tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76990702011-07-06T22:54:27.097-05:00Ob´e`lus n. 1. (Print.) A mark [thus m, or ÷]; - so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.obelushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17436534389487788239noreply@blogger.comBlogger511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699070.post-42095253810929702712009-01-20T18:39:00.004-06:002009-01-21T10:07:31.167-06:00

Barack Hussein Obama has become The President. He has also become the avatar of a New Politics. A small number of years ago, a man outside the mold of The Old Politics becoming the Executive would have been a slim statistical possibility existing only because it was not circumscribed by word in the Constitution. It is not simply a matter of race. Many have been made outside the mold of the

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August 28, 2008 - BILL'S BLUES, Evanston, IL I met Bill, actually two Bills, at Bill's Blues. "Are you Bill?” I asked as I swung on to a stool by a man with glasses and a laptop sitting at the bar. "Yes, my name is Bill, I help book the acts, but the Bill you're thinking of is either in the office or taking a nap." Pointing at the website's calendar page he continued, "Describe for me 'Lively

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In 1912, in Shreveport, Louisiana around the time when the Titanic went under, Leadbelly, a local musician would maneuver into a tavern with a guitar and a small accordion to ply his trade. Instead of a using a PA, he would start with a opened-tuned 12-string in G and an “Oh…” delivered booming and straight at the folks gathered there. “The Midnight Special” a song knocking around for years

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What if back when the political situation was stalemated in Iraq, when there was no government in place, no end in sight to the factional violence, and military options getting fewer and fewer, what if a broader scope for the War of Terror had been contemplated? We know that both the President and the Secretary of State began systematically escalating their rhetoric against Iran and Syria some

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Abominable.Truly biblical—no, pre-biblical times when civilians everywhere look to the heavens and declare the Gods are quarrelling, when in fact these are not Gods—this is not Godlike—these are men—foolish, wealthy men—fighting over their supposed interest in property...commodities.Religion.Morality.Commerce and trade.Wealth without end. Amen. Amen.Civilians. The word no longer exists. And

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Here is hoping it is a bold new year. As someone has said, "Here is hoping we have many sweet victories in 2006." I sure want some. And not just easy ones. I have already rung in the new year. It was early for me. The Household made it 8:00PM so everyone would be in proper attendance. Then we tended to it. We ate a wonderful meal, put promises in a box for next year. We slowly put away

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If the U.S. Gub'mint or institutions tied to it such as Freddie Mac should indeed function more as a large corporation, as a few of the Libertarian brethren suggest, then first we have to look at what government produces. It produces Social Security checks and weaponry. It also operates an exclusive franchise in collecting federal taxes and does a little side business in legislation, although

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President Bush Restricts Disclosures to the CongressThe President perhaps writes better than he speaks. I found a well written, concise, superbly spelled and punctuated letter that he wrote in October of 2001 reminding his cabinet level officers to not release any classified or sensitive law enforcement information to Members of Congress. The executive order was put in place until further

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The follwing is a letter written by my father, Phil St.John, to Faiza Al-Araji, an Iraqi blogger and mother of three sons who all actively blog. My Dad is true "compassionate conservative" who back in 1990 served on a mission to Haiti and has been very active in promoting energy conservation for over 30 years. Ms. Al-Araji contributes to A Family in Baghdad along with Khalid Jarrar of "Tell Me

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Last night I gigged out in Berwyn, IL with Erin O'Toole. Friendly's Tap is a small, workingclass juke-joint with a pool table, a poker machine, homemade deviled eggs out on the bar fresh from the walk-in cooler, and a handful of patrons eying the baseball game and nursing their drinks (i.e., my kind of place). My friend Kris Nichols came out and got up to do some tunes. He did his originals "

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We arrived at the steps of the 21st century with our superior air power, our missiles, our artillery, our highly trained professional fighting units and found the new warfare was muddle headed youth with virtually no training, little aptitude, and satchels of plastic explosives. Are we ready for the fight?For at least two generations what we have heard every four years is re-heated rhetoric

