"Nevada Republican Party officials appointed a slate of delegates Friday evening to September's Republican national convention after the party failed to elect delegates at its state convention in April." Another moment of "who needs democracy" by the GOP..... So don't let that big McCain contingent from Nevada at the GOP convention fool you.. McCain only had 2% of the primary vote here... - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"In yet another piece of evidence that the GOP really needs to get its online act together, the RNC's Web site still has their counter of how long it's supposedly been since Barack Obama went to Iraq, going all the way back to January 2006" - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Re: RNC getting online act together: How about I started receiving McCain campaign emails on an account that I used to sign up for tech emails. I didn't sign up to receive these emails so they must have bought my address from somewhere. - Kenya
"Just four years after President Bush announced his vision to send astronauts back to the moon and then on to Mars, legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin is leading an effort to re-examine the whole idea — in particular, NASA's choice of rockets for the mission." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"Members of Team USA are keeping an age-old tradition of celebrity aliases alive.
Spies tell me that one of the star players goes by the alias "Bruce Wayne," the alter ego of "Batman," and another has taken the name "SpongeBob SquarePants," the animated cartoon character from the hit TV show of the same name." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
My speculation? Kobe Bryant is Spongebob and Dwight Howard is Bruce Wayne (though he could have just as easily been Clark Kent). - Chris Reed
"Lt. Gen. Dunwoody’s confirmation as a four-star general is the latest achievement for women in the military, dating back to Mary Marshall and Mary Allen, who served as ship nurses during the War of 1812, to Brig. Gen. Anna Mae Hays, the first female general officer in the U.S. Armed Forces. About 5 percent of general officers in the U.S. Army are women, officials said, adding that this includes mobilized Army Reserve and Army National Guard general officers." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Lets not forget Admiral Grace Hopper, a pioneer in computers and computer programming. Congratulations to General Dunwoody. - Michael Tefft
Folks, this is akin to someone publishing a transcript of someone's Catholic confession. I know what is in the note isn't by any means egregious, but that's not the point. Between this, Jesse Jackson's off-microphone comments and even Bush's off camera drunk comments, we really have gone beyond the point of no return where people can have some privacy. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Want to know what's funny about this "On the Road in Iowa" page? It's the RSVP for an event in Sparks, NEVADA...... Apparently, there's a Nevada-Iowa border similar to the Iraq-Pakistan border.... - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
It's official: Scrabble is suing Scrabulous. Could be because the Scrabble introduced on Facebook isn't close to being as good as the fake version. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
"“As a team, we’re incensed that Rick Mahorn was suspended,” Detroit coach Bill Laimbeer said in a telephone interview from Houston. Actually, I'm shocked it wasn't more than two games. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Got to love the contrast here... Obama speaks before more than 200,000 in Berlin, Germany and McCain speaks before SIX in German Village, Ohio. Complaining about the difference in media coverage here is like complaining how the L.A. Dodgers get more coverage than Little League teams. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
The McCain 2008 campaign slogan appears to be "John McCain: a smaller, paler imitation of Barack Obama." His is undoubtedly the worst-run, most cringe-inducing Presidential campaign I have seen in 30 years, and it makes Bob Dole look great in comparison. - John Craft
"The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama's public rally today, which the State Department this week labeled a "partisan political activity" prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
How does this compare to Obama's speech in the lobby of the US Embassy in Baghdad a few days ago? - Kevin Fox
Remember that feel good story of the Army player selected in the draft getting a deferment so he could see his NFL dreams? A day before he was to start training camp, the Army changed their mind and is probably sending him to Iraq... Yeah, this will help recruitment numbers... - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Looking at the MASSIVE crowd that stretches several blocks, first thought that comes to mind is how McCain will try to spin that this is not news. An African-American U.S. presidential candidate speaking before one of the largest crowds to see a political speech in Germany since, dare I say it, 1936. Amazing.... - Chris Reed
Love to see how diverse Germany has truly become. - Chris Reed
Man, I hope this guy is the real deal...I'd hate to wake up one day in the middle of his first term and find out he's just another political duche.... - Live4Soccer
"No one nation, no matter how large, can defeat these challenges alone." Your talking point for when GOPers complain about why Obama is overseas.... - Chris Reed
Favorite line so far: "The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another." - Chris Reed
It's easy to look like the second coming of JFK when you're following a 2 term Hay-seed and your opponent is about as charismatic as a soap dish...but things tend to change a bit when your party starts calling in favors after your elected and before you know it, you're appointing dipshits left and right to keep the puppet masters happy... - Live4Soccer
Closes with "We are the heirs of those who struggled for freedom." At this point, isn't saying "Amazing speech by Obama" like saying "Nice painting there by this De Vinci fellow." - Chris Reed
"PETA announced that it is upset with The Dark Knight because of a short scene in which Batman beats a few dogs in self-defense." - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
This is a sequel that needs to happen. Having watched the real-life L.A.-based anchors "Anchorman" is based on transition between the 70s and 80s, this should be a lot of fun... Stay classy, San Diego...... to the max! - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly... - Live4Soccer
I hated Mahorn and Laimbeer when they were the Bad Boys against the Lakers, and the two show that even now they're classless jerks. This is obviously a push. - Chris Reed via Bookmarklet
Isn't that like saying, "Not a gunshot. Assassins for life" - Chris Reed
These are the last two guys you would want coaching a WNBA team. I'm surprised that this didn't happen sooner. Imagine what goes on in the Shock locker room when the cameras aren't around, particularly when the team is behind at halftime. - Jason Reed
