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May 31, 2007
It's Going to Rain: Must Be Arts Festival Time
Tomorrow kicks off the 48th year of the Three Rivers Arts Festival - complete with gyros and fried oreos, rocking concerts, and, of course, international artists and their wares.
Let the rain begin! It's kind of a joke around here, but nearly every year the festival kickoffs with buckets of rain, thunder, lightening, and microbursts. Cheerful lunch crowds are drowned. Tents and artist's kiosks are tossed around Gateway Center like children's toys. And this year may be no exception. Check out the 10-day from Weather.com:
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May 30, 2007
Five Songs I Listened to While Wearing Parachute Pants
- Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
- Money for Nothing - Dire Straits
- In My Dreams - Dokken
- Rock You Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
- Some Like It Hot - Power Station
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May 29, 2007
Public Airwaves for the Public Good
Please visit the link below and sign a petition to the FCC, urging them to require competitive and innovative practices from companies who win the upcoming wireless airwaves auction being held by the federal government.
These companies can either work to support the public good through wireless net neutrality or they can monopolize theese airwaves and continue stifling innovation they way they do now with broadband and broadcast airwaves.
Please encourage the FCC to do something that helps us all not just broadband and wireless providers.0 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 8:47 PM
May 24, 2007
Senate: 80-14, House: 280-142
And with that this fraudulent administration can continue its criminal conduct in Iraq.
Thanks for nothing.
Here are the senators who voted against this charade:
- Boxer (D-CA)
- Burr (R-NC)
- Clinton (D-NY)
- Coburn (R-OK)
- Dodd (D-CT)
- Enzi (R-WY)
- Feingold (D-WI)
- Kennedy (D-MA)
- Kerry (D-MA)
- Leahy (D-VT)
- Obama (D-IL)
- Sanders (I-VT)
- Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Wyden (D-OR)
The Democratic presidential candidates are in bold. (The House list is too long to list so please see the House roll call to find your rep.)
Which begs the question: If these 3, who have the biggest stake in keeping with the anti-war sentiment that gave the Dems the majority in Congress, voted against this bill, despite the tired threats from Republicans that they don't support the troops; then where are all the rest of the Democrats? Are they not campaigns for re-election in 08?
I don't know how many senators are up in '08, but every single member of the House is up. And I bet that more than a few of them still have some contentious primaries to get through. And now 360 members of Congress have shown utter disregard for the will of the people.
As Olbermann says in my previous post:...[Y]ou, Mr. Bush, imply that if the Democrats don’t give you the money and give it to you entirely on your terms, the troops in Iraq will be stranded, or forced to serve longer, or have to throw bullets at the enemy with their bare hands.
How transcendentally, how historically, pathetic.
Any other president from any other moment in the panorama of our history would have, at the outset of this tawdry game of political chicken, declared that no matter what the other political side did, he would insure personally—first, last and always—that the troops would not suffer.In the end, it is not whether or not you support the troops by caving in to the petulant demands of a monomanical horses ass president. It is what you force that man-child playing at world domination to do when you finally and resolutely say "Enough is enough."
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The entire government has failed us on Iraq
We have no deadlines. Not benchmarks. No troop reductions. We have nothing. The Democratic majority has left nearly 7 in 10 Americans without any hope that the Iraqi occupation will end any time soon.
If there was ever a mandate for the majority party, it was for the Democrats in November 2006; and that mandated message was clearly "Get us the hell out of Iraq."
It was created by lies. It has been perpetuated by lies. And it is through lies that the Democratic so-called leadership has betrayed us.
Please watch this special comment from Keith Olbermann on MSNBC last night:At this point I don't know what Barrack Obama's vote will be on this issue, but I can guarn-f*****g-tee you that I will completely withdraw my support for his candidacy if he votes for the tripe that Democrats have cooked up.
I have phone calls and emails into Obama's senate office, but as of this posting I have no idea where he stands on this issue.
I am sick to my heart over this debacle. We have thieves, liars, and profligate wastrels in the White House and those in Congress who enable them by lacking both courage and conviction. What good is the opposition party when they fail to oppose. We could've had the exact same bill last year before Democrats assumed the majority.4 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 3:20 PM
May 22, 2007
PeerPressure Humpin' Like a Mutha!
I am without words. It's like watching a lava lamp, but with a lot more thrusting.
Please visit the link to their MySpace page for more ... um ... more something.Labels: Funnies
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May 21, 2007
Speaking Ill of the Dead
Listen. I know that it's late and I know that it is an easy target, but I just can't keep from commenting.
Upon hearing of Jerry Falwell's death, my first thought was, "Won't he be surprised." And while I don't think that he was surprised the same way that Pat Oliphant suggests in the link below, I still think that he was surprised.
