tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67529922012-02-16T12:04:28.870-08:00<b><strong>“When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow.” </strong>Anais Nin</b>denisenoreply@blogger.comBlogger2921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6752992.post-51481383166093765402007-10-26T13:08:00.000-07:002010-04-29T18:29:54.234-07:00

I haven't written in quite some time. I should get back on the horse. Too many stories...

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I just finishing watching the tail-end of yesterday's Lieberman-McCain Iraq war surge-party at the American Enterprise Institute and I think I need a shower. The first thing I noticed was the "D-CT" label in front of Holy Joe's C-SPAN caption. The folks at my favorite channel should know that Joe gave up being a Democrat when Ned Lamont beat him in the August 8th primary. He's now the sole

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Um...what? Chuck Taylors and a Raiders jacket!!!?

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Freddy Fender died this evening in Corpus Christi, Texas. he was 69 years old. He was The BeBop Kid from the Rio Grande Valley that made it on the Hollywood/Texas walks of fame, played innagural parties for President's Bush and Clinton, won numerous grammys for his solo work, and collaborative efforts with The Texas Tornados and Los Super Seven, and there's a freakin' WATER TOWER with his face

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President Bush the young'n just said his administration tried to exhaust all diplomatic measures before committing the U.S. military. If it's one thing we can all take away from this administration, it's the fact that they are unapologetically diplomatic. Right. (On Foley) Has Hastert lost his credibility? I think the Speaker's strong statements have made it clear...that he wants to find out

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From Josh Micah Marshall's Talking Points Memo: "Failure" =1994-2002 -- Era of Clinton 'Agreed Framework': No plutonium production. All existing plutonium under international inspection. No bomb. "Success" = 2002-2006 -- Bush Policy Era: Active plutonium production. No international inspections of plutonium stocks. Nuclear warhead detonated. Face it. They ditched an imperfect but working

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School seems to slow things down. I keep up with Bloglandia, but I tend to forget to post anything on my own. Today isn't any different, really, since I'm investing all of my time studying for midterms. Gross. Here's a new cut from Yo La tengo's new album, "I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Kick Your Ass." It's called Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind, and like everything else this band has

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One of the most influential women in my life aside from my mother and grandmothers was, and always will be former Governor Ann Richards. Meeting her during her incumbent run against George W. Bush was a dream come true for me at the time, and each time I saw her come in for the Austin American Statesman at Book People, I always had this feeling that I was in the presence of a great, great woman.

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In case anyone missed Countdown with Keith Olbermann on the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, here is the transcript of his special comment in its entirety [emphasis/links mine]: And lastly tonight a Special Comment on why we are here. Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened

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From Daily Kos diarist HRH: We hear a lot about beautiful dead girls in the US media. Here are some that we haven't heard about much. Their smiles haven't been plastered over the supermarket tabloid press, and they're not likely to be. One of the reasons is that they don't fit the popular stereotype of beautiful-woman-as-helpless-victim. Another reason is that many people still haven't focused

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Forgive my Spanish. I'm taking a language course this fall in hopes of not sounding like a dumb Texican. The Washington Post has a story up about the new Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ad that features footage of two people (presumably Mexican) scaling a fence along the border along with images of Osama bin laden and North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il. Naturally, the head of the

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Deliver us from evil... ...and Madonna's road show. Prosecutors in Dusseldorf are ready to monitor Madonna's show this weekend, making sure she doesn't repeat the mock crucifixion scene the Vatican denounced a few weeks ago. Apparently, it could be construed as insulting religious beliefs. The Vatican claimed it was "an act of hostility toward the Roman Catholic church." Bishop Velasio De

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As of 9:30pm, Central Time--- Connecticut U.S. Senate - - Dem Primary 625 of 748 Precincts Reporting 83.56% Reporting Ned Lamont 120,616 votes 51.88% Lieberman, Joe (i) 111,887 votes 48.12% I'm not feeling the Joementum.

