Comments on: Tuesday Open Thread

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:34:30 +0000

msmartin: PERFECT!! :>) He . . can't understand him. . . That's what we know! “President” Obama – Harvard Law School! “McAncient” – 894/899!!
ENOUGH said! :>)

By: Sepia

Sepia — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:42:52 +0000

Lynn Forester de Rothschild = Attention Whore

By: PTCruiser

PTCruiser — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:13:09 +0000

Forester de Rothschild's departure from the DNC and decision to endorse McCain is good news! I hope that a few more DNC members who share her views emerge from the shadows and follow her lead. A person who is married to a Rothschild and lives in homes in New York and London believes that Obama is an elitist is almost too funny for words. Good riddance!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:34:30 +0000

msmartin: PERFECT!! :>) He . . can't understand him. . . That's what we know! “President” Obama – Harvard Law School! “McAncient” – 894/899!!
ENOUGH said! :>)

By: Sepia

Sepia — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:42:52 +0000

Lynn Forester de Rothschild = Attention Whore

By: PTCruiser

PTCruiser — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:13:09 +0000

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:39:06 +0000

I read about Sebilius calling the republicans out on there race-baiting. She's out on the stump shaming folks for their racism.

Someone needs to get the message to McCain surrogatore from Indiana that was on CNN Morning – he said that Barack never says anything intelligible and he can't understand him and that he took a beating in Indiana in the primaries.

The Democratic surrogate reminded him that Obama only lost Indiana by three tenths of a percent and that there would be a fight in Indiana.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:12:41 +0000

rikyrah: WHAT! Petraeus is living B4 he gets a chance to work with “President” Obama?? :>)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/16/usa...
General Ray Odierono Profile

General Ray Odierno, who takes over today as America's top commander in Iraq, played a key role in the “surge” strategy that pulled the country back from the brink of anarchy.

As deputy to the outgoing General David Petraeus, Odierno carried out the detailed counter-insurgency campaign that poured US troops into Baghdad, drove al-Qaida insurgents out of areas surrounding the capital and clamped down on Shia extremists.

But, will he tell “President” Obama the correct information?? :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:58:41 +0000

rikyrah: Rom Politico: Final Score: Obama Wins the Day!"

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13181...

Or maybe that should be: "McCain loses the day." A day after trying to explain his way out of his suggestion that the American economy is "strong," McCain still lacked a serious, persuasive response to the week's financial upheaval. The candidate started the day with a feint toward policy talk, suggesting that a 9/11-style commission should examine the causes of the teetering market. Any substance behind that suggestion, though, got drowned out by a series of unhelpful comments made by advisors Douglas Holtz-Eakin, who implied that McCain helped invent the BlackBerry, and Carly Fiorina, who told MSNBC that Sarah Palin wouldn't be qualified to run Hewlett-Packard.

McCain seized on a more aggressive message toward the end of the day, attacking Obama for attending fundraisers in Hollywood tonight and vigorously condemning the behavior of Wall Street executives. But while these comments might attract some attention, they don't do much to present McCain as the candidate who can actually fix the economy.

Obama, on the other hand, seemed energized by the continued focus on the economy, keeping up the heat on McCain for his comments yesterday and beginning to outline his own campaign's approach to rethinking market regulation. As tracking polls showed McCain's narrow lead eroding, Obama showed no sign of backing off the pugilistic stance he adopted Monday. The Democratic candidate hasn't reversed his opponent's post-convention momentum just yet, but if the McCain team doesn't get its act together soon its polling edge could go the way of Lehman Brothers.

Way to go Barack-Biden '08!!!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:43:01 +0000

rikyrah: I didn't see this coming!

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b29224_amy_poeh...
Amy Poehler Moves Up SNL Exit

Expecting, starting own production. O.K.?

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:30:02 +0000

rikyrah: Hope this is NOT a duplicate. Sorry, if so. I just wanted to "watch" "McAncient" in liar mode!

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/16/mccain-comm...

McCain doesn’t know what his own committee does.»

With Wall Street’s financial institutions in turmoil, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) argued in a series of interviews today that his experience on the Senate Commerce Committee meant he knew “how to fix this economy.” “I understand the economy. I was chairman of the Commerce Committee that oversights every part of our economy,” McCain told CNBC’s Squawk Box. Watch it:

But, as the Washington Post points out, the Commerce Committee doesn’t oversee “every part of our economy,” let alone “the very areas now in crisis“:

In fact, it is the Senate Banking Committee that has oversight of “banks, banking and financial institutions; control of prices of commodities, rents and services; federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System; financial aid to commerce and industry and money and credit, including currency and coinage.”

