New Rules: Just Ask John McCain

Barack Obama’s Brother: George Obama

Barack Obama’s Brother Lives In A Slum.
Obama asked how many houses McCain had. But Obama’s half brother lives in a hut.
Barack Obama’s little-known haft brother lives in a slum in Nairobi.

h/t missykcarr

B’Man’s Patriot Watch: Ralph Nader

B’Man: I dare you to watch this video. If you ever wanted to know what this man has done or is capable of doing, please watch this. You have no idea what this man has done for you, already. Can you imagine what he would do for America if he were elected as president?

Ralph Nader’s Achievements

Some of the books Ralph Nader has written or helped produce:

Unsafe at Any Speed
Action for a Change(with Donald Ross, Brett English, and Joseph Highland)
Whistle-Blowing (with Peter J. Petkas and Kate Blackwell)
Corporate Power in America (with Mark Green)
You and Your Pension (with Kate Blackwell)
The Consumer and Corporate Accountability
Corporate Power in America
Taming the Giant Corporation (with Mark Green and Joel Seligman)
Verdicts on Lawyers
The Menace of Atomic Energy (with John Abbotts)
The Lemon Book
Who’s Poisoning America (with Ronald Brownstein and John Richard)
The Big Boys (with William Taylor)
Winning the Insurance Game (with Wesley Smith and J. Robert Hunter)
Canada Firsts
The Frugal Shopper (with Wesley Smith)
Collision Course (with Wesley Smith)
No Contest: Corporate Lawyers and Perversion of Justice in America (with Wesley Smith)
The Ralph Nader Reader
Cutting Corporate Welfare
Crashing the Party: Taking on the Corporate Government in an Age of Surrender

Instrumental in the passing of the following legislation:

Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act
Consumer credit disclosure law
Consumer Product Safety Act
Co-Op Bank Bill
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Freedom of Information Act
Funeral home cost disclosure law
Law establishing Environmental Protection Agency
Medical Devices safety
Mine Health and Safety Act
Mobile home safety
National Automobile and Highway Traffic Safety Act
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
Nuclear power safety
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Pension protection law
Safe Water Drinking Act
Tire safety & grading disclosure law
Whistleblower Protection Act
Wholesome Meat Act
Wholesome Poultry Product Act

Obama, Carter, Israel

August 30, 2008 www.votenader.org www.officialnaderstore.com

Obama is such a man of principle. Take Israel/Palestine as an example. Tradition has it that former presidents get a speaking slot at the national conventions. Not at Obama’s convention. Not in Denver. President Jimmy Carter was scheduled to speak at the DNC in Denver. And then, at the last minute, his speech was cancelled. Why? Because Carter has spoken out about the plight of the Palestinian people? Because Carter has written a book with the descriptive title: Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid? Because Obama didn’t want to offend the militarist American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)? Apparently yes, according to this article from the Jewish Daily Forward. Denying Carter a speaking slot at the DNC “shows the party gets it and Barack Obama’s campaign gets it,” according to one Democratic party activist. Well, we get it too. While Obama and McCain take the hardline AIPAC militarist line. Nader/Gonzalez will stand with the millions of Americans, Israelis and Palestinians who want peace, with justice for all. Stand with us now. Stand with a candidacy that will be on 45 ballots, that is bumping up against ten percent in key swing state polls, and that will push hard over the next two months to make it a viable three way race. Help us reach our goal of $100,000 by September 4th. We’re about a third of the way home. But we need to push hard this Labor Day weekend to make it. Give whatever you can — $10, $20, $50, $100 — for the peace candidacy. And remember, if you give $100 or more now, we’ll send you three DVDs — the Denver rally, the Minneapolis rally, and a special debate DVD. (Three DVD offer ends September 4 at 11:59 p.m.) Onward to November The Nader Team

B’Man’s Hypocrite Watch: Bush’s Brain Fart

Richard Noggin’ Saturday: The St Paul Police

The Police State is in full force in St Paul. You think this is Americanism or Nazism? h/t The Stimulator

Beware: rough language

RNC EMERGENCY DISPATCH #1

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At 9:15 Friday night, the Saint Paul Police entered all doors of the RNC Convergence Space in St. Paul, MN with guns drawn. The Space serves as a community center and organizing space for the upcoming protests against the Republican National Convention. At the time of the raid, people were sitting down to dinner and watching a movie.

A Mississippian Goes To The DNC… Guess What Happened?

B’Man: I have to admit that I am a fan of young Jeff Walter’s writing (down at CottonMouth), even though we come to a different conclusion who to support as president. Such is the way with the two party brainwashing that happened to America many years ago, but that is besides the point of this post.

