May 15, 2008
— DrewM Maverick is giving a speech at 10am EST. The speech is written as if it's the year 2013 and he's listing what he, President McCain has accomplished. It's a gimmicky way to give a laundry list of what he's been talking about all along but if it gets more attention for it, then it will have done its job.
Update: He will do weekly press conferences and do question time with the House and Senate? Um, okay.
It's a pretty upbeat speech and one that plays to his strengths but it's also a lot of stuff that will never happen. That's not a knock on McCain, it's just the reality of political speeches. It's the Maverick version of Hope and Change. I think it will play well with a lot of people and will get McCain a good day of coverage and that's what he was trying for.
You can read excerpts here.
A few highlights:
By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won.The threat from a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan has been greatly reduced but not eliminated. U.S. and NATO forces remain there to help finish the job, and continue operations against the remnants of al Qaeda.
The United States and its allies have made great progress in advancing nuclear security. Concerted action by the great democracies of the world has persuaded a reluctant Russia and China to cooperate in pressuring Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and North Korea to discontinue its own.
Below the fold some domestic goals. more...
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May 14, 2008
— Open Blog The New York Sun reports on an investigation into whether the MLK capital memorial was improperly outsourced to a Chinese artist, using granite from China quarries.
The scope of the inquiry is not clear, but it seems to focus on whether the foundation was obliged to follow federal procurement rules, including competitive bidding and so-called “Buy American” policies favoring domestic sources. The foundation is largely supported by private donations, but it received almost $10 million from the federal government in 2006.
Boring as hell right? "Bla bla government investigation bla improper contracting blaaa." Where's the interest for a jaded racist red, white & blue wavin' knuckle-dragger such as meself?
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— Ace Strong Language
Countdown to the Ron Burgundy parody on Funny or Die... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...
Oh, Here It Is: A bit of Bill mixed with teleprompter scene from Anchorman.
Thanks to Slowking Man.
The Original: For comparison.
Why am I so fascinated by this?
I want to see King Leonaidas proclaim, "WE'LL DO IT LIVE!!!"
O'Reilly on His Blow Up: "Internet Cop" MKH talks about it with this even-keeled fellow.
Correction: Nope, he just mentions it at the end. Doesn't discuss it.
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— Purple Avenger Interesting carbon nano-tube stuff here:
Nanofluidic channels are an intriguing means of harvesting electrical energy from unusual sources, such as the bumping of car suspension or even the flexing of your shoes...If we can hook this shit up to the jaws of politicians, then I think we've solved the energy crisis....If the density of tubes were increased to, say, a few percent of the membrane area, which does not seem unreasonable, then the output power density could rise above the level of several kW/m2. This would be roughly comparable to the output power density of a hydroelectric dam.
But I can imagine applications that are smaller in scale. A nanoporous membrane can be configured to harvest energy from almost any situation where useful mechanical work would otherwise be dissipated away, like in the shocks of a car or even the soles of shoes.
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— Ace
Seems a high price to pay just to tell your dad you're gay. You can get a Miata for like $20,000.
If you want the details, you'll have to Google "diamond mercedes"... carefully. One of these damn sites I clicked on seems to have infected me with malware or something.
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— Ace Frankly he sounds like a fucking lunatic, but wouldn't it be awesome?
He says evidence will follow. Sometime.
It doesn't help that he calls Oprah Winfrey "the whore girl" and claims she wants to be Secretary of State and/or Vice President. Wright wants to be one or the other, too. He's unclear about who gets what post in an Obama Administration.
From JammieWearing Fool, who's as gob-smacked as Andrew Sullivan trying to set the digital clock on a brand-new high-definition progressive-scan vagina.
Good Point: Bumper Stickerist says--
Well, as Manning is black and a reverend, his statements *must* be true.Anybody making claims to the contrary just doesn't understand.
Right. We were sagely informed that Wright's various lunacies were "right" from a certain point of view and we were not fit to judge them as vicious lies.
He was speaking in the "prophetic tradition," you see. Pretty much whatever silly shit he says is beyond criticism (and possibly true!).
