Kitsch/Posh » Islam http://kitsch-posh.com Mmm, Needs More Blog. Tue, 01 May 2012 16:30:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Is Andrew Breitbart coming to take us down? http://kitsch-posh.com/2010/02/23/is-andrew-breitbart-coming-to-take-us-down/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2010/02/23/is-andrew-breitbart-coming-to-take-us-down/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:03:22 +0000 L http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=1063 Breitbart, editor for the Drudge Report and a media figure in his own right, confronted Max Blumenthal at CPAC over Blumenthal’s article on James O’Keefe (summary: the dude who spied on ACORN maybe is somewhat of a white nationalist).

Breitbart’s not done yet.  He is having so much fun he now wants to take down the “institutional left,” and he believes this will happen “within the next three weeks”:

He might be referring to his appearance on former Congressman (and radio personality!) Ernest Istook’s Harvard Institute of Politics study group, “Propaganda in American Politics.”  Breitbart is scheduled to be a guest speaker next week, which falls within the deadline he gave on a Fox News show that attracts more viewers at 3AM than CNN at 8PM.

This is a must-not-miss event.  What better way to take down the institutional left than to corrupt influence the minds of young Harvard intellectuals who will lead the institutions?  It worked for Peggy Noonan.

(EDIT:  Didn’t happen.  Some anti-global warming guy came instead.  The institutional left survives.)

[Media Matters via Gawker]

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2010/02/23/is-andrew-breitbart-coming-to-take-us-down/feed/ 1 I’m going to venture a speculation http://kitsch-posh.com/2009/06/15/im-going-to-venture-a-speculation/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2009/06/15/im-going-to-venture-a-speculation/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:49:16 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=678 …that the recent election in Iran was in fact not subjected to massive fraud, and Mahmoud did actually get the votes of ~60% of the people over there. This isn’t to say that their “democratic” system is free or fair in any sense, but there’s pretty much no evidence, as far as I can see in the usual Western mainstream media, that measures up to the scale of fraud that some people suppose to have taken place.

Even if the other guy won, nothing would have really changed—even all the so-called “discontent” on the part of the educated urban citizenry and the various reports of violent protests are strategically worthless, because none of this is really translating to any significant loss of legitimacy for the regime as a whole. All the talk before the election about how a Mousavi win could mean a thawing of tensions was just wishful thinking anyway.

So it’s at least a comfort to see the U.S. government basically sit down and shut up about it (well, be as quiet as Washington can possibly be about anything) for the time being. People outside Iran who are walking around and alleging fraud are doing it wrong. The last thing you want to do is look like you’re trying to undermine Iran’s government domestically; only a regime that feels safe at home can be convinced that they can afford to negotiate, make some consessions, etc.

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2009/06/15/im-going-to-venture-a-speculation/feed/ 0 Iraqi throws shoes at Bush http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/12/14/iraqi-throws-shoe-at-bush/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/12/14/iraqi-throws-shoe-at-bush/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:09:39 +0000 L http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=571 He must be giving Bush the Saddam treatment.  Little does he know that in America throwing shoes at someone is the highest sign of respect.

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/12/14/iraqi-throws-shoe-at-bush/feed/ 2 “Black cat, white cat, what matters is whether it catches the mouse”? http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/11/23/black-cat-white-cat-what-matters-is-whether-it-catches-the-mouse/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/11/23/black-cat-white-cat-what-matters-is-whether-it-catches-the-mouse/#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:04:26 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=539 Despite the Bush administration’s persistence it is still not generally recognized as a principle of international law that terrorists are hostis humani generis—enemies of humanity that do not enjoy the protection of any laws whatsoever—and this special status continues to be reserved for pirates and slavers.

So presumably Somalia’s Islamist fighters are a step up from pirates. Or perhaps the Saudi policy of making sure to have plenty of terrorists bought and paid for is returning some dividend, at least seemingly so. [CNN]

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/11/23/black-cat-white-cat-what-matters-is-whether-it-catches-the-mouse/feed/ 0 McCain calls the messiah a socialist http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/19/mccain-calls-the-messiah-a-socialist/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/19/mccain-calls-the-messiah-a-socialist/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:24:24 +0000 L http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=474 Running the names “obama” and “jesus” through Google Fight reveals that they have the same number of searches.  Coincidence?  We think not. [CNN, Google Fight]

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/19/mccain-calls-the-messiah-a-socialist/feed/ 0 Terrorism DVD also spotted at Harvard http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/terrorism-dvd-also-spotted-at-harvard/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/terrorism-dvd-also-spotted-at-harvard/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:19:45 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=455 Harvard Square is always full of activists of all colors, peddling their wares, from the Tibetans to the LaRouche kids to that 9/11 Truth guy. Yesterday was no exception, and the Obama Youth were busily proselytizing in Harvard Square—and right beside them were some people, handing this out for free:

