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going off on the Clinton Campaign's twisted hypotheticals?
It was great.
by MingPicket on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:41:26 PM PDT
hoping that someone will post a youtube in it :)
John McCain, 2008: "Can someone look up my position on John McCain 2000?"
by sab39 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:44:48 PM PDT
[ Parent ]
But it's up on Countdown's site
<iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/24473981#24473981" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
with commercial ..sigh
Age and wisdom don't necessarily go together. Some people just become stupid with more authority.
by Purple Priestess on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:29 PM PDT
by Purple Priestess on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:53:50 PM PDT
It shows up in the preview...
by Purple Priestess on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:54:24 PM PDT
http://www.dailykos.com/...
by Purple Priestess on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:55:21 PM PDT
by sab39 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:30:49 PM PDT
I wanna see it again.
Everything they do is a political maneuver to destroy Democrats. With Nixon, so went their honor.
by niteskolar on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:44:50 PM PDT
Come on over and join the party to see some great discussion on that segment plus all the others.
"I am the one who speaks for the spirit of freedom & decency in you." Hunter S. Thompson
by CityLightsLover on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:29 PM PDT
It was almost as if he wanted to give a big shoutout to all the Obama supporters out there biting their nails...get Chuck Todd in there, talk some real numbers, reassure everybody LOL.
I LOVE KEITH!!
Never give up! Never surrender!
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:52:22 PM PDT
Indeed. Loved it.
by MizKit on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:55:49 PM PDT
ded from her base by her own statements, showing how she is tacking with the wind. Also, Hardball is taking on Rush's Operation Kaos and Olberman named Rush the worst person of the week for not recognizing the Hispanic mayor of LA and then saying that he thought the guy was the shoeshine boy or something like that, In Rush's mind a brown male in LA who is not selling Rush drugs must be the shoeshine boy. Makes perfect since Rush is still waiting to be thanked for his ancestors freeing the slaves in the Civil War.
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:07:27 PM PDT
read all about it here.
/ shameless diary whoring
Why John W. McCain is an unstable, crazy, angry, clueless, hypocritical, lying, pandering douche.
by clammyc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:04 PM PDT
Thank you.
We are gearing up our Voter Protection efforts in KC this year. We had 400 lawyers in 2004 - we are going to have 600 well-trained lawyers ready to challenge any & all of the bullshit.
But there is much work to be done.
John McCain loves big oil!
by aimeeinkc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:45:49 PM PDT
this diary is the first in a new series that I am going to be doing - some with the folks at ePluribus Media in this area.
IDs, redistricting, stuff like that. I may call each diary "The republican war on voting rights" and just make them "part 2", "part 3", etc.
good luck in MO - wasn't there a big issue there with voter registration recently? And wasn't there a big deal with the odious Brad Schlozman as US Attorney there too?
ugh....
by clammyc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:55:20 PM PDT
was struck down by the MO Supreme Court in 2006. They had no bills in the House or Senate this year, so we won't be affected by the new Supreme Court decision.
Schlozman successfully prosecuted three ACORN workers for turning in bogus petitions. It was a complete bullshit case but there was lots of talk about "rampant voter fraud."
Our main concerns:
Looking forward to your series.
by aimeeinkc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:18:39 PM PDT
and independent investigation of torture. Go figure.
"Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me to politics." Barack Obama
by MLDB on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:06 PM PDT
the genesis of the Iraq War so maybe he figures to keep torture legal in case the RNC has to use it to bring McCain back into line.
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:09:22 PM PDT
the night before the next night that matters. Better than March 5 or PA.
Peace.
Obama wins.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:08 PM PDT
We're not gonna win IN, but we're gonna make it close enough. Y'know why? We've got Stevie Wonder on our side. Chuck Norris has nothing on us.
If you can't dodge the sink, stay out of the kitchen!
by T B J on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:37 PM PDT
Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. -Mark Twain
by homo neurotic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:46:27 PM PDT
"Superstition" excerpts:
Very superstitious, writing's on the wall, Very superstitious, ladder's bout to fall,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong, You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.
When you believe in things that you don't understand, (Like popular vote totals and gas tax holidays) Then you suffer
Hope Stevie helps to "rid me of a problem, do all that you can"!!