But surprised isn't necessarily the word I would use to describe the metaphysical shock that was surely waiting for the "good" reverend. Reports say that he was feeling pretty poorly the day of his death and had previously been suffering some long term health issues. One can imagine that, if he lived up to the more Christian aspects of his preachings, Falwell was in the process of making his peace with his lord. And I assume that would mean he was trying to confirm his apparent reservations beyond the Pearly Gates: checking with guest services, making sure his room was ready, and finding out the hours of the pool - a really nice permanent vacation, let's say.
Now imagine the shock of making the Great Transition and not only finding that your reservations were lost, but that the hotel, the resort, and the island weren't there either! That's the kind of surprise I'm talking about.
Let's face it, if Jerry kicked it and then found himself bathing in the Lake of Fire, he would be much more disappointed than surprised, especially when the list of qualifying behavior was read: homophobia, misogyny, bigotry, hatred, general misanthropy, etc.
Facing an eternity of nothing, absolutely nothing. Now that would be surprise.1 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 9:48 AM
May 15, 2007
Senate defeats climate change measure - Yahoo! News
The Senate today defeated a proposal(51-42. Senate rules required 60 votes to pass.) requiring the Army Corps of Engineers to consider the impact of climate change in designing water resources project. What? WHAT! The patricians in the Senate can't even agree that considering the impact of climate is a good thing. How is this possible?
Okay. Hang on here. Let me settle down before I blow a gasket.
When talking about the vote on his proposal, John Kerry said:"Tonight we got a majority of senators to stand up and demand that climate change be taken seriously ... [the Senate] has gone on record about global warming and sent a statement that its impact must be considered in our public policy debates.Well everyone but the 42 who disagreed with him that is. So once again that means that volumes and volumes of scientific research are being ignored in favor of ... in favor of, uh ... hmm. I don't know what the hell it's in favor of. Greed? Status quo? Political power? Fear? Ignorance? Take your pick.
Let's look at the situation a little further. On one side we have environmentalists and large portions of the scientific community who say that global climate change has been hastened by human involvement, i.e. the burning of fossil fuels and the resultant greenhouse gasses. On the other side we have carbon-based industry bigwigs and their paid-for enablers in congress and the White House who suggest that any changes we see in global climate are simply predictable weather cycles that have nothing to do with unchecked industrialism.
Each has strongly held opinions that are opposite of what the other thinks. Each is spending a lot time and money to shout their message the loudest. What are the consequences if they are wrong?
If the oil burners are wrong and we don't do something to stem climate change, and soon, the consequences will be disastrous: coastal flooding, massive storms, droughts, etc. Are any of these good enough to merit continued inactivity?
If the environmentalists and scientists are wrong, then we are left with renewable energy and new industries to support them, a cleaner environment, and legacy of action and positive change. Yeah, sure Exxon/Mobile won't be able to sell as much oil, but what's to prevent them from selling solar panels or hydrogen or what ever else comes along?
Where's the harm in action? What's the danger in pro activity? Do we need to wait until the water is lapping at the doorsteps of the Capitol before James Inhofe (R-OK) understands that inaction is not an option?
In response to the proposal Inhofe, the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, said that theory of global warming is supported by "environmental alarmists who want to scare people."
Who needs to be afraid of the environment when there are so many terrorists to be afraid of.0 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 10:24 PM
BarackObama.com | 16 Votes to End This War
The Iraq war should never have been started, and it's long past time to end it.
We were one signature away from ending this war, but President Bush
defied the majority of Americans and vetoed the legislation. He has
shown, again and again, since the invasion began, that he will not
listen.
But the will of the American people must be followed. If President
Bush won't end the war, it's up to Congress -- the representatives of
the people -- to end it instead. We need 16 Republican Senators to
override a veto -- any 16 of the 49 Republicans can choose the people
over their party and decide to end this war.
In 20 states, an incumbent Republican Senator faces re-election in
2008. They will have to make clear very soon whether they will
continue to defy the will of the American people.
Now is the time to hold them accountable for their choices on the war.
Barack Obama is doing just that, and you can, too. Make sure they hear
your voice too.
Vist the link below to send a personal message to those 20 senators.0 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 9:51 AM
May 11, 2007
Nuns May Protest President's Speech At St. Vincent College
I hope they do. I hope that all of the "good catholics" at St. Vincent's get a burr in their saddles and undertand that this administrator of the unjust occupation of Iraq, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and secret CIA prisons has no business speaking at a school that is chartered on the belief in peace and the sanctity of human life.
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May 8, 2007
Bush "Katrinas" Kansas
Daily Kos has a great post on how the protracted "war" in Iraq is damaging states' ability to respond to emergencies with the National Guard.
Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius has taken almost every oppotunity to remind voters in her state that Kansas has been hampered in its response to the Greensburg tornado because over 50% of the National Guard's heavy equipment has been sent to Iraq.
Kos goes on to show how other states have leveled similar charges.0 Comments | Link to this post posted by Teddy 6:41 PM
