Barack Obama at 2009 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Parts 1 and 2 will play back to back automatically. Lots of audience reaction shots.

Obama/McCain 'Dance Off' video - Brilliant !!!

Watch this brilliantly done video of John McCain and Barack Obama in a 'Dance Off'. A lot of very hard work went into this. Special guest appearance, Tina Fey...err... Sarah Palin. For more interesting videos check out minimovie.com

Michael Moore's new movie "Slacker Uprising" free to download !

Young voters in the US have the unique opportunity of deciding the Presidential election, and ending the eight years of turmoil generated by the Bush administration. Official Selection - Toronto Film Festival.

If you are a US citizen... no matter what age, register to vote. YOU have the power to oust the Bush administration, and their vile cronies. Every vote counts, and the world is counting on you to set things straight.

Free download HERE

MaCain's outrageous lies debunked by CNN

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON . . . . "PALIN: A TROJAN MOOSE CONCEALING FOUR MORE YEARS OF BUSH"

By: Arianna Huffington
Huffington Post

Did Sarah Palin wrongfully push to have her ex-brother-in law fired? Was she really against the "Bridge to Nowhere?" Did she really sell Alaska's plane on eBay, or just list it on eBay? Did she actually have any substantial duties commanding the Alaska National Guard?

The correct answer to all these questions is: who cares? Which isn't to say these aren't valid questions, or that Palin and the McCain camp aren't playing it fast, loose, and coy with each of them. The point is that Palin, and the circus she's brought to town, are simply a bountiful collection of small lies deliberately designed to distract the country from one big truth: the havoc that George Bush and the Republican Party have wrought, and that John McCain is committed to continuing.

Every second of this campaign not spent talking about the Republican Party's record, and John McCain's role in that record, is a victory for John McCain.

Her critics like to say that Palin hasn't accomplished anything. I disagree: in the space of ten days she's succeeded in distracting the entire country from the horrific Bush record -- and McCain's complicity in it. My friends, that's accomplishment we can believe in.

Just look at the problem John McCain faced. George Bush has a disastrous record, and the country knows it. John McCain -- the current one, not the one who vanished eight years ago -- has no major disagreements with George Bush (and I'm sorry, wanting to fire Donald Rumsfeld a bit sooner doesn't qualify) and wants to continue his incredibly unpopular policies for another four years. The solution? Enter Sarah Palin, a Trojan Moose carrying four more years of disaster.

And the plan has worked beautifully. Just look at what's being discussed just 57 days before the election. Is it the highest unemployment rate in five years? The bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The suicide bombing yesterday in Iraq that killed six people and wounded 54 -- in the same market where last month a bomb killed 28 people and wounded 72? That the political reconciliation that was supposedly the point of "the surge" is nowhere near happening? That Iraq's Shiite government is now rounding up the American-backed Sunni leaders of the Awakening? That the reason 8,000 soldiers may be leaving Iraq soon is so more can be deployed to Afghanistan where the Taliban is steadily retaking the country?

No. We're talking about whether Sarah Palin was or was not a good mayor, whether she was or was not a good mother, whether her skirts are too short and her zingers too sarcastic.

Contrary to what we're hearing 24/7 in the media, the next few weeks are not a test of Sarah Palin. The next few weeks are a test of Barack Obama.

He needs to dramatically redirect this election back to a discussion over the issues that really matter -- the issues that will impact the future of this country. A presidential campaign is a battle and this is the time for Obama to show some commander-in-chief skills. I'm not talking about calling Palin out for lying about his record and demeaning community organizing. I'm talking about grabbing the political debate by the throat. The country is already angry about what's happened over the last seven-plus years -- he shouldn't be afraid to give voice to that anger. Obama has spent years adopting a non-threatening persona; but he can't let his fear that appearing like an "angry Black man" (a stereotype not-too-subtly fueled by Fox News) will turn off swing voters keep him from channeling the disgust and outrage felt by so many voters --swing and otherwise.

McCain's team, in an effort to distract, is going to keep doing what they're doing -- diverting voters and the media with a tantalizing combination of personal trivia and small lies. It doesn't matter if they're caught in them -- in fact, all the better. Because they know there is no way in hell they can win if this election is about the big truth of the Bush years.

McCain's real running mate is George Bush and the failed policies of the Republican Party. Even if they are dressed up in a skirt, lipstick, and Tina Fey glasses.

