No Electioneering

Today in Colorado, John McCain stumping one last time.
"I know you're worried"
"I was there when we fixed Social Security, and I'll be there when we fix it again."
"Fight...Fight...Fight...Stand up...Stand up...Stand up and Fight..."
"We don't hide from history, we make history."

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Yes I'm worried. I'm worried John McCain will raise my taxes and start another war.
Why couldn't you fix it properly the first time?
Yeah, we get it, you're losing.
That's just Orwellian. Double-Plus Bad.

Cheney Endorses McCain From Wyoming

Dick Cheney has asked people to get out and help the party by voting republican.
Cheney also said he supports McCain for commander in chief because he had served his country since the age of 17.
Cheney spoke from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

McCain Can't Find Joe the Plumber

World Series: We Do Not Care.

CNN does not have a sports news show. Bill Clinton tells me to vote, and says nothing about baseball. John McCain complains about how he's losing, but doesn't mention baseball. Lou Dobbs pretends to be independant, no baseball. My iGoogle homepage is full of feeds about Sarah Palin's policy speech on energy, without mentioning the climate or baseball. Barack Obama gives the same speech he's given for the last 3 days...he's set the cruise control, but could care less about the world series, except whether or not his speech will be pushed back by the game. Joe Biden? Well, maybe Joe cares. He's from PA, and so are the Phillies, right?

What is McCain talking about?

"...He's got a wealth spreader that folds neatly and fits under any bed."

McCain on Larry King: Bashes Obama/LA Times, Says Nothing About His Own Policies

John McCain is running out of time to talk about his own ideas. He had a chance again tonight, to refute Barack Obama's policies espoused in his 30 minute prime-time commercial, by siting some of his own. Instead, as on many other important "rebuttal" opportunities, he sank into a familiar rant about "not knowing enough about Senator Obama".
We get it, John.
You, your team and your supporters don't know enough about Obama, but five days isn't enough time to "expose" him. McCain needs to talk about his own views, and stop talking about Barack's. All this does is make McCain look petty and desperate. Maybe he is desperate, but he sure as hell shouldn't show it. Come on John, talk about the issues. Go out on a high note, not a shrill one.

John Murtha May Lose: Good Riddance.

After his comments about western PA being "racist" and "slow" to accept change, Murtha's numbers have taken a dive. He also, later, called the area "redneck". Now, if that weren't MURTHA'S OWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT...then maybe it would have slid into media obscurity. However, the pot calling the kettle racist, apparently, is not going to stand. Murtha continues to drop in the polls and it looks as though one Democrat incumbent is going down down down.

See Michelle Malkin's post for more...

The Ultimate Maverick Move: McCain Throws The Election

All throughout the primaries John McCain was planning on a Clinton v. McCain general election. Once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee, Mr. McCain enacted the last best plan he had: throw the election in order to buck his party, unite the country behind the first African-American President of the United States, and get his revenge on Bush & co. who ruined his REAL chance of becoming president in 2000, when he was a spry 65 years old.

Mr. McCain's refusal to use the Jeremiah Wright association was his first act of subversion. A huge mistake according to most strategists and pundits, both democrat and republican.

Sen. McCain then chose Sarah Heath Palin as his ticket's un-vetted better half. A brilliant pick indeed. He is now well on his way to orchestrating the greatest act of selflessness in the history of modern politics.

Next, Mr. McCain was essentially forced into addressing William Ayers by Sarah 'the Diva' Palin and her ex-Bush handlers. The best he could come up with; "i could care less about an old washed up terrorist". I have no doubt he could care less, but anything to get himself to lose.

ACORN was another way for Sen. McCain to tie himself to controversy, but waited for CNN to break the story before admitting he attended an event co-sponsored by the community organization.

Finally, Joe the Plumber and the Socialist card. Joe 'Sam' the non-Plumber, one-man John McCain sleeper cell, sprung into action and threw down the full house on Barack Obama. "Sounds like SOOOOOOCIALISM to me." oooooOOOOoooooOOOO...the specter of all those peaceful countries west of Russia.

