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		<title>GOP Delegate Drugged, Robbed While Attempting Tryst</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan Ris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[War-hawk delegate by day, horny robbery victim by night.
That&#039;s the tale of Gabriel Nathan Schwartz at Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.  One minute, the Colorado delegate is bellowing for permanent war.  The next, he&#039;s drugged in a hotel room minus $120,000 worth of cash and bling.
Here&#039;s how Schwartz spent the day of [...]]]></description>
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<p>That&#039;s the tale of <a href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_10472581?source=most_viewed" target="_blank">Gabriel Nathan Schwartz</a> at Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.  One minute, the Colorado delegate is bellowing for permanent war.  The next, he&#039;s drugged in a hotel room minus $120,000 worth of cash and bling.</p>
<p>Here&#039;s how Schwartz spent the day of September 3rd&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>* Appears in <a href="http://www.linktv.org/video/2931" target="_blank">a mid-afternoon interview with LinkTV.org</a>. In it, he announces he&#039;s voting for McCain in hopes of &#034;less taxes and more war.&#034;  Smiling, he repeats &#034;more war&#034; for added emphasis.</p>
<p>* Asked what he would do if he were commander in chief, he replies he would start a war with Iran and &#034;bomb the hell of them from the sky,&#034; adding that they could also be defeated &#034;with a slingshot.&#034;</p>
<p>* Shares his financing plan for this Iran war: &#034;We should plant a flag. Take the oil, take the money. We deserve reimbursement.&#034;</p>
<p>* Sends his message to those protesting the convention: &#034;Get a job.&#034;</p>
<p>* At this point, the American Douchebag Guild interrupts the interview to declare they have renounced Schwartz.</p></blockquote>
<p>And then later that night&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>* Schwartz checks into the Hotel Ivy, a $319 dollar per night hotel several miles from where the rest of the Colorado delegation is staying.</p>
<p>* He picks up a single woman in the hotel&#039;s bar and invites her to his room for sex.</p>
<p>* The woman fixes Schwartz a drink and tells him to undress.</p>
<p>* Hours later, Schwartz awakens in a haze.  The woman has stolen his wallet, a $30,000 watch, a $20,000 ring, a $5,000 necklace, $4,000 earrings and a  $1,000 Prada belt.</p>
<p>* The American Douchebag Guild reappears to laugh so hard they wet their pants.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Larry Craig Won&#039;t Let Larry Craig Toilet Scandal Go Away</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dylan Ris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) has faced plenty of ridicule for the past 15 months following accusations that he solicited sex from a toilet stall in a Minneapolis airport.
The passage of time, a presidential campaign, and the perennially unfolding Lindsay Lohan saga should have made this scandal disappear long ago. But Craig&#039;s shame is still making [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4203" title="craig" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/08/craig.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="148" align="right" />Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) has faced plenty of ridicule for the past 15 months following accusations that he <a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2008/09/01/larry-craigs-bathroom-stall-of-love/" target="_blank">solicited sex from a toilet stall</a> in a Minneapolis airport.</p>
<p>The passage of time, a presidential campaign, and the perennially <a href="http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24328849-5012974,00.html" target="_blank">unfolding Lindsay Lohan saga</a> should have made this scandal disappear long ago. But Craig&#039;s shame is still making headlines, thanks to the efforts of one very powerful individual&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1043255520080910?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=politicsNews" target="_blank">Larry Craig</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho asked a Minnesota Court on Wednesday to void the guilty plea he made following his arrest last year in a men&#039;s toilet sex-sting operation&#8230;</p>
<p>Craig was arrested at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11, 2007, after an undercover police officer said the lawmaker kept looking through a crack in the door, sat down in a stall next to him and used hand and foot signals to indicate he was soliciting sex.</p></blockquote>
<p>Why is Craig still dragging this out in court?  His Senate career in its final months and it&#039;s not like there&#039;s a lawmaking &#034;seniors tour&#034; he could be banned from.  If anything, he should take a page from fellow celebrity convict O.J. &#034;If I Did It&#034; Simpson and write a book where he explains what it might be like if he actually was scoring anonymous toilet sex with business travelers.</p>
<p>It could be like a Penthouse Forum for closeted gay federal lawmakers.</p>
<p>Don&#039;t laugh.  According to former Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), that&#039;s <a href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002943377" target="_blank">a bigger demographic than you think</a>.</p>
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		<title>The Cream of The Daily Show&#039;s Convention Coverage, Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheInDecider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the Jon Stewart and the Daily Show correspondents recharge their batteries following two weeks of ass-kicking convention coverage, let&#039;s use this week to take a look back on the cream of their convention coverage.

