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1. Great White Rat says:

   June 28, 2008 at 10:09 am

   Democrats plan convention, hilarity ensues

   Pity the unfortunate Democrats, faced with unsolvable problems like this:

   As the Mile High City gears up to host a Democratic bash for 50,000, organizers are discovering the perils of trying to stage a political spectacle that’s also politically correct.

   Consider the fanny packs.

   The host committee for the Democratic National Convention wanted 15,000 fanny packs for volunteers. But they had to be made of organic cotton. By unionized labor. In the USA.

   Official merchandiser Bob DeMasse scoured the country. His weary conclusion: “That just doesn’t exist.”

   The First Church of Global Warming and Discount Carbon Credits Outlet has officially taken over the proceeding, resulting in such sacraments as this:

   To test whether celebratory balloons advertised as biodegradable actually will decompose, Ms. Robinson buried samples in a steaming compost heap. She hired an Official Carbon Adviser, who will measure the greenhouse-gas emissions of every placard, every plane trip, every appetizer prepared and every coffee cup tossed. The Democrats hope to pay penance for those emissions by investing in renewable energy projects.

   Right now, it’s funny. Wonder what kind of resume you need to get a job maintaining the “official Democrat steaming compost heap”? I mean, other than the obvious, like being a Massachusetts congressman or senator.

   But underneath the lunacy there’s something serious. Consder what life will be like if these fanatics gain power and legislate that every thing you use, every trip you take, every meal you make and all your trash will be measured for AGW compliance, and you will be punished if your lifestyle isn’t what the Party demands.

   Think I’m exaggerating about them poking through your trash? Here’s the plan for Denver:

   900 volunteers will hover at waste-disposal stations to make sure delegates put each scrap of trash in the proper bin. Lest a fork slip into the wrong container unnoticed, volunteers will paw through every bag before it is hauled away.

   Of course, the Democrats have some hard choices to make for 2008. Not about trivialities like national security, illegal immigration, or energy production. They face more serious dilemmas, like this:

   “Is it better to drive across town to have china delivered to an event and then use hot water to wash it, or is it better to use petroleum-based disposables?” she asks.

   Oh, I dunno….maybe the one that kicks in more cash to al-Gore’s scam of a carbon credits business?
2. yo says:

   June 28, 2008 at 12:06 pm

   White and black democrats seem to feel quite differently towards BO. Blacks, as told by this article in USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/news/politi…lack-dems_N.htm) have been described as having pride in BO. White democrats, specifically Clinton supporters, don’t seem to feel the same way at all about BO. Comments from Clinton followers such as “I can’t stand BO”, “I’ll never get used to BO”, and “BO stinks” could be overheard at a Clinton rally.

   Media types seem to be equally split on BO. Ms nbc’s Chris Mathews said that BO “gave him a tingle down his leg”. Keith Olberman, also of ms nbc, gets a smile on his face just thinking of BO. Fox News anchors, on the other hand, seem to have no affection for BO, at times trying to navigate away from the subject as if it smelled fishy.

   Republicans have by and large been able to stay above the fray and just bask in the spectacle. Religious conservatives have even used biblical terminology and talked of their side being a “sweet smelling aroma to God”.

   I guess we can all just be patient and see if BO will become a part of the white house landscape come jan 2009.
3. NC Cop says:

   June 28, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   One of Barack Obama’s top advisers has taken a shot at John McCain’s weight. Former Air Force Chief of Staff General Merrill McPeak told the Washington Times that he and McCain shared a class at the National War College in 1973 after McCain returned from Vietnam.

   McPeak said that McCain was a “skinny kid… quite thin. They weren’t feeding him very well in Hanoi. He’s done very well at the dinner table in Washington.”

   Very nice. Is this the kind of “issue” that BO keeps harping about? Is this what the American people are concerned with? Will BO condemn these childish comments?

   I kid, of course.
4. NC Cop says:

   June 28, 2008 at 12:44 pm

   The San Francisco Board of Education has decided that schools can no longer award physical education credit to students enrolled in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

   The San Francisco Chronicle described Thursday’s board meeting as “hastily scheduled” and said the four-to-one decision “will likely cripple the 90-year-old military education program… because most students use it to satisfy their P.E. requirement.”