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I'm T H I S close to stabbing the cleaning lady in the eye this morning. For my birthday, I want her to stop emptying my trash can every 10 minutes. Happy 27th...keep your trash! All I want for this glorious 27th is a Ned Lamont victory in the Connecticut primary today. Nothing more, nothing less. I just saw Chris Matthews, live from CT, saying that Lieberman had a chance if regular Democrats,

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Today's the big day and much to my dismay, I wont be able to attend President Bush's latest immigration pitch at Anzalduas Park in Mission. According to The Monitor, POTUS will be introduced by Governor Goodhair before speaking to a "limited audience." Limited, as in, sycophantic Latinos in the Alberto Gonzalez kinda way, and wealthy, white donors from the RGV: Mr. Joe La Mantia, Jr. Partner L

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El presidente Boosh might make his way down to the RGV next week. It'll be his first visit since becoming President. He was all about Hispandering back when he was governor, but he's been MIA ever since. My cousin hinted that he had three passes to the secret location, then said they were $1500 a pop. I want in. Will I cause a disruption? Nope. Will I wear my anti-Bush pin? Nope. Will I turn my

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The current ‘round-the-clock, in-your-FACE war reporting on all of the cable news networks are really starting to annoy me now. When’s the last time AC360 or Wolf Blitzer reported from the front lines of the Iraq occupation? Sure, a handful of thoughtful of people that get their news ONLY from the teevee can see past the look-over-here-and-not-over-there crap, but a lot of regular people just don

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Every so often I absolutely have to point out how much of an asshole *INSERT PROMINENT REPUBLICAN HERE* is. This week's asshole is Tony Snow. After being asked about the Senate's 63-37 vote in favor of federal funding of embryonic stem cell research (and the President's promised veto), Tony responded inna-Bush-stylee: "The simple answer is he thinks murder's wrong..." Also, in a particularly

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Politics, government, functional democracies mean NOTHING if you don't have a pair of shoes that rule. Betch. A million thank-yous to KK La Rue, who passed along this link to Kelly-Wants-Some-Shoes. Also, Vanessa and Paul are engaged. Woot!

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Last night, on the O'Reilly Factor, Geraldo said that in 35 years, he'd seen "a hell of a lot more combat than John Kerry." Back in April of 2003, CNN reported that Geraldo was being kicked outta Baghdad for divulging details of a future military operation. How did he do it, you ask? He drew a fucking MAP in the sand!!! That's klassy-with-a-K, Rivera.

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Senators John Warner (R-A) and Jeff Sessions (R-AL) are in a massage train, sucking on sweet and sour elephant-pops on C-SPAN 2 right now!! (9:15pm) It's like I just happened upon them rapping, and apparently, Iraq is crazyfantastic these days. Oh shit...Sessions just slammed those hippie-ass pussies that went to Davos. Snap, he says...! To the showers, I say!!! ...and I do.

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A senior Iraqi official has announced that the bodies of Pfc. Kristian Menchaca, 23, of Houston, and Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker, 25, of Madras, Ore., have been found in the Sunni Arab region known as the "Triangle of Death." They had been missing since Friday, following an insurgent ambush. This past Sunday, upon being grilled by Chris Wallace of FOX News, Tony Snow said this of the missing

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Today, the House is voting on a non-binding resolution that sets in stone the fact that Iraq is (now) a large part of the global war on terror, and that there are currently no plans to withdraw. Ever. *****UPDATE*****House Rejects Timetable for Iraq PulloutIn a 256-153 vote, the GOP-led House approved a nonbinding resolution that praises U.S. troops, labels the Iraq war part of the larger

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Ok…to most, this will just be tedious commentary on last week’s blogtastic gatherings in Las Vegas, so skip past the photo at the end if you don’t give a flip… There’s been an abundance of metaphorical stink-eye directed towards Ana Marie Cox (AMC)ever since her arrival at Yearly Kos in Nevada. Mrs. Cox is the proprietor of Wonkette.com for those of you that currently reside in space hotels next

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Subject line : Irrelevant I've been listening to Bones-Thugs-n-Harmony's E. 1999 Eternal album for a couple of days now. Perhaps it's my little way of wishing it was still 99, still reeling from the wounds of the drive-by impeachment Republicans were trying to shove down our throats. The towers were still standing, and our wild-eyed governor was busy wrecking public education, throwing away the

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Here we go again... Zarqawi and his spiritual leader (whatever the hell that means) were killed last night in a precision airstrike in the province of Diyala. Though we wont be graced again with a staged aircraft landing under a “Mission Accomplished” banner, be on the lookout for paste-eating members of the mainstream media eating this shit up like pudding and pie. (Earlier this morning, NBC’s

