More than 84,000 people ! And what were the Republicans saying before the speech?

The Republicans were saying, "It is very risky to speak in a stadium without knowing if there would be good attendance. What does that tell me about Republicans? That they are calculating. Manipulative and lack the confidence that existed in Denver last night.

Barak Obama wanted a chance to be with the people that have stood by him since the beginning. To do so, he went to a stadium and literally said, "Build it and they will come." And come they did.

Barak has been, "Our Barak." Last night proved that.

The American people don't need just ANYONE with 'Old World' experience, they NEED a leader that "Will rebuild our nation."

John McCain can huff and puff all he wants as a political propaganda stunt, but, he ain't goin' ta war with Russia !

China and four Central Asian nations voiced support Thursday for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's 'active role' in resolving the conflict in Georgia, according to the draft of a joint statement released by the Kremlin.
MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/AFP/Getty

Enough said.

..."The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) members decided not to go for extremes when reacting to Russia's actions in the Caucasus. In a restrained manner and without recognizing South Ossetia and Abkhazia, they did side with their partner," the state Rossiyskaya Gazeta said.
"Russian officials assured that in closed meetings, SCO colleagues voiced full understanding of Russia's position, but could not acknowledge it openly due to internal reasons," the daily wrote.
"The most important thing was that SCO confirmed Russia's chief role as peacekeeper in the Caucasus," Rossiyskaya Gazeta added.
The Vremya Novostei daily was the only one upbeat, claiming that "in a practically consolidated anti-Russian stance the West took, Moscow still got support for its actions in the Caucasus from Beijing and other SCO partners."...

This is good and prudent policy between China and Russia. Such a treaty prevents war between them and protects their people from a war that would have high casualities while exposing their sovereignty to the risk of being destroyed by still a Western invasion force that would exploit a war between China and Russia. It was a treaty that needed to be signed. It saves lives for them as two communist nations.

The problem then lies with 'where does the USA and The West fit in?'

BEFORE Bush invaded Iraq illegally, the answer was easy. We were all allies. The West, China, Russia. But, the Neocons exploited 'the opportunity' that Osama bin Laden presented for a profit margin. Today, Russia; after being disaffected by terrorists that should have been stopped after September 11th as these networks are thriving on Opium Money from Afghanistan; no longer views The West as benevolent, yet alone an ally.

The instability between the breakaway provinces and Georgia posed a threat to Russian borders. They weren't going to stand by and let it continue, especially with Condi and Georgie exacerbating the power struggle with promises of a Missile Shield. The Neocons, including McCain, are very weak on diplomatic efforts.

McCain likes to ridicule Obama citing 'experience.' McCain even 'taps' film of 'the defeated' in the Democratic debates. McCain is turning to those that lost the debates and in his commercials he never allows Obama's reply to be heard. Obama should run those commercials 'in their entirety' and put McCain out of business. It's hideous. McCain is stating by airing those debate 'spots' that he is as good as 'the defeated.' Hello?

The experience McCain has will never melt the NEW Cold War. Never !


July 18, 2001
The Russia-China Friendship and Cooperation Treaty: A Strategic Shift in Eurasia? (click here)
by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1459
On July 16, the presidents of Russia and China signed a Treaty for Good Neighborliness, Friendship and Cooperation in Moscow. 1 This treaty is the first such agreement between these two Eurasian powers since Mao Tse-tung signed a treaty with Joseph Stalin of the U.S.S.R. in 1950, four months before the outbreak of the Korean War. That treaty had been driven by anti-Western sentiments....

Which of the storms forming in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico will be the next danger? Maybe all three !

August 28, 2008

1630z

UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite

(12 hour loop at title to entry)

Whopper of a vortex offshore North America on the Arctic Circle. Could it be a heat transfer system with a communicating relationship with the three storms now in oscillation? Yeah. I think so. That should be telling anyone that these storms aren't typical hurricanes, are highly charged/ionic and are persistent in their ability to build and deliver severe storms with deluges of rain.

The Greatest Patriot

The speech Hillary gave last night was more than remarkable, it was heroic.

For as much as her efforts from here on will reflect a New York Senator defeated in the primaries to what many thought was her entitlement to the Presidency, her patriotism to the USA is nearly genetic.

There has been a few moments in Hillary's life when she wasn't concerned for her country, but, I think those moments belong to her family's memory of her as a child. Hillary has been the backbone to much of what is good about this country from her earliest days as a student, working as a young woman for children's rights, serving on a committee to impeach the President many years ago, the years at the side of her husband in the White House; right up to the point where she took on the responsibity yesterday to insure the USA would have a President it deserves and needs.

I congratulate her. Her speech was 'classic' Hillary and in all honesty, it was expected if one ever took the time to know her heart.

Thank you, Hillary.

Obama in 2008 !!!

The Obama Nomination is not a Democratic Anecdote, it is a dream come true.

From the annals of the Civil Rights Movement and players such as Martin Luther King, JFK and Alabama's Georga Wallace (click here); last night was the beginning of the promise to unite the USA with truly inclusive policies.

Michelle Obama, wife of presumptive US Democratic nominee Illinois Senator Barack Obama, stands with her daughters Sasha (L) and Malia on stage during the Democratic National Convention.

Photo: AFP

Michelle was her usual dignified self and dressed impeccably to the occassion. What I want to know is, was Barak listening?

In emotional tribute, Kennedy patches torch

Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The thousands of Democrats on their feet Monday night in the Pepsi Center, cheering as their eyes welled with tears, knew they were witness to a last great page, written as they watched, of their most cherished icon, Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts....

Presidential candidates filing nomination papers (in Pakistan)

Asif Ali Zardari, Benazir Bhutto's widower, seen as likely Pakistan president candidate.