   Board President Mark Sanchez, who led the effort against the program because of its ties to the military, argues that “if students really love the program, they’ll take it anyway.”

   Once again we see the maturity level of the left. Now they are punishing children because they have an interest in the military.

   Of course, I must give them credit. At least those in San Francisco don’t try to hide their disdain towards the military, like the rest of the left.
5. Mwalimu Daudi says:

   June 28, 2008 at 6:06 pm

   ST: I hope you are enjoying your “girls day out”. Don’t tell us what happend, though – there are some things a moral man like myself was not meant to hear and survive.
6. sanity says:

   June 28, 2008 at 11:01 pm

   A senior Democrat who worked for Mr Clinton has revealed that he recently told friends Mr Obama could “kiss my ass” in return for his support.

   Link

   Bill sounds a bit miffed at Obama. Perhaps because during the nomination between Obama and Bill’s Wife (Hillary), Obama and surrogates tried to turn anything Bill said into racists statements.

   It has long been known that Mr Clinton is angry at the way his own reputation was tarnished during the primary battle when several of his comments were interpreted as racist.

   Perhaps, also, because Bill thinks Obama has no chance in winning the working class voters.

   I am not so sure about that, but we still have several months for the “love affair” of Obama to sink in and perhaps he can take some real questions without media fawning all over him.

   Bill Clinton is so bitter about Barack Obama’s victory over his wife Hillary that he has told friends the Democratic nominee will have to beg for his wholehearted support.

   Granted this does sound a bit like Bill thinks he IS the Democrat party, or at least a BIG part of it.

   What happens if Bill CLinton fades away to obscurity?

   What happens if the Democrat party shuns Bill Clinton?

   Will he become even more bitter?
   What damage could he do if he really wanted to?

   The Telegraph has learned that the former president’s rage is still so great that even loyal allies are shocked by his patronising attitude to Mr Obama, and believe that he risks damaging his own reputation by his intransigence.

   Which in itself is surprising because Legacy building and how Bill is known has been the front of Bill Clinton. It must be about him.

   His wife can’t win without him; the Democrats NEED him…ect.

   Maybe he is seeing he is…not all that?

   But his lingering fury has shocked his friends. The Democrat told the Telegraph: “He’s been angry for a while. But everyone thought he would get over it. He hasn’t. I’ve spoken to a couple of people who he’s been in contact with and he is mad as hell.

   “He’s saying he’s not going to reach out, that Obama has to come to him. One person told me that Bill said Obama would have to quote kiss my ass close quote, if he wants his support.

   “You can’t talk like that about Obama – he’s the nominee of your party, not some house boy you can order around.

   “Hillary’s just getting on with it and so should Bill.”

   Sounds like a page from McCain’s book.

   Bill, vote for Obama, and sit down and shutup.

   Just…Get on with it.

   “It’s time for him to get over it or go off and do his charitable work. He knows the rules of the road. What’s going on now is kind of strange. I think his behaviour is really, really shocking.”

   Get over it Bill.

   Go do something charitable, but shutup and just…get over it.
7. forest hunter says:

   June 29, 2008 at 11:03 am

   0:01, just checkin’ on ma’friends. Night all.
8. Chris in NC says:

   June 29, 2008 at 11:12 am

   Hey ST! Hey Everyone!

   To the tune of Another One Bites the Dust, Beth’s Vast Right Wing Conspiracy presents:

   “Throw another one under the bus”

   Watch out for those “Gangs that don’t exist” down their in Charlotte while you’re having fun ST!
9. Chris in NC says:

   June 29, 2008 at 11:14 am

   Oh, and another one from the Moxaragon Group. They present the wonderful “Obamalot”

   Enjoy!
10. NC Cop says:

    June 29, 2008 at 12:47 pm

    And just in case we all forgot how rabidly anti-Bush the media is, we have this latest:

    Report: U.S. Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran

    Late last year, Congressional leaders agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, and charges that the administration is running “cross border” operations into Iran, The New Yorker magazine reported.

    In an article published online Sunday, the magazine cites current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources and said the operations were described in a highly classified Presidential Finding signed by Bush and are designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership.

    Isn’t it interesting how the very people who clamor that Bush needs to find a diplomatic solution to Iran, are the same ones sabotaging any effort to do so.

    I think the media has officially reached a new low, as if that was possible.

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