us vs. them universe; the hero vs. villain framing; the fantasy-based community- and it is doing your readers a major disservice.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Dear Vince:
D.J. Gabriel's entrance music is a disgrace. D.J. Gabriel's dance moves are a disgrace. D.J. Gabriel's lady friend...... she dumped Edge for that chump? If you don't change D.J. Gabriel's entrance by next week- not only will you hear from Prince's lawyers, but you will hear from mine.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
D.J. Gabriel's entrance music is a disgrace. D.J. Gabriel's dance moves are a disgrace. D.J. Gabriel's lady friend...... she dumped Edge for that chump? If you don't change D.J. Gabriel's entrance by next week- not only will you hear from Prince's lawyers, but you will hear from mine.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
Dear Margaret Kimberley:
I have just read your column in the Black Agenda Report. I really couldn't have said it better myself. Sloppy Joe Lieberman and Harvey Dent are joined at the hip. Our future yes-man-in-chief wouldn't have hesitated to get rid of Barbara Boxer if it was her campaigning for the other side. Of course, Barbara Boxer would never campaign for the regressive republicans; but she might do something courageous like.........say.........stand up for disenfranchised voters in a state like............say.........OHIO! You just said what should have already been obvious: Harvey Dent and his DLC allies are cowards. Watch how this saga plays out. War mongers like Sloppy Joe Lieberman will continue to be rewarded while liberal Congressmen (and their liberal base) will continue to get the backhand. This is the same old kind of politics.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
I have just read your column in the Black Agenda Report. I really couldn't have said it better myself. Sloppy Joe Lieberman and Harvey Dent are joined at the hip. Our future yes-man-in-chief wouldn't have hesitated to get rid of Barbara Boxer if it was her campaigning for the other side. Of course, Barbara Boxer would never campaign for the regressive republicans; but she might do something courageous like.........say.........stand up for disenfranchised voters in a state like............say.........OHIO! You just said what should have already been obvious: Harvey Dent and his DLC allies are cowards. Watch how this saga plays out. War mongers like Sloppy Joe Lieberman will continue to be rewarded while liberal Congressmen (and their liberal base) will continue to get the backhand. This is the same old kind of politics.
Sincerely,
Pee-wee
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AI11B20081119?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
I hope he does hard time on the Pea Farm in Texas
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The concession is forthcoming.
Happy Birthday Senator
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/stevens-loses-alaska-senate-race/n20081118230809990001
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Last nights 49th Ward Victory Party for Obama was a great time. It as nice seeing a lot of the people from the Waterloo Iowa trip from Nov 1 and 2 again. I posted the pictures at this link. I also have the election night and canvassing trip photos up here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedierica/sets/72157608625065347/
Last nights 49th Ward Victory Party for Obama was a great time. It as nice seeing a lot of the people from the Waterloo Iowa trip from Nov 1 and 2 again. I posted the pictures at this link. I also have the election night and canvassing trip photos up here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedierica/sets/72157608625065347/
STOP THE GM-CHRYSLER SERIAL ECONOMIC RAPE OF AMERICA - PART I
--GM ate it own child and spit-out a most efficient battery.
By Jim Miller
Problem
General Motors ate it own child, the very successful electric cars, the EVA-1 and -2. GM also first suppressed a revolutionary battery, then sold the rights to Chevron which killed it. Let's not reward GM's capacity to defraud America on the electric car issue. Kill the proposed Bush Bail out of GM and Chrysler. We have better plans for Chrysler.
The sordid and sad tale of GM's best and only electric cars, the EVA's as they came to a tragic death. GM recovered ALL of the EVAs as their leases ran out, then crushed them, then had them chipped into thousands of pieces. GM learned some lessons from the EVA, namely that the plug-in only electric car, equipped with a state-of-the art set of batteries could run 150 miles between charges. The second lesson was that because the cars were cheaper to build and had very little maintenance over a ten year or longer period, the car would obsolete the vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, which needed constant repair and adjustment. These eclectic electric cars would hit the new and used auto dealerships also, since as large portion of their income depended on engine tune-ups, repairs and replacements.
A fairly large number of documentaries and video clips challenge GM's decision to kill the EVA cars Read More »
--GM ate it own child and spit-out a most efficient battery.
By Jim Miller
Problem
General Motors ate it own child, the very successful electric cars, the EVA-1 and -2. GM also first suppressed a revolutionary battery, then sold the rights to Chevron which killed it. Let's not reward GM's capacity to defraud America on the electric car issue. Kill the proposed Bush Bail out of GM and Chrysler. We have better plans for Chrysler.
