Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Stuart O'Neill
The story of the good coordination and efforts by federal authorities from the national media is a complete misrepresentation.
Use this article about Orange County as a microview of the entire California firefighting effort. Elsewhere in California the situation is much worse. We have nearly one million people evacuated. There have been over 1,660 homes burned [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by BobHiggins
The “Hitler comparison” should be shouted from the rooftops, as should the Goebbels comparison, the Himmler comparison, the Mengele, Stalin, Torquemada, Beelzebub comparisons and all the rest. If it struts like a Nazi, talks like Nazi, tortures like a Nazi and wages aggressive and illegal war like a Nazi… it’s not a duck.
Eighteen months or [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
E&P reports today that former Sen. Rick Santorum is getting a ‘Philadelphia Inquirer’ column. Good gracious some newspapers will obviously give anybody ink including recently defeated former Sen. Santorum, known right wing nutjob.
A press conference will be held at 1:30 this afternoon at the Philadelphia Inquirer to announce that it has added former Sen. Rick [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Move over LBJ… George W. Bush has officially won the title of the “biggest spending president.”
McClatchy reports:
George W. Bush, despite all his recent bravado about being an apostle of small government and budget-slashing, is the biggest spending president since Lyndon B. Johnson. In fact, he’s arguably an even bigger spender than LBJ.
“He’s a big government [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
There aren’t enough hours in the day to cover all the news some days. Here’s some of the top stories in the news and on the blogs:
In the news:
MSNBC: ‘We can’t stop it’ - Officials all but concede defeat to wildfires as estimated 1 million evacuate
The Hill: Wildfires get personal for lawmakers
Bloomberg: Clinton, Giuliani Overshadow [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
In response to reports that Blackwater USA “may have engaged in significant tax evasion,” Senator John Kerry called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) today to explain its potential involvement.
“The Bush Administration can’t hide Blackwater in the shadows anymore- it’s time to bring all of their dealings to light,” said Senator Kerry, Chairman of the Committee on [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
I just received word from Dem Daily writer Stuart O’Neill that his area in Orange County (Santiago fire) is being evacuated in the SoCal fires. Stuart’s said he heading up to the ranch where he’s living to help get the horses out and then said he will probably hang as close as he can to [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Todd Mitchell
Big time. “Senator Barack Obama is drawing criticism for signing up a gospel singer with controversial views about gay men and lesbians for his campaign in South Carolina. The Obama campaign has recruited several gospel acts , including Donnie McClurkin, for a statewide tour to begin this week in Charleston.
“Gospel music is one of many [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
I’ve been covering the Southern California wildfires here on The Dem Daily, since Sunday night. At first, like many who live here in SoCal, I thought the winds would die down and the firefighters would be able to bring the first few fires under control. No such luck, the fires rage on and the evacuations [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
The L.A. Times reports today that “veteran GOP consultants said Monday that they were relaunching a drive to change the way California allocates its electoral college votes, aimed at helping the 2008 Republican presidential nominee capture the White House.”
Political strategist David Gilliard said he was taking over the ballot initiative campaign, along with strategist Ed [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
Stephen Colbert, the faux-pundit from Comedy Central announced days ago that he was running for president. Now, “in” the race just a few days, “Colbert has surged ahead of longtime candidate Gov. Bill Richardson in one national poll gauging the race for the Democratic nod for president.”
And watch out Joe Biden!
The Public Opinion Strategies poll [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2007 by Pamela Leavey
It’s hard to sleep tonight knowing that so many areas around Southern California are burning out of control. What sticks in my mind, as I check the news for updates on the fires, is the report from Media Matters that Glenn Beck stated on his syndicated radio show on Monday, “I think there is a [...]
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