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WallCloud: October 26th, 2008 : American Obama America

Barack Obama's latest book, Change We Can Believe In, is indeed a sincere attempt to put forth his views and plans to renew America. The amount of thought he has put behind his seven arousing speeches speaks volume of the quality of a leader passionately engaged in envisioning problems...
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“Now and Then” with Dick Kovacevich: Leadership in a Time of Financial Crisis Richard Kovacevich, Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company Amidst one of the biggest crises to hit the international financial markets in modern history, Wells Fargo & Company has been an island of relative st...
2008/10/25 Who knows how bad this is going to get? I saw some very angry people interviewed on TV this morning. They had been laid off and didn't entertain much hope of finding another job real soon. In some cases, both husband and wife found themselves unemployed in the same we...
2008-10-26 16:02:16 MLB FanHouse
Filed under: Athletics, AL West, MLB Media WatchMore than a few old-school types have done their best to belittle Oakland A's GM Billy Beane for being the subject of the book Moneyball. He was reviled for saying that there may be a better, more efficient way of running a baseball team,...
, Billy , BillyBeane , John , JohnKerry , Newt , NewtGingrich
2008-10-26 15:08:17 OJR
By Robert Niles: Last week I enjoyed reading about one of America's most famous investigative reporters making the transition from print staffer to independent blogger. I am writing, of course, about Rick Redfern, the fictional Washington Post reporter from Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury c...
Swimmer Michael Phelps (C) of the United States of America appears as a hologram modelling the new Speedo LZR Racer suit at its launch at The Gymnasium on February 12, 2008 in London, England.
2008-10-26 13:54:19 The Nation: Top Stories
Kai Wright How the mortgage industry stole black America's hard-won wealth.
John McCain's push for a come-from-behind victory faced more hurdles Friday as global financial turmoil raised fresh concerns about America's troubled economy an issue that has benefited Democratic rival Barack Obama.
2008-10-26 10:59:01 Science Progress
According to Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, from 10 to 20 percent of Iraq war vets, or between 150,000 and 300,000 soldiers, have suffered a traumatic brain injury. Developing better ways to diagnose and treat TBI is important, but preventing it in the first place would be e...
The Second American Civil War was not like the first. There were no grey and blue lines of burnt out and hungry men. There were no white mansions to burn and slaves to free. No Antietams or Gettysburgs. The second Civil War was more a sputtering candle, made from the pressed-together b...
, John , barack , Sarah , US , subprime
No image button for the moment because of a Typepad upgrade. The people at the Corner...are losing it. I read this this morning and...wow. Hard to know what to say to such a paranoid, crazy rant. Some excerpts, but you really should read the whole thing (did you know that "the middle c...
, Politics
H J Harris B001ANUC4K
A Must Read by author H J Harris for white and black Americans as the 2008 presidential election unfolds. This 172 page Ebook sets forth a concise, easy to read, historical, spiritual, and psychological treatment of Racism in America - its causes, evolution, and possibilities for the f...
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2008-10-26  Minstrel Boy
....According to the Gallup Poll, less than 20 percent of Muslims are ethnically Arab, and most live outside of the Middle East. Muslims share belief structures and history with Jews and Christians. While these are fairly obvious facts, the Gallup research reveals that in the eyes of...
2008-10-26  Media Hunter
Franklin D. Roosevelt was radio president. Kennedy was the first television president. Reagan the first movie-star president. Will Barack Obama be America’s first web president? The 2008 US Presidential Election will be a referendum on many things - the war in Iraq, the Bush year...
, Online , Social , Uncategorized , Web/Tech , Ad , Barack , John , Marketer , Sarah , US , Web
Brazilians vote in the second round local elections seen as an important test for President Lula da Silva's Workers' Party.
, Americas
2008-10-26  TechCrunch
A report by US Army Intelligence points to Twitter, GPS devices, and voice changing software as potential "terrorist tools." Friend of CG, Noah Shachtman, posted the report on Danger Room noting that intelligence services have said that everything from MMORPGs to garage door openers ...
, Company
Leica S2 under glass Cameras have gone in three directions that made big news this year Into movies, with Canon and Nikon releasing movie-capable dSLRs. Getting smaller, with the micro-four-thirds movement led by the Panasonic G1, and Getting bigger, with the brand-new, b...
