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Sarah Palin just called herself an anti-Semite

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:09:24 -0000

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Sarah Palin sat in her conservative evangelical church, twice, and said nothing when her visiting pastors and speakers attacked another great nation and another great people - Jews and Israel.

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Posted by: oldude59

Business Reputation: Creativity and Happiness: Reputation, Recuperaton and Leadership - McCain's Failure

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:26:11 -0000

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The argument I’m making here is that McCain has failed to demonstrate that type of leadership. That his investment in a reputation strategy – formed after the Keating 5 case and consistently implemented up to the time of his latest presidential campaign can no longer forestall the widespread Voter exit.

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Posted by: oldude59

John McCain is channeling Nixon now (Scripting News)

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:24:10 -0000

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McCain is quoted in today's NY Times, asking "How can you countenance someone who was engaged in bombings that could have or did kill innocent people?" I had to look twice to be sure who was being quoted and who he was talking about. Yup it was McCain and he was talking about William Ayers, who in the 60s was a member of the Weather Underground.

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Posted by: oldude59

The McCain/Palin Debate Spin: We Won Because She Wasn't a Dithering Idiot

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:54:10 -0000

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What Gertrude Stein said about her hometown Oakland could also be said of Sarah Palin. "There is no there, there." Sarah Palin is simply without substance.

She even tried to humanize her image, saying that despite her views against same sex marriage she didn't judge people and had a diverse group of friends. However, when moderator Gwen Ifill asked Palin if she was in agreement with Senator Biden, who'd said he was against all forms of discrimination against same sex couples but did not support gay marriage, Palin would only repeat what Biden said about gay marriage. Perhaps because she realized that her key supporters -- the evangelical right wing -- might already be choking on their fried chicken wings because of her attempt to say something pleasant about a group of people they consider an abomination.

The only point of that made any sense to me was her agreement with Biden on civil union - even through she could never say the words. posted by oldude59

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Posted by: oldude59

Mccain Has Already Lost … His Reputation | Politics - Sharpy News

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:41:31 -0000

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Josh Marshall gives an insider’s view from the pundit class showing that this campaign has cost John McCain his long-cultivated reputation and it will likely never return.

a McCain biographer and former champion of the Maverick Myth:

“McCain’s recent conduct of his campaign - his willingness to lie repeatedly (including in his acceptance speech) and to play Russian roulette with the vice-presidency, in order to fulfill his long-held ambition - has reinforced my earlier, and growing, sense that John McCain is not a principled man. In fact, it’s not clear who he is.“

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Posted by: oldude59

Business Reputation: Creativity and Happiness: Reputation: Building on Trust

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:18:56 -0000

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One of the major outcomes of the attacks of 9/11 is the clear contest between forces that believe that the world civilization so based on trust can endure the counter views of the terrorist. The question for me is to what degree do our USA national reputation and organizing principles engender trust and freedom.

Barack (Lets reason together) is clearly for recapturing our lost status and McCain wants to extend the tough guy image of the Bush doctrine (Fear US - USA reserves the right to attack first).

This is especially understood - but not excused - in those of my generation and older, both from a black and white perspective. For blacks its owed to us based on time in the country - as if a quota could make such a tactic make sense or even worse is he black enough to get back what racism over these many years has taken from us. On the other end are whites that figure that any black person smart enough to become President must be smart enough to take back from them all the advantages that they have accumulated.

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Posted by: oldude59

Joseph A. Palermo: Defeating the Bailout Looks Like Another Republican Ploy

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:51:54 -0000

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House Republican leaders did not put much pressure on their rank-and-file members to back the rescue package." John Boehner, Roy Blunt and other "leaders" of the House Republicans thought they could strike a public pose as if they really cared about the credit seizure that looms over the country while secretly hoping to pin the bill's passage on Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, (and by association, Barack Obama).

They wanted Speaker Pelosi to pass the bill without much Republican cover so they could tell their constituents that the Democrats were just "picking the taxpayers' pockets again."

Whenever you hear the word "bi-partisan," even during the waning hours of the Bush years, it usually means something very bad is about to happen.

I agree with the critical flaws in the bill that Dennis Kucinich articulated this morning on Amy Goodman's show, Democracy Now! I don't believe in a government welfare program for Wall Street swindlers who had the audacity to pump up the paper value of one of their hidden, unregulated derivatives, "credit default swaps," from $631 billion in 2001 to $62 trillion in 2008! I think some people should be indicted; some people should go to jail.

All of a sudden I hear Bush Administration mouthpieces such as the billionaire Henry Paulson, who in the past have told us that we are all on our own and we shouldn't rely on government for anything, speak about "our" financial markets as if working people have been the ones swapping "collateralized debt obligations" and "hybrid debt instruments."

It is my hope we can seize the opportunity this crisis presents, hold President Obama's feet to the fire, and construct a new social compact in this country, a New New Deal.

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Posted by: oldude59

Congress aims to finalize rescue bill on Sunday - Sep. 28, 2008

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:53:13 -0000

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An oversight board will be created. The board will include the Federal Reserve chairman, the Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, the Federal Home Finance Agency director and the Housing and Urban Development secretary.

