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Many years ago, single - residing in NYC and traveling more than half of the time I would enjoy being fussed over by my part-time housekeeper Nora. Originally from Ecuador, she spoke with a very heavy accent. I gave her unrestricted access to my apartment and my fine cigars etc... Often she and her husband would enjoy NYC from my apartment for a holiday weekend when I traveled. I was delighted to offer and the evidence of this highly beneficial quid pro quo included fine meals cached in my refrigerator when I returned from trips, as well as a spotless and tidy environment.
When I wasn't home ... although the telephone had a machine ... she would often answer the phone and forward messages to my service.
On one occasion, Howard, my London colleague was unable to find me in London where he had been expecting me. He tried but there was no answer at my flat there either. Shortly before cell phones were prominent he called my home in NYC to leave me a message, figuring eventually I would get it. Nora answered. He asked for me. "Binx101" was her answer. Bewildered at the response he requested she repeat her answer many times ... he finally understood he was getting nowhere.
Shortly thereafter, I contacted my frazzled colleague and we met. After explaining my delay and apologizing profusely he simply said that I was off the hook if I could simply translate what Nora had told him. Then he stated speaking with his best replication of what he heard her say. "Binx101"
Now, I could understand Nora's accent without hesitation. In fact, in a previous life, the linguistics and phonetics of foreign accents was my field of expertise- so even on a terrible phone line I could understand the heaviest of accents from any origin. However, I couldn't for the life of me imagine what Howard was telling me as his ineptitude at language was compounded further with his intolerable adoption of a cartoon character's voice in his performance which only succeeded further annoying me, as it was an attempt to besmirch my dear Nora. There was only one thing left to do. I called New York and asked Nora what she had told Howard when he asked for me. After reassuring her that there was no trouble but her accuracy was important, she told me, as Howard listened on the speaker. He shouted with glee in the final performance of his demented falsetto "See !! Binx101 !!!" I thanked Nora, again reassured her that nothing was wrong and apologized for bothering her at home. Then I turned to Howard and told him that what he heard, understandably, as Binx101 was simply - "Vince went away."
Over the next week, all of my professional contacts began calling me Binx101, and so it remains.
This seemed much more fun than - attended here, served there ... awarded this and that ... and dumb as a post. (no pun)
Many years ago, single - residing in NYC and traveling more than half of the time I would enjoy being fussed over by my part-time housekeeper Nora. Originally from Ecuador, she spoke with a very heavy accent. I gave her unrestricted access to my apartment and my fine cigars etc... Often she and her husband would enjoy NYC from my apartment for a holiday weekend when I traveled. I was delighted to offer and the evidence of this highly beneficial quid pro quo included fine meals cached in my refrigerator when I returned from trips, as well as a spotless and tidy environment.
When I wasn't home ... although the telephone had a machine ... she would often answer the phone and forward messages to my service.
On one occasion, Howard, my London colleague was unable to find me in London where he had been expecting me. He tried but there was no answer at my flat there either. Shortly before cell phones were prominent he called my home in NYC to leave me a message, figuring eventually I would get it. Nora answered. He asked for me. "Binx101" was her answer. Bewildered at the response he requested she repeat her answer many times ... he finally understood he was getting nowhere.
Shortly thereafter, I contacted my frazzled colleague and we met. After explaining my delay and apologizing profusely he simply said that I was off the hook if I could simply translate what Nora had told him. Then he stated speaking with his best replication of what he heard her say. "Binx101"
Now, I could understand Nora's accent without hesitation. In fact, in a previous life, the linguistics and phonetics of foreign accents was my field of expertise- so even on a terrible phone line I could understand the heaviest of accents from any origin. However, I couldn't for the life of me imagine what Howard was telling me as his ineptitude at language was compounded further with his intolerable adoption of a cartoon character's voice in his performance which only succeeded further annoying me, as it was an attempt to besmirch my dear Nora. There was only one thing left to do. I called New York and asked Nora what she had told Howard when he asked for me. After reassuring her that there was no trouble but her accuracy was important, she told me, as Howard listened on the speaker. He shouted with glee in the final performance of his demented falsetto "See !! Binx101 !!!" I thanked Nora, again reassured her that nothing was wrong and apologized for bothering her at home. Then I turned to Howard and told him that what he heard, understandably, as Binx101 was simply - "Vince went away."
Over the next week, all of my professional contacts began calling me Binx101, and so it remains.
This seemed much more fun than - attended here, served there ... awarded this and that ... and dumb as a post. (no pun)
Recent comments by this user
McCain Leaks Details Of Obama's Iraq Trip
How do you know they didn't water-board McCain to get this information out of him ???
This is the most infuriating 'hero' in history.
A military expert I hear, as well.
But he doesn't sound very thoughtful
Or very smart as I can tell
He's touting his years as prisoner of war
Credentials meant to impress us
But I want the guy that didn't get shot down
Good pilot would be the consensus
So why do we deal with this crazy old coot
Even the Czechs think he is nuts
Lindsay, Joe and Phil in a row
It's terribly easy to hate all their guts
First he pretended to understand money
Then he confessed all his 'don't knows'
Then he recanted and claimed expertise
Now he's Obama's Tokyo Rose posted 07/18/2008 at 18:01:35
This is the most infuriating 'hero' in history.
A military expert I hear, as well.
But he doesn't sound very thoughtful
Or very smart as I can tell
He's touting his years as prisoner of war
Credentials meant to impress us
But I want the guy that didn't get shot down
Good pilot would be the consensus
So why do we deal with this crazy old coot
Even the Czechs think he is nuts
Lindsay, Joe and Phil in a row
It's terribly easy to hate all their guts
First he pretended to understand money
Then he confessed all his 'don't knows'
Then he recanted and claimed expertise
Now he's Obama's Tokyo Rose posted 07/18/2008 at 18:01:35
Bush Agrees To "General Time Horizon" For Troop Reductions
Who do you think had the task to have to explain all this to him ???
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 17:35:10
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 17:35:10
Panic at the RNC !!
More in the McCain campaign
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:15:07
More in the McCain campaign
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:15:07
Four Years Under The Influence: Netroots Nation Panel Examines The Growth Of The Political Internet
We talked about some of this today - how the media has bridged the information gap by using anything they can to keep their market vital. In the case of corporate media - the outcome is irrelevant though, as long as they get the lion's share of the money the candidates have raised. That's what they're looking at and that's why they go easy on McCain.
If they hammer him, their market-share shrinks. In other words, if they report in a more transparent accurate manner - they'll make significantly less money.
Obama / McCain : Survivor - DC
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:23:12
If they hammer him, their market-share shrinks. In other words, if they report in a more transparent accurate manner - they'll make significantly less money.
Obama / McCain : Survivor - DC
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:23:12
Lobbyist Max Cleland Disinvited From Obama Event
I feel comfortable to translate - sounds like one of MY clients :)
Everyone is entitled
to their own opinion
You certainly have yours,
Obama, his own dominion
But he is very thoughtful
and cunning in the clutch
He knows what he is doing
So thank you very much
So sorry, very sad
No invite for hero Max
However also absent
Will be McCain attacks
And just for a wild guess
I think its fair to say
You're surely from the GOP
And came here just to play
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 17:18:31
Everyone is entitled
to their own opinion
You certainly have yours,
Obama, his own dominion
But he is very thoughtful
and cunning in the clutch
He knows what he is doing
So thank you very much
So sorry, very sad
No invite for hero Max
However also absent
Will be McCain attacks
And just for a wild guess
I think its fair to say
You're surely from the GOP
And came here just to play
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 17:18:31
Certainly - just not this candidate on these occasions - because that's his stand.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:26:51
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:26:51
Obama's Europe, Middle East Trip Marks First High-Profile Step Onto World Stage
The GOP is in a panic recently. They've been long the stock but had no options strategy. Silly mistake for experienced oligarchs.
Survivor - DC
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:15:39
Survivor - DC
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/18/2008 at 15:15:39
The Post-Social Contract Generation
I'm afraid I have to take issue with the argument you have posited here. Out of box you assert that Gen Y is collectively the most pessimistic generation ever. You may have good reason to believe that but this is purely opinion and shouldn't be hoisted so cavalierly. How Gen 'D' perceiving things ... you know Generation 'Depression' and how about Generation WWII.
You seem to have nonchalantly discounted the potential for historically competing pessimists (with justification) But that isn't actually the premiere point.
This 30 and under crowd may be accustomed to or fighting with sensory overload - granted - and their language and expression is different, by my observation, to a greater extent from its parent generation than the last few generations. While this may be my dementia and not measurable at all - I don't profess to be expounding as though it were measurable data - which I fear you did.
Lastly, this Generation Y has this middle aged man, very enthusiastic because of their commitment to the planet, our politics and quite often their neighbors. They may very well yield the best days of our lives because of what they learned and watched during the worst days of our lives - and I surely mean the coup of the American National Government by neocon operatives and bootleggers..
Pessimistic, I don't agree. Realistic, energetic and breathtaking with their embracing the challenges ahead to correct the mistakes of its predecessors. Us.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/17/2008 at 19:38:16
You seem to have nonchalantly discounted the potential for historically competing pessimists (with justification) But that isn't actually the premiere point.
This 30 and under crowd may be accustomed to or fighting with sensory overload - granted - and their language and expression is different, by my observation, to a greater extent from its parent generation than the last few generations. While this may be my dementia and not measurable at all - I don't profess to be expounding as though it were measurable data - which I fear you did.