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In honor of this Day of the Beast, I offer you, dear reader, a couple of quotes from my two favorite mouthpieces of the Bush White House: On the 9-11 widows: " These self-obsessed women seem genuinely unaware that 9-11 was an attack on our nation and acted like as if the terrorist attack only happened to them. They believe the entire country was required to marinate in their exquisite personal

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*Disclaimer*If mentally deficient Republicans were able to report on every single tidbit regarding the Lewinskey affair, I can surely indulge in some D.C. gossip, especially when it's this juicy. Didn't Republicans try to impeach Clinton for shoving a cigar into the nether-regions of the pleasantly plump, pizza-delivering intern? If the POTUS is currently involved in an extramarital affair, can

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Laura Blameful is the proprietor of the WaPo’s Off Camera column, featuring "Washington's top decision makers in their off hours -- outside the office and inside their lives." This week, she takes on Senate Majority Leader Frist’s secret life as a gorilla surgeon. All obvious jokes aside, the article reads like a bodice-ripping tome reserved for the loneliest of overweight housewives with 72

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Michael Tomasky’s feature story in this month’s American Prospect started off like most articles trying to analyze and deconstruct the Democratic party until there’s nothing left but a few defeatist sighs. Despite the Democrats-have-no-ideas meme that’s been bandied about on every cable news show, they have begun to emerge as a disciplined opposition party in the face of corruption, blind

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I’ve not posted in a week or so, but I feel I owe my silent readers a little somethin’ somethin’ to keep them on their toes this weekend. As most who have wandered onto my site via Edinburg/RGV-centric blogs, I rarely (if ever) post about anything on a local level simply because I’m not as well-versed in the minutiae as some of the existing bloggers. I choose to voice my opinions in the comment

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Check out Pink's live version of Dear Mr. President.

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I just got off the phone with a delightful employee of the Texas Observer. I'm assuming it was Julia, the woman in charge of tomorrow night's panel with David Sirota, Molly Ivins, Robert Bryce and Congressman Lloyd Doggett. She couldn't have been more gracious and helpful had I told her I had Delay indictments that would stick. In the meantime, join me at The Old School on 1604 E. 11th Street in

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The soldiers of the Fightin' Pink Dome brigade came across THIS resolution that Republicans are trying to sneak past lazy legislators that wont take the time to read through all that bullshit paperwork. RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby honor Karl Rove on his roast at the 50th anniversary gala of the Headliners Club and

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From Michael Smerconish’s Duke Rape Case: Revenge of the Nerds on HuffPo today: I say, it's the revenge of the nerds. Most journalists would never be chosen for a pickup game of hoops, let alone a varsity sport. As a group, they take perverse pleasure in bringing down the BMOC, however undeserved. What went on in Kobe Bryant's case and at LaSalle last year and now at Duke? Those who were never

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I’ve been to a lot of protests, most of them against the illegal occupation of Iraq. I wont discount the sense of a common bond, but I never felt like part of the majority. A myriad of non-related issues ended up sneaking into the demonstrations: pro-choice, pro-gay, pro-native American, free Mumia, save the West Memphis 3... the list goes on. The result: a muddled message carried out by

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*Yawn* In the world of politics, either you're in, or you're out. Tom Delay decided to leave Congress and not seek reelection. As expected, Delay tried to come out of the whole ordeal the better man: the poor, persecuted soul that fell victim to a liberal Democrat ploy to unseat a God-fearing Texas Christian. "I guarantee you if other offices were under the scrutiny I've been under in the

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FRIDAY DOUCHE CHILLS Courtesy of MEDIA MATTERS DOT ORG and THINK PROGRESS This morning, on his nationally syndicated radio show, Neil Boortz said that Representaive Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) ." looked like a "ghetto slut. From MEDIA MATTERS: Boortz said that McKinney's "new hair-do" makes her look "like a ghetto slut," like "an explosion at a Brillo pad factory," like "Tina Turner peeing on an

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I'd like to give a hearty FUCK YOU to the major network geniuses who decided Mary Matalin should offer up her whiny defense of Josh Bolton on ABC, CBS & NBC simultaneously this morning. ---Jan van Lohuizen, a Republican pollster sent a memo to Ken Mehlman warning Republicans not to distance themselves from their Dear Leader. The end was my favorite part: President Bush drives our image and

