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Lying. Senator Obama wants to raise your taxes? Unless you happen to be a corporation or the richest one percent of all Americans, lying. Senator Obama has never worked with Republicans on bipartisan legislation? Lying." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBIHtP3IbU"><B>Rachel Maddow</B></A> </I></TD></TR></TABLE> <!-- =news= --> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="625" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="625" background="http://www.unknownnews.org/flag-wallpaper.jpg" class="fonty"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: darkred"><BIG>&nbsp;<FONT COLOR="#FFCC66"><B> NEWS for SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008</B></FONT>&nbsp;</BIG></SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://weblog.timoregan.com/2008/09/rnc-2008-i-was-arrested-after-filming.html"><B>Police riot to prevent protest in St Paul; hundreds arrested</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> I was arrested after filming this video. The cops fired flash grenades, herded us onto Marion bridge and arrested us.&nbsp;...<BR><BR>Soon the police started firing flash grenades, smoke bombs and generally scaring the shit out of me and all these peaceful protesters. We were corralled onto the bridge where they told us we were all under arrest, but not before all of us were shell-shocked by the overwhelming police response. Watch the video, but beware that it's intense, chaotic and there's swearing and explosions.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap0718></A><A HREF="http://apnews.myway.com//article//20080906/D9311BV81.html"><B>Bank linked to McCain's son is seized and sold by FDIC</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Silver State Bank, Henderson, Nevada, was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was named Receiver.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> What do I win for being right for being right <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/d0807-28.html#AA"><B>when I wrote,</B></A> "I don't know anything about the banking industry and I'd never even heard of either Andrew McCain or Silver State Bancorp before reading [that Andrew McCain had resigned from the board at Silver State] ... but I know a little about how thieves, bastards, and Republicans operate, and my guess is that Silver State Bank is on the short list for being seized by the FDIC." &nbsp; <nobr><i>Angry Annie</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0718"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> McCain's loafers: <A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/isabel-wilkinson/a-week-in-john-mccains-sh_b_115692.html"><B>$520</B></A>. Cindy McCain's outfit: <A HREF="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html"><B>$300,000</B></A>. Six of McCain's houses: <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek3jAkx9m10"><B>$13.2 million</B></A>. Insider knowledge of a bank failure: <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1839286,00.html"><B>Priceless!</B></A>. &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0718"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap1213></A><A HREF="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5734511&page=1"><B>Investigation into Palin now on "fast track" to lessen election impact</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Alaska Senator Hollis French will announce today that he is moving up the release date of his investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her office to get the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, fired. The results of the investigation were originally scheduled for release Oct. 31 but will now come almost three weeks earlier, according to sources.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> This looks like pure politics. What purpose is there in suddenly changing the investigation's schedule, making it happen quicker, except to add more time between the announcement of the findings and the election on November 4? And next, in the article below, another signal that Republicans will protect their own... &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap1213"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/palin_wont_be_subpoenaed_on_tr.php"><B>Palin won't be subpoenaed on Trooper-Gate</B></A><BR><BR><I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Even if she refuses to testify voluntarily, Sarah Palin will definitely not be subpoenaed as part of the Trooper-Gate investigation, Rep. Jay Ramras, a Republican on the committee overseeing the probe, just confirmed to TPMmuckraker.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2008/palin_earmarks.html"><B>A few forgotten facts about Sarah Palin</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Sarah Palin may have posed as an opponent of congressionally mandated earmarks, but when the slop was in the bucket, she was one of the first at Senator Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) trough.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap0934></A><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080906/ap_on_el_pr/mccain_palin;_ylt=A0wNcw2B8MJIMLwA8g934T0D"><B>McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain?</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> In the short time since McCain spirited the 44-year-old first-term governor out of Alaska and onto a national stage as his running mate, Palin has become an instant celebrity. And since her speech at the Republican National Convention, watched by more than 40 million Americans, she is emerging as the main attraction for many voters at their campaign appearances.<BR><BR>"She's the draw for a lot of people," said Marilyn Ryman, who came to see her at the Colorado rally inside an airport hangar. "The fact that she's someone new, not the old everything we've seen before."