Lastly, this Generation Y has this middle aged man, very enthusiastic because of their commitment to the planet, our politics and quite often their neighbors. They may very well yield the best days of our lives because of what they learned and watched during the worst days of our lives - and I surely mean the coup of the American National Government by neocon operatives and bootleggers..
Pessimistic, I don't agree. Realistic, energetic and breathtaking with their embracing the challenges ahead to correct the mistakes of its predecessors. Us.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/17/2008 at 19:38:16
Obama Calls Criticism Of Wife 'Infuriating'
The line - "Michelle Obama came under fire in February when she said she was proud of her country for the first time in her adult life. She later clarified her remark, saying she has always been proud of her country and was particularly proud to see so many people involved in the political process."
This type of statement has been issued by many many people. One had to go looking for this to be significant and require clarification. She learned well, because they're stalking her ... and nothing Zip, zilch - skiberk - nada.
No doubt she'll be a first class first lady.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/17/2008 at 16:34:03
This type of statement has been issued by many many people. One had to go looking for this to be significant and require clarification. She learned well, because they're stalking her ... and nothing Zip, zilch - skiberk - nada.
No doubt she'll be a first class first lady.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/17/2008 at 16:34:03
Get Real
Seriously, commended ??? Why do we have to use this conciliatory language? Don't get me wrong - I know what you meant but this man McCain is the Republican Party stooge - and I say that with all due respect. He's the stooge. It could have been Mike Huckabee he has the same unending delusion that he's born to be president - but McCain actually has some money behind him and the President that pummeled him wanted a chance to prop him up.
So this nice language about him maneuvering politically is getting me annoyed.
John McCain is worse than a consummate politician - he's a poser. He's not very bright. Granted, next to Bush, Larry the cable guy appears to be insightful - but that's not a standard.
McCain is truly a liar. He will say anything at anytime if he feels it will help him get elected.
McCain is not a scholar. He was bottom of his class all his life.
McCain is not a Maverick. He wanted that nick-name to stick but now it's not helpful.
McCain is not a military expert. He knew he wasn't going to reach Flag rank despite his lineage.
McCain is not a good-guy. He's for hire.
McCain is dumb. He proves it with regularity.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:31:06
So this nice language about him maneuvering politically is getting me annoyed.
John McCain is worse than a consummate politician - he's a poser. He's not very bright. Granted, next to Bush, Larry the cable guy appears to be insightful - but that's not a standard.
McCain is truly a liar. He will say anything at anytime if he feels it will help him get elected.
McCain is not a scholar. He was bottom of his class all his life.
McCain is not a Maverick. He wanted that nick-name to stick but now it's not helpful.
McCain is not a military expert. He knew he wasn't going to reach Flag rank despite his lineage.
McCain is not a good-guy. He's for hire.
McCain is dumb. He proves it with regularity.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:31:06
Andy Dick Arrested On Drug And Sex Charges
Hey is that the guy that plays house ??
Just kidding ....
I've never understood why anyone thinks this guy is funny. Perhaps that's his struggle - he's thinking the same thing. His action though, was reprehensible and shouldn't be tolerated for second. I hope he has to pay big for being so small.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:10:21
Just kidding ....
I've never understood why anyone thinks this guy is funny. Perhaps that's his struggle - he's thinking the same thing. His action though, was reprehensible and shouldn't be tolerated for second. I hope he has to pay big for being so small.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:10:21
McCain Aide: Obama Is Stubborn Like Bush
Rumsfeld's butler now touting for McCain - this is not only ironic - it's iconic.
All we need now is for Jessie Jackson to join the McCain express as Chief Moyle and we'll have ironic, iconic and iconoclastic
Fantastic
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:23:10
All we need now is for Jessie Jackson to join the McCain express as Chief Moyle and we'll have ironic, iconic and iconoclastic
Fantastic
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:23:10
Obama Camp Hits NYT Racial Divide Story
The NYT has quite often opted to make news instead of report it. No surprise. That's why the Obama staff scrutinize their stories. Coincidentally, it has been a rare occurrence for the Obama Campaign to get very offensive at News Papers - but the NYT - has had a ten year run of conflating commentary, influence peddling and news.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:18:44
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 21:18:44
McCain's NAACP Speech: I'll Give You School Vouchers
McCain might as well take credit for ending slavery in the US
- after all, he was surely a close adviser and good friend of Lincoln, no ?
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 20:35:47
- after all, he was surely a close adviser and good friend of Lincoln, no ?
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 20:35:47
Elizabeth Dole Tries To Name AIDS Bill After Jesse Helms
It is that funny !!!
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 20:57:11
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 20:57:11
I think we should give Larry Craig the Jessie Helms award.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:27:43
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:27:43
Bush Administration Sending Senior Envoy To Switzerland Talks With Iran
Yikes !!!
I'm going to have to dust-off my Kevin James article - you know - appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers ........ quoting Bush. By the way we titled it right.
The Anatomy of Idiocy
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:56:02
I'm going to have to dust-off my Kevin James article - you know - appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers, appeasers ........ quoting Bush. By the way we titled it right.
The Anatomy of Idiocy
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:56:02
Bush: Troubled financial system is basically sound
President Smirk struggled today as though the English language were lethal.
We talked about his speech today.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 13:31:44
We talked about his speech today.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 13:31:44
Bernanke: Economy faces 'numerous difficulties'
Any one catch the Bush impersonator this morning holding a press conference ??
Funny ??
Very funny indeed - looked just like a real press conference ??
What are you talkin' about ?? It was the president !!
Yeah but he was doing all the stuff the comedians do when they imitate him !!
That's why they imitate him !
No ... No ... No !!!! Please don't tell me that was real ?!?!
'Fraid so goober.
We wrote about it today ....
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 13:40:20
Funny ??
Very funny indeed - looked just like a real press conference ??
What are you talkin' about ?? It was the president !!
Yeah but he was doing all the stuff the comedians do when they imitate him !!
That's why they imitate him !
No ... No ... No !!!! Please don't tell me that was real ?!?!
'Fraid so goober.
We wrote about it today ....
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 13:40:20
Phil Gramm May Be Gone, But His Porn Lives On
As a Republican you should be frightened. You're a person without a party. The Republican Party was hijacked by Newt Gingrich and never returned despite the feeble pleas and ploys of the party's ultra conservative hold-outs. Phil Gramm, just another addict ... power addict with no soul.
But in reality, this (current Republican party) is the abandoned hull of the religious right's tug-toy and the oil oligarchy that has plagued our country since Ronald Reagan sung for his supper in California by kissing their butts for the promise of the presidency and then holding the door open of them when he got to the White House.
George er ... John McCain is not one of them. He's their joke - the decoy - eventually the scapegoat. That's why a Phil Gramm exists in his world. No actual Republican has a very high opinion of Gramm. He's a disgrace. Wanna see real pornography - listen to any McCain Town Hall. Pure profanity. Listen to McCain as he speaks Gramm's words.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 17:57:10
But in reality, this (current Republican party) is the abandoned hull of the religious right's tug-toy and the oil oligarchy that has plagued our country since Ronald Reagan sung for his supper in California by kissing their butts for the promise of the presidency and then holding the door open of them when he got to the White House.
George er ... John McCain is not one of them. He's their joke - the decoy - eventually the scapegoat. That's why a Phil Gramm exists in his world. No actual Republican has a very high opinion of Gramm. He's a disgrace. Wanna see real pornography - listen to any McCain Town Hall. Pure profanity. Listen to McCain as he speaks Gramm's words.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/15/2008 at 17:57:10
AP's Ron Fournier To Karl Rove: "Keep Up The Fight"
Light and Breezy ?
Is that the buzz term for ideological theocrat and goose-stepping wannabe
We'll get to Fournier soon enough - in the mean time we've been feasting on Bush
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:47:31
Is that the buzz term for ideological theocrat and goose-stepping wannabe
We'll get to Fournier soon enough - in the mean time we've been feasting on Bush
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/16/2008 at 18:47:31
David Remnick On That New Yorker Cover: It's Satire, Meant To Target "Distortions And Misconceptions And Prejudices" About Obama
The New Yorker's choice was unfortunate - trash - no? journalism - probably.
But .. that being said ... why would they think the irony would be so evident in a country that sat stoically by while the USSC appointed their President - then they reelected him. How could they believe that a country that puts John McCain on the top of the GOP ticket for President is conscious enough to understand the irony.
I'm afraid they have a lot of the country just seeing the picture and missing the ... artistic expression. It seems that the New Yorker is living in the same kind of glass bubble that the White House has been living in if they thought this was going to play like Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/14/2008 at 21:29:11
But .. that being said ... why would they think the irony would be so evident in a country that sat stoically by while the USSC appointed their President - then they reelected him. How could they believe that a country that puts John McCain on the top of the GOP ticket for President is conscious enough to understand the irony.
I'm afraid they have a lot of the country just seeing the picture and missing the ... artistic expression. It seems that the New Yorker is living in the same kind of glass bubble that the White House has been living in if they thought this was going to play like Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/14/2008 at 21:29:11
Have We Missed the Key to Obama's Leadership Style?