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John McCain recently made a speech at Jerry Falwell's college, marking the first visit ever to Liberty University, home of the Fightin' Flames. Flames? Um, Jerry....Freud called and he advised toning it down justa tad. Ever since McCain started cupping Bush's balls in public, he's aquired that weird There's-something-stuck-up-there look on his face. He gets redder, puffier and more GOP-like

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I try to do my part from time to time in the form of donations to social organizations as well as political cadidates. This year, I've made small contributions to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Howard Dean and the DNC, Ciro Rodriguez, the Sierra Club, the ACLU and the National Organization for Women. I don't mind these organizations sharing my address with like-minded groups, but please, for

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Molly Ivins is pissed. Everyone else should be too: Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don’t know about you, but I have had it with the D.C. Democrats, had it with the DLC Democrats, had it with every calculating, equivocating, triangulating, straddling, hair-splitting son of a bitch up there, and that includes Hillary Rodham

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*Yawn* I had the most fortunate experience of watching John McCain’s speech at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. Instead of acting on his so-called “maverick” Republican status, he chose the safe route, crouching down to get a better angle at which to kiss Bush’s arse. More on the conference HERE. He spoke of the fantastic Supreme Court appointees that Bush put forth, and asked

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Bush Weaves Rug Story Into Many an Occasion President Uses His Oval Office Floor Covering as a Metaphor for Optimism and Leadership The headline above was not pulled from the front page of The Onion. Peter Baker penned the aforementioned piffle. Who is this mystery WaPo writer, and why do I get the feeling that he would tongue-kiss the POTUS if he ever got the chance? A couple of my favorite

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Lobbyist's Credit Card Bill Outs DeLay Trip The paper trail seems so obvious it makes you wonder whether anyone ever worried about getting caught. When Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and his wife flew from Houston to a golf resort in Scotland in June 2000, the first-class airfare cost $14,001, a big-ticket item for a public servant. But someone else paid. The American Express bills of lobbyist Jack

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Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake posted the touching letter sent to Focus on the Family's James Dobson from Sammy Alito. I will repost it in its entirety: Dear Dr. Dobson: This is just a short note to express my heartfelt thanks to you and the entire staff of Focus on the Family for your help and support during the past few challenging months. I would also greatly appreciate it if you would convey

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I realize it's soooooo 5 months ago to bitch about MySpace, but I've been having issues with my friends' pages as of late. I love my friends dearly, especially the ones I communicate with on a semi-regular basis, but for the love of Christ take those running soundtracks off of your fucking pages!!! Am I the only one that listens to streaming radio, or constantly has her OWN music playing while

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Bob Burnett's latest Searching for the Democrats article on the Huffington Post is yet another long-winded screed on how the Democrats just can't own morality and make it the focal point of the party. From Searching for the Democrats - Show Me the Values: Americans don't believe that the Bush Administration is taking the US in the right direction, but they aren't convinced that the Democratic

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From Matt Drudge's breathless headline: Bush called reports at about 2.30 aboard Air Force One to issue a very strong defense of port deal... MORE... He said he would veto any legislation to hold up deal and warned the United States was sending 'mixed signals' by going after a company from the Middle East when nothing was said when a British company was in charge... Lawmakers, he said, must 'step

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It's been difficult for me to dive into the foreign waters of Rio Grande Valley politics. From the time I was a kid, sitting excitedly in front of the TV to watch the State of the Union address, I've always had a keen interest in the BIG picture, and politics on a national level were the be-all, end-all for me. Now that I've grown older and formed my own version of a progressive ideology, I've

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What is it about U2 that causes otherwise rational bloggers to paste lyrics (in their entirety!) into the comments section of wildly popular, progressive blogs? Down with Bono!

