There are a lot of versions of the video from the White House Correspondents Dinner floating around, but the links at One Good Move offer the most complete version I’ve found (and here’s more, including a compete transcript).
UPDATE I: Say thanks.
UPDATE II: Where’d the media go?
The story is covered on hamdems.org and the chattanoogan.com. In a clearly illegal and desperate attempt to scare seniors into voting for Ms. Miller, her surrogates are putting signs up in the 6th District suggesting that her opponent, Mr. Brooks, will raise their taxes. Of course, this charge has been answered by the Brooks campaign repeatedly. He has flatly stated that he does not want to raise taxes, and will do his best to avoid doing so. But Ms. Miller, being the anti-school, one trick pony that she is, has nothing else to run on, and now that she’s lost the battle regarding the residence of the Brooks family, she has nothing left to ride into the election on Tuesday.
For his part, Mr. Brooks has kept this a very positive campaign about new leadership in the 6th commission district (and has deservedly been endorsed by both editorial sides of our local paper). Ms. Miller cannot say the same, as her entire campaign has consisted of repetitive claims that Mr. Brooks does not live in the district (he does) and that the only reason he is running is to raise taxes (give me a freakin’ break — how would he benefit from that?). While Mr. Brooks has engaged in a serious discussion of the issues facing the county commission, Ms. Miller has brought up one distraction after another.
Hopefully, we won’t have to hear from Ms. Miller again after Tuesday’s election — that is, if enough people from the 6th District get out to vote. What’s your schedule look like on Tuesday? The polls are open from 8 am to 8 pm (take a friend with you!).
Me neither. It’s irritating to have to wait when I need gas now, man.
If you don’t see anything above, click here to watch the video (via my sister and/or BIL).
The Global Night Commute is a worldwide event organized by the makers of the film Invisible Children through the organization Invisible Children Inc. The Global Night Commute will take place on April 29, 2006. Youths from around the world will be walking to city centers to show support for Ugandan children who walk every night into city centers attempting to avoid capture by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
These children, between the ages of 3 and 17, from Acholiland in Northern Uganda, are referred to as “night commuters”. They walk up to 20 km (12 mi) from internally displaced person camps to larger towns, notably Gulu, in search of safety from the LRA.
The Global Night Commute is similar to other initiatives raising awareness about the plight of the children in Acholiland like the Gulu Walk in Toronto, Canada; however, the the Global Night Commute will take place on a much larger scale. Over 53,000 people have signed up to participate in the event and it is scheduled to take place in 130 cities. The goal of the movement is to raise awareness and ultimately end Africa’s longest running conflict by facilitating a change in the policies of the United States government.
Both Democrats and Republicans got into legal trouble this week, but for very different reasons (which is probably a pretty good indication of where their priorities have been lately).
Five Democratic members of the US Congress were arrested today at the Sudan embassy where they were protesting atrocities in Darfur.
Now, the matter of genocide is a moral issue, outside of any kind of partisan politics, and yet, where were the Republicans? Well, maybe they were over at the Watergate Hotel…
The Republicans, you see, have gotten themselves into a very different kind of muddle, and it touches on ever so many of their other current scandals. They’ve apparently been getting their weenies waxed by professionals, courtesy of lobbyists. This story is just getting off the ground, so we’re not sure how far up the tower of power it extends, or exactly who is involved, but many people will be making every effort to find out. Perhaps the story will carry us into November? And if the Republican Party collapses in the midst of a huge sex scandal, they only have themselves, Ken Starr and a little blue dress, to blame.
In the meantime, are the Democrats are ready to step in and run the county for us? It’s certainly past time for someone else to take the wheel.
UPDATE: thanks to Jon at the Pensito Review for a quote that is apropos: “I happen to believe we
Today’s creature comes courtesy of a guest photographer. DD (dear daughter) and I were driving into our neighborhood last Friday when she spotted this barred owl, perched on the lampost right next to the road (she actually thought it was one of those plastic garden owls at first, resulting in an exclamation, “There’s an owl! And it’s real!”). So we skidded to a stop, backed up to get a good angle and took turns snapping photos until another car came up behind us and we had to move along. DD snapped this shot, and it turned out better than any of mine. The bird was being aloof, but I got it to look down at us by making squeeky noises.
It’s another beautiful Friday out there. We’ve got a primary election here in Chattanooga on Tuesday, so it’ll be a very busy weekend for me. If you’re in the area and would like to help (on the Democratic side of things, of course!), there’s lots to do — just get in touch and I’ll make sure you’re on the list for this weekend’s canvassing, election day visibility, prep for our returns party on Tuesday night, or whatever else you’re interested in doing. Peaceout!
(Oh, and the kids on the ark are traveling, so be patient as the ark may fill up more slowly than usual.)
If you don’t see anything above, click here to watch the video (via Reality Me).
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who plays a supporting role on the blog. She's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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