A good convention visitor excursion is the new I35W bridge.
CNBC is doing live broadcasts today and their http://cnbc.com has live updates on crude oil prices (down, under $114 last I looked) This is probably a good indicator of Hurricane Gustav.
There is a link betwwen the “RNC Welcoming Comittee” and Symbionese Liberation Army terroists Kathleen Ann Soliah/Sara Jane Olson. If nothing else it’s the same “activists” as 1999.
——————————————-Perhaps you already picked up on this, but the owner of the duplex on Iglehart where there was a search for the RNC Welcoming Committee is owned by Mike Whalen, a very close friend of Sara Jane Olson/Kathleen Soliah. He is mentioned in several of the news stories shortly after her arrest. I ran into him several times at her parties.
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/30/journalists-targeted-fbi-st-paul.html#
http://www.startribune.com/local/16894551.html
Monday, September 1, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
CNBC.com on the McCain VP pick.
Try watching this first.http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=836384597&play=1
Flipping channels on the kitchen TV I caught the interview less than 10 minutes into the hour. They filled in with more footage and background so it make for a full hour show with commercials. The CNBC "filler' seems useful so it made for a very good one hour show. This is a common, they don't trash the footage after the "first cut" of a shorter feature story.
CNBC repeats their one hour "special reports" frequently so it should be easy for catch. I haven't seem the 12 minute version yet but that should have the essence of it.
From the one hour TV CNBC special. She looks great on TV. She helps on the family Alaskan fishing boat (look like a line net rig) It's not quite "Deadliest Catch" but it is physically demanding work. I'm Sure Sarah Palin could actually "tune up" and engine or do other mechanical repairs. This is necessary on the fishing boats.
Next off, in interviews she seemed "sharp as a tack" and gave good answers in a second. She seemed an excellent public speaker who knows her subjects in depth.
For me, the important thing is that she seemed, in the CNBC interview to have an extremely good knowledge of energy, especially, the production side. Before this I felt that the major party political candidates were oblivious to the effects of higher energy costs. They mentioned them but they seemed small in the scale of their lives. Sarah Palen noted that in Alaska Gasoline and other fuels cost $5 in Urban centers and often $10 or more per gallon in more remote areas so Alaskans are way ahead on cost motivated conservation. Basicaly, she "feels our pain" on high energy costs.
This is important. As a personal example I now use under three gallons of gasoline per week so higher gas prices only cost me ten or twenty dollars a month. Obviously I can afford this (so what's the problem?) The problem is of course that many people drive a lot more starters and I constantly hear them say how it's "killing them". I must also heat http://searshouse.com this winter. It's pretty "tight" with and ultra high efficiency furnace but I figure my natural gas bills will be 50% higher. Also, prices for basics are up. My "must have" food is http://aldi.com oat bran bread. The one and price loaves are up 25%. Again at Aldi's I notice that canned tuna in oil is a dime more than canned tuna in water. Corn oil now costs more than Canola Oil even with Canola being a "poor persons Olive Oil" nutritionally. Let's not even mention meat costs!
I can afford it but I'm "street" enough to see how this is affecting people. Sarah Palin seems to comprehend this (IE the diesel for the family fishing boat is obviously getting far more costly in the last few years.)
Finally, a candidate who understand this and "feels our pain". (at the "pump"!) Sometimes instead of the "forest" you need to see the "trees".
I'll admit I knew little of Sarah Palin before this. I recall that beauty contest picture (which, for some reason reminds me of the TV show "Happy Days" though I can't find an internet reference). I was rooting for our Minnesota Governor Tim Palenty. I still think he would have made a fine choice. He is a known local who I have strong support for. (root for the home team!)
If John McCain anticipated the energy price situation when he started to considering Sarah Palen in February as the mainstream media now reports it was brilliant!
Cross posted to my http://excel08.com http://fourfiftygas.com and my http://fifthestate.net
Flipping channels on the kitchen TV I caught the interview less than 10 minutes into the hour. They filled in with more footage and background so it make for a full hour show with commercials. The CNBC "filler' seems useful so it made for a very good one hour show. This is a common, they don't trash the footage after the "first cut" of a shorter feature story.
CNBC repeats their one hour "special reports" frequently so it should be easy for catch. I haven't seem the 12 minute version yet but that should have the essence of it.
From the one hour TV CNBC special. She looks great on TV. She helps on the family Alaskan fishing boat (look like a line net rig) It's not quite "Deadliest Catch" but it is physically demanding work. I'm Sure Sarah Palin could actually "tune up" and engine
Next off, in interviews she seemed "sharp as a tack" and gave good answers in a second. She seemed an excellent public speaker who knows her subjects in depth.
For me, the important thing is that she seemed, in the CNBC interview to have an extremely good knowledge of energy, especially, the production side. Before this I felt that the major party political candidates were oblivious to the effects of higher energy costs. They mentioned them but they seemed small in the scale of their lives. Sarah Palen noted that in Alaska Gasoline and other fuels cost $5 in Urban centers and often $10 or more per gallon in more remote areas so Alaskans are way ahead on cost motivated conservation. Basicaly, she "feels our pain" on high energy costs.
This is important. As a personal example I now use under three gallons of gasoline per week so higher gas prices only cost me ten or twenty dollars a month. Obviously I can afford this (so what's the problem?) The problem is of course that many people drive a lot more starters and I constantly hear them say how it's "killing them". I must also heat http://searshouse.com this winter. It's pretty "tight" with and ultra high efficiency furnace but I figure my natural gas bills will be 50% higher. Also, prices for basics are up. My "must have" food is http://aldi.com oat bran bread. The one and price loaves are up 25%. Again at Aldi's I notice that canned tuna in oil is a dime more than canned tuna in water. Corn oil now costs more than Canola Oil even with Canola being a "poor persons Olive Oil" nutritionally. Let's not even mention meat costs!
