So, And Thus...

This Explains a lot... (or yet another reason she MUST be stopped)

Photo:Flickr

Apparently there is a lot more that Hillary needs to answer for.  Everyone knows that she is one of the most secretive politicians in America and this article (from Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of Nickel and Dimed) at The Nation (cross-posted at HuffPo) explains just what is behind so much of that secrecy as well as her right-leaning tendencies.  When this makes the MSM this will undoubtedly show the country exactly how dishonest and calculating Hillary is and make many of her diehard followers open their eyes to the cold hard truth concerning the real motives behind her presidential run.  She’s been deceiving  the American people for too long.

The articles linked below and the forthcoming book from Jeff Sharlet are EXPLOSIVE to Hillary’s campaign since it links her to a religious group working within the houses of government and around the world.  Ehrenreich describes it as an “international networks of rightwing leaders”.  Current and former members include: John Ashcroft, James Inhofe, Joe Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Rick Santorum, Tom DeLay, Sam Brownback, George Allen, James Baker, Ed Meese,…

Among the many disturbing points brought up include that this group “takes credit for some of Clinton's rightward legislative tendencies”, (so they are heavily influencing her voting in the Senate) and their common belief that “it's only the elites who matter”.

Be sure to read these other links for more info on this group and their affiliations in Government. (Mother Jones, The Atlantic, and Harpers.)  This is truly frightening.

Whereas this is just funny (Pic:FreakingNews.com) :

Marcy Levy - O Amerika

Thought provoking song from our favorite "Sister".

Incredible how the images use in this video are all so familiar. Do you realize how many years we've been in the mess? And by mess I mean this presidency. The only people who think that things are fine are the people making money from the world's misfortunes. Very sad.

Nice delivery on this one, Marcy! And I agree with you on who you believe would be the best hope for America's future.

For those of you who don't recognize the name Marcy Levy, she also goes by Marcella Detroit. She was in the group Shakespeare's Sister and sang lead on their biggest song, "Stay". I own several of her solo records, and all are great. Looking forward to the new one.

Fly-Life: Leona Lewis

The latest Fly-Life email:

The AMERICAN DOMINATION....STARTS NOW!!

LEONA LEWIS

"SPIRIT"

Album Everywhere April 8^th!

Learn more about LEONA here:

http://www.discoverleonalewis.com

 

 

STEAL THE MP3 of the MOTO BLANCO REMIX of “BLEEDING LOVE” HERE!

http://download.yousendit.com/FC83F6D07D7ABC36

 

STEAL THE MP3 of the SHAPESHIFTERS REMIX OF “BLEEDING LOVE” HERE!

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Olivia Newton-John - Fan Blog

For those of you who need your Olivia fix, here's a blog that'll give you a heart attack!

Intro from the blog:

Hello, I am DjPault.  This blog is dedicated to Olivia Newton-John. On this site you will find Remixes, Photos, Rare Tracks and more. Feel free to leave comments! And check back often for updates as i will try to post them regularly.

Thanks and Enjoy Your Visit.

Ein Oso... You're not alone!

(h/t Retro Remixes)

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree review

Check out Xolondon's review of Goldfrapp's new album "Seventh Tree".

If he thinks it's great, then it HAS to be great!

WOW - This is AMAZING!!!

I received an e-mail from Sen. Barack Obama's campaign yesterday  (Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:34:36) with an update on their win in Wisconsin.  The e-mail included this statement, "We're nearing our goal of 500,000 people giving so far in 2008."

Today the Obama campaign released that the fundraising figures from January 2008 had been underreported when they had previously released the estimate of $32 million.  The new accurate figure is a whopping $36 million.  A figure previously unheard of for a month of fundraising in American politics, especially by a lesser-known politician (when compared to the worldwide recognizable name of Hillary Clinton) who has created a very successful grassroots and heavily web-based fundraising campaign instead of relying on the "old school" big donor donations.

Now, I just received another e-mail that has left me utterly flabbergasted (yes, I am flabber and gasted):

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:14:46 -

We learned something extraordinary since I wrote to you last night.

We've crunched all the numbers and discovered that we are within striking distance of something historic: one million people donating to this campaign.

It is just REMARKABLE that in less than 24hrs they have had 500,000 new donors contributing to Obama's already impressive campaign funds.  WOW.

 

UPDATE: NYT's article on the McCain scandal

Michal Czerwonka/European Pressphoto Agency
February 17, 2008  - NYT website

Vicki Iseman, Lobbyist
Stephen Boitano/Getty Images  February 20, 2008 - NYT website

The New York Times reports that Arizona Senator, Republican front-runner and supposed GOP Presidential Nominee, John McCain, 71 was allegedly involved with lobbyist Vicki Iseman, 40.  This relationship dates back eight years to Mr. McCain's first Presidential run in 2000.  Several of his advisors tried to keep Ms. Iseman at a distance from the Senator back then for fear that this relationship would ruin his presidential ambitions given that the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal was still fresh in the American conscience and had created a political outrage cloaked as an attack on morality and ethics in the White House by the GOP.  The further implication of ethical violations would damage Sen. McCain’s campaign beyond repair since in addition to the appearance of the war hero's involvement in an extramarital affair, the lobbyist in question also had many clients who appeared before the Senate Committee which was headed by Senator McCain.

JIM RUTENBERG, MARILYN W. THOMPSON, DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and STEPHEN LABATON co-authors of the NYT article add that although Sen. John McCain claimed that he was not embedded with Washington lobbyists and conducted business aboveboard there is supposed evidence to the contrary which spans over the years since his unfortunate ties to the Keating Five scandal.  After all, it was McCain who had fought for stricter regulations of lobbyist and big business influence on government and the NYT reveals that he has flown on many a corporate jet owned by the moneyed executives seeking his favor, including one executive who was a client of Ms. Iseman's.

Will this tarnish the Senator's reputation?   McCain's campaign has already been seen as lackluster within the GOP and many have stated their unhappiness with the entire field of presidential candidates for the party in this election cycle.  What does this mean for the Republican Party in the race for the Presidency?  Will this be used as fodder for Huckabee’s flagging campaign, to now give him a real reason to stay in the race?  Will they retreat from their paltry support of Sen. McCain and somehow try to revive the Romney campaign as Pat Buchanan subtly hinted at on MSNBC’s Countdown?

Republicans and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign have already suggested that the present day Democratic front-runner Senator Barack Obama would not be able to handle any of the vetting that will certainly take place between now and November.  But so far there has been little to damage his rise in popularity or his strength in the polls – even when pitted against McCain.  This McCain scandal however, will give more than enough ammunition that the Democratic Party and any 527's could use to weaken Sen. John McCain's already shaky campaign.  This would close the door on "negative" attacks against Obama since nothing (so far) pulled out of Obama’s “closet” comes close to the impropriety and ethics violations this New York Time's report suggests.

-Link to NYT Article

BREAKING: John McCain reported in an inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist...

This is breaking news from MSNBC:

- Questionable Ethics

- NYT story

-Not yet posted on the MSNBC website

...developing.

Remastering

Interesting post on remastering over at cnet.com.

I went into the mastering room over at Sony Studios when I was working on a mix. The equipment was amazing. And the technology is getting better everyday!

Beards and the Patriots

(Notice I put "Beards" first)

This post over at Towleroad caught my attention, partly because of this picture:



Nice! (I'm sure Ein Oso has bookmarked this entry already)

The posting is about this segment (below) shown yesterday during the NFL Super Bowl Countdown.

Grizzly Adams, beards, offensive linemen... where do I start?!?!