At least some 28 million copies of this movie, produced by an Israeli filmmaker, have been distributed throught key battleground states as well as other parts of the country such as Cambridge, MA. [CNN, Washington Post]

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/terrorism-dvd-also-spotted-at-harvard/feed/ 1 Who dick bigger? Part II http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/who-dick-bigger-part-ii/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/who-dick-bigger-part-ii/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:36:26 +0000 L http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=447 We wrote recently about the “my building is bigger than yours” war between Saudi Arabia and Dubai.  Now Moody’s Investors Service reports that Dubai may need help from Abu Dhabi to finance the borrowing that led to, among other things, the construction of the Burj Dubai, their first record-breaking unnecessary skyscraper.  Dubai promptly denied the allegations, of course. [Bloomberg]

All things considered, this is the market equivalent of taking Viagra and trying to hide it.

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/15/who-dick-bigger-part-ii/feed/ 0 Who dick bigger? http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/13/who-dick-bigger/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/13/who-dick-bigger/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:39:55 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=410 A Saudi Arabian prince announces plans to spend 26.7 billion dollars to build the tallest building in the world, over 1 km high. Not to be outdone, Dubai, which currently holds the record, also says they plan the same. [CNN]

Look here, this is getting a little insane. There hasn’t been some sort of a major materials engineering breakthrough. What has happened is a massive accumulation of capital in the hands of a few people that collect rent on minerals extraction.

But this is at least a whole order of magnitude smaller than the amount of capital that Americans burned on housing. Three hundred million idiots are better than one.

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/10/13/who-dick-bigger/feed/ 2 Liveblogging the Debate: Hussein vs. Osama http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/09/26/liveblogging-the-debate-hussein-vs-osama/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/09/26/liveblogging-the-debate-hussein-vs-osama/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 07:41:02 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=306

]]> http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/09/26/liveblogging-the-debate-hussein-vs-osama/feed/ 0 Liveblogging MSNBC’s Live Coverage of the DNC http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/08/29/liveblogging-msnbc%e2%80%99s-live-coverage-of-the-dnc/ http://kitsch-posh.com/2008/08/29/liveblogging-msnbc%e2%80%99s-live-coverage-of-the-dnc/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:23:49 +0000 M http://kitsch-posh.com/?p=209 Trying to post a clean transcript is such a pain! Hopefully this time will work, after the jump:

8:21
 mlee1 –  Hello, world!
8:22
 mlee1 –  Minutes ago: Keith Olbermann almost looked restrained as Joe Scarborough was going on and on.
8:28
 mlee1 –  ALL DAY CONVENTION COVERAGE CONTINUES ON MSNBC!!!
8:29
 mlee1 –  Hmm, the producers have decided to separate Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann by putting one of them down by the people.
8:41
 M –  PAT BUCHANAN IN SUNGLASSES!!!
8:41
 M –  And Rachel Maddow dancing to Stevie Wonder = <3
More pleasant than her commentary, in any case.
8:44
 M –  AL GORE REVOLUTION!!!
8:47
 M –  Al Gore outlines the achievements of his fantasy presidency.
8:47
 M –  Who is in denial more? George Bush about the climate crisis or Al Gore about 2000?
8:48
 M –  re…cycling?
8:50
 M –  No more “global warming.” Now it’s the “climate crisis”
8:52
 L –  We should just get Captain Planet to be our president.
8:52
 M –  But Al Gore is already saving the planet.
8:53
 M –  HOPE and CHANGE
8:54
 M –  SHAME, DISGRACE, and RUIN
8:54
 L –  ,,,and Al Gore shows some semblance of emotion.
8:55
 M –  …and Al Gore gets involved for the first time in the political process.
8:55
 L –  THE YOUNG VOTERS.   The same ones who voted for Kerry!
8:56
 M –  …which war was that?
8:56
 L –  Obama = Lincoln = another Civil War.
8:57
 M –  Al Gore like Man Dates
8:58
 M –  INCONVENIENT TRUTHS
8:58
 L –    Yet another plug for his film.
8:58
 M –  technical difficulty!
8:59
 L –  Oh, I get it.   With our powers combined, Obama is Captain Planet.
9:00
 M –  Keith Olbermann also misses the Al Gore fansity presidency
9:00
 L –  Al Gore goes inside the Greek Temple.   Is Obama next?
9:01
 L –  But let’s not forget, Chris, that it was a 7-2 decision.
9:01
 M –  ”…controls the presidency”
9:02
 M –  Chris Matthews said it, It’s officlal: America is THE GREATEST NATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD
9:02
 L –  Yes, let’s forget that no one has voted yet.
9:03
 L –  Oh wait, someone is reminding us.   Damn it.
9:03
 M –  lol a wave
9:03
 L –  OBAMA TEXT MESSAGE.
9:04
 M –  Oh hey, that’s Deval Patrick!
9:04
 L –  ”Final night of covention — don’t miss Barack’s speech!   To get involved locally, REPLY: VOL plus your FIRST NAME and TOWN (ex: VOL Ann Chicago).”
9:05
 M –  Oh dear
9:05
 L –  Will more people watch Obama’s speech than the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony?   Stay Tuned!
9:05
 M –  I wonder how many numbers they now have thanks to that VP thing
9:06
 M –  well more people are actually present in the stadium, I thought? maybe?
9:06
 L –  Prepare to receive telemarketer’s calls soon.
9:06
 L –  no, they are all CGI.
9:08
 M –  Why is Jesse Jackson there
9:08
 L –  because he is the ex-Emperor of Black People
9:08
 M –  Maybe in that coliseum they’ll cut off his nuts?
9:09
 M –  ”critical”
9:09
 L –  down payment?   I thought Barack was against reparations…
9:10
 L –  No, Barack is the REAL Deal.
9:10
 M –  ”commitment to reconcile opposites”—yes, very concrete indeed.
9:11
 L –  Feel good music, cut to a commercial, and dinner time for me.
9:16
 L –  Chuck Todd admits it:   the media makes Obama look imperial.
9:19
 L –  So new Osama video tomorrow?
9:19
 M –  no, just a McCain rally
9:19
 M –  and cow-worshipping VP candidate
9:20
 M –  so sort of the same thing
9:20
 L –  I think the most important thing to remember is that