Booman recently wrote a short piece titled Palin's Snakebit Hockey Mom Routine. It was about Sarah Palin's recent misadventure in St. Louis, where St. Louis Blues goalie Manny Legace suffered a hip flexor injury that occurred when he slipped on the carpet placed on the ice for America...
(updated below) Over at Reason Magazine, in an article by Contributing Editor CathyYoung, I stand accused of harboring"sympathy for Russia"; tolerance of, and perhaps even support for, Putin's internal repression and oligarchical rule; and overarching anti-Americanism, or -- a...
OP-ED: Rebranding the U.S. With Obama, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, New York Times, October 22, 2008 Nice piece by Kristof that echoes what I've been saying in speeches for more than a year now: going post-Boomer in the U.S. White House gets us a chance to recast our relationship with Ch...
Police investigating the deaths of actress Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother search for her seven-year-old nephew.
, Americas
2008-10-25  Voodoo Medicine Man
I think Thomas Jefferson clearly defined the theme of America’s future when he listed “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” as one of the inalienable rights of man. Personally, I think personal liberties are part and parcel of what makes America great. But, where do we dra...
, Medicine , Politics
Barack Obama 0307455874
I found myself very impressed by both Obama's understanding of both sides of many issues as well as his ability to write. At the same time I can see how such writing could be considered aloof next to a more Hemmingway-like prose. While I did not personally agree with Obama's final posi...
$7.99 : American Obama America
Mexico offers a reward worth $370,000 for information leading to the arrest of the killers of a leading prosecutor.
, Americas
2008-10-25  The Daily Scan
From the Medscape Journal of Medicine, a nicely argued video from Dr. John Geyman about the fact that the private health insurance industry is dying, and what can be done to revive it. From the article: The health insurance industry in America is dying. How can that be -- such a ...
2008-10-25  Bob Barr 2008 Blog
So reads a comment left at Townhall.com, where Bob’s latest article appeared this morning.  It’s possible that the commenter was upset by Bob’s opening paragraph: The famed fat lady hasn’t sung yet, but she’s warming up. Sen. John McCain’s campaign has the feel...
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2008-10-25  HOWIEINSEATTLE
Barack Obama visiting his old neighborhood in Honolulu.WaPo:AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 24 -- Michelle Obama is nearing the finish line of a race that has become her quest as much as her husband's. Once, scant dozens of people filed in to meet her in small Iow...
, 2008 , michelle , barack
2008-10-25  Scholars and Rogues
2 Timothy 1:7: “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” James Dobson and the Christian Right activists at Focus on the Family seem to have forgotten that scriptural promise.  Then again, there is a great deal of the Bi...
, Christianity , Religious , Supreme , United , civil , civil , conservatives , elections , freedom , fundamentalism , gay , government , liberals , policy , politics , poverty , religion
Terrorists, Terrorism and ObamaBy JB Williams©2008 USASome extreme charges have been leveled at presidential candidate Barack Obama concerning his relationship with terrorists and his views towards terrorism. Are they unfounded political attacks by right-wing hacks, or reasonable qu...
In December 2006, reason'sNick Gillespie spokeon a plenary session at theannual conference of Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP). The panel's topic was "What Would a Sensible Drug Policy Look Like," and Gillespie focused not just on that topic but on how drug prohibition fu...
2008-10-25  Think Progress
Yesterday, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) sat for an interview with Barbara West of WFTV Orlando. West loaded her interview questions with right-wing smears, likening progressive tax policies to Marxism. Biden responded to West’s ridiculous line of questioning with disbelief: WEST: You ma...
, Braindead , Biden , Media , Obama , Radical
A while ago, I told you about the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) making life more difficult for weary travellers by installing 3D body scanners in 10 airports across America. Travellers are whacked into glass booths and subjected to a 3D body scan, which reveals intima...
2008-10-25  THE TOOT
Time Cube Guy endorses McCain: At the risk of my life, I must issue a GRAVE WARNING to my fellow Americans - about a potential Civil War between millions if Obama, the Black candidate, is elected President of the United States, displacing the white president - inducing America to bec...
