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Aimee Mann - “Save Me”
I felt like a little Aimee Mann tonight. Some people prefer “Wise Up,” but this is still my favorite tune from Magnolia, where it’s fantastically used.
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Archive for January 3rd, 2008 Thursday, January 3rdCoverage of the Iowa CaucusFor you political junkies……… TPM is covering Iowa with frequent updates. Talk Left is live blogging. I believe Firedog Lake is live blogging, also. Crooks and Liars has an predictions open thread. Wonkette has ongoing coverage Air America is covering the caucus from 8pm-1am Any others? Supreme Court Justice Bill Clinton?A possibility? According to Douglas Kmiec, of Pepperdine Law School, “The former president would be intrigued by court service and many would cheer him on.”  Would President Hillary name Bill to the Supreme Court? “That provocative possibility has long been whispered in legal and political circles ever since Sen. Hillary Clinton became a viable candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.” Bill Clinton would make a great anything, in my book. He certainly has as much, if not more, integrity than the “we promise not to challenge precedent” Bush appointees. But I can’t imagine this would be something Bill would like to do. As am matter of fact, I see it more as a political ploy to get more folks out to vote… republican! CNN commenter to this article, “Son of Frank”, writes:
Consider the source of this “news”. Perperdine University. Neo-Conservative westcoast Republican institution for the perpetuation of self-interested, self- centered, self’serving and selfish young Republican wannabees.
Only a Perperdine type law professor would come up with this kind of sound bite “babble” to shock and awe” fear into the little blackhole souls of neo-cons in a crafty attempt to scare them away from the idea of having a capable, compassionate, inteligent, forward thinking, “peace and prosperity” candidate like Hillary Clinton in the whitehouse. Hillary and Bil, the more the neo-cons spit their venom at you the more sure I am that it’s time for another Clinton at the top of the executive branch!!!!!!! (typos ignored) Pretty much sums it all up. Dunham to Bush: Unindicted co-conspirator in CIA tape case?We’ll have to keep a close eye on this. It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this. I said yesterday no way……time will tell. From Capitol Hill Blue:
Another Texas ExonerationThis is one of the reasons I am against the death penalty. Kudos again to the Innocence Project. This man has lost 27 years of his life. There’s no changing that, but I hope he sues and gets a huge settlement and is able to live the remainder of his life comfortably!!! From CNN: DALLAS, Texas (AP) — – Charles Chatman said throughout his 26 years in prison that he never raped the woman who lived five houses down from him.
Now 47, Chatman is expected to win his freedom Thursday on the basis of new DNA testing that lawyers say proves his innocence and adds to Dallas County’s nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates. “I’m bitter. I’m angry,” Chatman told The Associated Press during what was expected to be his last night in jail Wednesday. “But I’m not angry or bitter to the point where I want to hurt anyone or get revenge.” If released on bond at a Thursday court hearing as expected, Chatman will become the 15th inmate from Dallas County since 2001 to be freed by DNA testing. That is more than any other county nationwide, said Natalie Roetzel of the Innocence Project of Texas, an organization of volunteers who investigate claims of wrongful conviction. Texas leads the country in prisoners freed by DNA testing. Including Chatman, the state will have released at least 30 wrongfully convicted inmates since 2001, according to the Innocence Project. How Does the Iowa Caucus Work???Video explanation of how the Iowa Caucus works from Why Tuesday Well today is the day. The Iowa Caucus. This whole process seems weird to me. And confusing. Here’s the explanation from Wikipedia: Republican Party process
For the Republicans, the Iowa caucus follows (and should not be confused with) the Ames Straw Poll in August of the preceding year. Out of the five Ames Straw Poll iterations, 1987 is the only year in which the winner of the Ames Straw Poll has not gone on to win the Iowa caucus. In the Republican caucuses, each voter casts his or her vote by secret ballot. Voters are presented blank sheets of paper with no candidate names on them. After listening to some campaigning for each candidate by caucus participants, they write their choices down and the Republican Party of Iowa tabulates the results at each precinct and transmits them to the media.[1] The non-binding results are tabulated and reported to the state party which releases the results to the media. Delegates from the precinct caucuses go on to the County Convention, which chooses delegates to the District Convention, which in turn selects delegates to the State Convention. Thus it is the Republican State Convention, not the precinct caucuses, which select the ultimate delegates to the Republican National Convention in Iowa. Democrats Say No Pocket VetoFrom CQ: Democratic leaders in Congress dispute President Bush’s contention that he has the authority to use a pocket veto to kill the fiscal 2008 defense policy bill and may attempt a veto override later this month. Both House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., have signaled that they plan to treat Bush’s Dec. 28 memorandum of disapproval on the bill (HR 1585) as a normal veto, and have left open the possibility of veto override votes. “Congress vigorously rejects any claim that the president has the authority to pocket veto this legislation, and will treat any bill returned to the Congress as open to an override vote,” a Pelosi aide said Wednesday. When asked if the House would hold a veto override vote, the aide said, “We are exploring all legislative options and no action has been ruled out.” Reid spokesman Jim Manley also said the legislative branch would interpret Bush’s action as a normal veto. “There was no pocket veto because Congress was available to receive the veto message,” Manely said, adding that the Senate would “wait and see what the House does” before determining whether to attempt to override the veto. Because the bill, which was passed overwhelmingly in both chambers last month, originated in the House, that chamber is required to act first on a veto message from the White House. Kevin Smith, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner , R-Ohio, declined to comment Wednesday on whether Republicans would support a veto override. Bush - under intense pressure from the Iraqi government- vetoed the bill over a provision that the White House contends could have rendered Iraqi assets vulnerable to a freeze by plaintiffs seeking redress in U.S. courts for acts committed under Saddam Hussein’s regime. The Iraqi government had threatened to withdraw $25 billion worth of assets from U.S. capital markets last week if Bush signed the bill. Another Bush Administration InvestigationLike this will go anywhere……. again, this administration investigating itself. We all know where that ends up. And something that bugs me about this whole ugly thing. They’ll investigate whether tapes of TORTURE were destroyed, but it’s no big deal that they tortured to begin with. What’s wrong with that picture. The Justice Department opened a full criminal investigation Wednesday into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, putting the politically charged probe in the hands of a mob-busting public corruption prosecutor with a reputation for being independent.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey announced that he was appointing John Durham, a federal prosecutor in Connecticut, to oversee the investigation of a case that has challenged the Bush administration’s controversial handling of terrorism suspects. The CIA acknowledged last month that in 2005 it destroyed videos of officers using tough interrogation methods while questioning two al-Qaida suspects. The acknowledgment sparked a congressional inquiry and a preliminary investigation by Justice into whether the CIA violated any laws or obstructed congressional inquiries such as the one led by the Sept. 11 Commission. More at Yahoo News |
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