project for the old american century 


Government

 

John McCain addresses housing crisis by canceling Habitat For Humanity event

http://snipurl.com/3na6m  [www_huffingtonpost_com]

 

 

Fact checking Palin's speech. Sit Down. This may take a while.

http://tinyurl.com/5k4pgo

 

 

FactCheck.org finally finished their GOP convention write-up on Palin, Huckabee, and Giuliani. Sit Down. This, too, may take a while.

http://snipurl.com/3n9uv  [www_factcheck_org]

 

 

McCain (R-POW) says he knows exactly how to capture bin Laden, and will, just as soon as he's elected President. No explanation on why he hasn't bothered to share this exclusive hot tip with anyone for the past eight years

http://snipurl.com/3n1ph  [in_reuters_com]

 

 

When trying to make your unvetted VP pick sound a little less ignorant than the current Failure In Chief, make sure you don't send the phoneticized version of her speech to the media by mistake

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213160.php

 

 

In an election, if you have no real reason why voters should select you, then try to garner votes by adopting your opponent's message of "change"

http://snipurl.com/3n9mc  [hosted_ap_org]

 

 

McCain: Palin will be an expert at international relations and energy issues because "Alaska is right next to Russia. She understands that." No joke, he really said it.

http://tinyurl.com/6yldsp

 

 

Romney wants to change "Liberal Washington" into "Conservative Washington".

http://snipurl.com/3n0tv  [political-buzz_com]

 

 

McCain proposes more tax cuts and wants to tax your employee health benefits.

http://snipurl.com/3n0uk  [www_marketwatch_com]

 

 

Crack investigative journalists discover that the GOP, including voters and officials, is almost entirely white

http://snipurl.com/3n0x8  [www_msnbc_msn_com]

 

 

Ron Paul is the Republican maverick, not John McCain

http://snipurl.com/3n0xh  [foolocracy_com]

 

 

Rudy 911 mocks America and the RNC audience laughs

http://snipurl.com/3n11b  [andrewsullivan_theatlantic_com]

 

 

The outfit Cindy McCain wore the other night is worth more than Joe Biden's net worth

http://tinyurl.com/5jvlms

 

 

Romney mocks Gore for non-existent private jet.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/romney-gore-jet/

 

 

Romney, lauding Sarah Palin's achievements, says, "She has hunted moose."

http://snipurl.com/3n9n1  [dispatch_com]

 

 

Steelworkers President To Palin: ‘Stop Using Your Husband’s Membership In The USW As A Prop’

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/palin-usw/

 

 

Heart is the latest band to fall prey to Captain McCain's pirate rampage, demand campaign stops using "Barracuda"

http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/09/heart-responds.html

 

 

Did McCain really mean to open his speech in front of Walter Reed Elementary School or do the tech wizards at the RNC not know what the hospital looks like? That's not stock photo keyword searching we can believe in.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/213806.php

 

 

Palin's speech results in record one day donation...for Obama

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6BkMiFClO-golI3_rj8iiidLNTAD9308008B

 

 

"John McCain met Cindy in 1979 after he'd filed for divorce." Small town newspaper reveals a meeting some 12 months earlier

http://snipurl.com/3n9u5  [westvalleyview_com]

 

 

Two major GOP analysts caught on an open mic trash-talking Palin and McCain

http://tinyurl.com/6csmh9

 

 

8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin

http://snipurl.com/3mxoq  [www_alternet_org]

 

 

Sarah Palin gives a thoughtful speech about how to combat rising unemployment and restore America's leverage abroad. Just kidding. She's got nothin'.

http://snipurl.com/3n0v6  [www_sltrib_com]

 

 

Jesse Jackson hospitalized

http://snipurl.com/3n1gm  [politicalticker_blogs_cnn_com]

 

 

51-star flag at Republican Convention.  Pic from right after the speech ended

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loudshroom/2829018715/

 

 

Tom Ridge Sums Up The McCain Platform: "John Bush". Oh Snap!

http://snipurl.com/3na4a  [www_huffingtonpost_com]

 

 

Palin Accuses Dems Of Attacking Her Family, But Campaign Can't Name One Instance

http://snipurl.com/3na52  [blogs_abcnews_com]

Iraq

 

New book says US spied on Iraqi leaders - report 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04502758.htm

 

 

Iraq said not to favor U.S. firms to develop oil fields

http://uruknet.info/?p=m46944&hd=&size=1&l=e

 

 

U.S. frees 11,000 Iraqi detainees in 2008

http://uruknet.info/?p=m46937&hd=&size=1&l=e

 

 

US forces detain Reuters photographer in Iraq

http://uruknet.info/?p=m46936&hd=&size=1&l=e

Afghanistan

 

FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L5340705.htm

 

 

Afghan anti-drugs judge murdered 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP330972.htm

 

 

Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 4 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL170563.htm

 

 

Russia may suspend support for NATO operations in Afghanistan

http://uruknet.info/?p=m46958&hd=&size=1&l=e

 

 

Hundreds of Afghans gathered near a village bombed by U.S.-led coalition forces to call on the government to punish those responsible for civilian deaths in the raid.

http://snipurl.com/3nb5e  [nz_news_yahoo_com]

 

Iran

 

The U.S. Congress may inadvertently lay the foundations for war against Iran when it reconvenes in Washington this month.

http://snipurl.com/3nb5v  [www_startribune_com]


