19 Apr 08 Sunday talk lineup*: John McCain on ‘This Week’, Clinton, Obama campaign advisers on ‘MTP’
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
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ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — David Axelrod, campaign adviser for Barack Obama; Geoff Garin, campaign adviser for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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CNN’s “Late Edition” — Former presidential candidate Bill Bradley; Gov. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.; Catholic University President David O’Connell; Delia Gallagher, Vatican analyst; Carly Fiorina, adviser to McCain.
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“Fox News Sunday” — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
*I know these aren’t related to my normal subject matter anymore, but I’ve been posting these for close to a year now, so it’s just habit and I’m sticking to it.
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09 Apr 08 Iraq War, cost breakdown
In the wake of testimony by General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker to both the Senate and the House regarding the state and future strategy of the Iraq War, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi posted an Iraq War cost breakdown on her blog (yes, she has a blog):
The Cost of Iraq War Broken Down
Second: $3,919
Minute: $235,160
Hour: $14.1 million
Day: $338.6 million
Week: $2.4 billion
Month: $10.3 billion
Year: $123.6 billion
There’s a little perspective for you.
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24 Mar 08 Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey makes some predictions
Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey made these predictions in a brief to the military:
Oof, those are pretty heavy. McCaffrey seems like quite the hawk for war and plays up to the fears of terrorist attacks and nuclear Iran.
McCaffrey has been a continuously pro-war, even writing an optimistic report in June 2005. He’s was also accused of misconduct and war crimes during the Gulf War, so you still have to take that into consideration when reading these predictions.
Still, it’s interesting to see how different brains and perspectives see the war and envision the future.
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26 Jan 08 President Bush’s pre-SOTU radio address
This is the transcript of President Bush’s radio address given on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008:
PRESIDENT: Good morning. On Monday night, I will address the American people about the state of our union. I will report that over the last seven years, we’ve made great progress on important issues at home and abroad. I will also report that we have unfinished business before us, and we must work together to get it done.In my speech, I will lay out a full plate of issues for Congress to address in the year ahead. Two of these issues require immediate attention.
First is the economy. I know many of you are worried about the risk of an economic downturn, because of the instability in the housing and financial markets. You should know that while economic growth has slowed in recent months, the foundation for long-term growth remains solid. And I believe that with swift action, we can give our economy the boost it needs to continue expanding and creating new jobs for our citizens.
On Thursday, my Administration reached a bipartisan agreement with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader John Boehner on an economic growth package. This package will deliver direct tax relief to hardworking Americans. It will also include incentives for businesses — including small businesses — to make new investments this year. I ask the House and Senate to enact this package into law as soon as possible. And while I understand the desire to add provisions from both the left and the right, it would be a mistake to undermine this important bipartisan agreement. By working together, we can provide our economy with a shot in the arm when we need it most.
The other urgent issue before Congress is a matter of national security. Congress needs to provide our intelligence professionals with the tools and flexibility they need to protect America from attack. In August, Congress passed a bill that strengthened our ability to monitor terrorist communications. The problem is that Congress set this law to expire on February 1st. That is next Friday. If this law expires, it will become harder to figure out what our enemies are doing to infiltrate our country, harder for us to uncover terrorist plots, and harder to prevent attacks on the American people.
Congress is now considering a bipartisan bill that will allow our professionals to maintain the vital flow of intelligence on terrorist threats. It would protect the freedoms of Americans, while making sure we do not extend those same protections to terrorists overseas. It would provide liability protection to companies now facing billion-dollar lawsuits because they are believed to have assisted in efforts to defend our Nation following the 9/11 attacks. I call on Congress to pass this legislation quickly. We need to know who our enemies are and what they are plotting. And we cannot afford to wait until after an attack to put the pieces together.
When I go before Congress on Monday, I will speak more about how we can keep our economy strong and our people safe. I am confident that we can work together to meet our responsibilities in these areas — and leave our children a stronger and more prosperous America.
Thank you for listening.
Keep our economy strong? Um, don’t you mean make our economy strong. You’ve pretty much sunk us in the toilet dude. No place left to go but up.
I’m working Monday so I can’t watch the SOTU but I’ll catch the updates and highlights the next day.
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26 Jan 08 Sunday talk lineup
(Partial) Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
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ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.
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CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.; former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
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NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
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CNN’s “Late Edition” — Gen. David Petraeus; Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson; former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.
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“Fox News Sunday” — Paulson and Huckabee.
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30 Dec 07 FackCheck.org: The Whoppers of 2007
FactCheck.org has its list of the big Whoppers of 2007. Never pulling any punches and taking shots at both sides of the aisle, FactCheck.org does an excellent job of giving us the facts and sifting through all of the b.s.
Some notable lies:
- Republican Rudy Giuliani made false claims over and over about his record as mayor of New York, and even about England’s health care system.
- Democrat Hillary Clinton ran an ad claiming that National Guard and Reserve troops had no health insurance before she went to work, when in fact most of them did.
- Republican Gov. Mike Huckabee repeatedly twisted the facts when talking about his record on taxes in Arkansas and other subjects. And there were plenty of other howlers from the large field of candidates.