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Interesting...an oil swap is underway between Iran and Iraq. In exchange for 380,000 barrels per day of oil, Iran will provide oil derivatives along the same pipeline. "We are planning to export kerosene and diesel to Iraq," [Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh] said, adding that the oil swap project has to be conducted via the key port of Basra, in the southeast of the war-torn

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GDP increased 3.8% the BEA reported recently. Or did it? Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture thinks it doesn't quite have that new car smell. Add this to the old debate on what the real unemployment number is and what the real rate of inflation is and pretty soon you begin to figure out what happened to all those imaginative Dungeons and Dragons enthusiasts you went to high school with: they

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I originally posted this as a comment at Winds of Change a while back. I still believe in it, more or less...If the Democratic party must surrender to pragmatic venture capitalists with neo-liberal ideas born in their heads when they used to follow The Dead, the country will be the worse for it. I sincerely hope that leftists wanting to start up a think tank so they may sit around and pow-wow

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I don't know how to say this. I didn't give a hang about politics in any real way when Clinton was elected. I voted for him; 'thought it the right thing to do was all. Then the whole fiery impeachement battle started in and I tried to get my mind around it best I could. To my mind, Clinton should have never been deposed in the Paula Jones case. It stank. It was like knocking on the door and

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Secretary of "Defense" Donald Rumsfeld speaking to reporters in Singapore said today that China needlessly projects power.Asked for comment, China rolled her eyes and murmered, "Oh, that is...rich.* * *In other news, President Bush recently told reporters that Amnesty International's assertion that Guantanamo represents a "Gulag for our time" was "absurd".Asked to comment, a detainee straining to

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"Grits On The Griddle", the title song off of HomeKookin's second CD ended the evening. How the evening got started I'm not so sure due to I wandered in late. Not too late though to play with Barry at the top of the list. No sooner stroll in, say hi to Fred but Barry says he's 1st up, would I play on some tunes? Yes. Yes I shall. We play Greg Techer's tune "Look to the Highway", "Served The

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It seems to me that as long as we have an irrational fear of WMDs we will be subject to irrational response to their threat. While it is true that a place like Halabja suffered horrible destruction from a chemical weapons attack, that attack was a sustained one involving several hours and multiple sorties. In that instance, the chemical weapons were dropped all through the night. Can we really

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Home is where the soup is made. The Wife is in the kitchen making chicken soup with The Kid providing accompaniment. They seem to be performing some crazy sort of musical production number. "All I want is chicken soup, and you to eat it with me", The Wife sings. Well, it must be—it has to be a tribute to the old David Soul seventies album sleeper "All I Want Is Black Bean Soup (And You To Eat

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Mr. Karl Rove Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. Rove, It has come to my attention that the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government and the Agencies under its Administration are endeavoring to spread the Gospel of Our Leader's vision for His glorious second term in new, innovative ways. As

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Note: any information contained in this post is intended for entertainment and amusement purposes and is compliant with the artistic license issued to me as a practicing songwriter and beloved entertainer to dozens. It in no way is intended to invoke the (720 ILCS 300/) Derogatory Statements About Banks Act. Besides, it is all true. Yeah, it's lousy having to look for work in the Bush Economy

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Weeks of search = 37 Number of weeks of unemployment benefits per Illinois law = 26 Number of resumes sent out = 227 Number of followups = 161 Number of total interactions with potential employers = 408 Number of interviews = 27 Number of 2nd interviews = 8 Number of 3rd interviews = 2 Number of 4th interviews = 1 Number of offers = 0 Ratio of responses to total interactions = 11.8%

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Baghdad Burning has a new post up. She has an excuse for posting infrequently as there have been constant electrical shortages over in her neck of the woods. The post is a fresh snapshot of what conditions are like in pre-election Iraq and she ruminates on the recent news that there were no WMDs in Iraq after all, and in the War on Terror in General. An excerpt: I hope Americans feel good

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If the crisis is as serious as it sounds on the TV news where anchors are sounding like your Aunt Eunice explaining that your Great Uncle Hal no longer recognizes people and Jesus is soon coming to get him, then lets not dick around. A risky scheme like having young people?! select investment options?! What if they select Mary Kate and Ashley as their investment counselors? What if they place

