tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post3433179339552539178..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Obama Supporter, Brzezinski, Warns on AfghanistanDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18019027953513981172008-07-22T01:09:00.000-04:002008-07-22T01:09:00.000-04:00She has the talent to soft boil a hard on.She has the talent to soft boil a hard on.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-88174294948950128642008-07-22T00:47:00.000-04:002008-07-22T00:47:00.000-04:00Stanford R. Ovshinsky, a true American hero.Stanford R. Ovshinsky, a true American hero.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-53964116619148697842008-07-22T00:27:00.000-04:002008-07-22T00:27:00.000-04:00I tried to stomach five minutes watching her, but ...I tried to stomach five minutes watching her, but couldn't. The overwhelming urge to smash her skull against a wall, was just too much.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-70162152076209391402008-07-21T23:15:00.000-04:002008-07-21T23:15:00.000-04:00The next generation of Brzezinski, Mika.The insuff...<A HREF="http://www.newcityvegas.com/images/mika-brzezinski.jpg" REL="nofollow">The next generation</A> of Brzezinski, Mika.<BR/><BR/>The insufferable.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46639133327219256972008-07-21T22:41:00.000-04:002008-07-21T22:41:00.000-04:00About the watch the documentary Who Killed The Ele...About the watch the documentary Who Killed The Electric Car. I bet I already know the answer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18267124151251347492008-07-21T22:10:00.000-04:002008-07-21T22:10:00.000-04:00Ferrari vs Electric car:http://video.google.com/vi...Ferrari vs Electric car:<BR/><BR/>http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7352118104883452737&hl=enAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-28970958877119016762008-07-21T21:30:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:30:00.000-04:00I blame all this on '24' and the boob tube.I blame all this on '24' and the boob tube.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83057486636075735782008-07-21T21:28:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:28:00.000-04:00Word of the forum came as a leading conservative C...<I>Word of the forum came as a leading conservative Christian, James Dobson, signaled that he might reverse his position and endorse McCain, The Associated Press reported.<BR/><BR/>"I never thought I would hear myself saying this," Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, said for radio broadcast on Monday. "While I am not endorsing Senator John McCain, the possibility is there that I might."<BR/><BR/>The forum still falls short of the kind of face-to-face, town-hall-style debates that McCain, of Arizona, has called for this summer before formal debates scheduled for this fall.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/21/america/forum.php" REL="nofollow">Together at Megachurch</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61766697989479013192008-07-21T21:18:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:18:00.000-04:00DR wrote:"Mr Bush and Condi decide the US would br...DR wrote:<BR/><BR/>"Mr Bush and Condi decide the US would break its' almost 30 year diplomatic freeze with Iran, just as Obama said we should."<BR/><BR/>There is another possibility, one that would make dear Trish squawk and that is now Bush can claim "we negotiated, we talked, time to attack" The wet dream of so many of the radical right.<BR/><BR/>I'm currently reading Niall Ferguson's "World at War" (after just finishing his "Empire") and he's talking about how just prior to WWI many were discounting the chance of war, or suggesting it would just be a short one, because it would cost so damn much and no one could afford it. Seemed to happen anyway and then go on for a long time. We could be sleepwalking toward a long, messy, disastorous, confrontation. A war on many fronts - Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran...<BR/><BR/>...zieg heil glorius Bush!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52944816923586102102008-07-21T21:15:00.000-04:002008-07-21T21:15:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06232405130481114127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-18891918990661386142008-07-21T20:58:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:58:00.000-04:00But the poll's real surprise was that Libertarian ...<I>But the poll's real surprise was that Libertarian presidential nominee, former GOP U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, polled 8 percent.<BR/><BR/>Previous presidential polls in Colorado haven't included Barr's name as an option.<BR/><BR/>The poll, conducted online among 780 likely Colorado voters between June 11 and June 30, has a +/- 3.6 percent margin of error.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://politicker.com/new-poll-shows-obama-mccain-neck-and-neck-barr-polls-8-percent" REL="nofollow">Barr Polls 8%</A><BR/><BR/>Taken before the 'World Tour', mind you.samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87022680802266975372008-07-21T20:57:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:57:00.000-04:00Librarians united! one skilled in the process of h...Librarians united!<BR/><BR/><B><I> one skilled in the process of helping others locate and use information</I></B>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12120534008981789762008-07-21T20:48:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:48:00.000-04:00Doug: Vote Barr!Fuck Bob BarrWhere do you think hi...Doug: <B>Vote Barr!</B><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/2522501465_3398e3521a_o.jpg" REL="nofollow">Fuck Bob Barr</A><BR/><BR/>Where do you think his votes will come from? They will come from McCain.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60390669453879641192008-07-21T20:44:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:44:00.000-04:00ô¿ôNot the nose!ô¿ô<BR/><BR/>Not the nose!desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51692610346900588052008-07-21T20:36:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:36:00.000-04:00Afghanistan is a stomach cancer operation, and Ira...Afghanistan is a stomach cancer operation, and Iraq is a Michael Jackson nose job. About halfway through the procedure on the stomach you told the surgeon to stop working, but keep the area irrigated, while he devoted his time and your money working on the nose job. He kept making mistakes, and your nose kept getting more and more lopped off until it looked like one of those little noses in a Japanese cartoon. Then the surgeon said he was going to quit in a few months, but you can pick his replacement. An old white-haired candidate said he liked the idea of just working on the nose, for a hundred years if that’s what it took. A young black candidate said the stomach cancer was about to metastasize and he promised to shift the whole operating team away from the nose job and just work on the stomach cancer.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-71756058447704068422008-07-21T20:21:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:21:00.000-04:00"I think it is very important to recognize that I'...<I>"I think it is very important to recognize that I'm going over there as a U.S. senator. We have one president at a time, so it's the president's job to deliver those messages," Obama said.<BR/><BR/>The fight in Afghanistan has become a more pressing issue on the political radar. Three times as many coalition soldiers and other military personnel have died in July in Afghanistan, compared with Iraq.<BR/><BR/>July's death toll for coalition troops reached 22 after the Friday death of a Canadian soldier was announced.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/20/obama.afghanistan/index.html?eref=rss_latest" REL="nofollow">Afghanistan Urgent</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1893043526167348122008-07-21T20:07:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:07:00.000-04:00NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD L. CARCIERI, by virtue o...<I>NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD L. CARCIERI, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations do hereby order as follows:<BR/><BR/>1. The Department of Administration shall register and use the federal government’s E-Verify program to electronically verify the employment eligibility of new hires in the Executive Branch and the validity of their Social Security numbers to ensure that all employees of the Executive Branch are legally eligible to be employed in the United States and take appropriate action against those that are not eligible for employment, consistent with federal and state law.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>2. The Department of Administration shall require that all persons and businesses, including grantees, contractors and their subcontractors and vendors doing business with the State of Rhode Island also register with and utilize the services of the E-Verify program to ensure compliance with federal and state law.<BR/><BR/>3. The Directors of each department and state agency in the Executive Branch shall attempt to notify any person whose identity was stolen or otherwise improperly used by any person in order receive any benefit, including but not limited to child care, health care, any government issued identification card, including driver’s license and non-driver’s license identification, welfare or employment.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.projo.com/news/pdf/2008/0327_immigrationorder.pdf" REL="nofollow">Illegal Immigration Control Order</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24002638783841177502008-07-21T20:06:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:06:00.000-04:00ô¿ôBut I can cut & paste with the best of '...ô¿ô<BR/><BR/>But I can cut & paste with the best of 'emdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-2996720461268632008-07-21T20:02:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:02:00.000-04:00"Ich bin ein Berliner"Wonder what the perspective ...<I>"Ich bin ein Berliner"<BR/><BR/>Wonder what the perspective Democratic nominee Obama will have to say."</I><BR/><BR/>"Iche bin ein Beginner" <BR/><BR/>With all due respect to the person who coined it (not me).Originally Sinlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421960762615146891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30828673933201569552008-07-21T20:01:00.000-04:002008-07-21T20:01:00.000-04:00From the AP wireIn Washington, the White House exp...From the AP wire<BR/><BR/><I>In Washington, the White House expressed unhappiness about Iraqi leaders' apparent public backing for Obama's troop withdrawal plans and suggested the Iraqis may be trying to use the U.S. presidential election as leverage for negotiations on America's presence and future obligations in the country.<BR/><BR/>"We don't think that talking about specific negotiating tactics or your negotiating position in the press is the best way to negotiate a deal," White House press secretary Dana Perino said after al-Maliki was quoted in a magazine article supporting Obama's proposed 16-month troop withdrawal timeline. Al-Maliki's spokesman, al-Dabbagh, initially appeared to try to discredit the magazine report but on Monday newly expressed hopes that U.S. combat forces could be out of Iraq by 2010.<BR/><BR/>Said Perino: "It will not be a date that you just pluck out of thin air. It will not be something that Americans say, `We're going to do _ we're going to leave at this date,' which is what some have suggested."<BR/><BR/>The Bush administration has refused to set specific troop level targets but last week offered to discuss a "general time horizon" for a U.S. combat troop exit.<BR/><BR/>Asked whether the Iraqis might be trying to use the U.S. presidential election for leverage in negotiations over the future of the American military mission in Iraq, she said, "I think that a lot of other people look through the lens of a 2008 presidential election. ... Might they be? Sure. I mean, it's possible."<BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8380721329415094842008-07-21T19:56:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:56:00.000-04:00In an e-mail to the campaign on Friday, David Ship...<I>In an e-mail to the campaign on Friday, David Shipley, an op-ed editor at the newspaper, said he could not accept the piece in its current form, but would look at another version. In the e-mail, released by McCain's campaign, Shipley wrote that McCain's article would "have to lay out a clear plan for achieving victory _ with troops levels, timetables and measures for compelling the Iraqis to cooperate. And it would need to describe the senator's Afghanistan strategy, spelling out how it meshes with his Iraq plan."<BR/><BR/>Commenting Monday on the Times' request, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said, "John McCain believes that victory in Iraq must be based on conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables. Unlike Barack Obama, that position will not change based on politics or the demands of The New York Times."<BR/><BR/>Bounds said the campaign will not submit a revised op-ed.<BR/><BR/>In a written statement Monday, the Times explained its decision and left the door open to publishing his views:<BR/><BR/>"It is standard procedure on our op-ed page, and that of other newspapers, to go back and forth with an author on his or her submission. We look forward to publishing Sen. McCain's views in our paper just as we have in the past."<BR/><BR/>The New York Times endorsed McCain in the Republican primaries, but he has had a testy relationship with the publication.<BR/><BR/>In February, McCain vigorously denied and denounced the newspaper's report that suggested he had an improper relationship with a female lobbyist. His campaign referred to the article as a "smear campaign" and "gutter politics" in the midst of the presidential race.<BR/><BR/>McCain's submission comes after the newspaper ran an op-ed written by Obama last Monday. The Illinois senator wrote that as president he would send at least two more combat brigades _ about 7,000 troops _ to Afghanistan as part of his plan to pull combat troops out of Iraq and focus on al-Qaida in Afghanistan.<BR/><BR/>The newspaper said it has published at least seven of McCain's op-ed pieces since 1996. <BR/>"We take his views very seriously," the statement said.<BR/><BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89906638411902438482008-07-21T19:54:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:54:00.000-04:00No, not meBRAWLEY, Calif. (Associated Press) -- A...No, not me<BR/><BR/><I>BRAWLEY, Calif. (Associated Press) -- A Mexican citizen accused of driving more than 20 illegal immigrants in a vehicle that plunged into a canal, killing six of them, has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling, federal authorities said Monday.<BR/><BR/>The crash happened Friday night shortly after the driver fled police in Westmorland, about 125 miles east of San Diego, said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<BR/><BR/>According to the California Highway Patrol, the GMC Suburban overturned into the canal and was submerged after the driver failed to maneuver a curve in the road. An 8-year-old boy was among the dead.<BR/><BR/>The driver was arrested Sunday at a motel in nearby Brawley, Mack said. The suspect, who has been caught eight times by the Border Patrol, claimed to be a juvenile. His name was not released.<BR/><BR/>Witnesses reported that 22 people, all believed to be Mexican, had been packed in the Suburban, Mack said. Alfredo Sevilla, deputy consul for the Mexican consulate in Calexico, said there had been 19 people inside.<BR/><BR/>Survivors include a 12-year-old girl whose mother, father and younger brother died in the crash, Mack said.<BR/><BR/>Five passengers were returned to Mexico, four were hospitalized, and three were being held as material witnesses, Mack said. The others apparently fled.<BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-57945203923220325782008-07-21T19:51:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:51:00.000-04:00Anybody know how to type this?ô¿ôAnybody know how to type this?<BR/><BR/>ô¿ôDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-46696860668326248062008-07-21T19:43:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:43:00.000-04:00VPR's Bob Kinzel reports:...Speaking on VPR's Verm...<I>VPR's Bob Kinzel reports:<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>Speaking on VPR's Vermont Edition, Leahy said he strongly supports the administration's new approach with Iran.<BR/><BR/>(Leahy) ``Iran is a major problem. And I think part of the problem is that we have tried to isolate them instead of consider trying to negotiate with them.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>(Kinzel) Leahy says he supports a diplomatic approach because he doesn't think the United States is prepared for military action against Iran.<BR/><BR/>(Leahy) ``I think a war would be tragic. One, we don't even have the forces to do it.<BR/><BR/>...<BR/><BR/>(Kinzel) Leahy says he hopes this weekend's meeting in Geneva will lead to larger diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran.</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/81381/" REL="nofollow">Relations May be Improving</A>samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856051164644278989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-15609240963436187072008-07-21T19:23:00.000-04:002008-07-21T19:23:00.000-04:00Behind the curve reactions, again.Could have done ...Behind the curve reactions, again.<BR/><BR/>Could have done it a year ago, it'd not effect the election, then. But to be 110 days out, then to undercut your ideological and Party's perspective nominee, just not indusive to a successful transfer of the White House, within the Republican ranks.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com