Swiss drop charges against Bhutto's widower (click here)
By ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS – 16 hours ago
GENEVA (AP) — The Geneva prosecutor said Monday he has dropped money laundering charges against Asif Ali Zardari, widower of the late Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto and favorite to become the country's next president.
Prosecutor General Daniel Zappelli noted that the Pakistan prosecutor had dropped his corruption case against Zardari partly on grounds the original charges were political motivated.
Zappelli's move comes eight months after he dropped charges against Bhutto the day following her assassination.
Pakistani judicial officials had ordered Pakistan's case against Zardari closed after then-President Pervez Musharraf issued a controversial order quashing corruption charges against Bhutto and her husband....

Presidential candidates filing nomination papers (click title to entry, thank you)
PML-N nominates Saeeduzzaman; PML-Q nominates Mushahid
Tuesday August 26, 2008 (1113 PST)

ISLAMABAD: The candidates of Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League (N) and other parties are filing their nomination papers for presidential bid on Tuesday. Federal Law Minister Farooq Naek has submitted the nomination papers of Peoples Party co-chairman Asif Zardari to Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Muhamad Farooq.
Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman, ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali, Minster for Water and Power Pervez Ashraf, Minister for Labour and Manpower Syed Khurshid Shah, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, Senator Baber Awan, Senator Raza Rabbani, advisor to prime minister Manzoor Watto, Rehmatullah Kakar and others were also present at this occasion.
A larger number of Peoples Party workers were gathered outside Election Commission, chanted slogans in favour of Asif Zardari....

Some things just never change and to realize 'the roots' of Georgians is to realize the futility of the USA's efforts.

When the USA drew up The Declaration of Independence, we didn't continue to celebrate English King's birthday. Georgia is FIRST a satellite of the former USSR and secondly an autonomous state. No different than Bush/Cheney building the Baghdad Hilton with a 2 mile International Airport nearby, Russia has no plans of ever leaving Georgia. They learned from Condi Rice and her inability to allow secure Russia borders from The West's aggressive missile defense system that leaving Georgia is NOT AN OPTION.


Oh, and those USA ships in the Black Sea? They were an attempt to intimidate Russia and that's all. It didn't work and the 'exercise' was simply a 'waste of gas.' The CIA's Rose Revolution was a waste of energy, because they didn't have 'the backing' of the Commander and Chief EXCEPT for its Homeland Political Impact. Isn't the first time the CIA was a political puppet, ask Valerie Plame.

Russia to keep soldiers in Georgia (click here)
MOSCOW -- Russia plans to establish a long-term presence in Georgia and one of its breakaway republics by adding 18 checkpoints, including at least eight within undisputed Georgian territory outside the pro-Russian enclave of South Ossetia, a ranking Russian military official told reporters Wednesday.The checkpoints will be staffed by hundreds of Russian troops, the official said, and those within Georgia proper will have supplies ferried to them from breakaway South Ossetia....

A woman presents flowers in front of Stalin's bronze statue in Gori, Georgia as people gathered here to commemorate the 125th anniversary of former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Joseph Vissarrionovich Stalin in his hometown Dec. 21, 2004.

19:07 19/08/2008
Trophies from the Kodori Gorge: confiscated weapons shown to tourists
On display are small arms, equipment and uniforms confiscated by peacekeepers as they disarmed Georgian units in the conflict zone.

http://en.rian.ru/video/20080819/116138262.html

Eastern Europe 25.08.2008
Berlin, EU Reject Russian Calls for Georgian Regions' Statehood

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3591163,00.html

Russia's upper house of parliament on Monday voted unanimously for a resolution calling on President Medvedev to recognize Georgia's rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, angering the international community....

Fay's Rain Inundating Florida

August 24, 2008
Parker, Colorado
Photographer states :: This hit near the Hess Reservoir here in Parker, I'm hearing on the TV now. Some structure damage is being reported. (click here)

This tornado is way outside the parameters of Tornado Alley and is prevalent from April through July, with a concentration of the season in May and June. In the past, the USA had occassional tornadoes 'out of season,' but, not this many and certainly not in this many northern areas.

August 25, 2008
1425z
10:25 AM EDT
UNISYS Visual Satellite of Southeast USA.

If one is limiting their focus to 'the storm' rather than dynamics that contribute to 'the support' of 'the storm;' than the 'reality' that this is a Climate Change storm will never be broached as the language barrier of Republican influence exists in denial to an entire society. Even the weather reports regarding 'the truth' of such storms have been propagandized. The ability of USA government agencies to provide 'state of the art' information to the world regarding Human Induced Global Warming has been removed through estranged priorities to that end.

In the image below one can note the extensive 'nature of the system' at work if one notices the connecting air mass over the Baja Peninsula, the air mass now circulating over the Mexican coast south of McAllen, Texas and the continued connection to the storms as they appear as vortices in the Atlantic ocean.

This 'system' of storms and 'tropospheric dynamics' and 'the row of storms' noted is similar in nature to 'a street' of vortices only once found in frigid regions when warmer air masses mixed with stable frigid air. The heat dynamics of the planet has exceeded 'normality' and 'the vortex street' phenomena is now noted in equatorial and sub-tropical climates across North America.

August 25, 2008
1630z
UNISYS Visual Satellite of North America as truncated to include only the USA mainland borders.


Why folks can't seem to 'make sense' out Climate Change is because they 'legally/legislatively' don't recognize it at all. A society has to have the language in order to facilitate its education and understanding and it just doesn't exist in the USA. The American public has been 'dummied down' in regard to Climate Change and are way behind their peers in Europe and Asia.

Al Gore is right, by the way (click here). This subject is so important for the USA to address that he and his influence nearly have to remain outside the political rhelm if his initiative is going to have a resolve. There is 'no time' to attempt to assail a USA policy if there is going to be influence within the USA to solve its energy problems and stop its CO2 pollution. Al's contribution far exceeds any ability to date for legislation to be effective. If he wasn't 'there for all of us' we wouldn't even have the language we vitally need to proceed.


August 25, 2008
1630z

UNISYS Water Vapor Hemispheric Satellite of the north and west hemisphere.

As to the satellite above, what does one notice? Is Fay an autonomous storm?

