Clint: "Didn't want to do the usual teleprompter thing . . . [should] have been more organized.

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Sunday September 16, 2012 · 10:27 AM PDT

2012/09/16 · 10:27

Today's print LA Times has a Geoff Boucher arts article on Clint Eastwood's new movie "Trouble With The Curve." The subject of the RNC Empty Chair speech was discussed thusly by the great man, Clint:

"I didn't want to do the usual teleprompter thing. . . . I didn't know what the hell I was going to do," the genial star said of his spur-of-the-moment decision to use the empty chair as a prop representing President Obama. "If I had more time I would have organized more. Maybe, but I don't know."

This quote actually serves to highlight some of President Obama's solid strengths, even though it appears Eastwood was trying to do the opposite by shunning the teleprompter. Eastwood seems to think the teleprompter represents some type of evil, perhaps the evil of inauthenticity. I suppose the right wing echo chamber that has tattooed Obama with the teleprompter has convinced itself that nothing Obama says with teleprompter aid is true. This is where they, and Eastwood, are wrong.
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CA26 Brownley's In It To Win It

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Sunday February 19, 2012 · 4:09 PM PST

2012/02/19 · 16:09

With Steve Bennett's exit from the CA 26 Congressional race, depressed Ventura County Democrats have moaned about the red-to-blue that might have been. It didn't seem that any of the announced Democratic candidates had what it would take to make it to the top two in June's primary. All week, speculation swirled around the possibility of a proven winner who would ride in to rescue the weakening hopes of the rank and file Democratic voters. Then Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) jumped in with both feet. Brownley says she will establish residency in Oak Park and begin acquainting herself with the parts of CA26 that she has not yet represented in Sacramento. She says she's raised $70K in the past three days, and she's calling around to local government leaders to sound them out on issues and endorsements. While she has a deep education background (Santa Monica Malibu Unified Board of Educ. and Assembly Education Committee), she seems clear-eyed about the significant progressive issues that need attention on the national stage.

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Sunday February 12, 2012 · 1:26 PM PST

2012/02/12 · 13:26

Redistricting created CA 26 Congressional district, and offered Democrats a juicy opportunity to pickup a Republican seat held by Elton Gallegly. Everything looked rosy when County Supervisor Steve Bennett announced his candidacy last November. Democratic Moorpark City Council Member David Pollock, Rudi in Hollywood's 1970's Bad News Bears, was already running, but Bennett's name recognition seemed to outstrip Pollock's clear desire and energy to seek the seat. This weekend, Bennett went to the California Democratic convention and announced his is withdrawing from the race. At the last minute, Pollock was only 3 votes shy of getting the convention endorsement in advance of the June primary. Can Pollock pull out a win this late in the game. We may have to re-view Bad News Bears to find out.

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Tuesday December 22, 2009 · 2:56 PM PST

2009/12/22 · 14:56

There's a big hullabaloo right now because Chuck Norris claimed that with Health Care Reform, Mother Mary would have aborted the holy baby Jesus instead of carrying Him to term. Chuck is wrong on his Scripture, and he needs to recant this heresy.

Nothing about the biblical story of the birth of Jesus suggests He was unplanned, unwanted or unwelcome.

http://whiskeyfire.typepad.com/...

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If you were told by an Angel from Heaven that you would bring the Redeemer to life, would you continue the pregnancy?

66 votes Vote Now!

If you were told by an Angel from Heaven that you would bring the Redeemer to life, would you continue the pregnancy?

Yes, my genes are necessary for the Savior to have the qualities necessary to do His work.

11 votes

Yes, are you kidding, I'm not going to defy Yahweh's wishes.

15 votes

Maybe, if I could find out whether he would look like me.

2 votes

No, I'm not fit to raise a Redeemer.

8 votes

No, I'm saving myself to give birth to the next Dalai Lama.

30 votes

At Bd of Ed., How Do We Say What We Did With Our $timulu$

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 2:16 PM PST

2009/03/05 · 14:16

I'm a local elected official in California. Now, you have all heard of Cali's budget woes: there's no money for education and our local school district's budget is being cut maybe 10% this coming year--$2 million. We just issued layoff notices to 1/3 of our teachers for next school year (74 out of 200), although many of these teachers will ultimately keep their jobs (probably 17 will be lost). We always "over-notice" in order to have enough flexibility to lay off the needed numbers once we know how much money we are going to get from the state. (Don't get me started on how looney the system is!)

We suspect that the politicians in Sacramento will skim off the top of all fed dollars coming to Calif from the Stimulus. At this point, we do not know how much will make to our little town, but it may amount to $1 million. My question: how do we tout the money when it gets here, given the fact that we are still cutting our budget by $1 million.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 11:26 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 11:26

Too Short Diaries--Good Diaries Superseded by Crap--Comments as Replies in Order to Get Attention--These are the things that could be better.

If we are all going to stick around here after 11/4/08, then I have a suggestion for Kos et al to make this blog a better place, that takes into account the evolution it has gone through since the election really heated up and so many new users joined. I'll identify the problems and then give my suggestion for the solution, below the fold.