You comment about Carter at the end of your missive was very well stated. Carter, an unstoppable good-guy, is continuously vilified by the power gentry The controversies surrounding him are always about the same thing - he's a good man and a lousy politician. I'm glad you made the positive connection.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 14:16:34
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 14:16:34
Well you make an excellent point. It's results that count. You could have said that in the first sentence. Support or non-support for Obama however, is precisely the point. There's no way to get results if he isn't elected.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 14:11:51
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 14:11:51
Your Japanese business analogy is spot on and completely recognizable as 'Toyota Way'. Jeffery K. Liker's book 'The Toyota Way - 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer' chronicles the 'operating system' in a very digestible form.
Obama's style is a dramatic break from what has become a national addiction to being a marketing demographic - and feeling unloved if our politicians don't brazenly lie to our faces - and really annoyed if our Press isn't 24/7 playing lethal 'gotcha.' If we don't have a Stooges smack-down surrounding us all the time we seem to go into sensory deprivation. Oh my GOD !!!!!! Not that !!!! No !!! No !!! No!!!! Not thinking !!!!! Ah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These 14 principles include a majority aimed directly at resolving conflict respectfully. It is a less is more approach. Having had personal experience in working with the auto giant, I can simply state - these principles aren't optional, and, they work. It is a manual for teamsmanship. The motto 'Yes We Can' seems to lead with the precepts, in stark contrast to rivals, who have routinely tried to force Obama into the fighting cage.
Great article.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 13:05:52
Obama's style is a dramatic break from what has become a national addiction to being a marketing demographic - and feeling unloved if our politicians don't brazenly lie to our faces - and really annoyed if our Press isn't 24/7 playing lethal 'gotcha.' If we don't have a Stooges smack-down surrounding us all the time we seem to go into sensory deprivation. Oh my GOD !!!!!! Not that !!!! No !!! No !!! No!!!! Not thinking !!!!! Ah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
These 14 principles include a majority aimed directly at resolving conflict respectfully. It is a less is more approach. Having had personal experience in working with the auto giant, I can simply state - these principles aren't optional, and, they work. It is a manual for teamsmanship. The motto 'Yes We Can' seems to lead with the precepts, in stark contrast to rivals, who have routinely tried to force Obama into the fighting cage.
Great article.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/12/2008 at 13:05:52
McCain Campaign Had Protestor Holding "Bush=McCain" Sign Removed From Event
Yeah, you tell 'em.
Imagine ... more commies like the one's with that silly Tea Party in Boston, and that whole commie civil rights thing ... and don't forget the protests from those commies about the Viet Nam war. Not to mention all the Veteran commies that are protesting the occupation of Iraq.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/11/2008 at 20:38:16
Imagine ... more commies like the one's with that silly Tea Party in Boston, and that whole commie civil rights thing ... and don't forget the protests from those commies about the Viet Nam war. Not to mention all the Veteran commies that are protesting the occupation of Iraq.
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/11/2008 at 20:38:16
Hush, Jesse, Hush
Again ... I am sorry for creating this distraction with my less then adequate posting skill. I could have sworn that I had hit the Reply link to MyNameIsJames @12:17
I am though heartened at the gentility of your collective reaction, albeit it was a dopey error on my part.
Very sorry for the inconvenience
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 15:48:21
I am though heartened at the gentility of your collective reaction, albeit it was a dopey error on my part.
Very sorry for the inconvenience
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 15:48:21
This was a most unfortunate posting error ... my comments were meant to be a reply to 'MyNameIsJames'
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 14:25:36
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 14:25:36
You are as old school as Jessie Jackson. You ignore progress. This reminds me of the Italian American anti-defamation league. It was a blind for the mob, not for Italians, whose circumstances and socialization had changed dramatically.
So you want to load up Obama's shoulders with 400 years of injustice and invalidate him because he's not able to go in the 'way-back' machine and undo history.
Personally - I think he's doing just fine making history. A few years ago - he was an obscure politician that did some fine work. He just completed leading and winning a battle against the most deeply rooted Democratic Dinosaur machine in political history, has to lead the unification after the battle while beginning a battle with the Darkest regime in American history - and you are whining and threatening.
Your commentary is immature and unrealistic, albeit, it's your right - your argument is that he mentioned the elephant in the room.
Binx101
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http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 13:07:15
So you want to load up Obama's shoulders with 400 years of injustice and invalidate him because he's not able to go in the 'way-back' machine and undo history.
Personally - I think he's doing just fine making history. A few years ago - he was an obscure politician that did some fine work. He just completed leading and winning a battle against the most deeply rooted Democratic Dinosaur machine in political history, has to lead the unification after the battle while beginning a battle with the Darkest regime in American history - and you are whining and threatening.
Your commentary is immature and unrealistic, albeit, it's your right - your argument is that he mentioned the elephant in the room.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 13:07:15
Contradicting McCain, Another Iraqi Official Calls for Timetable For Withdrawal
What gains ?? What are you talking about ??
We invaded a country that is believed to have 20% of the World's oil. In our name - government officials have been cooking up deals to steal their oil and give them an allowance.
Oh .. you mean these gains.
1. Triple the gasoline prices in the US
2. Estimates of over 1 million human beings dead -including American military lives
3. An estimated 4.5 million Iraqi's displaced
4. Regular extermination of Iraqi Catholics
5. National debt that underwritten by foreign governments
6. The destruction of the American military to the such an extent that the only way the US could protect itself against foreign threat is by launching a nuclear attack
Read number 6 very carefully - this is the undertone of everything that your pals have been praying for when they have BBQ's at Perl's or Krystoll's summer house. This is why they don't give a rat's butt about veterans or active military for that matter.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 15:05:55
We invaded a country that is believed to have 20% of the World's oil. In our name - government officials have been cooking up deals to steal their oil and give them an allowance.
Oh .. you mean these gains.
1. Triple the gasoline prices in the US
2. Estimates of over 1 million human beings dead -including American military lives
3. An estimated 4.5 million Iraqi's displaced
4. Regular extermination of Iraqi Catholics
5. National debt that underwritten by foreign governments
6. The destruction of the American military to the such an extent that the only way the US could protect itself against foreign threat is by launching a nuclear attack
Read number 6 very carefully - this is the undertone of everything that your pals have been praying for when they have BBQ's at Perl's or Krystoll's summer house. This is why they don't give a rat's butt about veterans or active military for that matter.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/10/2008 at 15:05:55
GOP Senate Leader On Losing His Seat: "What Do You Mean?"
It is apparent that McConnell's answers are often in conflict with themselves.
It's all about the time of day.
Oh Kentucky, you bountiful land - come on home to the Democratic Party where you used to be. The party needs the diversity, balance and maybe even a few arguments. Mitch McConnell isn't representative of the sentiment of most Kentuckians, not unless they're battling with honesty.
Go LUNSFORD !!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:15:10
It's all about the time of day.
Oh Kentucky, you bountiful land - come on home to the Democratic Party where you used to be. The party needs the diversity, balance and maybe even a few arguments. Mitch McConnell isn't representative of the sentiment of most Kentuckians, not unless they're battling with honesty.
Go LUNSFORD !!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:15:10
World Leaders Eat 18-Course Meal While Discussing Solutions To Global Food Crisis
All that is missing from the picture is the "fictional" depiction of Marie Antoinette serving cake, the King modeling his 'New Clothes'; and a fiddle solo by Emperor Nero.
If history is prologue ... we must not be paying attention.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:18:24
If history is prologue ... we must not be paying attention.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:18:24
Taking Aim At The Next Karl Rove (VIDEO)
It would seem a truly respectable point of strategy to concede a battle and still focus on wining the war. (The War in Wash DC that is)
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:07:04
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/08/2008 at 13:07:04
Sunday Roundup
Imagine ...
Scores of Oil Industry professionals, oil industry investment specialists, oil industry trade lawyers - in the Administration - starting at the very top ...
War plans drawn up for an invasion of Iraq leading to an invasion of Iran before the 2000 election ....
Oil prices 300 % higher than when Bush took office ....
The world, including the US, a lot less safe ....
Let's not forget ... many of us helped silence the objection of going to war with our own complacency towards the US Constitution and participating in our civic responsibility by being a huge marketing demographic instead of an informed electorate. Many of us are selfish, fat and lazy and put more thought into the perfect Martini than selecting leadership. Politics isn't competitive sports. We all lose when we don't have some skin in the game.
End the coup ....
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/06/2008 at 13:50:52
Scores of Oil Industry professionals, oil industry investment specialists, oil industry trade lawyers - in the Administration - starting at the very top ...
War plans drawn up for an invasion of Iraq leading to an invasion of Iran before the 2000 election ....
Oil prices 300 % higher than when Bush took office ....
The world, including the US, a lot less safe ....
Let's not forget ... many of us helped silence the objection of going to war with our own complacency towards the US Constitution and participating in our civic responsibility by being a huge marketing demographic instead of an informed electorate. Many of us are selfish, fat and lazy and put more thought into the perfect Martini than selecting leadership. Politics isn't competitive sports. We all lose when we don't have some skin in the game.
End the coup ....
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/06/2008 at 13:50:52
Franken tries the switch from comic to Congress
Al Franken is thoughtful, smart and off beat scholar.
This article was silly, made no point ... and was suitable for NY POST.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:37:05
This article was silly, made no point ... and was suitable for NY POST.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:37:05
NY Times Slams Obama For Being "New And Not Improved"
Shocked !!
I'm Shocked that the NYT's blasted Obama !!
If we had listened to the NYT"s we would have had the largest sit-in protesting the rigged election in 2000. - Oh wait, they didn't object.
