I deliver a soul to the Lord

post from Jesus' General on 31 July 2008 08:38:00 PM. © Jesus' General

My missionary work in Second Life finally pays off:

[18:29] Jonnie Repine: To all my friends in SL: I have most recently had a big change in my life, and become a Christian, and a conservative. In both my RL, and my SL existence, I have given up my former lifestyle, and hope Jesus will forgive me for all the terrible things I've done. If I've wronged you, or sinned with you, I am very sorry, and hope you will forgive me too.
[18:29] Jonnie Repine: General - Obviously, I can not continue to spy on Ron, and Conservative Matters so you can subvert him.
[18:29] Jonnie Repine: I have decided to leave your bitter group, and embrace the light. I will pray for you, and hope that you will someday change your name, and not mock our Lord.

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GOP Dope Dealing

post from Connecting.the.Dots on 31 July 2008 08:38:00 PM. © Connecting.the.Dots

Three out of four Americans are depressed about the way things are going, according to a new CNN poll, the worst national malaise since 1980, the last days of Jimmy Carter's era of inflation, gas shortages and US diplomats held hostage in Iran.

Ronald Reagan came along back then with a vision of "Morning in America" and the dark clouds lifted, at least for those in the upper tax brackets. Now Reagan's spiritual heir, John McCain, is elevating our mood with inspirational commercials featuring Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, which have the added benefit of provoking nostalgia for the good old days of the OJ Simpson trial with debates over who is playing the race card.

In Congress, McCain's Republican allies, with cheerleading from the Lame-Duck-in-Chief, are raising our spirits with promises to drill for more offshore oil that, in decade or so, could lower gas prices by a few cents and cornering Nancy Pelosi into allowing a vote or being blamed for not taking action to relieve the pain at the pump.

Meanwhile, Barack Obama isn't doing much to cheer us up, dwelling on such downers as the economy, health care, education and chasing down terrorists in Afghanistan or Pakistan or somewhere just as boring.

McCain's mood medication is beginning to show some lift in the polls and, if he keeps it up, we should all be high as kites by fall.

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Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

post from Daily Kos on 31 July 2008 08:30:08 PM. © Daily Kos

Simplifying rhetoric to make it more accessible to the average citizen is a laudable enterprise, but at some point simplification becomes oversimplification, and the line between the two is often difficult to define, especially in a polity committed to democracy.... When presidents lie to us or mislead us, when they pander to us or seduce us with their words, when they equivocate and try to be all things to all people, or when they divide us with wedge issues, they do so with an arsenal of anti-intellectual tricks with rhetoric that is linguistically simplistic, reliant on platitudes or partisan slogans, short an argument, and long on emotive and human-interest appeals.

--Elvin T. Lim, The Anti-Intellectual Presidency: The Decline of Presidential Rhetoric from George Washington to George W. Bush

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McCain Supporter Arlen Specter Requests Meeting
With Castro And Chavez; Is He ‘Naive’

post from Think Progress on 31 July 2008 08:30:00 PM. © Think Progress

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has long criticized those who are willing to meet with adversaries of the U.S., slamming Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for willing to engage Raul Castro of Cuba and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela:

– “These steps would send the worst possible signal to Cuba’s dictators: There is no need to undertake fundamental reforms; they can simply wait for a unilateral change in U.S. policy.”
– “I know that his naivete and lack of experience is on display when he talks about sitting down opposite Hugo Chavez or Raul Castro or Ahmadinejad.?

But today, McCain supporter Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) broke with McCain and told reporters that he is planning personal meetings with Chavez and Raul Castro. Specter said he has met with Fidel Castro three times and boasted of pictures with Chavez:

I met [Fidel] Castro on three occasions, as I detail in my book, and I?d like to see Raul Castro. There?s a real opportunity to get Cuban cooperation on drug interdiction, which I talked to Fidel Castro about. I?d like to follow up on that. I also would like to see trade and tourism develop. [? ]
Then I also hope to see Chavez — that fellow right there, there are three of us in that picture. ? I?m a firm believer in dialogue and I think that there?s potential to salvage the relationship with Chavez which would be very helpful in Latin America.

In fact, Specter said he had recently written a letter to Raul Castro. “I think he?ll see me,” he said. Specter recounted that his August 2005 meeting with Chavez had tangible, positive results for the U.S.:

I had a chance to meet with him. There?s a serious drug problem, and I was able to arrange a meeting between the US ambassador and the Venezuelan Minister of the Interior. They worked out a protocol for some cooperation on drugs. … I believe that the conversation that I had with Chavez was a serious conversation.

Does McCain find Specter, the 16th-most senior member of the Senate, to be “dangerously naive?” Is Specter advocating policies that are “dangerous to American national security?” We await the condemnation.

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What More Do I Need To Know

post from Everyday Citizen on 31 July 2008 08:26:01 PM. © Everyday Citizen

I serve on the board of directors at Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance, the non-profit organization[...]

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Homeland Insecurity: FBI loses 2.6 laptops a
month.

post from Crooks and Liars on 31 July 2008 08:20:21 PM. © Crooks and Liars

When even Reader’s Digest goes after the Federal Government, watch out: A 2007 Justice Department audit found that the FBI was somehow losing 2.6 laptops per month, many with sensitive or classified information. More than 1,400 Energy Department laptops went missing in a six-year period, according to another audit. So much for homeland security.Despite [...]

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-a-month/

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Hilarious Muppet Bloopers!

post from AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth on 31 July 2008 08:20:00 PM. © AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

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A Friend In Need

My fellow denizen of the Fashionable Left Bank of Blogistan, Susie Madrak the Suburban Guerrilla, is experiencing some severe financial, health, and stress issues, as well as three surgeries in the upcoming months. She’s hanging on with COBRA for a few months and hoping to get things patched up enough to function in [...]

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Voter Protection Key to Legislation Today

At a time when organizations across the country are focused on increasing voter registration, the[...]

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In Obama's Own Words

Barack Obama pushes back today on McCain's Britney/Paris "celebrity" charge: And I've got to agree totally with Joe on this one: Team Obama should turn this into an ad. Be much better than that usual pablum being produced by GMMB. The campaign's ads,[...]

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