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- former US Marine, retired police; in other words, professional babysitter. "Ah's jes' th' ign'nt sonuva po' ol' shahcroppah, yas ah is. . ."
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20100531
Gaza Flotilla ATTACKED: Israel Storms Aid Ship, At Least 10 Dead
this is what happens when right-wing paranoia and fear take hold of a government.
imagine if this had happened in October 1962, when Kennedy and Khruschev were in power.
there would have been no November 1962.
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20100530
America's Poorest Presidents (PHOTOS)
i read a similar article to that of the WSJ a week or so ago. . .it was in the Atlantic. . .it stated that Washington's wealth, adjusted to present standards, would hover around 525 million dollars.
apparently the Kennedys never received an inheritance--JFK didn't--but the Kennedy kids all drew from a trust fund. The Kennedy estate was itself valued at around a billion dollars.
here's the link to the article:
http://www
looks like The Atlantic beat the Wall Street Journal to this story by a week.
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Report: Celtics, Lakers Finals To Allow Sportscasters To Endlessly List The Last Names Of Former Celtics, Lakers http://ping.fm/HThxn
BP Still Apparently Restricting Journalists Covering the Oil Spill [Oppression] http://ping.fm/XNT6E
Debt Collectors Forced to Pay $1.5m After Filthy, Racist Voicemails [One New Message] http://ping.fm/jROPO
Weiner to Asman: "I saw the Beck interview," you are "holding water for Goldline" http://ping.fm/VYX1H
Rep. Weiner: Goldline using "relationship with" Beck and others "to take advantage of hard-working Americans" http://ping.fm/jFEHu
Gingrich: Obama "engaged" in "racist dialogue to try to frighten Latinos away from the Republican Party" http://ping.fm/UTs4E
Colin Powell: Oil Spill Is 'Beyond The Capacity' Of BP To Solve, Military Might Have Role
Republicans don't trust him, though he is--or has been--one.
During the 1st Bush Administration, Cheney and Rumsfield ganged up against him any time he tried to inject reason into a discussion. This was noted by some people at Defense; one of my monographs from the SSI alludes to it, though the language is nicer.
They more or less made his job as Secretary of State meaningless, since they wanted Iraq and everything that came with it. (Remember 'The Project For The New American Century'.) Powell basically--maybe not totally, but basically--got suckered into buying their line against Iraq and the need to invade. No big surprise that he didn't continue after Bush's reelection, since he would have remained an impotent figurehead, with Cheney and Rumsfield bending Bush's ear, as it were, and calling the shots.
With the worsening of conditions and further injection of partisan ideology into everything, talking heads like Limbaugh, etc., have repeatedly claimed that Powell's not a 'real' Republican. The hardnosers and hardliners in the GOP won't accept him.
Yet, if he'd chosen, he could've run for President and won.
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Olbermann names Beck "Worst person in the world" for attack on Obama's daughter and incomplete apology http://ping.fm/7yNdw
Fox's Clayton Morris suggests Obama admin doesn't "understand who our enemy really is" and is "legitimizing jihad... http://ping.fm/Dh6n7
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Christian 'Pregnancy Crisis Centers' Masquerading as Health Clinics Tell Women Abortion Causes Cancer and Infertility -- And You're Helping Pay for Them
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20100529
Twitter Report Card: How does the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff @thejointstaff score in the month of May? http://ping.fm/05hf1
Cops drove car with Henry Glover inside to levee to 'secure' the body, report says http://ping.fm/p9SM4
Why Colleges Should Not Enter Dangerous Terrain of Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws http://ping.fm/be6S9
Ecological Denial On The Gulf Oil Disaster: U.S. Policies Continue Toward Collapse http://ping.fm/nfZKo
The Senate Acts to Ensure that Service Women Can Use Private Funds to Access Abortion Care http://ping.fm/KyvbK
20100528
Tiger Woods BARRED From Seeing Other Women: Report
somehow, i feel the local xxx shop is gonna need to order some more inflatable dolls soon. . .
