Interesting that Longmont and Aspen have such an intimate connection… there’s some cultural dichotomy for ya.

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Some outstanding toy photos! Go see.

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My site is 96% male.

Gender Analyzer said so.

Hm. I know of a site that’s only 70%

Geez. Grow a pair already.

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Democratic Pressure on Obama to Restore the Rule of Law

By ADAM COHEN
Published: November 14, 2008

In a Senate hearing room in September, weeks before Barack Obama won the election, a series of law professors, lawyers and civil libertarians outlined one of the biggest challenges that will be facing the next president: bringing the United States government back under the rule of law.

Over the past eight years, they testified, American legal traditions have been degraded in areas ranging from domestic spying to government secrecy. The damage that has been done by President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others is so grave that just assessing it will be an enormous task. Repairing it will be even more enormous.

Read it

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A favorite of mine:

So Long Mom

WWIII song - Tom Lehrer

This year we’ve been celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the civil war and the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of world war I and the twentieth anniversary of the end of world war II, so, all in all it’s been a good year for the war buffs and a number of LPs and television specials have come out capitalizing on all this… nostalgia with particular emphasis on the songs of various wars. I feel that if any songs are going to come out of world war III we’d better start writing them now. I have one here. You might call it a bit of pre-nostalgia. This is the song that some of the boys sang as they went bravely of to world war III.

So long, mom,
I’m off to drop the bomb,
So don’t wait up for me.
But while you swelter
Down there in your shelter,
You can see me
On your tv.

While we’re attacking frontally,
Watch Brinkally and Huntally,
Describing contrapuntally
The cities we have lost.
No need for you to miss a minute
Of the agonizing holocaust. (yeah!)

Little Johnny Jones he was a US pilot,
And no shrinking vi’let was he.
He was mighty proud when world war three was declared,
He wasn’t scared,
No siree!

And this is what he said on
His way to armageddon:

So long, mom,
I’m off to drop the bomb,
So don’t wait up for me.
But though I may roam,
I’ll come back to my home,
Although it may be
A pile of debris.

Remember, mommy,
I’m off to get a commie,
So send me a salami,
And try to smile somehow.
I’ll look for you when the war is over,
An hour and a half from now!

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firedoglake points to a Prairie Sun Rising story from 2007

Had a really poignant drive into town. Turned on the Fargo radio for weather and road reports. Right at the freeze mark and rainy dismal white-knuckle driving all the way back.

Then the radio mentioned a motorcade for the [------] soldier’s remains which were arriving in Fargo and asked people to come out to honor him.

Just west of Hawley we started seeing pickups and SUVs at the ends of driveways. Flags flying in front yards. By Dilworth, the fire dept trucks were all out along the road. As we drove into Moorhead, the police escort led the way for their group.

My God, I had tears running down my cheeks. Flashing our lights seemed such a small gesture. All those fatheads on the Sunday shows and cable news with their strolls and photo-ops and posturing.

And it’s all about this. One 28-year-old kid coming home for the last time.

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This is the damage the Bush Administration has done to our country - thousands of white-hot spikes into the heart of a nation. Don’t wonder why the GOP lost so bad, wonder instead that it took so long to happen.

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This is terrible. The first comment (by sufimarie) points out something horrendous… and shows no hope of any decency.

Some people wonder why the Democrats won this election so decisively. To me it’s abundantly obvious when symptoms like these surface. Self-destructive behaviors are a sign of a system out of balance. Here’s hoping the current trend continues and rationality returns.

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Lifted directly from firedoglake: (FDL ROCKS)

Hugh Hewitt, Townhall:
So, despite the rapture of college students and the registration of the homeless in Ohio, the common sense of Americans will override curiosity about Barack Obama and infatuation with his celebrity, and trust John McCain to pilot the country for the next four years…America is a great and good nation, and it will not turn itself over to a party in the grip of its hardest left cadres, its most corrupt machine and its least experienced nominee ever.

Red State:
Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin will win the election on November 4, 2008 – a date of defeat that will sear itself into the Democratic Party’s collective consciousness.

Geoff Metcalf:
Ultimately, John McCain will defeat Barack Obama, not because he is Ronald Reagan (for sure he isn’t even close), but because a majority of likely American voters don’t believe or trust Obama.

Roger Kimball, Pajamas Media:
Personally, I think John McCain is going to win, and I’m not talking about a hanging-chad squeakeroo. No, I think it will be a blow-out for McCain. (blow this out, Roger! dw)

James Pinkerton, Fox Forum:
Is McCain destined to win a lonely victory at the political pinnacle, while other Republicans sink further into minority status in lesser competitions? The answer, to be blunt about it, is probably “yes.”

Stop the ACLU:
Conservatives are anything but excited about our candidate. He has a list too long to bother with on why Conservatives don’t care for him. The reason he will beat Obama has everything to do with how radical Obama is.

Politico:
Amid dire reports about the toxic political environment for Republican candidates and the challenges facing John McCain, many top GOP strategists believe he can defeat Barack Obama — and by a margin exceeding President Bush’s Electoral College victory in 2004.

El Rushbo:
Talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh says that Sen. John McCain will score a stunning upset over Sen. Barack Obama and win the presidency on Nov. 4.

In an interview with London Telegraph correspondent Nigel Farndale published Friday, Limbaugh said the mainstream media has been pushing Obama’s candidacy because “They want to be able to say they did it if Obama wins.”

To which Farndale countered, “Well, he is going to win, isn’t he?”

Limbaugh’s response: “No, I don’t see it Nigel. I think [Obama has] been dead in the water since the primaries.”

Still wrong about everything.

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And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world – our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down – we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security – we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright – tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

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Ye gods, it is so refreshing to have a president that speaks well. What an acceptance speech.

‘Unyielding hope’

I love that.

Yes we can, and as I’ve already seen on the web, yes we did. Oh yes, we did.

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