Sammy

post from Crooks and Liars on 26 July 2006 04:29:01 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Sammy is happy that my friend picked up the last air conditioner at Target for us!

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White House Holds One-Year
‘Celebration’ of Energy Bill With Industry Reps

post from Think Progress on 26 July 2006 04:07:00 PM. © Think Progress

One year ago today, Congress finalized the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which lavished $14.5 billion in tax breaks on energy firms, nearly 60 percent of which went to “oil, natural gas, coal, electric utilities and nuclear power.”One year ago, the average national gas price was $2.14. Today, it’s $3.00. The country is no closer [...]

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Clenis For Lieberman

post from Eschaton on 26 July 2006 03:47:00 PM. © Eschaton

Well, if Lieberman wins he'll owe it to Clinton.

Contact people you know in Connecticut.

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You Don't Say

post from Ezra Klein on 26 July 2006 03:45:00 PM. © Ezra Klein

Responding to the heat wave in LA, Prof. Bainbridge writes: Still, I'm feeling less libertarian about [global warming] every day the temperature stays above 90. Funny how that works. It's like I've said before -- if a neocon is a...[...]

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Midday open thread

post from Daily Kos on 26 July 2006 03:43:07 PM. © Daily Kos

Pentagon approves $11 billion useless fighter plane, in yet another example of taxpayer-funded waste because of DC's culture of corruption:

The endorsement came from the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), a federally financed research center whose president, Dennis C. Blair, is a member of the board of a subcontractor for the F-22 Raptor fighter program, EDO Corp. EDO developed a missile launcher for the F-22 and has held contracts worth at least $38 million that are part of the program, according to its news releases.

How will the Raptor help us fight the wars we are fighting today? It won't.

In a recent piece in Foreign Affairs, conservative Fred Kagan pointed out that a single F-22 could pay for 3,000 additional American troops.
AZ-Sen, Gov: Latino voters in Arizona are breaking heavily for Democrats (PDF). That could be excellent news for Democrats in congressional races, where we have a strong shot at picking up two seats (JD Hayworth's AZ-05 and Kolbe's open seat in AZ-08).
CT-Sen: Lieberman's first finance chair endorsed Lamont. Remember that Clinton visit? Turns out a bunch of people attending the event where there for Clinton, not Lieberman. And Joe Conason shows once again why he's one of the most astute progressive columnists around.
CT-Sen: This link requires it's own bullet point -- Lieberman is cancelling events out of fear that bloggers may show up and -- gasp -- ask questions.
MT-Sen: As Tester begins his latest swing through Montana, the reviews are coming back positive.
Ha ha! Conservative blogger was a paid shill for John McCain and failed to disclose it. He was also one of the jokers who criticized me for working for Howard Dean in 2003 -- even though I DID disclose the arrangement.
Stoller has another good Net Neutrality post.
In Utah, all incumbents appear safe.
IL-Gov: Blago pulling away from Topinka according to the latest SUSA poll, 45-34. It was 43-37 in a May SUSA poll.
The worse things get in Iraq, the more ignorant people seem on the issue of WMDs.

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Q: Is the country closer to a civil war

post from Think Progress on 26 July 2006 03:40:00 PM. © Think Progress

Rumsfeld: “Oh, I don’t know. You know, I thought about that last night, and just musing over the words, the phrase, and what constitutes it. … It clearly is being stimulated by people who would like to have what could be characterized as a civil war and win it, but I’m not going to be [...]

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Andrea Yates Acquitted -- Justice at Last

post from TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime on 26 July 2006 03:39:08 PM. © TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

I'm on the airplane about to take off but I just caught this on the news and before I lose the wireless connection, wanted to shout it out: Andrea Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

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Blogger Ethics panel time

post from Crooks and Liars on 26 July 2006 03:32:59 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Hmmm, so a right wing blog is paid by McCain and doesn’t tell anyone. Not only that, but he attacks Kos, who did fully disclose when he was paid. I wonder what Hewitt, Kaus and Malkin will say. Maybe, O’Reilly will do one of his "Most Ridiculous Item’s of the Day" segments on it. Kinda sounds like it [...]

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Murtha hits the campaign trail

Murtha hits the campaign trail to build up goodwill in his bid to become the number 2 Dem in the House.

Helping Democratic candidates could pay dividends in a race for majority leader against Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.).
Murtha says he thinks such a race is likely and told The Hill that if the election were held now Democrats would be catapulted into the majority.
"If it was today, we'd win 50 seats," he said, adding that Democratic strategists have assessed the field of competitive races in which they think he can help.
"In 41 seats they think I can help," he said. "They've got it narrowed."
Murtha said he plans to campaign in all of them. He also said, "I'm going to where Nancy sends me," referring to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

I wonder if Idaho, Nebraska, and Wyoming are on that list.

Hoyer (D-Corp), is also on the campaign trail:

Hoyer, Murtha's potential rival, is planning to travel to 36 districts to campaign for vulnerable Democratic incumbents as well as challengers, according to a Hoyer aide.
"Mr. Hoyer has already campaigned and recruited in 51 districts this cycle, plans to travel to almost 40 more before Election Day and has spent five months on the road for House Democrats as whip," Hoyer spokeswoman Stacey Bernards said. "He continues to work tirelessly to take back the House and make Nancy Pelosi the first woman Speaker."

Problem with Hoyer is that no one knows or cares who he is. Murtha has become a rock star amongst grassroots Dems. Not because of his politics, since Murtha (like Hoyer) is a conservative Democrat. But because of his courageous efforts to pull our forces from Iraq.

Murtha said he has received 100 requests for help. His popularity, particularly among liberal Democrats, has surged since he called last year for U.S. troops to leave Iraq.
He is a retired Marine Corps colonel and the senior Democrat on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Democratic leaders recognize that Murtha has become an important fundraising draw and that he can help shield them from Republican criticism that they are soft on defense.

And to wrap this post up, here's some loser talk from the kind of people who back Hoyer:

But some Democrats, particularly centrist lawmakers who support Hoyer, question whether Murtha can be helpful in many races that their party needs to win if they are to capture control of the House.
"I'm sure Mr. Murtha is going to be traveling extensively, but I bet you he won't be going to Blue Dog districts," one lawmaker said, referring to members of the caucus of centrist Democrats from the South. "I can't imagine that he will be very welcome in many Blue Dog districts."
The lawmaker said that while Murtha has a centrist record on many issues, voters would be most aware of his strong position against the war, which could alienate swing voters in states Bush won. The lawmaker noted that Democrats need to capture districts in those so-called red states.

These Hoyer Democrats don't realize that Bush is in the dumps BECAUSE of Iraq. They don't realize that Paul Hackett almost won his solidly Republican district BECAUSE of his opposition to the war in Iraq.

They don't even seem to realize that, well, Bush isn't popular anymore. Amazing.

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Lieberman Parties With Bubba, Ignores Pleas From
Local Soldiers

I know Joe "Head in the Sand" Lieberman is trying to coat himself in Clintonian glory this week by hanging with Big Dog, but one would think that he’d devote some time to those constituents who have bravely fought his bungled war on behalf[...]

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