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Watch out for the finger on the button ....

Prevent another foolish, reckless war by President Bush. Sign the petition. Support S. Res. 356.
"Any offensive military action against Iran must be explicitly approved by congress." (S. Res. 356)

Sobering clues to a McCain foreign policy ....

This week two senior members of Senator John McCain's presidential campaign staff were forced to resign amid revelations that their lobbying firm took in hundreds of thousands of dollars representing Myanmar's brutal military regime.

Nevertheless, McCain's campaign is still headed by Charlie Black, who ran a lobbying firm that represented war profiteer, private security force Blackwater Worldwide, Iraqi "leader" Ahmed Chalabi, suspected of widespread fraud, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, and Angola terrorist rebel Jonas Savimbi.

Campaign co-chair Tom Loeffler used to represent Saudi Arabia.

These are documented facts and provide a sobering glimpse into what a McCain foreign policy would look like: coddling dictators, insensitive to untold human suffering, nasty and brutish, accepting of corruption, embarrassingly short of America's greatness.

Here are the sources:

"A Lobbying Firm and Its McCain Ties," MSNBC, May 12, 2008

John McCain's Lobbyist Connections," Public Campaign Action Fund

"McCain's Lobbyists in Trouble for Foreign Lobbying," Progressive Media USA, May 11, 2008

"McCain Aides Are Tied," New York Sun, May 12, 2008

"Obama Calls on Rice to Address Human Rights Violations in Saudi Arabia," November 19, 2007

"Saudi Arabia," Human Rights Watch World Report, 2007

MoveOn.org has a somewhat tongue-in-cheek poll on what McCain ought to do about this situation. Join the fun and express your opinion here.

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Bill Clinton on choosing candidates ....

"You better vote for the candidate who wants you to think and hope ...."

Okay, that was 2004, and we know how words can change in meaning. Right, Bill?

If Democrats were Republicans ....

Hillary Clinton on the democratic process and how she should win ....


Thanks to Eric Kirk of northern California's Humboldt County (from this former -- late '50s, early '60s -- Ferndale resident and Eel River flood veteran) who posted a comment here and whose blog brought this video to my attention.

Celebrating Hitler's birthday ....

The Michigan City, Indiana News-Dispatch suggests this may be the worst campaign idea ever. Tony Zirkle, a candidate for U.S. Congress in Indiana's 2nd congressional district, running on a platform of ridding society of prostitution, pornography, and the trafficking of "young, white women," recently spoke at a party celebrating Adolf Hiltler's birthday.

Zirkle said the meeting of the Nationalist Socialist Workers' Party was a "great opportunity" for him to "witness" his Christian faith.

Zirkle said he would also be willing to speak before "Black Panthers or Jewish Zionists."

I'm not eating until Obama is President ....

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Rocking for Obama

Okay, these guys aren't Jake Shimabukuro or Jimi Hendrix, but they're pretty good. This is fun, and I like it -- probably you will too.