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The latest Zogby Interactive survey of likely voters conducted from Oct. 22-25 also found President Barack Obama's approval rating holding steady 47%....
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
President Obama inspires early Democratic voter turnout.
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The latest Zogby Interactive survey of likely voters conducted from Oct. 22-25 also found President Barack Obama's approval rating holding steady 47%....
Shunning Corrupt Franchise and bolstering the Local Economy. Embracing the "Gold's Gym Model."
To begin the legitimacy of Carl Rove is highly questionable. We witnessed the capability of Rove to lie over and over and over again during the hearings regarding the Valerie Plame case. So, is has a remarkable history of lying to courts and authority. Nothing he says is trustworthy and therefore cannot be trusted with the leadership of the free world in any manner he is involved with it.A twenty-two year franchise is significant, but, with damage to the community by the plutocrats the individual gyms have to be granted relief by the courts for their grievance. Contributing to corrupt and dangerous politics was NOT in their contract and their franchise status will directly allow such donations.
Monday, Oct 25, 2010 17:19 ET
Donation to Rove-tied group sparks Gold's Gym revolt (click title to entry - thank you)
Four Bay Area gyms will leave the brand in response to big donations by the chain's owner to anti-gay candidates ...
The violent troposhere today is garnered from a global dynamic. It is all due to excessive heat from the Climate Crisis.
The primary velocity to the current conditions of the mid-latitude vortex causing tornado outbreaks is comes from the huge air mass in the Pacific. There are contibuting dynamics from the Arctic air mass now decending into middle of the NA continent. The 'street' of vortexes in the eastern Pacific over and near Hawaii are actually transferring the heat from Equatorial latitudes to higher latitudes ot deliver it into the mid-continent distribution. The location of the heat injection system at mid-latitudes is where the jet stream ? normally ? is located, except it is nearly a straight line injection system. This is a dramatic example of what were once normal trends in weather systems and air circulation systems are now harnessed by this 'water planet' with extreme heat distribution needs. Better said, not needs, but, physics. The confusion of what people preceive as a normal condition in weather is actually from from it. The normal season for tornadoes, especially this extreme outbreak conditions as today is long over, yet the reality of it occurring speaks to the Climate Crisis and the past tipping point of Earth we are all facing. This is a sad reality for nations. They haven't achieved a safe troposphere for their citizens while mining and drilling of fossil fuels continue with abandon and the CO2 (carbon capture) practices of any industry is nothing more than propaganda.. Wall Street abuses.
October 26, 2010
1530:13z
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is stagnant.
Scientists warned about this before it started, long before it started. Shipping across the top of the world will remove 'Earth's whitest snow' and the reflectivity of solar rays and heat back into space. The IPCC has to demand the prohibition of this use of Arctic waters. There are also threantened species that will be facing extinction. There is an entire ecosystem within that ice and under the ice that will alter the balance of the oceans. This is complete stupidity on the part of those that will seek to use the reduced sea ice as a shipping route.
Increased shipping likely to accelerate climate change as Arctic warms (click title to entry - thank you)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 16:00 [IST
Washington, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists have revealed that as the ice-capped Arctic Ocean warms, ship traffic will increase at the top of the world.
And if the sea ice continues to decline, a new route connecting international trading partners may emerge - but not without significant repercussions to climate, says a U.S. and Canadian research team that included a University of Delaware scientist.
Growing Arctic ship traffic will bring with it air pollution that has the potential to accelerte climate change in the world's nothern reaches. And it's more than a greenhouse gas problem -- engine exhausted particles could increase warming by some 17-78 percent, the reseachers say...
Local Time :: 6:52 AM AKDT (GMT -08)
Lon/Lat :: 58.8° N 137.0° W
Elevation :: 33 feet
Temperature :: 37 Fahrenheit
Conditions :: Overcast
Windchill :: 34 Fahrenheit
Humidity :: 83%
Dew Point :: 36 Fahrenheit
Wind :: 5 mph from the North North West
Pressure :: 29.67 inches (steady)
Visibility :: 10.0 miles
UV :: 0 out of 16
Clouds :: Overcast 2200 feet
(Above ground level)
"Unfortunate," is what the Rand Paul says about this episode of violence. I demand Rand Paul immediately condemn this act of violence by his supports.