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> "Palin-McCain" easily shortens to "Pain". &nbsp; <nobr><i><A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/">JR Mooneyham</A></i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0934"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap1237></A><A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/westmoreland-uppity/"><B>Westmoreland (R-Georgia) stands by his description of Obama as 'uppity'</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> In a statement Friday, Westmoreland -- who was born in 1950 and raised in the segregated South -- said he didn't know that "uppity" was commonly used as a derogatory term for blacks seeking equal treatment. Instead, he referred to the dictionary definition of the word as describing someone who is haughty, snobbish or has inflated self-esteem.<BR><BR>"He stands by that characterization and thinks it accurately describes the Democratic nominee," said Brian Robinson, Westmoreland's spokesman. "He was unaware that the word had racial overtones and he had absolutely no intention of using a word that can be considered offensive."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Westmoreland's a liar in addition to being a bigot. Nobody rises high in the Republican Party in Georgia without knowing what "uppity" means -- it's invariably an adjective that precedes "nigger" as certainly as "bald-faced" precedes liar. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap1237"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap0910></A><A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/117/story/51913.html"><B>Kremlin-watchers warn of direct US-Russia clash</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> In the aftermath of last month's war between Russia and US-backed Georgia, Kremlin-watchers in Moscow are worried that Russia and America are closer to direct confrontation than at any point since the end of the Cold War.<BR><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Might we have to suddenly start impeachment proceedings to prevent war with Russia? Surely a sufficient number of our Republican pols retain enough brain cells to see THAT as a line we can't afford to cross! Sheesh! In all the ways that matter to an end to the world, Russia well matches us in nuclear destructive power. &nbsp; <nobr><i><A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/">JR Mooneyham</A></i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0910"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap0837></A><A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/05/us.russia.nuclear/index.html"><B>US may pull nuclear deal to punish Russia, source says</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The Bush administration is poised to withdraw an agreement with Russia on nuclear trade as punishment for Russia's military action last month against US ally Georgia, a State Department source said Friday.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> And Russia should care because...? &nbsp; <nobr><i>Sherri B.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0837"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ap0636></A><A HREF="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080904/twl-mexico-us-crime-drugs-2802f3e.html"><B>Mexico drug plane used for US 'rendition' flights</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament.<BR><BR>The plane was carrying Colombian drugs for the fugitive leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman, when it crash-landed in the Yucatan peninsula on September 24, EL UNIVERSAL reported.<BR><BR>The daily said it had obtained documents from the United States and the European Parliament which "show that that plane flew several times to Guantanamo, Cuba, presumably to transfer terrorism suspects."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Beyond the fresh documents obtained by the newspaper, there's not a lot to this story that wasn't reported ten or eleven months ago, but only reported outside the US mainstream media. Even this coverage is outside the US mainstream -- it's a French wire service reporting news from a Mexican newspaper, and I'll be curious to see if it can be smuggled through customs and arrive in the US media. &nbsp; <nobr><i> Jesus Jones</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ap0636"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOBIHtP3IbU"><B>Is Rachel Maddow the only person in mainstream media willing to call liars liars?</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> "The charge that Senator Obama authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform? Lying. Senator Obama wants to raise your taxes? Unless you happen to be a corporation or the richest one percent of all Americans, lying. Senator Obama has never worked with Republicans on bipartisan legislation? Lying."</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ua0751></A><A HREF="http://maxblumenthal.com/2008/09/palins-pastor-god-is-gonna-strike-out-his-hand-againstamerica/"><B>Palin's pastor: God "is gonna strike out his hand against America"</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> If American mainstream media isn't politically or racially biased, this would be at the top of the news cycle... for the next week or so, nonstop. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Heidi Papademetriou</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#ua0751"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press_archive?month=09&year=2008&base_name=ap_praises_mccain_speech_that"><B>AP praises McCain speech that misrepresents Obama health care plan</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The Associated Press (AP) ran an article that praised Senator McCain's acceptance speech as "a bipartisan pitch." The article outlined the main themes, but politely managed to ignore the fact that Senator McCain found it necessary to completely misrepresent Senator Obama's health care proposal.