I have been following the Police State in America and wanted to show you how a Mississippi boy experiences the DNC (and he is a delegate). Jeff writes it off as a loss for him, but what he doesn’t realize is that the entire bullshit show he has gone to see is pretty much represented by his first day’s activities. It may not get much better than his first day (even tho I do hope he improves his situation).

But what Jeff doesn’t really grasp is that he just witnessed the Police State in action. There are videos galore of cops attacking protesters (and I put a video up this morning where they arrested an ABC guy for what is apparently bullshit reasons).

Jeff (and everyone at CottonMouth): please understand what you are supporting by supporting that party. You are continuing the same old stuff… the same old military and corporate expansion of the American Empire and at the same time, supporting the Police State activities that Jeff witnessed first hand, but didn’t have the understanding to call it what it was.

I know there are some accolades and press from your venture, but in my opinion, you have ended up on the wrong side of what America needs. But in the case I am discussing there are more than 2 sides. I wish you could fully grasp this.

DNC Day 1 Report: Denver 1 – Jeff Walters 0

It was tough day for the home team here at Cotton Mouth. The day started for me at 6:00AM with the realization that I had lost my debit card the night before. My ride was to pick me up at 6:30 to take me to the airport for my 9:00 flight. I frantically had to make sure my room which was booked on the lost card would not be cancelled by my subsequent cancellation of the lost card.

For money, I had to write an enormous check to a friend of mine who went the extra mile that only a true friend would do, and spent a good hour of his work day attempting to, and finally succeeding to wire me some cash. I had to handle all of this from the Jackson and Houston airport terminals while still trying to make my flights on time with my stuff intact.

My stress level was pretty high to say the least. Finally I received word from the Hotel in Denver that as long as I paid cash up front, I would not have to put down a credit card. This was my first of a couple of victories today, stacked against a ton of losses.

I arrived in Denver around 1:30 local time. It took another 45 minutes for my shuttle to show up to take to the hotel. I had to stop at a Safeway to pick up my Western Union. The only problem was, was that they did not have enough cash to fill my transfer. I then had to call the shuttle again this time to take me to a Wal Mart who presumable had the money. The bank inside of the Wal Mart was able to do it for at 3:58 local time. The bank closed at 4:00. That was the second and last of my victories today.

Finally with cash in hand I was able to check in. The computers at my hotel were down when I arrived, and it took the nice lady at least 30 minutes to check me in. I quickly cleaned up and prepared to headed downstairs to find my way downtown. There was a free shuttle that would take you to the convention as long were credentialed. The only problem there was my credentials were downtown. This was a classic case of chicken or the egg. Without my credentials the was no shuttle for me, so I caught a ride with the hotel to the bus stop.

The bus I needed to be on to get downtown pulled away from the gate as we turned in. I had to wait another 30 minutes for the next bus. By this time it was 6:00 local time. It was supposed to be a 30 minute bus ride to downtown. Due to traffic, I did not arrive until 7:00 local time. Now I had to get my credentials. I was told repeatedly that I needed to go the Sheraton on Court street a few blocks down to pick up my credentials.

I made my way slowly through the crowd to the Sheraton. I was getting agitated because nobody could give me a straight answer on where to pick up my credentials. Finally I arrive, out of breath to the front door of the Sheraton. As I reached for the door, they slammed it in my face and locked it. Shouting through the glass a concierge yelled “We are under lock down, no one can come in or leave.”

Bewildered, I turned around and came to the realization I probably was not going to get in the convention tonight. About that time a group of 30 or 40 riot gear clad police trotted right by me. One of the police officers on the scene not dressed in riot gear told me that if he were me he would be moving along. I took his advice to heart and quickly started backtracking. I did not make it to the end of the Sheraton when another group of 30-40 riot gear clad police jogged right by me again.

Now I was really curious as to what was going on. I joined a group of 25 or so onlookers at the corner of the Sheraton and watched the riot police form a secure perimeter around the back side of the building. Before long they had their pepper spray dispensers pointed right at us and told us to get down the road or get sprayed. I don’t think I heard the end of this sentence.

Feeling defeated I found a little dive to get something to eat. Figuring my best bet was to call it day and recharge for a full day Tuesday, I headed back to the hotel. There I found other bloggers who informed me on where and when to pick up my credentials. As I lat down on the bed I chuckled to myself, Denver 1 Jeff Walters 0.

Happy Birthday John McCain: Keep The Booze Coming

LOL. Damn, Jack. That is so freaking funny!

h/t The Familographer