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McCain opens his mouth then inserts his foot
2008-05-03 06:16:00 Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow discuss John McCain’s comments from a recent townhall meeting. John McCain was talking about his new energy plan and he said, “That will then prevent us from having ever to send our men and women in conflict again in the Middle East.” Wow! Where’s Reverend Jeremiah Wright to cover ... More About: Big Oil , Mouth , Countdown , Foot
Three States Of Being
2008-05-03 05:51:00 Last Thursday I took a plane trip from Houston to Cincinnati . I live in Houston. I lived in Cincinnati for 18 years. When I woke up Thursday, I was with my wife and at home. I was in my most familiar surroundings. I could come and go as I pleased. On the airplane, I was with strangers and ... More About: General , Airplane , States
Tomorrow on the Errington Thompson Show
2008-05-02 21:05:00 Guests: Congressman David Price (Research Triangle) who has just endorsed Barack Obama and Jim Neal, Democratic candidate for the US Senate. This is a great show. You don’t want to miss it. Streaming live at 9 am Saturday morning. Podcast should be posted by Saturday night or early Sunday morning. More About: Show , Thompson , Tomorrow
Why I really like Obama
2008-05-02 13:51:00 For years, I have voted for politicians as I held my nose. They were either dull as tears or there was some major policy differences that I had. I don’t have to hold my nose when I say that I support Barack Obama . I love the fact that he can do a ... More About: Countdown
Countdown: Super-switch
2008-05-02 13:19:00 Countdown host Keith Olbermann chats with Joe Andrew, the former Democratic National Committee Chair. This is a great interview. It’s one of the reasons that I have supported Senator Barack Obama. He has inspired us (me). More About: Super , Switch , Countdown
Super-super Delegate Switches to Obama
2008-05-02 04:21:00 Joe Andrew, former Democratic National Committee Chairman appointed by President Clinton, is supporting Senator Barack Obama . The reason that he is supporting Obama is really key. Watch the video. This is very outstanding. More About: Super , Switches
Does Good Information Reform People?
2008-05-01 16:59:00 I recently read a quote by Charlayne Hunter-Gault that goes as follows— “If people are informed they will do the right thing. It’s when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.” I don’t believe this is correct. I wish I did, but I don’t. Beyond differences people might have on what the “right thing” might ... More About: Information , People , General , Reform , Good
Worst People in the World
2008-05-01 13:37:00 Dallas-Fort Worth reporter who misheard Reverend Jeremiah Wright and thought that he called Texas Christian University a God-less college. This wasn’t even close. McCain for not getting on board with Senator Webb’s GI Bill Bill O’Reilly for being Bill O’Reilly More About: People , World , The World
McCain and the changing faces of his Iraq policy
2008-05-01 05:49:00 TPM shows us that John McCain has changed his Iraq policy over the years. Now, he wants us to stay in Iraq for “some time.” I’m not sure what that means but Senator McCain was quick to point out to those of us who question his judgment that we are just too ignorant ... More About: Faces , Policy , Changing
Obama Answers the ?Gas-Tax? Holiday
2008-05-01 05:32:00 My father was fond of asking me if everyone was jumping off a bridge, would I jump. The right answer was always no. Senator John McCain, in a very weak economic speech, offered voters a gas -tax holiday. In my opinion, this was a terrible idea. First of all, it would be difficult ... More About: Holiday , Obama , Answers
Clinton Interviews With O?Reilly?
2008-05-01 04:42:00 Now, to be fair, there is no way that Senator Barack Obama should have granted Fox “News” Sunday an interview. I’m sorry, but I think that you have to have standards. On the other hand, Senator Hillary Clinton granted an interview with Bill O’Reilly . I think that I’m going to vomit. This clip ... More About: Interviews
Mavericks Fire Johnson
2008-05-01 04:33:00 Two years ago, Avery Johnson led the Dallas Mavericks to the NBA finals. The Mavs were up 2-0 versus Dwayne Wade. Wade single-handedly beat the Mavericks. Shaq was on the floor but really wasn’t a major factor in their championship win. Since then, the Mavericks have come up short. They ... More About: Fire
When Wright is Wrong
2008-04-30 05:02:00 I was willing to stick up for the Reverend Jeremiah Wright when clips were being played. I believe that it is relatively easy to misconstrue the meaning of a sermon by listening to a couple sentences. Immediately after the controversy, the Wright was conspicuously absent from the public eye. I think this ... More About: Religion , Election 2008 , Wrong
Michael Jackson: Thriller
2008-04-30 04:07:00 It is hard to imagine the excitement over Michael Jackson ’s album, Thriller , that debuted on MTV 25 years ago. There was no other music channel at the time. The following day, the video went on sale nationwide. I was in medical school at the time. One of the medical students in ...