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/6/161324/6723/561/589293"><B>18 days left to comment on Bush crony's proposal to allow<BR>health care providers to withhold information on birth control and abortion</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> We have 19 days [article published yesterday, so it's 18 now. --H&amp;HH]. After [18] days this regulation goes into effect and every single health care worker in the United States will be able to refuse any woman health care based on their own personal moral views.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://exiledonline.com/sarah-palins-big-sleazy-safari/"><B>Palin fought to keep shooting wolves from airplanes legal</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Palin organized a campaign against Measure 2, and funded it with $400,000 of state money. For most of us, the idea of zooming around in a private airplane over snowbound wilderness just for the chance to spot a terrified wild dog and blow it apart with a high-powered rifle is insane. But there's a whole culture out there in love with the idea. Palin did her part by playing the tired old Alaskan pioneer card, saying that lower-48 naysayers who dared to object to the idea of dive-bombing wildlife didn't "understand rural Alaska."<BR><BR>Alaska isn't really very hard to understand. It consists of a minority that loves the wilderness and an overwhelmingly Republican majority that wants to squeeze all the cash it can get out of the state before the oil dries up, the fish die out, and the wildlife disappears. Nowhere else does the Republican formula of manipulating the suckers by playing on their silly hatreds and even sillier vanities play out more clearly than in Alaska.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!-- =nuggets= --> <!--#8comvot --> <A HREF="http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/04/missing_palm_beach_ballots_rai.html"><B>Thousands of ballots missing in Florida election</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=10084"><B>US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6ele --> <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/97778/"><B>Fox News: 'McCain's TV commercials contain ... out-right lies'</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6ele --> <A HREF="http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/gop_rep_says_theres_no_thread.php"><B>King (R-Iowa) says there's no "thread" of patriotism in Obama's background</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6ele --> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/mccain-barracuda/"><B>For the fifth time, McCain campaign illegally uses artists' copyrighted music</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6ele --> <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/5/153224/4904/749/588112"><B>McCain campaign uses stock photos of black people<BR>to show phony 'diversity' among supporters</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/05/outlaw_us_privacy/"><B>Employee has no privacy on company computers, US court rules</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/cnbc-host-praises-palin-for-putting-a-skirt-on-i-want-her-laying-next-to-me-in-bed/"><B>CNBC host praises Palin for 'putting a skirt on', says 'I want her laying next to me in bed'</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#5 --> <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2696031/Anti-terrorism-laws-used-to-spy-on-noisy-children.html"><B>Anti-terrorism laws used to spy on noisy children</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6cop --> <A HREF="http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10423335"><B>Shooting victim has to sue police to have his prosthetic leg returned</B></A><BR><BR> <!-- =dialogue= --> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="625" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="625" background="http://www.unknownnews.org/flag-wallpaper.jpg" class="fonty"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: darkred"><BIG>&nbsp;<FONT COLOR="#FFCC66"><B> COMMENTS for SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2008</B></FONT>&nbsp;</BIG></SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=CM7></A><BR><BIG><B>In a frightened whisper</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Chris M.</B><BR><BR> This fits right in with McCain, Bush, Rove, Joseph Goebbels, Augusto Pinochet....shall I go on.<BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%E2%80%9Cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%E2%80%9D/"><B>Alaskans speak (in a frightened whisper): Palin is "racist, sexist, vindictive, and mean"</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Besides insulting Obama with a Step-N'-Fetch-It, "darkie musical" swipe, people who know her say she refers regularly to Alaska's Aboriginal people as "Arctic Arabs" -- how efficient, lumping two apparently undesirable groups into one ugly description -- as well as the more colourful "mukluks" along with the totally unimaginative "f**king Eskimo's," according to a number of Alaskans and Wasillians interviewed for this article.<BR><BR>But being openly racist is only the tip of the Palin iceberg. According to Alaskans interviewed for this article, she is also vindictive and mean. We're talking Rove mean and Nixon vindictive. </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#CM7"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> <BLOCKQUOTE><i> <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#JRM6"><B>JR Mooneyham was talking yesterday</B></A> about news we don't generally delve into, and this is a good example. And this isn't a slam against you, Chris -- I don't expect anyone to closely vet the links they send. But it's been a long time since we talked about how we pick what news we link to, and that's worth talking about once in a while. I'd be interested in your feedback (and anyone else's) on this.<BR><BR>When we're working on this weblog, we think of ourselves as journalists. We're minor leaguers, certainly, but we try to hold ourselves and our website up to the standards of journalism we'd like to see (but often don't) in genuine journalism.