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some of the most disturbing news i've seen in years, in terms of its implications. . .The Science Gap
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Can Local Television Afford Investigations? A Texas station makes the calculation http://ping.fm/3ijIm
20100527
The LWOT: White House releases National Security Strategy; Bagram detainees denied habeas rights
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Sarah Palin Erects Border Fence Around Her House (PHOTO)
'Ed tries to please, and so does Louise.' - The Firesign Theater
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Sarah Palin Erects Border Fence Around Her House (PHOTO)
This could provide endless possibilities for fun.
(1) sit on a chair facing the Palin house all day long, with a pen and a pad, and a pitcher of tea. watch and watch and watch. say nothing. every now and then, jot something down. watch some more. drink some tea. say nothing. jot something else down. wave if anyone directly looks at you, then jot down something else. drink more tea. say nothing.
repeat as necessary.
(2) set up arrays of cameras and microphones, bunched together at strategic areas, pointed directly at the Palin house. every now and then, come outside to fiddle with them, and change the tapes from the cameras (if any).
the beauty of this one is that you don't even need to have them connected, or have tapes in the cameras. the mere presence is annoyance enough.
(3) go over and ask to borrow a cup of sugar.
(4) go over and ask if a package in a 'plain brown wrapper' might have been delivered to their house by mistake.
(5) notes for chapter I of "My Neighbor, Sarah Palin"
"May 27th, 2010. Finally moved in. Glad that's done. Beautiful neighborhood; lovely scenery. Wonderful. And I can see Russia from my house. Perfectly satisfactory Everything's set up and I'm ready to go; the book should come easily. But there's only one thing that bothers me. . .
. . .why no housewarming party?"
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Sarah Palin Erects Border Fence Around Her House (PHOTO)
stalking is a matter of following people, or appearing wherever they are, with an intent to create intimidation, and/or fear and apprehension.
if you go to the trouble to buy a house and move in, that's not stalking. it's called residence. if it is stalking, it's one big hell of an investment in intimidation.
Sarah Palin made herself a public figure. she shamelessly paraded her family, and their 'family values', before the American people at every possible chance. she's been doing this for years, now.
she has no more right to privacy than anyone else--less, as a public figure--and to deny McGinniss the purchase and/or occupation of a vacant house on the market is discriminatory and pre-prejudicial.
i doubt there'd have been a 'problem' if the new occupant had been someone from FOX News.
media reports on either the left or the right are, at times, prejudicial. This move is a unique opportunity for an independent, first-hand account of what has been reported as an 'all-American' family.
after all, it's not as if he's gonna crawl in through the kitchen window. people should get a grip.
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20100526
Republicans Demand a Government Takeover and Bailout of the Oil Spill
The party of cognitive dissonance:
"I love you. . .don't touch me."
"Leave me alone. . .why aren't you helping?"
I often wonder about the childhood some of these people had. . .
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Hundreds Mourn Officers Slain By Antigovernment Extremists
i'm not coming down on the guns.
i'm coming down on a type of firearm which reflects a psychological attitude more than a need.
hell, you can kill a deer with a Bowie knife; just takes skill and more work.
there's a difference in mental attitude between the person who uses the crossbow, the person who uses a rifle, and the person who uses the AK-47; that's what i'm saying.
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Texas named 13th most corrupt state in Daily Beast study; nonprofit news sites like Texas Watchdog hope to stem corruption
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20100525
Your morning adorable: European wolf pups make themselves at home at German conservation center http://ping.fm/79Shw
Bat plague: The mystery disease that threatens to wipe species out and why we depend on their survival http://ping.fm/5L1go
Witnesses in war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina still facing threats and intimidation, finds OSCE report http://ping.fm/hBwmX
Morning Brief: South Korea cuts trade ties with the North; frustration mounts over BP oil spill http://ping.fm/Jmq5c
New Media, Old Media: How Blogs and Social Media Agendas Relate and Differ from Traditional Press http://ping.fm/nGNts
The Supreme Court and the Battle for Second Amendment Rights (Washington, DC, 6/8/10) http://ping.fm/gGCh5
20100524
Lindsay Lohan Returns To The U.S. With New Tattoo (VIDEO)
and the locking up of sick people accelerated under Ronald Reagan, who cut off funding for mental health and contributed to the closing of many mental institutions.
the mentally ill, at times homeless, found themselves running afoul of the law and a good many were placed into prison. some became death row inmates as a result of the combination of their psychological state and outside circumstances, which lead to committing capital crimes.
with George W Bush as governor, it became a state pasttime in Texas to execute the mentally ill, something that had appeared to have stopped (or at least slowed down) at the beginning of the 20th century.
