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Inspired by a letter that has become an internet phenomenon, on October 22nd, 2008, performers from all walks of life (both unknown and celebrity) will lend their voice and human presence to thousands upon thousands of women across America (Democrats, Republicans and Independents) by reading, live on the internet, diverse and emotional written [...]

Rainy AM commute, originally uploaded by idblog.

A little fall color on the Mall.

Sunrise, 10/27, originally uploaded by idblog.

Wanted to see if the BB could capture the crescent moon this AM.

I first saw the expression the “McCain Mutiny” over at Crooks and Liars, and thought, well duh. Hadn’t thought of it before I saw it, but once I did, it was kinda like of course.
I next did a Twitter search, and found that it’s already taking root, largely because Republican strategist Mark McKinnon wrote a [...]

First, a little LOLcats:

Now a little of my cats:

Decades ago (yes, I’m that old), I wasted what was in hindsight an amazing opportunity and coasted thru a political history class at BU with Howard Zinn (if memory serves, he frankly didn’t do much serious grading of his students … in fact, you may have gotten to choose your own grade. And crap, I [...]

Wow. Ben Smith of Politico shares an early voting story from Indiana:
For me the most moving moment came when the family in front of me, comprising probably 4 generations of voters (including an 18 year old girl voting for her first time and a 90-something hunched-over grandmother), got their turn to vote. When the old [...]

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Lots of folks, not just bleeding heart lefties like me, are commenting that John McCain 2008 is not the same man as the one who ran in 2000 or even in 2007. Look at the list of conservative pundits or media who aren’t happy with McCain or Palin here and here.
The man who used to [...]

I found this article by Simon Rosenberg on HuffPo to be a reassuring read:
As we head into the home stretch, it is going to be important for those analyzing the election not to confuse McCain gaining a few points with him once again having the opportunity to win the election.
The Pollster.com national polling average [...]

The former Monty Python star on Sarah Palin:
It’s like a nice-looking parrot, because the parrot speaks beautifully and kinda says ‘aw shucks’ every now and again, but doesn’t really have any understanding of the meaning of the words it’s producing, even though it’s producing them very accurately.

Cleese also apologizes to fellow Python star Michael Palin [...]

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From my home town!

Yeah, it doesn’t take much, but this one pushes a button or two in that Field of Dreams kinda way.
My dogs greeting me after returning from 14 months in Iraq

Hat tip Daily Dish.

Okay, in the “how does that voice come out of that person” category, here’s
Connie Talbot. She’s seven. Yikes!!! I love her cover of this Dolly Parton tune:

But this video of her first appearance on Britain’s Got Talent is more of a tear-jerker:

Connie lost out to Paul Potts (who I also thought was awesome: here) in [...]

While I’m a big fan of Keith Olbermann’s, I kinda think his special comments have gotten a bit tired and self-important. That said, his recent comment re Palin and her recent actions (bringing up Ayers and Rev. Wright) is spot on, if a bit long. The money quote?

… there is the sheer blessed stupidity of [...]

Saw this and laughed:

Saw this and laughed harder!

Courtesy FAIL Blog.

It has occurred to me that, if Obama wins in November, historians may look back and theorize that one of the reasons was that the McCain campaign just didn’t understand the Internet. Not just in a Bush “I use the Google” or Ted Stevens’ tubes kind of way, but in a meaningful, fundamental way.
How [...]

My favorite part:

This doesn’t happen in America! Maybe Ohio, but not in America!