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    I found one day in school a boy of medium size ill-treating a smaller boy. I expostulated, but he replied: 'The bigs hit me, so I hit the babies; that's fair.' In these words he epitomized the history of the human race.
    Bertrand Russell

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    from the mailbag

    Team McCain writes:

    It’s pretty obvious that the media has a bizarre fascination with Barack Obama. Some may even say it’s a love affair. We want you to be the judge. We’ve compiled two videos of the more outrageous moments of this not so secret love affair.

    Pot/kettle, anyone?

    It’s pretty obvious that the media has a bizarre fascination with Barack Obama.

    McCain’s moderators, the AP’s Ron Fournier and [...]



    Senator Gravel to Broadcast Alternate Debate tonight

     

    Gravel Supporters Nationwide,

    If you live within driving distance of Philadelphia, you can help former Senator and current Democratic Presidential Candidate Mike Gravel protest MSNBC’s arbitrary decision to exclude him from the Democratic debate it will be hosting tonight at Drexel University.

    After originally making arrangements to include all the Democratic candidates, MSNBC (owned by General Electric) reversed itself and created [...]



    Fox Attacks Iran

    It's sad that we have to point this out to people, but corporations now function as defacto governments, manipulating public thought and influencing political figures. Fox news is one of their most obvious propanganda outlets. Robert Greenwald's latest project points out how they have been helping build the case for going to war with Iran.
    Dear ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, and CNN,"My station was intimidated [...]



    Judging the Judges

    Interesting, potentially troubling Church/State separation story from Oxy-abuse addled Appalachia:
    The Community Church of Manchester is leading the way through “Court Watch,” a program in which volunteers attend court hearings to monitor judges overseeing drug-related cases.

    “It’s kind of a new position and very controversial,” said Becknell, who also runs his church’s local Christian television station. “A lot of churches shun getting involved in politics or going [...]



    Celebration Weekend

    Sorry I’ve been so distracted….
    …I’m a little overjoyed at this point. Y’know what I mean?
    I can’t believe things turned out the way they did. It seems like the last six years have one depressing revelation after another. The last two were especially f**king bleak. We saw the dissolution of nearly everything that made America great. The death of Habeas Corpus and the utter indifference towards [...]



    Voting Machine Fubar-palooza

    Leave it to the geeky boys and girls of Boing Boing to round up the gadget related stories around the elections:

    And 27Bstroke6 blog has an extensive post here: Link. Snip:

    Columbus, Ohio’s voting machines were so bad, they managed also to take down the county’s phone system under the crush of calls that resulted.

    Denver has wait times of up to two hours to vote, thanks [...]



    A few quick posts before happy hour

    ….ABC News reports that its exit polls — in a “preliminary” finding — find high disdain for Bush. Six in 10 voice disapproval, with two-thirds of that number “strongly” opposed.
    Editor and Publisher’s Blogging the Election

    Blackwell Loses Ohio!
    MSNBC is calling the Ohio governor’s race in favor of Ted Strickland. The nefarious Ken Blackwell, President Bush’s fixer in the 2004 presidential, looks to be out of a [...]



    Reps started Iraq conflict, Dems must end it

    Clark County Dems chime out about a MSNBC video featuring a brief interview of Rep. Brian Baird about Rove and Iraq. I remember back in 2003 running into Rep. Baird for the first time (I moved from Florida at the beginning of 2003) at Esther Short Park shortly after the Iraq conflict started.

    He was immediately confronted by someone at the park about the Iraq [...]