About Lindsay Lohan
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Lindsay Lohan Returns To The U.S. With New Tattoo (VIDEO)
unfortunately, we've been locking up sick people for millennia, if we haven't killed them outright.
not too many decades ago the mentally incompetent and juvenile or child 'offenders' were placed in the same cells with mass murderers and the sociopath.
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Simon Monjack, Brittany Murphy's Husband, Found Dead
i'd suspect it happens lots more than you think.
it's merely what's considered good enough to be 'newsworthy'. and yes, of course preexisting health problems can accelerate it.
but i've been familiar with a few cases over the years; none of them were 'celebrities'. of course, they wouldn't make the cut into 'history'.
there is such a thing as 'true love'. but it's damned rare, and it's damned special, and outsiders know virtually nothing about the intensity and depth of the feelings involved.
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Lindsay Lohan Returns To The U.S. With New Tattoo (VIDEO)
Rob Zombie described this type of behavior pretty well in his song 'Go To California'.
not everyone is psychologically capable of 'being a celebrity', even if they started out as kids.
Amy Winehouse. . .Britney Spears. . .Lindsay Lohan. . .i'm really surprised that none of them have committed suicide yet; it's possible--
one could always look on the bright side: mebbe she's joined the 'Robert Downey Jr School of Arts'.
in which case, after a few more years, she's gonna be in some blockbuster movies that'll blow everybody's minds.
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"Through me the way to the Woeful City. Through me the way to Eternal Pain. Through me the way among the Lost People. Justice moved my Maker on High: Divine Power made me and Supreme Wisdom and Primal Love. Before me nothing was created but Eternal things, and I endure eternally. Abandon every hope, Ye who enter." - Dante Aligheri
20100523
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Dopamine system in highly creative people similar to that seen in schizophrenics, study finds http://ping.fm/ePzU7
Anti-Government Man Jerry Kane Jr., Teenage Son Reportedly Killed Police In Deadly Shootout
i've been staying with my daughter about 20 miles from home, because of some major surgery. a couple months ago or so, a dude got involved in a shootout here in her town after being pulled over.
he fled towards my home(town) and they followed. police at home put up a roadblock and he went through it. . .dude continued to the Wal-Mart, ran inside and started shooting.
an off-duty deputy sheriff from the next county was already inside; he shot & and killed him.
with these guys getting skragged at Wal-Mart, i'm beginning to wonder if it's some kind of trend.
certainly symbolic of 'market forces'.
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20100522
The War Is Making You Poor Act
Basically, that's how it always was.
Read T H White's 'The Once And Future King', and you learn how the nobility sent the poor off to fight and die while the knights (upper class) partied. However, warfare is somewhat ancillary to the thrust of the tetrology; it's one of many phenomena explored therein.
The fifth installment, 'The Book Of Merlyn', was never added to 'The Once And Furture King', as was intended; editors saw to that. The whole book is an explanation of the why and wherefore of warfare, in terms of what was known at the beginning of WW II.
It would seem that things haven't changed at all, rather than the names and justifications. . .
About Afghanistan
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Read T H White's 'The Once And Future King', and you learn how the nobility sent the poor off to fight and die while the knights (upper class) partied. However, warfare is somewhat ancillary to the thrust of the tetrology; it's one of many phenomena explored therein.
The fifth installment, 'The Book Of Merlyn', was never added to 'The Once And Furture King', as was intended; editors saw to that. The whole book is an explanation of the why and wherefore of warfare, in terms of what was known at the beginning of WW II.
It would seem that things haven't changed at all, rather than the names and justifications. . .
About Afghanistan
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Dennis Blair RESIGNING: Director Of National Intelligence To Be Replaced By Obama
i try to be patient, and i'll try with you. when i made my last entry i had things on my mind, including sleep, having just returned from a VA hospital. apparently YOU don't wish to look up anything yourself, since your opinion is already set. so be it. still. . .
in my case, i could care for either party, or President, especially as the current Administration is continuing illegal and unethical activities started under the Cheney Administration, and adding new ones. anyway. . .