The DS correspondents bring it hard core to the DNC and show why they&#039;re The Best Fucking News Team Ever.

John, Jason, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While the Jon Stewart and the Daily Show correspondents recharge their batteries following two weeks of ass-kicking convention coverage, let&#039;s use this week to take a look back on the cream of their convention coverage.</p>
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The DS correspondents bring it hard core to the DNC and show why they&#039;re The Best Fucking News Team Ever.</p>
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John, Jason, Aasif and Rob report live from Larry Craig&#039;s infamous bathroom/sexatorium in Minneapolis.</p>
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Jon chooses the media analysis of Wyatt Cenac over Samantha Bee&#039;s, even though she&#039;s &#034;Still the One.&#034;</p>
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		<title>Paul Mecurio Interviews Wise Republican Women About Sarah Palin&#039;s Credentials</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheInDecider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin is just a small town gal, which means that when she&#039;s president in 10 months, America will start to look a lot more like a small town.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarah Palin is just a small town gal, which means that when she&#039;s president in 10 months, America will start to look a lot more like a small town.</p>
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		<title>Help Sarah Palin Find a New Theme Song</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Phillips-Sandy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Palin&#039;s high school basketball nickname, Barracuda, just so happens to be the name of a song, &#034;Barracuda,&#034; by the classic rock band Heart. That&#039;s why &#034;Barracuda&#034; played over the loudspeakers during Palin&#039;s RNC appearances &#8212; but the ladies of Heart aren&#039;t thrilled with the First Lady of Alaska usurping their tune&#8230;
Specifically, the Heart women [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/sarah-palin-and-john-mccain.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5417" title="55623751" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/sarah-palin-and-john-mccain.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="160" align="right" /></a>Sarah Palin&#039;s high school basketball nickname, Barracuda, just so happens to be the name of a song, &#034;Barracuda,&#034; by the classic rock band Heart. That&#039;s why &#034;Barracuda&#034; played over the loudspeakers during Palin&#039;s RNC appearances &#8212; but the ladies of Heart <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2008/09/05/republicans-lack-heart">aren&#039;t thrilled with the First Lady of Alaska usurping their tune</a>&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p>Specifically, the Heart women are upset that the GOP has used their classic &#034;Barracuda&#034; as a theme song for Sarah Palin. TMZ obtained a statement from Heart&#039;s rep, who says &#034;The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission.&#034;</p>
<p>The statement goes on: &#034;We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored.&#034;</p></blockquote>
<p>Let&#039;s assume, for the moment, that the Republicans will obey Heart&#039;s cease-and-desist order. That means Sarah Palin is going to need new entrance music for the next two months! Here are a few of our suggestions; add your own in the comments.</p>
<p>&#034;Janie&#039;s Got a Gun&#034; &#8211; Aerosmith<br />
&#034;Shooting Dirty Pool&#034; &#8211; the Replacements<br />
&#034;It&#039;s All Wrong, But It&#039;s All Right&#034; &#8211; Dolly Parton<br />
&#034;Dragon Lady&#034; &#8211; the Germs<br />
&#034;Let it Snow&#034; &#8211; the Jessica Simpson version, not the Frank Sinatra version (obviously)<br />
&#034;Happiness is a Warm Gun&#034; &#8211; the Beatles<br />
&#034;Dirty Little Secret&#034; &#8211; All American Rejects</p>
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		<title>LiveBlog: Republican National Convention &#8211; Night Four</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis DiClaudio</dc:creator>
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11:27 &#8211; From Devilstower: &#034;John McCain&#039;s Theme for the Evening: I will reach across the aisle and work in a bipartisan manner with anyone who will help me enact every single item on the radical conservative wish list.&#034;
11:20 &#8211; Andrea Mitchell said these are the biggest balloons she&#039;s ever seen in her life.
