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April 8, 2008 • Tue 

Category: News and Politics
Here’s an Email I got forwarded to me.  I normally wouldn’t post something like this, but it has references.  Read for yourself, be informed.  Vote.
-White
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Dear MoveOn member,
For all the coverage this week of Senator John McCain’s background, there are some important things you won’t learn about him from the TV networks. His carefully crafted positive image relies on people not knowing this stuff—and you might be surprised by some of it.
Please check out the list below, and then forward it to your friends, family, and coworkers. We can’t rely on the media to tell folks about the real John McCain—but if we all pass this along, we can reach as many people as CNN Headline News does on a good night.
Click here to tell us how many people you can pass it on to—and to see our progress nationally:
10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1
2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3
4. McCain opposes a woman’s right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4
5. The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill.5
6. He’s one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6

7. Many of McCain’s fellow Republican senators say he’s too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He’s erratic. He’s hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7
8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8
9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America’s founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9
10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
John McCain is not who the Washington press corps make him out to be. Please help get the word out—forward this email to your personal network. And if you want us to keep you posted ..On’s work to get the truth out about John McCain, sign up here: Thank you for all you do.
–Eli, Justin, Noah, Laura, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
  Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Sources:
1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html
"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/
2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us
"Buchanan: John McCain ’Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,’" ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/
3. "McCain Sides With Bush On Torture Again, Supports Veto Of Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/
4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/
5. "2007 Children’s Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007
"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/
6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80
"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End ..Systemic Risk,’" Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=home
7. "Will McCain’s Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022
"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/
8. "Black Claims McCain’s Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: ’I Don’t Know What The Criticism Is,’" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/
"McCain’s Lobbyist Friends Rally ’Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251
9. "McCain’s Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html
"Will McCain Specifically ’Repudiate’ Hagee’s Anti-Gay Comments?," ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/
"McCain ’Very Honored’ By Support Of Pastor Preaching ’End-Time Confrontation With Iran,’" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/
10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/ Support our member-driven organization: MoveOn.org Political Action is entirely funded by our 3.2 million members. We have no corporate contributors, no foundation grants, no money from unions. Our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. If you’d like to support our work, you can give now at: http://political.moveon.org/donate/email.html?id=12407-8788271-eMOYY9&t=241
PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/
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January 24, 2007 • Wed 

Current mood:  angry
Category: Life

So, these old people walk into a bar.

Actually, the old people walked into the local Italian joint - Romas.  The old people sit down and proceed to order, I guess. 

We get there and order.  They complain it's crowded. 

We get our food.  They complain that they didnt get their food first.

We eat our food.  They complain to themselves that I'm using chopsticks.

We finish up and wait for the check.  They complain that one of them got the other's plate.

We get up to leave and stay to listen some more.  They complain to the waitress about not having enough napkins.

They complain about not having water with their tea or whatever after NOT asking for it.

They complain (again) about us getting through first.

They threaten to get more bread and not pay for it.

We (me, my stepdad, some lady who was listening to them too, and the other waiter) proceed to laugh at their unhappy lives.

So basically, they proceed to b/m all through the meal at the waitress's expense.  I contemplated punching the old people in the face... maybe with a chair... but I decided on being content with laughing at them from in front of the cash register as we left before them.

-White

 

PS... if there is kharma... those old people WILL choke on that bread that they order and have no intent to pay for.

Currently listening:
Everything Goes Numb
By Streetlight Manifesto
Release date: 26 August, 2003
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November 3, 2006 • Fri 

Category: Quiz/Survey
What dessert do you get with the ratio of a jack-o-lantern's circumference to it's diameter?      ...    Pumpkin Pi.
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What do you call four bull fighters standing in quick sand?  ...   Quatro Sinko
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So, a C, an E-flat, and a G walk into a bar.  The bartender says "sorry, we don't serve minors."
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October 29, 2006 • Sun 

Current mood:  bored
Category: Life
    Broke, bored, and alone, Doug wanders the desolate streets of Louisburg, looking for something to keep him out of the house. 

