Dean is first.


Danny please edit your posts. They're not fitting the blog page. Use a differnt word processing program.

Susan,

Would if I could, but everything looks fine to me.  I'm on a Mac and have opened the post in three different browsers (Safari, Firefox, and IE) and the post looks good in each.  Thanks.

Danny 

The pot is calling the kettle black.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

From political wire:

Clinton's Plan
Though there is still a raging debate among Sen. Hillary Clinton's advisers about how to campaign prior to the March 4 primaries, The Politico outlines Clinton's "5 point plan" for the next week:

1) Run appealing, positive ads.
2) Hold events every day that will drive positive news coverage.
3) Keep the message clear and personal, not wonky.
4) Aim for women, who made her the upset winner of the New Hampshire primary.
5) Mix criticism of Obama with positive conversation about herself.

I like the wide comment section Susan.

CNN's question: Does Barack Obama show proper patriotism for someone running for POTUS?

Look, there is no horse race, MSM. Ya can't fake one.

The format looks fine, but the sequencing still seems off.

Just passin' through on the way to PillowLand ... REALLY nice to see Roald here again and hope he comes back more often in spite of the jumpy posts ... so Nader is running yet again (sigh) ... .

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Phil ... I look forward to *seeing* you in your early ams again, although mine will generally not be as early as they used to be.

Anni & cC: thanks for the kind words.

And cC, while I have seen neither *Juno* nor the Romanian film described in my links, reports and critiques from those whom I respect who have seen it find the Romanian film to be the more thoughtful of the two. It's probably too strong for the Academy to stomach.

Guess I'll have to check both out for myself.

Pleasant dreams to all.

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Pregnant Pause: 4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
On a rock with Romanian director Cristian Mungiu
By SCOTT FOUNDAS
Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 7:00 pm

The title of Romanian director Cristian Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, also known as the acclaimed Romanian drama that didn't get nominated for this year's foreign-language Oscar, refers to the length of the pregnancy that a college student named Gabita (Laura Vasiliu) seeks to terminate in a midsize Romanian town circa 1987, when Nicolae Ceausescu is still in power and abortions are highly illegal.

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http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/pregnant-pause-4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days/18253/


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Romanian abortion film wins top Cannes prize

A devastating Romanian film on back alley abortion and daily despair in the communist era has won the Cannes film festival's top award, the Palme d'Or.

The film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, by director Cristian Mungiu was handed the coveted prize at a glittering red-carpet ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the world's paramount film festival.

"It looks a little bit to me like [a] fairytale," a softly spoken Mungui said, adding the triumph showed "you don't necessarily need big budgets and big stars to make stories."

The film, titled after the age of the aborted foetus in the movie, stunned hardened festival veterans and was a favourite for the prize among the 22 films in the competition.

Film industry bible Variety called the film "a revelation".

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200...

My home town will be emptied out because our girls advanced. That has traditionally meant our worst snow storm of the year, when they all head to Des Moines. Best team we have had for years. lucky we have a good radio station with a good play by play voice. one of the most fun times I had with Tom Vilsack was when I got him over to the broadcast table when he visited our town and he did live radio color commentary to a game between two unbeaten teams

I was just reflecting on how tame an Obama rally is compared to fans after a big upset.did you see Oklahoma State after they beat Kansas?

looks like finally we are cranking it up a notch with Obama, about time we put politics on the same level as sports 

Let's try the first link again, but if it doesn't work this time ... argh!

http://www.laweekly.com/film+tv/film/pregnant-pause-4-months-3-weeks-and-2-days/18253/

Now really gone.

Don King must be liking this fight build-up for the Tuesday Cleveland debate

www.donking.com

http://www.ktnv.com/Global/category.asp?C=81457&nav=menu498_1

800 attended the last one, this time only 8000 could fit in the room

we meet next weekend as a district committee to find a bigger venue here as we expect this same problem

My 18 year old just commented about Hillary's latest. She said *okay, we don't need hope, etc. let's just pack it up...*

JudyforDean, I've not heard about the Romanian film but it sounds interesting. Will check it out. Looking forward to your news from across the pond.

Danny, the format looks the same as it has for months now...too much blue margin on either side of the posting area. Waste of screen real estate.

Pelosi: Don't overrule the voters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- who may be the most super delegate of all as chair of the Democratic national convention in Denver -- gave an interview with Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt in which she laid down the law for super delegates:

Don't veto the people's choice.

"I think there is a concern when the public speaks and there is a counter-decision made to that," she said, adding quickly, "I don't think that will happen."

She said the governors, lawmakers, DNC members and others picked as super delegates are chosen through a grassroots process and are accountable to the party's voters.

"I do think that they have a respect -- it's not just following the returns, it's also having a respect for what has been said by the people," Pelosi said. "It would be a problem for the party if the verdict would be something different than the public has decided."

That message will be music to the ears of Barack Obama, who's building a lead in pledged delegates and is urging the super delegates to follow the voters. ......"-----

More from Pelosi:

Pelosi had one more stunner in the interview: She said the Florida and Michigan delegates should not be seated if those delegates would decide the nomination.

"Well, I don't think that any states that operated outside the rules of the party can be dispositive of who the nominee is. That is to say they can't make the difference because then we would have no rules," she said.

