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Anyone But Bush McCain

Posted in 2008 Elections, tagged , , , , , , on June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »

This morning Krugman takes a look at which way (politically) Obama will lead.
It’s feeling a lot like 1992 right now. It’s also feeling a lot like 1980. But which parallel is closer? Is Barack Obama going to be a Ronald Reagan of the left, a president who fundamentally changes the country’s direction? Or will he [...]

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Living in TN…

Posted in Blogging, tagged , , , on June 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Tennessee progressive blog roundup as brought to us by Randy
The “shoot ‘em if you got ‘em while Big Brother watches” edition of the random interval Tennessee progressive blog roundup with a look at what the best Tennessee bloggers are talking about.
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Wordless Wednesday
• Tiny Cat Pants: Will Campfield ever realize [...]

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Bush Dog Dem Schuler Needs a Refresher Course on Maturity

Posted in Economy and Business, Military & War, US House, tagged , , , , on June 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Yesterday, the local paper published this drivel from Blue Bush Dog Dem, Heath Schuler, who apparently has no idea what the meaning of maturity is.
In surprisingly blunt language, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler complained this week of “a lack of maturity” in the U.S. House.
The North Car-olina Democrat accused some of his fellow lawmakers of thinking [...]

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Buy Food Locally

Posted in Food & Drink, Health, tagged , , on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The most recent outbreak of salmonella, associated with tomatoes, and the source not yet found, is sickening people in the fair state of Tennessee (note: local paper picking up Ass. Press)
The state Department of Health reports that two more Tennesseans have been sickened by the salmonella outbreak linked to tainted tomatoes.
The two latest cases involve [...]

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Fools on the Hill: FISA

Posted in 2008 Elections, Civil Rights, Criminality, Technology, US Senate, tagged , , , , , on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

What the hell is wrong with the Fools on the Hill? There is overwhelming support to strip any FISA legislation of retroactive immunity for the telecoms that illegally tapped your phone/handed your information to the government without a warrant. Only 15 senators had the chutzpah to stand up for the people????
An effort to block a [...]

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Suing Countrywide for Deceptive Lending Practices

Posted in Civil Rights, Criminality, Housing, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Countrywide, a subprime lender, who has been accused of numerous deceptive and overly abusive tactics  (bordering on and often turning to the illegal) to sell loans, is being taken to task by Illinois Attorney General!
The lawsuit against Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC, Fortune 500) – planned for the same day shareholders were scheduled to vote on [...]

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FISA Filibuster and Payoffs

Posted in Civil Rights, Criminality, US Senate, tagged , , , , , on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »

Many progressives were disappointed, and thoroughly disgusted when Senate House democrats capitulated (this was NOT a copromise, unless someone has changed the definition of compromise) on the FISA bill last week, which included retroactive immunity for telecoms that subverted broke the law and turned over records to the government without warrants. Sen. Dodd and Feingold [...]

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Into the Hanger: Will There be Another Airline Bailout?

Posted in Bizness, tagged , on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’m all for getting some help at the pumps, perhaps along the lines of charging the oil companies with price gouging (the final cost to us as compared to the record profits) and closing the market loophole that manipulators (hedge funds) are taking advantage of. But, so far, not much is really happening to actually [...]

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Say what You Mean and Mean What You Say

Posted in 2008 Elections on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Update below
Why apologize for the truth?
An adviser to Sen. John McCain apologized Monday for saying a terrorist attack on the United States would be “a big advantage” for the Republican presidential candidate.
McCain said he “strenuously” disagreed with the remark.
Let’s face it, a terrorist attack would benefit the repugs in the fall, seriously, we have shown [...]

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Market Manipulators Driving Prices at the Pump

Posted in Criminality, Energy, tagged , , , , , on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Congress blew it a few weeks ago, thanks to the gop, who blocked legislation that would close the loophole on market manipulation on gas prices. Since then the Saudi’s have said they would increase output, but the market manipulators are driven by greed.
Oil prices rose Monday as investors shrugged off Saudi Arabia’s pledge to increase [...]

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