Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet September 25, 2008
OBAMA The problem is we can’t appear angry. Bush called us the angry left. Did you see anyone in Denver who was angry?
BARTLET Well … let me think. …We went to war against the wrong country, Osama bin Laden just celebrated his seventh anniversary of not being caught either dead or alive, my family’s less safe than it was eight years ago, we’ve lost trillions of dollars, millions of jobs, thousands of lives and we lost an entire city due to bad weather. So, you know … I’m a little angry.
Where does your vote for President count more? September 25, 2008
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that college students can vote in either their school state or home state. CountMore.org helps you decide where to vote.
Cindy McCain’s $300,000 Outfit September 5, 2008
Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html
Commentary: Sarah Palin, Right and Wrong September 4, 2008
McCain and Palin want us to leave their families alone. Yet they want to make rules for our families by eliminating our right to make our own choices over abortion, eliminate our access to family planning education or domestic partner benefits, and our freedom from discrimination.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/03/rosen.palin/index.html
Attacks, Praise Stretch Truth at GOP Convention September 4, 2008
THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h4Os_NvbBurz0R8IejrDDj-4sRlAD92VLMQ00
Medical marvel: Baby Macie Hope was born twice June 9, 2008
The ultrasound image showed what looked like a balloon growing out of Macie’s tailbone — except that it was full of blood vessels and was as big as the fetus itself. The tumor was noncancerous … but still deadly.
“This tumor was gigantic,” Cass said. “It was the size of a grapefruit.”
Two Men Climb the 52-Story NY Times Building June 5, 2008
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/05/yes-another-man-is-climbing-times-building/
here’s what i had to deal with during my walk home from work today.
i don’t understand the first guy and his global warming banner… it seems counterintuitive to post it on THIS building, which was newly built to be a green structure. had the second guy also planned this, or was he a copycat?
also, when you look at the building and the ceramic rods, you can’t help but think that it was just a matter of time. those rods were a perfect ladder straight to the roof.