9:20
 L –  JOHN MCCAIN TURNsS 72 TOMORROW
9:21
 L –  DON’T LET HIS VP CHOICE FOOL YOU.
9:21
 M –  !!! We need to do a Happy Birthday John McCain post
9:21
 L –  (PS: McCain is old)
9:23
 L –  JOE!
9:23
 M –  Joe Biden coming on stage
9:25
 L –  Biden tries to sound like a local guy.
9:26
 M –  ugh
9:26
 L –  another video coming up?
9:26
 M –  no they’ll actually bring people on stage
9:27
 M –  or at least have them for background when Obama talks, they said
9:28
 M –  SPEECH MADE PUBLIC
9:29
 L –  









Don’t forget to order “The 2008 Democratic National
Convention” on DVD and Blu-ray, only $89.99 plus shipping & handling.   It Includes hours of material never seen
before (unless you actually watched C-SPAN).
9:29
 L –  Olbermann giving the speech away
9:29
 L –  Roosevelt!
9:29
 M –  Kennedy!
9:30
 M –  wait, so right now they have ordinary people speaking on stage or something?
9:31
 M –  ”My government will ______”
9:31
 L –  Yes, I just changed to C-SPAN.
9:32
 L –  Her name is Monica Early.   Monica Early.
9:32
 M –  And why is Keith Olbermann more important than this lady?
Hold on also switching to C-SPAN
9:33
 L –  Janet Lynn Monaco, your average local pet store owner screwed by the Republicans.
9:34
 M –  John McCain ate her dogs
9:34
 L –  Hurricane, diabetes, rising costs…it’s one big package of “Bush and McCain suck.”
9:34
 L –  OMG GRAY DAVIS
9:34
 M –  (but John Kerry ate her frogs)
9:34
 M –  really? where?
9:34
 L –  ex-California Governor
9:34
 L –  just now on camera
9:35
 L –  Buenos Nachos, Teresa
9:35
 M –  DOCTORATE ON EDUCATION
9:35
 L –  FAMILY VALUES
9:35
 M –  Is this the BARACK IDOL we have been pushing for?
9:36
 L –  seems like that, except for Barack supporters
9:36
 M –  how about AMERICA’S GOT CHRAISMA?
9:36
 M –  lol 4,000 dollars for students to go to college
9:37
 L –  Will he also buy them books?
9:37
 M –  And proofread their papers
9:37
 L –  ARRIBA, ARRIBA, ARRIBA, BARACK!
9:37
 M –  SI SE PUEDE
9:37
 M –  YES WE CAN
9:37
 L –  That’s “Yes, We Can” to the Spanish challenged out there
9:38
 L –  somehow this story will end in “…and George Bush and John McCain made us miserable.”
9:40
 L –  Summary: No George McCain ’08
9:40
 M –  so this is their Zell Miller?
9:40
 M –  This guy has the domestic terrorist look
9:41
 M –  George Bush closed his plant
9:41
 L –  I’m sensing a pattern here.   It seems that all these people were paid to say they were life-long republicans who will now vote for Barack.
9:41
 M –  John McCain sent his job overseas
9:42
 L –  I need change to buy a coke.
9:43
 M –  …so did Obama when he
9:43
 L –  









