I've been against HIllary from the beginning, so this is no big news or anything, but still it has occured to me that the Republican field is really hurting her chances at getting the Democratic nomination.
Imagine if Bush had a really strong popular VP who was a clear heir apparent (I said "imagine.") Someone the Republican machine and the rank and file were really going to get behind in lock step. If this was the case Hillary might have an advantage in the primaries because she could say (although not this directly,) that she is the only coldly calculating Dem candidate who has the professional (think "hit man") team behind her to take on such a challenger in the general election. Like: "You might think I'm a cold hearted bitch who only cares about getting more power, but at least I can take the fight to them. If you want to get your ass kicked again just nominate some pussy like John Edwards or some pie in the sky big picture guy like Obama and watch what happens when they run up against the Republican juggernaut."
That might have been effective. But because the Republicans have fielded the three (or four, five, or six) stooges I think she has lost a lot of tactical ground.
Not sure that makes sense but thought I'd just blurt it out since I'm a little bored here.
Imagine if Bush had a really strong popular VP who was a clear heir apparent (I said "imagine.") Someone the Republican machine and the rank and file were really going to get behind in lock step. If this was the case Hillary might have an advantage in the primaries because she could say (although not this directly,) that she is the only coldly calculating Dem candidate who has the professional (think "hit man") team behind her to take on such a challenger in the general election. Like: "You might think I'm a cold hearted bitch who only cares about getting more power, but at least I can take the fight to them. If you want to get your ass kicked again just nominate some pussy like John Edwards or some pie in the sky big picture guy like Obama and watch what happens when they run up against the Republican juggernaut."
That might have been effective. But because the Republicans have fielded the three (or four, five, or six) stooges I think she has lost a lot of tactical ground.
Not sure that makes sense but thought I'd just blurt it out since I'm a little bored here.
Accompanied by six graphs, two tables and equations whose terms include “bologna” and “carpet,” it’s a thorough microbiological study of the five-second rule: the idea that if you pick up a dropped piece of food before you can count to five, it’s O.K. to eat it.
A GALLON jar of pickles sits near the register at Lee’s Washerette and Food Market, a mustard-colored cinder-block bunker on the western fringe of this Mississippi Delta town.
Those pickles were once mere dills. They were once green. Their exteriors remain pebbly, a reminder that long ago they began their lives on a farm, on the ground, as cucumbers.
lets move to ithaca
5/8/07 is Grateful Dead Day in Ithaca NY
Proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Ithaca
Whereas, the Grateful Dead have been recognized by many highly credible organizations, individuals and entities including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as significantly important and integral to the
musical and social fabric of our contemporary culture, and whereas, on May 8th, 1977 the Grateful Dead performed in Barton Hall on the campus of Cornell University in the city of Ithaca New York, a concert that is widely acknowledged and regarded as a defining and transcendent occasion and example of the art of contemporary musical improvisation, collaboration, musicianship, and performance, and whereas, many tens of thousands of individuals who were not in attendance that night in Barton Hall, have become knowledgeable & familiar with the extraordinary nature of the performance on May 8th 1977 through the trading and sharing of recordings of the show, and whereas, the cultural identity and perceptions of Ithaca as a community, have been informed and bolstered by the widespread acknowledgement of the magic of May 8th, 1977, and whereas, it has been said many times by many people that, “there is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.”
Now therefore, be it resolved that as Mayor of the City of Ithaca, and in heartfelt recognition of the thirtieth anniversary of the May 8th 1977 concert performance, I declare May 8th 2007 as Grateful Dead Day in the City of Ithaca.
Dark Star Orchestra will perform the set list of 5/8/77 on 5/8/07 at the State Theater of Ithaca NY.
5/8/07 is Grateful Dead Day in Ithaca NY
Proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Ithaca
Whereas, the Grateful Dead have been recognized by many highly credible organizations, individuals and entities including the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as significantly important and integral to the
musical and social fabric of our contemporary culture, and whereas, on May 8th, 1977 the Grateful Dead performed in Barton Hall on the campus of Cornell University in the city of Ithaca New York, a concert that is widely acknowledged and regarded as a defining and transcendent occasion and example of the art of contemporary musical improvisation, collaboration, musicianship, and performance, and whereas, many tens of thousands of individuals who were not in attendance that night in Barton Hall, have become knowledgeable & familiar with the extraordinary nature of the performance on May 8th 1977 through the trading and sharing of recordings of the show, and whereas, the cultural identity and perceptions of Ithaca as a community, have been informed and bolstered by the widespread acknowledgement of the magic of May 8th, 1977, and whereas, it has been said many times by many people that, “there is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.”
Now therefore, be it resolved that as Mayor of the City of Ithaca, and in heartfelt recognition of the thirtieth anniversary of the May 8th 1977 concert performance, I declare May 8th 2007 as Grateful Dead Day in the City of Ithaca.
Dark Star Orchestra will perform the set list of 5/8/77 on 5/8/07 at the State Theater of Ithaca NY.
The War Nerd on "Who Won Iraq?"
>hic<
"Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a surprise move, will introduce legislation with Sen. Robert Byrd to revoke the war powers granted to Bush in October of 2002."
lost is on the clock.
In a motion made public Thursday, May 3, city attorneys are demanding that the lawyers representing the 1,800 people who claim they were falsely arrested at the Republican National Convention swear under oath that they didn't leak confidential police documents — documents that the New York Times obtained to write a March story about the NYPD spying on political groups in the run-up to the 2004 convention.
