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This is why 'Liddy' Dole will not be returning to DC as a senator. We in North Carolina are sick and tired of this, as is the rest of the country.
This is the most egregious of the slime and sleaze being floated out there by the repugicans and by all politicians for that matter.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
VOTE - November 4, 2008
VOTE!
Because if you vote the repugicans lose.
The more people who vote the less chance the repugicans have of stealing another election!
Because if you vote the repugicans lose.
The more people who vote the less chance the repugicans have of stealing another election!
Just in Time ...
... For Sowen/Samhain
The Addams Family
(brought to you by Crest toothpaste no less)
(brought to you by Crest toothpaste no less)
All right! For you fuddie-duds ... Just in Time for Halloween!
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American Stories, American Solutions
If there was any doubt ... there is not now!
This is why Our 44th President is named Barack Obama.
This is why Our 44th President is named Barack Obama.
As of this moment ...
4189 Brave men and women in Iraq
and
553 Brave men and women in Afghanistan
WILL NOT BE RETURNING HOME
ALIVE!
and
553 Brave men and women in Afghanistan
WILL NOT BE RETURNING HOME
ALIVE!
Epithet no more
"Now that fiscal 'conservatives' have devastated this country, it seems that 'liberal'
just doesn’t pack the epithetic wallop it once did. Just a few years ago, it was enough
to tar a Democrat as a liberal to hurt him in the polls, but people may be thinking that
liberals might not be so bad, considering that they have turned out to be right about
seemingly every policy argument of the past decade or so..."
just doesn’t pack the epithetic wallop it once did. Just a few years ago, it was enough
to tar a Democrat as a liberal to hurt him in the polls, but people may be thinking that
liberals might not be so bad, considering that they have turned out to be right about
seemingly every policy argument of the past decade or so..."
-- Allan Uthman,
Full Text
Full Text
And I Quote
"John McCain's ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy
toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas."
~ Barack Obama
toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas."
~ Barack Obama
Cell phone thief takes phonecam shot of himself
From the "This is why they're called Dumb Crooks" Department:
This Cincinnati, Ohio gentleman snatched a cell phone from a lost, deaf woman who had gotten out of her car to look for a street sign. Later, Gary Walker, 24, took a phonecam shot of himself. A few weeks after the robbery, the victim, Ashlee Hutchens, downloaded her data from the phone network into a new handset and Walker's photo popped up. Police then sent it out to the media and subsequently arrested Walker.
From Cincinnati Enquirer:
This Cincinnati, Ohio gentleman snatched a cell phone from a lost, deaf woman who had gotten out of her car to look for a street sign. Later, Gary Walker, 24, took a phonecam shot of himself. A few weeks after the robbery, the victim, Ashlee Hutchens, downloaded her data from the phone network into a new handset and Walker's photo popped up. Police then sent it out to the media and subsequently arrested Walker.
From Cincinnati Enquirer:
“All of a sudden his picture came up and (Ashlee) said, ‘Oh my god, Mom, that’s him and that’s the shirt he had on,’” Christine Hutchens said.
“I get very upset when the elderly, kids or handicapped people become victims of these offenses,” said Officer Tamar Skelly, who is with Crime Stoppers.
Generation WE
I am one as well - okay so I am chronologically a "Boomer", but I feel as do the members of Generation WE.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
First photo of a person
"Boulevard du Temple", taken by Daguerre in late 1838 or early 1839 in Paris, was the first photograph of a person.
The image shows a busy street, but because exposure time was over ten minutes, the traffic was moving too much to appear.
The exception is the man at the bottom left, who stood still getting his boots polished long enough to show.
Tis a wedding ...
I presided over a wedding today for two friends I have known for a lot of years. In fact the bride was a very young looking 14 year-old (she looked ten if a day) when I met her ten years ago.
Having watched her grow up I was a bit shocked to see her getting married ... and I was pronouncing the marriage and signing the paperwork.
The site at Morrow Mountain State Park was wonderful and it warmed up just in time for the ceremony. The couple met at the RenFaire (both are on the professional circuit now) and the rest of us knew they'd be married years ago - she did as well but it took the groom a bit longer to realize it - so quite a few of we fellow RenFaire performers attended the wedding.
If you know anything about RenFaire performers you would not recognize us this day we actually could have passed to a group of bankers - so we really are good actors.
But the couple radiated as all couples do on their wedding day and all had a great time. And yes, there was one element to the day that showed we weren't really bankers - the pumpkin craving.
You read that correct ... pumpkin carving ... the couple had pumpkins for all guests to crave as they wished to take home.
I wish them well in their life together.
But dammnit, she is still that little 14 year old dressed in a tattered jester's costume with mud smudged on her face I first met!
Having watched her grow up I was a bit shocked to see her getting married ... and I was pronouncing the marriage and signing the paperwork.
The site at Morrow Mountain State Park was wonderful and it warmed up just in time for the ceremony. The couple met at the RenFaire (both are on the professional circuit now) and the rest of us knew they'd be married years ago - she did as well but it took the groom a bit longer to realize it - so quite a few of we fellow RenFaire performers attended the wedding.
If you know anything about RenFaire performers you would not recognize us this day we actually could have passed to a group of bankers - so we really are good actors.
But the couple radiated as all couples do on their wedding day and all had a great time. And yes, there was one element to the day that showed we weren't really bankers - the pumpkin craving.