Will Chris Matthews feel a thrill going up his leg again?  
Stay tuned!   Barack’s speech is coming up.
9:43
 L –  yes
9:44
 M –  I guess they’re done with the angry working class Republicans segment?
9:44
 L –  ”Born in the USA” is now being played in the stadium.   Clearly an attempt to try to convince people that he was born in Hawaii.
9:45
 M –  lol Obama is young enough that Hawaii was part of the Union when he was born
9:45
 L –  









Will Chris Matthews feel a thrill up his leg again?  
Stay tuned!   Barack’s speech is next.
9:45
 M –  (lol John McCain is old enough that Panama was our territory when he was born)
9:46
 M –  (I’m back on MSNBC)
9:46
 L –  Oh wait, it’s Dick Durbin.   lol dick.
9:46
 M –  USA
9:46
 M –  USA! USA!
9:47
 M –  Did you know that America uses 25% of the world’s oil, but has only 3% of the world’s oiil reserves?
9:47
 L –  T. BOONE PICKENS REVOLUTION!!!
9:48
 M –  Drill, drill, drill
9:48
 M –  sort of kills the whole ad
9:49
 L –  I’m sorry, Mr. Pickens, I prefer another old billionare with plans to change the US
9:49
 L –  http://perotcharts.com/
9:50
 M –  LOL ad against old incument Republican congressman from around here
9:50
 L –  Ad for a local swap meet here, half the people speaking Spanish
9:50
 L –  So far the best part of the day for me has been seeing GRAY   DAVIS for one second on MSNBC…I thought he was dead.
9:50
 M –  I met that congressman once he seemed like a nice guy
9:51
 L –  His career is, but it’s good to know Gray is alive.
9:52
 L –  Homework for you:   read the transcripts from all the speeches so far and write down how many times the word “China” is used.
9:53
 M –  Haha
9:53
 L –  I wish Obama leaked a fake script and just improvises his speech.
9:53
 M –  That would be far beyond awesome.
9:53
 L –  Yes
9:55
 M –  Joe Biden got some China points yesterday I think
9:56
 L –  How will the weather affect Barack’s speech?   Ooohhhh…
9:56
 M –  READY TO STAY AWAKE
9:56
 L –  ALL OF THE ELEMENTS TOGETHER
9:56
 M –  OBAMA IS READY TO STAY AWAKE FOR HIS SPEECH
9:57
 M –  -Keith Olbermann
9:57
 L –  Are the starts aligned?
9:57
 L –  HERE WE GO!!!!
9:58
 L –  He is late, he was nominated yesterday.   That’s a bad sign.
9:58
 M –  Dick Durbin has a funnily bobbing head
9:58
 L –  CHANGE–it’s what’s for dinner.
9:59
 L –  Obama is the chosen one, etc.
10:01
 L –  ..and he shall rise to heaven.
10:01
 L –  SI SE PUEDE
10:02
 L –  Barack Obama: MADE IN THE USA
10:02
 M –  HE’S AN AMERICAN
10:03
 L –  A lot of back shots.
10:03
 L –  In other words, I’m not a Muslim.
10:03
 L –  see, those people from Kansas raised him.
10:03
 M –  what happened to FAMILY VALUES?
10:04
 L –  Lessons?   WHAT LESSONS?
10:05
 M –  The L Train!!
10:05
 L –  Wait, did we just skip from his childhood to “I’m a community lawyer”?
10:05
 M –  Yep.
10:06
 M –  No Harvard Law Review for the DNC
10:06
 L –  There we go, Harvard Law
10:06
 M –  yep
10:07
 L –  He looked so presidential in that home shot.
10:07
 M –  The black and white photo with Michelle almost lying down?
10:07
 L –  That’s why he voted “present” many times
10:08
 L –  no, the one in his living room, reading a book.
10:08
 L –  Barack plays UNO, he’s just like us!
10:08
 M –  DUE!
10:08
 L –  Where is his Kenyan family?
10:09
 M –  in Kenya, obv. =P
10:09
 L –  oh we know where this is going.
10:09
 L –  ”nothing is impossible”
10:09
 L –  that shot is presidential
10:10
 M –  yes
10:10
