Good Morning Christy!

vid won’t play

That “s/he’s one of us” schick (sp?) is gettin’ real old, real fast. I want someone who’s a whole lot better than I am.

Excellent news about the WV paper’s endorsement!

Non-excellent news: palin’s gonna be in Greenville, NC today tryin’ to save the state. GAK!

I heard about that radio spot a few days ago. Ralph would be a posiive for Obama across the mountains. I wonder if some of the local Obama reps are getting that back to the campaign in order to get more money to play this more often.

Worked for me — but you have to click thru the “take a listen” link above to get to the actual ad. I couldn’t get it to embed for some reason.

I just signed a petition circulated by a Christian group imploring Sarah Palin to stop bearing false witness. I like that we’re able to turn that whole “Christian” thing around on them.

I’m a Christian and I’m appalled by Republican ideology which to me seems pretty much the opposite of what Christ taught — I guess a more concise way of phrasing that would be anti Christ.

On the issues? The Charleston Gazette, WV’s largest paper, just endorsed Obama. Plus, WaPo/ABC has Obama leading in Ohio — and NC and VA are tilting blue as well. Git that Stanley ad on the radio!

when even their super duper reddest of red states are going obama, there is no amount of caging in the entire world that can prevent obama from winning

let’s hope if he becomes president he knows what to do with all the power he is going to have, he can be fdr and possibly better or he can be an also served

In my morning email, I received 2 messages with the McCain video. I would say that one is being circulated. Good thing.

Okay, I was finally able to listen to the ad. You’re right — that should play all over — I would even add Indiana to the list. I think an add like that would have a lot of appeal here as well — particularly in Southern Indiana, but even in the north.

Is it possible for an individual to pay for an Obama ad out of their own pocket? I know radio spots on local stations tend to be pretty affordable and if the Obama campaign would let us use one of their already-produced ads it would be a pretty inexpensive and simple procedure.

The Gazette has braved the onslaught in the capital over their critical look at the coal mining practice known as mountain-top removal (a radical form of strip mining). That’s certainly a feather in their cap.

In case you missed it, the FRB is now propping up the commercial paper market, as of about 9amET.

Palin/McCain are giving the green light to the deranged and mentally bewildered of the extreme right to do what is necessary to insure a Republican victory. Taking off the gloves? No, the magazine is being loaded. By now it’s obvious who the real terrorists are. It’s the homegrown Republican Party that has more in common with Germany’s NDSP than the party of Lincoln or Eisenhower.

CNBC just said Iran forced down U.S. plane.

OK, I clicked the youtube. Thx

eCAHN - can you tell us more? how does that work?

There is a reason why McCain Adviser says that if we “talk about the Economy, we will lose!” That is because they have no good ideas on the economy for the Middle Class. Their ideas and solutions only benefit the rich, well-off and well-connected!

A Prayer for Barack………..Beautiful!

http://vmm918.dailykos.com/

Five Myths of McCain (in Video)!

http://www.rollingstone.com/na.....hn-mccain/
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McCain Fudges HIs Navey Record

http://voices.washingtonpost.c.....ecord.html
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China Bush/McCainStyle: “We have been taught to fear and despise China as a communist threat. Simultaneously, our political leaders and the media perpetually preach the benefits of capitalism. Meanwhile the most clear and present threat from China is their capitalism. Made in China is the most published modern phrase. By investing the proceeds of their national productivity they have become the kings of capitalism and are now the primary source of goods worldwide. It is not their pretended politics of communism that we should be concerned about. We already have that here. We have been outsourced, out produced and our intellectual property is infringed, duplicated and returned to our shores by the containership load.” The Creditory System, Hari Heath

CNBC just said Iran forced down U.S. plane.

now that’s a surprise

it is october isn’t it, get ready for war

Thanks Christy.

digg

The next (oral) report was that it was some kind of mistaken fly into Iranian airspace, and that the crew had been released. Whew.

Oh, shit! There’s the October surprise……….

From Ian, earlier this am. FED to Buy Commercial Paper: Wasn’t that what the bailout was supposed to fix?

Oh, they’ve got A LOT more surprises in store than that.