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This is outrageous !
Unfortunate. They believe it is unfortunate. It is far more than that.
This is outrageous !
Unfortunate. They believe it is unfortunate. It is far more than that.
Well, here is the other side of the coin. A USA military under the control of a ? freely elected ? citizen cabal.
The soldiers were thrown into a war where either one survived or died. There was no real exit strategy from the beginning, only a map of a march from Kuwait into Iraq's oil fields. It wasn't a military invasion with purpose, so much as a military invasion for the plutocracy.
Many, many in the USA knew exactly what was being done and that is why Bush and Cheney were always on the defense about it. The people in the USA that were outrageously upset over the Iraq invasion, the demonstrators, the soldiers against the war, the anti-war movement knew long before the first tank rolled across the Kuwait border this was an illegal war. If it weren't for them and their prowess about their own country and international aggression of their military by the plutocrats there would have been a world war.
Easily.
It was those and the United Nations that opposed the invasion with inspectors 'on the ground' in Iraq finding absolutely nothing to justify such actions that prevented escalation beyond the Iraq borders. The invasion is why the global community now is justified in their skepticism of any peaceful intentions of the military. With the Wikileaks documents there is a growing justification for worrisome methods of the wrongful use of the Executive Branch of the USA.
Al Pessin
The Pentagon 25 October 2010
The U.S. Army general (click title to entry - thank you) who commanded coalition forces in Iraq for 2 1/2 years denied allegations on Monday based on the WikiLeaks documents published last week that his forces undercounted Iraqi civilian casualties and condoned the abuse of prisoners by Iraqi forces.
General George Casey, who is now Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, says troops under his command in Iraq did not intentionally underreport the number of civilians who were killed during his tenure, from mid-2004 until early 2007. "I don't recall downplaying civilian casualties. In fact, we actively went out and tried to count civilian casualties, to the extent we actually sent leaders, soldiers, down to the morgues in Baghdad to count civilian casualties," he said….
General George Casey, who is now Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, says troops under his command in Iraq did not intentionally underreport the number of civilians who were killed during his tenure, from mid-2004 until early 2007. "I don't recall downplaying civilian casualties. In fact, we actively went out and tried to count civilian casualties, to the extent we actually sent leaders, soldiers, down to the morgues in Baghdad to count civilian casualties," he said….
Wow. I remember him at the United Nations before Bush's invasion into Iraq. He told the truth. No WMD.
He was scared to go back to Iraq. I think was also scared for the people of Iraq.
He was stating at the United Nations that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and that the USA was wrong in their intentions.
The regime was brutal, but, considering what is going on now I can't honestly say it is much different, just different people.
I believe the reason Saddam became who he was and as ruthless as he was had a lot to do with the country's ethnic divide along really specific boundary lines. Saddam simply oppressed the revolution of the Shia and the Kurds.
We don't belong in Iraq. We never did.
...Iraq's top court (click title to entry - thank you) last year jailed both Aziz and Saddam henchman and cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid for 15 years for their role in the 1992 execution of 42 Baghdad wholesalers.
Aziz had earlier been acquitted in the first of four trials for alleged crimes against humanity.
...Iraq's top court (click title to entry - thank you) last year jailed both Aziz and Saddam henchman and cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid for 15 years for their role in the 1992 execution of 42 Baghdad wholesalers.
Aziz had earlier been acquitted in the first of four trials for alleged crimes against humanity.
His family, now in Jordan, has repeatedly called for his release from custody, saying the 74-year-old was in poor health suffering from heart and respiratory problems, high blood pressure and diabetes.
Named foreign minister in 1983 and then deputy premier in 1991, Aziz was believed to have wielded little real power of decision-making.
But he became one of the regime's best-known figures abroad who matched his US peers in debate....
