Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Progressive Majority
Why a Conservative America is a Myth
This report by the Campaign for America’s Future and Media Matters for America shows that in study after study, solid majorities of Americans take progressive stands on a full spectrum of issues, from bread-and-butter economics to the so-called “values” issues where conservatives claim preeminence.......here
Howard Dean
Florida Has Essentially Converted Their Primary To A Straw Poll
In an exchange with Victory NH's Primary Defenders, DNC Chairman, Howard Dean defended the Democratic National Committee's Primary Calendar while conceding that while New Hampshire's First in the Nation Primary is still critical to the presidential race, Florida's unilateral decision to move their primary up to January 29th, has "essentially converted their Primary to a straw poll."......here.......Watch the video......here
Who Is Your Ideal Candidate For President
Stogie's Results: Theoretical Ideal Candidate
1. Dennis Kucinich (88%) - 2. Barack Obama (86%) - 3. Alan Augustson (86%)
4. Wesley Clark (76%) -
5. Joseph Biden (75%) - 6. Hillary Clinton (72%)
7. Al Gore (70%) - 8. John Edwards (70%) - 9. Christopher Dodd (69%)
10. Mike Gravel (65%) - 11. Bill Richardson (64%) - 12. Kent McManigal (56%)
13. Ron Paul (52%) - 14. Elaine Brown (45%) - 15. Mike Huckabee (29%)
16. Rudolph Giuliani (26%) - 17. John McCain (25%) - 18. Chuck Hagel (24%)
19. Tommy Thompson (20%) - 20. Mitt Romney (18%) - 21. Sam Brownback (17%)
22. Tom Tancredo (15%) - 23. Fred Thompson (14%) - 24. Newt Gingrich (14%)
25. Duncan Hunter (10%) -
26. Jim Gilmore (7%)
Get Your Results......here

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

American Family Shocked By Rome's Rage
We Come From A Place Where You Just Don't See This Kind Of Street Protest
For the Cooper family, from Knoxville, Tennessee, visiting Rome was supposed to be the highlight to their two-week vacation in Europe. Instead, they arrived on Saturday to find some of the Eternal City's most famous streets and piazzas packed with tens of thousands of anti-war demonstrators protesting against a visit by President George W. Bush on his way home from a G8 summit.......more
"It's tough to take when you see people being so disrespectful of our president,"......Sarah Cooper

ONE Vote '08

Gigi Wacked By Louisiana Deputies
One owner said her family was forced at gunpoint to leave its dog behind. Another owner said residents became frantic when, they said, they overheard one deputy claim that "once everybody's gone, we're going to have target practice tonight." They claim in court papers that deputies were under " authorization...of their superiors and employers.......more
Gigi, was among the dogs allegedly killed by authorities after their owners were forcibly evacuated during Hurricane Katrina. A lawsuit says an animal rescue worker found Gigi shot in the head.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Fathers Day for Peace

David Arquette

Condi 2008
A Tourist From Texas On The Platt Street Bridge
One Vote '08 Campaign

DNC Chairman Howard Dean and the head of the DNC's Faith in Action initiative, Rev. Leah Daughtry, issued the following statement praising the announcement of the One Vote '08 Campaign, which will use the 2008 Presidential election to bring national attention to the issue of global poverty.......here
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A Hummer Wasn't Big Enough For This Guy

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Lieberman Wants To Attack Iran
Sen. Joseph Lieberman said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran's involvement in Iraq.......here
Bayonet Point - June 8, 2007

Ella And Karen Carpenter

Saturday, June 9, 2007

Hotel Narsarsuaq
Over the years there have been persistent rumors that seriously wounded soldiers from Korea were treated in Narsarsuaq, far away from the glare of publicity, to avoid weakening public support for the war in the US. No evidence, however, has been found to substantiate these rumors.......here......Wikipedia
"No One Thinks of Greenland" A Novel By John Griesemer.......here
A Few Days in Narsarsuaq Greenland.....here
Dean: Democratic President Would End War
The high hurdles faced by congressional Democrats in their efforts to end the Iraq war make electing a Democratic president in 2008 the best way to finish the conflict, Democratic party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday. He noted his party has made little progress toward ending the war, the cause, he said, that returned them to power........here
"The American people hired Democrats last November to ensure that we end this war. So let me be clear, we know that if we don't keep our promise, we may find ourselves the minority again.".......Howard Dean

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Bob Graham Begged
Fellow Senators To Read The "Entire" NIE on WMDs
"Friends, I encourage you to read the classified intelligence reports which are much sharper than what is available in declassified form," Sen. Graham on the floor of the Senate in October 2002.......here

"We are going to be increasing the threat level against the people of the United States."
He warned: "Blood Is Going To Be On Your Hands"
The Cuban Health Care System
Future Doctors From Latin America Trained In Cuba For Free
Imagine a society in which healthcare is the right of every citizen and the responsibility of the state. Imagine being able to see your doctor as often as you wanted, free of charge. Imagine a solid foundation of primary care and preventive medicine with clinics on virtually every other street corner.....more
Sicko: Why the US Government Hates Cuba (Health Care).....here
Caladesi Island State Park
Rated Second Best US Beach
Florida International University professor Stephen Leatherman has created an industry out of his annual review of America's best beaches....here

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Bob The Prophet
Daniel Robert Graham
In 2003, Graham's war opposition hurt his popularity even in Florida, where he had served two terms as governor and three as senator. Republicans lambasted him for statements accusing the Bush administration of misleading the public on Iraq and for suggesting there was as much ground to impeach Bush as there had been for President Clinton......here
"Nobody can feel anything other than sadness at this tragedy that our country has fallen into in the last five years. I'm disappointed that there wasn't greater caution and candor on behalf of people making the decisions, and our nation has suffered enormous losses as a result of it."....Bob Graham
The Real Winner Of That Debate Was Bob Graham, How Times Have Changed.

Democrats' Innocent Bystander Fable

Largo - June 5, 2007

Hillary vs Obama

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

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