Cheney’s just getting warmed up.

Apparently not. See my 19.

Oy, I’ve been dreading this. Between this and the economy, Bush Inc. has two excuses to pull out his Martial Law card.

“whew!” is right. thanks.

Not as I understood it. Commercial paper was not included in the original bailout, as near as I could tell.

Have you all viewed the Amero video yet?

http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/

Got gold?

http://dollarcollapse.com/

it looked to me like he was going to do it over the market crash

now this “Iran forced a us plane down”

let’s not let him get away with trumping another war.

there are no conventional assets left, we go big (new clear) or we don’t go

After seeing how the bailout has solved all our economic problems is it too early to write that “I Told You So” letter to my congressman?

yayyyyyy!!!!!

It works this way … Bush tells all agencies under him to ignore all Rules, including the Constitution if needed …

Thanks Christy for the link to some great music. I’m a northern boy with family roots in Kentucky and Tennesse who can’t help but tap my toes. When the rural folks in Appalachia, the midwest and west wake up to the fact that the Republican Party, the coal companies and the company stores and the bankers have used and abused them they will flock to the progressive movement. As Woodie Guthrie said, “some people will rob you with a six shooter and some will rob you with a fountain pen.”

Cheney’s just getting warmed up.

excuse me, has anyone seen cheney since palin took the stage?

I’ve been saying she’s a cheney duplicate since I heard her “theory’s”

now I see they have not been seen in the same place at the same time

I have always thought cheney was a closet queen

cheney and palin have not been seen together

hey, put two plus two together;

PALIN IS DARTH CHENEY!

hard to believe but I SWEAR it’s true

fyi - in 30 min: Waxman hearing on AIG Bailout today

and don’t give me that “palin is much better looking then cheney” stuff, you have NO idea how good some ugly’s look when they get their dragsters on

I thought the October surprise would be Israel V Iran …

There’s a hearing scheduled for 10 am this morning on the financial market issues, if I remember correctly.

We’re a little discombobulated here this morning. Mr. ReddHedd’s mother had to go into more extensive hospice late yesterday and he’s headed out to his family this morning. Meanwhile The Peanut and I will be here because of kindergarten — no idea how long or how short this will be, and we couldn’t ask a five year old to just sit around for weeks on end and miss school. Ugh. Sometimes, life just sucks…

Ian had something up on this earlier this morning, btw…

Attacking Kenya’s favorite son, from Kenya, deemed unwise:

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap.....tained.php

As far as I can tell, you agree with Ian. From his post:

[…] Anyone else notice that the Fed just keeps doing these things without bothering for things like Congressional approval? Things that it doesn’t actually have the legal right to do? (The Fed isn’t supposed to lend money if there’s a possibility of losing money) Paulson may have tried a huge money and power grab, but he at least went to Congress for it.

Is it a good idea? Not really. But it’s a less stupid idea than the bailout. Most of the paper will pay back, there isn’t a huge amount of risk in it (though some is backed by mortgages and other assets, or by companies which are shaky, so there isn’t no risk) and it is short term. It’s probably necessary at this point, since TARP will do nothing to solve any of the fundamental financial or economic problems and people know it.[…]

We’re a little discombobulated

is there such a word as “combobulated”?

I just looked it up, there is not

there is no “chalent” either (nonchalent)

there is no “terfuge” (subterfuge)

please don’t bring up steven wright, I made this shit up all by myself

went ot pretty fast in this thread

thanks for the post christy. it is nice to hear an ad that just speaks plainly to folks

i’m so sorry to hear that. wishing the best for you and your family

“Mistaken” fly, my forkin’ foot! I smell a bush and the dog’s been peeing on it.

CNN & MSNBC still talking about election/debate for the moment.

Iran says U.S. plane violated its territory

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian news agency said on Tuesday that a U.S. military aircraft had violated Iranian territory unintentionally and had been forced to land in Iran.

The semi-official Fars News Agency did not say when the incident happened.

It said five senior U.S. military officials had been interrogated at an Iranian airport and released a day later after it became clear the U.S. plane had not entered intentionally.