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Another Tuesday night at the Abbey Pub open mic. The glorious redhead Erin O’Toole made an appearance and lent her mischievous magic and winsome voice to the proceedings. Rick Wells, Greg Steele, Jay Reynolds, Herbie Gaines—lots of regulars out. Rhiannon was in from Fort Wayne. She told stories of being a democratic poll watcher in a Red State, real front lines stuff. A good night of music

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The Governor and I were hanging out again today. Back on election day we exchanged greetings at the polling place, which is not so unusual as we both reside in the 28th Precinct of the 33rd Ward. He wished my wife and I luck as we went to do our level best to beat the bloody bush regime and, as fate would have it, the luck didn't quite hold. This afternoon I picked up my daughter from ballet

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Who would have thougt Falluja would not be thoroughly pacified by now? Back in April The White House said THIS in regards to Iraqi Security Forces battling the insurgency. Who would have thought that 7 months later we would be suffering 80% more battle fatalities than the Iraqi's? Who would have thought Iraqi security forces would up and switch sides to the north in Mosul as mentioned HERE?

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What if providing China with low cost energy is part of the overall plan? What if "deficits don't matter"? What if we the administration is reasonably anticipating a war with Iran based on the assumption if they keep poking her with a stick she'll snap at it. The curious thing about hearing the names Bush, Cheney, Powell and Rumsfeld is that the same names were prevalent during Nixon's term(s).

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Thanks to jprotzman at Daily Kos. 

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"Welcome to the Ownership Society Luncheon", said the docent faced hostess with the Lee Press On smile in a chirpy voice. "If you want to have a seat over there at that table, we have some paperwork for you to fill out." She then scrunched up her little nose and said, "It will only take a second." I sat down at the table and puzzled briefly over the neatly arranged pile of inscrutable

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Even if Deibold was absolutely diabolical in Ohio...that does little to change the fact that Bush won a 3.1% plurality of the popular vote. As tight as the polling has been throughout the election cycle and as split as the country in general is, this essentially is a mandate. Bush has a mandate for four more years of "peace through superior firepower", for "a faith based economy", for "a

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Winds of Change was kind enough to publish a ditty of mine as a diary post. I confided to J.K. that I had originally posted this over at The Command Post back in April when the Fallujah insurgency heated up. I had called it Ode to the Violent Shia. It then grew legs and walked over to LGF, posted by someone other than me, which is always sincere flattery. O to the pitiless, violent

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The Armed Forces show a loyalty to the President that is astounding considering: When the USS Greeville sunk a Japanese fishing vessel with oil executive donors sitting at the controls, it was the commander who sacrificed his career on bended knee to the president. When it was first asked why planes hadn't scrambled on 9/11, the administration answered that there were not enough

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So perhaps you are an undecided voter. You aren't thrilled with George Bush's domestic policy, but you find his defiance to the terrorists invigorating. Maybe you find Kerry's core values are suspect? Well, Bush is the only president I can think of with a criminal record. His DUI arrest (a Class D Misdemeanor) occurred at a time when George did not know what to do with his 30 year-old self

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I am from the Midwest. I live now in Chicago, but I grew up on a farm in Indiana. I grew up among small churches, the kind with one oil heater and an aging rural congregation that believed in the 2nd Coming and The Rapture. I went to a family reunion about ten years ago and a discussion sparked up around the fire about the need for home schooling so that children could be taught about

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As the Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom call into question the notion of Freedom around the world, the whip cracked above our heads by the ideologues we are permitting to hold the reins is the whip called WMD's. This is the call to arms that thrust us into war with the Iraqi people even though the Iraqi people were not necessarily at war with us. This is the grim scenario

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For some lefties, it makes our blood boil and our skin crawl that no WMDs have been found in Iraq Well, it is now becoming apparent that the U.S. Army is using the Iraqi war as a proving ground for new-fangled weapons that literally makes blood boil and skin crawl. Armored vehicles are being outfitted with microwave guns that, pointed at a crowd, will cause searing pain on contact until the

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In gauging the opposition's tactics as crude and ugly discourse, democrats miss their overall effectiveness. Also, what is missed is the sophistication that is behind them. For instance, when the SBVT press releases first started to appear in early May they were fairly low-key jabs. O'Neill's group said they objected to some veteran's photos being used in ads without permission. Throughout