In an Iraq prison, who won't have poor health. He should be exiled and sent to his family. I do believe Aziz was a voice of reason with the Saddam government. I would hate to think such people regardless of the actions of the government would be killed for their 'pleading' role both internationally and domestically within the inner circle. He has no real power anymore. The Shia and Kurds have their own governments today. I don't see his execution as meaningful so much as pathetic.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
"Good Night, Moon" - this is a picture from inside the book. 60 years old.
I purchased a copy of it for a friend last month and it was the last book on the shelf.
The USA has lost its moral compass for the sake of a two party system. Is it really worth it?
During the Great Depression all kinds of shifts in political beliefs took place. There was even a rise in Communism at that time. There wasn't the internet or televisions in abundance.
I know people feel betrayed and much of what has passed as legislation seems counter intuitive. The cry is 'Common Sense' rather than making 'Good Sense.'
If there is anything I wish, it would be for the electorate to take a step back and realize what there vote means to them.
No one should waste their vote on anger or impulse. It needs to be right and for troubled times having a country with a consistent rudder is better than one that will cause us to drift off course into dangerous waters.
The problems we inherited from Republicans can't be understated.
A failed economy that without the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 would have sent most if not all State budgets into bankruptcy.
The Housing Market is a disaster and we don't know when we will ever see the return of value to the American Dream again.
All our 'good jobs' have been outsourced leaving a virtual void in the USA to reclaim our economy without legislation from the Congress and a President that holds the country in his resolve.
We have witnessed pure unadulterated greed consume the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf Coast of the USA. Yet with all that our economy remained fairly steady.
We have ended an unnecessary war in Iraq. The venture into Afghanistan has revealed a deep corruption that has spawned global outrageous with the violence currently besetting the countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. If President Obama hadn't recommitted to ending the stronghold of al Qaeda in Afghanistan the truth would still not be known to us.
The government in DC was gutted by the Republicans and had to be refinanced so there could be effectiveness returned to it.
The war in Mexico was somewhat a surprise to the USA and we had to commit troops of all things.
President Obama has recommitted the USA to nuclear non-proliferation.
We are re-engaging the Middle East which will bring about change with the help of nation's leaders in the region.
The strides made on the foreign front can't be equaled by the Bush/Cheney White House.
The country is on a steady path to improvement with Wall Street kicking and screaming all the way, but, we are getting through it and I can't imagine changing in mid-stream is a good idea. We aren't all that bad off currently from the stand point it could be much, much worse without the majority Democrats that have provided significant change to the nation.
For God Sake, our troops are out of Iraq. Doesn't that count for something?
I am concerned for my country, for many reasons. But. Primarily for the reason there are people unqualified seeking power rather than governance. I've never so worried about the USA. I sincerely believe people are being frivolous with their decisions for the same of 'throwing out the old to bring in the new' with thoughtless abandon.
The electorate in some states seem to be blind to the manipulation of the propagandists. I don't know why they seem to believe that being mindless is okay.
I feel as though Americans need to come home again.
The Brits take on the 2010 elections. It speaks very poorly of the will of the electorate.
...1. North Dakota (click title to entry - thank you). John Hoeven is more than 40 points up against a bloke called Tracy in this very conservative state. The Republican candidate would probably still win if he was found dead in bed with an underage girl and a large amount of cocaine between now and polling day. Republican pick-up....
It is that kind of perspective that dominates a lot of conservative races in the USA. The electorate is so tainted with their own ideas of what they want in DC there is no room for reason.
In Alaska, there is an election whereby the Republican candidates are either tainted with hate for Democrats without respect for the citizens enough to submit to interviews or the electorate was taken for granted and didn't believe she had a care to secure her re-election. The ONLY candidate that actually has honored the voter with consistent messages of what is best for Alaska and is running against all odds at willing is the Democrat, McAdams. He has run a sincere and clean campaign and never once wavered from his commitment to the electorate of Alaska, yet not enough people are putting their trust in him regardless of his loyalty, transparency and unwavering campaign. It is that type of phenomena that works against the best interest of the country and every American should be concerned about it.
Scott McAdams has received an endorsement in the Anchorage Daily News. This is NOT my imagination running away with me.