For much, much more go to: The Huffington Post

Labour Day Reflections - Bill Moyers PBS

What is happening in the US is happening here in Canada too. Well worth watching.

August 29, 2008

Bill Moyers reflects on the meaning of Labour Day.


See video HERE

REPUBLICANS for Obama!

Their numbers are growing...

These two Republicans I actually admire. They predict double digit figures of Republicans voting for Barack! Thank God there are R. Americans with a brain in their head, and not afraid to speak out about what is wrong with their party.

Electing a "Fiscal Conservative" (applies to Canada as well)

HISTORIC ! OBAMA WINS NOMINATION !

Well, it's finally over. Barack Obama is now the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. This is truly historic.

The truly sad part is that Hillary Clinton STILL refuses to concede and throw her support behind Senator Obama. Talk about a sore loser! It's disgraceful. Also yesterday she said she is willing to be Vice-President! That is not her decision to make! As the Democratic nominee, Obama gets to pick his running mate... not her! She is essentially trying to bully him into it.

You would think after being defeated, Hillary would quickly jump on the band wagon and endorse Barack, but no... she refuses to accept the outcome. She is living in her own little dream world.

Talk about lack of class!

UPDATE: ABC News is reporting Hillary will officially concede Friday. Yeesh... she should have done it last night.

UPDATE II: New York Times
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, aides said. Her decision came after Democrats urged her on Wednesday to leave the race and allow the party to coalesce around Mr. Obama.

For more in-depth analysis, see video below.

Hillary waiting for assasination attempt on Obama?!! She cannot survive any longer in this race.

Images via Huffington Post ;)

Just how low will Hillary Clinton go? Well she has now reached the absolute bottom of the barrel. An explosive new low from a desperate candidate.

Listen to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann in a "Special Comment" explain why Hillary Rodham Clinton should NOT be the next President of the United States. If you were still leaning towards Hillary, you probably won't after seeing this.

Video of her incredible comment and her very weak apology HERE. (includes some MSNBC commentary)

Keith's Special Comment...

IAN'S EDITORIAL: If you DON'T like Obama... Then WATCH this...

If you agree that short sound "bites", and everything compressed to fit a 2 minute TV news slot is unfair to a politician... then here is a chance to get to know the REAL Barack Obama. No interruptions.

23 Minutes. That's all I ask for. Watch this, and remember, he will probably (God willing) be the next President of the United States of America. Take the time to get to know him better. You're gonna hear a LOT more about him! So, kiss and make up... Love your enemy, and all that stuff. You will ONLY see this on the web. Too long for television.

Please comment on how you feel after viewing the ENTIRE 23 minute interview? Do you feel a little more comfortable now, knowing this gentleman will probably * be in the drivers seat, instead of Bush and his crooked cronies??

I think the world will be in better hands. Canada will soon be dealing with a GENTLEMAN for a change. Imagine that! I applaud our American cousins. Now everyone is starting to go in the CORRECT direction. This will help the environment too.

NO CHEATING! 23 minutes Only when you have time... and an open mind.

NBC's Brian Williams interviews him. Full length. No interruptions.



A full screen version is available HERE

Arianna Huffington on the Right and the Mainstream (US) Media

Update here: "Tim Russert Takes Offense, Bans Arianna Huffington From NBC News" - Crooks and Liars

Can the Canadian media be next? Are we susceptible as well?

This is sick. Bush military propoganda ILLEGALY 'fed' to news media by retired military personnel

New York Times broke the story.

Democracy in the US hits a new low. Many of those retired generals etc you see on TV were nothing more than a conduit for lies for the Bush administration. Not one of the US television networks would appear on this PBS program... I wonder why? Not one of the US networks is covering this at all.

This practice is illegal for G-ds sake. The US justice system is obviously a sham if they get away with this. The lies and deception by the White House and the Pentagon continue unfettered and unchallenged. This should make most Americans sick. Will this be allowed to continue? Sigh...

Thank goodness for PBS and the NYTimes.

Watch the backgrounder here...


Watch the interview here...


Full NYTimes Editorial Article HERE "Tarnished Brass"
(free registration may be required)

"Clinton too obsessed to call it quits" - Richard Gwyn

April 25, 2008 Richard Gwyn - Toronto Star

After her victory in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton has made it clear she's going to continue fighting until the cycle of primaries ends early in June.

