14 days ago by Nancy Matthis

We watched in numbed amazement as Howard “Yeeaahh” Dean and Nancy “14%” Pelosi crowned their Kenyan nominee despite the wishes of the 18 million strong majority of Democratic primary voters. Up until this election cycle, most ordinary folk still labored under the delusion that they lived in a democr ...

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33 days ago by roofingbird

Sometimes Things Turn Out Unexpectedly “Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past and future, while reality is confined to the present.” Jean Paul Richter In the late seventies, due to economic changes and events in my family, we found ourselves in a small town in Eastern Washington, whe ...

Grab and Keel - roofingbird.wordpress.com · 1 reference

36 days ago by blunt

Ummmm..Mr McCain?…are ya sitting down? Here’s a few of your own words that lead all of us to distrust you overwhelmingly, every day! You’re an embarrassment to yourself, McSame! This is the age of the “Internet(s)” and “the” Youtube using Bushian malaprops. We’ve got you on record, McFlip/Flop! Fact ...

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62 days ago by Lyall

I posted awhile back on possible campaign finance reform. Obviously the best campaign reform starts with “we the people,” versus some mandate from back in Washington, which is why I am very happy to see that the McCain-Feingold bill continues to see defeat after defeat in the courts. Most recently t ...

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69 days ago by timvalentine

In spite of the repeated accusations by John McCain, the “Mainstream” media and your typical Republican I find it interesting that none of these groups are taking the time to check to see what Barack actually said. From the New York Times, MSNBC and even NPR. The only fair thing to do is search for ...

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80 days ago by beltwaysnark

OK, I’m sure the Obamamaniacs aren’t riding him for this one, but everyone else and their brother are. Of all the slams I’ve seen today, I like Ben Smith’s best. Even the title of his article is spot-on; Obama opts of of system, but not out of character. There’s too many good quotes to pull, and the ...

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89 days ago by Lyall

In response to my post on Obama’s PAC pledge, Misty asked a question about what did I mean about “ incentives.” It’s a fair question and one that is best answered by using a recent constituent letter I received from Senator Hatch’s office after I emailed his office asking him to oppose the farm bill ...

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89 days ago by illyrias

Regarding the recent bill in the City Council regarding campaign reform, I noted this gem: "The donation limits in the legislation would double if any candidate used $250,000 of his or her own money for campaigns -- a measure designed to give candidates without great wealth the chance to make up som ...

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93 days ago by Miss Eli

In Minneapolis for the National Conference for Media Reform. Opening plenary. Larry Lessig was fun. But Keith Ellison has the crowd eating out of his hand ... lots of progressive charisma and humour and fire. Been to

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94 days ago by Lyall

I have to give props to Obama for his commitment [see Misty Fowler’s blog] to refusing PAC money. I hope more elected officials will take his lead, but I have my doubts and here’s why (from a Letter to Editor in WSJ–it just says it better than I could): “The only reason lobbyists [PACs, special inte ...

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