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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 09:30 PM) Moveon has actually shuttered their 527 organization. The Moveon.org you hear about now is chartered as a Political action committee. Because of that, it can not raise unlimited contributions like a 527 can, and contributions to the organization are limited to $5000 a person and I believe they're required to give some summary of who is actually giving them money unlike the 527's. They are the same sort of organization as the political wings of Unions, the NRA, Emily's List, the AMA, etc. well there you go. One of the thing that hurt the dem's in 04 was a lack of singular message. You had outside groups talking about how much Bush sucked and then Kerry never seemed to get across that maybe he had ideas, not just that BUsh's were awful. That's one of the reasons I think Obama has worked hard to shut out other groups, but moveOn continues to try and push it's relevance because they have a really big email list and they like to show it off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 04:26 PM) I just saw the Moveon.org ad they released.... I am glad to see that Obama indeed is just doing his attacking by proxy. pretty false statement, Obama has shut down many 527 groups already, but moveon is so huge and so rich they continue to screw over the democrats.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 8, 2008 -> 09:13 PM) Primary Colors II? That would be a treat if a good writer could put that campaign into account. As wearing as it was when it happens, looking back what an absolutely fascinating primary that was.

I think that would be absolutely fascinating honestly.

I'm fairly certain that when the national speed limit was 55 mph, they saw a dropoff in highway fatalities while a negligible decline in gas.

QUOTE (knightni @ Aug 7, 2008 -> 06:31 PM) Greyhound: "It's Dinner And A Show!" oh my god I feel awful

Javy es no bueno

I loved it when mine worked, then one day, it spit out my cassette and never allowed another one back in. I got back at it by not changing my oil for a few more months.

the thing is, from a depth level the flobots stupid lyrics are just as shallow. It's like poetry read in my creative writing class in high school. I'm much rather listen to clever verses showing off bravado than that. And when did the cool kids started rapping about anything? I like them, but they switched out benz's and shoes for bikes and shoes.

I think you are confusing being American with being a Toby Keith fan.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 7, 2008 -> 04:40 PM) Meh it's better than the guys who rap about how much money they have, b****es and ho's they bang, size of the rims they own, and the cars in which those "twenty-fo's" are on... no it isn't

Soxy- I went to Best Buy about four months ago, but maybe this is still the case. I was able to find an FM transmitter and ipod charger for 19.99 that was LOADS better than my previous fm transmitter/no charger (which was 60). It said it was regularly 90. It works great. Sometimes you just have to touch the ipod and it removes all the static. But, I used to use a tape converter which was great sound quality. I'll look when I have a chance in my car to see what brand it was. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. It's white and a big structure that surrounds the ipod. I'll update later.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Aug 7, 2008 -> 03:35 PM) Actually, they opted away from the tabloid format recently. They will stick with the newspaper style, though it will shrink a little. And I agree with GP that there is a vast difference between talking heads/TV news people and legitimate print journalists. I've even said in here before, major papers are still the best source for news that is at least close to accurate and material. They are just, also, a bit slower on the take than the boob tube folks. My brother informed me that he read in Cranes that the tribune will be placing entertainment/sports on the front page now ala USA Today. See, I think the newspapers actually get to stories that aren't press releases or commercials from campaigns faster.

I feel like there are no easy games in baseball. It's a shame it isn't like college football.

poor elizabeth edwards.

south loop is tight now though.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 06:12 PM) From the Washington Post: There is only one solution to this: call them before Congress, all of them, and especially Suskind, and tell him to play his tapes. If he doesn't have them, send him to prison; if he does, then everyone else has some serious questions to answer. But, of course, this Congress is terrible. well all these congressional hearings have certainly gotten to the bottom of everything. I'm guessing exec privilege, congress puts them in contempt, court rules exec privilege isn't founded, congress has to sue, new president is in office, they don't want to live in the past, blah blah blah

semantics throwdown *popcorn*

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/photograph.../oil_spill.html interesting video I found

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 06:01 PM) I used to be a loyal CST reader but I just can't do it anymore. I used to love their sports section because I loved the show sports writers and was it lincicome at the ST? I loved watching those old sports writers who'd seen it all talk about their stories and who reminded them of whom, it wasn't all the arguing that a sports writers show of today would be.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 05:53 PM) This depends on what group you're talking about though. The word "lazy" probably refers to banking on irrelevant details like national polls and overanalyzing them instead of going after what actually matters, or doing things like parroting Hillary's stupid "popular vote" arguments and giving them unnecessary credibility. I think coverage like that is on the editors. I wouldn't have guessed that so long ago, but these stories continue to get front page, so its the editors that like it. s*** must sell. Grosses me out. did you hear they are changing the format of the Chicago Tribune to be more tabloid-y? Hurray!

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 05:29 PM) Right, because Obama doesn't have ANY oil lobby money ANYWHERE tied in to his campaign. (and it's not something any of us could figure out really easily, but I'm sure it's there somewhere). I'm sure it is too. And if it turns out Obama got a flood of money from people tied to oil right before he said he'd reconsider off-shore drilling, I'll say High Five kap. But what I mentioned has nothing to do with Obama. And, to save your time, I'll just write your responses to everything I say right after my posts. I have "Right because OBama doesn't" saved to my paste board and I'll just fill in the rest.

QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Aug 6, 2008 -> 05:49 PM) I believe the BBC calls their TV reporters "presenters" because all they do is present the news. But then again, what they do isn't "lazy" because they're working twelve hours a day at the station. "Journalists," however, are not "lazy" by any stretch. Some are, the ones who re-write press releases are. I hate them. Or the ones that just cover that a politician released a press release without critically analyzing it. But yes, working at a newspaper from 9-9 calling every possible person that might be remotely connected is fun but draining. And for low money, or in my case, to pay to do that.

I f'n love TPM. They are so self-aware of their own coverage. They seem to be able to critically look at their coverage and they adjust very quickly. That, and they know they are speaking to a pretty politically literate audience, and will release entire documents to us and let us catch things they might have missed. They see incomplete stories and complete them. They are wonderful examples of how impactful blogs can be.