Assuming that at that point Barack Obama still holds his lead in elected delegates and in votes cast in the Democratic primaries, Clinton will then have to make up her mind whether to quit right away or to hang on until the August presidential nominating convention. Her one hope would be that a clear majority of the remaining uncommitted "superdelegates" comes off the fence onto her side.

Much more probably, these superdelegates, who range from former vice-president Al Gore to party officials barely known inside their own state, will decide that they should vote as ordinary party members have already done in all the primaries. At that moment, it will be all over for Clinton.

Or so all the political experts take for granted. Most probably, they are right. But they've overlooked one alternative possibility. One way does exist for Clinton to continue to run even after losing the Democratic nomination. She could run as an independent.

Not likely, of course. But not impossible.

This thought first occurred to me while watching a clip of Clinton being interviewed on TV the morning after her Pennsylvania victory.

She was, I realized, totally consumed and utterly obsessed by the contest she's now engaged in.

Political contests do of course send an addictive surge of adrenaline through almost all of those engaged in them. But fighting to become president has become Clinton's entire life, her very reason for existing.

A day later I came upon a blog by an American political commentator, Andrew Sullivan, that eloquently expressed my own thoughts.

Clinton can't win the Democratic nomination, he wrote, "But she won't leave. She will never leave."

Sullivan then gave an analysis of why Clinton won't leave, which went far beyond the standard commentary about her toughness, her determination, her take-no-prisoners style of campaigning.

"Ceding to someone younger is unthinkable to her. It would be a form of death to her," he wrote.

That's rough. But Sullivan has spotted something essential about Clinton. There's something quite out of the ordinary about the magnitude of Clinton's ego, about the scale of her sense of entitlement, about her conviction that the presidency is her birthright.

The chances that Clinton would run as an independent really are remote. She'd be turning her back on the party to which she and Bill have given their lives. Raising funds would be all but impossible.

All Clinton could hope to achieve would be to make certain that Obama lost and that Republican John McCain won.

Except that this is exactly what she's – mostly – now done. Her relentless, ruthless, "kitchen sink" attack on her rival has already significantly damaged Obama.

She has made him look too nicey-nice to be president. As damaging, she's made him look less like a new kind of politician. Any time Obama counterattacks, as he does occasionally and reluctantly, he sounds like an old-style politician, like Clinton herself.

Although Obama may figure out a way to be true to himself while dodging the rocks Clinton keeps hurling at him, she has already to a considerable degree achieved what running as an independent could do for her.

She has ensured that "someone younger," in Sullivan's insightful observation, will not become president in her place. The remote chance that she might still win the Democratic nomination has become an excuse for her to continue fighting – against the kind of hopeful young politician she once was.

As a politician, Clinton is decidedly conventional, except for her professionalism, her competence, her resilience, her ruthlessness.

But as a personality, she's the most interesting character in American public life in ages.

http://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/418175

Yes We Canada! Yes Oui Canada!

Terrific new video.
Canadian singer stars in new Obama video
See article here (Toronto Star)

Our American cousins want enormous change... and fast. G-d knows they need it! Let's reach a hand out to our American cousins, and join them in their quest for dramatic changes to their "ce$$-pool", commonly known as Washington D.C.

We can smell the rot from here! We are nervous about our government too. We're starting to smell noxious odours eminating from Ottawa as well...

The next President of the United States will affect us here in Canada and indeed the world

As some of you know, I have a keen interest in the race for President in the U.S. The upcoming Presidential race is important to Canadians because of its impact on the world in many areas such as the environment, getting the hell out of Iraq, generating peace and restoring credibility to the Oval office and government itself. It's a tall order, but it MUST be accomplished.

Bush and the Republicans have destroyed the US image around the world. They have lied, cheated, and committed illegal acts throughout their tenure... and continue to do so. Bush will go down in history as the worst American President EVER! No argument on that point.

The Republicans will lose big time in 2008, so it is up to the Democrats to right all the wrongs of the present administration. Who Americans pick as the next President is very important to the US, Canada & the world. The three front runners are all pretty good but I have concerns with each of them. Hillary carries her husband's baggage yet she is starting to look good. Obama is excellent although he lacks experience.

The third contender is John Edwards. Most Canadians know very little about him. I was hesitant at first because of his Mormon background, but lately I have been impressed with him. Here is a good example from Bill Maher's "Real Time" which we cannot receive here in Canada. What are your opinions after viewing this clip?