http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20080920/AP.Yahoo.Poll.Obama.Race/

Should've posted this days ago...

In case you haven't seen it... latest A. Quindlen (I virtually always agree
w/her POV) column in Newsweek:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/157543

Cathy

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"Can You Say Sexist?"
Hypocrisy is only bad when it is improperly used.
-George Bernard Shaw

I never thought I would live long enough to see the day when the Republican
presidential candidate would cite membership in the PTA as evidence of
executive experience, when the far right would laud the full-time working
mothers of newborns, when social conservatives would stare down teenage
pregnancy and replace their pursed-lip accusations of promiscuity with
hosannas about choosing life.

Another Palin goof:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/palins-transparency-proposal-already.../

if I posted this link already, anyway, worthwhile watching it.

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

What I love is how all of these uber-capitalist free-market anti-regulation
advocates in the administration, who have been pushing for privatization of
everything, are suddenly running around like fools, setting up government
takeovers of the tanking mortgage giants, government bridge loans,
government taking 80%% ownership of AIG, etc. Um, *government*? And dare
I mention that that's *taxpayer* money that they're using? Ownership by
The People? A bit Socialist, isn't it?

And one of the McClone spokesmouths was saying this morning, Regulation?
Of course we need Regulation! No one argues that we need Regulation! The
problem is that the Regulators have been asleep at the switch, haven't been
tending to business. ... EXCUSE ME???? This from a NeoCon???? I wonder,
at the beginning of the Bush admin, how many people were in the agencies
that regulate finance, and how many are left today? If it's anything like
the FDA, their ranks have been decimated, and most of the competent folk
have left, replaced by party hacks.

FurPaw
--
Why do people who embrace Social Darwinism object to teaching the theory of
evolution?

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This is Your Nation on White Privilege
By Tim Wise
9/13/08

For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who
are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it,
perhaps this list will help.

White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol
Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your
family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you
or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black
and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified
as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

White privilege is when you can call yourself a "fuckin' redneck,"
like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone
messes with you, you'll "kick their fuckin' ass," and talk about how
you like to "shoot shit" for fun, and still be viewed as a
responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather
than a thug.

Green Eggs and Palin

She says "no!" to Trooper-gate; she won't cooperate.
She sold the private jet at a profit. Wanna bet?
The librarian and the chief didn't share her weird belief;
Her face was turning red as she cried,...

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http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/09/10/palin_feminism/

"The Republicans are, in effect, saying: We're not going to win this
race on the basis of being the better candidates. Barack Obama is going
to make you think. You don't like thinking. Here's an It Girl vice
president who is easy on the eyes, you stodgy old white baby boomer.
She's like a grown-up version of Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island." She
embodies the raw conviction that everything the Republicans have ever
done has been right. She'll make you feel better about yourself for
voting for Bush. Twice."

Susan

Olbermann at his best. Wish he'd do this more often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNx22TH7FfU

FurPaw

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From a local neighbor and acquaintance:

Important to read. ..pass it on!

A note to all by Anne Kilkenny

Dear friends,

So many people have asked me about what I know about
Sarah Palin in the last 2 days that I decided to write
something up . . .

Basically, Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton have only 2
things in common: their gender and their good looks. :)

You have my permission to forward this to your
friends/email contacts with my name and email address
attached, but please do not post it on any websites, as
there are too many kooks out there . .

[This was already posted on Washington Independent
comments area, with a controllable hotmail account, and
was obviously meant by the author to be read.]

Thanks,
Anne