, Uncategorized
National Urban League 0931761859
In a society where black people are clearly culturally inferior, no plan will resolve the situation, except the aceptance of the superiority of western civilization.
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2008-10-25  Asylum
James Salter was my biggest revelation of last year, when I read his novel Light Years in March and immediately knew that nothing else would touch it for the next nine months (a self-fulfilling prophecy). His is a sparse output, and I was happy to wait until now to read his last novel...
, Penguin , Salter
2008-10-25  The Moderate Voice
The amorphous and omnipresent “they” advise that we should never discuss certain subjects with friends, politics included. Yesterday, I broke that rule — and I broke it not with some borderline, persuadable friends, but with three of the most hard-right, Limbaugh-lik...
, Newsweek , 2008 , Politics
2008-10-25  Frankie's Hideout
"W" demonstrating why US Navy Aviator Sunglasses are the coolest in the world. Stressful night, both daughters on dates, so I did what any good father would do(right after making sure they got their Depo-provera, I mean Flu shots), skulk down to the muliplex to make sure the little Jas...
2008-10-25  Dr. Sanity
Lisa Schiffren says she hasn't heard so much about John Galt since...well, ever.I suppose, with all the projections of the Obama administration and its confiscatory tax rates on people and businesses, subordination of the productive to the dependent, public schools turned into training...
2008-10-25  Cathy's Place
This blog has been far to serious in recent weeks and months. I do remember the time when I had some kind of personality, but I have to tell you, it's been hiding for awhile. Things seem to go in phases. As a family we have been through a lot this year. There has not been much to lau...
2008-10-25  Booster Shots
When knees and hips are forced to carry around extra body poundage day after day, year after year, it takes a toll. The first and largest study examining the association between overweight, body mass and osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis usually affecting middle-age an...
, arthritis
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2008-10-25  Sexuality Happens
I was given this award by the lovely Jaded Hippy, who always has such wonderful and insightful things to say.  Thank you so much sweetheart!  This is what she had to say about my blog: Essin’ Em, I love your blog! I am forever in your debt because you were the first person I&#...
, Thoughts , butch/femme , gender , language , linkage , queer , survey , always , curvaceous , I , jaded , jiz , sasha , sinclair , wendy
Sara Palin’s association with "spiritual warfare" Pentecostalism might seem to shed a different light on her "pro-America parts of the country" routine. Via Sully.
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For most of you out there, I will never meet you. You will live long, prosperous, healthy lives. You will raise families, remain gainfully employed, go to church, give back to the community and generally live. You will play by the rules. You will have your ups and downs and life w...
Pop Culture Graphics B001KQBFQG
"MovieGoods has Amazon's largest selection of movie and TV show memorabilia, including posters, film cells and more: tens of thousands of items to choose from. We also offer a full selection of framed posters. Customer satisfaction is always guaranteed when you buy from MovieGoods on...
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2008-10-25  Hotline On Call
With reports out today from Politico and others that all's not well between the John McCain and Sarah Palin camps and that Palin is going "rogue" because she's frustrated with how she's been managed, here's one sign that the Alaska governor is pondering her future fortunes. Stumping i...
2008-10-25  JapanNewbie
Propaganda was used by both the Axis and Allied powers to influence the hearts and minds of every actor and observer during World War II, and America was no exception. After America declared war on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the military decided that a documen...
, Culture , Media , Society
The mainstream media is so in the tank for Barack Obama that only in the last few days has it begun to do some serious shoe-leather reporting and trace the connections between ACORN, Barack Obama, William Ayers, ACORN founder Wade Rathke and his embezzling brother Dale, the Weather Und...
, Barack , Bertha , Dale , Maude , Wade , Media
2008-10-25  Cars for Girls
Motor Trend recently had high praise for the Subaru Forester, naming the vehicle Motor Trend’s 2009 Sport Utility Vehicle of the Year, which is great news for busy parents who need extra space, want the assurance of the best safety features like side curtain airbags and stability and...
, Car , General
2008-10-25  All Spin Zone
by Walter Brasch It’s a little more than a week before the presidential election, and I’m worried about what happens afterwards. I’m not worried about the candidates, the people, or the country. I’m worried about the media. First, I’m worried about the TV...