No.

It is a series of storms all connected and nearly identical in dynamics across the face of this hemisphere. One won't find these dynamics any place else because the USA has the highest carbon load of any country on Earth and it is contributing to that load unmercifully. Therefore, all the 'grossly' atypical climate change dynamics are first noted in the USA, followed by Europe.

I fully intend to discuss "Abortion Rights of Women" ad nauseum and with open and honest opinion. No one is going to hide from this TROJAN HORSE!!!

Women who have an abortion are not at greater risk of mental health problems, scientists have concluded. (click title to entry, thank you)
...But the American Psychological Association found 'no credible evidence' that an abortion of an unwanted pregnancy causes mental health problems....











NO, I have never had an abortion. Jerks ! But, I have girlfriends that have and they have gone on to live happy and fulfilling lives and had more babies. One with the same man that her inital abortion took place.

IT SIMPLY, was the wrong time for them to start their families.

Stop demonizing women and I mean NOW !!!

THIS IS AN ABORTION CLINIC !!!

It is real. It exists. It will always be a part of the American Landscape. Get over it. Its demise is a Trojan Horse that threatens our democracy.

John McCain is threatening the lives of women and I am not going to put up with it ! He has NO RIGHT to take the issue of 'life' in his hands as a candidate for President of the United States of America.

"At the moment of conception," McCain replied, to loud applause from the audience. (click here)

The issue of abortion is one that belongs in the halls of theology and not government. John McCain and his political pandering is opening the door to victimize women and introduce a 'culture of contempt' that will remove our USA Constitution from existence and replace it with a Christian dominated political structure with goals that are adverse to our best outcomes including women's ability to compete on the political stage and obtain top ranking jobs due to inability to attend educational opportunities.

We know for a fact that past generations of women in the USA were DELAYED by ten years in their political careers. THE REASON. "Family Responsibilities."

That 'was' the reason to move to a liberated state for women, but, the 'risk to democracy' marshalled in with the McCain statement that will only serve to 'engage' a different political philosophy for the USA will lead to a greater danger to the freedoms of the USA.

There are many religions in the USA and many are NOT opposed to a Woman's Right To Choose, yet one wouldn't know it to listen to McCain. McCain is NOT for the people, so much as for the Christian Conservative. He is religiously biased and the "W"rong place for any American President to be.

McCain's political posturing is poison to the 'ideals' of freedom of the USA and his pandering to Pro-Lifers is proof the man has no backbone so much as a goal to end the choices that women of all walks of life currently enjoy in order to facilitate the priorities of a 'religious preference.' That perspective opens the door to a government that biases legislation and causes other religions into the 'background' of the USA with the eventual outcome that eliminates them completely. THAT is the goal of the Religious Right and no one can deny it regardless of their willingness to say otherwise in a 'spirit of generosity and neighborliness.'

I don't need their generosity or the neighborliness of anyone. I simply need the freedoms afforded me under MY Constitution.

Why should any religion dominate the laws of the USA unless it was to turn its leaders into powerhouses with trends that would continue to destroy the USA Constitution and eliminate the separations of church and state? There is no separation of church and state in the McCain words and he is about as contemptable a person as they come when the topic is women and their protections.

The religious bigotry caused by The Republican Party this election should have been 'called' by the media a long time ago. Where in the wildest imaginations of ANYONE do they find 'the right' to character assassinate a Presidential Candidate based on his religion as a child being raised by a dedicated mother struggling for her own economic stability in providing for her son !!!???

Where do these people 'get the right' to turn the word Muslim into a 'dirty word?' And the nation of electorate of the USA actually allow them to get away with it? If that form of character assassination can 'go on' without social ridicule in overwhelming terms, what does that say about bigotry and bias in general as a nation of people? Like, WOW, I don't even want to 'go there' in realizing 'the sad state of affairs' we are in if such fears manifest into the 'voting reality' of the day.

The national focus of what is ACCEPTABLY 'good vs bad' is completely out of balance. Child rearing should mean something. Attending church and seeking the advise of a pastor, rabbi, priest or any clergy should mean something. Instead, the 'blur' of God overseeing the laws of the USA has become a part of bigotry in a way that will remove protections from 'the individual' and force a 'homogenicity' to the USA populous that is dangerous to our freedoms and individuality. It's "W"rong and John McCain is "W"rong. Dangerously "W"rong !!!

Are the people of the USA so scared of the reality of their Constitutional freedoms that they have to reliquish them to religious leaders that can't see the forest for the trees?

The real initiative with abortion is NOT eliminating it by 'rule of law' but 'uplifting society' to the point where its existence is simply a cliche to the value of women, children, family and the depth of that to our society. When a religious organization FAILS at its ministry to the point where it demands changes to Constitutional Rights, that is where EVERYONE should draw the line.

My purpose in life is NOT to uphold the values of Evangelicals out of 'fear developed' by their own religious bias, but, to be open to the realities of all Americans and the adversity they face.

Abortion will become unheard of, when women are honored, given equal access to every aspect of life, children are revered in their potential and that link exists in 'the idea of opportunity' to parent. When parenting 'in poverty' becomes such an abhorrence to the American Conscience then and ONLY THEN will abortion become simply a definition in a dictionary.

What's the matter? The Religous Right NOT up to it !!! After all we have legal recognition of Faith Based initiatives. So. Ah. Like. What's the problem?

Fear mongers all !

The McCain idea of Habitat for Humanity

Coronado Shores

The place where Cindy McCain and family decided to take advantage of the demised California housing market.

That's NOT the best part, though.

Southland home prices tumble fast (click here)
March 14, 2008
Southern California home prices are now 19% below their peak last year, and the surprisingly rapid decline is leading experts to predict that the housing slump will be worse than initially thought – surpassing the severe downturn of the 1990s....

These priorites by a prominent Arizona family is clear demonstration of their 'moral content' and where their loyalities reside. They'll pass judgement on women that seek abortions, but, couldn't care less if they have a home to bring their children to, so much as 'taking advantage' of the planned assault against personal American security in home ownership to 'provide a faux Bush economy' that buoyed his 2004 election.

