Where’s the Outrage?

Come on– no serious journalist would take a question from Sean “the weapons of mass destruction have been moved to Syria” Hannity. Or would they? It looks like George Stephanopoulos exactly that. He took a question directly from Sean Hannity.

I’m having some trouble really expressing my outrage, bitterness, displeasure. It seems Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were reading the Republican manual on smear because they spent 45 minutes on nothing. I don’t care if Senator Barack Obama talked to or hung out with Bill Ayers. If Obama had said that he wanted to overtake the government by any means necessary, then that is something that I would pay attention to. If Obama stood up in church and shouted, “Let’s kill Whitey!,” then that’s something we all need to know. The fact that Obama met with someone proves what? It shows that he is open-minded enough to talk with everyone, except Bill O’Reilly.

ABC did America no favors yesterday but I think that they have shown the Republicans that these types of attacks aren’t working.

Tags: Domestic Issues by ecthompson
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Don’t tell me there are no plans for any permanent bases in Iraq. What the heck is this?  A 104 acre compound sure looks like a military base to me.

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Michelle Obama, wife of presidential candidate Barrack Obama, lays it out for everyone. How can you be an elitist when you grow up on the South Side of Chicago? She grew up in a working class neighborhood.

Republicans have been relying on the “elite” label for decades, but I’m not sure that this one will stick to Obama family.

 

 Michelle Obama talks about elitism [3:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tags: Election 2008 by ecthompson
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• Was that a debate or wrestling match? The current ABC link to the debate says “Clinton vs. Obama, Rumble in Philadelphia.” Since I was on-call last night, I was only able to see a piece of it yesterday. Today, I saw the whole thing and I’m nauseated. Was this debate hosted by People Magazine? We spent more time talking about flag pins, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Bosnia, and bitterness than talking about the economy, Iraq, global warming, job creation, or torture. ABC should fold up their tent and go to 24 hour reality TV. Extremely disappointing.
• I am continuing to look at the math but I still can’t figure out how Senator Hillary Clinton can win. Her only chance, is to gain 70% to 80% of the remaining superdelegates.
• The latest corporate super-merger is between Delta and Northwest airlines. I suspect, as with other mergers, this isn’t good news for consumers. Service will continue to plummet while prices will increase.
• On one hand we have the political administration and these “corporate business shows” telling us that the prime mortgage debacle is limited. We’ve also been told that it only affects a few companies. On the other hand, we read that Bear Stearns has gone belly up. Today, Merrill Lynch announced that it lost $6.5 billion in the last quarter (That’s billion with a “B”). This means that over the last three quarters, Merrill Lynch has lost more than $30 billion. Even more, Merrill Lynch announced that it will cut 2,900 jobs. This is in addition to the 1,000 jobs they announced cuts for earlier this year.
• The Pope was in town! It is nice to see the Pope visit America but I am struck by the way he addressed the sexual abuse by priests. Pope Benedict XVI was extremely involved in some of the sex abuse cases when he was a mere Cardinal. He acknowledged no personal role in the game of checkers that the Catholic church played with these abusive priests. Today, he spoke of healing and reconciliation. I just hope and pray that the Catholic church has really turned over a new leaf. They need to compensate victims. They need to oust suspected priests. They need to be honest with the public and the parishioners. These acts will go along way towards healing and reconciliation.

Tags: Domestic Issues, Economy, Election 2008 by ecthompson
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On a day of local Ethiopian elections last Sunday, some people saw a halo around the sun and interpreted it as a sign from God or a miracle of some sort.

( Above is a painting in a church in an Ethiopian town called Bahar Dar. Here is information about that town. It seems an interesting place to visit.)

Here is information about religion in Ethiopia.

Some say that a 1991 Ethiopian sun halo led to a change in government

Here is a story about this most recent halo. Regretfully, it didn’t have the same effect as the previous halo sighting because the same corrupt bunch has been returned to office.

If I were running for office, and people believed a cloud formation had spelled out my name as a sign to vote for me, I would do all I could to encourage such speculation.

On the other hand, if people saw such a cloud formation as the devil’s work, I would call for reasons to prevail and for a campaign based on the issues.

Please click here for a story about a minister in Houston who says he has a Cheeto that looks like Jesus with his arms out and praying.

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Tags: Elections, Foreign Affairs by Texas Liberal
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