I was so curious that when we got home I looked it up, and found an Agency France-Presse news article...
The AFP (Agence France-Presse)
You will notice that it is spelled that way on the English site. Should LNP notify the AFP that they are changing their name? LOL!
If you read the article found here, you immediately realize this column is quoting from the article it basically ripped off.
You call this journalism? The original article appeared June 15, 2006! If I wanted to read this article, I would have done it then!
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Sunday, August 26, 2007
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Ratings for Pelosi’s Congress Sink Further
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While Democrats rejoice over President Bush's dismal popularity ratings, the popularity of the Congress they control has plummeted to the lowest point since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress in 1974.
According to Gallup News Service, just 18% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the August 13-16, 2007 Gallup Poll.
That matches the low recorded in March 1992, when a check-bouncing scandal was one of several besetting Congress, which had a similarly low 19% approval rating during the energy crisis in the summer of 1979...MORE
While Democrats rejoice over President Bush's dismal popularity ratings, the popularity of the Congress they control has plummeted to the lowest point since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress in 1974.
According to Gallup News Service, just 18% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the August 13-16, 2007 Gallup Poll.
That matches the low recorded in March 1992, when a check-bouncing scandal was one of several besetting Congress, which had a similarly low 19% approval rating during the energy crisis in the summer of 1979...MORE
Monday, August 20, 2007
Sunday, August 19, 2007
US House of Representatives' computer used in Wikipedia vandalism?
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May 2007
Regarding edits made during May 3, 2007 to Laura Bush
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. As a member of the Wikipedia community, I would like to remind you of Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view policy for editors. You may also be interested in reading The five pillars of Wikipedia, our Help pages, the Tutorial, the policy on citing sources, and our Manual of Style.
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auburnpilot talk 20:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
June 2007
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Africanized bee. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to blocking of editing privileges. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Jordanhatch 19:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Organized crime. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. —DerHexer (Talk) 19:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
August 2007
This is your last warning.
The next time you delete or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia, as you did to Abortion law, you will be blocked from editing. Gscshoyru 19:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
May 2007
Regarding edits made during May 3, 2007 to Laura Bush
Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. As a member of the Wikipedia community, I would like to remind you of Wikipedia's neutral-point-of-view policy for editors. You may also be interested in reading The five pillars of Wikipedia, our Help pages, the Tutorial, the policy on citing sources, and our Manual of Style.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!
auburnpilot talk 20:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
June 2007
Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Africanized bee. It is considered vandalism, which, under Wikipedia policy, can lead to blocking of editing privileges. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. Jordanhatch 19:52, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did to Organized crime. Your edits appear to be vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. —DerHexer (Talk) 19:54, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
August 2007
This is your last warning.
The next time you delete or blank page contents or templates from Wikipedia, as you did to Abortion law, you will be blocked from editing. Gscshoyru 19:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Demcrats' Baby Steps
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WASHINGTON — For some of the Democratic party's loyal supporters, this is turning out to be a summer of discontent.
In recent weeks, a prominent anti-war activist announced plans to challenge Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Four major Hispanic organizations protested the "mixed message" on immigration from congressional Democrats. Even a Democratic senator blamed his party for "giving in" on a key privacy issue.
Last November's election gave Democrats control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994. But some of the party's key constituencies are having a hard time understanding why the sweeping changes they anticipated have been so slow in coming.
"We did our job as citizens," said Dana Balicki, a spokeswoman for the anti-war protest group CodePink She qualified Congress' efforts to reverse President Bush's Iraq policy as "baby steps."
Political science experts, including Jack Pitney, a professor at Claremont McKenna College in California, say the party's track record is not surprising given that its margin of control is narrow and its caucus prone to splitting along regional and ideological lines. Pitney thinks party leaders are victims of their own hype.
"They raised a lot of expectations, but it was never in the cards they could bring about revolutionary change," he said. "They have a narrow majority and a president of the other party."
The limits of the party's power were vividly on display as the House and Senate rushed to wrap up legislation before leaving for a month-long August recess. The votes of centrist Democrats helped the president win expanded wiretapping authority. They also cleared the way for a Senate vote on a judicial nominee whose rulings have angered gay rights advocates.
More splits in Democratic ranks loom in September.
A report from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will renew debate over war policy. Some conservative Democrats, such as Rep. John Barrow of Georgia, have voted against setting a date for troop withdrawal.
