Obama rebuffs McCain’s call to delay debate – Yahoo! News:
“‘This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess,’ Obama said in Clearwater, Fla. ‘It’s going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.'”
(Via Yahoo! News.)
Priceless. A friend called McCain “McCoward” for this. Harsh, but true.
YouTube – CBS Sarah Palin interview:
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(Via YouTube.)
Now I know why they ban reporters from questioning her. Embarrassment.
FactCheck.org: Energetically Wrong:
“Palin claims Alaska ‘produces nearly 20 percent of the U.S. domestic supply of energy.’ That’s not true.
Alaska did produce 14 percent of all the oil from U.S. wells last year, but that’s a far cry from all the ‘energy’ produced in the U.S.
Alaska’s share of domestic energy production was 3.5 percent, according to the official figures kept by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
And if by ‘supply’ Palin meant all the energy consumed in the U.S., and not just produced here, then Alaska’s production accounted for only 2.4 percent.”
(Via FactCheck.org.)
I sure hope Obama gets his a$$ in gear and stops letting these people get away with public bald faced lies. The media is impotent in the face of it.
YouTube – Matt Damon Rips Sarah Palin:
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(Via YouTube.)
And that’s why you get the government you deserve.
Almerica Blog: Podcaster rejeceted because it duplicates iTunes functionality:
“That’s right folks, it duplicates the functionality of the desktop version of iTunes.
Therefore, it was denied from sale in the app store. “
(Via Almerica Blog.)
Apple better wake up before it sees a repeat of the 90’s. Idiot move. Big time.
FactCheck.org: Off Base on Sex Ed:
“A McCain-Palin campaign ad claims Obama’s ‘one accomplishment’ in the area of education was ‘legislation to teach ‘comprehensive sex education’ to kindergarteners.’ But the claim is simply false, and it dates back to Alan Keyes’ failed race against Obama for an open Senate seat in 2004.”
(Via FactCheck.org.)
It’s getting to the point where I’m having trouble keeping up. It seems obvious to me that the McCain has little of fact to support it’s campaign. Here’s an important quote from Obama when debating Keyes:
We have a existing law that mandates sex education in the schools. We want to make sure that it’s medically accurate and age-appropriate. Now, I’ll give you an example, because I have a six-year-old daughter and a three-year-old daughter, and one of the things my wife and I talked to our daughter about is the possibility of somebody touching them inappropriately, and what that might mean. And that was included specifically in the law, so that kindergarteners are able to exercise some possible protection against abuse, because I have family members as well as friends who suffered abuse at that age. So, that’s the kind of stuff that I was talking about in that piece of legislation.
Damn right I would want that taught to my child. It’s getting so, that I’m cussin’!
Palin’s Pipeline Is Years From Being a Reality – NYTimes.com:
“The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade. In fact, although it is the centerpiece of Ms. Palin’s relatively brief record as governor, the pipeline might never be built, and under a worst-case scenario, the state could lose up to $500 million it committed to defray regulatory and other costs.
Contributing to the project’s uncertainty is Ms. Palin’s antagonistic relationship with the major oil companies that control Alaska’s untapped gas reserves.”
(Via NY Times.)
Palin trying to get it coming and going I guess. Pun intended.
I have a question for the GOP: Instead of making bogus claims about Palin as a reformer on earmarks, why not play this up? It fits the image. Methinks, Big Oil has something to do with that.
FactCheck.org: McCain-Palin Distorts Our Finding:
“A McCain-Palin ad has FactCheck.org calling Obama’s attacks on Palin ‘absolutely false’ and ‘misleading.’ That’s what we said, but it wasn’t about Obama.
Our article criticized anonymous e-mail falsehoods and bogus claims about Palin posted around the Internet. We have no evidence that any of the claims we found to be false came from the Obama campaign.
The McCain-Palin ad also twists a quote from a Wall Street Journal columnist. He said the Obama camp had sent a team to Alaska to ‘dig into her record and background.’ The ad quotes the WSJ as saying the team was sent to ‘dig dirt.’
Update, Sept. 10: Furthermore, the Obama campaign insists that no researchers have been sent to Alaska and that the Journal owes them a correction.”
(Via FactCheck.org.)
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, then blind them with …
“Someone once said that the opposite of poverty is not property. Rather, the opposite of both poverty and property is community.”
(Via Catholic News Agency.)
At the recommendation of a friend, I read this homily. Pass it on to the hardhearted.
Skip to Jon’s question on Bristol’s “decision” at 4:05. Outrageous.