, 2008 , Barack , General , John , Media , journalism , McCain , Obama , political , Politics , presidential , press
2008-10-25  Fausta's Blog
Three friends sent this link: The Obama Department of Peace & Non-Violence I really thought it was one of those FWD’d jokes one gets, but it isn’t. There really is a bill in Congress, HRH 808, for a Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act (Introduced in House), proposing...
, Barack , Democrats , Election2008 , politics , Fausta's
He went to Africa.  That is a very un-American thing to do. I had breakfast yesterday with the founder of our practice - a guy who packed up his wife and four children and went to the jungles of Zambia.  He went there to help train nationals to be clinicians, and to convince them to ...
, Personal
2008-10-25  Contrary Brin
An open (and final) call for whistleblowersSo far, nobody has offered to bet against my assertion that we will witness a Pardon Tsunami during the weeks after an Obama victory. Almost certainly, President George W. Bush has promised scads of get-out-of-jail-free cards to those who busi...
Someone drew my attention to a broken link for my original posting of this essay by Les Levidow. It was first published in 1990 but given the rise of the antisemitic Christian zionists in America and the collaboration of Jewish Israel lobbyists with them, it's as relevant today as it...
"We liberals are supposed to take the part of the victim. But too often, today's liberals first ask, 'Who's the executioner?' If the answer is "America," then they rush to defend the victim. But if America is on the side of the victim, they say, 'Maybe the victim deserved it.'"--Ber...
Penny Lane B000VRLIUS
This American Flag "These Colors Don't Run" United States poster is approx. 36'' x 24''
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2008-10-25  I Am TRex
(image by darkblack) Looks like there might be trouble in paradise. Even as John McCain and Sarah Palin scramble to close the gap in the final days of the 2008 election, stirrings of a Palin insurgency are complicating the campaign’s already-tense internal dynamics. Four Republi...
, 2008 , Sarah
2008-10-25  paidContent.org
As one of the more engaging elections in recent years enters the final stretch, the Huffington Post is riding a wave of political influence and enviable growth. But will that all go away after the election? It's a question that haunts CEO Betsy, and we raised it again today as part of ...
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Colombian police seize cocaine with a street value of $200m which was reportedly about to be sent to Mexico.
, Americas
Source: The GuardianSales and prescriptions of a weight-loss drug were suspended yesterday after European health authorities said the benefits no longer outweighed the risks.The European Medicines Agency said obese people taking Acomplia were roughly twice as likely to develop psychiat...
, GSK , Withdrawal , MHRA
Approximately thirty years ago, Evangelicals, no longer satisfied sitting on their hands as part of Nixon's silent majority, decided to speak up. The Moral Majority, the Christian Coalition and some of their companion groups arose with a vision of preserving America's religious roots a...
, Death , Abortion , Politics , government , sin , evil
2008-10-24  Amtrekker
Hey Team, When I first moved to Los Angeles after college, before I had even landed my first job at an ad agency, I was watching a LOT of news. (The burden of being broke, unemployed and in a strange city without friends.) Naturally it didn’t take long before I started getting RE...
, Thoughts , California
2008-10-24  L'Hôte
One of the things that annoys me about our democracy is the fact that people seem completely unable to recognize that our freedoms come with payoffs. There are some profound negative consequences to living in a free society, and there is always-- always-- going to be some kind of an at...
, liberty
2008-10-24  POTPOLITICS™
I was going to title this post why men suck or why I hate men. Well let’s focus on some positive aspects of this title. It recently dawned on me a few facts about women and women bloggers. I have never had any drama, complaints, disappointments with women .The two women that d...
, America , blogging , san , men , women
2008-10-24  So far, so good
In a recent trip with my parents to Savannah, Georgia, I jumped at the chance to join a "fright-seeing" tour of this historic city tauted as one of America's most haunted. The Ghosts and Gravestones Tour of Savannah took us to various "points of interest" including the fabled Sorrel We...
, photography , travel , PhotoHunt
Twelve public interest groups today urged Congress to support Internet for everyone by supporting “white spaces.” White spaces – the empty broadcast TV channels – are one of the U.S.’s most promising ways to close the digital divide and bring high-speed Internet acces...
, Uncategorized
Christopher J. Metzler 1438901593
n my view, The Negro Problem in 2008 is part law, part politics, part oppression, part internalized oppression and part ideology. As America becomes more polarized into red states and blues states, into liberals and conservatives, into right, left, and even further into black and white...
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"Although cities in the United States of America have relatively lower levels of poverty than many other cities in the developed world, levels of income inequality ... have risen above the international alert line of 0.4. ... Major metropolitan areas, such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Wash...
How the financial crisis is affecting America's churches.
, Voices , Culture , Judaism , Religion , Christianity , Roman , Economic , Economic , Abortion
Both John McCain and Barack Obama have declared that science and technology are essential to America's security and success. Judy Estrin, author of Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy, explains the importance of scientific innovation.
2008-10-24  Pronk Palisades
Weird Obama Admits to Socialist Values in Old Clip “…Here is a video of Barack Obama praising New Party socialist and proud member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Danny Davis. Barack calls Davis One of the best Congressmen in the country because he shares our valu...
, Blogroll , Economics , Employment , Links , People , Politics , Quotations , Rants , Raves , Resources , Taxes , Video , War , agenda , Barack , New , Obama , Radical , Radical , Socialist
2008-10-24  World Blog
By Ali Arouzi, NBC News Producer TEHRAN, Iran – In a country that can be very isolated, people from all walks of life in Iran seem to know the ins and outs of the upcoming U.S. elections. Most are well informed about the candidates and their running mates and almost everyone has an...
, Tehran, , Watching
2008-10-24  Oh Honestly, Erin
Every October, my Girl Scout Troop (we were the laziest troop ever and never really earned any badges. Though I did earn one for making up a dance to NKOTB’s sensational holiday hit “Have a Funky, Funky Christmas”) would hit up a local farm, where we would be set loo...
, Uncategorized
It's Friday, so it must be another day in Jihad. The Malaysian Fatwa Council has issued an edict prohibiting girls from dressing like immoral tomboys, and the like-minded Republicans of North Carolina are issuing their own dire warning.It seems that carpetbagging Senator Elizabeth Dol...
, same , election , black , Kay , LGBT , Politics , gay , Republican , gays , Senate , Mitch , Elizabeth , Republicans
Brand managers and marketers everywhere are trying to get a grasp on social media, social networking and the social revolution. In the survival of the fittest world of advertising, “fit” now means connected, and not as in, “having an online presence,” but as in,...
, Social , best , branding , Facebook , Facebook , MySpace , online , Social
The mother and brother of Oscar-winning US actress Jennifer Hudson have been shot dead, police say.
, Americas
2008-10-24  Foolocracy
(A series on little-known Presidential candidates) What is America’s third oldest political party? The Prohibition Party. One would think that with the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1933, the Prohibition Party would have died long ago. Not quite. It is still twitching. ...
, Earl , Gene , U.S.
William Michael Davis 1595560327
The bubble has yet to burst on Barack Obama's campaign to get the Democratic nomination for president, but whether he returns to the U.S. Senate or becomes the first president of African-American descent, this juvenile biography will provide a solid introduction to Obama for any young ...
$16.99 : American Obama America
(c) 2008 Baby Blues Partnership My husband Garth (not his real name) and I are big Baby Blues fans - especially, after our oldest daughter was born - and the comic strip very well may be the original ‘parenting blog,’ chronicling the misadventures of parenthood. Guess that'...
, Books , Holiday , Websites , baby , extreme , jerry , rick , this
2008-10-24  Newsweek Top News
How the financial crisis is affecting America's churches.
, Voices , Culture , Judaism , Religion , Christianity , Roman , Economic , Economic , Abortion
2008-10-24  Economist's View
Because I know how much you like talking about immigration and free trade: Free trade with a human face, by Jorge G. Castañeda, Project Syndicate: ...For many Latin American nations, not just Mexico, immigration is the single most important issue in their relations with the US. Th...
, Development , Economics , International
Yesterday, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the bombing of U.S. and French peacekeeping force barracks in Beirut - an assault which remains one of the most deadly and ugly attacks of its kind - the New York Times chose to run two opinion pieces on the subject, both offering the same ...