You read that correct ... pumpkin carving ... the couple had pumpkins for all guests to crave as they wished to take home.
I wish them well in their life together.
But dammnit, she is still that little 14 year old dressed in a tattered jester's costume with mud smudged on her face I first met!
Oops. they forgot Library records
With the wing-nuts howling and whispering (at the same time) that Obama was not born in the US and hoping you believe that horseshit here is his birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser published on August 13, 1961.
It is in the fourth grouping of birth announcement on the far left side of the page. Showing his birth on August 4, 1961 in the state of Hawaii, USA.
It is in the fourth grouping of birth announcement on the far left side of the page. Showing his birth on August 4, 1961 in the state of Hawaii, USA.
Ain't mirco-film great!!
Don't Speak For Me Sarah Palin
*****
Don't speak for me Sarah Palin,
The truth is I do not like you.
My kid plays hocky,
And I wear lipstick,
But I'm a thinker,
And you're a dipstick.
Don't speak for me Sarah Palin,
The truth is I do not like you.
My kid plays hocky,
And I wear lipstick,
But I'm a thinker,
And you're a dipstick.
Vote Flipping
Actual footage of a electronic voting machine 'flipping votes'.
They 'recalibrate' it on video and it still 'flips' votes.
They 'recalibrate' it on video and it still 'flips' votes.
And they want us to believe that they are counting the votes as they are cast?!
They are trying to steal another election, folks.
Not this time, buddy!
They are trying to steal another election, folks.
Not this time, buddy!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Criminal charges in boy's gun death?
A prosecutor said Tuesday he is investigating whether criminal charges should be filed after an 8-year-old boy accidentally killed himself while firing an Uzi submachine gun at a gun fair in western Massachusetts.
Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, shot himself in the head when he lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun as it recoiled while he was firing at a pumpkin.
Police have said the shooting at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club on Sunday was an accident.
Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett said he is investigating whether the gun fair violated the state's firearms law by allowing the boy to fire the machine gun, and also whether it was "a reckless or wanton act to allow an 8-year-old to use a fully loaded automatic weapon."
"At this point in the investigation I have found no lawful authority which allows an 8-year-old to possess or fire a machine gun," Bennett said in a statement.
Daniel Vice, senior attorney with the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said his interpretation is that Massachusetts law specifically prohibits "furnishing a machine gun to any person under 18."
"It is unconscionable that the gun fair allowed and encouraged young children to fire machine guns," he said in a statement.
Christopher Bizilj of Ashford, Connecticut, shot himself in the head when he lost control of the 9mm micro submachine gun as it recoiled while he was firing at a pumpkin.
Police have said the shooting at the Machine Gun Shoot and Firearms Expo at the Westfield Sportsman's Club on Sunday was an accident.
Hampden County District Attorney William Bennett said he is investigating whether the gun fair violated the state's firearms law by allowing the boy to fire the machine gun, and also whether it was "a reckless or wanton act to allow an 8-year-old to use a fully loaded automatic weapon."
"At this point in the investigation I have found no lawful authority which allows an 8-year-old to possess or fire a machine gun," Bennett said in a statement.
Daniel Vice, senior attorney with the Washington-based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, said his interpretation is that Massachusetts law specifically prohibits "furnishing a machine gun to any person under 18."
"It is unconscionable that the gun fair allowed and encouraged young children to fire machine guns," he said in a statement.
*****
The child was attending the gun show with his father and older brother.
And where was the child's father when all this occurred you ask ...
On Monday, Bizilj told The Boston Globe he was about 10 feet behind his son and reaching for his camera when the weapon fired.
He said his family avoided larger weapons, but he let his son try the Uzi because it's a small weapon with little recoil.
Reaching for his CAMERA!
The asshole should have been reaching for his brain - something he obviously does not have - letting an 8 year-old fire an automatic weapon!
This tragic loss of a young life is horrific but the real tragedy is the lack of sense displayed by the boy's father and the 'circling of the wagons' of the gun show people saying they aren't to blame.
By damn, they aren't!
He said his family avoided larger weapons, but he let his son try the Uzi because it's a small weapon with little recoil.
Reaching for his CAMERA!
The asshole should have been reaching for his brain - something he obviously does not have - letting an 8 year-old fire an automatic weapon!
This tragic loss of a young life is horrific but the real tragedy is the lack of sense displayed by the boy's father and the 'circling of the wagons' of the gun show people saying they aren't to blame.
By damn, they aren't!
And I Quote
"According to expense reports, Sarah Palin charged the state of Alaska over $21,000 for her children to travel with her on official business.
In fairness to Governor Palin, when she leaves them home alone, they get pregnant."
~ Seth Meyers, SNL
"It turns out the highest-paid person in the McCain campaign is Palin's makeup artist.
I'm not kidding.
The highest-paid person, she flies to every city where Palin appears.
And McCain? He just gets the local gal who does the funeral home."
~ Bill Maher
I'm not kidding.
The highest-paid person, she flies to every city where Palin appears.
And McCain? He just gets the local gal who does the funeral home."
~ Bill Maher
"Sarah Palin says the election is in God's hands now.
Isn't that what you say to a prisoner who's about to be executed?"
~ Jimmy Kimmel
Isn't that what you say to a prisoner who's about to be executed?"
~ Jimmy Kimmel
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