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Man Behind the Ron Paul Money Bombs
2007-12-20 02:09:00 Spotlight on Ron Paul Libertarian Republican presidential aspirant Ron Paul is in the spotlight again, and this time it is not about a blimp. The congressman’s campaign racked in just under $6 million in online donations in a single day, shattering the record raised by a presidential candidate in a 24 hour period, and possibly ... More About: Politics , Money , Bombs
Brother of Dennis Kucinich Dies
2007-12-19 20:24:00 Condolence to the Kucinich family Reported by Donna J. Miller for the Cleveland Metro blog, Perry Kucinich, 52, was found dead in his home in the 4100 block of East 71st Street. His brother Larry found him about 9 a.m. There were no signs of violence, officials said. The Cuyahoga County Coroner is performing an autopsy ... More About: Brother , Dies , Dennis
John Edwards: The Movie (and other goodies)
2007-12-19 17:39:00 “You will tear apart the fabric of time and space crushing all life and causing the entire universe to implode upon itself. And that’s something no American wants.” Three campaign videos caught my eye yesterday, all for different reasons. The first was a faux-trailer for the John Edwards movie, and I’m thinking this ... More About: Politics , Movie
Bill Clinton On The Supreme Court?
2007-12-19 02:17:00 Justice William Jefferson Clinton ? Douglas Kmiec of Pepperdine School of Law has a new suggestion for what to do with ‘first gentleman’ Bill Clinton should his wife ascend to the presidency: Supreme Court Justice. Tossing out the idea in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, Kmiec wrote that the “ubiquitous presence of the former president on the campaign prompts ... More About: Politics
Joe Lieberman?s McCain Flip-Flop
2007-12-18 12:28:00 Republican’s best friend. Chosen as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, Sen. Joe Liberman’s estrangement from the party has been an awkward one for party loyalists. His highly publicized endorsement of Republican John McCain is not only a slap to the Democrats who empowered him, but a backhanded slap as it flies ... More About: News , Politics , Joe Lieberman , Lieberman
Huckabee?s New Ad: You Can?t Out-Christian Me
2007-12-18 05:06:00 Symbolism never looked so obvious Nice floating cross. Republican presidential front runner Mike Huckabee has a new ad out just before Christmas dripping with Jesus ooze. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/huckabeecr oss.flv Huckabee Christmas ad “Are you about worn out from all the television commercials you’ve been seeing, mostly about politics? I don’t blame you. At this time ... More About: News , Politics , Christian , Republicans
Mr. Dodd Goes To Washington: Filibusters Telecom Immunity
2007-12-18 04:24:00 Modern day Jimmy Stewart Reminiscent of the fictional filibuster by Mr. Smith, Democratic presidential candidate Chris Dodd ’s successful eight-hour pseudo-filibuster of FISA alterations shows what standing on principle is all about. The Huffington Post reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid conceded to tabling the act until next month. Senator Chris Dodd won a temporary victory ... More About: Washington , Telecom , Immunity , Unit
Ron Paul Jettisons Iraq War
2007-12-17 20:43:00 Iraq war forced to walk the plank. Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has turned the Iraq war into jetsam. Literally. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/ronpaulira qwar.flv Tea Party Reenactment - 12-16-2007 Attending a Tea Paty Reenactment in Freeport, Texas, the ‘08 underdog chose to symbolically dump the Iraq war first from a slew of choices despised by libertarians and others. ... More About: News , Politics , Iraq , Iraq War
Inside Hillary Clinton?s Mouth
2007-12-17 18:01:00 Hillary invites farmers to inspect her mouth Reported by Beth Fouhy of AP, Sen. Hillary Clinton has offered up a new method of vetting presidential candidates. While speaking in a livestock auction barn in Dunlap, Iowa, the top-tier Democrat compared to her presidential run to cattle at an auction. ?I?ve been to cattle barns before and ... More About: News , Politics , Mouth
Video: Iowa Paper Endorses Hillary & McCain
2007-12-17 01:29:00 The Insiders The influential Iowa newspaper The Des Moines Register has endorsed Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton which could be a tight match up. See the Des Moines Register video endorsements: http://garlinggauge.com/videos/re.flv Endorsement for McCain http://garlinggauge.com/videos/de.flv Endorsement for Clinton Hm. Four more years of war or four more years of media frustration. ... More About: Video , Politics , Paper
Bill Clinton Seeds Doubt in Barack Obama
2007-12-16 20:21:00 Clinton: I waited, Obama should too Discussing the 2008 presidential election with Charlie Rose, former president Bill Clinton articulated his views on senatorial whippersnapper Barack Obama while touting his wife’s candidacy. Clinton compared his own timing for a presidential run with Obama’s, suggesting the fresh-faced senator is too green to be president. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/oo.flv Bill Clinton on Barack ... More About: Politics