Nov. 4, 2008. Let's get ready to rumble.
by trmasonic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:20:54 PM PDT
by T B J on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:23:58 PM PDT
the other day.....gave me a smile.
NetrootNews coming soon!
by ksh01 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:50:11 PM PDT
just a single delegate plus for Clinton---putting her further behind for any chance to make up the difference.
Linky
The White House will be The People's House--B.Obama
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:46:28 PM PDT
about the Field is the commenters. Solid posting going on there these days.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:48:14 PM PDT
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:53:52 PM PDT
Given that I expect Obama to win NC by a bigger margine than Hillary wins IN, and that NC has more delegates, that would be worst case scenario indeed.
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:54:54 PM PDT
by T B J on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:22:45 PM PDT
I'm having a low energy day, I guess.
by ksh01 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:50:57 PM PDT
Passed on without comment, except a little sob....
Indiana (most polls close at 6 p.m. ET but some close at 7 p.m. ET): Clinton 55.4 percent Obama 44.6 percent (Clinton +10.8) Pledged Delegates by Congressional District: CD 1: 3-3 CD 2: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: 2-2 CD 5: 2-2 CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 8: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 9: Clinton 4-2 Obama Subtotal: Clinton 26, Obama 21 PLEO (9) Clinton 5-4 Obama At large (16) Clinton 9-7 Obama Total: Clinton 40 delegates, Obama 32 (Clinton +8) North Carolina: (Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET.) Clinton: 46.1 percent Obama: 52.9 percent (Obama +6.8) (Gravel and "No Preference," are also on the ballot and will likely receive a combined 1 percent) District delegate totals: CD 1: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 2: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: Clinton 4-5 Obama CD 5: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: 3-3 CD 8: Clinton 2-3 Obama CD 9: 3-3 CD 10: Clinton 4-1 Obama CD 11: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 12: Clinton 2-5 Obama CD 13: Clinton 3-4 Obama Subtotal: Clinton 39-40 Obama At large: Clinton 12-14 Obama PLEO: Clinton 5-7 Obama Total: Clinton 54 delegates, 61 for Obama (Obama +7)
Indiana (most polls close at 6 p.m. ET but some close at 7 p.m. ET):
Clinton 55.4 percent Obama 44.6 percent (Clinton +10.8)
Pledged Delegates by Congressional District: CD 1: 3-3 CD 2: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: 2-2 CD 5: 2-2 CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 8: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 9: Clinton 4-2 Obama Subtotal: Clinton 26, Obama 21
Pledged Delegates by Congressional District:
CD 1: 3-3 CD 2: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: 2-2 CD 5: 2-2 CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 8: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 9: Clinton 4-2 Obama
Subtotal: Clinton 26, Obama 21
PLEO (9) Clinton 5-4 Obama At large (16) Clinton 9-7 Obama
Total: Clinton 40 delegates, Obama 32 (Clinton +8)
North Carolina: (Polls close at 7:30 p.m. ET.)
Clinton: 46.1 percent Obama: 52.9 percent (Obama +6.8)
(Gravel and "No Preference," are also on the ballot and will likely receive a combined 1 percent)
District delegate totals: CD 1: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 2: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: Clinton 4-5 Obama CD 5: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: 3-3 CD 8: Clinton 2-3 Obama CD 9: 3-3 CD 10: Clinton 4-1 Obama CD 11: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 12: Clinton 2-5 Obama CD 13: Clinton 3-4 Obama
District delegate totals:
CD 1: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 2: Clinton 2-4 Obama CD 3: 2-2 CD 4: Clinton 4-5 Obama CD 5: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 6: Clinton 3-2 Obama CD 7: 3-3 CD 8: Clinton 2-3 Obama CD 9: 3-3 CD 10: Clinton 4-1 Obama CD 11: Clinton 4-2 Obama CD 12: Clinton 2-5 Obama CD 13: Clinton 3-4 Obama
Subtotal: Clinton 39-40 Obama
At large: Clinton 12-14 Obama PLEO: Clinton 5-7 Obama
Total: Clinton 54 delegates, 61 for Obama (Obama +7)
by ksh01 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:48:32 PM PDT
by ksh01 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:52:04 PM PDT
And hopefully, the start of it as a weekly feature again
Go ahead and click the link, you know you want to
Space is where the future is Donate for Space to Obama
by FerrisValyn on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:30 PM PDT
that has the ads covering the left side of the diaries?
by Mike S on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:34 PM PDT
then you have no ads...
