Today the Journal Sentinel editorial board asks for the Bush administration, “When is it lying?”.
An easier question to answer would have been, “When is it not lying?”.
The thing I’m most surprised about in the whole Scott McClellan tells all saga? That the guy actually appears to have a conscience after all.
Once again, Sen. Obama has no problem showing his patriotism to the American people:
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) hosts a discussion on home ownership at the College of Southern Nevada in North Las Vegas, Nevada May 27, 2008
Sen. McCain on the other hand, continues to snub our national symbol of freedom:
President Bush is accompanied by Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, seen reflected on the car, before Bush boards Air Force One at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, after Bush attended a private campaign fundraising event for McCain in Phoenix, Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
As an astute right-wing radio show said just weeks ago, “by rejecting the pin, he’s rejecting what it stands for, loyalty and love of America”.
While he was talking about Sen. Obama at the time, I’m sure the same unique logic will apply to Sen. McCain as well, and I for one applaud the outrage right-wing radio talk show hosts are displaying towards Sen. McCain on this critical issue.
More a historical marker than anything else, but I paid $4.00 ($4.09 to be exact) for a gallon of gasoline for the first time in my life today.
That is an increase in over $1.25 per gallon in just the last six months, with no apparent end in sight.
The kind of hard hitting journalism Fox News is known for: laughing at the suggestion that Sen. Obama be killed along with bin Laden “if we could”.
Sick. And the kind of commentary that apparently gets the OK at the Fox News channel.
We had a great day getting up to Mt. Rainer yesterday and were even able to get some hiking in before the snow got too deep.
We’re taking a bit of a post-graduation vacation with the family out to Seattle this week, hence the low amount of posting.
Two things that jump out right now: Cars are just impractical in and around Seattle. Secondly, they are actually building new commuter rail throughout the area. They’re a midsize metro area located on a major body of water, and people are using it! Imagine that.
As some may know, for the last three years my wife Jenny has been attending graduate school in pursuit of a masters degree in Education Psychology with the goal of becoming a school counselor.
We’re very happy, and very proud to announce that on Sunday she received that degree!
Getting a masters degree in itself is by no means a small amount of work. Jenny however did it while working full time, giving birth to and raising two children, and supporting her husband during a political campaign among other things.
That’s saying something and is a testement to the amount of hard work and dedication that my wife Jenny has shown over the course of her life, and especially within the last three years.
We’re very very proud of her.
Congratulations!
Widely covered elsewhere, but this is a positive move in the direction towards eliminating discrimination in America:
California’s Supreme Court declared that gay couples in the nation’s biggest state can marry — a monumental but perhaps short-lived victory for the gay rights movement Thursday that was greeted with tears, hugs, kisses and at least one instant proposal of matrimony.
Same-sex couples could tie the knot in as little as a month. But the window could close soon after — religious and social conservatives are pressing to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would undo the Supreme Court ruling and ban gay marriage.AP
I’ve been a long time supporter of equal rights on the marriage front, and this is great news from California. You have to wonder how many people these social conservatives could help – the poor, homeless, sick – if they directed their energy and resources towards helping those people instead of continually hampering the rights of couples who want the same benefits and rights the rest of us have.
Sen. John McCain, seriously, what’s going on? Did you lose your flag pin? Did it get bundled up with Cindy’s unreleasable tax statements? How is a “Democrat” showing more patriotism on his lapel than you???
Democratic presidential hopeful US Senator Barack Obama (R) greets former US Senator and presidential hopeful John Edwards (L) during a rally at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Odds on John McCain showing up with a flag pin tomorrow anyone? I’d bet pretty good, although his disdain for American’s symbol of freedom may be even deeper than we though and subject to weeks more scrutiny by blogs and right-wing talk show hosts alike…
Go and listen to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s conservative columnist try to explain away why it’s “just being provocative” when a racist idiot sells a t-shirt with a picture of the “Curious George” monkey with “Obama in 08″ beneath it. 
The sad thing is that as the race for President moves on we’re going to be seeing a lot more of this subversive racism popping it’s ugly head up because certain people in this Country just can’t stand the thought of a black person as President. They’re uncomfortable with that possibility, which is why they’re bigots and racists…
What’s really starting to become troubling is the constant drumbeat of those on the right, like McIlheran, who try in vain to explain this behavior away as anything other than what it really is. It’s not “rude” and it’s definitely not “provocative”.
It’s racist. So stop defending racists.
In part because of record high gas prices, usage of mass transit is booming around the Country as more and more people take advantage of the options for mass transit their cities and counties provide:
Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots at many bus and light rail stations are suddenly overflowing, with commuters in some towns risking a ticket or tow by parking on nearby grassy areas and in vacant lots.
“In almost every transit system I talk to, we’re seeing very high rates of growth the last few months,” said William Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association.
Some cities with long-established public transit systems, like New York and Boston, have seen increases in ridership of 5 percent or more so far this year – International Herald Tribune
Unfortunately due to the decisions of some Milwaukee and Wisconsin politicians to purposely halt any progress on mass transit and to even cut existing mass transit services, we here in Milwaukee are limited in our choices for getting from point A to B.
While the rest of America moves forward in providing its citizens with more choices for getting where they need to go, Milwaukee remains stagnant. Due to that stagnation, we’re missing out on a key revenue stream that will only continue to increase as the price of gasoline remains high – not to mention providing residents with the ability to cut their costs for commuting by a substantial amount.
To people like County Executive Scott Walker who is so out of touch that he suggested the solution to transit in Milwaukee was for everyone to “have a car” – we can all say thanks.
It’s thanks to your short sighted policy proposals that the metro Milwaukee area finds itself dead last in the race to provide affordable transit options to it’s citizens.
I live in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, WI with my wife Jen, our daughter Emerson, and sons Carter and Colton.
I'm the President of The Park People of Milwaukee County, President-elect of the Washington Heights Neighborhood Association, an elected official of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, a union leader, community organizer and transit advocate who is working to make Milwaukee great again. I've been writing this weblog for nearly ten years ... read more...
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