Now, John McCain wants to 'take advantage' of the adversity his 95% backing of Bush/Cheney policy brought, for him to say HE is a DC outsider.

I

DON'T

THINK

SO !!!

The fact John McCain could not even speak to the issue without leaning on his political advisors to regurgitate 'his appropriate' statements is more than troublesome.

"I think -- I'll have my staff get to you," McCain replied. "It's condominiums where -- I'll have them get to you."

If McCain is unable to make statements about personal home ownership and the activities of his family, then what else does he require coaching on that ONLY his advisors 'get to dictate' comes through his vibarto.

We are all far too familiar with the 'image making' of Bush and how 'the control' of that image made him completely inaccessible to the people he was SUPPOSED to serve. We are seeing the 'same exact phenomena' with McCain and 'here we go again' and WHO indeed is really the candidate? McCain or his 'advisory team?'

The USA needs a leader, NOT, a puppet.

It is easy to see why Barak Obama chose a great American as his Vice President. It's also easy to 'talk about Joe. "...Our Joe..."

Joe Biden is NOT a DC insider. He has lead an atypical career from its inception and has provided some of the most vigorous laws to our country's content.


His presence on the Democratic Presidential Ticket alone has scared the wits out of the Republicans to the point of lying about McCain and stating John McCain is an Independant. Huh? Wow, Joe, you displaced McCain right out of the party in order to compete. How great is that? There is now an entire Republican Party full of voters that are without a nominee. McCain, according to Spector, is now an independant. Amazing. The lies Republcan will tell.


Joe Biden took over the leadership of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after the resignation of Jesse Helms.

Helms had a strangle hold on that committee far, far too long and as a result the cronies of North Carolina enjoyed the presence of a major military base from every branch of the service as well as one of the largest munition depots in the country. The fact of the matter is, North Carolina's 'military content' is a threat to national security. If the rebels of North Carolina took a good notion to be a separatist county they could do it without effort.


But, Joe's 'ease' of conducting himself on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee speaks to his confidence in 'what he knows' when he follows 'his nose' about 'talking straight' about the USA and its 'position' in the world. He will lead the conversations this election cycle on foreign policy and the issues of American image and its roll in the world and how its stability has to be achieved in order to provide a 'counter' balance to that of The East; to facilitate disarmament from 'the nuclear edge of the cliff' Bush/Cheney likes to call diplomacy when all it is, is called brinkmanship.


To that end I need not address his competency.


I know where Barak's loyalty was when chosing Joe. It was right at the heart of what a Vice Presidential candidate is all about. How do I know that? Easy one. When Barak met Joe in Springfield, he made a foible, if you will, in his annoucement speech. Barak stated, "I want to introduce the next President...I want to introduce to you the next Vice President..."

STOP.

HIT PLAYBACK.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

"I want to introduce the next President..." Come on Barak, now I know you don't mean that, so what was that stumble you are so famous for?


You see, Barak is his own lie detector. I never have to wonder whether he is 'playing politics' or being honest, because I always know he is NOT predisposed to lies or deceit. I sincerely believe, except for trying to 'recapture' his image from the lies of the media, Barak is not capable of lying.

He just isn't.

His thoughts have no 'pre-planning' when confronting questions and that 'plays out' in what might be preceived as a 'stuttering' of sorts. What some Americans might even preceive as a disability of sorts.


It isn't. It is the mind of a brilliant man engaged in thoughts about issues that are his to ponder, only to react to questions he has already engaged and mastered. Barak is not WELL REHERSED when he answers questions, he is simply vanished with answers to the tough questions that a nation presents.

When Barak begins to answer questions placed to him, there is this 'engagement' issue of the subject. See, he 'isn't there' for the most part to the question asked, but, he has already 'been there' and it is as if he has to 'reengage' issues already settled in his mind. In other words, 'regrouping' to the reality of the audience.


So, when he stated, "I want to introduce the next President,..." he was. He was introducing the man that would be the next President of the USA should for some reason he not be able to complete his terms in office. I know today, that Barak sincerely chose Joe for that reason and that reason alone. It wasn't a 'ticket enhancement.' It was pure purpose and for that reason, Joe should feel even greater honor. No 'user' fees need to be rendered.

So, to the subject of Joe Biden's career to date. He is a mover and a shaker, a proud expression of the term "American."

Joe has spent eight years as CHAIRMAN of the Senate Judiciary Committee. During those years on the committee and as Chairman he passed some of the best laws of this country. No one talks about that. They only focus on the 'nominees' of the committee. THAT is not all the Senate Committee does. The Senate Judicary Committee seeks answers to the needs of the USA where laws aren't clear or citizens' rights are blurred. To that end, Joe Biden has lead this country immeasurably to enhance the rights and protections of citizens.


Joe has crafted laws such as The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (click here), The Violence Against Women Act (click here) (and I want to return to the VAWA in a minute), but, also legislation such as The Anti-Drug Abuse Act which created the USA Drug Czar (click here) and the RAVE Act (Reducing Americans Vulnerability to Ectasy Act - click here) which also focuses on prosecution of drugs that enhance the vulnerability of a woman to rape as induced by drugs.

Women have a friend in Joe Biden.

But, to take this opportunity to visit The Violence Against Women Act or VAWA, is too good to be true. See, the Supreme Court didn't find the law worthy of the American Constitution and declared its protections of 'gender based' crimes unconstitutional. That isn't the most astounding part. The Right Wing, of which McCain belongs, appauded demise of the law. (click here)

VAWA was then reauthorized in 2000 (click here) and a more extensive reconstruction of the bill was signed in January 2006 (click here) with the reality of the Demcratic return to the majority of the House and Senate.

See there is a profound difference between The Rightish Republicans and Americans. The Republicans don't believe in The Federal Government. They LIKE to reduce its 'need to exist' to nothing at every turn, hence 'the all too famous' TAX CUT, which reduces the 'fisability' of government.