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:14 PM PDT
Naam!! Tunaweza!!
by bogbud on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:18 PM PDT
by bogbud on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:44:14 PM PDT
...I've had problems loading the site.
**Less than three months until the general election.** Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.
by Spathiphyllum on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:58:18 PM PDT
Something called "photo bucket" is trying to load whenever I refresh kos. ??
Be kinder than necessary.
by worriedgranny on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:14:26 PM PDT
a very long user name is involved.
I'd like to see a limit to the length or a wrap function.
-7.25 -6.77 "A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation." - Eubie
by Lovo on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:00:23 PM PDT
Never confuse kindness and patience with stupidity and weakness!!
by Joes Steven on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:09:13 PM PDT
by Rex Manning on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:13:57 PM PDT
NC will have been called for BHO, and IN will still be up for grabs.
Show of hands... who would join Kucinich's effort to impeach VP Cheney?
by Mogolori on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:42:48 PM PDT
but I think they will call Indiana for Clinton not much later than they call NC for Obama.
FYI - Obama on C-Span right now!!
by aimeeinkc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:47:55 PM PDT
:D
"He's against global warming." -- Joe Lieberman for John McCain on MSNBC's Morning Joe (5/12/2008)
by Rob aka Gravy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:51:09 PM PDT
Hey All I'm an M.Div studnet... Moving down to D.C. for the summer to help the Obama campaign reach out to faith-based groups. I'd like to find decent housing on the cheaper side - they are not paying me too much, but I want to offer what I can. If anybody has a spare room, or knows somebody with a spare room, in D.C. please email me a BGrant@Princeton.edu
Today Ain't Yesterday
by GB1437a on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:06 PM PDT
who's son lives in the DC area. Just called her to let her know you are looking and she says she will forward the email to several friends in the DC area. (crossing fingers)
-7.50, -7.74 Republicans = Borrow and Squander
by GMFORD on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:51:17 PM PDT
by GB1437a on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:52:08 PM PDT
I want to see a poll of Hillary's support among Imperialist.
Obama/Horton the elephant '08 People want a cross-party ticket.
by TekJansen on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:25 PM PDT
Greetings from Guantanamo Bay ... and the sickest souvenir shop in the world... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...
President Theodore Roosevelt,"No man can take part in the torture of a human being without having his own moral nature permanently lowered."
by SmileySam on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:43:59 PM PDT
and the neocon media critics are having a cow over the content,
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:10:55 PM PDT
I am going to post tonight's IGTNT in about 10 or 15 minutes. Please join me in honoring three brave soldiers.
IGTNT
by blue jersey mom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:44:01 PM PDT
I am sorry we have yet another one.
My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total. Barbara Jordan 1974
by gchaucer2 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:45:36 PM PDT
polls to close. Sigh.
by GMFORD on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:44:05 PM PDT
message---You are NOT going to win!!!!!
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:48:32 PM PDT
all the Wyoming "Sate" quarters? I just landed OK and see I still have not got a Wyoming, and I got all of the other 2007 quarters well before the end of last year.
by NYFM on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:45:20 PM PDT
Once again the Media is shilling for HRC. Larry gave twice as much time to HRC's people
by SmileySam on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:45:27 PM PDT
by RomeyDa on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:49:45 PM PDT
...after he wrote "Christine".
A car that is possessed by demons? Please. That's a pretty thin premise.
by Rex Manning on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:12:36 PM PDT
I long for the good old days where church was the place where we sang hymns and slept. (After Paula Poundstone)
by captainlaser on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:30:20 PM PDT
I hear a lot of talk about Hillary positioning herself for 2012. She's supposed to be doing this by either damaging Obama now by prolonging the primaries or by not working for him when he becomes the nominee.
So here's my question: If either of these scenarios is true, who on this green earth thinks Hillary would be embraced in 2012? What makes her or anybody think she wouldn't be run out of the party on a rusty rail instead?
vachon
by vachon on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:47:11 PM PDT
would lead sensible Democrats to desperate measures.