<BR><BR>So here's this article announcing that Sarah Palin is a despicable racist. It's definitely newsworthy if true, but "if true" matters a lot, so let's look closely. The headline is a provocative quote from an anonymous source. The article's first line is a wildly racist quote attributed to Sarah Palin, also from an anonymous source. The article claims it's based on interviews with several Alaskans, but every last one of these alleged Alaskans have asked to remain anonymous. And it's all from a publication, Dick & Sharon's LA Progressive, that carries no cache of respectability with us because we've never heard of it before.<BR><BR>It wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that Sarah Palin is a racist. She's a Republican in a position of power, so I'd be a little surprised if she </i>wasn't<i> a racist. But before we can put it in the news section on our website, we'd need to hear about her racism from a more reliable source than Dick & Sharon's LA Progressive quoting "a waitress" and "an insurance agent" and "Juneau observers" -- a bunch of anonymous Alaskans who may or may not exist. Only two presumably real people are quoted in this article -- one is Anne Kilkenny, the Alaskan whose email is <A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp"><B>all over the internet</B></A> and excerpted here, and the other is one Arnold Gerstheimer, who, we are told, "lived in Alaska until two years ago and is now a businessman in Idaho". Google tells me that Gerstheimer exists on-line only in this particular article, and on websites quoting this particular article.<BR><BR>Bottom line: I am so very not convinced of any of this. I'm sure Dick & Sharon's LA Progressive will get tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of visitors, but it isn't news to us until some real people are willing to go on the record. </i></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i> (<A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A>)</DIV><!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <A NAME=BL7></A><BR><BIG><B>She does it all</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Ben Legume</B><BR><BR> How about that Sarah Palin -- is she a hottie or what? I hear she hunts, shoots, dresses and eats her own liberals. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Ben Legume</i> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-07.html#BL7"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> <!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <A NAME=RG7></A><BR><BIG><B>Calling in sick</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Robert Garrison</B><BR><BR> What f**king funny farm did you asswipes escape from? Your ugly, vicious attaks on America make me nautious. You are imbicilic fuckers who hate America and you make me sick, sick, sick, barfing and fever sick, literally. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Robert Garrison &nbsp;(<A HREF="mailto:robertgarrison@usa.com"><B>robertgarrison@usa.com</B></A>)RG7</i> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/hatemail2008.html#RG7"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> <BLOCKQUOTE><i> Well, I hope you feel better soon. Take some aspirin, drink plenty of fluids, and please get some rest. When you're feeling better maybe you'll be able to point out what we've published that you found so sickening. </i></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV align="right"><i>Helen & Harry Highwater</i> (<A HREF="mailto:unknownnews@inbox.com"><B>unknownnews at inbox.com</B></A>)</DIV> <!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <BR>Also:<BR> &bull; &nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-05.html#sp0837"><B>Herb Ruhs, MD replies to Helen & Harry</B></A> on the ANDERSON VALLEY ADVERTISER<BR> &bull; &nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#ap0943"><B>SirJ replies to Chris D.</B></A> on Georgia and Russia<BR> &bull; &nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#ap0916"><B>Siskiyousis replies to Helen & Harry</B></A> on cable or satellite TV<BR> <!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <!-- =quote= --> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="center" WIDTH="100%" BGcolor="white" class="fonttnr"><I> "Other nations have dealt with this and survived -- Chile, Greece, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, the former Soviet Union and many others. It is a well-worn path to freedom by perseverance and courage. We will be a better people for having experienced a true struggle to free ourselves from authoritarian oppression." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#HR6"><FONT COLOR=blue><B>Herb Ruhs, MD</B></FONT></A> </I></TD></TR></TABLE> <!-- =news= --> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="625" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="625" background="http://www.unknownnews.org/flag-wallpaper.jpg" class="fonty"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: darkred"><BIG>&nbsp;<FONT COLOR="#FFCC66"><B> NEWS for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008</B></FONT>&nbsp;</BIG></SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#9 --> <A NAME=aa0904></A><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080906/ap_on_bi_ge/mortgage_giants_crisis"><B>Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac to be effectively nationalized by US government</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The government is expected to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as soon as this weekend in a monumental move designed to protect the mortgage market from the failure of the two companies, which together hold or guarantee half of the nation's mortgage debt, a person briefed on the matter said Friday night.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> We are awaiting details of the presumed nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The government is expected to bail-out 100% the bond and preferred shareholders, and partially bail-out common shareholders.