Best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery.
For those who would like to discuss Sarah Palin from an issues based perspective, I offer the Obama campaign's fact check of her speech last night.
http://www.samefacts.com/archives/campaign_2008_/2008/09/palin_v_reality.php
Some highlights:
PALIN: “Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems - as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.â€
REALITY: PALIN SAID SHE WOULD BEG TO DISAGREE WITH ANY CANDIDATE WHO SAID WE CAN’T DRILL OUR WAY OUT OF OUR PROBLEM
Palin Said She Would Beg to Disagree With Candidate Who Said We Can’t Drill Our Way Out of Our Problem. Asked by Invester’s Business Daily “Some politicians and presidential candidates say we can't drill our way out of our energy problem and that drilling in ANWR will have no effect. What's your best guess of the impact on prices?†Palin responded, “I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can't drill our way out of our problem or that more supply won't ultimately affect prices. Of course it will affect prices. Energy being a global market, it's impossible to venture a guess on (specific) prices.†[Investor’s Business Daily, 7/11/08]
I'm really stunned by this choice. Some interesting background from a former Alaskan reporter here .
miriam @655: thanks for that recommendation.
Mary Dell & EClaire, congratulations!!!!
However did you each end up with the cutest little person ever?
Serge @ 76:
Don't you stand in the way between Whedon and a Lilah Morgan/Monica Goodling angst fic where Lorne discovers The Maguffin That Will Save Us All by listening to John Ashcroft sing "Let Eagles Soar". It's his destiny.
And really, if DOJ were recruiting from Wolfram & Hart, would it be any different from what's going on now?
You (Serge) should enjoy the countdown to January 20, 2009. You (journalists, bloggers) should keep a sharp eye out so that Serge and other good folks can enjoy themselves.
Serge@ 73: The trolls are ... riding the Metro.
If only Joss Whedon had set Angel in DC, rather than LA. An couple of episodes wherein Our Heroes battle inter-dimensional demonic looters who've taken over the government so that they can steal everything they can carry before moving on to the next target would make this so much easier to understand.
"Angel, Wes says ya gotta open the email for the spell to work."
Nonfantastical thought: This will only get worse as Jan 20, 2009 nears. Keep your eyes open.
"What do you expect from people who make their own reality?"
A really good Fantasy Novel?
Should we be checking the Potomac and Anacostia rivers for dragons?
On the front page of the latest Navy Times "Military MySpace: This One's Not Blocked by DoD". Does John McCain understand what this means?
What Charles Miller said and then some.
John McCain would like us to let him run the massive federal bureaucracy, a vastly complex series of institutions which have been more than a little 'shaped' by computers and the internet. How does not using computers and being merely 'aware of the internet' qualify him for the job?
Separately, John McCain claims to be an expert on the military and national security, and these days the armed forces and the intelligence agencies rely heavily on computers, not abacuses. Why hasn't he taken the time in the past few decades to become computer literate and achieve a deep understanding of what the armed services and intelligence agencies are doing?
Here at Meerkat Light, the home of a rampaging mob of suricattas....
Ginger @ 73 // Serge @ 74 : a photo of the happy family would be nice ....
What a beautiful thought, Patrick. But the only liberals I want Obama to appoint to the Supreme Court are young uns with a full set of milk teeth and no driver's license.
The horrible thing is this: we're still in the early stages. They're just getting warmed up.
Sarah @96: write to all the reps in your state, particularly those whose districts border yours.
Why is this happening now? Only Rep. Kucinich knows.
It's definitely not because the Democratic leadership is interested in pursuing the matter.
Maybe he's been inspired by Scott McClellan's recent revelations.
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