I guess.
Something like, "well Obama didn't win, but Clinton was so close - she could probably win."
Oh hell - I don't know. I really think my husband would make me move to Mexico if it is McSame. I'm not kidding - he was dead serious about it in 2004.
Cheers!
by aimeeinkc on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:51:48 PM PDT
Subject of a great overlooked diary today. In it the diarist addresses this very question. Basically, if you give yourself enough time, it's conceivable that ANYTHING could happen.
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:57:21 PM PDT
She won't even acknowledge reality.
There is no way she will be the nominee unless she goes "nuclear".
If Senator Obama is not the next POTUS it will only be because of the Clinton's actions. 2012? 2016? 2020? 2024? Yeah right. They have done irreparable damage do the Clinton Brand AND the Democratic Brand.
by Joes Steven on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:05:29 PM PDT
beating to be presidential. Consider Dole who ran well past any sense in his running or McCain today, 7 years too late, 8 years does not seem so in surmountable if you keep your eyes on the prize,
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:13:07 PM PDT
"There is nothing wrong with America can't be cured by what is right with America" -Bill Clinton
by SensibleDemocrat on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:47:49 PM PDT
That's what I'm focussing on!
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:57:57 PM PDT
by SensibleDemocrat on Mon May 05, 2008 at 10:16:13 PM PDT
Freep Larry's Pol!
WARNING: There is a high probability that the preceding comment is snark. Use your best judgment (hopefully better than Senator McCain's).
by Anarchofascist on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:47:51 PM PDT
I never do and now I remember why.
Both sets of surrogates are getting nasty. Makes me wonder what the democrats are thinking.
by teachingmathnow on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:48:44 PM PDT
button rules the roost.
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:51:03 PM PDT
these days is KO.
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:58:24 PM PDT
Unless you pay extra... politics
by teachingmathnow on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:02:32 PM PDT
I would get MSNBC from Comcast only to find they don't carry MSNBC, period. It is the only cable service in my area so I'm stuck with it anyway.
by SmileySam on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:06:02 PM PDT
Yes, I'm one of them. :)
Exceptions? Major political or other current events, Braves baseball, and ... that's about it. I can't get over how many ads there are! It's just shocking.
It's like when you go off soft drinks and then sip a coke for the first time in months, the amount of sugar just blows your mind.
"Don't falme me pleas."
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:02:07 PM PDT
Nobody quits soda, that's just an urban legend parents use to scare their kids. I mean, that'd be as crazy as getting rid of the television! And who'd be that insane?
If Obama needs my help, he knows where to find me.
by George Hier on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:06:42 PM PDT
is a 75/25 mixture of soda water and Sprite at those few soft drink machines that have a "soda" dispenser.
I tell ya, I picked up one of these, and it's saving me a ton of money, keeping me away from soft drinks, AND it's good for the environment because I'm not throwing away bottles! Throw a couple of lemon and lime slices into one, mix in just a touch of sugar (real sugar), and, boom, a soft drink that's not chemical warfare in a can.
Crap. I've become a crusader. I didn't mean for that to happen...
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:11:45 PM PDT
by sweetliberty on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:49:51 PM PDT
noticed that no one reports on these huge enormous crowds Obama draws----never. They just continue babbling endlessly about white working class voters. The trad. media is a mess.
by dotster on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:52:09 PM PDT
Don't joke about exit polls on Dkos. Or Clinton winning NC. Or exit polls showing Clinton winning NC, even to make a point about the stupidity of exit polls.
by drjknock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:00 PM PDT
BURN THE HERETIC
by George Hier on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:07:38 PM PDT
The diary will be posted in about 10 minutes. Please recommend.
I'm running for office! Click here to support me!
by djtyg on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:09 PM PDT
What's with the pre-pimping in this thread? No doubt two good causes: IGTGN and a candidacy... but openthread isn't going away! There is no peak openthread!
(PS. Come back and post a link when it's up, pls.)
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:03:09 PM PDT
by djtyg on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:05:22 PM PDT
And, trite as it may sound, thank you for your service, and thank you for running.