- Democrats made false promises about their Medicare drug bill in January.
- A labor union group ran an ad supporting Democrat John Edwards that left the impression that jobs from a closed Iowa plant had gone overseas, when really they had gone to Ohio.
Go and read the full article for more whoppers and in-depth analysis of each one. Don’t worry, there are equal amounts of lies for everybody.
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18 Dec 07 Why Ron Paul will not win the Republican nomination
Two words: Howard Dean.
Everyone is going nuts over Ron Paul raising $6 million over the Internet. Based on this they are now pegging him as a viable candidate. Sorry, but no. They thought the same thing about Howard Dean and his campaign went belly-up faster than a county fair goldfish.
Dean and his campaign manager, Joe Trippi, revolutionized Internet campaigning. They were the first to use blogs and Internet donations to raise money, which they did in abundance. However Dean’s campaign proved one indisputable fact about online campaigning: Internet support does not translate into votes.
People think that Dean’s campaign went downhill after his “scream heard around the world.” This is wrong, his campaign was doomed long before that. He was relying too much on his online support. Here’s the thing, people that sit around on the Internet all day for the most part, aren’t exactly the quickest to get up and go cast a vote. The assumption is that if you gave money online, you did your part. Let the rest of the supporters handle the voting part. This is why raising a lot of money doesn’t equate to real support and this is why Ron Paul raising $6 million does not mean he has a good chance of winning the Republican nomination. It just means his main support base is online and will most likely not get off of their butts when it is time to cast a primary vote.
So let’s stop pretending Paul has a chance, despite what the ‘Ron Paul Revolution’ will have you believe.
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07 Nov 07 Insert Caption
Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Insert caption at your discretion.
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07 Nov 07 Best campaign ad, ever!
07 Nov 07 Kucinich calls for articles of impeachment against Cheney
Now maybe I don’t understand politics or Congressional procedures as much as I think I do, but I’m really confused. If the Republicans wanted to force a debate on the bill, why wouldn’t Democrats want to do that? Can’t they back up their claim?
From what I can tell, if a debate was forced on the floor it creates a straight “yes or no” vote on the bill, rather than forwarding it to committee (which it did I believe.) That way Republicans could effectively kill the bill right then and there on the floor of Congress.
Now, it took me reading multiple versions of this story to figure all of that out. ABC failed at reporting the story clearly, and only a few other papers made what actually happened make sense to normal people. This is the problem with some modern political reporting.
Anyway, good luck Kucinich.
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26 Oct 07 Don’t wake Cheney!
When Parker Brothers decides to revive Don’t Wake Daddy, this should be the new version. The trick is to have a meeting on important matters of government service without waking ‘The Cheney,’ lest you be peppered in the face with buckshot and water-boarded.
While the president was briefing the cabinet on the wildfires, VP Cheney was caught “meditating.” Right.
Well gee, it seems Cheney likes to meditate a lot.
April 21, 2006
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July 14, 2007
Crooks & Liars has some video.
Wow, there’s really no excuse for that. I know he is old man and all and being apologetically mean has got to me exhausting, but come on dude, save it for naptime.
Speaking of Dick Cheney, Frontline’s Cheney’s Law is an excellent primer on the long and illustrious career of our most powerful vice-president. It really digs deep. Watch it and be afraid.
Oh I can’t wait for January 2009.
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14 Sep 07 Leave General Petraeus Alone!
Taking a cue from the Britney psycho.
Awesome.
Related Links28 Aug 07 News Reel
The bloops and the bleeps:
- Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigation
- Taliban Hostage Deal Reported
- Airline Passenger Tries to Open Plane Door
- Hulk Hogan’s Son Released From Hospital
- Afghanistan ‘set for record opium harvest’
- TorrentSpy Closes to US Users - Shit!
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27 Aug 07 Hail Dorothy…
…the wicked witch is dead. Alberto Gonzales resigns under a cloud of controversy and investigation. Funny how they constantly asserted that he would not resign, right before he resigned. Even though he is resigning, I guarantee Bush Co. will stand by their position that he did nothing wrong during the attorney firings and/or the Ashcroft hospital ambush.
Let’s see how long it will take them to say: “Mr. Gonzales just wants to spend more time with his family.”
Yeah, he’d better spend some time with them because he may not get to see them for 10-20. So long Gonzo, and thanks for all of the memories, or lack thereof.
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13 Aug 07 Karl Rove Resigning.
The fatback known as Bush’s brain, aka Karl Rove, has announced that he will be resigning at the end of the month. What will Georgie boy do? His administration is going to fall apart without the architect. Hmm, maybe not, but I bet this isn’t going to make things around the White House any easier to manage. Now I’m sure we’ll get that whole “…his resignation is amicable and due to personal reasons, blah, blah” song and dance, but you know there is something deeper than that. A guy like Rove doesn’t just resign to work on his golf game and spend time with his family. Something is afoot.
In other news, Tommy Thompson is dropping out of the race, not that he ever really had a chance.
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