According to its Web site, the Commerce Committee oversees 13 areas, beginning with the Coast Guard, and continuing through “regulation of consumer products and services … except for credit, financial services, and housing” — the very areas now in crisis.

It’s not that surprising that McCain is confused about the Commerce Committee’s economic responsibilities, considering that he freely admits, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.”

Do I have to go and get that video on ?McAncient" entitled - C-O-N-F-U-S-E-D and DAZED!?? :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:56:42 +0000

From Tom Phillips, the Guardian (UK):

This is very interesting! :>)

http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/16/now...
Now for Brazil's Barack Obama - all 6 of them

- Walk into a polling station in Belford Roxo, an impoverished city on the fringes of Rio de Janiero, on October 5 and you will be faced with an historic choice. You could vote for Alcides Rolim, the Workers’ Party mayoral candidate promising a “city for all” or Elizeu Pitorra, a local communist who believes it is “time for a change”. Most voters, however, will probably opt for Barack Obama, a 39-year-old Brazilian who, until recently, was known as Claudio Henrique dos Anjos.

Welcome to Obama-mania, Brazil-style. Few countries have embraced the idea of the US’s first black president as enthusiastically as Brazil, a country with one of the largest Afro-descendant populations on Earth yet where black faces remain a minority in politics. Obama T-shirts are everywhere while chat shows and newspaper columns are filled with talk of the 47-year-old Illinois senator.

Now even Brazil’s politicians are lining up for their piece of the pie. Due to a quirk of Brazilian law, candidates are allowed to run under the name of their choice. As a result, at least six Brazilian politicians have officially renamed themselves “Barack Obama” in a bid to get an edge over their rivals in October’s municipal elections.

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:47:46 +0000

From Black Politics OTW: Sebelius is in "HER MOMENT" - again!! U go girlll!! :>)

http://blackpoliticsontheweb.com/2008/09/16/seb...
Sebellius Says GOP is using racial 'code language'

Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius accused Republicans on Tuesday of injecting race into the presidential campaign, arguing that they are using “code language” to convince Midwesterners that Democrat Barack Obama is different from them.

“Have any of you noticed that Barack Obama is part African-American?” Sebelius asked with sarcasm. “(Republicans) are not going to go lightly into the darkness.”

Sebelius was responding to a question from the audience at the Iowa City Public Library about the tenacity of Democrats and whether they would fight for victory as hard as Republicans in the closing weeks of the election.

She did not elaborate on her comment.

I highlighted her great line!! :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:34:41 +0000

rikyrah: Still in crisis! But calming down. :>)

Here's another article on Rangel.

Rangel Pledges Cleanup of Records
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar...
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By Christopher Lee
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 16, 2008; Page A10

Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.) says he will hire a forensic accountant to untangle his confusing and error-prone financial records and eventually will make public his tax returns and the accountant's report.

The announcement yesterday came as Rangel faced new questions about his annual financial disclosure filings, prompting a meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to discuss his ethics troubles. Enveloped by three separate ethics inquiries, Rangel is under increasing pressure to step down as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee until the investigation is complete.

Rangel said the accountant will turn over findings to the House Ethics Committee, which is conducting the probe. And he promised to make public tax returns for the last 20 years after the ethics panel has determined whether he violated any rules.

Rangel said in a statement that he erred in delegating responsibility to staff. "I owed my colleagues and the public adherence to a higher standard of care not only as a member of Congress but, even more, as the chair of the House Ways & Means Committee," he said.

Pelosi said after meeting with Rangel yesterday that he was not asked to temporarily step aside and he did not volunteer to do so. Emerging from Pelosi's suite, Rangel declined to respond to inquiries.

Guess those 28 years counted for something!? But if "they" want him - he will be gotten!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:27:32 +0000

JJai: Thank you so much!! :>)

By: msmartin

msmartin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:27:19 +0000

Hey Justice!

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:25:16 +0000

Brown Man: I took my “Field Trip” today!! :>) Posted on your site!! :>)

Good article!! :>)

By: GreenLadyHere

GreenLadyHere — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:10:55 +0000

Sepia: Isn't Dark Sith on this committee?? [Running with my jacket over my head to protect me from, my friend - Rikyrah] :>) :>) Sorry! :>) :>)

By: evita

evita — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:07:40 +0000

She is as raw as they come (but I she is in REAL need of a V05 treatment.)

By: Justice58

Justice58 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:02:50 +0000

lol