On energy policy, an effort to reconcile competing House and Senate bills will ignite a battle over fuel-efficiency standards. Regional interests have trumped party loyalty for Democrats from automaker states, such as Rep. John Dingell of Michigan.
Party leaders are aware of the discontent. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who's in charge of rounding up Democratic votes for legislation, says "it's a real challenge" to balance the interests of a group of 231 lawmakers that includes a 43-member Black Caucus, 24-member Hispanic Caucus, a 72-member Out of Iraq Caucus and 42 freshmen, half of them from districts that Bush carried in 2004.
Liberal activists are not sympathetic. Cindy Sheehan, who camped in front of the president's Texas ranch to protest the death of her son in Iraq, announced Thursday she's running against Pelosi in next year's election. Sheehan wants the speaker to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush.
While CodePink doesn't endorse Sheehan's candidacy, the group understands her motivation, Balicki said. "We had a certain expectation that people we were electing under this mandate for peace would lead us out of this war," she said.
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., chastised members of his party in an online column for The Huffington Post after the House and Senate approved controversial wiretapping legislation that he said will give the government power to snoop on Americans without warrants.
The administration said it needed the measure to conduct anti-terrorist surveillance; 18 Senate Democrats and 41 in the House voted for the measure. Eleven of the House Democrats were freshmen who face re-election next year in districts that Bush carried in 2004.
"Congress has buckled to pressure and intimidation by the administration," Feingold wrote.
Similarly, immigrant rights advocates such as Frank Sharry of the National Immigration Forum contend that some Democrats "seem spooked" on what to do with about 12 million illegal immigrants.
"They seem to be a bit inexperienced in controlling the levers of power," Sharry said.
At the outset of this year's immigration debate, Democratic congressional leaders — along with the president — rejected the demands of some Republican conservatives that Congress concentrate on beefing up border security before considering whether to provide illegal immigrants with a path to citizenship. Nevertheless, after failing to pass a comprehensive plan to overhaul immigration, the Senate last month approved an additional $3 billion for more fencing and detention facilities along the border.
Last month, top Hispanic leaders, including Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, told Pelosi in a letter they are "outraged" by a suggestion from one of her top lieutenants — Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. — that a comprehensive approach to immigration would have to wait until the second term of the next Democratic presidency. Emanuel issued a statement expressing his "continuing commitment" to the legislation but didn't deny making the remark.
Gay rights leaders were equally outraged when, in the last week before recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended confirmation of Leslie Southwick to a post on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sided with committee Republicans to send the nomination to the Senate floor for a vote.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian rights organization, protested Southwick's ruling that a lesbian mother could forfeit custody of her child because of her sexual orientation.
However low his poll numbers, the president still has the ability to make nominations, advocate for legislation and drive the national agenda. "Congress doesn't have it within its power to immediately and dramatically reverse policies," said Thomas Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
WASHINGTON — For some of the Democratic party's loyal supporters, this is turning out to be a summer of discontent.
In recent weeks, a prominent anti-war activist announced plans to challenge Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Four major Hispanic organizations protested the "mixed message" on immigration from congressional Democrats. Even a Democratic senator blamed his party for "giving in" on a key privacy issue.
Last November's election gave Democrats control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994. But some of the party's key constituencies are having a hard time understanding why the sweeping changes they anticipated have been so slow in coming.
"We did our job as citizens," said Dana Balicki, a spokeswoman for the anti-war protest group CodePink She qualified Congress' efforts to reverse President Bush's Iraq policy as "baby steps."
Political science experts, including Jack Pitney, a professor at Claremont McKenna College in California, say the party's track record is not surprising given that its margin of control is narrow and its caucus prone to splitting along regional and ideological lines. Pitney thinks party leaders are victims of their own hype.
"They raised a lot of expectations, but it was never in the cards they could bring about revolutionary change," he said. "They have a narrow majority and a president of the other party."
The limits of the party's power were vividly on display as the House and Senate rushed to wrap up legislation before leaving for a month-long August recess. The votes of centrist Democrats helped the president win expanded wiretapping authority. They also cleared the way for a Senate vote on a judicial nominee whose rulings have angered gay rights advocates.
More splits in Democratic ranks loom in September.
A report from Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will renew debate over war policy. Some conservative Democrats, such as Rep. John Barrow of Georgia, have voted against setting a date for troop withdrawal.