Pelosi added, "But I do think that the best outcome for us is if one of the candidates pulls ahead and this issue is disposed of long before we get to the convention. We certainly don't want to ignore Florida and Michigan, but we can't ignore the rules which everyone else played by."---

Having listened to Phil, puddle and others on this topic, have to say I agree with Nancy Pelosi on this one...100%

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfga...

"I do think that they have a respect -- it's not just following the returns, it's also having a respect for what has been said by the people," Pelosi said.

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Biden said the same thing this morning. Obama just needs to win Texas and Ohio to end this. That is why Hillary sounds so desperate today.

Get SoapBlox.

This piece of crap (hardly a "blog") is a abject disgrace, Danny.

http://tinyurl.com/3y3ekq

SoapBlox Lite for individuals, who want something more robust, vs. Blogger, etc.

If you haven't moved to WordPress.

http://tinyurl.com/338o7q

Caine's blog....weird place. Much infighting amongst his own supporters. CLEARLY, it is not monitored.

...AND YET AGAIN DAVE YOU DIQUEBREATH YOU INSULT WITHOUT READING. NOTICE THE LINE AT THE TOP OF NEW'S POST IN QUOTES? HE WAS RESPONDING (IN SUPPORT OF SENATOR MCCAIN) TO WHAT ANOTHER POSTER HAD SAID. TRY READING THE POST BEFORE YOU FLAME OUT AGAIN YOU SEMI-LITERATE T-URDSMOKER. PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU ARE DOING. YOU'VE DONE LESS TO SUPPORT THE SENATOR THAN YOU HAVE CAUSED IN ILL WILL.
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Posted at 11:42PM on 2/22/08 by xxxxxxx
FIFE, I SHOOT FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER SO SUE ME KROTCH ROTT RAGAMUFFIN. MY JOB IS TO QUELL THE KWEERBAIT PUDPUFFERS LIKE YOU HOMEO, LISPY LIPPED SEEMEN CHUGGER. DAVE

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Mind you, this is his own supporters addressing each other!

and then yet another Caine supporter chimes in with this:

Because your "style" is beneath even those that support Senator Obama, and they have alot of societal numbnuts over there. I find you dis gust ing and trust me ....."--------

Now, I for one, have never seen this type of Obama supporter that she refers to!!?!?!?

What a weird bunch.....and bloggers, I apologize for dragging that smut here. Should have summarized and left a link. Really. So sorry about that.

Oops, I was left behind chatting with myself.  :-)

Sea, and you've consistently said that you would vote for the Dem nominee. I didn't understand that swipe at you."

cC, I didn't take it as a swipe.  This blog has toughened me up.  LOL  My ego isn't that fragile and it's really hard to insult me.  Sometimes I snap back, mostly I don't,  and then I go dancing.   They didn't mean it as a swipe....I don't think.  LOL  I heard a great quote years ago.."We have to learn to NOT take things personally.  We have to give up our PERSONAL point of view."  Easier said than done.  I have lots of opinions but rarely take them seriously enuf to interfer with my well-being.

Hillary's clip is very amusing and I'm laughing.  She said what many of us are thinking and good for her for pulling out the stops.  Her honesty is refreshing.  

If I have to I'll vote for

Kumbaya, and I remain a cynic.  :-)

cC - Is that truly from McCain's blog?

cÇ, there's been some really nasty mudslinging here by BO folk against JE folk. Different words perhaps, but the intent is to diminish and feel superior.  Just my take. 

My comment section is the same width as always..narrow,with 2 wide bands of blue on either side.

Anybody watching the Oscars?  Stewart made happy fun of Barack Hussein Obama.  Said he has overcome his name or to that effect.  Are any BO supporters offended?  

mary vb, yes...directly from his blog!

JE is no longer in the race, seashell.

You need to let go...it was over a month ago that he dropped out.

Link to the official Caine site/blog. This is where I lifted the comments from.

http://johnmccain.com/Blog/

...and this interaction is not an anomoly. I've lurked there from time to time since McC became the presumptive nominee for the Repubs.

s/b anomaly.

cÇ, there's been some really nasty mudslinging here by BO folk against JE folk. Different words perhaps, but the intent is to diminish and feel superior. -----

Sea, I've been surprised at the personal attacks directed at folks who raise a question or concern re. Obama.

It's all about intent, cChal, not that it's anti-Obama.

It's not a division by candidate and who supports who; it's about how it is repeated ad nausem day after day, same old stuff, nothing new when it's clear that it is no longer welcome. The message goes away and the person winds up looking like the "victim" for posting "the facts" and claim to be "the messenger."

I can't stomach that at all and others are just expressing the same sentiment.

JE is *history*...no longer relevant in the Dem. Pres. race.

Why bring it up at all?

It's Clinton or Obama at this time.

That's reality...like it, or not.

Shit.

**LET GO OF IT**.

it's about how it is repeated ad nausem day after day, same old stuff, nothing new when it's clear that it is no longer welcome.---

I hear you, Denise. It makes no sense at all to repeat the same ### over and over again.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5734551070026840153&q=redacted&total=872&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1