Pat Buchanan Gushes Over Obama's Acceptance Speech

One Commenter Says:

I called hell. Their wearing parkas.

Best line of the Convention

We need a president that puts Barney Smith before Smith Barney.

Desperately Seeking Change We Can Believe In

Frank Rich Says It All:

Is a man who is just discovering the Internet qualified to lead a restoration of America’s economic and educational infrastructures? Is the leader of a virtually all-white political party America’s best salesman and moral avatar in the age of globalization? Does a bellicose Vietnam veteran who rushed to hitch his star to the self-immolating overreaches of Ahmad Chalabi, Pervez Musharraf and Mikheil Saakashvili have the judgment to keep America safe?

Obama Going for Jugular: Attack Ad from Georgia

Home Made McCain Ad

This Might Be...His Finest Moment

Insurance Company Rules

Obama for President

I'm attending a Obama house party over on the east side of town today. I am co-hosting with a co-worker near his home, and near my parents' home. I've been asked to provide a few comments on why I am supporting Barack Obama for president.

In short, my thinking is simple. He is the best qualified candidate for leading the change that we must make to return America to the proper course. Respect for our fellow man both domestically and around the world, for the environment, honoring the service of the men and women who have served in the armed forces, whether they are still serving, or have returned home, and making sure that they are supported appropriately, commensurate with their sacrifice. It is important that we instill new leadership that is prepared to address these challenges. And I am confident that Barack is the candidate to take on those challenges.

Greenhills Dems Convene Again: July 17th

Just a reminder that we are supposed to get back together again Thursday, July 17th, at 7pm. Hope you all can make it! We need to get energized for the fall elections. We'll be up at the Greenhills Community Building Library again.

Cognitive Dissonance

One thing that I don't understand as we roll into this election cycle is the disconnect on the right as it pertains to torture. I see a recurring theme around the fact that torture tactics that we employed against detainees at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and other now-infamous US facilities are somehow tolerable, and that the provisions of the Geneva Convention are quaint, because frankly the means justify the ends, given what we suspect the detainee might have done. And in the same breath, the mere utterance of McCain's military record (not to mention his time as a POW)by anyone on the left triggers a hue and cry that no doubt signifies an impugning of his complete service record, and is nothing short of an indictment of the patriotism of the commenter.

We should either honor McCain's service, the incredible hardships he endured in five years as a POW, AND at the same time reject the premise that our own tactics (many similar, if not the same as those that McCain endured) were nothing less than torture, or alternatively, we relegate the tactics employed by American forces (hired guns and otherwise) to that just a step above "frat hazing" and then must therefore question the punishment that McCain endured as simply his initiation into the North Vietnamese chapter of Delta Tau Chi.

FISA Capitulation by Dems

Obama's vote on the FISA bill makes me somewhat queasy. But unfortunately his actions are merely the last component of capitulation, the sacrificing of our civil liberties at the feet of the most corrupt administration in American history. Bush, needless to say, is thrilled, and he should be: he was able to get every last component of what he was looking for out of a Democratic congress.

Chris Wallace: Big Oil Shill

If it were any more obvious, the folks at Fox would literally have to reach through the TV and pound us over the head with a 55 gallon drum. Wait until the end for the punchline. Laugh out loud funny.

Greenhills bike, hike study presented

Well, this news item from the Community Press is intriguing, but in my judgement, the reference is worthless without a more detailed reference to what the freaking report actually says. Money quote:

A copy of the report can be viewed at the municipal building.

It's not surprising that Greenhills wouldn't actually make available a soft copy for the Community Press to link to. Don't think that perhaps college students themselves would have a soft copy of their report? In fact, wouldn't they likely offer up a soft copy for broader distribution.

Just askin'

Without a Doubt, the Creepiest Stuff I've Seen Out of the McCain Campaign

> Oh wait, that's not campaign material. My bad.

New Yorker Article on Keith Olbermann

Overall, a pretty fair treatment of Keith. Although, as others have noted, this from the article confuses me (in reference to his "Special Comments":

His bosses loved it. “I think we’re onto something,” the president of NBC News, Steve Capus, told me. “That’s what we keep hearing from the audience, more and more, is that they appreciate that we have people who are actually speaking truth to power, or being transparent in their own personal viewpoints.” That’s another way of saying that liberals, after many failed attempts, seem finally to have found their own Bill O’Reilly.

How many are many failed attempts? All I can think of is Donahue.

"I'm Voting Republican"

It'd be funnier if it wasn't so true.

Greenhills Streetview Available On Google`

Okay, so it's only Winton Road. But it seems significant.

Let's Not Forget

What this country went through when Bobby Kennedy was assasinated. Why the hell would Hillary bring this up? Again, what goes through her mind to justify citing RFK's assassination as an example of the reason should stay in the race. It shows her singular focus on things that only matter to her.

America Is Driving Less

There would in fact appear to be some price elasticity of demand with gasoline. Vehicle Miles Fell 4.3% in March

Hillary Justifies Staying in the Race since RFK was assasinated in June

In what is one of the more telling statements of her state of mind, Hillary Clinton justifed her continued participation in nomination process by referencing the timing of Bobby Kennedy's assasination in June of 1968:

"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it."

My reaction here is that this is symptomatic of her having taken this too far. This is no longer a competitive candidacy. It has become a fixation, with some element of psycopathy thrown in for good measure.