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Did anyone know that today was Abstinence Day on the Hill?!?!! Tony Perkins, of the Family Research Council proclaimed it...and it was so. Representatives Ernie Istook (R-OK) and Lee Terry (R-NE) addressed more than 100 abstinence educators and teens in the racially diverse crowd. Our friend, Claude Allen, White House Domestic Policy Advisor, also encouraged the group. Following this morning's

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The Huffington Post is reporting a rumor that broke yesterday courtesy of Alex Bennett of Sirius radio. Pamela Willeford, ambassador to Switzerland and -- yes -- Liechtenstein, was part of the hunting excursion with Cheney and Whittington. And according to Willeford's account, Cheney and the ambassador were side-by-side when the shooting of Whittington took place. The vice president's Secret

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AP Feb 14, 2006: "The orange that they're wearing is not because they're concerned that the vice president may be there," joked White House press secretary Scott McClellan, following the lead of late-night television comedians. "That's why I'm wearing it." The president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, took a similar jab after slapping an orange sticker on his chest from the Florida Farm

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From Think Progress: "I’m sorry, Mr. Attorney General. I forgot you can’t answer any questions that might be relevant…” – Sen. Pat Leahy, 2/6/06 Can you feel the loooooooooooooooove? Abu Musab al-Gonzales' Record of Injustice can be found HERE.

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Why didn't Specter allow Abu Gonzales, the U.S. Torture Czar to be sworn in for today's hearing? Also, why can't the rest of the committee watch videos of Bush and Gonzales misleading Congress and the public about their domestic spying program? Why do the Republicans always sound like these types of hearings are nothing but a waste of time? How do they manage to wipe the shit off of their

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...and when I say "testify," I mean: to express or declare a strong belief, especially to make a declaration of faith. That being said, I hope he douses his seat with the oil of a thousand baby seals before he takes the oath. Abu Gonzales sounds especially condescending this morning. I hope the rest of the Republicans on this committee have Specter-sized balls. Unfortunately, I foresee a smarmy

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I lost $30.oo on the State of the Union last night. I totally should have bet over on the standing ovation count. I forgot how much stand-up/sit-down bullshit really goes on. Ah well...I have another $30.00 riding on some college basketball game tonight. I forget which teams, but the pot stands at over 1K for the winner. There wasn't really anything inspiring or revolutionary about this year's

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bodog.com for State of the Union wagers, y'all. I threw down $10.00 on Bush saying "nuclear" 6-10 times, $10.00 on Bush getting 0-15 standing ovations, and another $10.00 on Bush saying "Patriot Act" 6-9 times. Diggit. Also, forget the freakin' speech. You wont hear anything new. In fact, I'm sure copies of the speech will be floating around shortly. Tune in to The Majority Report on your

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From TheRandiRhodesShow.com: This Monday at 9pm ET on Larry King Live, Randi will be part of a talkradio panel discussing Alito, Bush, etc. And yes, they will be taking your calls. Also, if you missed Randi on C-SPAN's Q&A last month, you can download the mp3 HERE. Just so you know, The Randi Rhodes show is one of the most popular podcasts of all time at podcastdirectory.com. Just sayin'. In

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I predict the gentlelady from California has the upper hand. Check THIS page out for all things Timmy from the Huffington Post. Arianna has been aces as a Russert/MTP watchdog for close to a year now. Yesterday, she posted THIS about Tim Russert: Now comes guffaw-inducing word that Russert, Sr. is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at an "Ethics of the Media" conference hosted by Ripon

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According to CNN, Senator John Kerry will call for a fillibuster of Samuel Alito sometime tonight. 41 votes are needed to sustain a filibuster. He can't do this alone, people. Call your Senators! 1-202-224-3121

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A bit of liveblogging, yo: Jeff Sessions-R Arkansas Too much GOP asslicking. No substance. Not worth blogging. Son of immigrants! Princeton! Yale! Partial birth abortion?! Patrick Leahy-D Vermont Security and liberty are not mutually exclusive values in America. Ted Kennedy-D Massachusetts He never disclosed his view of major constitutional issues. His evasiveness is unacceptable. Dick

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Make it a C-SPAN day, y'all. Get ready for hott Senate action that wont stop 'till you get enough. Live blogging later? Maybe. ...but just the highlights.

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Sonic Youth has been my Tuesday soundtrack: I got a Catholic block - It's around my head. I got a Catholic block - It's blood orange red I got a Catholic block - Do you like to fuck? I got a Catholic block - Guess I'm out of luck E.J. Dionne is my Tuesday Crush-On-A-Wonk: What Democrats should have learned is that they cannot evade the security debate. They must challenge the terms under

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Apparently, there's some sort of fued 'tween comedians David Cross and Dan Whitney (aka Larry the Cable Guy). It started back in April, when Rolling Stone ran a piece on Whitney that included this quote from Cross: "He's good at what he does," concedes fellow comedian David Cross. "It's a lot of anti- gay, racist humor -- which people like in America -- all couched in 'I'm telling it like it is.'