 M –  Wait did Michelle just say that they never had a conversation about whether Barack will run for prez?
10:10
 L –  ya
10:10
 L –  Barack is that awesome.
10:11
 L –  Barack loves everyone.
10:11
 M –  He shakes white people’s hands!!!
10:11
 L –  no wai
10:12
 L –  Emotional music, people clap, and President Obama takes the stage
10:12
 M –  Emerges from his Greek Temple
10:12
 L –  FLAG PIN
10:13
 L –  A halo encircles him…part of a ritual?
10:14
 L –  rather disunited chants
10:15
 L –  He accepts it, I lost the bet.
10:15
 L –  I owe you $10, M
10:15
 L –  Hillary gets some lip service, yay for uniting the party.
10:16
 M –  Man, there goes the last opportunity for Hillary to steal the nomination at the last minute
10:16
 L –  Translation: “Screw you, Bill”
10:17
 M –  AMTRAK
10:17
 L –  Biden takes conductors home every night?
10:17
 M –  OBAMA KIDS OMG OMG OMG!!!!~~~~~
10:17
 L –  Who’s the Asian dude behind Obama’s children?
10:18
 L –  Ok, he’s following the leaked script.   But there is still a chance for that Muslim revelation!
10:19
 M –  George Bush set your home on fire
10:19
 M –  John McCain ate your dog because he was a POW
10:19
 L –  Shame on you for sucking, America.
10:20
 M –  SHAME, DISGRACE, and RUIN
10:20
 L –  George Bush doesn’t care about black people.
10:20
 M –  ”ENOUGH!”
10:21
 L –  John McCain is George Bush
10:21
 L –  actually, he is George Bush and Dick Cheney combined
10:21
 M –  need to chant
10:21
 L –  need to chant better.
10:22
 M –  ”EIGHT IS NUFF”
10:22
 M –  the bravery bullshit
10:22
 M –  and clapping here we go
10:22
 L –  ”McCain is a war hero, but he still sucks”
10:22
 M –  for a guy who was dropping bombs and then suddenly dropped too
10:22
 L –  ”and he lies about the maverick stuff.”
10:23
 M –  Ouch
10:23
 M –  Black dude can do maths
10:23
 L –  OH SHI-
10:23
 M –  NATION OF WHINERS
10:24
 L –  Even racists like Obama http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/08/national/main4331869.shtml
10:24
 M –  lol you love that story
10:24
 L –  Yes, because it’s so stupid.
10:24
 M –  So I have a question
if we’re all this angry already with 3.3% growh annualized
10:25
 M –  how fucked are we really when the cows come home?
10:25
 L –  We need double-digit growth…like CHINA
10:25
 L –  Obama needs to mention CHINA
10:25
 M –  Obama 0 China 0
10:26
 M –  zing
10:26
 L –  China, US, Economy http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aslo2E01QVFI
10:26
 M –  losers suck at chanting
10:26
 L –  Obama: not a fan of boots
10:27
 L –  More Clinton lip service.
10:28
 L –  Obama, we’ve taken enough risks in this economy.   I don’t think that’s the problem.
10:28
 M –  she was on her own
10:29
 L –  Yay, student loans and scholarships.
10:29
 L –  BANK VP
10:29
 M –  new car? I thought women weren’t allowed to drive back then
10:30
 L –  McCain just got pwned.
10:30
 M –  family values and celebrity counter in one
10:30
 M –  pwn
10:30
 L –  so now I see why Obama didn’t mention that his grandma became a bank VP.  
10:31
 M –  nice shot
10:32
 M –  or should I say
10:32
 M –  nice shop
10:32
 L –  Barack is going to SPELL.
10:32
 M –  ok here we go
10:32
 L –  T-A-X C-O-D-E
10:33
 M –  CUT TAXES
10:33
 M –  95% of “working families”? who are those
10:33
 L –  yay, somewhat specific
10:33
 L –  relative to a few minutes ago
10:33
 M –  oil from the middle east
10:34
 M –  yes
10:34
 L –  Joe Biden has been there for longer.
10:34