So, where Americans 'need' government, where most women find solice from life's adversities, there is little to no protections for women. Instead, the Republicans like to 'victimize' women that CAUSE their circumstances to be diminished in capacity by the virtual fact they are 'in majority' the weaker gender.

Victimize, one might say? Where? How?

Through 'the lack' of federal laws, the funding to enforce those laws, women are exposed to vulnerabilities they don't know exist. Women's rights extend far beyond the 'womb' and it is amazing to realize 'that organ' is the ONLY place Republican women are focused. It must be about 'control' and 'the control of female power' in that party. Marriage facilitates female wealth when women relinquish their personal powers to 'the role' of 'the better half' to their husbands.

"Been there." "Done that." Won't ever go back, it exposed MY CHILDREN to potentials for poverty that I was never prepared for and to realize women are entering 'that state of affairs' again in large numbers while being excluded from educational opportunities is completely UN-AMERICAN !

Don't like what I say or the way I say it?

Too Bad.

The truth can hurt !

I am taking back my country and WITHOUT the assistance of Republcians with "W"rong directions and priorities. That wasn't always 'the case' either.

Everyone get the 3AM phone call? I did. What kinda good news was that, huh?

Beyond the wonderful choice of a great American for Democratic Vice President, the 'other' story never got reported.

What story is that you say?

The fact that the 'chronically right leaning' media covering the elections of 2008. didn't 'get it.' For nearly 24 hours, the media services ridiculed the Obama Campaign for sending out a text message at such an inopportune time of day.

Nobody reported 'that' story. So, I am going to talk about it here.

Bloggers 'got it,' Twitters 'got it,' those in support of the Obama nomination 'got it,' but somehow all that evaded the Right/West Wing media for nearly 24 hours into the news cycle. My, my, what an opportunity to be AGAIN ridiculing one of the best organized, best 'involved' campaigns in the history of the USA. Right? Why 'pass up' still ANOTHER opportunity to defame the greatest man to lead this country just ONE MORE TIME.

Then they have this 'thing' about reporting high numbers of 'undecideds' and putting a faux face on the election in order to promote the ideas of 'Obama should be leading by 10 points over McCain by now.'

Well, guess what? He more than likely does, but, the reporting services in this country, JUST DON'T GET IT !!!

Out of touch?

Just a little. If our media outlets are 'this' out of touch with reality, then what else are they out of touch with?

Some of their so called, 'style' is a result of eight years of Bush/Cheney, illegal wars, a corrupt Congress, a deeply corrupted FCC and their having to report the legitimacy of it all.

Darn shame. Can't even trust 'fair reporting' anymore.

McCain. The Typical Republican. Kay Bailey Hutchison, indicted 3 counts of official misconduct as Texas treasurer. Who's left for McCain's cabinet?

"PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES..."


McCain and Renzi in Baghdad

Abramoff Aide Plays the Market (click here)
By Garrett M. Graff
Only four months after buying a $2.2-million house in Georgetown, former Jack Abramoff pal Michael Scanlon and his wife, Brandy McMahon, have put the house back on the market—with an asking price nearly $300,000 more than what they paid in February.
The couple indirectly brought about the entire Abramoff lobbying scandal when Scanlon broke off his engagement to another Hill aide and began dating McMahon—a 24-year-old waitress at the Big Fish Grill in Rehoboth Beach, where Scanlon was lifeguarding. The jilted fiancée teamed up with Scanlon’s ex-wife, Carrie Anne Messina, to raise suspicions about Scanlon’s lifestyle. During the height of his association with Abramoff, Scanlon rented a $17,000-a-month penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton in DC’s West End and a share of a Gulfstream jet....




McCain Received $100,000 From Firm Of Abramoff Notoriety (click here)
A review of campaign finance filings shows that the Arizona Republican has accepted more than $100,000 in donations from employees of Greenberg Traurig, the very firm where Abramoff once reigned.
Those donations include several thousand dollars from registered lobbyists who represent, or have represented, businesses such as NewsCorp, Rupert Murdoch's media empire; Spi Spirits, a Cyprus based company that has fought with the Russian government for the rights to the Stolichnaya vodka brand name; El Paso Corp, a major energy company; General Motors; and the Essential Worker Immigration Coalition, a group of businesses and trade associations "concerned" about the shortage of lesser skilled and unskilled labor.
All told, McCain has received more than $400,000 from lobbying firms, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And among his major fundraisers ("bundlers") 59 have been identified as lobbyists by the non-profit organization Public Citizen....



2nd McCain Official to Face Federal Charges (click here)
February 22, 2008 1:53 PM
...Obama has in the past enjoyed the generous financial support of indicted businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko, although the Chicago-area entrepreneur has reportedly given no money to Obama's presidential campaign. Obama has given back nearly $150,000 in earlier donations from Rezko and his associates.
For Congress-watchers, Renzi's indictment is a separate milestone: He is the fourth lawmaker since 2005 to be indicted or plead guilty. He was preceded by former Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, R-Calif.; Bob Ney, R-Ohio; and William Jefferson, D-La.

McCain, The War President

If John McCain is elected there will be a draft.

Guaranteed. (click here)

If you are making decisions regarding your vote based on the fact you are scared of seeking peace, then you have sealed 'the deal' on America at War.

John McCain Agrees: “If we don’t reenact the draft I don’t think we will have anyone to chase Bin Laden”(click here)

The Commander and Chief Role of the USA Constitution is supposed to be 'a part' of the responsibility of The Presidency; NOT a goal.

...According to the Atlantic, John McCain recently had a conversation with a woman in Los Crucas, New Mexico, who was concerned about the plight of veterans.