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What the fuck is a megachurch, anyway? ...and why are people pissed that their local megachurch wont be open on Christmas day? It's gotta be hard when you come to the realization that your church is really just a moneymakin' machine that's simply too busy to deal with "the folks" on the holiest of holy days. Check out some of the convoluted reasoning and excuse making from good Christian's '

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10 Marines Killed in Bombing Near Fallujah Therefore.... Bush saddened by deaths of marines, will give new speech on Iraq That'll do it. One more speech, please.

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With the exception of this... "The Gospels repeatedly show that Jesus loved, touched, and cared for lepers — the diseased outcasts of his day. Today's 'lepers' are those who have HIV/AIDS." ...I think the evangelical community is taking some noteworthy babysteps into the world of AIDS activism. In the article, Harry Knox of the HRC "welcomed the outreach, as long as it wasn't judgemental." Right

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Nothing too F-A-G-G-Y Ryan Seacrest-"You're bow's tiny, mine is huge." Anderson Cooper-"I've heard that often." Then, Mr. 360 goes on about "taking a pounding," and "manhunts," making him the gayest gay in cable news since Geraldo... Ok, so no one smokes as much pole as Geraldo, but back to the story at hand.. When the camera cuts back to the split screen, Ryan has his hand on his chin while

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*An unidentified WH source is predicting Scott McClellan will soon be stepping down from his post as press secretary. I nominate Butterstick. *In other news, a couple of xXcoreXx rockers that call themselves the Right Brothers have just released their brand NEW (nu?) single, non-ironically titled: "Bush Was Right." Keith Olbermann had a hilarious piece on his show last night. See the video HERE

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I feel like drinking a mid-day beer in honor of the trash that's well on its way out of the House Majority position. Does that mean that Bill Frist (Senate Majority Leader) is next...or is insider trading a-OK for now? House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted You can read a copy of the indictment HERE. God bless Ronnie Earle...and God bless Texas. ...and here's one last smile from the bottom

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Kos addresses the issue of myopia within the Democratic Party. From time to time, the folks over at NARAL and NOW do have a myopic vision of what their ideal candidate should be. There are good Democrats out there who just happen to be against abortion. Harry Reid is a pro-life Democrat that voted AGAINST the confirmation of John Roberts. What more can we ask for? The Choice groups aren't the

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George Bush Don't Like Black People (mp3) Awwwww shit. I hope he decides to act like a human being with a heart/soul/brain for Ms. Rita. After all, it'll be Texans after his ass if he fucks this one up. Galveston and the ‘most horrible sights’ of 1900

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Remember when Bill Clinton went out with Monica Lewinsky? That was inarguably a failure of judgment at the top. Democrats had to come out and risk losing credibility if they did not condemn Bill Clinton for his behavior. I believe Republicans are in the same position right now. And I will say this: Hurricane Katrina is George Bush's Monica Lewinsky. The only difference is that tens of thousands

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It seems the attitude adjustments are well under way. Despite Karl Rove's reputation for getting the POTUS out of sticky situations, I think this time around, it just might backfire. It's a shame that the transparency all of us wanted so much from this administration has finally appeared in the form of dead bodies, hopeless victims, and Rove's all-new brand of Blame-Louisiana-First politicking.

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This is a short one...my apologies. First, read Neil Cavuto's take on the global relief effort. Now, read the truth. The nation is starved for some real leadership. There is a child in charge of the situation and it's embarassing. We deserve so much better. This is not our country.

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I think I'm back. Texas is Denise is Texas is Me. Despite the lack of posts, I've not lost the thunder of my hourly news checks. Short post today... The Arizona Daily Star dumps The Worst Person in the World Finally, we've decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers

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I'm moving on Sunday. ...Tis why I've not blogged. Here's some news: Air America Radio up 140% in LA, eating up Rush Limbaugh’s audience In the fourth quarter of 2004 Al Franken's ratings in New York were 44% of Rush Limbaugh's. In just 3 months that ratio rose to 60%; that is bad news, but not for Air America. In the same New York Winter 2005 ratings, Air America's Randi Rhodes on in the