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<p><strong>11:27 &#8211; </strong>From <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/4/232056/0412/506/587330" target="_blank">Devilstower</a>: &#034;John McCain&#039;s Theme for the Evening: I will reach across the aisle and work in a bipartisan manner with anyone who will help me enact every single item on the radical conservative wish list.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>11:20 &#8211; </strong>Andrea Mitchell said these are the biggest balloons she&#039;s ever seen in her life.</p>
<p>From the comments: &#034;Didn&#039;t know Andrea Mitchell had a balloon fetish.&#034; &#8211; <strong>Oddity</strong></p>
<p><strong>11:17 &#8211; </strong>Well, one thing&#039;s for certain.  <a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2008/09/04/john-mccain-puts-country-first-in-his-speech/" target="_self">John McCain put country first</a>.</p>
<p><strong>11:12 &#8211; </strong>From <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/live-blogging-m.html" target="_blank">Andrew Sullivan</a>: &#034;And then a final sudden, almost surprising rally of energy. He seemed to me to have more energy and passion in the last two minutes than the rest of the speech combined.&#034;</p>
<p>That&#039;s because Andrew Sullivan is wrong.</p>
<p><strong>11:08 &#8211; </strong>&#034;zzzzzzzzzzzzz&#8230;.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz&#8230;oh wait, its over?&#034; &#8211; <strong>Zach</strong>.</p>
<p>That&#039;s because Zach is right.</p>
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<p><strong>11:07 &#8211; </strong>Keith Olbermann agrees with Michael. That&#039;s because he&#039;s also wrong.</p>
<p><strong>11:06 &#8211; </strong>&#034;Barracuda?&#034; Either Sarah Palin just walked on stage, or Joe Lieberman is playing Guitar Hero III on that giant screen. &#8211; Eric March</p>
<p><strong>11:06 &#8211; </strong>Look, it&#039;s John McCain and his two beauty queens.</p>
<p><strong>11:05 &#8211; </strong>Michael thinks the end was genuinely stirring. That&#039;s because he&#039;s wrong. This &#034;Raisin&#039; McCain&#034; song is the best part of the speech.</p>
<p><strong>11:04 &#8211; </strong>Manufactured excitement there at the end. There must be an applause sign.</p>
<p><strong>11:02 &#8211; </strong>But I don&#039;t want to teach George Bush to read.</p>
<p><strong>11:01 -</strong> &#034;The Mavrick&#034;? Guess we found that illiterate adult. &#8211; Eric March</p>
<p><strong>11:01 &#8211; </strong>&#034;I will fight for her as long as I draw breath, so help me God.&#034; Unless a younger, hotter country comes along.</p>
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<p><strong>11:00 &#8211; </strong>From the comments: &#034;New sign outside of Oval Office: You must be this bloodied from torture to enter this ride.&#034; &#8211; <strong>Punditphoelia</strong></p>
<p><strong>10:56 &#8211; </strong>I think &#034;POW&#034; is the new &#034;9/11.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>10:53 &#8211; </strong>So, he&#039;s attacking Obama for never having been a POW? Serves Obama right!</p>
<p><strong>10:51 &#8211; </strong>You hate war? Then why is that the only thing this convention ever talks about? Well, besides drilling.</p>
<p><strong>10:50 &#8211; </strong>&#034;We can&#039;t turn a blind eye on aggression.&#034; Unless it&#039;s ours! And then, we should never relent.</p>
<p><strong>10:49 &#8211; </strong>Did Georgia&#039;s lobbyist add that part to the speech?</p>
<p><strong>10:47 &#8211; </strong>This is not inspiring me to donate to the DNC. That can&#039;t be a good sign for McCain.</p>
<p><strong>10:45 &#8211; </strong>Faster, baby! Drill, Drill!</p>
<p><strong>10:44 &#8211; </strong>From the comments: &#034;&#039;We believe in communities.&#039; But we can&#039;t f($&amp;ing stand anyone who organizes them!&#034; &#8211; <strong>Derrick Clement</strong></p>
<p><strong>10:42 &#8211; </strong>My opponent&#039;s three-cent tintanium tax doesn&#039;t go too far enough.</p>
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<p><strong>10:39 &#8211; </strong>Boooo!!! Wait, what was that? Oh, yeah&#8230; Boooo!!!</p>
<p><strong>10:38 &#8211; </strong>We believe in women making almost as much money as men for equal work.</p>
<p><strong>10:36 &#8211; </strong>We believe in off-shore drilling.</p>
<p><strong>10:35 &#8211; </strong>From the comments: &#034;Last night was like a drunken, one-night stand.  The day after you wake up with this and wonder what the Hell were you thinking.&#034; &#8211; <strong>Biff</strong></p>
<p><strong>10:34 &#8211; </strong>I&#039;ve seen Sarah Palin&#039;s speech. And this, sir, is no Sarah Palin&#039;s speech.</p>
<p><strong>10:33 &#8211; </strong>Bill and Sue Neeby! Yay!!!</p>
<p><strong>10:31 &#8211; </strong>He&#039;s really marrying himself to Iraq, isn&#039;t he?</p>
<p><strong>10:30 &#8211; </strong>Now he&#039;s in front of a blue screen!</p>
