The Republicans are stuck, so I don’t think Palin is going anywhere. However, the CBS interview that will be out tomorrow will be even more horrible than the previous horrible clips.
So it behooves us to formulate odds and begin taking bets. To that end…
Palin to “spend more time with family” odds are four-to-one against. In other words, if you bet $1.00 and she drops, you win $4.00 (plus your buck back).
Takers?
See blow the fold for complete rules.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMNHgJH2680[/youtube]
Wow, just wow.
That Venezuela borders Iran?
This, two weeks after he said that Spain was in Latin America. Here’s the video from McCain’s economic forum that just took place today – Ben Smith has the transcript:
McCain, talking about energy policy, stresses the importance of “ensuring that America is secure, and not dependent on oil from people like Hugo Chavez or other parts of the Middle East which is, as we know, could be destabilized under certain sets of circumstances.”
Uh, judgement and leadership….
The series of segments showing Katie Couric’s interview with Sarah Palin have been slow Chinese water torture. And they have destroyed Sarah Palin’s candidacy. Today she destroyed McCain’s argument of experience versus Obama. Yesterday she could not recall any other Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade (even though if you have watched one episode of Law & Order, or any cop / lawyer show, you would know Miranda v. Arizona). Last week she wowed us with her utter lack of foreign and domestic policy knowledge.
And tonight…..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkWebP2Q0Y[/youtube]
I mean, how basic is this? Every one of us, even our conservative friends who grace us with their loving presence each day here at Delaware Liberal, can name off the top of head within seconds the names of the newspapers and magazines we read regularly. Here, I will do it.
“Del Dem, what newspapers or magazines do you read regularly?
“Well, Katie, I read the Wilmington News Journal, the Delaware State News, I listen to WDEL, I read CNN.com, I read the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the Philadelphia Inquirer.”
But Sarah Palin, the supposed next Vice President of the United States, and one day a possible next President of the United States, cannot answer that question.
The reason why is that she does not read newspapers or magazines, I guarantee you. We have a President already who doesn’t (or can’t) read the news. How has that worked out?
You may have seen this at kos. A Fox TV “journalists” is doing a story about how split the vote is in PA and…well just watch.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTkqosRiyYo[/youtube]
I love the last bit.
Well then this is a great deal for you if you are Resident of Delaware. I friend of mine that works for the state found this little tax nugget.
It was supposed to be until 9/01/08 I am not sure if it got extended or not. Find out for yourself. Better late than never.
Save yourself $500. next year, your elected politicians aren’t telling you about this. Why the Secret?
Do you know that All 3 counties in Delaware have a tax credit up to $500 that is available to senior citizens regardlesss of your total income.
You must be 65 before 7/1/09.
You must be the owner of the property.
The property must be your principal place of residence.
You must file the application before 9/1/08.
If approved, this credit could provide a 50% reduction in your School tax up to a maximum of $500.
For futher information and get the application, contact the NCC Assessment Division at 302 395 5520 or go to the New Castle County Land Use Web site.
Select Exemptions, read down on the left to “Forms and Applications: and
Select the last one “ State of Delaware senior tax credit application”
and then print the application, read instructions, complete, and mail in before 9/1/08.
Here is the link:
http://www.nccde.org/defaulthome/home/webpage1.asp
http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/LandUse/home/webpage1.asp
Can we get a better metric of the national’s economic health than the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
BTW – DJIA up 400 points as a write this.
Special BTW to Kavips – You might want to cancel that water purification system you have on order.
John McCain may suspend his campaign again!
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsKfMuENxhY[/youtube]
I am so over this nonsense.
Hey, maybe if McCain suspends Newt will step in. Seems he’s already messing around behind the scenes. So much for blaming Pelosi.
UPDATE: For those of you who’ve forgotten how McCain ended up in this suspension situation again…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7AagvQA7lc[/youtube]
(Via TPM)
Ben Smith at Politico reports that Republicans viewed the whole bail out as a way to set up Demcorats from the get go.
The Republican National Committee’s new advertisement critical of the the Wall Street “bailout” was produced and sent to television stations in key states before the package failed, officials at two stations said.
“Wall Street Squanders our money. And Washington is forced to bail them out with — you guessed it — our money. Can it get any worse?” asks the ad’s narrator, as the words “BAILOUT WITH OUR MONEY” cross the screen. (The answer: Obama’s plans would make it worse.)
The ad, however, seems to assume that it can safely attack a successful plan. And the reason may be the timing: Though it started airing this morning, the spot was released to stations yesterday morning, ad executives at stations in Michigan and Pennsylvania said.
Is it any wonder I don’t trust Republicans? Can even the few decent Republicans around accept the fact that your party is not trustworthy? It is all politics all the time for Republicans. They put thier party first time and time again.
Disgusting.
The end of the series and where I get into the really wishful thinking.
Ever since the meltdown a week or so back, economists and Wall Street analysts have been thinking and talking about a variety of alternatives to the Paulson plan and fortunately for me, these people have been writing all over the internet. I’m sharing some of the ideas I’ve read as links below, because we were all deprived of the opportunity to think about and weigh any options. Again, I don’t doubt that there is a real crisis here. And maybe we need to put some money into a fix. But if something is to be done, it should be in a way that actually provides some reassurances that we won’t be back in the same bind anytime in our lifetimes. And if something is to be done, then Congress and the Administration can speak to us like the tax-paying adults we are to ask for some considered support, and not more fearmongering. So here goes:
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Early Saturday, Calvert authorities made a gruesome discovery: the bodies of two children encased in ice in a freezer in the home of Renee D. Bowman, 43. Bowman has been receiving a monthly government subsidy of $2,400 to care for her three adopted children: the 7-year-old girl on the street and two others who are now officially missing
I’m sure the mother was doing what she thought was right too
Mike Castle tries to put lipstick on the non-compromise bail out bill that protected executive golden parachute contract for the very executives who gamed the financial markets.
The Lie:
“Rep. Castle said the bill as presented would not have included rich serverence packages so-called “golden parachutes” for Wall Street cororate executives.”
That is a flat out lie. I guess Mike Castle is used to beintg able to lie with impunity. The usually good Drew Volturo takes Castle at his word, which is a rookie mistake.
The fact o fthe matter is the executive compensation measures inthe bill were a joke which WOULD NOT affect existing contracts, but only contracts entered into during the two years of the authority of this program.
How does pumping 700 billion dollars into our economy become a good thing? I am no “not brian” but on a simple level, doesn’t pumping that kind of money make things worse? Weaken our dollar? I remember reading somewhere about a government pumping money into their economy and it crashing horribly, no?