Scott McAdams has received an endorsement in the Anchorage Daily News. This is NOT my imagination running away with me.
Ever hear of a Liberal Republican?
Jacob Javits, a New York Senator from 1957 to 1981. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and there is a convention center in New York City named after him.
He was regarded as a good legislator, first in the US House and later in the US Senate.
He felt any political party should reflect the true diversity of the USA.
Senator Javits is for real. He was a staunch liberal while being a member of the Republican Party. The Republican Party somewhere along the way lost its sense of belonging to the people and serve a plutocratic base.
The only reason Harry Reid is having problems is because after the 2008 elections he was demonized by the Murdoch Media Circus.
His career speaks for itself and the only problem Harry has is that his soft spoken personality is adverse to today's political scene. I find him more conservative than most Democrats. That is why he was elected first to Minority leader in 2005 and then Majority leader. It was because he was able to work with Republicans better than some others.
He is a good guy with a long history in government. After he became a lawyer from George Washington University Law School he worked as a JD with the US Capitol Police. At the age of 30 he began his political career wining in a race where he was placed as Lt. Governor. He served until 1981, then became a US House Representative in 1983, and then a US Senator in 1987. I like Harry Reid. He is sincerely trying to act in the best interest of the people of his state as well as the country and he has been a good friend to the President. With the country facing monumental problems, I rather have faith in a leader that knows the ropes and has been through enough to make good decisions.
Don't you find Sharon Angle a bit odd. She has a horrible voting record in the Nevada State Legislature. She frequently voted "No" to everyone else's "Yes." Her nickname was "41 to Angle." That should send up warning flags everywhere. She has done some fairly bizarre things. She was the only NO vote on a tax abatement sincerely needed to improve the quality of life to Nevada's citizens. She stated she could not vote against her oath of office which requires taxes to be equitable. The problem for her was that the commercial properties were to be taxed at 8% while the residential properties were to be taxed at 3%. It doesn't sound as though she can discern the difference in incomes and vulnerabilities very well. She should have debated the issue with her peers and come to a clear understanding that her oath does not preclude her from voting for the best interest of citizens SHE WAS TO SERVE. She is favored by the Tea Party because she is intractable in her commitment to 'words' and 'promises' even if in a professional sense it is better for all that she act differently. She has never served at the Federal level and has absolutely no experience in the foreign arena. She is a Southern Christian with an intractable personality. She is not a sincere decision maker, she is frequently alone in her ideas of what is best. I think she is very risky as a candidate.
Small Businessman vs Real Estate Developer
Michael Arcuri is a New York born and breed Democrat. He is seeking a return to the US House of Representatives. It isn't as though he needs the power of his seat. He attended SUNY and graduated from New York Law School and entered private practice in 1985. Arcuri is a better choice for the USA House because he has no reason to there other than to serve the people of his district. He can return to private practice if he cares to, but, his opponent is an entirely different matter.This is a return visit for Hanna. He failed to be elected in 2008, so he wants to try again to gain power at the federal level. He has never served in government before.
Hanna is a mall builder. He is going to go to Washington to appropriate monies to increase construction of commercial properties in New York State. The construction industry is slowed because of the Real Estate bubble and he is out to manipulate the government to throw more money at his failing businesses.
...In addition to (click here) serving as Owner and President of Hanna Construction, Hanna is a partner in the Gabriel Group, LLC, which has owned and operated Forge Hill Estates in Ilion, NY, one of the premier apartment complexes in the Mohawk Valley, since 1992....
Michigan Governor's Race - An obvious choice between Wall Street and Main Street.
MAIN STREET
WALL STREET
He sold a perfectly good company to a Wall Street company, made millions and never thought twice about removing jobs from Michigan's economy. That doesn't sound like a person 'fit' to be Governor to me.
"The Can Do Kids"
After attending graduated from college with a BA in Economics, worked as a stockbroker for three years after her marriage in 1962 while her husband attended law school.
She worked as a journalist. Palin was educated as a journalist, but, never read newspapers. Her first successful run for office was at a member of the Marin Board of Supervisors and was the first woman president in her six year term. While she served in government her spouse was a Worker Compensation Lawyer accepting many cases referred to him by unions. His practice surrounded the working person. It was in 1982 she was elected to the US House of Representatives where she served for five terms. She must be doing something right. in 1992, Senator Alan Cranston retired and she ran for his seat and won. She was the first woman to serve as the Chair for the Envronment and Public Works Committee. But that was enough for Boxer. She was also selected as the Chair for the Select Committee on Ethics. She was the ONLY Chair to precide over two committees at the same time.
Wall Street NOT Main Street
From a real estate receptionist to broker, to English teacher in Italy, to management trainee for AT&T on to Senior Vice President of their hardware and systems division, to assistant to the Lucent Chief Executive to formulate the companies stock offering at inception, rising to President of the global services division, and on to CEO of HP. Basically, she rode the 'Tech Bubble' until it burst. Thereafter, she wasn't successful. She caused enormous in-fighting in HP and brought about a merger that most see as a desperate effort to stem a failing HP. The merger with Compaq created the largest personal computer manufacturer in regard to numbers shipped, but, that was due to a merger of two huge entities, it was a simple task. She cost the general economy plenty of jobs with that merger and didn't really do anything to expand the market share so much as simply absorbed the two that already existed. From that stand point she saved 'the name' HP. Three years after the Tech Bubble collapsed she was unsuccessful in improving HP and she was forced to resign by the Board.
Sarah Palin isn't quite the woman Christine O'Donnel is, however, she is very rough around the edges.
She is basically unsuccessful in her own life. She was successful while a mayor in Wasilla, but, that was in support of the local culture. When she ran for Vice President, she didn't even read newspapers one would expect from a potential Vice President. She is unable to formulate real solutions for the real world, but, simply spouts rhetorical statements that align with voter focus.
She really creates her own reality to justify her life. She has no real answers for the USA. She lies along with most of the other Republicans in that the Bailout is President Obama's problem when in fact it occurred due to the irresponsible policies of Bush and the Republicans in deregulation of the banking industry.
Sarah Palin validates herself in the fact she is loved by many. That isn't being a responsible representative to the people, that is being a Superstar. She was unable to overcome her own inadequacies during her run for Vice President in 2008 so that she could still be an Alaskan governor. She left after two years to pursue a chance at being her own millionaire or billionaire bring along her daughter and whomever else happens to be aligned with her success as a king maker.
I don't believe she is dangerous as she continues to be unsuccessful. I don't see her changing either. She has molded herself into a corner and if she leaves that corner she loses her 'successful following.' We are all familiar with devotees. Well, Sarah has hers.
Recently she stated, that if the GOP implodes than so be it. Fine. But she also stated, '...we believe in common sense and the individual.' Yet, when it comes to her rhetoric she carries the flag of the Plutocratic Republicans. She is believed to be more Libertarian than Republican in some circles and that will continue simply because she attracts those that see their world differently. She has that effect on people that seek wealth over country. She appears to be where many believe their best interests lie, but, that is only because so much of what is 'different' is actually 'unsophisticated.'
But, to go back to 'the individual.' That is a Democratic message. The Burger Court. So, Sarah is very confused. She is not mired in policy, so much as 'fluid rhetoric.' A candidate that is a problem solver has answers. She doesn't have answers, she has rhetoric and theory.
..."The momentum is with us (click title to entry - thank you) but now is not the time to let up. Now is the time where we dig deep," Palin told a crowd of Florida Republicans at an RNC fundraising rally in Orlando. "It ain't over till it's over. These last 10 days we can't be thinking that we got it in the bag, we can't get cocky about this yet."
In addition to key GOP fundraisers, Palin was joined by Republican candidates including Tea Party favorite, Senate candidate Marco Rubio.
"We've got to keep on working extremely hard. We've got to leave the dancing to the stars," Palin said, referencing her daughter Bristol, a contestant on Dancing With The Stars. "Soon we'll all be dancing, we'll all be celebrating."...
I understand all those words, but, they do not include policy statements and why that policy would work for the USA.
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