Bush Blames Ecomonic Problems on Democrats
2008-04-29 21:38:00 Our President has gone out of his way to take credit for nothing– not one thing– especially if it’s gone badly. So, our current economic problems are the fault of terrible financial policies? No– it is the Democrat’s fault. Of course. I’m not sure why I didn’t think of that at first. ... More About: Bush , Democrats , Bush administration , Problems
Scalia on 60 Minutes
2008-04-29 21:26:00 This is the first half of a two-part interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia . I’m not sure why Leslie Stahl was chosen to interview him. It is interesting to hear his thoughts on the Constitution. I don’t think that he is right, but he is interesting. More About: Minutes
Who?s Elitist?
2008-04-28 13:00:00 I have dreamed of having enough money so that I can fly my own plane. John Travolta has that kind of money. He has a couple of planes if I’m not mistaken. Not bad for a sweathog. Well, it seems that John McCain’s campaign has its own plane also. It ... More About: Elitist
Mi Blog
2008-04-28 05:04:00 I seem to be having some trouble embedding video. I’m trying to correct it. I hope that you like the new look. More About: Blog
BMJ - Rev. Jeremiah Wright
2008-04-28 04:35:00 The Reverend Jeremiah Wright has come out of hiding. His first interview was with the great Bill Moyers. Those of you that have read my blog for some time know that I love Bill Moyers. His PBS program has been a light of reason when no one else would be reasonable. This interview ...
Military Analysts were not fair or balanced
2008-04-28 04:29:00 This video is based on last week’s NYT article in which they exposed that many of the military analysts were either on the Pentagon’s payroll or a defense contractor. Free Press asks us to get involved and pressure Congress to investigate this issue. C&L has more. More About: Media , Military , Fair
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
2008-04-27 04:31:00 Leona Lewis ’ voice sounds like someone very familiar but I can’t think of who it is. Anyway - here’s her Billboard top 10 song - Bleeding Love . More About: Leona Lewis , Bleeding Love
What did Rush Say?
2008-04-27 03:22:00 Did Rush Limbaugh just asked for riots in Denver? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann do an excellent job discussing this topic. They don’t mention is that Rush Limbaugh is not stupid. He has a terrible ideology but he is not stupid. The one thing that ...
Random Thoughts
2008-04-25 12:45:00 It is early so here are some things that I have been reading about and I think that they need more discussion Remember the US Attorney scandal. Former US Attorney David Iglesias testified before Congress and stated that he got a call from Senator Pete Domenici asking about whether or not Mr. Iglesias was going to ... More About: Random Thoughts , Random , Thoughts
Scalia to country get over it
2008-04-25 07:01:00 There is a sense of calm that comes over a professor once he or she gets tenured. All of a sudden you are free to write and say what you please without the risk of being fired. Antonin Scalia sits on the Supreme Court like a tenured professor. He proved that he ... More About: Country
Post Card from Anne Frank found
2008-04-25 06:25:00 A remarkable find. ———- From AP: A Dutch school director preparing an exhibition on Anne Frank has found a holiday postcard signed by the Jewish teenage diarist, a museum said Wednesday. The card, sent in 1937, was addressed to one of Frank’s best friends, Sanne Ledermann, and postmarked from just across the Dutch border in Aachen, ... More About: Card , Post
Trade Deals
2008-04-25 06:17:00 I watched a U.S. Trade mission to Colombia a few days ago on C-Span. You can watch it by clicking the link that says Vignette on U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. The video will remain up on C-Span for another week or two. The roughly half-hour I watched of the show involved U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab and nine ... More About: Economy , House of Representatives
Review Of Contintental Express Flight #5627
2008-04-25 05:41:00 Here is a review of Continental Express flight 5627 which left Houston April 24, at 10:10 AM and arrived in Cincinnati at 1:45 PM. It also landed on April 24. It was not a 27 hour flight. The ticket cost $561.50. Can you imagine all that money to get to Cincinnati? Above you see a picture of flight # ... More About: Travel , General , Review , Flight
Hope
2008-04-25 03:36:00 I wrote this for the Urban News (April 2008): I just finished watching the History Channel?s two-hour documentary on Martin Luther King narrated by Tom Brokaw. It was extremely well done but? something was missing. There were interviews from civil rights activists like Representative John Lewis, Ambassador Andrew Young, and Martin Luther King, III, along with ... More About: Hope
Which way to reality?
2008-04-24 07:59:00 Hillary Clinton and her camp have thrown a ton of information at us. They would like us to believe that she is ahead in the popular vote. Okay. They would like us to believe that Clinton is more electable because she won more big states. Finally, we have been told that ... More About: Reality
TDS - Journalist exchange program
More articles from this author:2008-04-24 05:02:00 We have all heard about embedded journalists. Sunday the New York Times reported that many of the military experts that we saw on our TV’s during the run up to the war in Iraq were in fact on the Pentagon’s payroll or on the payroll of a major defense contractor. This is not ... More About: Bush administration , Exchange , Program , Journalist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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