Republican Deregulation Killed the Economy

About four months ago I started telling people, "The S&L crisis is just the start. The economy is going to keep tanking, and we're going to elect a Democrat to the White House."

Be careful what you say. Maybe a little downturn would be enough. Right now the needle is gyrating from recession to depression. Since Reagan, we've deregulated the shadow banking system to where it's taken over the economy. And now as it dies, it's trying to take us down with it.

Let's stop listening to a clueless old man who gave away his honor to try and smear his way to the White House. Let's listen to what Barak Obama has been saying for months and fix this mess before it fixes us good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlZt5iN96iM

Honor

They just keep coming. People were saying that Obama needs to defend himself from the lies and smears of the McCain machine. Well, he is.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185304443/bctid1786848892

New Ad: "His Administration"

I like this ad. McSame just tapped Bill Timmons, an Oil and Credit Card Lobbyist to set up his White House, should he be elected.

Hobnobing with Howard Dean

Howard Dean was in Portland, Oregon today, and called. He did a conference call with our (Obama) campaign headquarters in Oregon City. 

Unfortunatly, no screams. :) However he is all fired up over the election. He expects a large Republican voter supression effort, as in the last election where African American neighborhoods were targeted with flyers under windshield wipers warning about the dire consequences of voting. Since we are a vote by mail state, there is no one single day they have to pull such "stunts."

Howard gave strong support to Merkley for Senate, saying that the 40 Republicans now in the Senate had only one agenda: don't let the Democrats look good. He also predicted Smith's ads would get a lot nastier than they are now. Ug!

Anyway, it was great to hear from the head of the Democratic Party. He should come to Oregon more often.

Memorial

Colbert and Lord British in Space!

Lord British (AKA Richard Garriott) is taking Steven Cobert's DNA into space to the International Space Station. Garriott is responsible for UO, or Ultima Online, the first graphic MMO with a large audience. 

Cobert says "I am thrilled to have my DNA shot into space, as this brings me one step closer to my lifelong dream of being the baby at the end of 2001"

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/09/09/ultima-creator-garriott-will-carry-stephen-colbert039s-dna-space

Obama's Bipartisanship: Republicans Confused

When Obama talks about his bipartisan record, the national Republicans clain it never happened.

When I turn on my TV (Portland, Oregon TV stations), REPUBLICAN GORDAN SMITH is running ads boasting of his bipartisan work with Senator Obama. This is meant to show me how bipartisan Gordan Smith is.

To see one of these ads, go to Senator Smith's website, and select the video "TV AD: ENERGY TRUTH"

http://www.gordonsmith.com/multimedia/

Who's telling lies?