Thank goodness for Wil Shortz or the paper would have folded long ago.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:50:56
I'm Shocked that the NYT's blasted Obama !!
If we had listened to the NYT"s we would have had the largest sit-in protesting the rigged election in 2000. - Oh wait, they didn't object.
Thank goodness for Wil Shortz or the paper would have folded long ago.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:50:56
Obama On Late Abortion: Mental Distress Doesn't Justify It
Personally, I have never had any misgivings about abortion ... while those in favor of it chose the most innocuous words to describe it - the opposition uses the most horrific and inaccurate words to describe it. It is the denial of life. There may be some very good reasons to consider it. Those opposed to it, may also be very persuasive. But we should not deny that this is the ultimate denial of life. At least then ... we would be not be speaking in platitudes. What makes many consider this course is how we, as a nation presume all these rights for a fetus ... but when it is a living breathing child ... we don't seem to care very much unless it suits us.
Democrats fall on both sides of this issue ... it's okay to change one's mind ... if all living things are either growing or dying ... sticking to one's gun's is tantamount to dying. Someday this conversation about abortion, the responsibility in presiding over death and life, denial of death and life may actually occur. Meanwhile - it has been nothing but a war of slogans and we certainly haven't accomplished much - not for human rights, women's rights or equal rights on this particular subject because it is owned by the ideologues on both sides, irrespective of the fact that they only shout at each other.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:36:05
Democrats fall on both sides of this issue ... it's okay to change one's mind ... if all living things are either growing or dying ... sticking to one's gun's is tantamount to dying. Someday this conversation about abortion, the responsibility in presiding over death and life, denial of death and life may actually occur. Meanwhile - it has been nothing but a war of slogans and we certainly haven't accomplished much - not for human rights, women's rights or equal rights on this particular subject because it is owned by the ideologues on both sides, irrespective of the fact that they only shout at each other.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:36:05
Obama's War Stance: Nothing Has Changed But Media Spin
Newsmakers .... remember when that meant actual people and events.
We wrote about it ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 13:52:24
We wrote about it ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 13:52:24
My Position On FISA
Timing is everything.
One step at a time
An actual intelligent dialog
Imagine ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 13:47:54
One step at a time
An actual intelligent dialog
Imagine ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 13:47:54
Philly Radio Station Refuses To Run Dem Ad
Protecting their brand ...
When Newsmakers are actually the info-tainers ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:21:22
When Newsmakers are actually the info-tainers ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/04/2008 at 15:21:22
McCain Flips At Legit Question
This is all political theater.
The entire Republican presidential campaign is about John McCain (or Mike Huckabee) being the Party Stooge and the scapegoat. There are only a handful of politicians that actually believe this is a legitimate candidate or they wouldn't be so desperate in everything they say or do. Have you listened to Lyndsay Graham lately. Chances are this will be his last term in the Senate so he's going for broke. Same with Lieberman.
John McCain - possibly the most deluded human on the planet. The accidental hero. Sorry, I respect his service and the ordeal he went through. He was tortured. That is no excuse for unleashing his disconnected - disjointed, hardly resolvable circular logic on the American public. Shame on AZ for electing this fraud in the first place.
Wait until the military procurement, real estate and other banking regulatory shady deals get really examined. McCain is AZ's version of Sen. Ted Stevens.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/07/2008 at 11:20:39
The entire Republican presidential campaign is about John McCain (or Mike Huckabee) being the Party Stooge and the scapegoat. There are only a handful of politicians that actually believe this is a legitimate candidate or they wouldn't be so desperate in everything they say or do. Have you listened to Lyndsay Graham lately. Chances are this will be his last term in the Senate so he's going for broke. Same with Lieberman.
John McCain - possibly the most deluded human on the planet. The accidental hero. Sorry, I respect his service and the ordeal he went through. He was tortured. That is no excuse for unleashing his disconnected - disjointed, hardly resolvable circular logic on the American public. Shame on AZ for electing this fraud in the first place.
Wait until the military procurement, real estate and other banking regulatory shady deals get really examined. McCain is AZ's version of Sen. Ted Stevens.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/07/2008 at 11:20:39
What Obama Can Learn From Bubba
Learn that the Corporate Media is still controlling the conversation.
Keep at it ... until they don't
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:10:03
Keep at it ... until they don't
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:10:03
Fox News Photoshops Pictures Of New York Times Reporters In Response To Weekend "Hit Piece"
Who isn't fed up with Fox. For that matter who isn't fed up with all corporate media.
We sure are - and wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 20:54:10
We sure are - and wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 20:54:10
McCain Camp Shakeup: Rove Acolyte Takes Charge
Hey listen ...
Carly Fiorina knows all about shake-ups.
She presided over the worst business decisions in modern history - cleaned up with millions of dollars in converted shareholder equity, ruined a division - Compaq - and pretty much diluted the HP brand - all without introducing a lemon or a bad product line.
She did it the old fashioned way - by being an awful manager, a fast talker with nothing behind her words, and only one thing on her mind. Being in charge.
Yup - she knows about shake ups. I attended no less than a dozen celebratory parties around the country when she was shown the door at HP. She is among a score or so miscreants that I have done business with in my life-time that refer to only as human, nothing more. Some are currently where they belong; some are on work-release.
God's Speed Senator McCain !! With Carly on your team - the wall awaits your Straight something-or-other Express.
More about he corporate media love affair with John McCain ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 21:06:48
Carly Fiorina knows all about shake-ups.
She presided over the worst business decisions in modern history - cleaned up with millions of dollars in converted shareholder equity, ruined a division - Compaq - and pretty much diluted the HP brand - all without introducing a lemon or a bad product line.
She did it the old fashioned way - by being an awful manager, a fast talker with nothing behind her words, and only one thing on her mind. Being in charge.
Yup - she knows about shake ups. I attended no less than a dozen celebratory parties around the country when she was shown the door at HP. She is among a score or so miscreants that I have done business with in my life-time that refer to only as human, nothing more. Some are currently where they belong; some are on work-release.
God's Speed Senator McCain !! With Carly on your team - the wall awaits your Straight something-or-other Express.
More about he corporate media love affair with John McCain ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 21:06:48
Obama In Colorado Springs To Address "New Era Of Service"
I wonder what the real story is going to turn out to be after the spinning stops.
Corporate Media controls the conversation ... still
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:22:00
Corporate Media controls the conversation ... still
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:22:00
McCain Backer's Firm Pleaded Guilty To Funding Terrorist Group In Colombia
John McCain, the corporate media's favorite son. After all, he gives them dough nuts and coffee and stuff.
Let's see when this story makes it to the 10 O'Clock News somewhere in America
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:17:23
Let's see when this story makes it to the 10 O'Clock News somewhere in America
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:17:23
McCain And His Swiftboat Crew
No more knee jerk reactions.
Wes Clark didn't need an interpreter - just fair coverage.
Corporate Media manufactures this stuff.
Read more ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:23:27
Wes Clark didn't need an interpreter - just fair coverage.
Corporate Media manufactures this stuff.
Read more ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:23:27
What About It, Al?
Silliness ... pure silliness.
Meanwhile the Corporate Media controls the conversation ...
More ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:08:35
Meanwhile the Corporate Media controls the conversation ...
More ...
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 07/02/2008 at 18:08:35
Bush Administration Lacks Post-"Surge" Plan, Government Report Finds
This will soon become the final link in the presidential bid.
Just watch for McCain to start thumping harder about Iran.
Barack vs the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/24/2008 at 13:50:13
Just watch for McCain to start thumping harder about Iran.
Barack vs the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/24/2008 at 13:50:13
McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way?
The answer to the rhetorical question of course is: "Because they can!"
Have you listened to these reports? Have you listened to these reporters? Have you read the articles?
It is amazing how must the corporate press misses, or doesn't even understand about McCain's 540 degree relationship with public finance. It's only the beginning.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/24/2008 at 13:56:05
Have you listened to these reports? Have you listened to these reporters? Have you read the articles?
It is amazing how must the corporate press misses, or doesn't even understand about McCain's 540 degree relationship with public finance. It's only the beginning.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/24/2008 at 13:56:05
Obama and Clinton Reunite In Unity, NH
It's really time to retire the old primary contest warfare tools and engage in a presidential election. Even Unified - the Democratic party is a big troublesome tent - because it's the nature of liberalism to say "no" as a last resort.
Here's a chance to prove that the Democratic party can sustain the change it needs, turn over the reigns from the creepy dinosaurs to the youth movement that is largely responsible for Obama's success - and - prove that we're mature enough to stop attacking those on our own side. I was not a Hillary for president fan, but there sure are a lot of Hillary supporters that were asked to swallow hard and support Obama. For the most part - they mostly have.
I'm going put away my baggage and pitch in. I'm going to cheer her on and not expend anymore energy hammering someone that has been asked to help, or further stiff arm Democrats that formerly supported Hillary, whose engagement is very important. There's only one way to put a Democratic candidate in the White House and that is going to be by conserving our collective fight to combat the Republican National Committee and it's friends. There's nothing to be accomplished by wasting energy on fight that's over.
It's really time to play follow the leader - and the leader said - "Hillary, I'm campaigning with you"
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 17:26:07
Here's a chance to prove that the Democratic party can sustain the change it needs, turn over the reigns from the creepy dinosaurs to the youth movement that is largely responsible for Obama's success - and - prove that we're mature enough to stop attacking those on our own side. I was not a Hillary for president fan, but there sure are a lot of Hillary supporters that were asked to swallow hard and support Obama. For the most part - they mostly have.
