tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41186612024-10-08T21:56:53.247-04:00<center><img src="http://static.flickr.com/40/84658241_cc09e7f342.jpg?v=0"></center> <small><br><b>Internet muse.<br> Daring, bold, never sold. My daily weblog of politics, humor, philosophy...and a constant and nagging reminder of the existence of universal love.</b>...</small> <br><br>Jude Nagurney Camwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03222096568711491361noreply@blogger.comBlogger4588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4118661.post-71741202294152183422012-01-22T11:58:00.005-05:002012-01-22T12:05:40.600-05:00

BOOK REVIEW - "Pity the Billionaire" by Thomas Frank Thomas Frank has written an informative and interesting book with keen insight into the unlikely and unexpected comeback of the Right after the election of Barack Obama. I wanted to share some of my thoughts with you about the book, "Pity the Billionaire: The Hard Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right." In many ways, the book

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"Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." Turning my thoughts to Martin Luther King: [Listen to] "I Have a Dream" speech - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.[Listen to] "We Must Work" - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.[Listen to] "We Shall Overcome" Jun 17 1966 – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.[Listen to] "I've Been to the Mountain Top April 3, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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"Truth has a way of asserting itself despite all attempts to obscure it." ~ Senator Robert C. ByrdSenator Robert C. Byrd was one of my heroes in the dark days of post 9/11 Bush-led America. I chronicled his words as I blogged from day to day at Iddybud. I'm sad to hear he has passed away and wanted to share some of the lines of his that I heard clearly when so many of my leaders seemed to be

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VISIT ME

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I'm Moving - Come and VisitI've been told by many that this site took too long to load. I'd regret to think I'd drive readers away with a painfully slow site.I'm in the process of moving my content over to my new Beta Blogger site.Please come on over to IDDYBUD JOURNAL.Your comments about my new site would be welcome and appreciated.Add me to your links: http://iddybudjournal.blogspot.com/Thanks!

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Sen. Kerry Should ApologizeIn 2004, I can't tell you how frustrated I became - more and more by the day - by Senator Kerry's slowness to tap into the pulse of the people. My blog was filled with advice to Senator Kerry to speak out on the Iraq war with force and convincing reason - and to defend himself against the Swift Boat political operatives. This time, I'm afraid it doesn't matter what his

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Note to MSM: Enough with the Caviezel Jesus Thing!If I hear one more reference made to Jesus Christ every time the MSM shows the actor Jim Caviezel in one of those anti-embryonic stem-cell research ads, I think I'll scream. On ABC Nightly News Sunday night, it happened again. They showed the ad and for the umpteenth time, I heard a news anchor say "That is the actor Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus

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Introducing The Sole of Africa CampaignA Message From Mike Kendrick; Founder of MineseekerLandmines kill, maim, terrify and starve the population. There are over 100 million landmines buried beneath the surface of this planet. Every twenty minutes a land mine kills or maims someone… usually women and children. They render over 800 thousand square kilometers of land useless and terrify millions of

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Novak Pretends to Know What Dems Are ThinkingOpines on Race Rather than Individual Conscience to Make Baseless PredictionsHopping on the bandwagon of the moment, conservative columnist Robert Novak buys into the latest hype over Barack Obama, thinking he has a finger on the pulse of how Democrats will vote in the 2008 primaries long before any potential candidate has even declared their

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Bill Kristol's Full of Baloney on Election 2006If any Republican wins on November 7, it surely will not be because of the Bush Republicans' great leadership on the Iraq war. It will be because of local politics.On today's Fox News Saunday panel, the neoconservative cult's favorite journalistic representative William Kristol extended his fantasy that the upcoming election is to be a referendum on

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My Online Encounter with Michael SchiavoYou never know who you're going to get the opportunity to chat with when you belong to an online community.Last July, Michael Schiavo bashed U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave at a campaign event for "inserting herself in the wrenching national debate" over the prolonged death of his wife, Terri Schiavo. This week, Rep. Musgrave had authorities physically remove Mr

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Seymour Hersh Keynotes at S.U. Nuclear Iran Symposium There was a symposium hosted by the Law School at Syracuse University on Friday where an esteemed and knowledgeable panel gathered to discuss why Iran wants to be a nuclear power; whether Iran has a legal right to become a nuclear power; the regional ramifications of such newly acquired technology; the U.S. policy of preemption; the capability