FOX news saya te Pentagon is denying the story.

Fox also has this gem

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433681,00.html

Mr. ReddHedd’s mother had to go into more extensive hospice late yesterday and he’s headed out to his family this morning.

I didn’t read the rest of your post christy, best to you and yours

OT but too funny!!
From the NYT’s:

Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama

NAIROBI, Kenya — The American author of a best-selling book highly critical of Senator Barack Obama was detained by Kenyan immigration agents on Tuesday as he prepared to give a press conference in Nairobi.

Jerome R. Corsi, the conservative gadfly who wrote “The Obama Nation,” in which he attacks the Democratic presidential candidate, was being held Tuesday because he was trying to work in Kenya without a valid work permit, according to local media reports. The reports said that Mr. Corsi would likely be deported.

Elias Njeru, a spokesman for Kenya’s immigration department, said, “His immigration forms were not in order.”

When asked if Mr. Corsi would be deported, Mr. Njeru said he did not know and that Mr. Corsi was still being investigated.

“I don’t know whether he came here to work, but his papers indicated he was a visitor. If he was going to work, he would need different papers,” he said. “When he arrived, he said he was a visitor on holiday. If he started to work, that would be the problem.”

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Ain’t that a fun one? May be they’ll keep him forever.

This is certainly the playbook, distract the electorate from the domestic disaster by provoking an international crisis.

Christy !

This usually helps … can I call it the FDL Meditation ? *g*

Take 10 calming breaths, inhaling and exhaling fully and visualize stress and toxins leaving your body.

Then, take 10 calming breaths, inhaling and exhaling fully and visualize pure, healing energy filling your entire being.

(If you do this with your eyes closed, take 5 calming breaths afterwards and s-l-o-w-l-y open your eyes)

But it tastes great and is less filling. Plus there is a debate tonite. We should turn the page on that economic stuff. Another day of stock market crashes, and investment bankers going berserk, would be very inconvenient.

sorry Redd,maybe some baking is in order ,and applesauce,and cider are good projects

Can I have some of what you’re having ? *g*

Seconded.

MS WObbs…how is ya this fine morn?

i have avery good friend for 19 years who is a black lady…WHEN Obama is elected we shall go to the inauguration,we just decided!!!

i’m sure you meant that reply for twolf1?

And now, I need more coffee…brb

Maybe you’ve already seen/linked to the Rolling Stones article titled “Make Believe Maverick.” If so, apologies for repetition; if not, this is a very long, but excellent read of McPain’s feet of clay.

http://www.rollingstone.com/ne.....ohn_mccain

According to a blurb online at bbc news, Iran is now denying that it was an American or military plane that was forced to land in Tehran. As soon as they have more info, I’ll link to it.

APPLE SAUCE …no funky equipment needed

http://www.pickyourown.org/applesaucewomill.htm

Give our best to Mr. Redd. Banana bread has been a favorite around here lately and is a good joint project. The eleven year old actually has made a batch or two on her own…

a bit of insomnia. some tension in my muscles. feeling weighted down at the moment. how are you?

i have insomnia too,and have been spending it on Ebay foolishly…..fine bone China and tablecloths are my opium

On the issues? The Charleston Gazette, WV’s largest paper, just endorsed Obama. Plus, WaPo/ABC has Obama leading in Ohio — and NC and VA are tilting blue as well. Git that Stanley ad on the radio!

Just passing by but had to say, CHS you bring great news, and yes that ad is just bloody (that’s Irish) wonderful.

Yo Yo Ma’s birthday today….lots of good music abounds.

I am so sorry to read of your family news Christy. You are all in the Klynn family thoughts and prayers…especially Mr. Redd…

lol. my body really misses it when i don’t get enough sleep. but there is so much negative energy that it is really weighing hard on me

that was for sadly @ 65

Was referring to the article about corsi being detained in Kenya, wobbs. Nearly fell off the chair laughing when that first hit this morning. Karma, baby. *g*

Ha. CNBC harping on hedge fund redemptions. Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch. I’ve been waiting for their crash ever since they started.