<BR><BR>Many financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies own preferred shares and bonds from the two mortgage behemoths, and failure to bail-out preferred shareholders had the potential to create another financial crisis. Failure to bail-out the bond holders had the potential to destroy the global financial system and rupture the flow of foreign imports to the United States -- countries such as China made it clear to the US government that reneging on Fannie/Freddie debt would mean The End Of The World As We Know It.<BR><BR>So...another bail-out. Lots of bail-outs ahead too, probably the FDIC and Ford, GM and Chrysler, and ultimately individual homeowners. What we see today is not the $25 billion estimated by the Congressional Budget Office, but a temporary fix to kick the can down the road until January 20th when Bush leaves office and Barack Obama can be assigned the blame for what will undoubtedly occur: trillions more in Federal debt and massive dilution of US dollar purchasing power. This is going to be HUGE...&nbsp; <nobr><i>Mr. Chuckles</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#aa0904"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/09/06/ron-paul-right-again-first-bear-stearns-n ow-fannie-and-freddie/1773/"><B>First Bear Stearns, now Fannie and Freddie</B></A><BR><BR><I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Shouldn't it be obvious to people by now that that US government fails in just about everything they set out to do? The late great Libertarian Harry Browne discussed this in Reason Magazine back in 1998.<BR><BR>"Anytime you turn anything over to the government, you transform what was a commercial, medical, social, safety, financial, or military matter into a political issue -- to be decided by politicians like Bill Clinton, Newt Gingrich, Teddy Kennedy, and Jesse Helms. And guess how they make their decisions?<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Harry was right. Ironically. Or tragically. Did you know that Fannie Mae's purpose was to make home ownership possible and affordable to average Americans? And what happened? The price of homes skyrocketed because loans were made available with 5%, or even zero down payments, and hyper-low interest rates...for far too long. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Mr. Chuckles</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#aa0904"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR> <A HREF="http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Purpose-and-Function-of-Fannie-Mae&id=1130413"><B>The purpose and function of Fannie Mae</B></A><BR><BR><I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> To give you a historical perspective. Fannie Mae was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress in 1938. At that time, there wasn't a consistent supply of mortgage funds. As a result of the Depression, millions of families risked losing their homes or couldn't become home owners.<BR><BR>So, the federal government established Fannie Mae to address this need. Its aim was to "expand the flow of mortgage funds in all communities, at all times, under all economic conditions, and to help lower the costs to buy a home."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Meanwhile, back at the White House, the wise steward in the Oval Office announced that he is going to give $1 billion to the country of Georgia to help them rebuild after their FUBARed war with Russia. The magic piggy-bank that Alan Greenspan warned us about is still magic, I guess. The money tree is still alive!<BR><BR>Personally speaking, as always, I find the spendthrift policies of the US government alarming. Probably after the next president takes office we'll see some hairy stuff start to happen. It simply is not possible to print money and create true wealth -- or to borrow our way to national prosperity. Something has to happen. Fortunately, corporations are keeping Americans almost completely ignorant of what is going to happen, and that means the rest of us who are paying attention have a chance to make for the exits before the stampede. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Mr. Chuckles</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#aa0904"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7iraq --> <A NAME=aa0831></A><A HREF="http://www.truthout.org/article/us-iraq-agreement-leaked"><B>US-Iraq agreement leaked</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> A leaked version of last month's draft of the proposed US-Iraq status of forces agreement (SOFA) suggests that the Iraqi parliament may not be consulted before it is signed, despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's promises to do so. The pact would govern the future US presence in Iraq. The draft indicates no intent to set a deadline for withdrawal of "non-combat" troops from Iraq. It also grants immunity from Iraqi law to US military personnel, no matter where they are located.&nbsp;... "For the past seven years, the president has treated Congress like an inferior branch of government," [Steve Fox, director of the American Freedom Campaign] told TRUTHOUT. "This pending agreement with Iraq is just another example. It is clear that the agreement goes beyond the reach of a traditional SOFA and it should be approved by Congress before it goes into effect. But the president has no intention of seeking Congressional approval. In our opinion, Congress should issue a 'signing statement' of its own, declaring the agreement unconstitutional and signaling that it will fund the activities outlined in the agreement at its own discretion."</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7iraq --> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=95744"><B>Baghdad wants to buy F-16 fighters from US</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Bush is busy with Christmas gifts. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Wig</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#aa0831"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7iraq --> <A NAME=fp0552></A><A HREF="http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=57200"><B>Iraqi police held in foiled kidnap scam</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> The success of the Surge is resulting in "It's not what you know. It's who you know." Sounds like democracy has arrived in Iraq. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Wig</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0552"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7con --> <A NAME=fp0411></A><A HREF="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003845496"><B>Arrests at RNC slammed as Goodman arrest video is seen 500,000-plus times</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> In a statement released this afternoon, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) called on "police and local and federal officials to respect the First Amendment right to free speech and free press of journalists doing their job, especially as it relates to coverage of recent political conventions and the surrounding public protests. Reporters have a duty and a constitutional right to be present at sometimes volatile events and situations, and to inform the public."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> It was these kind of tactics used at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago that were at least partially responsible for them losing the election to Nixon. People will remember this. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0411"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> I envy your optimism, but how are people going to remember this when they don't even know it happened? "The whole world was watching" in 1968 because those police riots were on live television and all over the newspapers, but this week's brutality in Minnesota has received next to no coverage in the corporate media. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0411"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> This is true. However there are a lot more people who use the internet and alternative media. Mostly, I will grant you, in the upper classes. But that is where most of the independents are too. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0411"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#7con --> <A NAME=aa0850></A><A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26497298/"><B>Republican delegates attacked by protesters</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> Terry Butts, a former Alabama Supreme Court justice who is a convention delegate, was on a bus taking delegates to the arena when a brick through the window sprayed glass on him and two others. Butts said he wasn't hurt.<BR><BR>"It just left us a little shaken," he said. "It was sort of a frightening moment because it could have been a bomb or a Molotov cocktail."<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> It's interesting to see how differently MSM covered the convention protests. Not a whiff of any police abuse. &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#aa0850"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#6 --> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/26/ccchina126.xml"><B>China forces banks to increase holdings of US dollars</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> China's central bank is in effect forcing commercial banks to build up large dollar reserves, using them as arms-length proxies in a renewed campaign of exchange rate intervention.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5ele --> <A NAME=fp0434></A><A HREF="http://www.military.com/news/article/obama--says-iraq-surge-successful.html?col=1186032310810"><B>Obama says Iraq surge successful</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Pandering to the Right? &nbsp; <nobr><i>Wig</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0434"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Almost certainly, though it's possible A.P. has twisted his words. And what's Obama doing on THE O'REILLY FACTOR, for God's sake? &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0434"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Pandering of course. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Wig</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0434"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5ele --> <A NAME=fp0439></A><A HREF="http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/09/partial-palin-s.html"><B>Palin family has owned 26 cars from 1994 to the present</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> The article's main topic is whether Palin's social security number was published on the web. Only the first 5 numbers were, which can be gotten with relative ease by a commercially available background check.<BR><BR>What caught my attention was this sentence: "The document also lists other personal information, such as the size of Palin's mortgages and the vehicle identification numbers for all 26 cars the Palin family has registered since 1994."<BR><BR>26 cars over that period of time is roughly 2 per year. One for the husband and one for the wife makes for a different car each year. I am grossly out of step with the rest of America. I have owned the same car since 1986. It's the only car I have as I am single. &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0439"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Damn good news catch, thanks. Sorta adds to the Palin family's white trash image, in my mind... I wonder how many of these cars were in the front yard at any one time... &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0439"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Maybe we'll find out when <A HREF="http://cagle.com/working/080903/nicholson.jpg"><B>they appear on Jerry Springer</B></A>! &nbsp; <nobr><i>SirJ</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0439"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr></TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5ele --> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/afxhgfvhhbtc"><B>Palin's convention speech brings in cash for Obama</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> "Sarah Palin's attacks have rallied our supporters in ways we never expected," Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5ele --> <A NAME=fp0417></A><A HREF="http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/the_death_of_a.html"><B>Republicans use 9/11 video for propaganda</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> One of the most enduring taboos in American politics, the airing of graphic images from the September 11 attacks in a partisan context, died today. It was nearly seven years old.