Comments on: Is Our Children Reading?

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:28:16 +0000

And one Wachovia story which I didn’t read because I was trying to get to the Shabbos Shuva drasha at 3:45.

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:27:15 +0000

That story was on the front page on, um, Shabbos, so the financial stories were all House passing the bailout.

By: 4jkb4ia

4jkb4ia — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:21:34 +0000

“Bill’s mad at me because I said he was a toothless ex-radical…He’s a professor, for God’s sake.” Absolutely great line, although Ms. EW mentioned knowing academic Marxists in another post.

By: bellesouth

bellesouth — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:14:20 +0000

Somebody tell Olberman that Ayers was not the host of the first party!!!

“That was one of several such neighborhood events as Mr. Obama prepared to run, said A. J. Wolf, the 84-year-old emeritus rabbi of KAM Isaiah Israel Synagogue, across the street from Mr. Obama’s current house.

“If you ask my wife, we had the first coffee for Barack,” Rabbi Wolf said.”

By: MrWhy

MrWhy — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:51:09 +0000

I distinctly recall Obama saying that family issues are off limits.
It doesn’t surprise me Obama’s avoided this story.
It would surprise and dismay me if the Democrats pursue it.

By: readerOfTeaLeaves

readerOfTeaLeaves — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:42:50 +0000

Jeez, you make enough sense to really send a shiver down my spine.
I can’t disagree, but didn’t think it was THAT bad.

Leen, like you I’ve thought McCain looked falsely proud of Palin; that’s not a warm smile he’s been wearing. And is it just me, or do his events seem stale and small? I thought the GOP convention looked more like a glorified Home Show. Not even comparable to the Denver convention in scale, sophistication, or emotional heft. (And not to mention idea-power.)

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:42:38 +0000

Actually that’s what George Washington and others used the power of the pardon for…the Veterans of the Revolution who rose up during the Shay’s Rebellion because of foreclosures and the failure of the Feds to pay them their promised pensions were eventually pardoned (except for about a handful that were executed before the pardons came in).

The pardon power was not intended to be used to protect ones political cronies, but to show mercy to ones political and governmental opponents. Funny how the Repugs use it in just the opposite way.

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:30:11 +0000

Lots of news up about Taliban meeting with Afghani leaders
http://www.chron.com/disp/stor.....43592.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200.....fghanistan

This was just what my friend from Afghanistan was saying for the three years he was here studying in the states on a Fulbright. His family back in Afghanistan kept saying the Taliban were regaining power after the Bush administration took their eye off of Afghanistan when they invaded Iraq. His whole family (his dad is a retired Brigadier General and fought against the Russians) felt the only way to deal with the Taliban was to be inclusive. Pull the Taliban who are not as radical as the rest into talks. Looks like it is hapenning.

He is now back in Afghanistan working for the government. He misses the states but happy to be back with his family and hoping to help with positive developments in his country.

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:18:19 +0000

When McCain announced Palin in Dayton Ohio I was watching his face as she talked he looked like he was going to vomit. He continued to look really worried every time she opened her mouth at other events soon after.

There were a few times where he faked some smiles. He knew but only after who ever it was forced Palin on the ticket. It could not have been McCains choice.

Why not Kay Bailey Hutchison..too late now. Really wonder who pushed Palin?

By: Leen

Leen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:13:50 +0000

Chris Matthews talked about these Obama qualities last night. A tribute of sorts