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Sunday August 24, 2008 · 3:26 PM PDT

2008/08/24 · 15:26

Watch Barack's 2004 Keynote speech from the Democratic Convention, and you will agree with me: Obama in 2008 is bored with his stump speech. http://www.youtube.com/...
In Saturday's Biden introduction, Obama was great, but, in comparison to Biden, flat. He's not invested in his talking points any more. http://www.youtube.com/...

Look at '04's Barack, he's happy, there's a spring in his step, his hand gestures have authenticity and purpose. Throughout the speech in which he keynotes the nomination of John Kerry, he's got zip, pizzazz. He can't wait to get to the next line in the speech, because he's got ideas to punch and oratory to ride.

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Thursday August 21, 2008 · 4:15 PM PDT

2008/08/21 · 16:15

Though it may have been unchallenged in his Blender Magazine interview on what's your favorite song, John McCain's explanation of why he loves "Dancing Queen" by ABBA is clearly a lie.

Of his "Dancing Queen" answer, McCain later told the Aspen Institute that

If there is anything I am lacking in, I've got to tell you, it is taste in music and art and other great things in life. I've got to say that a lot of my taste in music stopped about the time I impacted a surface-to-air missile with my own airplane and never caught up again."

http://www.politickerco.com/...

This was blogged last week when he first made the statement. E.g. http://www.motherjones.com/...

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Monday April 21, 2008 · 4:21 PM PDT

2008/04/21 · 16:21

Now comes news that Berkeley law students had a very disappointing 82% bar passage rate last summer. Boalt Hall, the Berkeley law school where John Yoo is a tenured professor, recently addressed student concerns that Boalt grads had a too-low pass rate on the California Bar Exam. http://boaltalk.blogspot.com/... Apparently, the students feel that a law school of Boalt's standing http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsa... should have a higher pass rate.

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 1:51 PM PDT

2007/10/15 · 13:51

Noticed there are two joyous diaries on the Rec list having to do with Al Gore. One says Paul Krugman wrote an column about how crazy Gore makes the right wing. The other is about Gore's supposed campaign videos at CurrentTV.
Just to remind everyone, the main reason (coughPRETEXTcough) many Kossacks are against HRC is because she is such a lightning rod for the right wing's anger. She's Polarizing!!
So, let me get this straight: HRC's making the right wing mad is a reason not to nominate her, but Al Gore's similar stature just makes us giddy with anticipation.
Just wanted to make sure everyone noticed that before we all get on the bandwagon.

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I used to think "polarizing" meant

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I used to think "polarizing" meant

anything that makes someone mad enough to hate the candidate

11 votes

anything that Hillary says, does or thinks

4 votes

a chickenshit reason not to nominate the best Dem ever!

23 votes

Doesn't matter now: Al's running everybody!!

29 votes

Fine then, keep calling me Threesmommy

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Monday September 24, 2007 · 6:07 PM PDT

2007/09/24 · 18:07

Well, I tried to change my pseudonym, which I picked way back in the 86K's. Why did I first call myself threesmommy? What was the delightful identity I planned for myself? Ah yes, the wise crone who is also a litigator, and has successfully raised three perfect children. Who wouldn't listen to my erudite thoughts wittily scribbled in comments and diaries?
As I came to find out, most of you are men. Although you all were born of women, you have somehow developed a certain brutishness when in each other's company. Not only that, but occasionally it expresses itself in dismissiveness, or worse, sorry sexism.

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I'd change my pseudonym if

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I'd change my pseudonym if

I could keep my low UID

18 votes

I could have a pony

24 votes

Kos said, "Your comments and diaries SUCK!"

9 votes

I could think of a better one.

6 votes

CIA Hayden IN UNIFORM: "Boo!"

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Saturday September 08, 2007 · 12:06 PM PDT

2007/09/08 · 12:06

While much is being made of Osama Bin Laden's beard coiffure (short and black, not long and gray), I haven't seen anyone focus on CIA Chief Michael Hayden appearing IN UNIFORM before the Council on Foreign Relations to say "Boo!" Saturday's LATimes reports that Hayden spoke before the Council on Foreign Relations to say "It feels like Sept. 10" because of a diminished "willingness of the broader political culture to be comfortable with the things we believe are both lawful and necessary to fight this war [on terror]". Apparently, Americans are becoming uncomfortable with eavesdropping, torture and rendition.
The LATimes quoted Human Rights Watch as noting Hayden "is using the mystique and authority of his position to frighten potential critics into backing off and not limit the extraordinary authorities that this administration has granted to the CIA". The accompanying Emmanuel Dunand Getty Images photo of the spy chief showed him in uniform, plastered with epaulets and 5 rows of military decorations.

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When Hayden wears his uniform, are you scared?

26 votes Vote Now!

When Hayden wears his uniform, are you scared?

No, I don't even notice things like that.

5 votes

No, the fact that he's military doesn't change when he changes clothes

15 votes

Yes, when I see a uniform, I say "Sir, yes sir!"

5 votes

Yes, he has more valor on his chest than I have in my whole closet.

0 votes

Yes, the newspaper photo means I should trust him.

1 vote

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ABBA's Dancing Queen Hit in 1976 After the War Ended

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Gore is red meat for right wing. I know, let's nominate him for Prez!

Fine then, keep calling me Threesmommy

CIA Hayden IN UNIFORM: "Boo!"