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:15:01 PM PDT
in Indy. CSPAN.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:19 PM PDT
many times---and it never gets old?
Go 'Bama!!!!!!!
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:52:37 PM PDT
the cameras are placed in interesting ways tonight. It's history we're watching.
Temple University was founded by a man who gave the exact same, word for word, speech, 3000 times. All across the country. Raising money. That was the only seed money for Temple University, now 35000+ students in North Philly. Speeches matter, even if they've been spoken before.
AND, he's mixing it up a bit tonight.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:55:08 PM PDT
he justs bends down & gets another one.
God, I wish he could win here in IN. That would do it for HRC.
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:59:36 PM PDT
but I could listen to him talk for hours and hours and hours. It's not a man-crush though, and it's certainly not because I'm in the cult (at least as far as THEY know! muahahaha).
It's just nice to hear someone who can talk intelligently at length. For what it's worth, I feel the same way when Clinton is talking about policy and not discussing Obama. Then she gets a little hint of anger in her voice that grates on me a bit. I suspect Clinton supporters feel something similar about Obama.
Anyway, let's hope this thing ends soon so we can get back to targeting McCain full time.
PS. Has anyone run into the problem of double-taking on a metaphor you want to use about McCain because of his history as a POW? I hadn't given much thought to how violent some of our metaphors are until I started rejecting some of the more callous ones ("beating him like a drum", etc.).
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:06:55 PM PDT
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:23:58 PM PDT
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:25:00 PM PDT
not critical. wrote three different things, and none of them were something I'd want to have to account for, so it's the best I could come up with.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:25:58 PM PDT
Well, the silly season will soon be over and we can get back to calling each other names (not you and I, necessarily) without the difficult subtext of candidate wars. :)
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:27:46 PM PDT
this is the FUN part.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:29:29 PM PDT
the above comes with a snark and a smile.
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:29:55 PM PDT
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:30:27 PM PDT
by huckleberry on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:30:57 PM PDT
every Indiana station.
by brownsca on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:22:05 PM PDT
Cinco De Mayo!
"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
by Rian Fike on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:21 PM PDT
There is no Left Wing. Left is the truth.
by BA BarackUS on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:42 PM PDT
feels different than 4/21 and 3/4.
Obama's going to win NC by 15 and IN in a photo finish.
John McCain won't insure children
by Magster on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:50:47 PM PDT
by dotster on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:54:10 PM PDT
On Sunday, South Carolina Senator and John McCain water carrier Lindsey Graham issued a challenge. Claiming on CNN that McCain "is his own guy," Graham then threw down the gauntlet, "Good luck making him George Bush."
So take the challenge and help show Americans why a John McCain victory in November means a third term for George W. Bush: "Take Lindsey Graham's John McCain Challenge."
by Avenging Angel on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:53:29 PM PDT
Here's the link
by blue jersey mom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:53:50 PM PDT
Pawnbrokers thrive as US economy falters WASHINGTON (AFP) — As other businesses struggle in an economic slowdown, US pawnbrokers are thriving thanks to increasing numbers of Americans forced to separate with their family jewels to make ends meet. Power tools, stereos and above all jewelry -- given the high price of gold -- are pawned for between one and three months in exchange for a loan. If clients don't come back to recover their goods, they are sold off. Dave Adelman, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association which represents 2,400 pawnbrokers, said the average pawn loan is 60 dollars, which "helps pay the rent, keep the lights on and gas in their cars to get to work." At Hock Shoppe pawnbrokers in Fresno, California, 28-year-old Andrea Santiago was pawning her rings. "I'm here every time we run out of gas or bus money," she said. But this time is a bit different -- she needs the money for a birthday party for her seven-year-old daughter.
Pawnbrokers thrive as US economy falters
WASHINGTON (AFP) — As other businesses struggle in an economic slowdown, US pawnbrokers are thriving thanks to increasing numbers of Americans forced to separate with their family jewels to make ends meet.
Power tools, stereos and above all jewelry -- given the high price of gold -- are pawned for between one and three months in exchange for a loan. If clients don't come back to recover their goods, they are sold off.