Here’s a summary of the smartest new political analysis on the Web: by Gerald F. Seib and Sara Murray The blame game is beginning among Republicans, even as Sen. John McCain struggles to catch up in the polls in the campaign’s final days, report a trio of top Politico...
, Political
2008-10-24  White House News
President Bush on Friday said, "Ever since 9/11, the people in this building have done what the country expects them to do, and that is to work as hard as necessary to help protect the United States of America. The work here at the NSA is absolutely vital, and I wish all our citizens c...
Written by JB Williams ©2008 USA   Hillary Clinton was right! Barack Obama is in so far over his unqualified head that he is getting caught up in his own tangled web of deceit before he can reach Election Day! And wife Michelle Obama just might be the person who ends his bid for the ...
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2008-10-24  Twitter / almacy
almacy: @zappos nice to meet you at #bwe08. Great piece on Oprah yesterday. The impromptu office parade should be mandatory in corporate America!
“I guess my best bet is to tell my daughter to relocate to Canada so she can live. We were even denied life insurance for her because of her diabetes, even though she is in good health. I can't keep up with my co-pays left for me to pay plus pay her high-cost insulin and diabeti...
, HEALTH , NJ
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, is endorsing Democrat Barack Obama for president, citing the senator's steady leadership, good judgment and ability to unify Democrats, Republicans and independents. "Senator Obama is a once-in-a-lifetime candidate who will transfo...
Ron Paul 0446537519
I couldn't agree with the quote on the back of the book more... this book takes a wrecking ball to the political establishment. The things this book presents about our out of control government make this a must-read for all Americans!
$21.00 : American Obama America
“I felt like Butch Cassidy…. Who are these guys who just keep coming at us?”—‘Running a Step Behind as a Crisis Raged’ by Joe Nocera and Edmund L. Andrews, New York Times, October 23, 2008So began yesterday’s excellent, and profoundly disturbing, inside look at how it was...
I have not blogged much on the election because I doubt I can say anything you haven't already heard. I have gathered here reasons for/against the candidates that you might not have heard. They are NOT mine- they are things I've heard or read. If 1/2 of these comments are new to 1/2 of...
The argument that NAFTA has brought nothing but woe to the U.S. economy and America’s workers is based on anecdotes and distorted data—and has gone far toward helping to misshape public perceptions about NAFTA's real impact.
, tradeandeconomicfreedom
2008-10-24  Deus Ex Malcontent
Remember Sarah Palin's hilarious appearance on Saturday Night Live last weekend?Yeah, I didn't think so. The truth is that the Palin's SNL cameo was, by almost any reasonable standard, entirely uneventful -- shocking only for its complete lack of shock. I'm not sure what most people we...
, saturday , sarah , john
Could Joe the Plumber become Joe the congressman? Joe Wurzelbacher, the most famous plumber in America thanks to John McCain and Sarah Palin, told conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham Friday he's considering a run for Congress in 2010. Just what kind of qualification does a pl...
In America, “I’ll take my lane in the middle” is a figure of speech. In Georgia, it’s a way of life. That is all.
, A , Culture , Europe , Life , Misc , Religion
The outcome of US election may be uncertain. But one thing is for sure - America will be making a shift to the left. Both Barack Obama and John McCain are left-handed.
2008-10-24  Muck and Mystery
I'm not here, I'm too busy to post, but this bit of insanity is good for a laugh. Ed Milliband, the new Secretary for State on Energy and Climate Change, committed the UK to cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 80% by 2050. This tough new target was based on evidence produced by Lord ...
, Psychoceramica
How the financial crisis is affecting America's churches.
, Voices , Culture , Judaism , Religion , Christianity , Roman , Economic , Economic , Abortion
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Thomas William Burton B0015K9442
My knowledge of the literary world being very limited, and knowing the numberless valuable productions which have been and are being sent broadcast throughout the world from the greatest minds, touching every phase of human existence, of every clime, and on every subject imaginable, ma...
