Buh Bayh

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Obama's in Indiana today, but it doesn't look like he's taking anything with him when he leaves.Thanks to a tip from Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, we can all probably relax today about Barack Obama's vice presidential pick coming during his campaign day in the[...]

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Obama's Doing Just Fine with Women, Thank You,
But...

post from Taylor Marsh on 06 August 2008 08:00:00 AM. © Taylor Marsh

Originally published on Pajamas MediaBY TAYLOR MARSHConservatives are ecstatic over the continuing reports of Obama’s problems with women – more specifically - with Hillary supporters. But how deep are these troubles? No,[...]

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Something About Me and Mary: The Alleged NRA Spy
Who Betrayed American Rights and Victims of Gun Violence

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Mark Karlin

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August 6, 2008

I knew an NRA spy.

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Indie Retailer of the Day: Terbear Collectibles

post from Moue Magazine on 06 August 2008 07:50:07 AM. © Moue Magazine

If you’d like to witness the level of amusement that adults can have with a rubber stamp, set one near a pad of ink near some bored (and preferably underpaid) office employees when their bosses aren’t around. But keep moving because- if your[...]

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The Inconvenience of Reality

post from American Street on 06 August 2008 07:50:00 AM. © American Street

It looks like there’s another bad guy author for Team Bush to attack. Again.Wanna guess how many times his charges about Bush have proven wrong?Denializzing is hard work.

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Is the Era of Free Market Government Over Calling
for the Progressive Middle

post from ChangeAny1thing.com on 06 August 2008 07:36:04 AM. © ChangeAny1thing.com

In 1981, Ronald Reagan proclaimed “government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem” bringing the modern conservative movement into the mainstream, marking an end to the New Deal concept that public works can smooth the edges of capitalism’s sharper sides. A generation later and you’ve got to marvel at the way [...]

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See Nexus Project and Vote for My Play!

post from Hick With A Master's Degree on 06 August 2008 07:31:00 AM. © Hick With A Master's Degree

ten-minute play festival
Next Stage
1634 - 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206-322-7030

ten-minute plays
written by Scot AUGUSTSON, Lenore BENSINGER, Mike DAISEY, Ki GOTTBERG, Elizabeth HEFFRON, Marc KENISON, Marya Sea KAMINSKI, John LONGENBAUGH, Joy McCULLOUGH-CARRANZA, S.P. MISKOWSKI, Paul MULLIN and Stephanie TIMM

directed by Valerie Burlingame, Susanna Burney, Amy Boyce Holtcamp, Mayra Sea Kaminski, David Quicksall, Katjana Vadeboncoeur and Mark Jared Zufelt

August 16-17, 21-24, 28-31; Sept 4-7

Check the schedule and buy tickets now. My play is called "w/original features" and it is directed by the wonderful and amazing Susanna Burney. It is included in Program A. When you see Nexus project, be sure to vote for your favorite play.

The prize goes to the organization or charity that inspired the play. My inspiring organization is REAL CHANGE, because I love what they do. REAL CHANGE is a rare and beautiful thing, employing the unemployed and publishing the most significant news in Seattle. Whether you vote for my play or not, read and support REAL CHANGE. It only costs one dollar, and every time you buy it you are making your city a better place.

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The Morning News

The Morning News is an Open ThreadFrom Yahoo News Top Stories1 FBI used aggressive tactics in anthrax probeBy PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer57 minutes agoWASHINGTON - Before killing himself last week, Army scientist Bruce Ivins told friends that[...]

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My first campaign contribution ever: $60,000+

If it’s their money, so what?It’s a free society. That numerous execs from the oil companies just threw boodles of moolah at McCain, we shouldn’t raise an eyebrow. Normal politics, right?This is all going to the maverick, the guy who made his name by authoring campaign finance reform legislation. And all this money comes flooding [...]

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Dick Cheney: Will He Attend GOP Convention

We know that a whole bunch of GOP Senators, the ones up for reelection, are not attending this year’s GOP Convention. We know that Mr. Bush will be making an early speech at the GOP Convention, then will likely be whicked off the stage. The current Veep, though, Dick Cheney? Evidently nobody is quite sure if Dick Cheney will attend, though it seems axiomatic that nobody wants Cheney to show up at the GOP Convention. Here’s a bit on the subject from CNN.com:

Vice President Cheney will be a no-show at the Republican convention in Minnesota, Republican officials said, citing a desire by Sen. John McCain’s campaign to turn the page on the Bush-Cheney years.
One GOP official told CNN there’s a “mutual understanding” between Cheney’s office and the McCain camp that he is “unlikely” to attend the convention.
A second Republican official said there are still “talks going on” between Cheney’s office and the McCain camp and both sides are “still trying to work it out.”
The conservative American Spectator first reported Monday that Cheney, who has low national approval ratings but is still popular among conservatives, is not expected to attend the convention.
A Wall Street Journal-NBC News Poll from June showed that while 31 percent of Americans had a positive opinion of President Bush, only 23 percent had the same feeling for Cheney.

Yeah, one can certainly understand why the Republicans would want to hide both Bush and Cheney when they dominate the airways during their convention. It is a bit odd that there’s any confusion here, though. I would think even Cheney would immediately say he wouldn’t attend. But these sources are not unanimous, that’s for sure.

there is one line in the article that’s about the best I’ve seen for several weeks now. It’s understated, and if such a line were written any time other than after these seven and a half years of Bush/Cheney nightmare, the line would seem absurd. As it is, the line merely reflects reality: