GOP Flag Desecration

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Tuesday June 03, 2008 · 8:05 AM PDT

2008/06/03 · 08:05

This may be nit-picky to some, but for me it is so stunningly ignorant of the code of protocols surrounding use and care of the American Flag. And offensive to those of us who believe that those flag protocols set a high standard of respect for the Flag and what it stands for.

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Saturday March 01, 2008 · 9:35 AM PST

2008/03/01 · 09:35

Here in North Carolina, we go to the polls on May 6 for our primary. Regardless of whether the presidential nomination is secured for one or the other candidate by that point, North Carolina Democrats have two contested statewide primary races: Governor and U.S. Senate.

In the Democratic primary for governor, the candidates are current Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue and current State Treasurer Richard Moore. Both have been advertising on television since New Year's Day, and polls have shown that Perdue has a consistent (but not insurmountable) lead over Moore.

I am an attorney in Raleigh, and although I do not personally know either Perdue or Moore, I work with colleagues who know and have worked with both. My law partners are uniformly supporting Beverly Perdue, and I've heard nothing but good things about her from them.

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Monday October 30, 2006 · 6:58 PM PST

2006/10/30 · 18:58

Today, Elon College (NC) released a poll taken last week in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District. Earlier today, southerphilosopher wrote a diary including the main results of the poll, namely that incumbent Rep. Charles Taylor (R) is in trouble.

But the Elon poll also has some interesting buried information which gives an indication of just how disillusioned voters are in traditionally GOP areas. And the voters of the NC-11, as a demographic block, are not terribly different from the voters of Eastern Tennessee where Bob Corker hopes to draw his primary support. Read More

Sheehan for Nobel Peace Prize? Please no...

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Thursday October 12, 2006 · 2:34 PM PDT

2006/10/12 · 14:34

A TV station in Austin, TX is reporting (and Drudge is boosting) that Cindy Sheehan announced she's a finalist for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

"What I really hope to do with it is to inspire people to do what they can to make the world a better place and to let them know that one person really can make a difference," Cindy Sheehan.
Sheehan also announced at the signing that she's a finalist for a Nobel Peace Prize.

I know that Cindy is a semi-regular poster here, and I admire her courage and gumption last summer in setting up Camp Casey in Crawford.

But... Read More

Brownback hypocrisy on judicial nominees

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Friday October 06, 2006 · 2:30 PM PDT

2006/10/06 · 14:30

In the spring of 2005, the President had nominated some radical right-wing judges to sit on some of the nation's circuit courts of appeal...at the time, the Democrats in the Senate were threatening to filibuster those nominees on the Senate floor to prevent a vote on their confirmation.

Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) took to the Senate floor on May 11, 2005 to denounce the Democrats' threatened use of Senate stall tactics to prevent an up-or-down vote: Read More

Foley Scandal: Hannity blames Bill Clinton

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Monday October 02, 2006 · 6:13 PM PDT

2006/10/02 · 18:13

On Hannity & Colmes two minutes ago, Sean Hannity said that Democrats were being hypocritcal because Bill Clinton did the same thing.

And then he said that Monica Lewinsky was 19 years old - "she was a teenager" - when Bill Clinton began his affair with Lewinsky.

Umm....Sean...Monica was born on Jul 23, 1973. According to the Starr Report, she first met Bill Clinton on November 15, 1995.

That would make her 22 years old at the time. A college graduate. An adult. Hardly the same situation as a Congressman soliciting minors...

Rumsfeld and staff incapable of planning

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 12:59 PM PDT

2006/09/25 · 12:59

Yesterday we learned that the intelligence community believes the War in Iraq is responsible for creating more terrorists and is making America less safe.

Today we learn (again) that Rumsfeld & Co., who are charged with planning and executing this war, are incapable of even the most basic forward planning.

The 1st Brigade of the 1st Armored Division of the U.S. Army has been told that their tour of duty will be extended beyond their 12-month rotation.

The Army has extended the combat tours of about 4,000 soldiers who would otherwise be returning home, a defense official said Monday.
The 1st Brigade of 1st Armored Division, which is operating in the vicinity of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, will be kept in place for several weeks beyond their scheduled departure, the official said.

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Friday September 22, 2006 · 2:55 PM PDT

2006/09/22 · 14:55

The story I'm about to tell should send chills through heart of every teenager and former teenager in this country.

It's a story of a North Carolina teenage boy who was convicted of a felony for receiving oral sex from his teenage girlfriend.

And then had his conviction upheld by the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

This is the danger - the absurd danger - of criminalizing "sinful" behavior...and the danger of judges with moralistic agendas. Read More

UPDATED: ABC is not advertising PATH TO 9/11 tonight!

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Saturday September 09, 2006 · 5:59 PM PDT

2006/09/09 · 17:59

I'm sitting here, wearing my Ohio State Buckeyes shirt, watching #1 OSU play #2 Texas on ABC. Easily the biggest college football game of the weekend...easily the gem of ABC's Saturday Night Football line-up this season.

So with a #1 vs. #2 game and a national TV audience, one night before it is scheduled to air "Path to 9/11"....

And as of the end of the 1st Quarter, ABC hasn't run a single promotional ad for the "docudrama". Not one. Read More

OH-Gov: Conservative pastors publicly back Blackwell

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Tuesday August 29, 2006 · 9:39 AM PDT

2006/08/29 · 09:39

Cross posted at Street Prophets
For the last 16 years, there has been a Republican sitting in the Governor's Mansion in Ohio. If you believe any of the polls, that's going to change in November.

But not without a fight from the most right-wing, fundamentalist elements of the GOP. Ken Blackwell and his supporters have already waged a nasty campaign of lies, personal attacks, and mudslinging, all in an attempt to divert Ohioan's attention from the issues most neglected over the last 16 years of GOP-rule: an unconstitutional state public school system, a collapsing economy, growing povery, and a brain drain of the state's educated citizens.

Yesterday, Blackwell got a big, public vote of support from...you guessed it...ultra-conservative clergy. Read More

FL-Sen: Katherine Harris interview with Baptist newspaper

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Thursday August 24, 2006 · 1:34 PM PDT

2006/08/24 · 13:34

As we are well aware, Rep. Katherine Harris is carrying on a Quixotic effort to be the next U.S. Senator from Florida. As I diaried back in March, Harris has tried to pitch her campaign to the conservative evangelical wing of her party, having been shunned by the party leadership. Back in March, when she pledged to spend her "entire $10 million forture" to win, Harris invoked some Biblical imagery:

"I am willing to take this widow's mite, this pearl of great price, and put everything on the line," she told Donvan. "No matter how much you have, are you willing to take what you have and sell it all for a great price?"

Harris has now given an interview to the Florida Baptist Witness, the weekly newsletter of the Florida State Baptist Convention. And she's got some interesting things to say about faith and politics... Read More

Iraq and WWII - a milestone

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Wednesday August 16, 2006 · 6:50 AM PDT

2006/08/16 · 06:50

Yesterday, August 15, 2006, was the 61st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. A few weeks later, on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri, the Japanese formally surrendered, ending the Second World War.

Yesterday, August 15, 2006, was also a milestone in our present war in Iraq. Yesterday was the 1244th day since the U.S. invasion of Iraq (3/20/03 to 8/15/06).

The United States was at war with Nazi Germany for 1244 days during World War II (12/11/41 to 5/8/45). Read More

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GOP Flag Desecration

Push polling in NC Dem Governor primary

NC-11: Voter Anger in the Mountains of NC - possible TN-Sen impact

Sheehan for Nobel Peace Prize? Please no...

Brownback hypocrisy on judicial nominees

Foley Scandal: Hannity blames Bill Clinton

Rumsfeld and staff incapable of planning

The Absurdity of Criminalizing "Sin" w/ poll

UPDATED: ABC is not advertising PATH TO 9/11 tonight!

OH-Gov: Conservative pastors publicly back Blackwell

FL-Sen: Katherine Harris interview with Baptist newspaper

Iraq and WWII - a milestone