What a day??? Listening to Thom on September 8, 2009 was an experience. I knew the US of Evil was going to hell but I did not realize that we have already arrived there. Health care reform is smoke and mirrors and a shell game. Obama has joined the Nazi Party.

Network of Spiritual Progressives has sent me three articles to read. Afghanistan is looking more like Vietnam. Van Jones' resignation is bad for country and bad for Obama. The environmental crisis is worsening.

On a personal note my God's patience has reached the end of the line with the hell infected country know as the US of Evil.

I thank God that I have no grandchildren!!!

I agree with Rasta. I don't feel like celebrating.

Hey kas,
I get to S.F fairly often. Are you a little north or a little south of the county line? I usually hang with friends in Marin. I might be able to share some 'recipe" if you are around. and ye it doe's remove pain but as in all things there is a flip side the next morn. :-(

Sure my dear Loretta! I'll take a shot of my few bottles with my trusty digital camera and email them to you. Oh....wait.... you meant the other kinda shot....didn't you? :-) I'll bring some when I visit Portland next.

FDR: "I welcome their hate."

http://vodpod.com/watch/1406318-fdr-i-welcome-their-hate-

food facist------------ thanks for FDR link

I wish I could come too kas, but I'll be waving my flag and saluting right along with you from here. Can you fed ex me a shot of Eau de Vie, DDay? just in case:-)

Listen. I don’t want to be negative, but if Barack delivers the kind of health care reform speech that I expect him to, I have a proposal. I live just outside of the San Francisco County Line. Everybody is invited to my house. I will provide many, many bottles of Veronique’s organic wine. If you’re not a wino, BYOB. We will wave our white flag to Corporate America with a special single-finger salute to the health insurance industry. We will play drunken monopoly and donate the properties to non profits.

Cuz folks, dats da name of dat tune.
This is the only victory possible in modern day America.

Tomorrow night there will be a watershed event. I noticed that the date will be 09/09/09. We are told by the White House that the president will "draw a line in the sand". Not only will we learn where that line is drawn but in subsequent days, we will find out if that sand shifts. Then we will discover, not only if that line falls before us, or behind our backs, but also where he, (Obama) , really stands. Anything less than a strong public choice, will be a betrayal, by my measure. I believe Thom has also drawn that same line. We will also finally find out if we have been watching checkers or chess being played. I may pop some popcorn!

As an aside to the topic of the hour about being honest about the cost of war (which I agree with), I just wanted to say that the AP is no hero in this scenario. They are shills for the right-wing. Where were they during the 8 years of the Bush-Cheney administration? They were brainlessly and obediently complying with Bush-Cheney order to censor all such truth.

I also can't forget Rachel Maddow's reporting about the AP event last year to which they invited John McCain. I think the event was post-primary so I believe that it was known that Obama was the Democratic candidate for president but I don't think Obama was invited to this thing, only McCain. And the thing that our brain-dead media played up was that the AP staff presented McCain with a cup of coffee just the way he likes it and his favorite type of donut, one with sprinkles. Ringing any bells with anyone? Well, Rachel reported, correctly, that this was an entirely inappropriate thing for a news organization to do. How can we really believe that the AP will report on McCain's contradictions and hypocrisies, which were numerous during the campaign, when they're his pal?? So the AP has revealed itself to be compromised and unethical in its reporting, and I hope liberals aren't clapping them on the back as friends of the left.

I wouldn't be surprised if they suddenly 'got religion' about reporting the truth about the horror of war just to give Obama another headache or to try to turn public opinion against him in another arena besides healthcare reform.

Here's a link to the AP's statements regarding their photo. The bottom of the page has a link to other statements including one from the reporter.

http://www.ap.org/fallen_marine/

Also, I think we could write a letter of support for publishing the photo to this address: info@ap.org

Thom,

We have been distracted from talking about and protesting the war in Afghanistan while fighting for health care. Was the long break before the vote partly intended to distract us in just that way? We could all write to the AP and say we support their decision to publish the photo, and that we believe Americans need to know the cost of war through honest visual images.

Such a letter would be as important as writing to our senators if it will help convince journalists that honest reporting about the cost of war, even against the governments wishes, is essential to not turning Afghanistan into another Vietnam.