by Charley James
Overlooked in the frothing about Dick Cheney’s interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl is a simple truth. Shotgun Dick, Darth Vadar, The Man Who Never Was, Richard Bruce Cheney confessed freely and openly to committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Vice President who spent eight years avoiding interviews used what may be [...]
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WANTED: Richard Bruce Cheney, Self-Confessed War Criminal
Posted on 17 December 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: ABC, Charley James, confessed freely and openly to committing war crimes an, Darth Vadar, Dick Cheney, Jonathan Karl, Richard Bruce Cheney, Shotgun Dick, spent eight years avoiding interviews, The Man Who Never Was, used his last one in office to admit being the Hermann, Vice President, WANTED Richard Bruce Cheney Self-Confessed War Criminal
Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats
Posted on 15 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1/3 of the 100 member, 51 Senator majority coalition, 6-year termed Senate seats. up for re-election, 60, 7th 6-year term at age 85, Al Franken, Alaska, Alaska’s current Governor and Republican Vice President, Anchorage Mayor, Bill Clinton, Bruce Lundsford, caucus with the Democrats, colorado, constitutional tie-breaking vote for the Republicans, Democrat Jeff Merkley, Denis Campbell, equally critical to whoever becomes the new President, former KS Senate majority leader, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Barbour, Governor Bill Richardson, Governor Jeanne Shaheen, governor Ronnie Musgrove, huge repudiation defeat for Sarah Palin, important number, Jim Gilmore, Jim Jeffords of VT, Joe Lieberman of CT, John Sununu, Kentucky, long-time Republican Senator John Warner, Maine, Mark Begich, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, McCain, Mike Gravel in 1974, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Mo Udall, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Norm Coleman, North Carolina, obama, Oregon, Pete Domenici, race for control of both houses of the US Congress, required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters, Roger Wicker, Senate, Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Gordon Smith, son of the former Bush Sr. Chief of staff, state governorships, state Senator Kay Hagan, strained by Lieberman’s very public support of John McC, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, Tom Udall, tough fight from Tom Allan, Trent Lott resigned suddenly, two Independent Senators, very angry, Vice President, Virginia, VP candidate Bob Dole, Wayne Allard
by Denis Campbell
While the Presidential contest gets the most press, the race for control of both houses of the US Congress and state governorships is equally critical to whoever becomes the new President. 60 in the Senate is such an important number because that is the number of votes required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters which [...]
Lipsticked Pit Bulls, Orange Jumpsuit Better Idea
Posted on 09 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: assassinated, Barack Obama’s middle name, Cindy McCain, Denis Campbell, dozen thoroughly disproven theories, free speech, Gaza, highly inflammatory and emotional speeches, Inciting riotous crowds crosses the line, inspired a young man to take the Prime Minister’s life, Karl Rove schooled Republicans laugh and think you are, Knesset, Lipsticked Pit Bull, McCain, Muslim background, needs to investigate, obama, opposition party inspired dissident student, Orange Jumpsuit, Palestinians, President, protect all four candidates, Sarah Palin, someone clearly yelled “Kill Him”, there is a line and these ladies crossed it deliberatel, to any lie they can think of, to his kooky pastor, to not being born in Hawaii, Vice President, wants you to focus on fear, where was the US Secret Service?, whipped up crowds into a seething frenzy, Wiliam Ayers
by Denis Campbell
When the circus act of Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain whipped up crowds into a seething frenzy; where was the US Secret Service? That is the group designated to protect all four candidates (and the President and Vice President) from threats. When the McPalin gals incited hatred and anger with their indignation, mock [...]
When Did God Become America’s Concierge?
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, baseball, God, God to get herpipeline proposal, Johnny Bench, religion, Sarah Palin, US Politics, Vice President, Wasilla
by Charley James
Major league baseball has generated more great stories than any other sport about the delightfully odd assortment of characters that played the game across the past 175 or so years.
Watching a video yesterday of Sarah Palin in her Wasilla church beseeching God to get her pipeline proposal approved reminded me one such story, [...]