<BR><BR>The informal prohibition, which had been occasionally threatened by political ads in recent years, was pronounced dead at approximately 7:40 CST, when a video aired before delegates at the Republican National Convention included slow-motion footage of a plane striking the World Trade Center, the towers' subsequent collapse, and smoke emerging from the Pentagon.<BR><BR>The September 11 precedent was one of the few surviving campaign-season taboos. It is survived by direct comparisons of one's opponents to Hitler.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> I would never compare McCain or Palin to Hitler. Hitler's staff had some intelligence. These people are as dumb as a stump. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0417"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr><BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Republican leaders are fearmongers, because fear is all they have to sell, and because it sells very well to the average utter coward Republican. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry </i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0417"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5 --> <A NAME=fp0451></A><A HREF="http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2008/09/continental_adds_15_fee_for_fi.html"><B>Continental adds $15 fee for first checked bag</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> It only applies to the peasants. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Wig</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0451"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5 --> <A NAME=fp0414></A><A HREF="http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/09/republicans_are_1.html"><B>This just in: Republicans are mean</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> I sat through Rudy Giuliani and the debut of Sarah Palin -- and I've come to only one conclusion. Republicans are mean. No whining here. I'm no Phil Gramm. Just an objective statement of fact based on first-person observation. Nasty. Snarky. Mocking. Sarcastic. Punch you in the nose first and then laugh at you because your face is full of blood and you look kinda funny now. And then kick you while you're still down -- don't forget that one. Jesus says so. And then holler "USA! USA! USA!" and "Drill, Baby, Drill!" Nice people. And distressingly enough, on the second/third/whatever night of the Republican Convention, the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul was filled with them. And they sure don't seem interested in winning my vote.<BR><BR><i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Only mean? How about arrogant, self centered, selfish, self serving, self righteous, condescending, cruel, cold hearted. Need I go on? And this is just scratching the surface. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Chris M.</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0414"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5 --> <A NAME=fp0520></A><A HREF="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/what-peggy-noonan-wrote-t_b_123671.html"><B>Noonan raved about Palin in column written before her "live mic" comments</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Peggy Noonan has always been a propagandist, since her days writing speeches for Ronald Reagan. She says one thing when she thinks the microphone is off, but it's a completely different story when she's writing her column, because like any sharp propagandist she doesn't believe the garbage she spews. I wish I wondered why the corporate media would employ a propagandist to write propaganda, but of course, I don't wonder at all and neither do you. We all know why. &nbsp; <nobr><i>Helen & Harry</i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0520"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#5 --> <A NAME=fp0526></A><A HREF="http://mediamatters.org/items/200809050001"><B>Cable news channels dedicate more coverage to RNC's<BR>scheduled programming during peak hours than to DNC's</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> I thought I noticed this myself, but of course I wasn't keeping close enough tabs on things to be sure. &nbsp; <nobr><i><A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/">JR Mooneyham</A></i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0526"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#4 --> <A NAME=ANCHOR></A><A HREF="http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/sentletsediakanyo/2008/09/05/reasons-for-doing-business-with-hugo-chavez-and-not-the-us="><B>Reasons for doing business with Hugo Chavez</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <I>Excerpt:&nbsp;</I> The US has perfected the art of deceit and peddling lies to UN Security Council about leaders who appear to defy and undermine its authority. Venezuela has been one of those countries. It is not surprising that there has been a relentless campaign against Hugo Chavez since his ascendancy to power, to characterize him as a ruthless dictator and a ruffian. The US undermines and wants to cripple the democratically elected government of Latin America's leading oil power. "In Venezuela, a demagogue awash in oil money is undermining democracy and seeking to destabilize the region," a statement released by the US said.&nbsp;...<BR><BR>Washington's open contempt for Chavez and its underhanded attempts to cut down the democratically-elected leader contradict the ideals of democracy that the US claims to protect and promote throughout the world. It is a demonstration of hypocrisy of the highest degree.</TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!--#3 --> <A NAME=fp0554></A><A HREF="http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-09/cp-itt082808.php"><B>Infectious, test tube-produced prions can jump the 'species barrier'</B></A><TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH="25" class="fonty">&nbsp;</TD><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" class="fonty"><BR> <i>Comment:&nbsp;</i> Just what we need: a way to create infinite varieties of 'mad cow' plague bioweapons. Those sorts of plagues might well be impossible to defend against or contain, as there's no practical way to sterilize rooms or equipment which get contaminated (that's a different reference). &nbsp; <nobr><i><A HREF="http://www.jrmooneyham.com/">JR Mooneyham</A></i> &nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#fp0554"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;</SPAN></nobr> </TD></TR></TABLE><BR> <!-- =nuggets= --> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/4/163948/5565/25/586794"><B>"When you've lost my mother, you've lost America"</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-palin_planesep05,0,3470364.story"><B>Palin claim on eBay plane sale doesn't fly</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/05/national/main4418856.shtml"><B>Republican insults aimed at community organizers rile activists</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/09/04/barack_and_michelle_obama_are.html"><B>Westmoreland (R-Georgia) says Obama is "uppity"</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/516641.html"><B>Palin is stonewalling the Troopergate investigation</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#9a --> <A HREF="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/05/mccain-campaign-plans-to-keep-palin-away-from-the-press/"><B>McCain strategy is to keep Palin away from the press</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/science/09obdrug.html?ref=science"><B>Marijuana ingredient may fight bacteria</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#7 --> <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/97606/"><B>New drug survey demolishes more of Drug Czar's claims</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/51753.html"><B>Judge sentences Republican crook Abramoff to four years in prison</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/09/05/tom-ridge-john-bush-err-john-mccain-is-his-own-man/"><B>Tom Ridge: "John Bush, err, John McCain is his own man"</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#6 --> <A HREF="http://www.alternet.org/workplace/97645/why_mccain_and_the_gop_are_so_afraid_of_discussing_the_economy/"><B>Whether rich, poor or somewhere in between, Americans<BR>always do better economically under Democrats</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#4 --> <A HREF="http://www.military.com/news/article/army-suicide-rate-may-set-record-again-.html?col=1186032310810"><B>Army suicide rate may set record again</B></A><BR><BR> <!--#3 --> <A HREF="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24298545-5005961,00.html"><B>'Slave master' ex-cop on child porn charges</B></A><BR><BR> <!-- =dialogue= --> <TABLE CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="8" WIDTH="625" border=0><TR><TD ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="625" background="http://www.unknownnews.org/flag-wallpaper.jpg" class="fonty"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: darkred"><BIG>&nbsp;<FONT COLOR="#FFCC66"><B> COMMENTS for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008</B></FONT>&nbsp;</BIG></SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE> <A NAME=HR6></A><BR><BIG><B>Remember, it is always darkest just before dawn</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Herb Ruhs, MD</B><BR><BR> In light of the horrors that have played out during the Republican National Convention, any city, county or state that invites the Republicans to their town for any possible future convention will have to expect the same or worse. Of course the issue may be moot in that it seems more likely by the day that the national electoral farce may soon come to an end as the charade is likely to be replaced by simple authoritarian, totalitarian rule.<BR><BR>Personally when such happens it will be a relief. Living through this false spectacle of democratic rule has been annoying to the extreme. Better for people to realize that the reality is that they are dealing with straight up totalitarian oppression.<BR><BR>Other nations have dealt with this and survived -- Chile, Greece, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Argentina, the former Soviet Union and many others. It is a well-worn path to freedom by perseverance and courage. We will be a better people for having experienced a true struggle to free ourselves from authoritarian oppression. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Herb Ruhs, MD</i> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#HR6"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> <!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <A NAME=JL6></A><BR><BIG><B>Sarah Palin's alleged affair</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>Janice Lester</B><BR><BR> Near as I can ascertain, the story of Sarah Palin's alleged affair has been wiped from the National Enquirer website. Which either means there's nothing to it, or the editor there wants to live to see Christmas. <DIV align="right"><BR><i>Janice Lester</i> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dddddd" class="font11">&nbsp;&nbsp;<A HREF="http://www.unknownnews.org/0809-06.html#JL6"><FONT COLOR=blue>PERMANENT&nbsp;LINK</FONT></A>&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN></div> <!-- REPLY --><BR><img src="http://www.unknownnews.net/grayline.jpg" border="0" width="630" height="3"><BR> <A NAME=JRM6></A><BR><BIG><B>Hypocrisy is never off-limits</B></BIG><BR><BR>by <B>JR Mooneyham</B><BR><BR> I kn