Comments on: Late Late Nite FDL: This Will Be Our Year http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:07:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Rick from OR 02 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720728 Rick from OR 02 Sat, 26 May 2007 22:28:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720728 <p>OK GO does a remarkable remake of that song off the Future Soundtrack of America. This album also helps out progressive candidates so check it out.</p> OK GO does a remarkable remake of that song off the Future Soundtrack of America. This album also helps out progressive candidates so check it out.

]]> By: Dreamtraveler http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720109 Dreamtraveler Sat, 26 May 2007 15:26:18 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720109 <p>Wonderful video. Looks <em>exactly</em> like my old neighborhood.</p> Wonderful video. Looks exactly like my old neighborhood.

]]> By: Dave http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720018 Dave Sat, 26 May 2007 14:02:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-720018 <p>The video is bittersweet for me. It reminds me of how much America has changed for the worse.</p> The video is bittersweet for me. It reminds me of how much America has changed for the worse.

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719939 twolf1 Sat, 26 May 2007 12:27:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719939 <p><a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/26/pull-up-a-chair-48/">New thread, pull up a chair…</a></p> New thread, pull up a chair…

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719936 twolf1 Sat, 26 May 2007 11:56:59 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719936 <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/25/AR2007052501952.html?hpid=topnews">U.S. Rejects G-8 Climate Proposal</a><br /> </p><blockquote>U.S. officials have raised a second round of unusually bluntly worded objections to a proposed global-warming declaration that Germany prepared for next month’s Group of Eight summit, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.</blockquote> <p>Representatives from the world’s leading industrial nations met the past two days in Heiligendamm, Germany, to negotiate over German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposed statement, which calls for limiting the worldwide temperature rise this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit and cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.</p> U.S. Rejects G-8 Climate Proposal

U.S. officials have raised a second round of unusually bluntly worded objections to a proposed global-warming declaration that Germany prepared for next month’s Group of Eight summit, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Representatives from the world’s leading industrial nations met the past two days in Heiligendamm, Germany, to negotiate over German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposed statement, which calls for limiting the worldwide temperature rise this century to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit and cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719935 twolf1 Sat, 26 May 2007 11:44:26 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719935 <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/26/washington/26strategy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">White House Is Said to Debate ’08 Cut in Iraq Troops by 50%</a><br /> </p><blockquote>The Bush administration is developing what are described as concepts for reducing American combat forces in Iraq by as much as half next year, according to senior administration officials in the midst of the internal debate.</blockquote> <p>It is the first indication that growing political pressure is forcing the White House to turn its attention to what happens after the current troop increase runs its course.</p> White House Is Said to Debate ’08 Cut in Iraq Troops by 50%

The Bush administration is developing what are described as concepts for reducing American combat forces in Iraq by as much as half next year, according to senior administration officials in the midst of the internal debate.

It is the first indication that growing political pressure is forcing the White House to turn its attention to what happens after the current troop increase runs its course.

]]> By: twolf1 http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719934 twolf1 Sat, 26 May 2007 11:41:30 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719934 <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL1731780720070526">Israel pounds Gaza, arrests Palestinian minister</a><br /> </p><blockquote>Israel pounded Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least five fighters, and seized a Palestinian cabinet minister.</blockquote> Israel pounds Gaza, arrests Palestinian minister

Israel pounded Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least five fighters, and seized a Palestinian cabinet minister.

]]> By: Marion in Savannah http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719933 Marion in Savannah Sat, 26 May 2007 11:38:13 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719933 <p>Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Dr. Gawande discusses the health care news from the last four weeks, while he’s been a guest columnist, and Mr. Herbert says it’s past time for the police to stop harassing young minority people going about their daily business.</p> <p><a href="http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/">http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/</a></p> <p>Coffee and tea are ready, and I got some lovely, flaky croissants. Enjoy, and have a great start to your long holiday weekend.</p> Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT Dr. Gawande discusses the health care news from the last four weeks, while he’s been a guest columnist, and Mr. Herbert says it’s past time for the police to stop harassing young minority people going about their daily business.

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Coffee and tea are ready, and I got some lovely, flaky croissants. Enjoy, and have a great start to your long holiday weekend.

]]> By: solai http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719932 solai Sat, 26 May 2007 11:35:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719932 <p>I was just reading about Giuliani saying that Hillary and Obama are anti-troops because of their vote. I don’t think that b.s. is going to work anymore. Is it just me or do you all think that Americans have caught on to that ploy and are rejecting it? It makes me dislike him even more and I want the whole country to have the same reaction.</p> I was just reading about Giuliani saying that Hillary and Obama are anti-troops because of their vote. I don’t think that b.s. is going to work anymore. Is it just me or do you all think that Americans have caught on to that ploy and are rejecting it? It makes me dislike him even more and I want the whole country to have the same reaction.

]]> By: solai http://firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719931 solai Sat, 26 May 2007 11:29:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/05/25/late-late-nite-fdl-this-will-be-our-year/#comment-719931 <p>Morning</p> Morning

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