Israel and Palestine

 

Resettlement of Palestinians to Iceland 

http://snipurl.com/3nb1b  [www_alertnet_org]

 

 

Slave trade heads to Israel

http://uruknet.info/?p=m46953&hd=&size=1&l=e

Central Asia

 

Suspected U.S. drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP59883.htm

 

 

Pakistan raid may signal more U.S. attacks 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04280052.htm

 

 

Pakistani parliament condemns US-led attack

http://snipurl.com/3nb4o  [channels_isp_netscape_com]

 

 

Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080904/wl_nm/pakistan_usa_dc

 

 

Taliban rebels abduct 25 police recruits in Pakistan:

http://snipurl.com/3nb4x  [story_irishsun_com]


Foreign Affairs

 

Ecuador Giving U.S. Air Base the Boot

http://snipurl.com/3nb6l  [www_washingtonpost_com]

Human Rights

'US firm responsible for murder of 12 Nepalis in Iraq'

http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/sep/sep04/news08.php

Civil Liberties

 

Why We Were Falsely Arrested

http://snipurl.com/3nb4d  [www_truthdig_com]

 

 

Eight protesters at the RNC were charged with conspiracy to commit a terrorist act yesterday. The suspects’ lawyer called the charges ridiculous, saying the accusations are “an effort to equate publicly stated plans to blockade traffic and disrupt the RNC as being the same as acts of terrorism.”

http://snipurl.com/3n26m  [www_latimes_com]

 

 

So far, nearly 300 protesters and journalists have been arrested.

http://snipurl.com/3n27h  [www_ajc_com]

 

 

Fox"News" reporter gets arrested at the RNC

http://snipurl.com/3n9mr  [www_myfoxdfw_com]

 

 

Shouting "I love you Why are you doing this?" does not deter policemen with tear gas

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/04/rnc.protests/index.html

Environment

 

Not only does Sarah Palin not believe global warming is real, she doesn't think the polar bear should be listed as an endangered species, and she's A-OK with wolves being shot from helicopters to increase caribou herd size for hunters

http://tinyurl.com/56qks9

 

 

Christine Todd Whitman: ‘Definite correlation’ between global warming and hurricanes.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/whitman-global-warming/

 

 

China Has Already Overtaken U.S. as Number One Polluter Says New Research

http://snipurl.com/3na8p  [redgreenandblue_org]

 

 

Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias

http://snipurl.com/3na93  [www_newsvine_com]

 

 

Giant Ice Sheet Breaks Free in Canada

http://snipurl.com/3na98  [news_wired_com]


Veterans' Issues

 

Wounded soldier home from Afghanistan on sick leave forced to sleep in his car after hotel refuses him room

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4674411.ece

 

 

Soldiers' suicide rate on pace to set record.

http://snipurl.com/3n9v8  [www_washingtonpost_com]

Media

 

CNN analysts give their grades on the Palin speech. Not surprisingly, she earns an A from them.

http://snipurl.com/3n0t7  [www_cnn_com]

 

           

Bill Kristol and Brit Hume declare that dating a stripper helped John McCain survive those 5 1/2 years when he didn't get to see a naked woman... or something

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/03/kristol-stripper/

 

 

The AP which panned Obama's otherwise widely praised speech for not offering enough specifics, LOVED Palin's utterly detail-free address last night. Calls Palin Speech 'Star-Turning'

http://tinyurl.com/6nl4eq

 

 

AP delivers another dozen donuts with sprinkles to McCain

http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/20080905/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_mccain

 

 

The Daily Show presents how quickly "Palin isn't ready" and "Hillary whines about sexism" becomes "Palin can lead our country" and "Sexism is a serious problem"

http://tinyurl.com/6bb7ut

 

 

MSNBC.com catches crucial footage of dancing Republicans

http://tinyurl.com/6md6uh

 

 

Obama enters the "no-spin" zone. O'Reilly demonstrates mastery of faux journalism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJH2n4aFEhA

 

 

On behalf of the big bad media who dared to practice journalism, Politico apologies to McCain

http://tinyurl.com/56nwdf

 

 

Jon Stewart completely eviscerates Karl Rove, Bill O'Reilly, Dick Morris and that McCain spokesblonde

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvOc2jej35c

 

 

Despite Saying Working Mothers Pursue ‘False Hopes And Fading Illusions,’ Schlafly Endorses Palin

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/04/schlafly-palin/

 

 

Michael Moore To Release New Film For Free

http://snipurl.com/3na4q  [www_huffingtonpost_com]

 

 

GOP Crowd Boos NBC During Palin's Speech

http://snipurl.com/3na58  [www_huffingtonpost_com]

Economy

 

Dow Falls More Than 340 Points

http://snipurl.com/3na4x  [www_huffingtonpost_com]

 

 

Nation loses 33,000 jobs in August

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/09/01/daily39.html


Editor's pick

 

Photo essay of other community organizers that, like Barack Obama, don't have "real responsibilities" according to Sarah Palin.

http://snipurl.com/3n1iz  [www_dailykos_com]

 

 

If Democrats had shown this video, we'd be ripped to shreds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1vEzqld0I

 

 

"Mavrick" ha ha

http://snipurl.com/3na0l  [www_politico_com]

 

 

The Sarah Palin Digest

http://thinkprogress.org/palin-digest/

 

 

All cops should be like this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg1Mg021984&NR=1