<p><strong>10:29 &#8211; </strong>More distancing himself from the Republican brand. Pay no attention to that elephant in the room behind the curtain!</p>
<p><strong>10:28 &#8211; </strong>Change is coming? Is he co-opting Obama&#039;s slogan?</p>
<p><strong>10:27 &#8211; </strong>This isn&#039;t a particularly riveting speech so far, is it?</p>
<p><strong>10:25 &#8211; </strong>Wow. The only interesting things in this speech so far are the Code Pink protesters and Sarah Palin.</p>
<p><strong>10:24 &#8211; </strong>What the fuck is wrong with security that they can&#039;t keep a bunch of women dressed all in pink out of the stadium?</p>
<p><strong>10:23 &#8211; </strong>Code Pink! Code Pink! Code Pink! Code Pink! Code Pink!</p>
<p><strong>10:21 &#8211; </strong>Wow. He respects Barack Obama. And Sarah Plain respects Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>But who respects John Edwards? Must be David Vitter.</p>
<p><strong>10:20 &#8211; </strong>That&#039;s right. Show his mother. Tell everybody she&#039;s &#034;96 years young&#034; so that 72 seems young by comparison.</p>
<p><strong>10:18 &#8211; </strong>Why didn&#039;t they just cut out the middle man and put him in front of a rampaging dinosaur or an Iraqi mosque?</p>
<p><strong>10:16 &#8211; </strong>It&#039;s not even a green screen!  It&#039;s a lawn.  This was very very poorly thought through.</p>
<p><strong>10:15 &#8211; </strong>OMG he&#039;s in front of a green screen again!  Didn&#039;t they learn their lesson?</p>
<p><strong>10:14 &#8211; </strong>The &#034;John McCain&#034; chanters are competing with the &#034;U.S.A.&#034; chanters.  Don&#039;t they know it&#039;s &#034;Country First?&#034;</p>
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<p><strong>10:13 &#8211; </strong>Geez, and I thought Obama looked like a rock star.</p>
<p><strong>10:12 &#8211; </strong>The audience didn&#039;t know it was time to applaud, and to be fair, the VO guy did sound like he was about to say something else.</p>
<p><strong>10:11 &#8211; </strong>Even his mom knows the talking point.  Country first.  Country first.  Country first.</p>
<p><strong>10:11 &#8211; </strong>This is actually quite touching.</p>
<p><strong>10:08 &#8211; </strong>I bet we&#039;re about to hear the words &#034;footsoldier in the Reagan army.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>10:05 &#8211; </strong>At his core he&#039;s a mama&#039;s boy?  This is a plus now?</p>
<p><strong>10:04 &#8211; </strong>The McCain biopic has started. Is this the theme music to Dallas?</p>
<p><strong>9:56 &#8211; </strong>Cindy McCain finished ahead of schedule.  Now they&#039;re going to have put on some filler act to entertain the audience.  I&#039;m hoping it&#039;s Karl Rove, that guy get jiggy with it.</p>
<p><strong>9:54 &#8211; </strong>Cindy sounds very rehearsed, like she&#039;s just reading lines.  I have trouble even believing her when she said &#034;I have loved him with all my heart for almost 30 years.&#034;</p>
<p><strong>9:51 &#8211; </strong>Which is more beautiful?  Cindy McCain or the vista behind her?</p>
<p><strong>9:49 &#8211; </strong>I&#039;ve heard the adoption story before and it&#039;s very touching, but in this rendition, Cindy made it sound as though she&#039;d kidnapped them.</p>
<p><strong>9:42 -</strong> Cindy McCain: &#034;I hit a home run with John McCain.&#034; And I&#039;m not the first. &#8211; MK</p>
<p><strong>9:40 &#8211; </strong>Just said that America is the most generous country in history. That makes me really proud. Especially when I don&#039;t think very closely to the actual meanings of the words.</p>
<p><strong>9:33 &#8211; </strong>Jesus! We actually made it out of that peace protest jumblefuck. But only by dressing up as a cop and an arachist and pretending to beat each other up. Extra special thanks to Matt for liveblogging the O&#039;Reillybamarama thing.</p>
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		<title>Twittering Our Impending Riot Police Beatdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TheInDecider</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our fearless reporters, Michael Kraskin and Dennis DiClaudio are in the middle of an RNC protest whose permit is about to expire. Since the last thing we heard as we hung up the phone was, &#034;2-4-6-8, fuck the permit, smash the state,&#034; we decided to twitter the inevitable carnage.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our fearless reporters, Michael Kraskin and Dennis DiClaudio are in the middle of an RNC protest whose permit is about to expire. Since the last thing we heard as we hung up the phone was, &#034;2-4-6-8, fuck the permit, smash the state,&#034; we decided to twitter the inevitable carnage.</p>
<p><strong>Upadate: </strong>We&#039;re back now.  Maybe there was a riot after we left, but I doubt it.  It was getting dark and the protesters looked tired.  Below the fold is the entire transcript of our twitters.  All times are relative to about 9:30 EST on Sept. 4, 2008.</p>
<p><strong>Update 2:</strong> <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/police-arrest-a.html" target="_blank">We were wrong.</a> Stuff happened.</p>
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<p>We&#039;ve escaped from the police blockade. And not even an ounce of teargas. Kind of disappointed. 39 minutes ago</p>
<p>We&#039;re going to try to leave again.   about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>People are linking arms in front of the police. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Things are tense, moving but peaceful for now. Someone said &#034;we&#039;re going to get a better intersection.&#034; about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Crowd is marching away now. They busted a cop car window. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Apparently cops charged the crowd causing the run. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>That was kind of scary. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Arrests happening. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Everyone is running. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>We are told tear gas or pepper spray was deployed by the police. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>LiveBlog: Barack Obama on The O&#039;Reilly Factor http://tinyurl.com/5rjyjn about 1 hour ago from twitterfeed</p>
<p>Things have calmed down again. about 1 hour ago</p>
<p>Cops are backing off. Protestors are applauding. They have conquered the parking lot. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>The protestors are claiming this is their parking lot. I find that unlikely. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Protestors are advancoing on police and clapping. That&#039;s not a good idea. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>MN peace team encouraging people to leave. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Oh boy cops have pepper spray out. People are definitely eaving now. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>I&#039;d really rather be watching Obama on O&#039;reilly. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>They are singing the national anthem now. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Sign: &#034;9 out of 10 killer robots vote republican.&#034; about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Protestors leaving again. Some shouting &#034;don&#039;t leave! We outnumber them!&#034;   about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Spoke with members of the MN Peace team. Very interesting work they are doing making sure the protest does not turn violent. www.fnvw.org. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Cop just told me the protest is still going on and it&#039;s heating up. Headed back in. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Stuck behind a police blockade. Might not make it back in time to see Obama on O&#039;reilly! about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>N614EF says &#034;Peace and Iraq withdrawal can&#039;t compete with opening of NFL season tonight.&#034; LOL! about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>I think we&#039;re done here. Everyone was well behaved. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>The guy who was trampled by the horse doesn&#039;t seem to be injured or care. But a lot of hippies are shouting &#034;fascists!&#034; about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>A guy&#039;s ankle was trampled by a horse, but he can stand. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>I heard a young woman lamenting the fact she did not get plastic cuffs put on her. about 2 hours ago</p>
<p>Everyone is leaving this area but I&#039;m not sure they are leaving entirely or going somewhere else. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Sign: &#034;anyone for scrabble later?&#034; Me! about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Another huge wave just got bored and left. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Woah! I just saw a GUY riding a GIRL&#039;S bike! Anarchists are crazy!! about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>@quick13 thank you for the info! about 3 hours ago  in reply to quick13</p>