 L –  Barack understands the oil issue.
10:35
 M –  NATURAL GAS
10:35
 M –  PICKENS
10:35
 L –  By the government-sponsored GM and FORD
10:35
 M –  with these people constantly chomping at the bit to chant
10:35
 M –  reminds me of a Monty Python film
10:35
 M –  Life of Brian
10:35
 L –  needs more nuclear power.
10:35
 L –  yes
10:35
 M –  WIND AND SOLAR
10:36
 L –  Obama needs a clincher phrase akin to the “audacity of hope.”
10:36
 M –  …and convince the teacher’s union that the new teachers should be given higher pay?
10:37
 L –  maybe ” ask not what your country
10:37
 M –  Barack will give us $45,000
10:37
 L –  nvm, he just did it in another form
10:37
 L –  ” ’tis the test of our time, to be the best we can be?”
10:37
 M –  that’s the old Kerry line
10:37
 L –  Wasn’t that John Kerry’s idea?
10:37
 M –  yep
10:38
 L –  now say you will appoint Hillary to a healthcare commission, and people will love you!
10:38
 M –  lol did you see the “new Harry & Louise” ads
10:38
 L –  Yes.  
10:38
 L –  Come on, people, get the chant right.
10:39
 L –  …CHINA time?
10:39
 M –  LINE by LINE
10:39
 L –  ITEM-LINE VETO returns???
10:39
 L –  oh wait
10:40
 L –  Obama, you have to make that clincher phrase soon…stop quoting others.
10:40
 L –  Wait, so government can’t take care of our children? NOOOOO.
10:41
 M –  TEMPERMENT
10:41
 L –  Obama: “Bring it on.”
10:42
 M –  wtf still no China or Russia
10:42
 L –  The Osama hunt is on again
10:42
 L –  I know, this speech needs China and Russia
10:43
 L –  THREATS OF THE FUTURE
10:43
 M –  THREATS OF THE FUTURE
10:43
 M –  jesus christ
10:43
 M –  OBAMA, WHAT ARE THE THREATS OF THE FUTURE???
10:43
 L –  does it start with a C or an R?
10:43
 M –  GEORGIA
10:43
 L –  wait, wait…
10:43
 M –  ALLIANCES
10:44
 M –  wtf Obama
10:44
 L –  indeed
10:44
 M –  come on
10:44
 L –  Bush-McCain; you would think that McCain is the VP running to be President.
10:45
 M –  why do we have to end the war responsibly?
10:45
 M –  RUSSIA
10:45
 L –  End the war responsibly…didn’t Nixon say that about Vietnam?
10:46
 L –  where is the “billions we borrow from China” line?
10:46
 L –  Oh Snap, Barack takes the higher moral ground.
10:47
 L –  It’s official: everyone is a patriot.
10:47
 M –  needs better chanting
10:47
 L –  I was half-expecting to hear “there are no two Americas.”
10:48
 L –  I wonder where Edwards is
10:49
 L –  COMMON GROUND politics
10:49
 M –  INDIVIDUAL RIGHT
10:49
 M –  lol immigration
10:50
 M –  shot of black audience members
10:51
 L –  Obama “gets it.”
10:51
 L –  Obama: not on your dollar bill but still qualified to be president.
10:51
 M –  ”it’s about you”
10:51
 L –  I’M GOING TO BE PRESIDENT
10:52
 L –  Obama just gave a slightly different version of Einstein’s definition of insanity
10:53
 L –  again with the “life-long Republican voting for Obama” line.   I actually like it.
10:54
 M –  well yes, it’s good but needs other kinds of such people
10:54
 M –  I.e., something other than my life is ruined and I am angry and George Bush
10:54
 L –  The world still loves America, etc.
10:54
 L –  Needs more 40 acres and a mule promise.
10:55
 L –  Today is the 45th anniversary of the I Have a Dream speech, right?
10:55
 M –  yes
10:55
 M –  fuck
10:55
 L –  SYMBOLISM
10:56
 M –  screen froze
10:56
 L –  your tv screen?
10:56
 M –  (I’m switched to CNN)
10:56
 M –  ya
10:56
 L –  They are starting, they don’t want us to hear the truth.
10:57
 L –  