Got a couple of hedge fund managers newly on the Board of SUNY-New Paltz Foundation who, as recently as a week ago, were encouraging us to do some “alternative” investments with the endowment. We won’t, but can you imagine the hubris and how out of touch with reality they are?

Of course you can. You’ve seen it in the W admin for 8 years.

yah me too,and you cant exercise before bed,it s inervating, but im gonna be good from now on…no time to be frivolous…but tension is very high here

what in the hell is that fat old man doing in Kenya..why cant he just go to the country club and eat all the buffets like the rest of WINGNUT WELFARE

MOFOS they always got a supply of snake oil to sell

i found friday’s episode of this american life very helpful and interesting. the first part is on the commercial paper market.

365: Another Frightening Show About the Economy

Alex Blumberg and NPR’s Adam Davidson—the two guys who reported our Giant Pool of Money episode—are back, in collaboration with the Planet Money podcast. They’ll explain what happened this week, including what regulators could’ve done to prevent this financial crisis from happening in the first place. You can learn more about the daily ins and outs and join the discussion on the Planet Money blog.

Thanks Christi,
Wow, that pick’n clip made my day (one of more dreary news on all fronts). I sent the embed to my son, who just started college and took up banjo (of all instruments!).

Good radio add, too!

Thanks!

I wasn’t actually referring to here. I mean overall. It sounds wierd but I have a very deep connection to the universe so when there is a lot of negative energy, it slams me pretty hard. Feels like my spirit is grieving.

As for tension here, some is purely people stirring the pot

Toles Cartoon - You Betcha!

Is that the same as an inpatient hospice? Usually, that is quite short term if it’s the same thing. Yep, enjoy the school day.

but can you imagine the hubris and how out of touch with reality they are?

Of course you can. You’ve seen it in the W admin for 8 years.

yes, and just as with W, i can imagine the damage they could do with the trusting mark.

well me too,cept i also feel it localy cause peeps are having a real hard time,and im just sensitive to begin with….i need to drink more wine methinks…”g”

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com.....knows.html

What digby said.

sadlyyes @ 73 -

Digging up/manufacturing dirt on Obama…….despite what they said in one news release. :-(

Thanks for putting this in a post Christy. I heard this ad the other day and it’s one of the very top ones as far as I’m concerned. I’m an ex-New Yorker living in Texas. I could see it playing well here in Texas too.

My best wishes to your family at this time.

I had that same decision to make when my Dad was dying of prostate cancer in New York. When do I go? After looking at the numbers on the tests from the cancer specialist and extrapolating out and also insisting his urologist give me his best guess, I was able to arrange for hospice and be with him at home for his last 10 days and was holding his hand when he passed. That’s what I wanted. I loved him so much that, even though I couldn’t really be there for an extended time, I really needed to be with him when he passed.

Did you hear Breathed is doing away with “Opus” effective 2 November?

*sniff*

He got busted for trying to hold a press conference. I would guess the fool was there to dig up more Islamofacist connections. He is lucky not to have gotten picked up in the Luo part of the country. I don’t think the Luos would have much tolerance for him.

everything in the universe is local *g* Some of us are ’sensitive’ and really feel it.

morning

(((Christy & the Reddhedds)))

hugs to christy and family.

but I actually agree with something Mudcat Saunders said. (Even a blind hog finds an acorn once in a while…just ignore the hanging dead animals on his walls. Please.)

Not all of us gun-owning, hunting, pick-up driving (not so much) ruralistas are republicans. I, for instance, have always been democrat, abhor the NRA and contribute to ACLU. — But don’t tell my neighbors.

Still disqusted with the conversation last night with 3 local rednecks in the bar …they spewed every one of the current Rethug talking points about presidential candidate Obama. Drunk is no excuse….

It was a good and long run.

Campaign Alert. Sarah Sixpack speaks in Florida. Are the reporters in lockdown yet, in their Free Speech Press Zones

Damn. That is one very good radio ad.

Isn’t it awesome? That needs to be playing all over.

