Pray for Mayor Bob; Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor's condition Hour-to-hour

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Thursday August 31, 2006 · 11:13 PM PDT

2006/08/31 · 23:13

On July 10th, Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor entered the hospital to be treated for flu-like symptoms and an intestinal ulcer. Days later, the city of Pittsburgh was stunned to learn that he suffered from a rare from of cancer - primary central nervous system lymphoma.

He had begun receiving chemo treatments, the first of 3, and started physical therapy. He even continued to run the city from his hospital bed, before relenquishing most of his responsibilities to long time friend Dick Skrinjar. Read More

My Letter

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Friday June 30, 2006 · 9:25 PM PDT

2006/06/30 · 21:25

About a week ago I wrote a letter to my local paper in response to another letter, which was just another chest-pounding screed trumping up the failed policies of the Bush administration.

Having written to the paper before, I waited for the confirmation e-mail, which I never received. Instead, there was a message on the machine when I came home from work this evening. I'm still considering whether to let them run it or tell them not to for a couple of reasons, but mainly because the letter it was in response to was more than a week ago and the moment seems to have passed to offer a rebuttal. Read More

What Matters to Me

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Sunday June 25, 2006 · 7:58 PM PDT

2006/06/25 · 19:58

With the Brooks column, Redstate exhibiting a huge boner over Markos and Jerome, Rove setting his sights on the blogosphere and all the trivial and false claims swirling around, I think it's pretty clear that those folks are very, very concerned about the progressive, internet-driven movement.

We're making a difference. We're having an impact, and for some, notably the Republicans and conservatives who've run this country into the ground, we threaten their hold on power.

The most powerful thing we can do, and consequently the most likely to ensure that Republicans won't have the opportunity after November 2006 to continue running the country into the ground, is by doing what Trapper John suggests -

I'm going to turn my attention back to the shit that matters.

That's a sentiment we should all keep in mind - one person can make a difference, but one person does not constitute a political movement and a force for change. Read More

[Updated]Fun with Electronic Voting - Pittsburgh Edition; Santorum locked out of polling place

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Tuesday May 16, 2006 · 11:51 AM PDT

2006/05/16 · 11:51

Today was the first day of electronic voting machines in Allegheny County and there are reports of machines failing across the county.

County Chief Executive Dan Onorato today said 120 machines wouldn't produce "zero-count" printouts to start the day confirming there were no votes registered in the machines

Onorato received 400 calls before noon, and by 11 AM twenty polling places were still having problems - Read More

World Champions can't wait to see White House; President not so much

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Monday May 15, 2006 · 4:56 PM PDT

2006/05/15 · 16:56

As it has become tradition, the Pittsburgh Steelers will visit the White House on June 2 on the heels of their World Championship victory this past February.

However, it seems some of the Steelers have little interest visiting the President. Their more excited about seeing the White House.

KDKA video

Some choice quotes, when asked what they might say:

Casey Hampton(NT) - "It's more about seeing the White House."

Marvel Smith(LT) - "I don't really have much to say to him. I just want to...I think it's going to be a good experience to go see the White House...meeting the President really is the last thing I'm worried about."

Brett Kiesel(DT) - "I hope we get our troops back soon."

And this great quote from trash-talking linebacker Joey Porter -

"Yeah, I got something to say to Bush, I'm going to have a swagger when I walk in there, too," Porter said, laughing loudly. "I'm looking forward to it. I have something to tell him, too. I don't like the way things are running right now. I feel like he has to give me some of my money back, so I got something to tell Bush."
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Night Watchman: Bush SC Nominee to come Today

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Monday October 31, 2005 · 1:55 AM PST

2005/10/31 · 01:55

CBS Up to the Minute just reported that Bush will announce his Supreme Court nominee today to replace Harriet Miers. ABC is reporting it as well LINK - Luttig & Alito are the top two candidates according to "sources close to the White House." Read More

Abramoff comes to the White House

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Sunday October 23, 2005 · 10:41 PM PDT

2005/10/23 · 22:41

It was only a matter of time. The Abramoff Scandal extends throughout the GOP, from the House Majority Leader all the way to the White House.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jack Abramoff, the GOP lobbyist under investigation by federal authorities for possible fraud, repeatedly sought the help of Bush strategist Ralph Reed to open doors at the White House for his business clients, according to e-mails made public Sunday.

The e-mails show that Abramoff pushed for intervention from deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove on at least three occasions since 2001 to promote business opportunities.

Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition and a candidate in the 2006 race for Georgia's lieutenant governor, wrote back obliging responses, according to the e-mails obtained by Time magazine. The e-mails are now being reviewed by federal investigators, Time reported.

Gosh, I'm stunned Karl Rove would be associated with these sorts of people. But, oh, it gets better. Read More

Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind

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Sunday September 11, 2005 · 7:26 PM PDT

2005/09/11 · 19:26

Goofy frontman for the GOP, Ken Mehlman, is quoted in The Washington Post about the post Katrina fallout in Washington, D.C. :

The public is going to look in coming months and year and say how have leaders responded to this . . . and what have they done"to protect the nation.."

Apparently, Ken didn't get the memo. From the New York Times :

...Richard A. Falkenrath, a former homeland security adviser in the Bush White House, said the chief federal failure was not anticipating that the city and state would be so compromised. He said the response exposed "false advertising" about how the government has been transformed four years after the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 11:16 AM PDT

2005/09/08 · 11:16

(From the diaries, edited for brevity. Bloggers, feel free to hotlink this image -- kos)

This one came to me from a friend, captured off a TV screen carrying Sky News Ireland:

Fallout from Pittsburgh Protest Questions Police Conduct and Use of Tasers

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 6:33 PM PDT

2005/08/23 · 18:33

Two stories have emerged following the incident between police and protesters on August 20th in Pittsburgh: what the police did to protesters and their justification for it

Several groups from Pittsburgh, including the one which organized the Saturday morning protest - the Pittsburgh Organizing Group, People Against Violence and the Thomas Merton Center - have called for an independent investigation into the incident and for a moratorium on the use of tasers by city police. Read More

Bizarre Rush Rant From August 12th - WTF?

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 10:38 PM PDT

2005/08/19 · 22:38

Unfortunately I don't have a link to the transcript. Besides, to view it now, you'd have to become a member of Rush's site ( I tried to search for it and found it locked behind the 24/7 archives).

Anyway, it struck me as odd, and seems to fit in with the recent cataloguing of the Right's smear against Cindy and the increasingly bizarre statements they're making - Read More

Honor Them by Bringing Them Home

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Thursday August 18, 2005 · 8:53 PM PDT

2005/08/18 · 20:53

As the current effort to smear an honest and decent women unfolds, while she and her supporters keep vigil outside George W. Bush's Dirt & Brush farm, a word of advice to certain conservative banshees who have been leading the charge.

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