I'm going put away my baggage and pitch in. I'm going to cheer her on and not expend anymore energy hammering someone that has been asked to help, or further stiff arm Democrats that formerly supported Hillary, whose engagement is very important. There's only one way to put a Democratic candidate in the White House and that is going to be by conserving our collective fight to combat the Republican National Committee and it's friends. There's nothing to be accomplished by wasting energy on fight that's over.
It's really time to play follow the leader - and the leader said - "Hillary, I'm campaigning with you"
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 17:26:07
McCain Adviser: Another Attack on U.S. Would Be "Big Advantage" For McCain
Black's comments did precisely what they were intended to do. Get the corporate media talking about it and giving credibility to a story that is as true as WMD in Iraq.
The corporate media will run with the underlying falsehood and forget about Charlie Black's history of misinformation or the fact that he's McCain's Baghdad Bob. These guys are professional AD MEN. They don't make these kinds of mistakes. It wasn't a mistake. It was a tactic. It worked.
Don't underestimate them.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 21:06:57
The corporate media will run with the underlying falsehood and forget about Charlie Black's history of misinformation or the fact that he's McCain's Baghdad Bob. These guys are professional AD MEN. They don't make these kinds of mistakes. It wasn't a mistake. It was a tactic. It worked.
Don't underestimate them.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 21:06:57
Mitch McConnell's Senate Seat Now In Jeopardy
We predicted this months ago. There will be much more fallout to neo-con reservists with orthodox connections to the worst presidential administration in modern history. McConnell's warts haven't even been marginally exposed. There's much ado about plenty.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 12:41:45
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 12:41:45
Sen. Lindsey Graham Flacks McCain, Offers Hysterical Histrionics On Meet The Press
Lindsay Graham smirked continuously when he wasn't speaking. He was sent out on a mission.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 12:37:13
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/23/2008 at 12:37:13
The Five Places Where A Joint Obama-Clinton Appearance Would Give The Dems The Most Bang For Their Buck
It would seem that HRC's greatest contribution will be whipping up the excitement and convincingly organize fence sitting supporters of their duty, if the Republican / neo-con coup of our government is to be eradicated. Period.
The statistics that drove the news months ago, are now no longer important. Hillary Clinton has much to gain by throwing in and assisting in change. Obama won't stand for another Democrat, particularly Hillary Clinton, being a victim of Democratic success. The healing has been well underway, and the Democratic dinosaurs of power that supported Clinton, want to be wooed. Okay ... they 'll get wooed, but the fact is - their game is essentially over - it would do them well to accept their ultimate demise graciously and assist in the transition to a more youthful and less patronage driven party.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 21:01:43
The statistics that drove the news months ago, are now no longer important. Hillary Clinton has much to gain by throwing in and assisting in change. Obama won't stand for another Democrat, particularly Hillary Clinton, being a victim of Democratic success. The healing has been well underway, and the Democratic dinosaurs of power that supported Clinton, want to be wooed. Okay ... they 'll get wooed, but the fact is - their game is essentially over - it would do them well to accept their ultimate demise graciously and assist in the transition to a more youthful and less patronage driven party.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 21:01:43
Obama: No Immunity For Telecoms
What you have stated is simply ... true.
We talked about it length today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 18:09:09
We talked about it length today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 18:09:09
Battle Shaping Up Over Future Of US Role In Iraq
Beware of the volcanoes spewing smoke and mirrors. Developing a strategy for Iraq now - is like writing a book of omelet recipes after killing the hen.
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:51:09
Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:51:09
Obama-Carter Comparisons Dubious
John McCain is not a smart man. He didn't attract public service talent in his desperate attempt at another presidential run - rather - he attracted more of the operatives that have made their collective livings by feeding furiously on the back of Americans and made millions by creating access for a list of dubious corporations - to the US Treasury. This may be rooted in the fact that McCain has really never been on anyone else's payroll other than the US public. While he is a popular point of access to corporatists - he's never really worked in the private sector.
His attacks on Obama via Carter are as disdainful as his smearing Muslims and Semitic people all over the world. If McCain had a fraction of Carter's reasoning power or heart - he would have already retired to a library where he could spend the remainder of his years learning what he professes to know.
We talked about him today and the telecom bill - a slightly different twist.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 18:19:26
His attacks on Obama via Carter are as disdainful as his smearing Muslims and Semitic people all over the world. If McCain had a fraction of Carter's reasoning power or heart - he would have already retired to a library where he could spend the remainder of his years learning what he professes to know.
We talked about him today and the telecom bill - a slightly different twist.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 18:19:26
Being the Change we Want to See: Let's Not Trash Cindy McCain Over Her Past Drug Problems
Naive? You are deluding yourself. This is dignified.
Personally, I believe you are conflating naiveté with mature. What anyone does regarding Cindy McCain's abuses of her media availability has nothing to do with acting in a dignified manner.
Clearly, the Obama campaign disagrees with your point of view, for they have not wallowed in the muck that you suggest. Certainly I don't mean to offend you, but gut checks and all the hooey is for the Neanderthal crowd.
If we do as you suggest, then everything that the Obama campaign has done thus far should have been ineffective. I respectfully disagree. This is the entire basis of the discussion regarding torture of prisoners captured by the US. Using your argument ... we should do anything we want to, regardless of the Constitution we claim to preserve. I respectfully disagree with your sentiment. I do though agree that the Republicans will not be a push-over, but Barack Obama has been playing it on his terms ... not on theirs as you suggest.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 23:54:51
Personally, I believe you are conflating naiveté with mature. What anyone does regarding Cindy McCain's abuses of her media availability has nothing to do with acting in a dignified manner.
Clearly, the Obama campaign disagrees with your point of view, for they have not wallowed in the muck that you suggest. Certainly I don't mean to offend you, but gut checks and all the hooey is for the Neanderthal crowd.
If we do as you suggest, then everything that the Obama campaign has done thus far should have been ineffective. I respectfully disagree. This is the entire basis of the discussion regarding torture of prisoners captured by the US. Using your argument ... we should do anything we want to, regardless of the Constitution we claim to preserve. I respectfully disagree with your sentiment. I do though agree that the Republicans will not be a push-over, but Barack Obama has been playing it on his terms ... not on theirs as you suggest.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 23:54:51
It seems to me that this article was very fairly written and with good intentions. As I read it the second time I wanted to start inserting notes of the high points of Mr. Pollack's words with (like Obama does) Clearly, this is the larger point of the Obama campaign ... engaging in politics with less blood-lust and more substance.
Mrs. McCain's personal behavior and or lenient treatment is certainly on the table ... but to what end? That's the question - and I can only applaud the tenor of this article and agree, restraint in the easy cheap shots at Cindy McCain is merely a way of striking back at her and retaliating ... but does it strengthen the actual argument for the greater good?
Discussing it? Certainly. It's on the table because she's put herself on the table. Cheap shots? I haven't seen the Obama campaign engage in them, while there has been abundant opportunity, they have always exercised restraint. Not every commentary has to end with a chalked outline and police tape.
Very good article.
As far as John McCain - it's hunting season and we're not shy about our commentary on the facts.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 20:50:06
Mrs. McCain's personal behavior and or lenient treatment is certainly on the table ... but to what end? That's the question - and I can only applaud the tenor of this article and agree, restraint in the easy cheap shots at Cindy McCain is merely a way of striking back at her and retaliating ... but does it strengthen the actual argument for the greater good?
Discussing it? Certainly. It's on the table because she's put herself on the table. Cheap shots? I haven't seen the Obama campaign engage in them, while there has been abundant opportunity, they have always exercised restraint. Not every commentary has to end with a chalked outline and police tape.
Very good article.
As far as John McCain - it's hunting season and we're not shy about our commentary on the facts.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 20:50:06
Obama, Money, and a Campaign Finance Proposal
It would be difficult to enumerate in how many ways I disagree with your arguments and your logic.
Perhaps my commentary on the subject will suffice as to where I disagree, respectfully.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:57:00
Perhaps my commentary on the subject will suffice as to where I disagree, respectfully.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:57:00
Obama Raises $22 Million In May
The real game hasn't even begun yet. That's where reason and facts are obscured by smoke.
We talked about Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:47:26
We talked about Barack vs. the Volcano
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 15:47:26
Legitimizing Arrogance
I have a different approach to the FISA debacle. The issue lies in the word "reasonable" and clearly the abuse by the Bush Administration was unreasonable by any standard - but what to do now ?
We discussed it today in different terms.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 16:13:15
We discussed it today in different terms.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/21/2008 at 16:13:15
Flashback: McCain Praised Carter, Called Brzezinski An "Invaluable" Adviser
Not to further make disparaging remarks about Hillary - I find myself unable to resist.
I feel this is very telling as to the high regard Senator Clinton holds Senator McCain. Their methodology has three very fundamental similarities.
1. They both are very bad at details of their own words or deeds.
2. They both draw particularly complicated and obscure analogies that are usually abandoned before the next news cycle.
3. The most powerful weapon to use against them is their own words, for it is almost guaranteed, that in their quest for public approval, they will have certainly contradicted themselves on any particular subject.