The woman said, in part:"My son is an officer in the Air Force, I'm a vet, and I was raised in a military family. And I think it's a sorry state of affairs. When we have illegal aliens; having a medic-aid card that can access specialists, top physicians, the best of medical, and our vets can't even get to a doctor. And these are the people that we tied yellow ribbons for and Bush patted on the back. If we don't re-enact the draft, I don't think we'll have anyone to chase Bin Laden to the gates of Hell. ( click here) "

To which Senator John McCain replied, "Ma'am let me say that I don't disagree with anything you have said and thank you."...

To begin, the USA cannnot 'sustain' a protracted war on any front. It has no economy and there is a huge myth about 'a war economy.' The War Economy of WW II occurred 'in consent' of allies and in support of an overt reason to succeed. One of those allies was Russia. Russia is NOT Hitler.

It is completely naive to think the return of Rosie the Riveter in hopes of re-establishing an economy for the USA, with high ideals of returning some form of democracy to Georgia while removing any further 'threat' from Communism is hideous to conceive. A country has to have 'income' to supply a war. Cutting taxes, while exporting the USA economy has caused a recording setting debt in the USA, that China primarily holds the purse strings and as soon as the USA moves against Russia, it can count on sinking whatever is left of the USA economy.

Today, there is no end in sight to the failing USA economy as it stands. Unemployment is rising and UNDERemployment hasn't even been addressed in the political rhelm. Additionally, the USA is failing to provide health care to its people in a way that makes the country healthier and therefore places a huge burden on defining and guaranteeing a 'healthy work force' to any companies that might be interested in establishing within the USA borders. Literally, the USA is on its own in recovering from this steady decline in its economic reality and McCain has no viable economic plan to invigorate USA infrastructure.

Outsourcing and expanding NAFTA is out of question. Companies that have long stood by the USA, such as Ford and GM need us. They need a political system that stands in loyality to them and provides a benevolent climate for them to succeed. The future of the USA demands change and in a very big way. The future for the USA depends completely on a new vision for the country and a strong diplomatic effort with both allies and enemies. Allies, such as the former Soviet States have lost faith in the USA. They have every right to believe having the USA as an ally is nothing more than an empty promise. Because its true. Bush and Rice have done NOTHING but pander to 'ideologies' in regard to Georgia because there is no other choice left them. They have no ability to war with Russia and Russia knows it.

John McCain IS NOT capable of leading the USA out of the quagmire it currently wallows. He has no new ideas, he has no ability to extend new relationships with other countries, he has no loyality to the American people. His 'idea' of loyality to Americans is to hand them war and plenty of it. That is loyality? Not the way I define it !

Is everyone having fun yet? The central pressure of Fay is down to 994 millibars and falling. Still tropical storm, too. Hm.

This has got to be one of the most irresponsible societies I have ever witnessed in the USA.

Got to be Number One in 'moron' content.





WHY INDEED ?

Oh, I forgot. The atypical hurricanes of Climate Change are 'natural.'

Right.

Wheels of cars in a driveway are almost underwater due to flooding from Tropical Storm Fay in a neighborhood in Melbourne, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux

Storm floods hundreds of Fla. homes (click here)
By Brian Skoloff, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - Emergency crews launched airboats into submerged streets Wednesday to rescue central Florida residents trapped by rising floodwaters from a stalled Tropical Storm Fay, which soaked the state for a third consecutive day.
Fay formed over the weekend in the Atlantic and was blamed for 20 deaths in the Caribbean....




August 21, 2008
1130z
UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite (click title to entry for 12 hour loop)



Under these conditions Bertha hit Cat l at 984 millibars. The only reason I bring that up, you understand, is that John McCain's offshore oil drilling does NOTHING to end the vicious and defeating cycle of Human Induced Global Warming. Might that be why Bush/Cheney never included such aspects in their Energy policy? Just thought I'd mention how Republican Political Rhetoric is asinine and completely STUPID. Why would anyone put a man capable of such stupidity at the top of the Executive Branch of the USA?

Fay might be ONLY rated as a tropical storm, but, its storm surge was significant.

August 19, 2008
Lakeworth, Florida
Photographer states :: Intra coastal public boat dock. Water was pouring in and flooding the parking lot. Sorry for the bad quality, was raining real hard.











August 18, 2008
Marathon Key, Florida
Photographer states :: Here are some photos of Fay.

The swells are significant. A reality check is to compare the size of the swells in relation to the trees. Substantial and unsafe, including the rip tide that accompanied those waves. Little known fact about fishing before a severe storm, it is easier and a bit unfair. Fish are just as frightened of these storms as humans and 'school' in larger numbers. There should be a law, especially considering the 'overfishing' when there are no storms. Besides, the 'danger element' to humans, property and potential loss of livelihood is playing with odds that don't favor a good outcome.

Fishing before a storm can result in big numbers (click here)
By NICK WALTER - nwalter@bradenton.com
Just as humans move and congregate to get ready for any sort of tropical storm, so do fish.
Fish, though, have it easy. No boarding up the windows. No gut-throbbing over spaghetti plot paths....

There were a few tornadoes as well.

The storm called "Fay" has classic Human Induced Global Warming dynamics.

August 19, 2008

1330z

UNISYS Water Vapor GOES East Satellite

There is a 'vortex air mass' centered over 'Oklahoma/Texas border' as well as one over Quebec. They are pushing the storm currently located on Florida's west coast in a northeast direction. The storm will 'classically' weaken over that land mass and accelerate again once connected with 'open water' or 'coastal conditions.'

The hurricane center seems to believe it will dissipate over northern Florida. I hope they are correct. It is contributing to a heat transfer system and will continue in that capacity until it dissipates. (click here)

The vortex air mass currently over the south central USA will continued to move into the Gulf and add to the turbulence there.

ABOUT THIS 'OIL THING.'

Summer Vacation Season is OVER for most folks, right?

It is called 'Price Gouging.'

McCain was going to try to 'protect' his Big Oil Buddies with a 'Summer Time Subsidy.'

Interesting, huh? It isn't a conspiracy thing, it is an 'opportunist' thing.