On energy policy, an effort to reconcile competing House and Senate bills will ignite a battle over fuel-efficiency standards. Regional interests have trumped party loyalty for Democrats from automaker states, such as Rep. John Dingell of Michigan.
Party leaders are aware of the discontent. House Majority Whip James Clyburn, who's in charge of rounding up Democratic votes for legislation, says "it's a real challenge" to balance the interests of a group of 231 lawmakers that includes a 43-member Black Caucus, 24-member Hispanic Caucus, a 72-member Out of Iraq Caucus and 42 freshmen, half of them from districts that Bush carried in 2004.
Liberal activists are not sympathetic. Cindy Sheehan, who camped in front of the president's Texas ranch to protest the death of her son in Iraq, announced Thursday she's running against Pelosi in next year's election. Sheehan wants the speaker to introduce articles of impeachment against Bush.
While CodePink doesn't endorse Sheehan's candidacy, the group understands her motivation, Balicki said. "We had a certain expectation that people we were electing under this mandate for peace would lead us out of this war," she said.
Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., chastised members of his party in an online column for The Huffington Post after the House and Senate approved controversial wiretapping legislation that he said will give the government power to snoop on Americans without warrants.
The administration said it needed the measure to conduct anti-terrorist surveillance; 18 Senate Democrats and 41 in the House voted for the measure. Eleven of the House Democrats were freshmen who face re-election next year in districts that Bush carried in 2004.
"Congress has buckled to pressure and intimidation by the administration," Feingold wrote.
Similarly, immigrant rights advocates such as Frank Sharry of the National Immigration Forum contend that some Democrats "seem spooked" on what to do with about 12 million illegal immigrants.
"They seem to be a bit inexperienced in controlling the levers of power," Sharry said.
At the outset of this year's immigration debate, Democratic congressional leaders — along with the president — rejected the demands of some Republican conservatives that Congress concentrate on beefing up border security before considering whether to provide illegal immigrants with a path to citizenship. Nevertheless, after failing to pass a comprehensive plan to overhaul immigration, the Senate last month approved an additional $3 billion for more fencing and detention facilities along the border.
Last month, top Hispanic leaders, including Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza, told Pelosi in a letter they are "outraged" by a suggestion from one of her top lieutenants — Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill. — that a comprehensive approach to immigration would have to wait until the second term of the next Democratic presidency. Emanuel issued a statement expressing his "continuing commitment" to the legislation but didn't deny making the remark.
Gay rights leaders were equally outraged when, in the last week before recess, the Senate Judiciary Committee recommended confirmation of Leslie Southwick to a post on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., sided with committee Republicans to send the nomination to the Senate floor for a vote.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian rights organization, protested Southwick's ruling that a lesbian mother could forfeit custody of her child because of her sexual orientation.
However low his poll numbers, the president still has the ability to make nominations, advocate for legislation and drive the national agenda. "Congress doesn't have it within its power to immediately and dramatically reverse policies," said Thomas Mann, a scholar at the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Latest Demoscam: "The Earth is warming! The Earth is warming!
Is global warming bullshit? Some scientists say "yes". Al Gore, Presidential loser, says "no".
Read this.
Read this.
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Smart loses his shit
When you start making things like - Lego Star Wars video games - about politics, you are on the fast track to the bottom of the heap. Back to my XBOX Live.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Front Page USAToday: Bickering tops 110th Congress' agenda
Bickering tops 110th Congress' agenda
...The Democrats' agenda — as spelled out in the first 10 bills Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced in January — has produced one law: a minimum-wage hike. Before the August break, Democrats are hustling two more to President Bush to tighten congressional ethics rules and to enact the9/11 Commission's proposals.
Many other promises have been stymied. On Iraq and immigration, Congress failed to reach consensus. One of 12 spending bills needed to fund the government for the next fiscal year has passed — and Bush has threatened to veto it.
Congress' approval ratings in a Gallup Poll taken last month were at 27% — 1 point higher than in November, when voters ousted the GOP from power...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., blames Democrats for focusing on issues more likely to provoke confrontation. "There's little or nothing to show for the first seven months," he said.
It's a far cry from the tone set at the beginning of the year. "The American people are expecting positive results from the 110th Congress, not more partisan rancor," Reid said on Jan. 4. "When faced with a problem, we will seek solutions, not mere political advantage," McConnell responded.
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