3 reasons for NO Town Halls with McCain !!!!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/11/2008 at 17:18:54
I feel this is very telling as to the high regard Senator Clinton holds Senator McCain. Their methodology has three very fundamental similarities.
1. They both are very bad at details of their own words or deeds.
2. They both draw particularly complicated and obscure analogies that are usually abandoned before the next news cycle.
3. The most powerful weapon to use against them is their own words, for it is almost guaranteed, that in their quest for public approval, they will have certainly contradicted themselves on any particular subject.
3 reasons for NO Town Halls with McCain !!!!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/11/2008 at 17:18:54
Dan Boren, Oklahoma Dem, Says Obama Too Liberal, Won't Endorse
Don't worry about learning his name ... he just announced that isn't interested in being a Congressman any longer.
3 Reasons to reject McCain's Town Hall dare !!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/11/2008 at 13:09:05
3 Reasons to reject McCain's Town Hall dare !!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/11/2008 at 13:09:05
Republicans Block Extra Taxes On Oil Companies
Barring the fact that you haven't stated a single fact ... would you care to post one?. Just one? Not your opinion, a fact.
Do you realize how they propose to move that oil? They move it by pipeline. A single round from a rifle can disable the entire supply.
Addiction to foreign oil. Americans, plain old Americans could crush the oil companies and make them reassess their protracted fiction and lower prices immediately by reducing our consumption - by 20%. We could do that in a week - if we lowered the National speed limit to 50. Then we could address where to go from there ... when we are holding a more powerful hand, the hand of the market that spends the money. We've made it a sellers market. Why would we be so stupid?
But, the biggest problem with this ... we Americans. We would rather complain and bicker with each other over politics than pull together with some argument, agreement and execution. We don't like to be inconvenienced and we're even more selfish about holding on to our opinions - long after they're of any use.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:15:00
Do you realize how they propose to move that oil? They move it by pipeline. A single round from a rifle can disable the entire supply.
Addiction to foreign oil. Americans, plain old Americans could crush the oil companies and make them reassess their protracted fiction and lower prices immediately by reducing our consumption - by 20%. We could do that in a week - if we lowered the National speed limit to 50. Then we could address where to go from there ... when we are holding a more powerful hand, the hand of the market that spends the money. We've made it a sellers market. Why would we be so stupid?
But, the biggest problem with this ... we Americans. We would rather complain and bicker with each other over politics than pull together with some argument, agreement and execution. We don't like to be inconvenienced and we're even more selfish about holding on to our opinions - long after they're of any use.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:15:00
Illegal Viagra Leads 24% Jump In Counterfeit Medicine Seizures
(Apologies in advance)
This gives new impetus to the penal code:
If convicted of Viagra crimes -
Hard Time!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:26:27
This gives new impetus to the penal code:
If convicted of Viagra crimes -
Hard Time!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:26:27
Eliot Spitzer Shops Plan To Start Vulture Fund
Career Crime Fighter turns to life of crime.
This would have been the perfect time for Spitzer to redeem the public trust he shattered (among those that bought his hubris and theatrics that is - we never did) http://binx101.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/eliot-spitzer-do-as-i-say/ by using what is left of his public collateral and proposing a government Bond fund that would do the same thing, except with the public good in mind and a criteria more akin to GHI and FHA which permitted a housing market to controllably move into profit while all the returning vets from WWII got restarted.
Nah ... guess vulture fund sounds more exciting now that he's cast himself as a villain.
He could have made such a better choice. We had him pegged way back when.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:22:52
This would have been the perfect time for Spitzer to redeem the public trust he shattered (among those that bought his hubris and theatrics that is - we never did) http://binx101.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/eliot-spitzer-do-as-i-say/ by using what is left of his public collateral and proposing a government Bond fund that would do the same thing, except with the public good in mind and a criteria more akin to GHI and FHA which permitted a housing market to controllably move into profit while all the returning vets from WWII got restarted.
Nah ... guess vulture fund sounds more exciting now that he's cast himself as a villain.
He could have made such a better choice. We had him pegged way back when.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/10/2008 at 13:22:52
Obama Launching "Joshua Generation Project"
This is vision. This is the vision that will draw ire from some because they miss the point. Giving a voice to different factions of our society doesn't mean one has to join their club - it means they have a place at the table.
This is what will drive the 527's posing as Religious groups - to the ledge ready to jump.
Let's hear the voices of Donohoe of the Catholic Defense League speak against this action. It will be more interesting than the lengthy nomination antics we've just endured.
Members of the Catholic League's board of advisers:
L. Brent Bozell III
Linda Chavez
Dinesh D'Souza
Alan Keyes
Kate O'Beirne
Can't wait to hear how this group handles the news.
3 reasons for no Town Halls with McBush
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 20:36:37
This is what will drive the 527's posing as Religious groups - to the ledge ready to jump.
Let's hear the voices of Donohoe of the Catholic Defense League speak against this action. It will be more interesting than the lengthy nomination antics we've just endured.
Members of the Catholic League's board of advisers:
L. Brent Bozell III
Linda Chavez
Dinesh D'Souza
Alan Keyes
Kate O'Beirne
Can't wait to hear how this group handles the news.
3 reasons for no Town Halls with McBush
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 20:36:37
Bush Fired Karl Rove In Church To Avoid A Scene, Says New Book
For what its worth - its been rumored that this was a move by the administration to have KR draw his own fire - considering they never believed they would have been this successful in delaying justice and keeping a lid on the cesspool they created at Justice.
I don't believe a single word of the story - even though it is the kind of baffling logic one might expect and the lack of dignity that has been dependable from the current White House.
3 Reasons for no Town Halls with McBush
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 20:26:18
I don't believe a single word of the story - even though it is the kind of baffling logic one might expect and the lack of dignity that has been dependable from the current White House.
3 Reasons for no Town Halls with McBush
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 20:26:18
The Webby Awards Are Only Giving Us 5 Words...Help!
Who?, What?, When?, Why? Web!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 13:17:48
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 13:17:48
Vetting the Veeps: One Question to Ask
The other reason that this question wasn't asked of Cheney, is that he was the committee responsible for finding and vetting the Veep candidate
That was the equivalent of having the accused give themselves a lie detector test.
(No TownHalls with McCain - and why)
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 16:08:57
That was the equivalent of having the accused give themselves a lie detector test.
(No TownHalls with McCain - and why)
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/09/2008 at 16:08:57
Hillary Clinton Concession Speech: Suspends Campaign, Endorses Obama
While today's speech was, overall, a positive, one didn't have to be a 'profiler' in order to grasp the conflict and the emotion being suppressed by the speaker. The corporate media appeared to be in exultation of the event.
Fact is, my take, is that there is a profound sadness from the former candidate and clearly, there was an expression from her that she had been unfairly encouraged to get out of the way, particularly biting, since her team, right up until her introduction in the last bewildering speech, seemed as though they were encouraged by something in an alternate reality. The sound bites are abundant..
I also firmly believe - that the delay this morning was further editing of the speech, in which her own staff were incapable of scrubbing their own vitriol, and required editing assistance after its preview in confidence was rejected by Party elders concerned with unity.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/07/2008 at 20:12:00
Fact is, my take, is that there is a profound sadness from the former candidate and clearly, there was an expression from her that she had been unfairly encouraged to get out of the way, particularly biting, since her team, right up until her introduction in the last bewildering speech, seemed as though they were encouraged by something in an alternate reality. The sound bites are abundant..
I also firmly believe - that the delay this morning was further editing of the speech, in which her own staff were incapable of scrubbing their own vitriol, and required editing assistance after its preview in confidence was rejected by Party elders concerned with unity.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/07/2008 at 20:12:00
Levitating Train From Las Vegas To Los Angeles Gets Boost
Hey Great News.
Hard Eight !! Hard Eight !!
By the way - how's the Katrina thing going???
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 22:41:21
Hard Eight !! Hard Eight !!
By the way - how's the Katrina thing going???
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 22:41:21
Remembrances of Things to Come
Yes indeed.
Time to get upbeat.
Time to get in the game.
Time for us to begin to change too.
Good won't be good enough anymore ... it's time to be great !
Nice start with your article.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 23:15:18
Time to get upbeat.
Time to get in the game.
Time for us to begin to change too.
Good won't be good enough anymore ... it's time to be great !
Nice start with your article.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 23:15:18
Iran May Have Used Pentagon Officials To Feed Bogus Intel To Bush Administration
What a shock !!!
But really ... wouldn't the natural starting point be - The Bush White House didn't evaluate or vet the intelligence correctly ?
Further, considering the BS that has come from the White House and its complicit cohorts in the corporate media - wouldn't it be reasonable to postulate that just like the phony Niger reports - the White House knew that the intelligence data was a scam, but used it to shill for a war they had planned before Bush was sworn in to office?
Does anyone believe that this story ??
There was no one fooled - this a cover to blame foreign agents for the criminal acts of the Bush Administration. There are enough accounts in the corporate media already that would make that the natural direction of an investigation.
No one fooled anyone.
It was being used for cover, and I'll be willing to bet that it was created by our (United States Officials) inspiration. This is called treason.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 22:38:59
But really ... wouldn't the natural starting point be - The Bush White House didn't evaluate or vet the intelligence correctly ?
Further, considering the BS that has come from the White House and its complicit cohorts in the corporate media - wouldn't it be reasonable to postulate that just like the phony Niger reports - the White House knew that the intelligence data was a scam, but used it to shill for a war they had planned before Bush was sworn in to office?