Dave Adelman, president of the National Pawnbrokers Association which represents 2,400 pawnbrokers, said the average pawn loan is 60 dollars, which "helps pay the rent, keep the lights on and gas in their cars to get to work."
At Hock Shoppe pawnbrokers in Fresno, California, 28-year-old Andrea Santiago was pawning her rings.
"I'm here every time we run out of gas or bus money," she said. But this time is a bit different -- she needs the money for a birthday party for her seven-year-old daughter.
http://afp.google.com/...
Overnight News Digest Midnight. Every night. Get smart. Be there.
by Pluto on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:56:44 PM PDT
across the creek on an adjoining farm, state agents found 3,000 gal of diesel in a tank, a backhoe and 95 horse tractor a couple of trucks and various 4 wheelers and such taken from farms and construction sites lately. Estimates are around $1M with 1 arrest so far.
Why pawn your own stuff while your neighbors still have things?
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:17:17 PM PDT
I'm totally bummed! I really could have used the pick-me-up.
Anyway...
Evening. 68 in Houston after a rainy day. The city inspector is coming back on Wednesday - another one of those "between such-and-such and such-and-such" deals. Blech.
Lost another online friend to cancer. This year will be the year I remember losing so many online friends to the big "C". She fought hard and tried everything under the sun, but in the end her body gave out. She was one of the first people I met online when we kept accidentally bumping into each other on the same forums back when I was a late nighter - gosh, back in 2000. It's hard to believe I've known her for that long. Over the last year she just wasn't online as much due to treatment. She'll be missed by many.
Have a great evening and be sure to give your friends and loved ones a hug - online and off.
(((((((((((((((((HUG))))))))))))))))))))
by Spathiphyllum on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:56:45 PM PDT
An absolutely compelling portrait of Randy Pausch from the Wall Street Journal of all places:
http://online.wsj.com/...
Second, some music:
And a third: I'm sorry for your loss. Trite as that phrase has become, it's a sincere sentiment.
by socratic on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:19:31 PM PDT
to you and to her family in real life and on line.
I have some net friends that I talk with that would break my heart to lose.
Join us at Bookflurries: Bookchat on Wednesday nights 8:00 PM EST
by cfk on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:22:32 PM PDT
Roland Martin is turning the tables on the repug hate media, reminding them that...
Payback is a bitch.
It's about time to see what goes around come around.
by Rian Fike on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:57:20 PM PDT
- A 107-year-old light bulb in California has been deemed by Guinness World Records and Ripley's Believe It Or Not as the word's longest-ever burning bulb. The low-watt rarity has been burning nonstop in the Livermore, Calif., Station No. 6 firehouse since 1901, the Los Angles Times reported Monday.
The low-watt rarity has been burning nonstop in the Livermore, Calif., Station No. 6 firehouse since 1901, the Los Angles Times reported Monday.
Source...
"We are a Plutocracy, we ought to face it. We need, desperately, to find new ways to hear independent voices & points of view" Ramsey Clark, US AG
by Mr SeeMore on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:57:59 PM PDT
The spin for Hillary is just off the scale. Of course General Electric (Iraq defense contractor) wants Hillary, either as the nominee who can be defeated in the general by McSame. Or they actually want the Clintons back in the WH because they know she'll be their girl.
But I wonder how David Gregory really feels about that unbelievable (unconscionable) biased spin for Hillary that they bombarded their airwaves with all day today. I wonder if he is feeling secret self-loathing for having to read their damn MSNBC script on camera, making such over-the-top cheerleading "Clinton is just amazing and she's really back in this game!" spiels, while every mention of Obama is in context of some casting of doubt (at least) on Barack's credentials to be president or how he's just got too much "baggage" to win against McCain, etc. etc. ad nauseum.
I was just slack-jawed listening to some of this crap which (it seemed was being simulcast on both MSNBC and Air America Radio. I kept waiting for Rachel Maddow to come on and make some sardonic comment about the spin. But no...the MSNBC broadcast just kept on and on...like it was the real thing, not excerpted for snark.
How can David Gregory and Andrea Mitchell live with themselves for how unscrupulous is this Hillary propaganda, and their participation in it the night before the Primary of our lives? I am so angry and appalled.