Campaign Alert. Sarah Sixpack speaks in Florida. Are the reporters in lockdown yet, in their Free Speech Press Zones

reporters locked down, cell phones off

I wonder if we will have some enterprising journalist to be getting some bootleg of this big tent hoedown

Read somewhere that the reporters were not allowed to leave their caged-in area during her last speech. Heaven forbid you catch someone in the crowd advocating killing her opponent or telling the African-American cameraman to “sit down, boy!” or anything. (Except they overheard it anyway — check out Watertiger from last night…)

Ahem.

the republicans FINALLY begin eating their own;

Louisiana lawmaker stripped of health committee post for proposing to sterilize low-income women.
Last month, Louisiana state Rep. John LaBruzzo (R) announced a plan “to pay poor women $1,000 to have their Fallopian tubes tied,” along with “tax incentives for college-educated, higher-income people to have more children.” He predicted that people would “get excited” about his idea. After intense public backlash, however, he was removed yesterday from his position as vice chairman of the House Health and Welfare Committee. House Speaker Jim Tucker (R) said Labruzzo’s comments “impeded his abilities to help lead critical health-care reform.”

Neither is stoopid. :-(

I’m no longer on the overall Board of the Foundation, but the college prez keeps me on the Finance Committee because he knows I’ll stand up to snake oil salesmen. The Board has become a LOT more professional than when I first joined, about 8 years ago. But sometimes a professional is exactly the opposite from what you need.

AIG hearing is up on CSPAN ! now

selise has a great diary, btw at Oxdown on this

Voting rolls in CO have grown by over 217K, Mostly Dems and unaffiliated.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10655061
Mailin ballots came in mail yesterday

Hot damn! You just made my day, darlin’.

Off to get two witnesses signatures on the envelope for my absentee ballot.

bbl

kkk rove and McNasty are trying to turn theANGER over the economy onto Obama……..a very dangerous inane move imo

But sometimes a professional is exactly the opposite from what you need.

maybe the best thing is a mix? professionals for their experience and knowledge and non-professionals to keep things grounded in common sense and the real world?

But, they are dangerous and insane, wouldn’t ya say?

I’ve been on the boards of two tiny nonprofits, so have only small idea of what goes on. But you can bet that if I’d been on the Board of AIG, I wouldn’t have voted for those compensation packages.

God bless Ralph Stanley.
I registered three young women in a Cracker Barrel on Saturday — on the way to the Obama rally — and they clustered around me, shyly, asking a few questions. “I don’t care if he is Muslim,” one told me. “I’m voting for him anyway.” I’d read about how deeply these lies are embedded — but for me, this was the first time someone had confided in me about this. After a few minutes, she seemed to accept the truth. Another young woman said, “My sister says he won’t salute the flag!” So we talked about that.
It was an inspiring morning — and, for me, it upstaged Barack’s speech, as uplifting as it was.
We are the neighbors who can speak persuasively about the truth. We are the change we are seeking.
If you haven’t started to canvass, please give it a try. I’m a shy person, and it wasn’t easy for me either. But it is so powerful.
A voice like Ralph Stanley’s is powerful and oh so welcome.
But yours is needed too.

zip by — cnn reporting NC polling at 49-49

That’s why they keep me around. I know Wall St., how stupid it can be, and am not afraid to say so.

my 102 is for you…it makes me nervous the hate speech

Our sympathies for your family. It is a health care problem for us all eventually.

The reporters have been writing negative things. That is why they are denied their First Amendment RIGHTS. Will these (mostly) corporate hacks submit meekly to this? Probably.

Constantly under the watchful eyes of security, the media wasn’t permitted to wander around inside Coachman Park to talk to Sarah Palin supporters. When reporters tried to leave the designated press area and head toward the bleachers where the crowd was seated, an escort would dart out of nowhere and confront him or her and say, “Can I help you?” and turn the person around.

When one reporter asked an escort, who would not give her name, why the press wasn’t allowed to mingle, she said that in the past, negative things had been written. The campaign wanted to avoid that possibility Monday.

yes we can

I know Wall St., how stupid it can be, and am not afraid to say so.

lol. i have no doubt about that. *g*

i love Arianna

Arianna Huffington: McCain’s Desperate Claim: Obama is Dangerous. Vote for Me If You Want to Live!The McCain campa