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Author Archives: Al Swearengen
If Republicans still controlled Congress…
This hearing on the air quality in New York City in the days and weeks following 9/11 would have never taken place. Christie Todd Whitman wouldn’t have had to sit at a table and answer questions under oath. She wouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, History, Justice, Politics, Video
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Woke Up This Morning…
“Writing in his masterwork Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in 1922, Max Weber showed that the “bureaucratic class” (Beamtentum) manipulated state secrets in order to undermine democratic institutions. By wielding security classifications, they could claim an information monopoly and render the parliament … Continue reading
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RIP – Rod Beck
(SF Chronicle) The Giants issued a statement from owner Peter Magowan on Sunday saying, “When our partnership group took over the Giants in 1993, all of San Francisco was treated to a wonderful 103-win year. Nobody who was a part … Continue reading
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Health Care Industry Lobbyists View SiCKO (Moore takes questions)
He screened the film for health care industry lobbyists, and they respond to him. I wish a discussion like this could take place on political television…right now there’s virtually none of this on Meet the Press or the other big … Continue reading
Crispin Glover
This guy played the father of Michael J. Fox on ‘Back to the Future’, and the film he was appearing on Letterman for was a piece of crap called ‘River’s Edge’. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out … Continue reading
Fortune Cookies
Either in school or on TV (or maybe I read about it), there was a study performed where 50 or so people were in a room and given a horoscope that was color-coded based on what the person’s sign was. … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Religion
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Let Them Stay
Voices of US War Resisters in Canada http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-554085708065079797&hl=en
Posted in Military, Video
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Nirvana & The Meatpuppets – Oh Me, Plateau
Oh Me, then Plateau – RIP Kurthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG4WRNPA-Mchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul58Smlct-k
US Soldier Fears Fratracide
Posted on Soldier Voices Forum – this is a soldier who is in need of some help. I’ve neglected the email chain that alerted me to this for about a day now because of school, but now that I’ve read … Continue reading
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Coco Crisp
Last night he was sprinting to his right after a gaper, and with the wide angle about a half a second off of the bat, it looked like he’d never be able to get there. The play ends up looking … Continue reading
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Ben Shapiro – Satellite Humanity
Ben Shapiro (Orthodox Jew, very smart, controversial young writer) writes in a piece at Townhall.com – ‘The Radical Evil Of The Palestinian Arab Population‘: The Palestinian Arab population is rotten to the core…in the end, the blame must lie with … Continue reading
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Health Care Video
This is a good one. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4025530995788917183&hl=en
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Stuffy Monday
Sam is sick, and I’m running on fumes after a project for school kept me up until 4AM…so reading is working for me a lot more than writing or anything else. FYI – SiCKO got bootlegged, and is already up … Continue reading
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The Best of Stewie Griffin (vol. 1-6)
Best of Stewie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KAJWx-WWy0 5 more below the fold
Father’s Day
Hallmark can kiss my ass… http://www.youtube.com/v/MW0Nj1M1_70
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The General’s Report
Seymour Hersh’s latest essay is a case study on how the military has been turned into a dirty beast under George W. Bush’s watch. Focusing on retired Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba’s experience as the first investigator to focus … Continue reading
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Lee Kaplan Sues Blogger and Wins
I don’t know much about Kaplan’s work, but have learned that he’s a right-winger who has earned himself an opposition site dedicated to him called ‘Lee Kaplan Watch‘. One Kaplan article I did read, basically blamed the Virginia Tech shootings … Continue reading
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Vintage Bush (assist from Peter Pace)
Remembering the Peter Pace days…we’ll be celebrating this man’s storied career for months I’m sure, but in order to do this right, we’ve got to really delve into the details of what he was able to provide to our country. … Continue reading
Documentary on Ralph Nader
An Unreasonable Man: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-585557877361499022&hl=en
Supreme Bureaucracy
(Article) This is a bad sign. Regardless of what the inmate was convicted of or whether he’s guilty of the crime, everyone has the constitutional right to appeal their conviction to a higher court. In this case, a lower court … Continue reading
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Digable Planets – Where I’m From
If you haven’t – You need to…”Food for thought so get a buffet plate ~ The lyrics are so phat you might gain weight” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2q8q73t-aM
Massachusetts Gay Marriage to Remain Legal
(Andrew Sullivan is rightly excited about this) A proud and historic day for the Commonwealth! “In Massachusetts today, the freedom to marry is secure,” Gov. Deval Patrick said after the legislature voted 151 to 45 against the amendment, which needed … Continue reading
Vintage PSA – “Who taught you how to use this stuff?”
There were at least 1001 ways my brother and I would riff on this public service announcement while growing up. It never gets old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo
Hortatory Subjunctive
(h/t TPM Muckraker) Four years of Latin for me in high school didn’t put me anywhere near the level John Sarbanes is communicating from, but it was pretty cool to see this and know what they were talking about. Laurita … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Words
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Libby’s Going To Jail
Bypass the MSM and hit up Firedoglake for your Libby coverage: Judge Walton: He is not a flight risk or danger to the community, but I don’t see the issues raised as close, so I deny his request to be … Continue reading
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Indivisible Dope Fiend
I was told so often during my life that the United States was a great country. In grade school the USSR became Russia, and in junior high we saved Kuwait from a bad man. Over time I struggled with the … Continue reading
Posted in Al Swearengen, Politics
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Lurita Doan
This woman is either a deranged sociopath or basically someone who is emblematic of the ‘loyal Bushie’ mindset, which appears to embody a complete lack of respect for the law, along with an enormous level of ignorance in not being … Continue reading
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Men of Principle
S.J.Res.14 – A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people. (voting results) Several senators decided to take a pass on work … Continue reading
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Final Episode of the Sopranos
I take it there are a lot of pissed off HBO subscribers out there today. Don’t count me in with that crowd – I thought the ending was perfect. That final scene had me jumping over every person that came … Continue reading
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Mercenaries in Iraq
A 25 minute Middle East news-magazine program on hired guns working on the US taxpayer’s dime within Iraq. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3818770882703132089&hl=en