This way the American electorate/public wouldn't be 'up in arms' at the reality of it all and Big Oil wouldn't have to sacrifice profits. Only the American Tax Bill would get bigger.

We need alternatives, NOT oil.

Oil drops to near $112 as storm threat eases (click here)
By PABLO GORONDI – 55 minutes ago
Oil prices dropped near $112 a barrel Tuesday, extending an overnight decline as Tropical Storm Fay avoided wells and other oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico.
By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for September delivery was down 77 cents to $112.10 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The contract fell 90 cents Monday to settle at $112.87 a barrel after the threat of Tropical Storm Fay eased. That was the first time crude ended below $113 since May 1.
In London, October Brent crude fell 64 cents to $111.30 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.
Analysts also said oil pricing is likely to remain suppressed amid concerns that a global economic slowdown may further dampen world demand. But intermittent supply concerns due to the hurricane season and ongoing conflicts such as that between Russia and Georgia are likely to halt any sharp slide in pricing....

Yeah, I noticed that too, Michael. The OLD PLAY BOOK. Literally. Political chaos created to be released this election season.

The Old Republican Party is 'at it' again. They are soliciting the electorate with all kinds of books. It is the way these authors make their money so they can do it again in four years.

Funny. I thought the American electorate knew their own minds by now. Didn't you? These books are simply an insult to the experience of the American voter that brought them to conclusions regarding their choice this November. The 'Republican Propaganda Books' are simply an abstraction with their own 'chase down the truth' hounds. Its a darn shame the American electorate is 'toyed with' in such a manner.

You know, if one really wants to participate in their own future and vote intelligently, it is a continuous process, NOT a last minute decision. It is a committment to democracy and NOT a menu selection.


August 18th, 2008 5:46 pm

Books For the Fall: Obama, Woodward and Moore
By Hillel Italie / Associated Press

NEW YORK - In case you're wondering which books to read this fall, Michael Moore has a suggestion: Don't read any. (click here)
Not the new fiction by Toni Morrison or Philip Roth or Stephen King. Not that policy book by Sen. Barack Obama, whom Moore is supporting for president; or Bob Woodward's latest on the Bush administration; or Thomas Friedman's manifesto on the environment.
Not even a little paperback meant as a handbook to the political campaigns. It's called "Mike's Election Guide 2008" and it's written by a certain Academy Award-winning filmmaker and well known agitator named Michael Moore....

The Georgian government desires 'control' of 'the message' across its country.

Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:51am EDT

Georgia cuts access to Russian websites, TV news (click on title to entry. thank you)

By Niko Mchedlishvili
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian authorities have blocked most access to Russian news broadcasters and websites since the outbreak of the conflict with Moscow.
Georgia's Interior Ministry said the action was not anti-democratic, but Russian broadcasts could not be allowed to "scare our population".
A war over the Russian-backed breakaway region of South Ossetia has unleashed high emotion in Russia and Georgia, reflected in coverage on both state and private channels.
"People from the (Georgian) security agencies asked me to block Russian sites," Mamia Sanadiradze, founder and CEO of the biggest Georgian internet service provider, Caucasus Online, told Reuters....

You leave first.

No.

You leave first.

No.

You leave first.

Good job, Condi.

Russia says Georgia failing to withdraw troops from S.Ossetia (click here)

MOSCOW, August 19 (RIA Novosti) - Georgian troops are not implementing President Mikheil Saakashvili's orders on their withdrawal from the South Ossetian conflict zone, a senior Russian military official said Tuesday.
Russia began pulling back troops from Georgia on Monday in accordance with a six-point plan to resolve the South Ossetia conflict drawn up by the Russian and French presidents in Moscow on August 12.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the plan in Moscow on Saturday, a day after his Georgian counterpart signed it in Tbilisi.
"Although Saakashvili signed the six principles [peace plan], we can see that this order is not being implemented," said Col. Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff.
Earlier Tuesday, Moscow handed over 13 Georgian military personnel and two civilians, captured during the recent conflict over South Ossetia, in exchange for five Russians, among them two pilots.
But the Russian General Staff denied Georgian allegations that it was holding captive 80 Georgian servicemen....

DOJ preparing to charge Blackwater guards in Iraq killings: report

When corruption 'IS' the economy of the USA, it dies hard.














An Iraqi policeman inspects a car that was destroyed when Blackwater security guards opened fire in Baghdad, killing 17 civilians.

Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Private contractors in Iraq may be stripped of immunity: Iraq official (click here)
Mike Rosen-Molina at 11:37 AM ET

The Republican White House, through 'special considerations with private contractors' obsturcted the legal process in order to prosecute. In desperation and enslaved to political success in the USA, the Republicans turned against their USA Constitution to achieve their goals.


"...During a private meeting in December, DOJ officials reportedly told Congress that numerous legal hurdles [JURIST report] would have to be overcome before Blackwater employees could be charged with any crimes...."

Ed Prouty receives a phone call. The 'personal' campaign of Barak Obama.

It turns out that the 2 millionth donor to Barack Obama was a heating and air conditioning contractor from New Hampshire. (click here)
Ed Prouty of Atkinson got a surprise phone call from Obama himself, and the campaign posted the audio on its website.
"It's folks like you that really helped this campaign work," Obama told Prouty.
"It's a wonderful symbolic moment for us," the presumptive Democratic nominee said of the 2 million milestone reached late last week.
Then, the conversation evolved into a discussion of the sour economy.
"How's business going?" Obama asked.
"Terrible," Prouty replied.
"It's still very slow. We're just hanging on," he said, adding that "this is the worst we've ever seen" in 25 years in business....

Funding NASA is also a National Security issue. With tensions rising regarding the Russia role in Georgia, questions arise about the 'shared' responsiblity between the USA and Russia for 'space.' NASA also has many sophisticated satellites that help access the 'status' of Earth's climate. The USA military admitted some time ago that Human Induced Global Warming is a National Security Issue. You won't know it though with the lack of a palpable policy for Energy and Transportation in the USA.