    Finally, after long hours of searching, he abandons hope and goes home to the mindless bickering of the elders and the repetitive, numbing glow of the television. 

    He sits down and turns on his entertainment system - a Nintendo 64 - and begins to play through the same storyline he's been through many times before.

    Higher learning and the hope of something better seem so distant at the moment... and it brings a sort of melancholy sense to everything else in his life. 

    The lack of people in the town to converse with doesn't exactly help either.
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September 10, 2006 • Sun 

Current mood:  amused
Man 1:  Excuse, me sir, but you appear to have a bratwurst in your eye.
Man 2: Oh, thank you sir.  I was wondering what was causing such a great deal of pain.
Man 1: You're very welcome, sir.

The moral of the story: don't get into a German food fight without taking the proper safety measure beforehand.
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August 5, 2006 • Sat 
-I'm depressed.  But I'll get over it like always. 
-I'd greatly enjoy my parents letting me stay up late, well my  mom.  My dad doesn't care. 
-I'm so tired right now my eyelids hurt.  I'm not exaggerating.


-I'm notgonna be in English 4 honors.  That bothers me a little, and everyone else a lot more. 
-There are a few good reasons why people tend to think I'm not an overachiever.  And if they do, maybe they shouldn't.
  1) I don't manage mytime wisely.
  2) I don't always work on and think about the "important" things.  I like to  enjoy myself once in a while.
  3) I don't care about how I go about achieving things.  Unorthodox and crammed in at the last second isn't the "right" way to do something... so screw that, I'll do it wrong and get it done.

So.  Yeah.  That's it.  Go home now.  Get off my lawn.
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June 24, 2006 • Sat 

Current mood:  pensive
Category: Life
Ann Coulter is like any other policical author... except she isn't dealing with already important issues that people need to see all the views on.  Instead, she writes books that MAKE controversy like "How to Talk to a Liberal (if You Must)."  She's jumping on the capitalistic band wagon for the corrupt and morally unsound people who want attention and publicity for the sake of their money-making schemes.  She a biased, hypocritical liar, whereas most people writing about politics are just biased and most of them tell facts (however biased, they're still factual).  It's the people like Coulter, Kenneth Lay, all the gas station owners who brought prices up to $6 a gallon, and anyone else who insults, provokes, steals from, or takes advantage of the American public who are the real terrorists.  Think about it this way... those people who hate America have a reason.  The Iraqis, Saudis, and Afghans may have been told to hate America, had a member of their family killed by our army, or been affected by America in a bad way making them think the entire country is bad.  However, the Americans who abuse their own country and cash in on tragedy, stereotyping, lies, or whatever - they are the bad ones.  THEY are the terrorists.  THEY aren't fighting for religion, they aren't defending their homes, and they certainly aren't helping the country in any way other than splitting it into many misinformed, confused and ignorant pieces.  It's THEM who are perverting the progressive, unified, patriotic American dream into a vision of economic superiority over fellow citizens, betterment of your own living without consideration of others, and self-righteousness.  THEY are the real terrorists in my eyes.  Ann Counter is but one example out of many mentioned and forgotten. Governments, no matter how well thought out (communism, dictatorship, democracy all alike) have fallen into recession, anarchy, and changed into a new formof government no better than the last doomed to fail, all due to one aspect - the corruption of mankind.  People used to be able to help each other and allow themselves to be helped.  They used to give assistance and recieve it equally.  People used to not have pride, greed, or hatred towards each other.  Government and society is doomed to fall eventually when it takes one step too far after being cautioned, tries to pass too many laws, or invades upon too many peoples' privacy.  Anarchy is not an option, for that is purely contest for self-gratification and power over everyone else.  We must contain our avarice, hatred, and opportunist ways if we are to maintain order and restore peace from what little we have left.
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January 22, 2006 • Sun 

Current mood:Savior-ish

When we are nomads... what are we going to do in Louisburg besides bother the Blackburns and rearrange their silverware?  I need ideas.  Message me about it or something.  I dont accept carrier pidgeons, mainly because my cat eats them.

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