[MCM] State Farm removing its ads from FOX News

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Ellen LaVan Schindler: - Original Message - From: Jairon L Wills To: 2ellenand...@bellsouth.net Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: Comments/Suggestions/Unauthenticated [#1850219] Dear Ellen,

[MCM] Rove busted (so to speak)

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
The record--i.e., a ton of emails--clearly shows that Rove did keep very, very close tabs on Don Siegelman's case, and on the status of those US Attorneys who weren't playing ball with the Republicans (that is, more specifically, with him). Here, first, is Roger Shuler's latest, on Rove's close

[MCM] Don Siegelman on Karl Rove's bald-faced lies before the HJC

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Here is Don's take on Rove's (non-public) testimony for the House Judiciary Committee, which I sent out yesterday. MCM We cannot just expect Rove to roll over and say: "I give up. I did it!" This is not how the government nailed John Gotti. How do I explain it you ask? Karl Rove is a patholo

[MCM] Computer scientists hack e-voting machines (AGAIN)

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
How much evidence do we need that these machines are no damn good? Well, here's some more. (Please send it out, as it will not be mentioned by the press.) And, although I repeat myself (yet one more time), please let me add that e-vote-counting machines--such as the op-scans used from coast to

[MCM] AG Holder's previous employment

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
>From Ken Anderson: Hi Mark, Just as a point of information (several points, actually, so I apologize for the length), and out of curiosity, I followed up Simpson's article about Holder's ties to the RNC via Covington and Burling LLC, his employer during the last eight years. Holder reportedly re

[MCM] The REAL unemployment rate: 19% (i.e., 30 million workers)

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
A Scary Reality By Bob Herbert New York Times - August 10, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/opinion/11herbert.html Last week was a pretty good one for President Obama. Bill Clinton helped out big time when he returned from North Korea with the American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee.

[MCM] A Big (fat) Lie about the healthcare bill

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
From Michael Rosin: >I had to run an errand at lunch and I listened to Rush Limbaugh go >on and on about the Health Care bill, complaining that Democrats in >Congress ought to read it. So should he. He went on and on about >section 1233, giving the impression that it will be used to deny >hea

[MCM] WaPo reporter carried water for Bush/Cheney

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Crispin Miller
Emails show Washington Post reporter coordinated attorney firing story with White House By Muriel Kane Published: