Archive for December, 2006
Friday, December 29th, 2006
Yep it's true; Bush was named worst villain (2006) by 25% of the respondents in this lame-o poll. 13% also named him the year's biggest hero. (Also in the categories of villain and hero, Satan takes 1%, the troops 6%, respectively)
I hopped over to the Det News to ...
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Thursday, December 28th, 2006
I'm writing to you from New Orleans, where tomorrow I will announce that I am a candidate for president of the United States.
I'm announcing here because no place better demonstrates the two Americas I've talked about for a long time. But even more important, no place better demonstrates ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Former President Gerald Ford dies at 93
President Ford was never elected President or Vice Pres ... he was appointed to the VP after Spiro Agnew left amid scandal.
"My fellow Americans," Ford said, "our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works. Our great republic is a government of ...
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
Now Playing - When Are You Coming Home?
Normally I don't watch 'home' videos on youtube, but this one got my attention. 6 year old Heather Martin sings to her brother, who is currently serving in Iraq. Their mother wrote the lyrics, from Heather's point of view.
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Monday, December 25th, 2006
The death of neo-conservatism ...
In an article titled "End of the neo-con dream", BBC details how Iraq kicked PNAC's ass.
"The Project for the New American Century" has been reduced to a voice-mail box and a ghostly website. A single employee has been left to wrap things up.
And there's some infighting ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
A Little More On Media Bias, my comment on Erik's On Media Bias, on the Detroit News Political blog.
(Erik, sorry I jacked your title, but I was at a loss ...)
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
I'm a little late in posting these links, but here they are ...
Rabid Right Hypocrisy Crackin' Me Up ... this one was in response to all the comments in the forum about how the "free speech liberals" were suppressing free speech, and how only the Christianist pro-war nutbags were the ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Today we heard the sad news that Senator Stafford passed.
Senator Stafford was a champion for the environment and education. (you've heard of the 'Stafford Loan') He also called for unity in the divisive 2000 elections, and upon Vermont's legalizing civil unions for same sex couples, said:
"I ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
A friend of mine introduced me to American Microphone ... a political vlog. While perusing their archives I found this segment with Rachel Maddow, a host on Air America. In this interview, Rachel discusses the anti-war majority, the various roles within the Democratic Party, the structural advantages of ...
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Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
This just in from all Net Neutrality advocates ...
The Sky Is Falling!!!
And it's all because of Michigan.
For those of you just tuning in to the Granholm vs. Freedom/Technology/Jobs battle, I'll recap.
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Sunday, December 17th, 2006
Unicam Effort Needs New Leader, on the Detroit News Political Blog.
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[tags]Unicameral Michigan, state legislature[/tags]
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
From Bush administration to be cartoon
LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Comedy Central has ordered "Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States," a cartoon satire that re-imagines President Bush and key executives in his administration as elementary school misfits.
The title character is surrounded by close pals like Lil' Cheney, who ...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
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Gas Is Going Up, originally uploaded by Christine Barry.
Gas is going up about 20 cents ... Speedway is up to $2.34... Valero and kroger still at $2.15 & ...
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
Cross posted on Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood
Speaking of a budget mess ... maybe part of the problem with the budget is that guys like Mike Rogers are proud of wasting money.
Mike Rogers has proudly announced the passage of a "server efficiency bill."
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
The Remote Representative, on the Detroit News Political blog.
[tags]congress, remote access[/tags]
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Sunday, December 10th, 2006
There's another new blog on the block, and this one goes out to Mike Rogers (Rat - CD08). Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood is dedicated to keeping people informed as to Rogers' records on voting, accepting contributions, etc.
The blog was created last week and has already generated press ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Erik over at DetNews writes about the GWB action figure.
I want one.
I will put it right next to these guys ...
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Friday, December 8th, 2006
See Skubick Pen A Stinker, on the Detroit News Political Blog.
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Thursday, December 7th, 2006
I was flirting with the idea of writing a comparison between how dissent was treated during WWII and how it is treated now, when I happened upon this article on The White Rose.
You can learn more about The White Rose here.
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
The SRCC forum moderator announced that the Shianet forums have closed. The Classifieds remain available.
So all the links in my blogs to those Shianet posts .... worthless. :)
But we have great new forums over at the Shiawassee County Annex ... http://shiawasseecounty.net/forum ... come join us!
If you like ...
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