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Yahoo! News - Gatlin Bros. to Perform at GOP Convention Well, here 'tis. I was curious who the Grand-Ole-Plutocrats would hire to rave up the crowd. I pretty much figured Wayne Newton would be a draw, but there's no mention of an act of such stature. The Gatlins haven't had a hit or changed hairstyles in 25 years. The DNC could readily line up live appearances by Patti LaBelle, John

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Yesterday on CNN's Crossfire co-hosts Tucker Carlson and Donna Brazile had Vic Kamber, a democratic strategist, and L. Brent Boswell III, the founder of the conservative Media Research Center, on for a pseudo-lively discussion on whether or not songwriters should keep their mouths shut in regards to national politics. BOZELL: I'm reminded that muzzles, dog muzzles, for people's mouths

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Willie Nelson performed at the 2004 Democratic Convention tonight WITHOUT TRIGGER! Since May, Willie has been battling carpul tunnel syndrome and has been sparingly doing shows post surgery. He recently performed at Ray Charles' memorial ceremony sans guitar. I had seen a photo in Rolling Stone doing "Georgia", but I had thought he was doing a guitarless arrangement. But tonight he had a

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Well, the band was hep; Patti LaBelle was dynomite; the Clintons were very Clintonian. It took a while to get there, but at about 10 minutes until benediction the room took on that special glow. The sixteen year old fiddler fiddled a fine version of "Amazing Grace". There was a nice version of "Blowin' In The Wind" with a sweet soul groove. The GOP cannot possibly top the music at this

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The Corporation - A film by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan Fahrenheit/911, Orwell Rolls In His Grave, The Hunting of The President, and "The Corporation"...it is like back in 1975 when "disaster movies" were terrorising audiences, only this time it is pissed-off documentarians. For the 2nd time in a month, my wife and I attended a screening of a documentary in a packed theater.

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Steven Hawking now admits that his theory of black holes is all wrong, which as many know is what I have been saying all along...

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Well, this certainly looks interesting. It also looks to be very much unconfirmed. In a thorougly unrelated matter, here is a headline asserting that Bush promises that Berger will be "fully probed". I think it is an unfortunate choice of words myself considering... There is a good bit of intrigue going on in Washington these days. I think the summer heat in that swamp must be getting to

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For years now on Tuesdays I go to The Abbey Pub. I started going there a short time after Mark Zeus had relocated the open mic from the Clearwater Tap back in '94. After he moved to Houston in 2001, Erin O'Toole started hosting. She and Jeff Sachs make up the duo Home Kookin' and around them has coalesced a steady bunch of regulars that has resulted over time in a rousing slew of all star jams

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OK, so let me see if I got all this... The government will mandate that I give some of my money to securities firms to manage for retirement and health costs. They will have deposits in turn secured by the Treasury and they can speculate at will in free and deregulated markets. Schools will be run by corporations, presumably with a board of directors that can mandate an all non-union

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By The Brothers Grimm http://www.fln.vcu.edu/grimm/schneider_e.html "...The little tailor went onwards, always following his own pointed nose. After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep. Whilst he lay there, the people came and inspected him on all sides, and read on his girdle, "Seven at

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The reason that we should think twice about broadly asserting our superpower stutus is twofold. One: it is a thankless task. The friends we create may not be stronger than than the enemies we create. Two: it is terribly expensive. Our 2004 deficit is projected to be over $455 billion. That is roughly our defense budget. So wonderful, we could balance the budget if we do away with our military——

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With their 57-33 record and recent 5 solo home runs in a win against the Tigers, the Yankees are nonetheless thoroughly demoralized after their loss to Detroit in a subsequent matchup and with Giambi fighting a parasite.They are in a two game duel with Tampa Bay that will further sap their eroding strength and decisely prove that without better pitching and better management there is no way they

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Being a lovely audience is more vital to music than being a musician. There are always more musicians and songwriters than there are audiences. Rock-n-roll, which I believe changed the course of world history, would not have lasted three years if audiences would have paid any attention to critics. Instead, they got up in mass and started boppin' to the beat. Jazz is still around 100 years

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