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Here’s a great video. True, sarcastic and funny as hell.

It just so happens that my hunch about Obama was right. It turns out that over the weekend, Obama ditched his press corps without warning, allegedly to attend the Bilderberg conference in northern Virginia. While his press secretary insists that he was just in private meetings, he sure dances around the subject in a skittish manner.

I think my vote will go to Jesse Ventura or Cynthia McKinney. Real change does not come from Bilderberg attendees.

If you think that Obama is going to bring real change to the United States, you’re sadly mistaken. Oh yes, he can run a fairly clean campaign, and makes politics not look as dirty, but when you look at the real issues, it’s all the same.

If you haven’t yet seen this video of Obama’s speech at the AIPAC convention, it’s well worth watching to get a real look into what his plans are. Sure, he’s going to negotiate with Iran (which Bush refuses to do), but if that doesn’t work out it’s war time. And all this despite Iran’s constant assertion that they are not after an atomic bomb.

Oh, and let’s not forget Obama’s promise of thirty billion dollars in aid to Isreal. And I haven’t even questioned what in the hell he was doing campaigning at an AIPAC convention anyway… Think about it.

If you think McCain isn’t a slave to the Christian right, check out this video. Make no mistake - McCain is going to bring us exactly the same crap as we have dealt with for the past seven and a half years. Just take a look at this:

With the madness going on in the 2008 Presidential race already, there really isn’t any way not to have a favorite candidate. If you haven’t picked yours, it’s high time to make some decisions. The future of our country is literally in our hands.

Obviously the biggest rivalry at this point is Obama vs. Hillary. It looks like it’s going to be a tough fight yet, so pick your candidate and show your support with some presidential election merchandise.

That’s not to say it’s too early to show your support for Johnny McSame. Whoops, I mean McCain. If he’s your guy, feel free to buy a shirt. But don’t say I didn’t warn you. ;^)

But seriously, you don’t have to get out on the streets and yell into a bullhorn to support your candidate. You can show your support more passively by visiting 2008RaceGear.com and purchasing the election merchandise of your choice.

John McCain is NOT one of “us.” He is among the wealthy elite, and has no concept of what the normal American family goes through when it comes to finances. He just doesn’t get it.

Well here we are, headed into what could be an either exciting or disappointing day in the Democratic primary process. Today, Pennsylvania voters will decide who to suggest their delegates votes go to at the DNC. It’s possible that Clinton could pull this off, but what exactly would that mean? If she doesn’t pull it off, she still has nine more chances to drum up the votes she needs. If she does pull it off, it might give her some momentum, but who knows if it will really help.

On a semi-related topic, take a look at this new video from Brave New Films about more lies from the mainstream media:

Yesterday, at an address to the United Steelworker’s Union in Pennsylvania, Barack Obama responded publicly to the smear campaign that Hillary Clinton launched based upon his “bitter” speech of last week.

Not only does Obama address her ugly politics in an intelligent manner, but he has a great time doing it. I’m not saying Obama is perfect (because if he is, that would be pretty creepy), but I have no doubt that he respects small town America.

Take a look at the video. It’s well worth your time, especially if you have lost some faith in Obama based upon the Clinton smear campaign. Give him another chance, and don’t buy the hype.

I don’t always agree with MoveOn.org, but I am on their email list and think that they do more good than harm. This is an example of when they disseminate useful information. Here’s an excerpt from an email they recently sent out with ten facts about John McCain that you probably don’t know, but should:

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don’t):
1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has “evolved,” yet he’s continued to oppose key civil rights laws.¹

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain “will make Cheney look like Gandhi.”²

3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.³

4. McCain opposes a woman’s right to choose. He said, “I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.”⁴

5. The Children’s Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children’s health care bill last year, then defended Bush’s veto of the bill.⁵

6. He’s one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a “second job” and skip their vacations.⁶

7. Many of McCain’s fellow Republican senators say he’s too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: “The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He’s erratic. He’s hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me.”⁷

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.⁸

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his “spiritual guide,” Rod Parsley, believes America’s founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a “false religion.” McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God’s punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church “the Antichrist” and a “false cult.”⁹

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.¹⁰

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Citations

1. “The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day,” ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html

“McCain Facts,” ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/

2. “McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq,” Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us

“Buchanan: John McCain ‘Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,’” ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/

3. “McCain Sides With Bush On Torture Again, Supports Veto Of Anti-Waterboarding Bill,” ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/

4. “McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned,” MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/

5. “2007 Children’s Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard,” February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007

“McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion,” CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/

6. “Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady,” Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80

“McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,’” Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=home

7. “Will McCain’s Temper Be a Liability?,” Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022

“Famed McCain temper is tamed,” Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/

8. “Black Claims McCain’s Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: ‘I Don’t Know What The Criticism Is,’” ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/

“McCain’s Lobbyist Friends Rally ‘Round Their Man,” ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251

9. “McCain’s Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam,” Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html

“Will McCain Specifically ‘Repudiate’ Hagee’s Anti-Gay Comments?,” ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/

“McCain ‘Very Honored’ By Support Of Pastor Preaching ‘End-Time Confrontation With Iran,’” ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/

10. “John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record,” Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/
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If you’re any fan of the series of tubes known as the interwebs, you have no doubt heard about the ongoing battle about net neutrality. As a small-time blogger with some big opinions, an open Internet is essential to my operation.

In this excerpt from a November 2007 speech, Barack Obama discusses net neutrality in an intelligent and rational manner. I would also like to point out that you can tell that Obama understands the words that he is saying, and understands the issues he is talking about.

And isn’t that exactly what we need? A President who actually understands the Internet? Seriously, it’s 2008, and our President doesn’t understand what in the hell this series of tubes known as the Internet really is, although he does use “the Google” every now and then.

Anyway, check out the video, and think about whether Hillary or McCain would ever give a similar speech.