They sounded just like they sounded in the jingoistic buildup to the invasion of Iraq. Just so chirpy supportive of Hillary, just like they were of "The President" and all of BushCo's blatant lies fabricated just to sell us "the war", using the likes of Gregory and Mitchell.
I needed to ranthere.
"A bad government is elected by good people who do not vote in elections." -- Unknown, pg 342, "The Shell Game" by Steve Alten
by sockpuppet on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:58:30 PM PDT
Or better yet--switch to Barack on C-Span!
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:01:14 PM PDT
When I got home, I turned on BBC-America evening news. That was also a relief. They, at least, are reporting just "the news" about the Primary, with no evidence of spin in either direction.
Barack on C-Span? I'm there!
by sockpuppet on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:03:38 PM PDT
but CNN has been far more watchable lately.
But you know what, I think turning off the TV entirely would be a good idea.
by ksh01 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:13:33 PM PDT
comes on. I don't need "progressive" bringing me the same balance the rest of the media do.
We are called to speak for the weak, for the voiceless, for victims of our nation and for those it calls enemy.... --ML King "Beyond Vietnam"
by Gooserock on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:13:56 PM PDT
in their bots this morning.
That KO one is still a little buggy though :)
by brady4747 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:14:19 PM PDT
the Mahdi Army which makes no sense and had promised to show the cache of arms with Iranian markings and 2008 date stamps on them. However, they cancelled the showing without explanation except military command decided it was not necessary since it was so obvious to everyone,
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:19:38 PM PDT
Laura Bush says:
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US First Lady Laura Bush accused Myanmar's military rulers Monday of failing to warn their citizens in time about a killer cyclone and pressed the junta to accept US aid in the disaster's wake. "Although they were aware of the threat, Burma's state-run media failed to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm's path," Bush said in an unusual appearance at the White House briefing room podium.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US First Lady Laura Bush accused Myanmar's military rulers Monday of failing to warn their citizens in time about a killer cyclone and pressed the junta to accept US aid in the disaster's wake.
"Although they were aware of the threat, Burma's state-run media failed to issue a timely warning to citizens in the storm's path," Bush said in an unusual appearance at the White House briefing room podium.
Did they have Laura do the "unusual" appearance because George would have been laughed out of the room?
by mem from somerville on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:59:12 PM PDT
Life's a gift--unwrap it.
by MantisOahu on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:04:15 PM PDT
I was so livid and stunned at the brazen nature of that statement I behaved badly:
http://news.yahoo.com/...
by mem from somerville on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:11:30 PM PDT
Tonight, as far as I can remember (and I'm only 21), is the first time that I've cried over a political campaign.
Thank goodness Obama is running for President.
And do you all see that MASSIVE crowd around him in IN?
by Rob aka Gravy on Mon May 05, 2008 at 06:59:36 PM PDT
RFK charging me up; and Obama brings tears to my eyes too.
by Phil S 33 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:01:31 PM PDT
I remember it as more of a fashion statement or to replace missing shirt buttons.
by entlord1 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:21:18 PM PDT
by dogeatdogi on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:00:10 PM PDT
It's the delegates stupid! :)
by oscarsmom on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:01:59 PM PDT
right now, 7:00 pm out west. This should be good.
by SmileySam on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:01:49 PM PDT
Tonight, for the first time in recent memory, Dan Abrams didn't begin his show with footage of Wright.
The media is finally getting tired gnawing on this particular chew toy, and they are sniffing around for some fresh indignation to loop.
If it's always Obama getting slammed it starts to look bad, so I'm guessing Hillary is up next.
In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen.- Louis Brandeis
by crystal eyes on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:05:21 PM PDT
Obama supporters looking for a way to help, go over to the food bomb thread. If I (a college student in Arizona) can skip tequila and beer on Cinco de Mayo to help the cause then you can too!
by blinktmnt182 on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:05:49 PM PDT
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by cfk on Mon May 05, 2008 at 07:06:04 PM PDT
The truth sucks sometimes, so let's go with the one who tells us about the pretty ponies.
Foresight, judgment, planning for the future, investment, intelligence, wisdom, and competence are SO overrated. Where's the White candidate to give me my pink pony, free beer, and unlimited free doughnuts?
"Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war." Senator John Mc