Senate to Legalize Illegal Spying
2007-12-16 15:53:00 Like to be spied upon? Hat tip BoingBoing: Tim from the Electronic Frontier Foundation sez, “At EFF, we’ve just sent out an urgent action alert. Monday morning, the Foreign Intelligence Service Bill bill finally goes to the Senat e floor, and at noon the Senate will cast their most important votes yet on Telecom Immunity for ... More About: Illegal , Spying
Snap Shots Added to the Garling Gauge
2007-12-16 09:29:00 Introducing Snap Shots I’ve just installed Snap Shots to the site that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site and interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles and more. Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need while other times it lets you “look ahead” before deciding if you want to follow a link ... More About: Gauge
Stop Big Media By Christmas
2007-12-15 23:39:00 Consolidation for Christmas Stop BigMedia .com is spreading the word about media consolidation. Watch their video. Visit their site. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/bigmedia.f lv Stop Big Media Play the game. More on Media, Politics ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..
Des Moines Register Democratic ?Debate Firsts?
2007-12-15 22:36:00 Dems keep it entertaining On the second day of the Des Moines Register presidential debates in the wake of the Republican snooze-fest, the Democrats took stage to see if they could keep the audience awake. We’ve got the firsts: Des Moines Register Debate Firsts First to be introduced: Sen. Barack Obama First to wear a poke-a-dot tie: Sen. ... More About: Politics , Democratic
Des Moines Register GOP ?Debate Firsts?
2007-12-15 18:40:00 >> GOP Debate Engaged: Comatose Activation Initiated << The last Republican debate before the Iowa caucuses put most of us to sleep. With the stern host of the Weakest Link moderating the debate, it was a strict evening indeed. One in the same: Anne Robinson and Caroline Washburn Don’t fret, Debate Firsts liven it up: IPTV Republican Debate ... More About: News , Politics , Republicans , Register
Happy Monkey Day
2007-12-14 22:40:00 Simians Delight! Link. ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved.. More About: Monkey , Happy
Vote Mike Gravel For Santa Claus
2007-12-14 21:44:00 “Don’t you know television just exists to shield for the military industrial complex? …He got inside my head.” Perhaps it was inevitable. As Red State Update has grown in popularity as a farcical, oddball commentary on the 2008 presidential election, it was just a matter of time till former Sen. Mike Gravel entered the eccentric fray. Gravel has ... More About: News , Politics , Santa Claus , Santa , Vote
Chris Matthews: ?I Want To Waterboard You Right Now?
2007-12-13 04:19:00 Rachel Maddow, Alan Keys & Chris Matthews Quote of the day Waterboarding appears to have entered American lexicon as the debate over the torture technique increases in public discourse. This evening on MSNBC’s Hardball, host Chris Matthews responded strongly to Rachael Maddow’s (Air America) assertion that the star of the Des Moines Register GOP debate was former ... More About: Right Now
Waterboarding: The New American Crawl
2007-12-13 02:55:00 “It’s like swimming” On the Dec 11, 2007 episode of PBS’ News hour, Republican Senator Kit Bond, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, compared waterboarding torture techniques to swimming strokes. President Bush & Sen. Kit Bonds GWEN IFILL: I just would like to — but do you think that waterboarding, as I described it, constitutes torture? SEN. ... More About: Republicans , American , Crawl , Waterboarding
Monstrous Spider Attacks NASA Space Shuttle
2007-12-11 22:59:00 Mothra meets her match Wonder why the space shuttle has been plagued with so many problems? Now we have an answer: Gigantic spiders. Orlando news local channel 6 has video of a monstrous spider attacking the space shuttle: “A giant spider attacks the shuttle Atlantis. Well, that’s what it looked like on NASA TV, as ... More About: Science , News , Space , Spider , Nasa
Clinton Cackle vs. Giuliani Giggle
2007-12-11 13:29:00 Front runners laugh it off. Can laughter really cure all ills? Apparently it can even cure plummeting poll numbers. At least that is the treatment and prognosis the Democratic and Republican presidential front runners have subscribed to. With poll numbers for both Sen. Hillary Clinton and former mayor Rudolph Giuliani ’s dropping in Iowa and ... More About: Politics , Linton
?08 Election Anagrams, Bob Dylan & Cue Cards
2007-12-10 03:27:00 “Candidate pimps are airing lies” The 2008 presidential campaign has brought new heights to American absurdity. With faux candidate girls, a blender-poll, fake presidential hopefuls and new superhero powers to name a few, there has been a lot of campaign comedy on and off the White House trail. Now in the fashion of Bob Dylan ’s Subterranean ... More About: Politics , Election , Cards
White House: Depends on the Meaning of ?It?