<p>A sign:&#034;please don&#039;t arrest me. I&#039;m just holding a sign.&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>More protestors getting bored and leaving. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>From quick13: John Ireland was archbishop a reformer on education &amp; immigration but conservative on alcohol &amp; political corruption. Oh irony about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Police are now requesting that the protestors return to the capital grounds. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Protestors are getting bored. 13 kids are playing, I kid you not, Red Rover. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Protestors are getting bored and leaving. The first day of school was this week. They probably need rest. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>I walked towards the back because the tobacco smoke was really getting to me. Stll no tear gas though.   about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Now they are getting antsy: &#034;let us march! Let us march!&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Voring protest but the rhythm section ROCKS. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Quick13 tells us we are on the John Ireland bridge. Thanks! about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>They have snow plows ready to plow the crowd out of here. We&#039;ll have pics when we get an internet connection. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Chant: &#034;Who is a terrorist? McCain is a terrorist.!&#034; Really, that seems over the line. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Sign: &#034;call chris hansen. This war is raping our youth.&#034; That might be hyperbole, though. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>The chanters: &#034;our peaceful protest is under attack&#8230;&#034;. I&#039;m here to tell you, it really isn&#039;t. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>They have snow plows ready to plow the crowd out of here. We&#039;ll have pics when we get an internet connection. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Sign: &#034;call chris hansen. This war is raping our youth.&#034; That might be hyperbole, though. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Boring protest but the rhythm section ROCKS. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>People are now starting to link arms. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>New one &#034;we demand justice, we demand peace, we say no to the RNC. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>A republican is walking by with a ladder. I have no theories. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Dennis: &#034;protests are a lot less exciting than I thought they&#039;d be.&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Dennis says the ratio of protestors to reporters is probably about 1:1. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>I found Dennis btw. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>People are now starting to link arms. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Ok here&#039;s a new one &#034;lezzies and queers are under attack. What do we do? Stand up, fight back!&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Not sure how something like this ends. Do the protestors get bored and leave or does there have to be a physical conflict? about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Riot police have replaced mounted police. They are wearing gas masks.   about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Uh oh. Folks are standing up now. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>They are running out of chants. Starting to repeat themselves. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>The chant leader just asked the protestors to link arms. They didn&#039;t. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>&#034;The criminals are in the xcel center.&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>A McCain supporter who described himself as a freedom supporter just called a journalist &#034;on the side of peace&#034; gay. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Twittering Our Impending Riot Police Beatdown http://tinyurl.com/6g765m about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed</p>
<p>Kidz for McCain! For Realz! http://tinyurl.com/6pyvvw about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed</p>
<p>Dispatches from a Police State: Digital Backdrops Across America http://tinyurl.com/5j548l about 3 hours ago from twitterfeed</p>
<p>Woman speaking. &#034;Does this look like a riot to you?&#034; Questioning why police are here. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>I just saw a riot helmet that said &#034;press.&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Big sit in. &#034;This is what democracy looks like!&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>&#034;The whole world is watching.&#034; Frankly I doubt it. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Just smelled clove cigarettes but still no tear gas. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>&#034;Ain&#039;t no power like the power of the people &#039;cuz the power of the people won&#039;t stop.&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>A lot of handkerchiefs over faces. No tear gas but lots of cigarettes. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Republican guy next to me annoyed he can&#039;t get to the convention. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Police still aren&#039;t letting anyone across. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>&#034;Who&#039;s war? Their war! Who&#039;s streets? Our streets!&#034; about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Woman speaking. &#034;Does this look like a riot to you?&#034; Questioning why police are here. about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>Big sit in. &#034;This is what democracy looks like!&#034;   about 3 hours ago</p>