I for one would like to thank John McCain for his selfless act of kindness.

Why Barak Obama Can't Be President: He Knows What He's Talking About.

The same thing goes for Ron Paul (R) Texas.

So, it's been a few weeks. The Surge, the Democratic Congress, Rumsfeld go bye bye, Solar New Year, Christmas. and today...Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King's Day. An opportunity to reflect on the absence of great social leaders and the need for expanded human rights. However, it is civil rights, not human rights that seem to be the focus of American politicians. It's a common belief that there are no human rights violations taking place within the United States. Civil rights are human rights in disguise, in America, it doesn't feel possible to consider violating human rights. For many would be leaders and social activists, human rights are a foreign, not domestic problem.
Sitting here with my finger on the pulse of CSPAN, listening to people rate the state of culture/race relations in the US; "I would give it a B+." Terrorism is really just a failure to communicate with other cultures. An attempt to have an objective look at their traditions and beliefs, perhaps.

Instant Declassification

At midnight on Dec. 31, hundreds of millions of pages of secret documents will be instantly declassified, including many F.B.I. cold war files on investigations of people suspected of being Communist sympathizers. After years of extensions sought by federal agencies, the end of 2006 means the government’s first automatic declassification of records. Secret documents 25 years old or older will lose their classified status without so much as the stroke of a pen, unless agencies have sought exemptions on the ground that the material remains secret. The National Security Agency, the eavesdropping and code-breaking agency, has released 35 million pages, including an extensive collection on the Gulf of Tonkin incident that led to the escalation of the Vietnam War. The agency plans a major release early next year on the Israeli attack on the Liberty, an American eavesdropping ship, in 1967.
Full Article (NY Times)

I Still Hate Young Urban Professionals

Die Yuppie Scum!

New Ax? Check. Drum That Was Found In Alley? Check. Flower Girl Tamborine? Check. Record Breaking, Chart-Topping Ultra-Mega-Super-Hit? Check.

Public Fountain, Gazebo.

Korean Government Warns Harsh Action Against Truckers

The government yesterday warned of stern action against striking truckers as they blockaded major roads and allegedly destroyed vehicles owned by nonunion drivers. More than 130 vehicles - including private automobiles - were wrecked and set on fire in South Jeolla and North Gyeongsang provinces, apparently by strikers, police said. The Korea Cargo Transport Workers' Federation went on strike Friday demanding prompt settlement of labor bills on raising cargo transport fees and guaranteeing labor rights.
Their industrial action disrupted shipment at major ports hitting the export-driven economy. The hardest hit was Gwangyang Port in the southwest, which handled about 35 percent of its usual cargo volume yesterday afternoon. Other ports in Busan and Pyeongtaek were running at less than half their normal cargo capacity.
Over 1,600 cargo workers gathered in rallies in 43 areas across the country yesterday. The strike is expected to reach a turning point today as the National Assembly construction committee debates the new set of labor bills. Even nonmembers of the federation have threatened to join the strike if there is still no resolution on the bills. The bills, proposed by the minor Democratic Labor Party, have been pending for several months.
Due to violent protests in the Jeolla and Gyeongsang regions over the weekend, a total of 62 freight cars and 66 private automobiles were damaged, and 18 cars were set on fire, the police said.

The Korean Herald - 12/05/06

Happy Birthday Mom (Happy Thanksgiving Everyone)

Chicago Jazz Documentarian Self-Immolates

Pitchfork
Chicago Reader

Wansan Park and Jeonju Hyanggyo

Military Times Demand Rumsfeld Be Fired

The weekly news publications for each branch of the American Armed Services have called for Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, to be fired. Every retired US general as far back as George Washington has demanded this man's pink slip. This is as close to a military coup as the US can get. (Note: All these links show the same story except the last link which is the Department of Defense response to said article.)

Army Times
Navy Times
Air Force Times
Marine Corps Times

DoD Response