{"id":15748,"date":"2009-09-09T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T00:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-09-september-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-09-09T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T00:01:23","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-09-september-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-09-september-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 09 September 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/B0tNXPqZSz8\/thanks-glen-beck-this-soc_b_281210.html\">Paul Raushenbush: Thanks Glen Beck &#8211; this &#8216;Socialism&#8217; Sounds Great!: Paul Raushenbush<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.huffingtonpost.com\/~r\/HP\/Politics\/~3\/bTnOiWfDV44\/the-most-nightmarish-heal_b_281214.html\">Bob Cesca: The Most Nightmarish Health Care Reform Bill Ever: Bob Cesca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/liberaland\/~3\/-OV6NBSODz8\/\">GOP Offers Heath Care Reponse By Rep Who Took $1.2 Mil From Industry: Alan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/president-obama\/top-house-liberal-obama-understood-were-serious-about-not-backing-bill-without-public-option\/\">Top House Liberal: Obama Signaled On Call He Understands How Serious We Are  About Public Option<\/a> &#8211; We will see. Obama has been spending a lot more (obvious) time courting the GOP than the Dems.  That may come back to haunt him.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/president-obama\/white-house-talking-points-on-big-speech-obama-will-tell-gop-to-put-up-or-shut-up\/\">White House Talking Points On Obama\u2019s Speech: Republicans Need To Put Up Or  Shut Up<\/a> &#8211; A lot will depend on the delivery, but this is a fairly no-nonsense list of points.  However &#8212; there&#8217;s still a lot of &#8220;bi-partisanism&#8221; (if with an aggressive tone) and nothing about the public option.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/IntoMobile\/~3\/3s8RlPvJTEQ\/itunes-9-breaks-webos-media-sync.html\">iTunes 9 Breaks webOS Media Sync<\/a> &#8211; Don&#8217;tcha just love it when companies are so baldly more interested in locking in direct market share than in the consumer world as a whole?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Americablog\/~3\/k-fhqCNm95w\/obama-will-reportedly-split-baby-in.html\">Politico: Barack Obama will hedge on public option<\/a> &#8211; So, option 1.5.  Hrm.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/TechnicallyPersonal\/~3\/mUwps5wf6Yk\/\">Ultimate Collection of Twitter Cartoons<\/a> &#8211; I do like the &#8220;Judgment Day&#8221; one in particular.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/J8VxOuygzDE\/dont-let-the-domestic-partnership-rejectionists-win-the-media-battle\">Don&#8217;t let the domestic partnership rejectionists win the media battle!<\/a> &#8211; Well, Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt are usually part and parcel of anti-gay rhetoric, so counting on a confused electorate to sneak a win through is hardly surprising.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/VWn7Tm2KSII\/victimized-christian-creates-soap-opera-soap-opera\">&#8220;Victimized&#8221; Christian Creates Soap Opera Soap Opera<\/a> &#8211; Right.  Because I&#8217;m sure Ian McKellan is a proponent of subjugating humanity beneath mutant-kind&#8217;s heel, too.  If you&#8217;re not willing to read the lines you&#8217;re given, then either quit or get fired.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/PamsHouseBlend\/~3\/z7xih_wFz9k\/the-indoctrinantion-of-school-children-by-president-obama-is-now-complete\">The Indoctrination Of School Children By President Obama Is Now Complete!<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Oh, the horror&#8230; the horror!&#8221;  I mean, everyone knows that Real Americans(TM) clean their hands with Holy Water and Spit &#8212; or maybe a splash of Jack Daniels once you&#8217;re 14 &#8212; and none of that namby-pamby Euro-weenie &#8220;hand sanitizer.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/2009\/09\/09\/just-how-good-is-the-new-hubble-lets-compare\/\">Just How Good is the &#8220;New&#8221; Hubble? Let&#8217;s Compare<\/a> &#8211; After the initial bobbles, Hubble has turned into a true success for NASA &#8212; one which the Suits inside and outside the agency keep trying to get rid in favor of sexier space science.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lefarkins.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/baby-killing-socialists.html\">Baby Killing Socialists!!!!<\/a> &#8211; Oh, Lordy, will we be hearing about this for the next decade?  Jeez.