<p>About 20 cops on bikes just arrived. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Crowd chanting &#034;let us go! Let us go!&#034; March is stopped by cops. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Kids are running away, but all still seems peaceful. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Riot police running to front of crowd. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>&#034;Who&#039;s streets? Our streets!&#034; about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Ok, protest seems to be halted on a bridge. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Girl next to me in fatigues freaking that she has a project to finish. Probably shouldn&#039;t be marching. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Police are letting them march peacefully despite no permit so far. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Effigy of McCain says McCain equals war criminal. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Separated from Dennis. He&#039;s taking photos. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Police have sticks at ready, but peaceful so far. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Couldn&#039;t quite hear a clever chant based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Police are letting them march peacefully despite no permit so far. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Overheard &#034;2 4 6 8 fuck the permits smash the state.&#034; about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Sign says rnc &#039;08 equals tieneman sq. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>Watching angry protestors break the law. about 4 hours ago</p>
<p>On our way to a riot! Should be awesome!!! about 5 hours ago</p>
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		<title>Dispatches from a Police State: Digital Backdrops Across America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Anderson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(We sent our contributor, Dave Anderson, inside the convention hall last night to report on Sarah Palin&#039;s Americana slide show. This is his record.)

On the lower right of the screen is a group of DC policy wonks who walked toward the camera during the entire shot. I presume they are exercising on their lunch break.

Beautiful.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(We sent our contributor, Dave Anderson, inside the convention hall last night to report on Sarah Palin&#039;s Americana slide show. This is his record.)</em></p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/washington-monument.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5325" title="washington-monument" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/washington-monument.jpg" alt="" width="327" height="245" /></a></p>
<p>On the lower right of the screen is a group of DC policy wonks who walked toward the camera during the entire shot. I presume they are exercising on their lunch break.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/st-louis-arch.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5326" title="st-louis-arch" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/st-louis-arch.jpg" alt="" width="196" height="262" /></a></p>
<p>Beautiful.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/old-faithful.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5327" title="old-faithful" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/old-faithful.jpg" alt="" width="262" height="196" /></a></p>
<p>I love geysers, and they&#039;re such a great symbol for abstinence only education.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/santa-monica-pier.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5328" title="santa-monica-pier" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/santa-monica-pier.jpg" alt="" width="262" height="196" /></a></p>
<p>Why the RNC put the People&#039;s Republic of Santa Monica in their convention is beyond me. Oddly enough, this image came up during Palin&#039;s rally for small town America .</p>
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<p>Ronald Reagan&#039;s #5, I hope they carve him before I die.</p>
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		<title>But Who Will Teach the Republican Delegates How to Dance?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eric March</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking out on the RNC delegate assembly, I couldn&#039;t help but feel like something was missing.