Does anyone believe that this story ??
There was no one fooled - this a cover to blame foreign agents for the criminal acts of the Bush Administration. There are enough accounts in the corporate media already that would make that the natural direction of an investigation.
No one fooled anyone.
It was being used for cover, and I'll be willing to bet that it was created by our (United States Officials) inspiration. This is called treason.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 22:38:59
Obama: "Settle Down" About VP Pick
Now while this would make a great story - do you have any information regarding Hillary's judicial temperament?
Any high court justices, the Supreme Court being the penultimate appointment, are called to write detailed decisions with that become indelible tools of framing cases before the Court. Did you every read one of Hillary Clinton's articles?? If you haven't, let me suggest you go examine a few. She's no writer, in fact, she may have some great qualities, but I have never understood them.
Are you suggesting that the Supreme Court become a placating patronage position, when there are highly qualified jurists, coast to coast, some living very solitary lives in the Federal Court system, because they have shown progressive or liberal tendencies in a system that has been threatened for almost 8 straight years ??
I don't see your proposal as being anything even remotely in Obama's mind. With all due respect - it is rather insulting to offer a Supreme Court position as a consolation prize ... no ??
I'm not prone to thank you for your suggestion but more apt to admonish it as a very very very bad idea for at least another dozen reasons.
We also don't think Obama should accept the McCain Townhall challenge either and we wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 20:13:15
Any high court justices, the Supreme Court being the penultimate appointment, are called to write detailed decisions with that become indelible tools of framing cases before the Court. Did you every read one of Hillary Clinton's articles?? If you haven't, let me suggest you go examine a few. She's no writer, in fact, she may have some great qualities, but I have never understood them.
Are you suggesting that the Supreme Court become a placating patronage position, when there are highly qualified jurists, coast to coast, some living very solitary lives in the Federal Court system, because they have shown progressive or liberal tendencies in a system that has been threatened for almost 8 straight years ??
I don't see your proposal as being anything even remotely in Obama's mind. With all due respect - it is rather insulting to offer a Supreme Court position as a consolation prize ... no ??
I'm not prone to thank you for your suggestion but more apt to admonish it as a very very very bad idea for at least another dozen reasons.
We also don't think Obama should accept the McCain Townhall challenge either and we wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 20:13:15
Rep. Rohrabacher On Using Women's Panties For Torture
There is a cancer in our Congress. It started with Newt Gingrinch, when vociferously called for a contract with America that would turn out to be a blind in order to hold the door of the HOUSE open for a new breed of legislator - like exterminator turned Whip - Tom Delay. It carried through nearly 7 election cycles.
Now it's time to take out the garbage, and with it, the malignant corruption in the Congress. The constipated thinking of those that adopted the power plane and left their scruples in a Church pew many lives ago. Time to tidy up the political landscape, so that good people, with good intentions will be attracted to public service rather than the those simply interested in a grab or pick pocketing the American electorate.
Rohrabacher, is a recipient of the Reagan Butt Kissing award and has been protected better than spotted owl in Southern California. He's due for career change.
We wrote today about 3 reasons why Obama should NOT agree to doing Town Halls with McCain.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 20:27:06
Now it's time to take out the garbage, and with it, the malignant corruption in the Congress. The constipated thinking of those that adopted the power plane and left their scruples in a Church pew many lives ago. Time to tidy up the political landscape, so that good people, with good intentions will be attracted to public service rather than the those simply interested in a grab or pick pocketing the American electorate.
Rohrabacher, is a recipient of the Reagan Butt Kissing award and has been protected better than spotted owl in Southern California. He's due for career change.
We wrote today about 3 reasons why Obama should NOT agree to doing Town Halls with McCain.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 20:27:06
Clinton Avoids VP Talk, Pushes Donors To Work For Obama During Afternoon Call
Time to get back to America.
Hillary would make me very happy if she started to attack McCain. That's when I believe. I'm very confident that she will - but - I will reserve by adulation until I see the first volley from Hillary into the McCain Camp of myths and mysticism.
And that (my friends) is how I feel.
By the way ... we listed 3 reasons today why Obama should NOT do Town Halls with McCain.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 19:21:05
Hillary would make me very happy if she started to attack McCain. That's when I believe. I'm very confident that she will - but - I will reserve by adulation until I see the first volley from Hillary into the McCain Camp of myths and mysticism.
And that (my friends) is how I feel.
By the way ... we listed 3 reasons today why Obama should NOT do Town Halls with McCain.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 19:21:05
6 Other Things that Aren't "Change We Can Believe In"
This piece was just what I needed to read.
'Excruciating Hypocrisy' is perfect !!
Your story will be our centerpiece link for the weekend.
Thanks,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 13:48:10
'Excruciating Hypocrisy' is perfect !!
Your story will be our centerpiece link for the weekend.
Thanks,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 13:48:10
A Transformational Moment
Hey Cranky - that was one of the best comments I've ever read here!!
That's precisely the point.
Very well said.
Thanks,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 11:03:09
That's precisely the point.
Very well said.
Thanks,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 11:03:09
You summed up your approach in your last sentence.
I'll bet if asked how many people would rather NOT be than to be YOU, this string would be endless.
You took the time to express your vitriol at the column of one of the few men in the world - who actually walks his talk.
Our country that is so magnificent that a mixed race candidate, with a Muslim sounding middle name, Constitutional Law Professor who just built a campaign from scratch and out maneuvered an Illinois legislature fixture, to then launch a US Senate Campaign and win, and then launch a Presidential Campaign despite the threats of the NY-CHI Dinosaur Dem machine and you've deduced that he is the product of a unfair advantage ??
Are you insane ??
I'm so glad our kids don't think like you, don't have to be influenced by your 'bitterness' - your blaming your failures on others successes - or your finding reasons to complain because it is your natural demeanor.
Surely it is your right to express your opinion, but it is your responsibility to, at the very least, pretend that you are competent. I wonder how much of my tax dollars and contribution into the Social Security system is paying for your rights right now. .Wait!! Wait!! That's an affirmative action program that benefits only certain citizens !!!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 10:52:55
I'll bet if asked how many people would rather NOT be than to be YOU, this string would be endless.
You took the time to express your vitriol at the column of one of the few men in the world - who actually walks his talk.
Our country that is so magnificent that a mixed race candidate, with a Muslim sounding middle name, Constitutional Law Professor who just built a campaign from scratch and out maneuvered an Illinois legislature fixture, to then launch a US Senate Campaign and win, and then launch a Presidential Campaign despite the threats of the NY-CHI Dinosaur Dem machine and you've deduced that he is the product of a unfair advantage ??
Are you insane ??
I'm so glad our kids don't think like you, don't have to be influenced by your 'bitterness' - your blaming your failures on others successes - or your finding reasons to complain because it is your natural demeanor.
Surely it is your right to express your opinion, but it is your responsibility to, at the very least, pretend that you are competent. I wonder how much of my tax dollars and contribution into the Social Security system is paying for your rights right now. .Wait!! Wait!! That's an affirmative action program that benefits only certain citizens !!!
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/06/2008 at 10:52:55
Major Clinton Backers Rally Around Obama
NO Town Halls with McCain
NO Town Halls with McCain
NO Town Halls with McCain
We wrote about 3 reasons why today -
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:03:05
NO Town Halls with McCain
NO Town Halls with McCain
We wrote about 3 reasons why today -
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:03:05
Hamas Un-Endorses Obama
Another irrelevant - non- event. Hamas is at present, an enemy of the US. They have been for a while. It became even more so, when the feckless Bush Administration empowered them, against Israel's request - regarding the elections in Lebannon.
Did I actually see chickenhawks in the blog - assailing Obama for losing the Hamas support?
As if on cue - Hamas just single handedly gave the Jewish- American legacy voters a reason to switch from the distasteful pasty old White guy and vote for Obama.
We also believe that there are 3 reasons that Obama should reject the Town Hall proposal from McCain
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 16:04:51
Did I actually see chickenhawks in the blog - assailing Obama for losing the Hamas support?
As if on cue - Hamas just single handedly gave the Jewish- American legacy voters a reason to switch from the distasteful pasty old White guy and vote for Obama.
We also believe that there are 3 reasons that Obama should reject the Town Hall proposal from McCain
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 16:04:51
Obama And Dean Team Up To Recast The Political Map
Paul Begala and a lot of former Democrats, are making a nice living on the outside looking in, from a post-Bill Clinton perspective.
Their value to the general discussion is proving to be much less important than the value they hope to get for themselves by at minimum ... being in the buzz.
Our observation is that they have a singular interest. Themselves. It's not like they are continuing in public service.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:42:11
Their value to the general discussion is proving to be much less important than the value they hope to get for themselves by at minimum ... being in the buzz.
Our observation is that they have a singular interest. Themselves. It's not like they are continuing in public service.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:42:11
Hillary Clinton Running For The Vice Presidency
In light of the way that Obama approaches these issues, I'm going to save my hammer for McCain. The Obama camp is not going to prevent Hillary from acting out, but rather I trust, they'll make their pick the same way they ran this campaign thus far.
