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I sure as hell wish I was Eschaconning - what a great line up !

i went to ther 1st Escha con,now im busy here locally

back then there were few progressive voices…now we have a gigantic choir..go have fun

Is there going to be a 2008 Yearly Kos? If so, when, where, and what kind of venue?

I’d like to think it was my sparkling personality and expertise that got me the nod here, but I’m well aware that as a non-drinker I probably just win the award for Most Likely to Show Up.
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hahahaha
teh true…them peeps dont spare the juice

OT, but I have to leave and wanted to point it out — more recent events, these on the part of Iran, that suggest that the U.S. will attack Iran.

Nope. Not going. Gotta do the partner’s front brakes Saturday (and barbecuing a slab of spare ribs) Saturday, fetching sausage and going to see Paul Thorn (again!) Sunday night.

Not so happy having to do car work, but the BBQ, sausage and Paul Thorn is all positive stuff. Paul Thorn is the real deal!

What’s dfh economics? I see that on the program…

yum…soon it will be warm enuf to fire up the grill here!

Sounds wonderful, Jane yay!

wows just from Saturday’s lineup
SATURDAY DAY, MARCH 29.

Marriott Courtyard
22 N. Juniper Street

8:30-8:45 Coffee

8:45-10:15 Having an Impact

Jane Hamsher (moderator)
Digby
Atrios
NTodd

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30- 12:00 Comedy and Political Critique
Thers (moderator)
watertiger
The Rude Pundit
Ted Rall
TRex

12:00-1:30 Lunchtime Panel: Creating Constitutional Accountability
Scott Horton
Bob Fertik (moderator)
Kagro X
Eric Johnson (Chief of Staff, Rep, Robert Wexler)
Elizabeth Holtzman (Watergate-era Judiciary Committee (invited))

(Box lunch provided; please contact organizers via link in sidebar
for menu choices.)

1:30-3:15 Media Bias

Susie Madrak (moderator)
Eric Boehlert
Will Bunch
Athenae
Douglas K. Smith
Spocko

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 DFH Economics

Paul Krugman
Atrios
Echidne of the Snakes

must be Duncan Black (Atrios) he is an economist type

oh and the SHRILL one is teh fab,great line-up

I wish I were Eschaconning. I love teh Philadelphia, that art museum, all that Marcel Duchamp. Plus, I tell everybody that Duncan Black is my Secret Boyfriend and that Jane Hamsher is my Secret Girlfriend (creepy, I know!)

Have a lovely time, and hope to see you on the YouTubes!

is there a conference for lurkers?

cool… Rude Pundit will be there.

Waaaa, why does all this happen just as I’m moving to Maui?

oh my its noon…toodles

Jane Hamsher:

I also posted link at your earlier CNN/McCain thread.

It’s the Washington Post’s editorial take on the nature of the “Scandal in the Making“. Here’s all they say about McCain:

There’s no love lost between Mr. McConnell, an ardent foe of campaign finance reform, and John McCain, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee and champion of such reform. But Mr. McCain — who has said he would accept public financing for the general election if his Democratic opponent agreed to do the same — has more than a passing interest in ensuring a functioning FEC. Perhaps he could use his newfound influence within the party to get this problem solved.

This begs Letters to the Editor.

A quick OT,
I heard from my niece who is in the Green Zone I was worried about the other day after the rocket attack.
WHOOO HOOO!

Sounds fantastic, Jane. I hope we’ll get to see or read what all you folks discuss. Wish I could attend, but no. Hugs to TRex for us, huh?

And, Jane, thanks for the other.

That’s great, Busted. Glad all is well. Smiles all around.

Good for you!! And her…

Hooray Busted!

I’ll take Manhattan(s), Staten Island …oh, Heyzus! Showing my age.

YAYZ! BUSTED!!!
that’s wonderful news

(: smiles all around :)

Are the dems in congress paying attention or are we going to have to hear more pathetic excuses like how were we to know bush would attack Iran.

Good on you, Jane, o one who will be awake and sober. I’d really love to go to both.

However, to steal a former headline here at fdl, the never-ending “primaries” are alive and well here in Texas. Actually not “primaries”, but the Democratic county conventions this weekend. I’m a delegate for Obama from my precinct. And at the strategy meeting Monday night, I was elected by a group of my peers to be one of the 5 delegates from my precinct to the state convention on June 6-7. That won’t be official til the sausage making is done Saturday.

Darn fine news.

heard from my niece who is in the Green Zone I was worried about the other day after the rocket attack

Nice to hear, Busted. Those were quite a nice series of fucks, it drove the point home quite effectively. My thoughts are with her and you.

I’m using a smoker, Weber Smoky Mountain. The ribs will be in for eight hours. Brisket next week.

Jane,

Good on you. And good on these people for brainstormming about getting our message into the media. We have been drowned in lies and absurd and stupid narratives.

I would like to see these panels identity all the main false narratives which dominate us and do some serious take downs and then bring this to the bobbleheads.

If we don’t question their false assumptions we need to then argue with one hand tied behind our backs.

Things like the need for US bases around the world to counter “threats”

What are strategic interests? What are they actually?

Moyers and Naomi Klien are such compelling geniuses.

I am almost tempted to drive there to listen. Is it going to be streamed live?

If not why not?

Wow! Via TPM:

The House Judiciary Committee will seek to hold a hearing where ex-Gov. Don Siegelman (D-AL), currently in a federal prison after conviction on bribery charges, will testify before the committee. A spokesperson for the committee told me that the panel has notified the Justice Department and the Bureau of Prisons of their intent, and that the official request to the Department would be forthcoming. The spokesperson said that the committee was hoping to hold the hearing sometime this spring.

Netroots Nation in Austin TX - July 17-20th
Netroots Nation

that’s encouraging! [edited by mod]

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finally, huh?

Busted– great news about your niece!!

It is encouraging. I wonder what blocks Justice will put on it?

The spokesperson said that the committee was hoping to hold the hearing sometime this spring.

That’s nice. Sometime this spring.

I mean, it’s not like there’s any burning issues of possible injustice and/or imprisonment going on here.

Puerto Rico Governor arrested..:

http://www.courant.com/news/cu.....3895.story

Anybody notice they are calling the Green Zone the “International” Zone now.

more lie the bullseye

wish I could make the Media Reform conference in June, but that’s the last week of school for my kids, will be tied up with shuttling them to and from school events.

Guess I’ll have to wait until Netroots Nation.

I’m also going to be at the National Conference for Media Reform in Minneapolis from June 6-8, organized by Free Press. Arianna Huffington, Van Jones, Robert Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Dan Rather, Bill Moyers and a host of others will be there.

Jane:

I’ll be covering this for BBC World Service…will see there… Should be interesting to meetup…*g*

Ah, now c’mon! Really? 8:45am *yawn*!? You sissy.

I’m going to whip mine out here. I get up at 4:45 am every weekday morning, feed the horses, muck the stalls, feed the dogs, read the paper, go to the gym, go to work. On Saturdays and Sundays I sleep in: 7:00 to 7:30 am.

By the way, LOVE your short hair.

Yearly Kos is now Netroots Nation, and will be held in July of this year in bee-yoo-tee-tull Austin, Texas.

Y’all come on down now, ya hear?

Atriots will recognize “DFH” as an endearment for progressives. Let’s just say it includes the words “dirty” and “hippies”