Hm. Portly beflagged gentleman and elephant hat lady &#8212; check.

Politically incorrect symbols of past national disgraces worn defiantly &#8212; check

Oh, that&#039;s right.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking out on the RNC delegate assembly, I couldn&#039;t help but feel like something was missing.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/rnc-delegates.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5317" title="dw080903050.jpg" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/rnc-delegates.jpg" alt="" width="289" height="211" /></a></p>
<p>Hm. Portly beflagged gentleman and elephant hat lady &#8212; check.</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/cowboy-hats.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5318" title="55609062" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/cowboy-hats.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a></p>
<p>Politically incorrect symbols of past national disgraces worn defiantly &#8212; check</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/run-dmc.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5319" title="Run_DMC_036.jpg" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/run-dmc.jpg" alt="" width="212" height="288" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303962.html?hpid=artslot">Oh, that&#039;s right.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>Only 36 of the 2,380 delegates seated on the convention floor are black, the lowest number since the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Joint+Center+for+Political+and+Economic+Studies?tid=informline">Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies</a> began tracking diversity at political conventions 40 years ago. Each night, the overwhelmingly white audience watches a series of white politicians step to the lectern &#8212; a visual reminder that no black Republican has served as a governor, U.S. senator or <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/U.S.+House+of+Representatives?tid=informline">U.S. House</a> member in the past six years.</p></blockquote>
<p>No black people at the RNC? I guess, to be fair, it&#039;s hard to fit being proud of America into your schedule when you&#039;re running around all day <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/article/5286">doing secret Muslim stuff.</a></p>
<blockquote><p>&#034;It&#039;s hard to look around and not get frustrated,&#034; said <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Michael+S.+Steele?tid=informline">Michael S. Steele</a>, a black Republican and former lieutenant governor of Maryland. &#034;You almost have to think, &#039;Wait. How did it come to this?&#039;&#034;</p></blockquote>
<p>Far be it from me to be flip about the black Republican experience, Governor. But if I had to guess, I&#039;d say it probably had something to do with your white friends&#039; journey from here:</p>
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<p>To here:</p>
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		<title>Cindy McCain&#039;s Fiscal Policy Results in a $300,000 Outfit</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington outsider John McCain and his wife Cindy hail from Arizona, a rough-and-tumble frontier state where red-blooded Americans stand up to elitist Northerners like Barack Obama, who has sold millions of books and not on QVC, like a normal person might do, and who jets around the world to give celebrity speeches in Europe.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/cindy-mccain.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5310" title="55604355" src="http://blog.indecisionforever.com/files/2008/09/cindy-mccain.jpg" alt="" width="148" height="240" align="right" /></a>Washington outsider John McCain and his wife Cindy hail from Arizona, a rough-and-tumble frontier state where red-blooded Americans stand up to elitist Northerners like Barack Obama, who has sold millions of books and not on QVC, like a normal person might do, and who jets around the world to give celebrity speeches in Europe.</p>
<p>But the other night Cindy McCain poked a little hole in her down-home cred by taking the RNC stage in an outfit that cost $300,000, give or take, <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/09/cindy-mccains-300000-outfit.html">according to the fashion experts at Vanity Fair</a>.</p>
<p>I&#039;m sure Cindy meant to wear the $45 Isaac Mizrahi for Target dress, but maybe her maid packed the wrong suitcase or grabbed the wrong bag. These things happen. Still, it was a foolish mistake that will only cast doubt on the McCains&#039; grip of economic reality.</p>
<p>For example, why didn&#039;t Cindy McCain realize she could buy an eighth house with all that money?</p>
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