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I just got THE most intense wooden splinter embedded into the fingernail of my right, middle-finger. Yeah, fuck you, too. It happened en route to Seward Park, where I planned on spending a pleasant afternoon reading and sunning. Youch. In other news, Paul Krugman lays the smack down on Plame-gate. My finger hurts too much for anything else. It's still in there, by the way...The Splinter. I'm

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The White House press corps refused to let Scott McClellan get away with non-answers on the Rove-Plame affair. This clip is about 6 minutes long, but totally worth watching from beginning to end. Terry Moran and his pretty face are reason enough...not to mention the giggling in the background. David Gregory lashes out towards the end: "Scott, this is ridiculous, I mean, the notion that you're

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London Bomb Hits During 'Terror Drill' HOST: To get this quite straight, you were running an exercise to see how you would cope with this and it happened while you were running the exercise? POWER: Precisely, and it was about half past nine this morning, we planned this for a company and for obvious reasons I don't want to reveal their name but they're listening and they'll know it. And we had a

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Blair rejects calls for probe into bombings As the death toll rose to 52 and police and security services continued searching for the bombers - thought to be Islamist terrorists - Downing Street said the prime minister believed an inquiry now into the outrage which killed at least 49 people would be a "ludicrous diversion." Instead, in a statement to the Commons on Monday following last week's

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These are the President's remarks in the wake of the London tragedy: I spent some time recently with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and had an opportunity to express our heartfelt condolences to the people of London, people who lost lives. I appreciate Prime Minister Blair's steadfast determination and his strength. He's on his way now to London here from the G8 to speak directly to the people

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An Al Qaida group has claimed responsibility for the multiple explosions in London this morning. One has to wonder if its A-Q proper (ie. Osama bin laden) or an A-Q copycat group. I can't figure out which of the two would be better news... News Dump: Blasts rock London, Blair breaks off G8 meeting London Blasts Set Off Chaos, Confusion Four London Blasts Kill 40, Injure 300 Al Qaida claim

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Terror Attacks Near 3,200 in 2004 Count Iraq, with 866, had the most terror attacks against civilians and other noncombatants, according to the new database. In April, Iraq was said to have had 201 attacks. The new numbers included attacks on Iraqis by Iraqis, a category previously excluded because it wasn't considered international terrorism. M-Diddy is like, totally HARD now. Asked about the

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Here are my Independence Eve picks: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Nebraska) answers a few questions for the New York Times Sunday Magazine: We built the biggest government history has ever seen under a Republican government. The Democrats are better because they are honest about it. They don't pretend. I admire that. They'll say: ''We want more money. We need more money.'' Check out the latest posts

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LIVE 8 coverage. Live feeds. Stream it. Donate some cash. Raise up and break the backbone of power, y'all.

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Apparently, The Leak has arrived in the form of a puffy-faced turd blossom named Karl Rove. Homework: Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson - the Vanity Fair article WIKI for Valerie Plame I vaguely remember Scott McClelland refusing to entertain the idea that maybe, just maybe...Karl Rove was behind the outing. Did Rove Blow a Spook's Cover?The White House won't say. (2003 Slate article) ...and one

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THIS is pretty fucked up. Up the punx...and their brand new sneaks! You decide.

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FEMALE U.S. MARINES AMBUSHED IN IRAQ BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A suicide car bomber and gunmen ambushed a convoy carrying female U.S. Marines in Fallujah, killing two Marines and leaving another four American troops presumed dead, the military said Friday. At least one woman was killed and 11 of 13 wounded were female. The terror group al-Qaida in Iraq claimed it carried out the bombing, one of the

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Anibal Cruz - 11 years old Daniel Agosto - 6 years old Jestin Pagan - 5 years old Whoa. THREE kids are missing from Camden, New Jersey?!!? They disappeared on Wednesday, ad apparently, the older one has limited mental abilities AND may be short on his medication. With God's help, these boys will miraculously transform into hott, blonde girls. Where's are Scarborough, Hannity and O'Reilly? How

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The Spurs v. Pistons game is upon us. One minute 'til tip-off. On an unrelated note, the only thing I hate about this offsite job I've been working on is the lack of AM reception in my cubicular unit. I feel so outta touch, listening to my day-old Air America mp3s, wondering what the hell Bush Co. has managed to fuck up today. Karl Rove, in what appears to be a carefully orchestrated move by

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Two PETA Employees Arrested on Animal Cruelty Charges in N.C. I really hate PETA. This is hilarious.

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