Paul Newman's Spirituals

Keep Your Eye On The Ball.

Hockey Mom Becomes President.

In Memoriam: Cooper Mack April 2, 1982-June 3, 2008

See some of Cooper's work and thoughts on his life at In Memoriam: Cooper Mack

Couric Interview with Sarah Palin

Obama v. McCain -A Matter of Judgment.

This Looks Legit and These Fellows Look Honest-Letter from Ministry of Treasury of Republic of America.

Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you. I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe. This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred. Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds. Yours Faithfully, Minister of Treasury Paulson

Health Care under McCain or Obama

"The authors conclude that
Obama's plan: '...contains the basic components necessary for effectively addressing the most important shortcomings of the current health care system, that is, limited coverage, inadequate risk pooling, and high-cost growth.'" & Conclude that
McCain's plan: '...make coverage less accessible for those with health problems, have a high budget cost, but have little effect on the number uninsured.'" Shamelessly copied from Patti in Some Snohomish Women, Voting on Issues -- Health Care under McCain or Obama

McCain's No Debate Stunt Exposed

"John McCain blew off David Letterman today because he said was getting back to Washington to address the economic crisis.
Only it turned out he wasn't in Washington, he was still in New York -- being interviewed by Katie Couric." LEAKED VIDEO: McCain Blows Off Letterman For Katie Couric By: Jane Hamsher
See, also Letterman unloads on McCain for not showing up

Sarah Palin Meets & Saves Her First Foreigner and First Heathen-Hamid Karzai.

Sarah Palin says that "this foreign policy stuff isn't so hard" and that her first meeting with a foreigner, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, was pleasant and productive in spite of a rocky start. “Initially, I was uncomfortable with the little swarthy A-rab being so close and staring at my ta ta’s,” Palin said. “He also talked funny and was hard to understand. Then, I told him about Jesus Christ as an ice-breaker and I think he’ll be one of us now” said Palin. He got very quiet, and was obviously pondering where he would spend eternity.” she added.

Palin bans reporters-Sarah, Come Out, Come Out, Whoever You Are! At Least Whisper Louder.

"Sarah Palin, who has not held a press conference in nearly four weeks of campaigning, on Tuesday banned reporters from her first meetings with world leaders, allowing access only to photographers and a television crew. CNN, which was providing the television coverage for news organizations, decided to pull its TV crew, effectively denying Palin the high visibility she had sought. . . .Those sessions and meetings scheduled for Wednesday are part of the Republican campaign's effort to give Palin experience in foreign affairs. She has never met a foreign head of state and first traveled outside North America just last year. The campaign told the TV producer, print and wire reporters in the press pool that follows the Alaska governor that they would not be admitted with the photographers and camera crew taken in to photograph the meetings. At least two news organizations, including The Associated Press, objected and were told that the decision was not subject to discussion." Palin bans reporters from meetings with leaders By SARA KUGLER

Government Bailouts, Executive Pay, Deficits, Taxes, and Bears in Glacier Park.

Patti has the details.

I'm Changing My Name to Chrysler-Sound Bidness Strategery.

Moose Who Believed In Evolutiion & Global Warming Dead-Badenov Denies Knowing Palin.

Betty Bowers Interviews Sarah Palin

Protecting Palin- Letting Her Talk Only to Suitably "Deferential" Members of the Press is Dangerous and Degrades Her, Us, and The Selection Process.

"Until … the news media is going to treat her with some level of respect and deference … it would be foolhardy to put her out into that kind of environment."

McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, on why vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is giving so few interviews to the press

From Newsweek, Perspectives.

We can't let a deferential press give us another Bush. They need to ask tough questions and demand answers. She's a grownup running for the second highest office in the land for God's sake-Not Miss Alaska. With McCain slipping mentally more every day, there is a lot at stake. If she's incapable of standing up to tough questions, "it would be foolhardy to put her" one heartbeat away from the presidency.

Beware of Labels-McCain Calls Himself a "Fiscal Conservative."

Even Greenspan fears that the deficits of previous borrow and spend administrations would Palin comparison to those of a McCain administration.

Thanks, In Part, to McCain's Phil Graham Feds "Have To" Bail Out A.I.G. Because It’s Too Big. Why Keep All Our AIGs In A Few Baskets?

Why do we let them get too big without regulating them? In part because of John McCain's adviser Phil Graham. "Who's to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? . . . one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown. Yet has Gramm been banished from the corridors of power? Reviled as the villain who bankrupted Middle America? Hardly. Now a well-paid executive at a Swiss bank, Gramm cochairs Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign and advises the Republican candidate on economic matters. He's been mentioned as a possible Treasury secretary should McCain win. That's right: A guy who helped screw up the global financial system could end up in charge of US economic policy. Talk about a market failure." Foreclosure Phil by David Corn in Mother Jones.
When people complain, Phil calls them whiners. McCain, who has no clue other than what Graham tells him, says that that "the economy is fundamentally sound." McCain was against the taxpayer bailout (yesterday) before he was for it (today). See, McCain says government 'forced' to bail out AIG By GLEN JOHNSON See, Also, McCain: The Most Reprehensible of the Keating Five The story of "the Keating Five" has become a scandal rivaling Teapot Dome and Watergate By Tom Fitzpatrick

The Real John McCain

McCain Spokesperson Carly Fiorina Says That Neither McCain Nor Palin Could Run A Major Corporation.

Carly Fiorina, who speaks for the McCain campaign, said neither John McCain nor Sarah Palin could run a major corporation. "If John McCain's top economic adviser doesn't think he can run a corporation, how on Earth can he run the largest economy in the world in the midst of a financial crisis? Apparently even the people who run his campaign agree that the economy is an issue John McCain doesn't understand as well as he should." Tommy Vietor


"Carly Fiorina, the woman John McCain sent out to defend Sarah Palin and rip anyone who calls her a tabula rasa on foreign policy and the economy, admitted Tuesday that Palin was not capable of running Hewlett-Packard.
That’s pretty damning coming from Fiorina, who also was not capable of running Hewlett-Packard." From `Barbies for War!' By MAUREEN DOWD