My Alaskan Soul Sister is an Empty Vessel
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: Alaska, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Down's Syndrome, empty vessel, Irish Times, MAry Mullin, Sarah Palin, Vice President
The Sarah Palin debate continues and Mary Mullin, a fomer Alaskan now living in Ireland offers this view. Simply, the longer Sarah Palin is kept from the media, the more people will find other narratives. Spunk and snarky one-liners work until one realises the Empress wears no clothes.sara
Article By Mary Mullin
The Irish Times
Fri, Sep 05, [...]
Sarah Palin And Me
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (1) | Tags: anonymous sources, choosing his Vice Presidential running mate, lucille, Palin, Palin Is Racist Sexist Vindictive And Mean, racist, Sarah Palin, so sambo beat the bithc, Vice President, vice president selection
(Ed. The M.O. for Republicans is if you cannot definitively answer the charges, attack the one making the charge. Charley has been getting both barrels from the right including Mary Malkin, Hennessy and others. This is his thoughtful reply.)
By Charley James
Anonymous sources are the bane of a reporter’s existence, and have been at least since [...]
Welcome Joe!
Posted on 23 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 2 millionth donor, 35-years of knowing how to work Washington’s corridors, America needs to see, attack ad, balance, Biden, Billary, bring more straight talk than McCain, capable of gnawing a leg or two off the Straight Talk E, clinton, Close-Up program, compassion, David Brooks, democratic party, depth of experience, Election Day, Ervin, every day common sense, get America moving on the right path again, gravitas, grow up, Humphrey, January, Joe, Joe Biden, Joe Martineau, Kennedy, legislative frontline, lunch pail blue-collar appeal, Mansfield, Mike Webb, Neil Kinnock, obama, picked up on that without the ten times you gave him cr, pit bull, politics as usual, right the listing ship of state, Senate subway, Senator Heinz, some of the warmth, The Hillaristas will cry foul, The New York Times, The Telegraph, Vice President, vice president selection, we most need and will remember, Welcome Joe, your mentors
Many will deride your selection as ‘old politics as usual’ but from this chair you bring more straight talk than McCain now seems capable of doing as well as balance, compassion, every day common sense and gravitas to the ticket. You also can be a pit bull when needed capable of gnawing a leg or [...]
All Aboard – Amtrak Is Full Up
Posted on 23 August 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 10x per day crisscrossing the NE corridor, 12-minutes magically added to the schedule, 150 mph (220 kph), 1st Great Western, 28 million people (up from 25.6 million), 33% increase in the budget for Amtrak, abandon cars, Acela, age and neglect, alternatives, Amsterdam, Amtrak, Amtrak’s Northeast corridor, Anglo-French Eurostar, antiquated system, Atlanta-Dallas, avoid long drives, Belgians, boon to travellers, Boston, Bridgend, British TGV, Cardiff, Chicago-St. Louis, Congress, Congress seems to be listening, continually slept, deferred major infrastructure projects, delays are often very long, Dutch, EU, Eurostar, exceed 300 kph or 200 mph, Frankfurt Airport, French, French in particular, German, Germans, high cost of petrol, high petrol costs, high speed rail, huge economic toll between major cities, huge struggle, ICE, infrastructure, Joe Biden, lengthen the time of the journey, London, London Paddington, long-running joke, Naval Observatory Circle, need 5-10x that amount, night and day, old equipment, owns 700-miles of trackbed, Paris, plagued with delays, poor quality track beds, public train transport, reener opportunity, rents from freight lines, ridership was up 14% in July, San Franscisco-LA, US citizens love to mock Europeans, US train system, USA, Vice President, Wales, Wall Street Journal, Washington DC
Now that Joe Biden may live this January in Naval Observatory Circle as Vice President that would free a seat daily on Amtrak’s Northeast corridor. But will it be enough? Amtrak ridership was up 14% in July and because of the high cost of petrol more than 28 million people (up from 25.6 million) will [...]
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