Works for me…

Socialism and Capitalism don’t have anything to do with democracy, as such. Both are able to exist in democratic countries and in authoritarian tyrannies. Although, ironically, pure Socialism is more in tune with the democratic ideal of the People as Sovereign, since it is an economic system in which, when implemented in a democratic wrapper, the People have control of the means of production and delivery of services. In a Capitalist system, that control is retained by a powerful corporate oligarchy that acts in its own interest, usurping the Sovereignty of the People (as we have seen from Enron to AIG). Capitalism is, at its very core, at best an uneasy companion to Democracy, and at its worst, is a fatal corrupter and destroyer of Democracy.

Also ironically, the basic definition of Fascism is a system where the private corporate oligarchy and the government work together, hand in iron glove, for the benefit of the corporate elite. It is hard to describe the last 8 years of the Bush administration without realizing that what the Republican ideal is is nothing more than a “soft” Fascism (where the people go along willingly and you don’t need strutting Black Shirts to enforce the system).

It is no accident that, as one of Mussolini’s top advisors remarked, “Fascism should more accurately be called ‘Corporatism’.” (often mistakenly credited to Mussolini himself).

When Socialism isn’t co-opted by tyrants who claim to be acting in the “name” of the People, but is implemented in a truly democratic system, where the government represents the agency by which the People exercise their Sovereignty, it is the best of both worlds. Just ask the Norwegians, who are flourishing now – even as the Capitalist countries are sinking into the tar pits.

So, after 235 years, we are down to a choice between the lunatic fringe wingnuts and crooks on the Republican side, and unprincipled “pragmatists” on the Democratic side. Obama and most of the Dems either have no core principles that they won’t back down from, or are willing to forsake their principles in search of some compromise that will “work.” What we need is somebody who will stand up and motivate us to follow his principled path, not someone more concerned with “success” through compromise with the unprincipled opposition.

Where does President Obama really stand? What issue won’t he back down on? I have yet to see one.

Butterflies and flowers.
http://www.journalofantiques.c…..round.html

this site still sells it and the molds, wish i still had mine….My uncle still had one on his refrigerator until he moved to assisted living…would still stick.
http://www.retro-hobbies.com/i…..38;catId=2
I guess mom has it.

and there is still nuthin’ better for sibling leverage or ‘get along with me or i won’t share’ than an easy bake oven…..

it’s a little complicated because the official transcripts are usually not released to the public until weeks or (more usually) months later.

if you have access to cq.com or federal news service that do fast transcripts or access to lexis which carries cq and fns or the $$$ to pay for same you are golden (a good university library may be the ticket). very rarely someone will post an entire hearing transcript on the web (wapo and nyt do this sometimes, might want to try some googling with text from options below)

for the rest of us, all i can suggest – and this may be sufficient for your needs this morning (fingers crossed) – is cspan since they carried the hearing yesterday. here are the links for part 1 and part 2:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/…..d=286307-1
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/…..d=286307-2

option 1:

under the flash “play” button in the search text box enter a word to search on. that might work, but if no responses come up that doesn’t mean it wasn’t said. i’ve found some pretty big errors in their transcripts, including missing sentences, but i suppose that is to be expected for a fast (and probably unchecked) transcript.

option 2:

click on the flash “play” button and wait for the new webpage to load. there will be a button (bottom left corner) “Show Transcript” – check it with a click. now you should see a bit of the transcript on the right hand side of the webpage – it’s just the bit of transcript for the current video segment. go to different places in the video and you will see different bits of the transcript.

now here’s a tricksy bit….. go to view source on your web browser and you will be able to see (as well as cut and paste) the whole thing. sadly it is not in a very friendly form and is in all caps – and don’t forget it is not very accurate, so if you find the spot you are looking for i recommend you give it another listen to check (and probably correct) the transcript.

note to bluejeansntshirt

along with the RF, had to have these