Meanwhile, May 3's Wall Street Journal, reporter Judith Miller defends the NYPD after describing the same documents. And now the NYCLU has ripped off a letter to the judge overseeing the RNC-related lawsuits, claiming that the NYPD provided Miller the very documents the city is fighting so hard to keep secret.
that settles that! now lets never speak of this again! (for those unable to attend, this subject dominated the dinner conversation at jims birthday. this and the prophylactics of lactation. you really missed out if you could not manage your schedule properly, were having contractions (aka the master mistress cleanse?) or live in some ungodly country with provinces.)
Goodbye "Gilmore Girls." The sharp-witted saga of an independent mother and daughter that added to the luster of the young WB network, will end its run after seven seasons.
The New York Times today named its next public editor, Clark Hoyt, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and editor who oversaw the Knight Ridder newspaper chain's coverage that questioned the Bush administration's case for the Iraq war.
finally did the di fara pizza experience......forgettaboutit best pizza ever!!!.....might go back manana for the porcini pie
PBS American Masters profiles the late great Ahmet Ertegun tonight at nine. My dad used to tell me how he knew the Ertegun brothers in DC in the early ‘40s where he was a naval civilian and they were the Turkish ambassador’s sons, hanging around the music scene. He said Ahmet always wanted to borrow his jazz records but was not so good at returning them.
I’m still recovering from a May Day marathon in Prospect Park, not to mention a turn through Owl’s Head in the neighborhood this morning, where it looked like a lot more birds were on the move than yesterday. To protect myself from the incredulous I got a new 12X image stabilized camera, which I am in the process of figuring out how to use. It’s possible to capture images of small songbirds, if you can manage to focus on them. Here are a few for May…
Commentator, author and bird lover Julie Zickefoose provides an update on the birds of spring — and how they fared during an unseasonable cold snap a few weeks ago, when temperatures dropped to the 20s at night and 30s by day at her home in Whipple, Ohio.
Zickefoose was concerned that the migratory birds might not be able to find enough food during the cold spell.
But she tells Melissa Block that the birds stayed put down south — and followed the re-emerging leaves north. The birds are arriving now in one great front, albeit later than usual.
She discusses the many birds she has spotted and photographed in recent days, including the blue-winged warbler, and shares a sad story with a happy ending about a bluebird nest on her property.
yglesias at tnr in a rebuttal to the chait piece mentions the townhouse listserv which serves as a backchannel clearinghouse for the liberal netroots. he downplays its influence but i thought id note it here. as for smackdowns of chait check the usual suspects: digby, atrios, yglesias.
Townhouse is a by-invitation-only liberal listserv begun by blogger and Democratic campaign consultant Matt Stoller.
Participants agree to keep their information exchanges confidential or risk being removed from the private listserv. Townhouse provides the web equivalent of a political backroom where self-selected liberal bloggers including Glenn Greenwald, Markos Moulitsas and Atrios, leaders of liberal think tanks including Campaign for America's Future, liberal journalists and pundits, advocacy groups such as MoveOn, and Democratic campaign and PR consultants can all discuss and debate their common concerns, strategies and tactics.
An article on Salon.com reports "Townhouse began after the disastrous 2004 election, when young Democratic activists began meeting on Sundays for beers at Townhouse Tavern, a subterranean watering hole in Washington's Dupont Circle neighborhood. ... Here was the next generation of would-be D.C. power brokers, kids in their 20s and 30s who planned to mold the political future. At some point, Matt Stoller, the preppy enforcer of liberal blogging, helped organize the group into a formal e-mail list. ... Over time, the e-mail list and the Sunday afternoon boozefests grew. ... Through it all, Stoller controlled the membership. If you stayed in his graces, and met the group's qualifications, you got yourself a ticket to both the electronic and the alcoholic conversations. At all times, the whole enterprise was declared off the record, to be spoken of in hushed tones only with others who knew the proverbial secret handshake. ... the public introduction of Townhouse now presents the big-name bloggers and online activists with a transparency dilemma. On the one hand, bloggers like to talk of themselves as a democratic, grass-roots movement. (Moulitsas often conflates himself with the entire 'people-powered movement' in his blog posts.) On the other hand, the blogosphere boasts an emerging leadership elite, which is increasingly profiting on its insider status in both the Democratic Party and among one another." [1]
this looks interesting but its behind the times select firewall :
In Nixon’s Tricks, Rove’s Roots
David Greenberg on how the Bush presidency grew from the soil of Nixon’s.
Tom Poston, one of the classic veterans of TV comedy, died earlier today at his home in Los Angeles. He appeared on The Steve Allen Show in the 1950s and Newhart in the 1980s.
Poston played handyman George Utley on Newhart, and was also a regular on another Bob Newhart series, Bob. And to keep the connection to Newhart going, he played Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show in the 70s. Poston also appeared on Grace Under Fire, Mork & Mindy, The Simpsons, Will & Grace, Home Improvement, Murphy Brown, Get Smart, Coach, The Love Boat, Studio One, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Just Shoot Me, That 70s Show, and dozens of other shows over the years.
Poston was married to actress Suzanne Pleshette, who played Newhart's wife Emily on The Bob Newhart Show.
Poston played handyman George Utley on Newhart, and was also a regular on another Bob Newhart series, Bob. And to keep the connection to Newhart going, he played Cliff "The Peeper" Murdock on The Bob Newhart Show in the 70s. Poston also appeared on Grace Under Fire, Mork & Mindy, The Simpsons, Will & Grace, Home Improvement, Murphy Brown, Get Smart, Coach, The Love Boat, Studio One, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Just Shoot Me, That 70s Show, and dozens of other shows over the years.
Poston was married to actress Suzanne Pleshette, who played Newhart's wife Emily on The Bob Newhart Show.
For Sally McKay, a Branch of May, full of Cowbirds.