'Bounding the Global War on Terrorism', authored by Dr. Jeffrey Record. http://www
'Decisionmaking In Operation IRAQI FREEDOM: The Strategic Shift of 2007', Authored by Dr. Steven Metz. http://www
those are two publications worth noting. the second is the first of a new series which explores the decisions behind the invasion.
the endnotes include the information of Rumsfield's rejection of the first paper. God knows it wasn't implemented.
now, i have also had to go by memory in my last response. instead of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, i meant (Institute for Policy Studies:) Foreign Policy In Focus: 'Wny Not To Go To War In Iraq', August 2002.
I have copied and pasted the paper (pdf) as a blog entry at http://mat
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20100521
Dennis Blair RESIGNING: Director Of National Intelligence To Be Replaced By Obama
I'd suggest you do some research. A good place to start would be the Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College.
I can refer you to several papers, including one Rummy laughed off before the invasion began.
He snubbed them like he did anyone who differed with him. He was as competent as the Cheerleade
We didn't need it; we don't need it now.
The RAND Corporation has some interesting stuff, too; and the Foreign Policy Research Institute (among others) spelled out what was going to happen before we ever went to Iraq.
I remember VERY WELL that, when asked were the so-called 'WMD' were, he said, "Oh, Baghdad, Tikrit, north, south, east, west", waving his hands about and revealing he didn't know where they were, let alone what he was talking about. Dismissal and lies were the trademarkss of that bunch.
We kept being told that "we had a pretty good idea where bin Laden' was, but somehow we just never got him. Either they didn't know where he was, or they couldn't get him where he was; either way, America was lied to for all those years.
Believing in Wolfowitz and his ilk was what led us to stay in Iraq all those years for NOTHING, and it's not yet over. My nephew's already done four tours there, and now he's in Afghanistan. For their crap.
'Media'.
'Scapegoat
My ____.
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20100520
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20100519
Swastika Branded on Mentally Challenged Victim; Kidnapping, Hate Crime Charges Loom, Says D.A.
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20100518
Mark Souder RESIGNS Over Affair With Aide Tracy Jackson (VIDEO)
Another one bites the dust. . .
Another one bites the dust. . .
And another one gone, and another one gone;
Another one bites the dust. . .
Hey, I'm gonna get you too:
Another one bites the dust. . .
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Ordinary Measures, Extraordinary Results: An Assessment of Foiled Plots Since 9/11
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20100517
Shep Smith: apologizes “for the lack of balance,” reinforces Fox brand - Colin Horgan - Yesterday's Weirdness - True/Slant http://ping.fm/SnQqv
20100516
OPENBOOK (Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. Whether you want to or not.)
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NRA Members Disagree With NRA Leadership: Those On Terrorist Watch List Should Not Be Able To Buy Firearms
msbadger. . .probo. . .the sad fact of the matter is that all life is cannibalistic, whether it's animal, plant, fungoid or other.
there's really no difference: life feeds on life. we make value judgments based on the concepts of 'soul', 'intelligence', 'mind' and other nebulous concepts, but it all boils down to the same thing.
the only difference (and it's my thought, i can always be wrong about this) is that the human is the only delusional animal, who seeks and makes rationalizations and justifications for anything it does, including its consumption of other life.
i know vegetarians who are so zealous in their defense of vegetarianism that they are really no different than religious zealots; it's only the focus that's different. some are virtually violent in their defense and promotion of vegetarianism; and for some, it's destroyed relationships.
to look at the bright side, as if there was one. . .if everything were perfect, we'd kill ourselves out of boredom and apathy.
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20100515
Agency must decide on proposed endangered species listing for Mexican gray wolf by end of July, judge rules http://ping.fm/1QZeh
76% of Americans still believe recession is ongoing http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Americablog/~3/bhJVmpoF7Yg/76-of-americans-still-believe-recession.html
Army Determines Precision Indirect Fires Not All That Important in Current Wars http://ping.fm/xEhnk
General: Marines making progress in Afghanistan but more tough fighting' is ahead http://ping.fm/zQM47
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