So what will people say about this speech?   It doesn’t matter because we all know how
everyone on TV will react before they actually say something.
10:57
 M –  didn’t say China
10:57
 L –  that was disappointing
10:57
 L –  but other than that, it was good…not great, just good
10:58
 L –  I was looking for the memorable phrase.
10:59
 M –  well let’s wait
10:59
 L –  Awesome Biden greets our future President.
10:59
 M –  Chris Matthews will tell us what the memorable phrase will be
10:59
 L –  ah yes
11:00
 L –  actually, now that I have had three minutes to reflect on the speech, I think it was great.
11:00
 M –  OMG OBAMA’S KIDS OMG OMG OMG~~~~~~
11:00
 M –  Is Osama left-handed?
11:00
 M –  wtf Obama*
11:00
 L –  Certainly I have to add to the equation the fact that it was in a stadium in front of 75,000+
11:00
 M –  yes
11:00
 L –  M, YOU RACIST
11:01
 L –  oh, fireworks
11:01
 L –  take that, Beijing Olympics opening ceremony!
11:01
 M –  OBAMA!
11:01
 M –  USA!
11:02
 M –  what is the cut the crap moment?
11:02
 L –  THE REAL THING, told ya
11:02
 M –  KO just lost me there
11:02
 L –  HAHAHA, go Matthews
11:02
 M –  TO HELL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS’ CRITICS
11:03
 L –  You know how bad it would all look if he lost…
11:03
 L –  The First and Second Family
11:04
 L –  ”amazing.”   “Nothing like this.”
11:04
 M –  AGINCOURT
11:04
 M –  I think Chris Matthews is right
11:04
 L –  Alright, Matthews makes it clear.
11:05
 M –  yes
11:05
 L –  Memorable defenses.
11:05
 L –  ENOUGH
11:05
 M –  YES!
11:05
 M –  wtf?
11:05
 M –  where is Keith Olbermann getting this shit
11:05
 L –  apparently Obama’s speech.
11:06
 M –  I guess to him “insure all Americans” counts as uh “specific”
11:06
 M –  ”end the war responsibly” is “specific”
11:06
 L –  I hope Obama gives Kucinich a cabinet position.
11:06
 M –  saying something about Georgia is “specific”
11:06
 M –  lol temperment
11:07
 L –  should have mentioned China
11:07
 L –  yes
11:08
 M –  JOHN MCCAIN DOESN’T GET IT
11:08
 L –  John McCain is old?
11:10
 M –  YES WE CAN
11:10
 M –  YES WE CAN
11:10
 M –  YES WE CAN
11:10
 M –  YES WE CAN
11:10
 L –  Obama ’08.   He will help in foreign policy, and his domestic policies are not as “socialist” as people might think.   Also, Obama.
11:11
 M –  OBAMA
11:11
 M –  exactly
11:11
 M –  YES WE CAN
11:11
 M –  OBAMA
11:11
 M –  USA
11:11
 M –  ENOUGH
11:11
 L –  They are playing “Born in the USA” again.
11:11
 M –  which John McCain was not
11:11
 L –  Paris Hilton lookalike on MSNBC.
11:12
 L –  just passed.
11:12
 L –  ”Born in the Panama Canal Zone”
11:13
 M –  well that’s only USA if John McCain is willing to annex the Canal Zone if necessary
11:13
 L –  Is that part of the territories Hillary mentioned a few days ago?
11:14
 L –  ok, “hell…cave” line was memorable.
11:15
 M –  yes
11:16
 L –  Next week: McCain
11:16
 M –  lol
11:16
 L –  and hopefully RON PAUL.
11:16
 M –  RON PAUL
11:16
 M –  YES
11:16
 M –  ME WANT RON PAUL
11:16
 M –  oh so earlier on some MSNBC coverage
11:16
 L –  Someone needs to put his name up for a vote; his supporters claim to have hundreds of “secret delegates.”
11:17
 M –  Brokaw said that the Montana GOP is in disarray
11:17
 L –  why? RON PAUL?
11:17
 M –  said that he won’t say it’s in shambles
11:17
 L –  or because Obama might actually win in Montana?
11:17
 M –  didn’t mention specifically on the same sentence but then mentioned Paul soon later
11:17
 M –  yes the idea is that
11:17
 M –  Montana and North Dakota are both in play
11:17
 L –  I read that two delegations from Nevada will try to attend the convention, one for McCain, one for Ron Paul
11:18
 M –  right, you linked me to something ya
11:18
 L –  I wonder which one will be allowed into the convention center.
11:18
 L –  lol not really.
11:19
 M –  http://www.pollster.com/
11:19
 M –  Alaska is also swing
11:20
 L –  Charles Krauthammer ON FOX
11:20
 L –  ”smart speech”
11:20
 L –  ”came off from the mountaintop”
11:21
 M –  remember my surprise
11:21
 L –  which one?
11:21
 M –  OMG BLACK MAN CAN DO TEH MATHS!!!!
11:21
 L –  ah yes
11:21
 M –  but watching Obama and the Democrats are kind of like that moment in Life of Brian
11:22
 M –  oh wait I’m listening to it again and he mentioned China once
11:23
 M –  man in Indiana whose job was shipped off to China
11:23
 L –  Obama’s Newpolitik
11:23
 M –  LOL
11:23
 L –  but he didn’t mention China in the “billions we borrow from China”
11:24
 L –  Kitsch-Posh coins the phrase “Obama’s Newpolitik.”
11:24
 M –  sweet
11:25
 L –  Fox News giving a crying play-by-play
11:25
 L –  Karl Rove coming up!
11:25
 M –  lol GOP is owned
11:25
 M –  !!
11:26
 L –  MCCAIN AD
11:27
 L –  what a lame ad…”today was your day Obama, but I’ll get you next time.”
11:27
 L –  at least it showed class
11:27
 M –  lol gotta burn cash
11:27
 M –  because can’t use any of it after he accepts the nomination
11:27
 M –  that’s why so many ads; but once this general election starts
11:28
 M –  Obama will have so much more monies
11:28
 L –  He should buy enough space for 30-minute infomercials.
11:28
 L –  like Perot.
11:29
 L –  One thing I dislike is that that mainstream media often ignores Obama’s half-black, half-white heritage.   Maybe it’s too complex for sound bites.
11:30
 M –  so it balances out
11:30
 M –  Well from Obama himself we hear a lot more about his mother’s side
11:32
 L –  But I don’t think we hear enough about the tribulations and frictions he had growing up as a “black” person in a “white” family…we only read about it in his books.   I think that’s a story that hasn’t been told too well, except for a few Newsweek and TIME articles.
11:32
 M –  Poetry
11:32
 M –  besides, Kansas + Kenya.
11:33
 M –  which, frankly, nobody reads
11:33
 L –  That’s why I like Dreams From My Father, it’s as clear cut as it can be on the issue.
11:34
 L –  Karl Rove: There is no common ground where Obama claims there is.
11:35
 M –  oh Karl Rove
11:36
 L –  Where is the Republican VP leak?

