Hey George! Read my Mail!

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Thursday January 04, 2007 · 9:50 PM PST

2007/01/04 · 21:50

Georgie-boy needs our help with that nasty Iraq deficit.

Since he's Decided he has the power to read our mail at will anyhow, let's do the little putz a favor!

For the next month, take all that pre-approved VISA crapola clogging your mailbox, cross out your address, and write in this one instead, along with the polite request "PLEASE FORWARD"

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20500

And then drop it right back into the mailbox. You're welcome, George!

'Get Out of Jail Free" cards shredded for para-military contractors in Iraq?

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Thursday January 04, 2007 · 7:57 PM PST

2007/01/04 · 19:57

By Brookings Institution Senior Fellow P.W. Singer, via DefenseTech:

Amidst all the add-ins, pork spending, and excitement of the budget process, it has now come out that a tiny clause was slipped into the Pentagon's fiscal year 2007 budget legislation. The one sentence section (number 552 of a total 3510 sections) states that "Paragraph (10) of section 802(a) of title 10, United States Code (article 2(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), is amended by striking `war' and inserting `declared war or a contingency operation'." The measure passed without much notice or any debate. And then, as they might sing on School House Rock, that bill became a law (P.L.109-364).

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Thursday April 06, 2006 · 7:43 PM PDT

2006/04/06 · 19:43

6 mos ago I was sitting down to some fine ale with some fellow Philadelphian bloggers, and it wasn't long before the conversation turned to the upcoming Senate race to oust Rick Santorum from his filthy perch.. being a relative political novice, I made the mistake of uttering a refrain commonly heard amongst rank-and-file Democrats .. "just who the hell is Bob Casey, anyway?"

Now I'll admit, I was embarrassed.. for a longtime blogger (such as myself) not to be personally familiar with the stellar career of our former Auditor General and current State Treasurer.. I resolved to educate myself on this fascinating political character and on local politics in general ..

Which is why I was especially looking forward to tonight's presentation at my local D ward meeting, featuring a top staffer working on the Casey campaign.

And let me tell you, I am thoroughly relieved to find that Bob Casey does not shoot puppies. Nor does he endorse it.

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Friday March 03, 2006 · 9:18 PM PST

2006/03/03 · 21:18

Independent UK
Tony Blair has proclaimed that God will judge whether he was right to send British troops to Iraq, echoing statements from his ally George Bush.
Contradicting warnings from advisers not to mix politics and religion, the Prime Minister said that his interest in politics sprang from his Christianity and its "values and philosophy" had guided him in public life.
Explaining how he managed to live with the decision to go to war in Iraq, Mr Blair replied: "If you have faith about these things then you realise that judgement is made by other people. If you believe in God,it's made by God as well."

let's go to the phones.. the World Council of Churches is on line 1, caller go ahead.. Read More

Sheer number of wiretaps straining Telecom providers!

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Thursday February 09, 2006 · 9:28 AM PST

2006/02/09 · 09:28

from WSJ via Slashdot:

"The number of telephone wiretaps from 2000 to 2004 authorized by state and federal judges increased by 44%, the Wall Street Journal reports, in part because of a rise in terrorism investigations after 9/11, and because the Patriot Act extended surveillance to Internet providers. All the surveillance activity can put a strain on carriers. 'Smaller telecom companies in particular have sought help from outsiders in order to comply with the court-ordered subpoenas, touching off a scramble among third parties to meet the demand for assistance', the WSJ reports..."

never surrender

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Monday January 30, 2006 · 8:04 PM PST

2006/01/30 · 20:04

quitting is for losers.

in two weeks i'll be going door-to-door collecting signatures and getting myself on the local ballot for Democratic committeeperson in my ward.

fighting dems, after watching Dean and then Kerry get punked by the corporate media and enduring 5+ years of Bush, i too felt like throwing in the towel. i felt the need to step aside and take a breather.

but the tide is turning, and now i'm back. and it's good to be back.

