First up: Bad Karma or just plain stupid? Jerome Corsi thought it would be a good idea to go to Kenya to sell his smear book about Obama. He also wanted to meet with Obama’s half brother. (Some people have no understanding of people who value honor. Obama’s half brother doesn’t want the attention — he feels ashamed of himself, but has taken responsibility for his actions and life. Why can’t people just leave him alone?) Corsi was detained and then deported. (Even handed but interesting article herefrom the CSM.)
Finally free or not quite? The Bush administration lost in court again but will appeal. Federal Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered that 17 Uighurs be released from Gitmo 6+ long years after they were turned in tho the U.S. military for a bounty. The basis of the appeal? Same old same old:
The Justice Department said it planned to seek a stay of Urbina’s order. His ruling “presents serious national security and separation of powers concerns and raised unprecedented legal issues,” said Brian Roehrkasse, a department spokesman.
I got one of my retirement account statements yesterday — it’s a little one from a part time gig I had right after grad school, not my main one) and it has lost a little over 10% in value. In a way I’m lucky — my accounts have time to recover.
Bill Bennett got something right — stopped clock or has he come to his senses? This morning Bennett was looking for and giving advice to McCain for the debate. Overwhelmingly, the verdict is that McCain has to look at Obama. Perhaps easier said than done for McCain.
I saw two more cars with Obama stickers today in the parking garage — only one McCain so far.
The last segment on the News Hour tonight is especially good. The description:
Poet Kwame Dawes teamed up with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to create a multimedia Web site called “HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica.” The interactive site pairs his poetry with music, essays and video from people living with the disease and their caretakers.
As for the debate, I don’t think it will be a game-changer either way. Obama’s numbers, particularly in individual states, are not only holding, but improving. My favorite wingnut Kathleen is responding on cue to the recent McCain rhetoric:
I fear for our country. I fear that we may elect Obama, the man who taps on the window and smiles and seems so harmless, but in the end hurts us. (This refers to a story from her youth earlier in the post.) I fear he will hurt our country in ways that can’t be measured. I don’t mean that Obamais a bad person. I am speaking metaphorically. I mean that the socialistic things he wants to achieve and his misunderstanding of the war on terror will make us so much less of a country and hurt us for generations to come.
He is the dangerous one.
As a persistent Bush supporter (she defends him to this day), I guess it’s understandable that she doesn’t realize the deeper meaning of what she is saying.
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