11:37
 L –  ”Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official”
11:37
 M –  well he doesn’t know, does he?
11:37
 L –  ”Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official”
11:37
 M –  wtf
11:37
 L –  ”Comcast to make monthly Internet use cap official”
11:37
 L –  http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080828/comcast_internet_cap.html?.v=2
11:37
 L –  I thought he did, Drudge half-promised to leak it tonight.
11:38
 M –  but John McCain hates Karl Rove
11:38
 M –  why would he be included in the loop
11:38
 L –  Rove?
11:38
 M –  ya
11:39
 L –  not him, Drudge
11:39
 M –  ah
11:39
 M –  I thought you were expecing Karl Rove on Fox to leak the VP
11:39
 M –  LEAK THE VEEP
11:39
 L –  nope
11:40
 M –  well after we learned about Obama’s pick by tracking the secret service’s movements
11:40
 M –  do you think that they may become a little more secret tonight?
11:41
 L –  They said they were in deference to Obama.
11:41
 M –  more like they haven’t got a chance
11:41
 L –  but of course that doesn’t neccesarily prevent “leaks.”
11:41
 M –  mm
11:41
 L –  FRANK LUNTZ on FOX
11:42
 L –  Summary: Frank Luntz = Newspeak
11:43
 L –  McCain should just screw everyone and choose Ron Paul.
11:43
 M –  haha someone to “challenge” him
11:43
 M –  like Biden is supposed to do to Obama?
11:43
 L –  or Lieberman, equally as funny.
11:43
 M –  but, unfortunately, much more likely
11:44
 M –  so much more likely that it is within the realm of dreamable possibility
11:44
 L –  An ant is more likely than Ron Paul
11:44
 L –  I wonder whether all this buzz about the “Paulites” crashing the convention will prove to be true.
11:45
 M –  lol no way
11:45
 M –  if they can stop assassins from entering the arena
11:45
 M –  they can stop Paultards
11:45
 L –  …but TEH SECRET DELEGATES
11:45
 M –  pshht
11:45
 L –  BILLIONARE WHO SUPPORTS RON PAUL
11:45
 M –  so what do the sort of thing
11:45
 M –  where they scream NO at an acclaim vote?
11:46
 M –  I watched the Democratic Roll Call
11:46
 L –  Pelosi didn’t allow time for the “no”
11:46
 M –  no she didn’t
11:46
 M –  same thing will happen at RNC
11:47
 L –  no stfu Ron Paul
11:47
 L –  yes
11:47
 M –  I think the main deal is that we’re just waiting to see how much coverage the MSM gives to Rally for the Republic
11:47
 M –  Now I gotta go get on my Ronvoy kthxbai
11:48
 L –  it depends on how many people go to the “Rally for the Republic” and how rowdy they get.
11:49
 L –  otherwise, it’s C-SPAN 3 material only.
11:49
 M –  lol
11:49
 M –  http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx
11:49
 M –  48-42
11:50
 M –  http://www.gallup.com/poll/109909/Hillary-Clintons-Speech-WellReceived.aspx “Fifty-two percent of Americans give Hillary Clinton’s Tuesday night
speech at the Democratic National Convention a positive review,
including 83% of those who say they watched it.”
11:50
 M –  I.e., Republican voters are stupid
11:51
 L –  and the McCain campaign already has a rebuttal that 99% of people won’t read.   Enjoy! http://johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/Read.aspx?guid=caac48a5-790f-4b44-8e6a-bf08eb5fadee
11:52
 L –  ”No authorized leaking tonight”
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