Daily Archives: June 25th, 2008 «

 

VIDEO: Jon Stewart on Obama

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 10:10 pm » 3 Comments

I touched on this topic briefly earlier today, but wanted to come back to it this evening. Comedian and equal-opportunity cynic Jon Stewart took on Obama during an “Indecision 2008″ segment earlier this week on The Daily Show, and hilarity ensued: I love it at the end where he tells his viewers that it’s ok [...]

 

Filibuster bluster – PLUS: Leftroots continue to express disappointment with BO’s latest FISA stance

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 9:50 pm » 3 Comments

For all that talk yesterday of a Democrat filibuster on the FISA compromise in the Senate, it wasn’t even close: WASHINGTON, June 25 (Reuters) – A White House-backed spy bill to protect telecommunication companies from billions of dollars in potential damages from privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday, and headed toward final [...]

 

Mamas, please let your babies grow up to be cowboys

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 9:02 pm » 1 Comment

Tim McGraw to the rescue: Tim McGraw helped members of his stage crew eject a fan from his Tuesday night (June 24) concert in Auburn, Wash., after seeing the man assault a woman who was in one of the front rows. A video of the incident surfaced Wednesday at several Internet sites. McGraw was performing [...]

 

Discussion: Kennedy v. Louisiana (UPDATE: OBAMA DISAGREES WITH DECISION, UPDATE 2: JINDAL REAX)

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 6:53 pm » 10 Comments

The decision on Kennedy v. Louisiana, a case that decided whether or not child rape was punishable by death, was announced this morning. Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to blog on it (daytime blogging will continue to be light for me for the forseeable future) but now that I’ve gotten home I’ve had a [...]

 

Obama on town hall meetings – then versus now

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 11:04 am » 2 Comments

Nail, meet hammer. Plus, the “LOL” post of the day: Do NOT Mock Obama! But on a more serious note …

 

Senators Dodd, Feingold, and Reid set to filibuster House-approved FISA bill

Posted by: ST on June 25, 2008 at 9:15 am » 4 Comments

… because they don’t want telecoms to have retroactive immunity from lawsuits (via Memeo): Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Senate this week will consider the compromise legislation that would reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): “This is a deeply [...]