I’ve been waiting for some data — too bad we don’t have our own. Interesting. peace, mjh
“The rigorous studies clearly show red-light cameras don’t work,” said lead author Barbara Langland-Orban, professor and chair of health policy and management at the USF College of Public Health.
“Instead, they increase crashes and injuries as drivers attempt to abruptly stop at camera intersections…”
Red-light Cameras Increase Crashes, Florida Researchers Find
I think Clinton is trying to draw undecideds with the Dream Ticket idea. No Sale. peace, mjh
“I don’t know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is first place,” Obama said, drawing cheers and a long standing ovation from about 1,700 people.
Saying he wanted to be “absolutely clear,” he added: “I don’t want anybody here thinking that somehow, ‘Well, you know, maybe I can get both.’ Don’t think that way. You have to make a choice in this election.”“I am not running for vice president,” Obama said. “I am running for president of the United States of America.”
Obama aides said Clinton’s recent hints that she might welcome him as her vice presidential candidate appeared meant to diminish him and to attract undecided voters in the remaining primary states by suggesting they can have a “dream ticket.”
Obama had never suggested he might accept a second spot on the ticket. But until Monday he had not ridiculed the notion so directly, even if he did not completely rule it out in Shermanesque terms.
He told the audience that it made no sense for Clinton to suggest he is not ready to be president and then hint that she might hand him the job that could make him president at a moment’s notice.“If I’m not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president?” he said, as the crowd laughed and cheered loudly.
Eliot Spitzer should resign as soon as possible — assuming he really is guilty of soliciting prostitution (as buyer, not seller — at least, in this case). Hypocrisy is no crime — thank gawd — but this elevates it to near-criminal levels. Moreover, Dems and liberals have nothing to prove to conservative scolds, but we all have a right to expect public servants to refrain from gross crime.
That said, when the magician makes a loud noise and moves one hand, I wonder what the other hand is doing. Why do we calmly accept all this evidence without asking how it became public and why now? We know that Karl Rove abused power to seek prosecution of prominent Democrats — is this related? How much of this evidence comes from a legitimate investigation as opposed to BushCo’s now routine fishing expeditions?
This is the perfect story to distract a gape-mouthed public seeking titillation. (“Haw, he said ‘TITillation!'”) What are we being distracted from? peace, mjh
The Page – by Mark Halperin – TIME
I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message.
For years, we’ve watched politicians divide us, seen lobbyists put their interests ahead of ours, and heard our leaders tell us what we want to hear, instead of what we need to hear.
The question you have to ask yourself is this:
Who can take can take us in a fundamentally new direction? I’m running to finally solve problems we talk about year after year after year.
To end the division, the obscene influence of lobbyists and the politics that value scoring points over making progress. We can’t afford more of that — not this year, not now.
I’ve spent my life working for change that’s made a real difference in the lives of real people. That’s why I passed up a job on Wall Street — to fight joblessness and poverty on the streets of Chicago when the local steel plant closed.
That’s why I turned down the corporate law firms to work as a civil right lawyer — to fight for those who have been denied opportunity. That’s why I fought for tough new ethics law in Illinois and Washington — to cut the power of lobbyists — and I won.
That’s why I brought Democrats and Republicans together to provide health care and tax relief to working families. And that’s why I opposed this war in Iraq from the start. It wasn’t popular, but it was right.
This country is ready for a leader who will bring us together. That’s the only way we’re going to win this election. And that’s actually how we’ll fix health care and make college affordable, become energy independent and end this war.
I’m reminded every day that I’m not a perfect man. And I won’t be a perfect President. But I can promise you this: I will always tell you where I stand and what I think. I will listen to you when we disagree. I will carry your voices to the White House and I will fight for you every day I’m there.
On Tuesday, help change Washington; let’s bring Democrats, Republicans and Independents together, not just to win an election, but to transform a nation.
A red phone is ringing the middle of the night at the White House. After a long time, Cindy McCain’s voice says, “John. John. Oh, my god, no! JOHN!” Another long pause before John McCain grumpily says, “Huh? What the fuck?! Where am I?”
After “where am I,” he could add “Mommy” or the name of some lobbyist. Let me know if this one shows up on YouTube. peace, mjh
Recent News:
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Throughout the Presidential campaign, RepublicansforObama.org will continue to serve as an online forum for the growing number of Republican Obama supporters to discuss the election, and to encourage other Republicans to embrace Obama’s message of unity and competency and support his candidacy.
Duhbya is desperate for immunity for the telecoms who rolled-over for him. Only they don’t even care. They’re actually insulted he things they need immunity. peace, mjh
Think Progress » Communications trade group opposes retroactive immunity.
In a letter to Congress late last week, the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) — which represents groups such as Google and Microsoft — said that it “strongly” opposes retroactive immunity for firms that cooperated with the administration’s warrantless wiretapping. CCIA President and CEO Edward Black writes:
CCIA dismisses with contempt the manufactured hysteria that industry will not aid the United States Government when the law is clear. As a representative of industry, I find that suggestion insulting. To imply that our industry would refuse assistance under established law is an affront to the civic integrity of businesses that have consistently cooperated unquestioningly with legal requests for information. This also conflates the separate questions of blanket retroactive immunity for violations of law, and prospective immunity, the latter of which we strongly support.
Think Progress » Communications trade group opposes retroactive immunity.