Thursday edition - September 4, 2008

Small Talk with Cindy McCain and Todd Palin 

AHNC Fun Fact:

Palin is Greek for backwards.

"But Cindy McCain, for one, points out that the governor, Palin, does in fact have some national-security experience [Video: Cindy McCain pointing out that Alaska is close to Russia]. Right, she's so close she can walk right up there and watch them like a neighborhood-watch captain or something." --Jimmy Kimmel

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without Saddam

• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,152 AP

• US military reviewing friendly-fire incident Houston Chronicle

• US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq AFP

• US says Baghdad to fund anti-Qaeda fighters AFP

• Iraq economic outlook 'improves' BBC News, UK

• Petraeus Says US Combat Troops Could Exit Baghdad by July Voice of America 

• Tony Blair's sister-in-law stranded in Gaza AP

• Pakistan protests to US over raid BBC News

I Don't Trust People Who Use God and War In The Same Sentence

The war in Iraq is part of God’s plan, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said in June in a speech at her former church.

Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate whose son will deploy to Iraq in a few weeks, told the students that “our national leaders, are sending [the troops] out on a task that is from God.”

Building a natural-gas pipeline is also part of God’s will...
 

"Well the Beach Boys kicked off the Republican Convention last night in Minnesota. Only the Republicans would have someone sing about big waves and surfing during a hurricane. What, were 'Katrina and the Waves' not available over the weekend?" --Jay Leno

Sarah Palin Look a Like

One Teen Reaches Out To Another

Teen mom Jamie Lynn Spears sent a $60 set of five coordinating burp cloths to teen-mom-to-be Bristol Palin.

Disturbing News

• Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line The Associated Press

• Tropical Storm Hanna aiming for Eastern Massachusetts Boston Globe

Email

Subject: Sarah Palin for VP

Hi Lisa

I 'm glad you didn't blog about Sarah Palins baby not being hers but her daughters. Sounds tinfoil hat stuff. Daily Kos  and other Dem sites have been salivating over it. What do you think of Palin as McCains VP pick? This is the most interesting election!

Thanks for what you do. $ in the mail.

Ben

Thanks for writing Ben and thanks for your support!!

I do love watching the Old Guard Republicans horrified at McCains pick, such as David Gergen. lol

As far as Sarah Palin's baby -- People magazine ran a birth announcement on the day her son was born saying the baby was born at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center. But Mat-Su Regional Medical Center website shows no mention of Trig Palin, the Governor's son being born there. So I can see why the rumors started. It's silly to headline it in any news organization IMHO.

Not only were Dem web sites blogging about it but CNN, MSNBC and FOX were all babbling about the bloggers.

McCain has energized his party by partnering with Palin. I wonder if McCain would have picked Palin if Obama had picked Hillary?

The bottom line is Obama had the limelight taken away from him six days ago and hasn't had it back since. I wonder how and when he will get it back?

"This year there are only 36 black delegates at the Republican Convention in Minnesota. As a result, there are now 37 black people in Minnesota." --Conan O'Brien
 

Republican-Shenanigans News

• Sarah Palin affair rumours are false, says John McCain's team Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom

• Republicans in love with Sarah Palin Seattle Times

• Profile: Sarah Palin, first female on Republican presidential ticket Xinhua

• Palin slams Obama's inexperience to wildly supportive Republican crowd The Canadian Press,  Minn.