The sordid and sad tale of GM's best and only electric cars, the EVA's as they came to a tragic death. GM recovered ALL of the EVAs as their leases ran out, then crushed them, then had them chipped into thousands of pieces. GM learned some lessons from the EVA, namely that the plug-in only electric car, equipped with a state-of-the art set of batteries could run 150 miles between charges. The second lesson was that because the cars were cheaper to build and had very little maintenance over a ten year or longer period, the car would obsolete the vehicles powered by internal combustion engines, which needed constant repair and adjustment. These eclectic electric cars would hit the new and used auto dealerships also, since as large portion of their income depended on engine tune-ups, repairs and replacements.
A fairly large number of documentaries and video clips challenge GM's decision to kill the EVA cars Read More »
STOP THE GM-CHRYSLER SERIAL ECONOMIC RAPE OF AMERICA " PART II
--Chrysler should be reinvented as Chrysler Electric Auto Company
By Jim Miller
Problem
GM wants the U. S. Treasury to fund its take-over of Chrysler. We have better plans for Chrysler. How should we make it happen?
Suppose the proposed merger between GM and Chrysler goes forward. Thousands of jobs and many plants will close. Towns and cities which supported the Chrysler labor force, will encounter deep misery. GM will apply to the Feds for say, 120 billion so they can pay extended benefits to “buy-out” union contract employees. GMAC will seek additional billions for this corporate welfare. Is this what we want? Not only NO but HELL NO. See STOP THE GM-CHRYSLER SERIAL ECONOMIC RAPE OF AMERICA " PART I --GM ate it own child and spit-out a most efficient battery. By Jim Miller: http://chyslerelectricautocompany.wetpaint.com/page/STOP+THE+GM-CHRYSLER+SERIAL+ECONOMIC+RAPE+OF+AMERICA?t=anon
Solution
There is a perfectly sensible alternative which will not cost the Feds any net loss and probably gain it a profit. Here it is: Read More »
--Chrysler should be reinvented as Chrysler Electric Auto Company
By Jim Miller
Problem
GM wants the U. S. Treasury to fund its take-over of Chrysler. We have better plans for Chrysler. How should we make it happen?
Suppose the proposed merger between GM and Chrysler goes forward. Thousands of jobs and many plants will close. Towns and cities which supported the Chrysler labor force, will encounter deep misery. GM will apply to the Feds for say, 120 billion so they can pay extended benefits to “buy-out” union contract employees. GMAC will seek additional billions for this corporate welfare. Is this what we want? Not only NO but HELL NO. See STOP THE GM-CHRYSLER SERIAL ECONOMIC RAPE OF AMERICA " PART I --GM ate it own child and spit-out a most efficient battery. By Jim Miller: http://chyslerelectricautocompany.wetpaint.com/page/STOP+THE+GM-CHRYSLER+SERIAL+ECONOMIC+RAPE+OF+AMERICA?t=anon
Solution
There is a perfectly sensible alternative which will not cost the Feds any net loss and probably gain it a profit. Here it is: Read More »
Speak Your Piece: Give Rural Entrepreneurs a Slice
11/18/2008
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The federal government is stepping in to support banks and insurance companies and, perhaps, the auto industry, too. Now it needs to invest in rural small-business development also.
By Brian Depew
Lyons, Nebraska
Main Street in Lyons, Nebraska, pop. 963
Photo: Blog for Rural America
Every day we read and hear more about the deepening effect of the current financial crisis. Businesses are closing because they cannot find the credit they need to meet payroll, large companies are laying off employees, and the historic swings of the stock market are affecting families across the nation.
Missing from the daily paper are stories about the part of the economy that is working -- small businesses, the economic heroes of our communities. Read More »
11/18/2008
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The federal government is stepping in to support banks and insurance companies and, perhaps, the auto industry, too. Now it needs to invest in rural small-business development also.
By Brian Depew
Lyons, Nebraska
Main Street in Lyons, Nebraska, pop. 963
Photo: Blog for Rural America
Every day we read and hear more about the deepening effect of the current financial crisis. Businesses are closing because they cannot find the credit they need to meet payroll, large companies are laying off employees, and the historic swings of the stock market are affecting families across the nation.
Missing from the daily paper are stories about the part of the economy that is working -- small businesses, the economic heroes of our communities. Read More »
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