Understandably, Clinton has evoked extremes from the electorate. She's inconsequential now and while we're sure there are plenty of folks happy to continue to express their opinions about her- pro and con - we are tired of the Dem on Dem struggle we're going to focus on McCain's lies, inconsistencies and his selling out America (wholesale)
We called him the Republican's Edsel today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:27:04
Understandably, Clinton has evoked extremes from the electorate. She's inconsequential now and while we're sure there are plenty of folks happy to continue to express their opinions about her- pro and con - we are tired of the Dem on Dem struggle we're going to focus on McCain's lies, inconsistencies and his selling out America (wholesale)
We called him the Republican's Edsel today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:27:04
Morning Joe "Unlike Anything Else On Morning TV"
I love the consensus here ... and I agree.
Morning Joe w/o Joe ... good... with ... no need to DVR.
The article also missed pointing out that along with John Stewart's clip of McAuliffe - Joe's big prediction last year was the Hillary would get the nomination and Obama would get the beating of his career. Haven't heard a word about it - even though he announced it with a Bravura suitable for a Superbowl win.
He's bully with a questionable background.
Has anyone ever gotten an the full story about the young woman that was found murdered in his office in Florida? I believe he is beholden to a hand-full of 'under the rug sweepers.' I personally will not patronize him until he is open about the facts. It is our business. He was a US Congressman and not many people even know this occurred.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 18:05:25
Morning Joe w/o Joe ... good... with ... no need to DVR.
The article also missed pointing out that along with John Stewart's clip of McAuliffe - Joe's big prediction last year was the Hillary would get the nomination and Obama would get the beating of his career. Haven't heard a word about it - even though he announced it with a Bravura suitable for a Superbowl win.
He's bully with a questionable background.
Has anyone ever gotten an the full story about the young woman that was found murdered in his office in Florida? I believe he is beholden to a hand-full of 'under the rug sweepers.' I personally will not patronize him until he is open about the facts. It is our business. He was a US Congressman and not many people even know this occurred.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 18:05:25
Did Hillary Clinton's Media Missteps Help Doom Her Campaign?
Meanwhile ... while we're here talking about Hillary - there's a real deal going on outside.
McCain people are trying to get every free media channel working for them - there is just no more time to talk about Hillary. Right now she is irrelevant.
She should have been in the center of every newspaper in the country congratulating Obama - instead she's dragging out this drama so her peeps can have some leverage to negotiate. She wouldn't have to do that if she would have just embraced Obama with dignity - the Obama supporters would have embraced her too.
Sorry - done with Hillary - she's a distraction. She should be blasting McCain !!
YOU should have had the opportunity (me too) to write an article about how Cool Hillary is - coming out fighting for the Party seconds after her gracious concession speech and endorsement of the Party's pick. Instead she has power drunk Pow Wows with McAuliffe and her Lobbyist roadies ??
No Town Halls with McCain - and 3 Reasons why they shouldn't happen
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:14:40
McCain people are trying to get every free media channel working for them - there is just no more time to talk about Hillary. Right now she is irrelevant.
She should have been in the center of every newspaper in the country congratulating Obama - instead she's dragging out this drama so her peeps can have some leverage to negotiate. She wouldn't have to do that if she would have just embraced Obama with dignity - the Obama supporters would have embraced her too.
Sorry - done with Hillary - she's a distraction. She should be blasting McCain !!
YOU should have had the opportunity (me too) to write an article about how Cool Hillary is - coming out fighting for the Party seconds after her gracious concession speech and endorsement of the Party's pick. Instead she has power drunk Pow Wows with McAuliffe and her Lobbyist roadies ??
No Town Halls with McCain - and 3 Reasons why they shouldn't happen
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:14:40
McCain's Day Marked By False Statements And Gaffes
Debates Debates Debates
The Lie Detector (as long as it is a PBS staff and not the network klutzes.)
Debates Debates Debates
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 22:42:30
The Lie Detector (as long as it is a PBS staff and not the network klutzes.)
Debates Debates Debates
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 22:42:30
McCain's Campaign Manager Announces Contest In Disturbing Video
This is the McCain campaign trying to extend their empty coffers
They have NO money.
This is one of many ways the McCain campaign is going to try and use Social Networking Content to augment their inability to raise money.
They want YOU Tube and YOU to carry their water.
This is why Obama MUST refuse the Town Hall idea ....
We wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:47:05
They have NO money.
This is one of many ways the McCain campaign is going to try and use Social Networking Content to augment their inability to raise money.
They want YOU Tube and YOU to carry their water.
This is why Obama MUST refuse the Town Hall idea ....
We wrote about it today.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 14:47:05
I Am Not a Bargaining Chip, I Am a Democrat
Hillary Rosen:
This was a terrific article for Democrats to read. Any one who has observed your public appearances would already know that you were not a good choice on a panel if one wanted to hear a rant, disjointed logic or vitriol. On the other hand, if a conversation were the objective, you've always delivered a point of view with a rationale.
You are always dignified.
The article that you just wrote was Grace.
Your talking head is a valuable asset for balance on the News-0-tainment shows, as it is here. I haven't always agreed with you, as I do today ... but I always read or listen to every word because you are valuable voice.
Continued peace,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 15:44:32
This was a terrific article for Democrats to read. Any one who has observed your public appearances would already know that you were not a good choice on a panel if one wanted to hear a rant, disjointed logic or vitriol. On the other hand, if a conversation were the objective, you've always delivered a point of view with a rationale.
You are always dignified.
The article that you just wrote was Grace.
Your talking head is a valuable asset for balance on the News-0-tainment shows, as it is here. I haven't always agreed with you, as I do today ... but I always read or listen to every word because you are valuable voice.
Continued peace,
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 15:44:32
McCain Vs. Obama: Where Candidates Stand On Environment And Energy
Having hosted an environmental panel in Northern California recently, we discovered many interesting issues during the Q&A. There is a hostility that bubbles just beneath the surface. A contempt for those that will make money and create successful businesses in reaching the goals of a Greener world.
I've found it confounding and baffling to deal with purists and non-believers alike. Not surprisingly, it runs along the same divide as Liberals and Conservatives. This leads me to believe it has more to do with essential political propaganda than it does with any actual facts.
The line is moving because the neocon obstructionists, very well funded in petro-dollars, are losing way to reason. Many former supporters have glanced at their reflection, fist pumping furiously in support of political leadership that through deficient governance, has left them essentially cheering for people who have been picking their pockets and poisoning their planet.
Quite the wake-up call.
But don't expect them all to change - we have many Americans that aren't smarter than a 5th Grader - and we have to turn that trend around. It could, though actually be fun and exciting. Learning is always rewarding.
Bravo for launching this initiative.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 13:39:21
I've found it confounding and baffling to deal with purists and non-believers alike. Not surprisingly, it runs along the same divide as Liberals and Conservatives. This leads me to believe it has more to do with essential political propaganda than it does with any actual facts.
The line is moving because the neocon obstructionists, very well funded in petro-dollars, are losing way to reason. Many former supporters have glanced at their reflection, fist pumping furiously in support of political leadership that through deficient governance, has left them essentially cheering for people who have been picking their pockets and poisoning their planet.
Quite the wake-up call.
But don't expect them all to change - we have many Americans that aren't smarter than a 5th Grader - and we have to turn that trend around. It could, though actually be fun and exciting. Learning is always rewarding.
Bravo for launching this initiative.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 13:39:21
Obama Vs McCain: The Race Is On
Great drive by comment.
What was your purpose?
Did you forget to supply a rationale for your statement?
I'm curious as to what made you write this comment, when we've just witnessed one of the most fierce and well mannered campaigns, under the most incomprehensible circumstances from the clearly an organization that was built from the ground up in a remarkably short time.
What was your motivation.
Are you an Obama supporter, a Hillary Supporter or a Republican?
What was your point.?
I'm seriously asking because I'm bewildered.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 15:08:14
What was your purpose?
Did you forget to supply a rationale for your statement?
I'm curious as to what made you write this comment, when we've just witnessed one of the most fierce and well mannered campaigns, under the most incomprehensible circumstances from the clearly an organization that was built from the ground up in a remarkably short time.
What was your motivation.
Are you an Obama supporter, a Hillary Supporter or a Republican?
What was your point.?
I'm seriously asking because I'm bewildered.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/04/2008 at 15:08:14
America's 40 Years War at an End
Terrific article, although I hated the way you began it with the reference to RFK.
This is, in my opinion, an allegory better left unsaid for the next 50 years - particularly after Hillary's recent attempt. However, from an historical point of view, I understand why the analogy is irresistible and irrefutable.
Your article supported your opening assertion, but I'm still uneasy about it. Your fine article has evoked a screaming match in my Gemini head. (No stop being afraid - I can't, these people are nuts - Grow UP !!!)
The article is outstanding.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:01:20
This is, in my opinion, an allegory better left unsaid for the next 50 years - particularly after Hillary's recent attempt. However, from an historical point of view, I understand why the analogy is irresistible and irrefutable.
Your article supported your opening assertion, but I'm still uneasy about it. Your fine article has evoked a screaming match in my Gemini head. (No stop being afraid - I can't, these people are nuts - Grow UP !!!)
The article is outstanding.
Binx101
The Almost Daily Binx
http://binx101.wordpress.com posted 06/05/2008 at 15:01:20
Daily Show's Stewart 'Quietly Visiting' Ailing Iraq Soldiers
Funny ... I thought the underlying article was about Soldiers honoring Stewart.
Goodness, wait until General James Cartwright realizes what he's done !!! posted 03/28/2008 at 20:12:30
Goodness, wait until General James Cartwright realizes what he's done !!! posted 03/28/2008 at 20:12:30
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