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Poll results for first presidential debate: Obama wins | Midwest Voices

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:31:15 -0000

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CBS Insta Poll shows Barack Obama won 39% to John McCain's 25% with 36% saying the debate was a draw.

Insider Advantage reports those polled Obama won 42% to McCain's 41% with Undecided 17%

CNN reports voter opinions that Obama "did better" 51%, McCain "did better" 38%

The CNN poll showed men were evenly split, but women gave Obama higher marks 59% to 41% for McCain.

How to show that someone is cranky - Barak did it by agreeing and giving credit - McCain reinforced it by being dismissive and talking down to Barak. How to did Barak show McCain's out of touchness - by showing that that McCain's claim that Barck was stubborn by giving McCain credit when it was approprate - Being graceful does that posted by oldude59

The MSNBC on-line (non-scientific) poll showed Obama winning the debate 52% to 33%. (But this is what one would expect from such a poll at MSNBC because of the nature of its viewers.)

women voters especially would be turned off by McCain's sarcastic tone because women do tend to be the conciliators in our society and saw Obama display those conciliatory qualities very well in the debate. Obama looked at McCain, and McCain wouldn't return the eye contact but rather glared or displayed a tight and angry expression.

Senator McNasty. I believe older voters will also be reassured that, though McCain has been around longer, Obama has a good grasp of foreign affairs and can learn quickly. He impressed as a statesmen, in marked contrast to McCain's warrior demeanor.

McCain's condescenion felt annoying; to the listener who might agree or disagree with Obama, Obama nevertheless was making good points, not naive ones.

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Posted by: oldude59

# 24 Japan Questions 9/11 and the Global War on Terror | Project Censored

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:12:41 -0000

Japanes Parliament hears extensive testimony and evidence questioning the events of 9/11... promoting 9/11 truth... from Project Censored 2009

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Posted by: lyrisense

Brigade homeland tours start Oct. 1 - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:48:33 -0000

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Posted by: kropotkin

A Crash Course in Economic Crashes | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:39:26 -0000

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OPERATION ITCH

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:41:51 -0000

viewer supported political action entertainment-

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Posted by: efeghali

Charles Krauthammer - Palin's Problem - washingtonpost.com

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:00:31 -0000

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It's clear that McCain picked her because he had decided that he needed a game-changer. But why? He'd closed the gap in the polls with Obama. True, that had more to do with Obama sagging than McCain gaining. But what's the difference? You win either way.

So why did McCain do it? He figured it's a Democratic year. The Republican brand is deeply tarnished. The opposition is running on "change" in a change election. So McCain gambled that he could steal the change issue for himself -- a crazy brave, characteristically reckless, inconceivably difficult maneuver -- by picking an authentically independent, tough-minded reformer. With Palin, he doubles down on change

The gamble is enormous. In a stroke, McCain gratuitously forfeited his most powerful argument against Obama. And this was even before Palin's inevitable liabilities began to pile up -- inevitable because any previously unvetted neophyte has "issues." The kid. The state trooper investigation. And worst, the paucity of any Palin record or expressed conviction on the major issues of our time.

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Posted by: oldude59

Business Reputation: Creativity and Happiness: The Cynicism of A god - Political Poetry

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:45:28 -0000

There must be a secret that all commanders know, the secret revealed in crisis, that the soul that is calm with controlled emotion is performing an act of faith – the battle continues.

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There must be a secret that all commanders know, the secret revealed in crisis, that the soul that is calm with controlled emotion is performing an act of faith – the battle continues.

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Plouffe: Palin Choice a ‘Transparent Moment’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:43:36 -0000

The term used by Obama's campaign for McCain's selection of a VP is "impulsive" -

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In an interview here on Tuesday, Mr. Plouffe said voters should instead judge Mr. McCain for what he called an “impulsive” decision to choose Ms. Palin, who has served as governor of Alaska for 20 months. He said Ms. Palin’s governmental record in Alaska is fair game for examination in the final two months of the campaign, but not her family.

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Posted by: oldude59

Transcript - Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech - Text - NYTimes.com

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:57 -0000

The following is the transcript of Senator Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as recorded by CQ Transcriptions.

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Posted by: oldude59

» Tonight Join Us On Highbrid Nation For A Live Chat During Barack Obama’s Historic Speech | Highbrid Nation | Because Knowledge is Power

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:01:19 -0000

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Oil and Israel :: SANDERS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES LTD.

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:52:21 -0000

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two camps: securing oil or securing Israel. In reality, the war is being fought to secure oil through Israel. US foreign policy is geared to make Israel its primary transport route for Middle Eastern and Central Asian oil. This also accomplishes two Israeli aims: ending dependence on US aid and toppling uncooperative neighbors.

Third: Greater Israel as the only superpower in the middle-east posted by kropotkin

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Posted by: kropotkin

Internet Censorship is On it's Way. The i-Patriot Act - Young Famous and Fashionable

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:53:47 -0000

Of course, the Patriot Act is filled with all sorts of insanity about changing the way civil rights are protected, or not protected in this instance. So I was having dinner with Richard Clarke and I asked him if there is an equivalent, is there an i-Patriot Act just sitting waiting for some substantial event as an excuse to radically change the way the internet works. He said “of course there is”.

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Posted by: efeghali