$2.99 : American Obama America
2008-10-24  Seth's blog
…looks a lot like this one. The China/America comparisons are all in one direction: 1. The Chinese plan is prepaid; the American plan is not. The slight inconvenience of having to recharge one’s phone every now and then is far outweighed by a much lower price. The plans ca...
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In 1787, when America's framers wanted to argue for its Constitution, they published their arguments (the Federalist Papers) anonymously. Whistleblowers have released everything from the Pentagon Papers to the Downing Street Memos. Anonymous speech is a First Amendment right. And yet,...
2008-10-24  ShoutWire.com
Is the fashion world really going to change to suit the full figured Whitney, winner of America’s Next Top Model? We can only hope. I was thinking as I watched curvy Whitney stomp it out against slender Anya in the runway showdown featuring Donatella Versache, that designers should ...
2008-10-24  Virtual Pus
Hope that beaver ain't rabid. Go America! I saw this chuckler as I was reading about the McCain campaign worker who made up the story about being attacked by a big black man who carved a “B” in her face when he saw her McCain bumper sticker. Morton Downey, Jr., we barely...
, America , Blogs , Culture , Indiana , People , Politics , Religious , Television , Vast , general , videos
2008-10-24  In These Times
Is John McCain stupid, or does he believe we are? That's the question as he criticizes Barack Obama for allegedly trying to "redistribute the wealth" with a plan to lower taxes on the middle class and raise them on the super-rich. Of course, the Democrat's proposal would merely slow do...
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, ping.fm , panicbutton , panic , button , buttons , economy , america , yikes , fund , fundmanager , freakout , push , red , redbutton , funny , humor
2008-10-24  DUNCAN CROSS
Anna Wilde Matthews writes the Healthy Consumer column for WSJ Online. In her most recent column, she cites a study of McCain and Obama’s health plans: The Lewin Group, a health-care consulting firm, found in a new analysis that 65% of families would see their health-insurance co...
, Uncategorized
2008-10-24  Cephalopodcast
What happens when you cross Elizabeth Banks, energy conservation and a cephalopod non sequitur? You get the unscrewing of America.
, Uncategorized , advertising , cephalopod , Conservation , Humor
2008-10-24  Obi's Sister
If you don’t read anything else today, read this. Campaign worker attacked. Or was she? “Well, this story is bad if it’s true and it’s even worse if it’s a hoax.” UPDATE: Well, there you go. She admits to making up the story. Sad. So sad. If she want...
, America , DimWitDems , Election2008 , Hope , Libtards , Life , McCain , Peach , Politics , Stop , War
America is transitioning from mechanical voting machines to electronic voting machines. The key to an electronic voting machine is its software--which is often complicated and not well tested. Computer scientist Ka-Ping Yee describes how he created the prototype voting machine software...
Barack Obama B000BYXW78
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2008-10-24  slide:ology
When I was fresh out of school and poor and starving, I worked at Elephants Deli in Portland slinging potato salad and frothing cappuccinos (dude, you so scalded my foam). At the time, another struggling voice–this one with intentions toward comedy–worked in the bakery. To ...
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When my youngest, Olivia, was 4, I was gone for a several days for work. Wonderful "aunt" Paula, a dear friend of my mother's and known to my kids to be a loving pushover, came to stay with the children. After the older kids had all left for school one morning, Olivia excitedly informe...
2008-10-24  The Stinging Nettle
The Economist's Democracy in America blog nails the analysis of Alan Greenspan's testimony before Congress on the financial meltdown. For those who missed it, Greenspan launched this zinger as part of his explanation for why the financial crisis was, according to him, impossible to pr...
2008-10-24  Open Culture
We have now posted Lecture 2 of our ongoing course, The Geography of US Presidential Elections, presented by Stanford’s Continuing Studies program. You can download it via TunesU here (in high res) or you can watch it embedded below. This week, Professor Martin Lewis takes you...
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2008-10-24  Beautiful Horizons
From the Boston Globe, via Andrew Sullivan: Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president on Friday, citing the senator's good judgment, "deep sense of calm" and "first-class political temperament." Weld said he's never endorsed a...
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2008-10-23  All Men Are Liars
As I mentioned last week, I've been watching a bit of the American TV series Mad Men which chronicles the world of a fictitious 1960's New York advertising agency. Aside from the constant smoking and weird hindsight gags, one of the most oppressive themes in the show is the unmitigat...
