Yes you read it here LAST.
This could be my last ever diary. According to the BBC dysfunctional liberal blogs, the activation of the Large Hadron Collider release of some tracking polls will cause strangelets and micro black holes a small bounce for McCain, thereby assuring the known Universe shall collapse in a big credit crunch Obama will lose the election as we Jerome Armstrong always said he would
You have been warned. Goodbye Cruel World.
What can I say? This article says it all. Obama could not swallow his pride and pick Hillary. Obama could not compromise and now look. McCain has a bigger bounce, and Palin is controlling her own image. This is slowly slipping from Obama hands and if you do not believe me, try reading any news website and see how the different demographics are slowly slipping away from Dukakis or um Obama to McCain's corner.
YOU OBAMA SUPPORTERS...read this article. It speaks the truth and you know it. This election is looking exactly like 2004 and we all knew this was coming.
I will not forgive Obama if he loses this one.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/r ollins.convention/index.html
John and Sarah, did you have a good time at this party last week?
F**k it, I'm blockquoting the entire piece! If ever there was a DNC commercial ready-made for national delivery, here's the script! Art has nuthin' on real life...this makes my blood boil! How about you?
Fannie, Freddie host GOP convention party. (From Politico on July 17th.)
Axelrod, get a freakin' clue!
The title for this post was taken directly from Mudflats, a progressive blog from Alaska that has posted what I think is a dynamite video that has the possibility of causing trouble for Palin-- if it could get enough exposure.
We all know that Palin is said to have been a member of the Alaska Independence Party (AIP), which is essentially a secessionist movement with the aim of making Alaska a sovereign country. Palin and the Republicans deny membership by Sarah, but it IS a given that Tod Palin was a registered member of the AIP from 1995 to 2002, when he reregistered as an undeclared voter.
The video in question is a recording from a meeting of the AIP. In it, the Vice Chairman (Dexter Clark) essentially implies that Sarah Palin is operating as a kind of infiltrator of the Republican Party in order to further the goals of the AIP.
This is the second part in my two-part series having a little bit of fun with the Oregon Voters' Pamphlet. This part discusses the main arguments presented by each side in every contested ballot measure and then dissects them for pure comedic value.
Cross-Posted from Loaded Orygun: http://www.loadedorygun.net/showDiary.do ?diaryId=1335
I started putting this site together Saturday morning, and just by posting about it online a couple times it got several thousand pageviews over the weekend, but there is still so much more that it needs if it's going to help in the fight to push back against the growing Palin myth.
If anyone has time to help me with compiling sources and writing short articles (not just about Palin, but also about McCain and Obama), I could really use it. This information needs to be as complete and thorough as possible, and as soon as possible. I'm overwhelmed at work, but I don't want to neglect what I think can be an important tool in this election.
Second, I'm not up to speed on CSS, and I can't seem to fix the lists on the left side of the page. I built the site using Joomla and templates, and this template doesn't have styles for lists. I'd like to at least have the bullets flush left instead of indented. I've tried what I thought would work in the CSS, but the level of div embedding (or something else) seems to be tripping me up. If anyone can help me figure out that style sheet issue, again I'd really be grateful.
Like the proverbial thief in the night, the US federal government snuck in Friday night and bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I hate to say I told you so, but I wasn't surprised. They didn't really have a choice:
The Ministry of Finance and the Federal Reserve had no choice but to intervene due to one single reason: The collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could have precipitated a core meltdown of the American bank and stock market systems, dragging the rest of the world with it into the abyss.
That is because these two banks are responsible for $5.3 billion (3.7 billion euros) of America's $12 billion (8.4 billion euro) total mortgage debt. That corresponds to one third of America's gross domestic product.
But never fear, the CEOs of the collapsing companies are safe:
Richard F. Syron, the departing chief executive of Freddie Mac, could receive an exit package of at least $14.1 million, largely because of a clause added to his employment contract in mid-July as his company's troubles deepened. He has taken home $17.1 million in pay and stock option gains since becoming chief executive in 2003.
Meanwhile more than one half of the state governments in the U.S. are running massive deficits too, but no bailout is in store for them.
As I've been posting for a while, the money being spent on bail outs for financial entities is larger than the combined deficit of all the states. This report from the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities shows that the states are now being hit hard by the same hard economic times that dropped Bear Sterns and now Fannie and Freddie:
At least twenty-seven states, including several of the nation's largest, face budget shortfalls in fiscal year 2009. Of these 27 states, specific estimates are available for 22 states and the District of Columbia; the combined deficits of these 22 states plus the District of Columbia are expected to total at least $39 billion for fiscal 2009 -- which begins July 2008 in most states. Another 3 states expect budget problems in fiscal year 2010, although some of those gaps may occur earlier than expected.
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The 22 states in which revenues are expected to fall short of the amount needed to support current services in fiscal year 2009 are Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. In addition, the District of Columbia is expecting a shortfall in fiscal year 2009. The budget gaps total $39.1 to $40.8 billion, averaging 8.9 - 9.3 percent of these states' general fund budgets.
During the 2008 legislative session, the Georgia House and Senate passed a bill (Senate Bill 387) that changed Georgia's election law to allow for in-person, no-excuse absentee voting 45 days prior to the election.
What this means is that beginning Monday, September 22nd, any registered voter could walk into their county elections office and vote early without providing a reason. All any voter has to do is walk into their local elections office, say "I want to vote," get a ballot, vote, and they'll be done with the process weeks ahead of time.
The early voting period begins Monday, September 22nd and ends Friday, October 24th.
The advanced voting period begins Monday October 27th and ends Friday, October 31st; my birthday.
And of course, the big day is Tuesday, November 4th from 7AM to 7PM.
With all this opportunities to vote, there is no reason why anyone should miss out on this election.
During the 2008 legislative session, the Georgia House and Senate passed a bill (Senate Bill 387) that changed Georgia's election law to allow for in-person, no-excuse absentee voting 45 days prior to the election.
What this means is that beginning Monday, September 22nd, any registered voter could walk into their county elections office and vote early without providing a reason. All any voter has to do is walk into their local elections office, say "I want to vote," get a ballot, vote, and they'll be done with the process weeks ahead of time.
The early voting period begins Monday, September 22nd and ends Friday, October 24th.
The advanced voting period begins Monday October 27th and ends Friday, October 31st; my birthday.
And of course, the big day is Tuesday, November 4th from 7AM to 7PM.
With all this opportunities to vote, there is no reason why anyone should miss out on this election.
Click here to locate your local county elections office.
· Right-wing Extremist Welcomes McCain-Palin to Virginia (lowkell)
· OR-Sen: Senate Guru's Exclusive Interview with Speaker Jeff Merkley (Senate Guru)
· Ron Paul to Appear on MT Ballot (Left in the West)
· Liveblog from inside a McCain/Palin Rally (fbihop)
· Schweitzer to headline Harkin Steak Fry (desmoinesdem)
· Saturday Cartoons (Josh Orton)
· NY-26: Jack Davis' Fake 3rd Party Kicked Off Ballot (lipris)
· Texas Voter Registration Rates Nearing Records (KTinTX)
· THIS is how Democrats Fight Back (lowkell)
· Clinton Advisors Wishy-Washy on Palin (Bob Brigham)
· GOP Rep. Lynn Westmoreland Defends His Own Racism (HellofaSandwich)
· 16,000 to Attend National Anti-Poverty Convention on Saturday (Mathew Gross)