Obama looks to the moon with NASA funding endorsement

by Stevie Smith - Aug 18 2008, 10:24

...Stepping forward yesterday to endorse a congressional plan (he is allowed to do that) to lavish NASA with a huge $2 billion USD funding boost, Obama’s policy paper outlined that the Democratic nominee from Illinois is keen to “minimize the gap” between the upcoming decommission of the Space Shuttle and the resumption of manned space missions....

...The endorsement follows on from last week’s NASA announcement that revealed a 2014 launch delay to the unveiling of the Orion spacecraft and its Ares rocket, which will combine to serve as the official replacement for NASA’s long-serving orbital shuttle.
NASA attributed the one-year delay to funding restrictions and also problems related to ongoing technical issues with Orion's new systems.
The Orion craft is not expected to carry a manned crew of astronauts to the International Space Station before 2016....

June 25, 2008

Congress sets sights on moon, wants to boost NASA funding (click here)
Mark K. Matthews Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Congress gave NASA another boost Tuesday when a U.S. Senate committee recommended a $2.6 billion increase in the space agency's budget next year to accelerate its plans to return astronauts to the moon....

The Media Fear Mongers of the USA are fabricators. Nothing more.

Going, Going, Gone! (click here)

Is Perez going to be exiled is the next 'real' question !

Why take the chance of this mess happening again, after all he came to power through a coup?

Perhaps he should be exiled to Afghanistan or India where he can finally learn what it is to be a peace maker and THEN write his repentant book regarding his traitor status to his people and those he conveniently called allies.

Meet the 'Acting President of Pakistan (in the foreground). The former Prime Minister Mohammedmian Soomro.

It is doubtful there will much consternation regarding this man as the parties are busy with a coalition government seeking new authority for Pakistan. Acting President Mohammedmian Soomro was Prime Minister under the former President Musharraf. I doubt there is much suprise to 'the business of Pakistan' this leader doesn't understand.

The war mongering media of the USA simply doesn't have a brain in their head other than one that screams fear at their listening audience.

They have NO credibility.

There are no such things as "Loose Nukes" in Pakistan. Musharraf gave up his general uniform some time ago. That ended on November 3, 2007. Does the American Neocon Media actually think they can get away with such misinformation?

Oh,wait. They don't care. They are only looking to turn the USA into aggitated, sleepless maniacs willing to put General McCain in charge of the USA nukes.

The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is insecure:

The deaths of the walruses noted in the articles below, are not exactly what I would 'coin' as 'natural.' There is something lost in the Russian translation of 'climate change.' The 'truth' is intact in the Russian reporting as the information by the World Wildlife Federation is accurately stated.
These deaths are the equivalent emergency to Russia as the Polar Bears are to the USA and Canada. I remind, Russia recognizes Kyoto already !

What is going on with walruses in the Chukchi Sea? (click here)
1. Long swimming trough rough ice free sea is severe trail causing death of young and old or sick animals. Local hunters often observe absolutely exhausted animals coming ashore.
2. On coastal haulouts walruses are extremely crowded. In contrast to haulouts on ice coastal ones are often featured by “layering” when some walruses occupy slopes above others (see fig. bellow). This situation extremely increases mortality of animals during panics.
In addition to the above factors outstanding concentration of considerable part of the population leads to overpressure on its feeding base. In contrast to current situation, in the past walruses having ice platforms utilized randomly almost the whole shelf zone of the Chukchi Sea....







WWF says walrus deaths in Russian Far East due to natural causes (click here)
14:55
18/ 08/ 2008
VLADIVOSTOK, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The World Wildlife Fund said on Monday that over 800 walruses found dead 10 days ago by border officials in Russia's Far Eastern region of Chukotka probably died of natural causes.
The carcasses were found on the coast of the Chukotka Peninsula near the Chegitun River on August 8. Officials had said they believed that the walruses were slaughtered by poachers for their valuable tusks in late July.
However, experts with the WWF's Polar Bear Patrol project said: "It is extremely difficult to hunt so many walruses on ice and it would be strange to bring the bodies to the shore."
"It is clear that border guards found remains of walruses that died last autumn," the WWF said on its Web site. "Most probably the animals died during long swimming through rough ice-free sea, from drifting ice to the mainland coast," or due to over-crowding in coastal haulouts, the statement said....

These are battle cruisers?
Below are the USS Polar Seas and Polar Star. Only one is seaworthy.







The Bush White House is lying about the security of the USA. We do NOT have the military clout this Executive Branch boasts about. Bush is promising a lot more than he could ever deliver. There won't be any security in the Arctic Ocean for 'American Oil Interests.'
Attempts to test American 'protections' for Arctic Ocean exploitation was even backed by the British last year when their submarine sprung a leak forcing the vessel to the surface.
The Arctic is different terrain even with an ice free surface. The conventional means of warfare isn't 'fitted' for Arctic environments.


U.S. losing ability to patrol Arctic's icy waters (click here)
12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, August 17, 2008
...The need for new Arctic icebreak¬ers almost surely will be included in the service’s report (click here). The Healy, commissioned in 2000, is one of three Arctic icebreakers, only two of which are in operational status.
The Polar Star and Polar Sea, the other two icebreakers com¬missioned in the 1970s, need mil¬lions of dollars in maintenance and repairs.
The Polar Sea’s life expectancy was extended to 2014 thanks to a major overhaul in 2006, but the Polar Star has been laid up for at least two years and requires 12 to 18 months’ lead time, as well as an estimated $60 million for a “significant overhaul,” before re¬turning to full operational status....

Lat/Lon :: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Local Time :: 8:31 AM AKDT

Elevation :: 0 ft / 0 m

Temperature :: 52 °F / 11 °C

Conditions :: Overcast

Humidity :: 94%

Dew Point :: 50 °F / 10 °C

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 29.66 in / 1004 hPa (Falling)

Visibility :: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds:
Few 2000 ft / 609 m
Overcast 4000 ft / 1219 m
(Above Ground Level)