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President Clinton Rallies With Upstate Democrats in SyracuseAl Stirpe greeted supporters before the rally began Lisa was passing out Maffei for Congress stickers and signsPresident Clinton is brought onstageMayor Driscoll welcomes President ClintonPresident Clinton with Dan MaffeiMichael Arcuri and Dave Valesky look on as President Clinton speaksThumbs upPresident Clinton joked that the current

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NY25: Of Earmarks, Values, and the Rotten Rubber StampDan Maffei, the Democratic challenger for James Walsh's long-held Congressional seat, has asked why our district has stayed in recession for the last 20 years if the appropriations of which he boasts [the kind of earmarks that were at the heart of recent lobbyist scandals] have meant so much. Maffei has also pointed the contrast between Rep.

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23 Years Ago Today in Beirut23 years ago today, October 23, 1983, a truck bomber struck a building in Beirut that housed U.S. Marines. 241 of those U.S. Marines were killed. President Reagan responded by pledging to keep a military force in Lebanon and not give in to terrorists. In February of the following year - four short months later - he pulled American troops out of the region. You can find

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Frank Rich on Obama & Dems: No More Human Weather VanesIn a column about the Liberal love affair with the decidedly impressive freshman Senator Barack Obama, Frank Rich speaks frankly (no pun intended) about the Democrats' fatal malady - putting up "another Democrat who won't tell you what day it is before calling a consultant, another human weather vane who waits to see which way the wind is

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Look at Buffalo, NY!This place is a disaster. I don't think I've seen one tree or bush that was not affected by the freak snowstorm that occurred on Friday the 13th [of October]!See Phil Fairbanks' Buffalo News story.The following photos were taken today at Mount Calvary Cemetary in the city of Buffalo.The people of Buffalo need FEMA's help as soon as possible.Douglas Turner of the Buffalo News

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Seen in North CarolinaFor this week's Tar Heel Tavern, I'll share a few of my photographic memories of a recent trip to your lovely state.Elizabeth Edwards Greets a reader at a book signing in CharlotteCommon Market, Charlotte NCSenator Edwards and Me in Concord NCAnonymoses reads Elizabeth Edwards' book "Saving Graces"The Charlotte skylineThe Atomic Geezer performs for Iddybud Common Market,

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Humanity: Divinely Minted Coins - Each UniqueRabbi Arthur Waskow compellingly contrasts the New Testament story about Jesus' recommendation to render unto Caesar what is Caesar's with the Talmud passage regarding the creation of humankind by God in Genesis I: 27. Adding one simple yet revelatory line to the New Testament passage, a whole new light is cast upon the lesson to be learned. As every

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Iraq is FUBAR and They Can't Credit GodAt the Nation, Tom Engelhardt's point about Bush and current Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki is short and sweet. The fact that the Bush administration has not been able to set up an Iraqi government that has both legitimacy and that meets America's desires is not lost on those who have paid any amount of attention to the 3 1/2-year long disaster of a war.The news

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Pat Tillman's Brother Calls for ChangeWhen it came to the war on terror, the Tillman boys signed up for the cause because they trusted the intregity of our American leadership. Pat gave everything he possessed here on this Earth for you and me...for our country. He laid it all down. His brother Kevin is speaking out about all that he has learned since those days of trust. To say that he is

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Senator Edwards to Speak at UB October 30Former Senator John Edwards will be at the University of Buffalo on October 30th to deliver the keynote address at the Western New York Poverty Symposium being held in the Center for the Arts on the North Campus. Senator Edwards will speak at 11:05 a.m. after an introduction by President John B. Simpson. A question-and-answer session with members of the

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National Character Counts: Bush Stumps for PhilandererPennsylvania Congressman Don Sherwood may have a record of accomplishment in the House of Representatives, but according to the WaPo's Dana Milbank, he also has a police record - a record of wicked infidelity and a penchant for kinky violence against women.While representing the good people of the 10th District, the married congressman shacked

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NNSA Conversion Would Mean Less Highly Enriched UraniumI found this interesting news at the Student-Operated Press website. The Bush administration is making efforts to minimize the use of highly enriched uranium in civil applications around the world. Now if they could just find the diplomatic smarts to stop (idiotically) pissing off every kook in the world who has access to the highly-enriched

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