There is no poem that will stop this war

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Monday May 30, 2005 · 8:08 PM PDT

2005/05/30 · 20:08

There is no poem that will stop this war

This is not the one. There is none. There is
nothing to be done. We are not anything but
the Hun the fierce images in old textbooks
the Mongol horsemen rape and pillage
villages burning and the laughter of old men.
The radio and television prepare us
for the Super Bowl. But already in Ohio
we are number one. All of us better
than all of the rest of the world. Admit it

it was the perfect game. Allah praise Ohio State.
And admit this all who listen to NPR
the president is smarter than you.
He is riding the armored car of history while you
look for a refuge some safe place for your children.
But there is no place to hide. We are the virus.
Everything that cannot be bought and sold
for a profit falls before us. He knows this
even if you believe he is a fool. He lives and breathes
Karl Marx while you hold up a sign that says
Peace is Patriotic. The laughter of old men. Read More

Return of the Kicker: RNC Kicker/Penn Student intimidates Philly voters.

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Wednesday November 10, 2004 · 8:27 AM PST

2004/11/10 · 08:27

Original diary entry

From todays edition of the University of Pennsylvania's Daily Pennsylvanian

Letters to the Editor
November 10, 2004
Trouble at a polling place
To the Editor:
Why was the alleged Republican kicker working as an election official?
On Tuesday morning, like many of us, I went to vote. My polling place, the one for ward 27, district 11, was 3609 Chestnut St., a cozy-looking rehabilitation care center next to the Divine Tracy Hotel. When I got to the voter registration desk, I became a witness to a confrontation between an election official and a Democratic poll watcher whose name unfortunately escapes me. The election official was behaving very aggressively, and telling the poll watcher that, among other things, she must not speak to any of the voters, or to him, and if she did, he would call the police. She was visibly upset and a little overwhelmed, but she kept her cool. Though they were peers, she called him "sir" to try to diffuse the tension. (I admire her patience, something I don't have nearly as much of; were I in her place, I would've called him anything but sir.)

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Friday November 05, 2004 · 9:15 AM PST

2004/11/05 · 09:15

Seattle PI
Saturday, May 1, 2004

Selective Service eyes women's draft
The proposal would also require registration of critical skills

By ERIC ROSENBERG
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON -- The chief of the Selective Service System has proposed registering women for the military draft and requiring that young Americans regularly inform the government about whether they have training in niche specialties needed in the armed services.
The proposal, which the agency's acting Director Lewis Brodsky presented to senior Pentagon officials just before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, also seeks to extend the age of draft registration to 34 years old, up from 25.
The Selective Service System plan, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, highlights the extent to which agency officials have planned for an expanded military draft in case the administration and Congress would authorize one in the future.

Put this together with my previous post about Selective Service mining the Department of Education databases and you have college-aged women included in Bush's little middle east escapade.
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Draft agency files notice to request record matching with Department of Education

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Friday November 05, 2004 · 9:00 AM PST

2004/11/05 · 09:00

So they say no draft, eh? Well, I guess we've been fooled again!! Check this out..

Computer Matching Between the Selective Service System and the
Department of Education

This information should be front page news.

When a Selective Service-eligible individual signs the promissory note for Stafford Loans or other Federal education loans, there's a check box you have to mark, reading "I have registered with Selective Service".

Not that anyone's been watching that, apparently. Now they want to hook up the Selective Service databases to the Department of Education databases to sweep up anyone they might have missed...

I'll be posting my Draft Board Application later on tonight, stay tuned..

Voter Suppression Attempt at UPENN

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Tuesday November 02, 2004 · 12:09 PM PST

2004/11/02 · 12:09

Let's hope that no one believed this nonsense. Rethuglicans must be getting desperate right about now...

Daily Pennsylvania: False flyers circulate to suppress turnout

"Hundreds of false flyers were circulated by unknown persons on campus last night claiming that students could lose grant money if they vote today."

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Friday October 08, 2004 · 11:49 PM PDT

2004/10/08 · 23:49

from the eBay comments on this amazing product.

Q: we join coalition forces to fight in IRAQ to get Wood! now you will not ship wood to Poland? don't say you forget about Poland?
A: We didn't forget about Poland! You may purchase the Special Poland Edition Wood signed by Pres. Bush, look at the link towards the bottom of this auction.

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Hey George! Read my Mail!

'Get Out of Jail Free" cards shredded for para-military contractors in Iraq?

Bob Casey doesn't shoot puppies.

God drops hint, Tony fumbles.

Sheer number of wiretaps straining Telecom providers!

never surrender

There is no poem that will stop this war

Return of the Kicker: RNC Kicker/Penn Student intimidates Philly voters.

Selective Service eyes Women's Draft, age expansion

Draft agency files notice to request record matching with Department of Education

Voter Suppression Attempt at UPENN

this wood is 100% Grade A Destroyed National Park Grade. Bid with confidence!