• McCain Set to Accept Republican Presidential Nomination Voice of America

• Fred Thompson sings for his supper with good speech, then asks for money

• Barack Obama and tire gauges: a continuing source of GOP ridicule LATimes

• Repentant Abramoff faces judge in corruption case AP

• Republicans Head for Clash With McCain, Bush Over Highway Money

• Cindy McCain parts with Palin on abortion, sex ed AP

"The Republican Convention is under way. The theme for tonight’s Republican Convention is, 'Who is John McCain?' Tomorrow night’s theme is, 'Who forgot to check if the Vice President’s daughter is pregnant?'" --Conan O'Brien
 

Dem vs GOP Conventions

The survey found that around 21.5 million people watched the Republican gathering unfold Tuesday night. That's 4.3 million fewer people than the 26 million viewers who tuned in last week for Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention....Like Day 2 in Denver, where more women than men tuned in to watch Hillary Clinton deliver her endorsement of Barack Obama, more women (11.2 million) than men (9.5 million) watched the GOP convention last night.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Barack Obama, in Ohio, identifies with working mothers Los Angeles Times, CA

• Obama giving some black Republicans 'heartburn' CNN

• CNN-Time poll gives Obama 53-41 lead in Minnesota Dickinson Press, ND

• Poll: Drop in presidential swing voters United Press International 

"Here's the amazing part: back in 1984, Sarah Palin actually came second in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant. Now she could be vice president. You know what that means? For the first time in history, a beauty pageant contestant might actually bring about world peace. They've talked about it for years; here's one that could do it!" --Jay Leno
 

Biz-Tech News

• Oil Rises as Hurricane Ike Strengthens, Raising Supply Concerns Bloomberg

• Stocks plunge after retail, unemployment data AP

• Investments Are Faltering in Chrysler and GMAC New York Times

• Boeing workers vote to strike, delay it until Friday Reuters 

• Xbox 360, Lagging in Sales, Will Cost Less New York Times

• Sony Recalls Thousands of Vaio PCs Over Burn Risk PC Magazine

Don't Pay Retail

 Consumers nervous about the weak economy abandoned higher-end clothing store chains for discount retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Costco and BJ's, which reaped back-to-school sales in August.

"Americans haven't slowed their spending," said Ken Brown, president and retail analyst with ResearchConnect.com. "They just moved their spending, from some of the retailers with bigger-ticket items to the discounters."
 

"And how are you going to be the vice president of the United States with five kids to take care of? She's got a four-month-old of her own, she's about to become a grandmother, and she's partnered with John McCain. How many diapers can one woman possibly change?" --Jimmy Kimmel
 

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Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Federal public defender from Cleveland to represent Guantanamo ... The Plain Dealer

"It turns out Governor Palin is a lifelong member of the NRA and a life-time hunter. Another vice president who's a hunter. What could go wrong there?" --Jay Leno
 

Go-F**k-Yourself News

• Cheney: Russian actions in Georgia "illegitimate" Reuters

Here's A Billion To Help Out

 A U.S. Navy flagship loaded with aid steamed into the Black Sea on Wednesday en route to Georgia, as the Bush administration prepared to roll out a $1 billion economic aid package for the former Soviet republic.

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Green Cement?

Back when Stanford Professor Brent Constantz was 27, he created a high-tech cement that revolutionized bone fracture repair in hospitals worldwide. People who might have died from the complications of breaking their hips lived. Fractured wrists became good as new.

Now, 22 years later, he wants to repair the world.

Constantz says he has invented a green cement that could eliminate the huge amounts of carbon dioxide spewed into the atmosphere by manufacturers of the everyday cement used in concrete for buildings, roadways and bridges.
 

I hope you had a good time today

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Odd News

• Freak hailstorm turns part of tropical Kenya white Reuters

• Film about wine tasting causes sour grapes Reuters

• Cop leaves gun in Starbucks Reuters

• Elephant beats heroin habit with detox Reuters

• Angry Argentine commuters torch train in rush hour Reuters

• Jaywalker allegedly moons motorists after ticket AP

• Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast behind AP

This image provided by NOAA was taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008. The remains of Tropical Depression Gustav can be seen over Louisiana and Mississippi, Tropical Storm Hanna is seen as it approaches Haiti with maximum sustained winds of 55 mph while further east Category 4 Hurricane Ike with maximum sustained winds of 135 mph and Tropical Storm Josephine can be seen.
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Peace.