2008-10-23  Bear Tracks
Obama’s voting record show how weak and indecisive he is. We Americans cannot have this indecisiveness as president. I cannot even fanthom what other world leaders would think! They would see America as weak. America we need a president who can make decisions and not vote “...
, Uncategorized , Bob , NOBAMA , O'Bama , politics , Voting
2008-10-23  Our Evolution
How do you play the Game of Life? What Rules have you adopted? What Rewards do you expect? In the last post in this series I explored ideas about how the rules adopted for a game define the way it’s played and the rewards it can offer. This post is about how we play the Game of...
, Uncategorized , civilization , game , games , God , peace , play , players , rules , spiritual , spirituality , war
2008-10-23  All Men Are Liars
As I mentioned last week, I've been watching a bit of the American TV series Mad Men which chronicles the world of a fictitious 1960's New York advertising agency. Aside from the constant smoking and weird hindsight gags, one of the most oppressive themes in the show is the unmitigat...
2008-10-23  American Footprints
Barack Obama is acting presidential. Via Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly blog Calpundit Political Animal, we learn that Mr. Obama said this in a portion of an interview with Time’s Joe Klein entitled On negotiating with the Taliban: "This is one useful lesson that is appli...
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Robert Kuttner 1603580794
I found this book to be well written and very interesting and informative. I live in New Zealand so this book also gave me a lot of background information of which I had been unaware. For example Kuttner definitely views Obama as more "mainstream democrat" than I had assumed from the u...
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2008-10-23  John Kerry | Blog
Senator Kerry mentioned that in his speech at the rally this past Saturday in Nashua, NH that he has never seen such worldwide interest in a U.S. Presidential campaign. Kerry said that he has often been questioned by world leaders about the election and if the American voters are real...
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2008-10-23  edwinleap.com
Thanks for the interesting comments about my last post.  I appreciate everyone’s input.  Granted, it’s a tough topic and worth lots of discussion.  We all have something to learn from one another. For instance, from some comments I have learned that I am a self-centered,...
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2008-10-23  GigaOM
The credit crunch has scared America straight for a few quarters at least. This means that consumers aren’t buying, and corporations are putting spending on hold. As such, venture firms have been sowing panic among their portfolio companies, telling them to cut early and cut ofte...
, Startups , Claremont , Fred , John , Tinity
2008-10-23  The List Universe
Some time ago I read a fascinating article describing the experiences of MPs and soldiers who had been involved in interrogation against suspected terrorists in Iraq. The MPs and soldiers talked candidly about their methods when using “no-touch torture” - loud music and so...
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2008-10-23  Ross Douthat
Basically, I agree with the Ambinder-Cillizza take on the question - namely, that Sarah Palin might well be a formidable contender for the GOP nomination in 2012 even if she's massively unpopular with the sixty-five percent of America that doesn't vote in Republican primaries. In an Ob...
As much has been publicized about brands using social media to better connect with their customers, extend brand reach and increase sales, there’s still a high demand for practical insider advice and case studies. To preview the upcoming BlogWell event Oct 28 on How Big Compan...
, Online , Other , Social , big , blogwell , corporate , enterprise
2008-10-23  Raw Dawg Buffalo
One of the events in my life that I have never forgotten occurred when I was in Junior High School. It was when the television mini-series ROOTS came out. I will never forget that music or the father holding his child up to the universe. The show was hard to take and I must admit, i...
, Kunta , John , Joe , Racism , Roots , Sarah , Memphis , America , Jim
2008-10-23  Never Trust a Hippy
Maybe. But Don Paskini says that the corpse is still twitching."The evidence is abundantly clear, that where the government has taken action and made use of the powers of the state to redistribute wealth and help people get jobs, it has been extremely successful in reducing poverty and...
, Conservatives , Equality
2008-10-23  Bouphonia
Focus on the Family offers a chilling vision of the End Times:"Hardship," "persecution" and "suffering" are among the prospects in a hypothetical letter from a "Christian from 2012" released today by evangelical leader James Dobson's political activist group Focus on the Family Action....
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