Okay. Well I say this fucker is speaking in the "prophetic tradition," too, and ergo Wright's fucking that long-legged mack daddy Barack Obama up the ass.
Or does the rule not work when it can hurt Obama?
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— Ace I have plum run out of variations on this joke, and now have to swipe made-up diseases from Seinfeld.
Residents say a missile strike on a house in a Pakistan border village has killed about a dozen people....
Villager Ibrahim Khan said local Taliban leaders had gathered for a feast at the targeted house, and at least 15 people were killed.
Including a Taliban biggie.
Villager Ibrahim Khan apparently couldn't be coached by the media to claim that six children and their fourteen mothers were killed.
Hot Air says this leader, Mullah YabbaDabbaDoo or some shit, was really a top, top guy:
Obaidullah served as Defense Minister during the TalibanÂ’s reign of terror in Afghanistan. Known better as Mullah Obaidullah, he won his release from Pakistan along with other senior Taliban figures last November. Pakistan traded him for hundreds of their soldiers that the Taliban had captured in the frontier regions. The US considered him one of the closest Taliban associates to Osama bin Laden and badly wanted him dead or alive....
Strategically and tactically, the Taliban will have a huge setback with ObaidullahÂ’s loss. This isnÂ’t a field commander with a few dozen terrorists under his control; Obaidullah sat at the top of the food chain.
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— Ace Wow, I can almost smell the strawberry-melon infusion of the drama.
Related: Kaus asks why Vito Fossella must leave politics due to his love-child when no one's making similar demands of Silky (scan down for Mother's Day Item).
The link actually brings you to a more important item-- the Democrats' and unions' attempts to end secret-ballot voting for unionization.
Eh, no big deal. It's not like unions have ever intimidated people before. I'm sure there will be no consequences whatsoever to anyone voting (openly and under the eyes of union goons) against unionizing.
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Bonus: Top Ten Media Meltdowns!
— Ace I'd wanted to see this but by the time I clicked on it it was yanked from YouTube for copyright infringement.
Below is the Colbert Report clip addressing this. Skip Colbert (as funny as usual, which is to say not terribly funny) and watch the O'Reilly bit.
Wow.
This guy is in the entertainment business and doesn't understand the phrase "play us out"?
Top Ten Media Meltdowns: Great stuff. Hilarious Language Warning.
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— Slublog
As DrewM pointed out below, the Republicans have gone 0-3 in safe-seat special elections this year. One would think these losses would cause the GOP to actually look at why the base is angry at them and change their free-spending, earmarking ways.
One would think. But this is the Republican party we're talking about. Tom Davis (R-VA) has another explanation for the recent spate of losses.
Inside the meeting, Davis had just presented his colleagues with what he said was a 20-page memo outlining his prescription for a way out of this mess. He did not offer details to the press, yet did not spare the party and the president scathing criticism in his public comments.Show of hands. How many of us are upset by the things that Davis thinks we're upset about? Anyone really angry about Bush's opposition to SCHIP or a mortgage bailout? And how about that farm bill, huh? Sure, those issues may appeal to a percentage of squishy moderates, but as recent elections should have made all too clear, trying to attract moderates in ways that piss off the base is a recipe for electoral disaster."The president swallows the microphone every time he opens his mouth," Davis said.
He believes Bush's staunch opposition to the Democratic housing bill and the SCHIP bill, for example, is hurting rank and file. Look at yesterday's vote on the SPRO, where Republicans defied the president in droves. Lo and behold, the White House says today that it will not veto the bill.
Today is also the day when the House takes up the farm bill, which the president has promised to veto. ItÂ’s expected that this will become the second veto of Bush's administration to be overridden -- though the farm bill has more of a parochial dynamic than the national political one.
Of course, Davis may be ignoring the giant porker in the room for good reason. According to the earmarks database, Davis' name is attached to $48 million in earmarks, and the Heritage Foundation credits him with requesting one of the largest pork earmarks in history.
It seems the siren songs of your tax money are just too sweet for this ship of fools to resist.
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