What is this about Hillary, Monica and a picture of Angelina Jolie?  Can't we be a little more discriminating about the advertising on this site.  This is totally offensive.

Truthout this afternoon quotes the Kabul Times -- via Reuters -- as saying that a "flotilla of U.S. ships entered the Gulf on Wednesday in a dramatic show of military muscle" which is, the report goes on, "greatly alarming news for the whole region lest America invade Iran and create a blood bath of its people and another quagmire for itself."

We've seen the Bush Administration stonewall the G8 meeting, attempt to push around the World Bank, subvert the consitutional perogatives of the elected assemblies of the people in the investigation of the Attorney General, and manipulate Congress and the media to obtain funding for Iraq tied to a benchmark that results in the privatization of ...

I was very interested in the "stand up" guy Rudi Guiliani on Larry King the other night.  Larry says, "Rudi, now what about Bernie?"  and Rudi says, "Larry, I made a mistake.  I've made a lot of mistakes in my life, and this is one 'em."  Now what a stand up guy Rudi is.

But does the same rule apply to Senator Clinton?  I have a little bit of reasoned discussion on this topic below.  Let's be academic about this, OK?

There have been several diaries on the mtg of the Democratic National Committee on Friday (and Saturday, too!).  I was proud to be a Democrat and to be a member of the party that had brought forth these extraordinary leaders.  We, all of us, were the winners in DC at this meeting -- and believe me, it felt terrific.

But in my view, the record, which is still unfolding, will show that Howard Dean won what he started 4 years ago at this same meeting.  Do you remember what he said?

I thought this was over.  I thought we all understood that Carville was a total nut and that this thing was not going to happen.  There was a post here that even Joe Biden had come out in favor of Howard's 50-State strategy and his administration of the DNC.  There was a post here analyzing the foolishness of the Carville drivel, showing clearly that there might have been as much as 6 seats that were in play.  We do not have the post that shows how incredibly much DCCC money Rahm Emmanuel dropped for idiosyncratic reasons on his personal (ie, support his foreign policy) reasons.

But this is not over?  What's the story?

Here in NY State, the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee has attacked that problem and you should see this in action!  People (many people, the women I've talked to anyway) love it!
I've got the link to the TV ad below.

Or perhaps someone has the facts and the cites at hand?

I need the facts.  I am so moved by the Iraq Vets ad that I am personally going to do something about it.  But I need the votes, the roll call, the reference!

Last night we talked about another idea.  I am reposting here at the suggestion of one of the comments and I'm including some material that came out in our discussion.

Steve Jobs is the single biggest shareholder of ABC.  Steve Jobs' Pixar is distributed by Disney.  Steve Jobs is (with the purchase of Pixar by Disney) the largest individual shareholder in the Disney corporation with 138 million shares.  

More info and contact info below ...

But I have another idea.  Steve Jobs is the single biggest shareholder of ABC.  Steve Jobs' Pixar is distributed by Disney.  Steve Jobs is (with the purchase of Pixar by Disney) the largest shareholder in the Disney corporation with 138 million shares.  

I think if Steve Jobs understood what the internet community felt about this documentary, he might exert some influence.

UPDATE! Contact info is available in the "big list" located in this diary ... see below ...

I think that many of us conclude that while they made constructive contributions to the general welfare, they were not and are not outstanding, transformational, issues oriented leaders.  And this problem weighs on us today.

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This article may be posted on the NYT site later, and if it is, I will return to update this diary with the post. [ Here is the link but it may require a login.]  But let me quote a few short sentences below ...

Except that in 1992, Charles Dunlap -- a distinguished military judge whose background is available
here (go to the bottom of the page) wrote a "National War College student paper that was co-winner of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1991-92 Strategy Essay Competition, in which students from all the senior service colleges compete."  The judge (or one of the judges) on this winning paper was Colin Powell.

The letter that follows takes us on a darkly imagined excursion into the future. A military coup has taken place in the United States--the year is 2012--and General Thomas E. T. Brutus, Commander-in-Chief of the Unified Armed Forces of the United States, now occupies the White House as permanent Military Plenipotentiary. His position has been ratified by a national referendum, though scattered disorders still prevail and arrests for acts of sedition are underway.

Can you imagine yourself in Munich, in the fall of 1938?  You're a successful businessman or lawyer.  You live in a sturdy house and you have a nice life.  Your children are in school and your wife is active in the Catholic church.  It's a beautiful, crisp day and you've had a lot of work - disputes to be resolved, issues in the office.  And you've heard that your kids need to be working harder in school.  And your wife wants to talk with you about some community issue and whether you can go skiing this winter like you've done the past several winters.

That's where you are.   And how do you know, on November 9th, 1938 - that this is the afternoon before Kristallnacht?

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(And I added $0.01 -- so they'd know where it came from!)

So, Kos, what's the next move?

(Rhetorical line, actually addressed to the whole community, but it helps to have a point of focus for my note!)

Remember, this is Ohio the Corrupt and as you point out, this is an especially Republican district.   We have learned from 2004 that it isn't productive to flood a district with "foreign" workers, so we have to leave the on-the-ground organizing to the candidate and his team -- and we have to get them the money they need to get the job done.

But what else can we do?  (My top 10 list!  More Below ... )

Here's the quote ...

A survey of more than a dozen Republicans who live outside Washington found most siding with the White House. "It's a tempest in a teapot," said Denzil Garrison, former state GOP leader in Oklahoma.

"I have not heard a person bring it up in Michigan," said GOP consultant John Truscott of Lansing, Michigan. "It's just not an issue out here."

Being originally from Oklahoma and having friends in Michigan, I sort of doubt that.  Is there some way to make some "non-beltway noise" on this matter?  Are there reports or ratings or other factoids available to circulate on the awareness and interest of citizens of these two fine states?