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/09\/duvall-resigns\/\">California politician caught bragging about sexual affairs with lobbyists  resigns.<\/a> &#8211; Very minor kudos for manning up and bowing out.  Perhaps he could give Mark Sanford a call with that advice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/09\/mchenry-czars-freerepublic\/\">Using list from fringe FreeRepublic.com, Rep. McHenry calls for oversight  hearing on 44 \u2018czars.\u2019<\/a> &#8211; Wait &#8230; all those &#8220;czars&#8221; &#8230; could it be &#8230; Obama was really born in RUSSIA!?  (There, hopefully I beat the Freepers to it.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2009\/09\/09\/forest-service-immigrant-drug-cartels\/\">U.S. Forest Service warns against campers drinking Tecate beer, eating  tortillas, and playing Spanish music.<\/a> &#8211; Um &#8230; I think we need more than an apology here.  We need to know how and why something like that was put out in the first place.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentalgraffiti.com\/featured\/not-photoshopped-incredible-forced-perspective-photography\/14968\">Not Photoshopped: Just Incredible Forced Perspective Photography<\/a> &#8211; Very nice!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/QuestionSuggestions\/~3\/UgMNZYsf_kw\/can-men-and-women\">can men and women<\/a> &#8211; I sense a theme here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mindhacks.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/fragging_rights.html\">Fragging rights<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Artificial stupidity&#8221; perhaps &#8212; but those randomized or sub-optimal choices might have some advantages, too.  (We better hope they do, if we don&#8217;t want to find ourselves obsolete.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/googlesystem.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/embeddable-google-document-viewer.html\">Embeddable Google Document Viewer: Alex Chitu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. Paul Raushenbush: Thanks Glen Beck &#8211; this &#8216;Socialism&#8217; Sounds Great!: Paul Raushenbush Bob Cesca: The Most Nightmarish Health Care Reform Bill Ever: Bob Cesca GOP Offers Heath Care Reponse By Rep Who Took $1.2 Mil From Industry: Alan Top &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/09\/09\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-09-september-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 09 September 2009&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-potpourri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15277,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/22\/unblogged-bits-for-wednesday-22-july-2009.html","url_meta":{"origin":15748,"position":0},"title":"Unblogged Bits for Wednesday, 22 July 2009","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 22-Jul-09 6:00pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries .... 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That nothing has happened, spending-wise, during the Obama Administation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":132495,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/03\/house-gop-decide-foxes-dont-need-hens-yet.html","url_meta":{"origin":15748,"position":4},"title":"House GOP decide foxes don&#039;t need hens (yet)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 3-Jan-17 12:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"After a clandestine meeting over the holidays to get rid of the independent ethics group that monitors Congress, the House GOP have today backed away in the face of shaming from the Left and the Right.Interestingly, I'm seeing this painted in a number of places as a \"win\" for Donald\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/paul%2Bryan%2Bethics%2Bbacklash%2B01032017.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/paul%2Bryan%2Bethics%2Bbacklash%2B01032017.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/paul%2Bryan%2Bethics%2Bbacklash%2B01032017.jpgimgmax%3D660.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30030,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/the-gop-campaign-wrapped-up-in-a-nutshell.html","url_meta":{"origin":15748,"position":5},"title":"The GOP campaign wrapped up in a nutshell","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 30-Aug-12 6:25am","format":false,"excerpt":"Which is, perhaps, an appropriate place to wrap it up. \u00a0Ryan touched on all the major talking points of the Republican campaign to date, including all the \"prevarications\" that have already been brought up, from the auto plant that shut down during the Bush years to the things that Ryan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}