2007-12-08 20:50:00 “It depends on what the meaning of the words ‘is’ is.” -President Bill Clinton, 1998 Is, it, what’s the difference? http://garlinggauge.com/videos/perino.flv White House Press Secretary Dana Perino. ‘It’ @ (1:40). http://garlinggauge.com/videos/olbermanni ran.flv Special Comment by Keith Olbermann * More on Dana Perino, Keith Olbermann, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Politics http://olimaisonblanche.blog.lemonde.fr/f iles/2007/09/gwb-and-dp.1188750104.jpg ©2007 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved.. More About: News , White House , President Bush
The Pope Loves FANTA
2007-12-08 16:20:00 Do ya wanta? Sometimes watching Tucker Carlson ’s self-titled pundit program on MSNBC isn’t completely painful. Tonight’s illuminating moment came when Carlson spoke with Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts of The Reliable Source about Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming April visit to Washington D.C.; the first papal visit to the capitol since 1979. With their gleaming smiles Argetsinger and ... More About: News
If Chris Matthews Was Black He?d Vote for Obama
2007-12-08 00:17:00 Quote of the day “If I was black I’d vote for Barack [Obama ].” Chris Matthews - Speaking about the 2008 presidential election and the black vote on the Dec. 7, 2007 episode of HardBall. Matthews also had some advice for Sen. Barack Obama on a previous show here. Video here. * Chris Matthews; Barack Obama; 2008 Election; ... More About: Black , Vote
Biden Hungry: I?ll Eat Giuliani Alive
2007-12-07 23:08:00 Want a Democrat to win in 2008? Speaking recently at the DNC, presidential aspirant Senator Joe Biden made a resounding case for his candidacy. http://garlinggauge.com/videos/bidenatdnc .flv (7:55) “Folks, before a democrat can lead, he or she must win. You could all close your eyes right and you know what the Republican play book will be for the next ... More About: Democrats , Giuliani , Alive
Orgasmic Olbermann Voices Bill O?Reilly Cartoon
2007-12-04 01:43:00 Olbermann’s holiday gift Liberal MSNBC political commentator Keith Olbermann has a penchant for mocking Fox News blowhard Bill O ’Reilly, in fact it has become a staple of his Countdown program. To our amusement Olberman often appears to revel in his voice imitation while throwing O’Reilly’s own words back in his face. Sharing the same television ... More About: Politics , Cartoon , Fox News
Fox News BANS Guantanamo Ad With Danny Glover
2007-12-03 21:51:00 Danny Glover on Constitutional Rights Fox News doesn’t seem to like pokes at El’Presidente’. According to Talk Left: This is a big week for the Center for Constitutional Rights with the Supreme Court about to hear oral arguments in the Guantanamo case, Al Odah v. United States. To raise consciousness on the case, ... More About: Politics , Fox News , Danny
Atlas Shrugged Propaganda Film
More articles from this author:2007-12-03 20:36:00 General Motors exhibition, 1939 World’s Fair. “There’s nothing funny about the tools of capitalism.” This 1939 corporate propaganda film for Westinghouse, Middleton Family at the World’s Fair, centers the “all-American” family visiting the World’s Fair and confronting the capitalistic threat of socialism (so scary!). Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing puts it concisely: “Boy-next-door-from-home Jim Treadway ... More About: Politics , Film , Propaganda , Atlas Shrugged , Prop 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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