There You Have It

Update Keep your eyes open for this kind of thing.

And this kind of thing.

And this is pretty much the summary that nails it.

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McCain-Palin or Obama-Biden.

Or Osama BinLaden as the meme is out now - do you think Obama is trying to tell us something with his choice of last names in VP???

At any rate, I won't be watching the Republican Convention, because frankly, I cannot stand to look at or hear the voices of these crooks. And I admit that I haven't even heard Ms. Palin. The only reason I watched the Democrats was because at least with them there's a tiny shred of hope for this country's future. Not much, but a shred. With the GOP, there is nothing. Zilch. Nada. We just keep going down the drain. We already know what they'll be offering.

So, good luck to you all. And especially you, New Orleans.

I'll probably quit blogging, unless the Democrats take the WH, at which point I might actually start spreading the word on the weasely things they do. But if we get more Republicans, well....I'll just be fiddling, eating, drinking and being merry, because, you know.

....but hey, you do what you want....you will anyway.

Thanks for your support and comments these past few years. May you learn to make magic.

Convention Over

And this final night was quite the spectacle. And I must say, Barack Obama gave a very fine speech. I hope you got to watch - or hear - it.

Another Speaker for the Dems

Dwight Eisenhower's granddaughter Susan gave a fine speech for Obama. (Yes, she's a Republican.) They should send her around for the next couple of months. And maybe give her a post in the Administration.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Quitcher Whinin'

Why do you need insurance? You have emergency rooms.

I Like Al

Despite the fact that he didn't fight the Bush theft of the WH to the bitter end.

His delivery is not great, but the words are good, and he even has some great sound bytes.

The oil companies have a "50-year lease on the Republican Party and they're drilling it for all it's worth." Special interests own the Bush Administration "lock stock and barrel after barrel."

You Just Can't Go Back

I could have lived the rest of my life with my last memories of Stevie Wonder, thank you very much. Sad.

$100,000 Rhetoric Question

Gov. Richardson, who's really getting the crowd going, just asked the conventioners: "Is anybody here gonna miss Dick Cheney?"

Speaking of the Price of Gasoline

I hear the price of oil has gone up due to what may happen in the Gulf of Mexico. Why is it that they can raise the price on the possibility of a future event? Shouldn't the price be raised when it has becomes a reality? Wouldn't that reflect the market supply and demand?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Choose Your Words Carefully!

PBS has a clip of an interview last night with former Secretary of the Treasury, Bob Rubin, being questioned about whether Barack Obama has the experience to be president, and he said: "I think he's very well equipped."

Race is just under the whole thing, isn't it?

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

New Orleans Repeat?

I've been reading that the new and better levees may be new, but they are not better.

Looks like God is giving George a second chance. Just in time for some photo ops to coincide with the GOP convention. John McCain can spend the first few days in New Orleans and then make his entrance to the convention trailing an adoring media who've been there "in the trenches" with him.

Tin foil hat time!

Kind of a drastic way to push Katrina out of the campaign.

Weather Modification Research and Technology Transfer Authorization Act of 2005

Angels Don't Play This HAARP

Popular Science 1996:
The Secret Agenda of a Military
Project in Alaska

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

Timing Is Everything

Security in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, has improved so drastically that the United States is about to return it to Iraqi control — opening the door to possible further cuts in U.S. troop levels, officials said Wednesday.

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A ceremony marking the Anbar turnover is expected to be held Monday, several U.S. and Iraqi officials said. Each spoke on condition of anonymity because the Iraqi government has not yet announced it.

  AP (Will I be sued?)

Monday – the first day of the GOP convention (Labor Day: another bit of sad irony - or black is whitism - on their part).

But then, Gustav is scheduled to smack down here on the Gulf Coast on Monday, too.

About Last Night

I was thinking about Bill's speech a little more. What struck me as surprising was that he said the words Hillary wouldn't say: Barack Obama is ready to be president. He only said one thing about Hillary - that "his" candidate didn't win - and then he went on to say that Barack Obama is the right man for the job. Interesting. He also said that people the world over were more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power. David Brooks (PBS commentator) said that was a pretty slogan but he didn't think Putin or Ahmadinejad were impressed by the power of our example.

And then I was thinking about the claim that McCain has it over Obama due to experience. I wonder why the Democrats haven't taken up the Freewheelin' Franklinesque mantra that good judgment can substitute for experience, but experience cannot substitute for good judgment.

(You don't know Freewheelin' Franklin? Then be sure to check the "mantra" link.)

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.