I can afford it but I'm "street" enough to see how this is affecting people. Sarah Palin seems to comprehend this (IE the diesel for the family fishing boat is obviously getting far more costly in the last few years.)
Finally, a candidate who understand this and "feels our pain". (at the "pump"!) Sometimes instead of the "forest" you need to see the "trees".
I'll admit I knew little of Sarah Palin before this. I recall that beauty contest picture (which, for some reason reminds me of the TV show "Happy Days" though I can't find an internet reference). I was rooting for our Minnesota Governor Tim Palenty. I still think he would have made a fine choice. He is a known local who I have strong support for. (root for the home team!)
If John McCain anticipated the energy price situation when he started to considering Sarah Palen in February as the mainstream media now reports it was brilliant!
Cross posted to my http://excel08.com http://fourfiftygas.com and my http://fifthestate.net
Friday, August 29, 2008
John McCain picks a running mate
Alaska voters are predominantly male but they elected a woman. With the oil industry booming there is a rape problem which she seems to be doing a good job of dealing with.
Contrary to feminist claims that "all men are rapists" most men abhor rape as seen in Alaska where they elected a woman as Governor. Curiously in liberal/progressive Minnesota it was the democratic feminist caucus that pushed for the the Democratic endorsement of Angry Al Frankein with his "very short fuse" who thought that a Saturday Night Night live skit of Andy Rooney drugging and raping Leslie Stahl would be "funny". Apparently our local feminist agreed. The silence is deafening by our local feminist on Angry Al Frankens "jokes" about rape.
The other issue is energy which I assume the Governor of Alaska understands well. Far better than Nancy Pelosi who was said that natural gas is not a fossil fuel. "Earth to Queen Nancy. Perhaps Queen Nancy is saying "let them use "alternative fuels" (eat cake). talk about "clueless".
This selection should pick up 5% in the polls for McCain.
Cross posted to my http://excel08.com
Contrary to feminist claims that "all men are rapists" most men abhor rape as seen in Alaska where they elected a woman as Governor. Curiously in liberal/progressive Minnesota it was the democratic feminist caucus that pushed for the the Democratic endorsement of Angry Al Frankein with his "very short fuse" who thought that a Saturday Night Night live skit of Andy Rooney drugging and raping Leslie Stahl would be "funny". Apparently our local feminist agreed. The silence is deafening by our local feminist on Angry Al Frankens "jokes" about rape.
The other issue is energy which I assume the Governor of Alaska understands well. Far better than Nancy Pelosi who was said that natural gas is not a fossil fuel. "Earth to Queen Nancy. Perhaps Queen Nancy is saying "let them use "alternative fuels" (eat cake). talk about "clueless".
This selection should pick up 5% in the polls for McCain.
Cross posted to my http://excel08.com
Welcome to Excel08.com My blog on the Republican National Convention.
Welcome to Xcel08.com. I live in the Twin Cities. I registered this domain name after the announcement that the Republican National Convention would be held here in the Twin Cities. This domain sale is definitely for sale if anyone cares to make an offer at greg@excel08.com
(Backup greg@presslord.com )
First off, If in the Twin Cites enjoy our great cities and be sure to check out the remarkable cleanup and rebuild of the I35W bridge after the the tragic August 01, 2008 collapse. The new bridge is said to be 98% complete and should be open in September. I've chronicled the progress at my http://thedailydigital.com/ The work was obviously rushed but the last I heard the project has had under a dozen all minor injuries with over a half a million work hours. This is incredibly good for a major construction project like this. This project "sets the market" for getting something done fast while keeping workers safe. It's a great side story for the convention. Again, check out my http://thedailydigital.com/ I have all the email updates and many interesting stories on the bridge rebuild posted there. Enough for a story on this remarkable rise from tragedy.
One the "insider" scoop I turned on the TV this morning. I taped the last day of the Dem Convention from C-Span. They had the tedious C-Span political call-in on and they reported that a local lefty blog reported that our Governor Palenty is probably not the candidate because he will be doing his weekly radio show today. Palenty said that on the KSTP-TV dinnertime news last night (If I have my sources straight, that's what I usually watch). That is what the media uses for information nowadays.
I have no idea who John McCain will pick. I think that Palenty is a long shot but he goes way back with McCain, back to the earlier campaigns. That's been covered by the local news extensively over the years. That the advantage of being local. I've been "on the ground" here my entire life.
We have maybe half a dozen airports here that can handle corporate jets (they will get a workout next week but they have handled the Super Bowl and baseball All Star Game in the past). Tim Palenty can be at the announce site in an hour via private jet. John McCain is just crafty enough to make the announcement a surprise. I'm rooting for Tim Palenty but it's a long shot.
Last night I was at the bar where Jessie Ventura claims he met his wife while working as a bouncer and breaking up a fight in the women's bathroom. If you really care research it. They are "hot to trot" for Republican Convention business but they are "way off Broadway".
It's a mostly cop and blue collar bar but that makes it interesting. The 2005 bar smoking ban hurt business but they have good "barely legal" accommodations for smokers. (another story angle if your in town, email me). Basically the "scoop" is that the advanced and lobbyist types are arriving in town. I was talking with a bartender at a major Minneapolis hotel and they said that a lot of these advanced types ordered multiple "Irish Car Bombs". It seems that they are basically in "game mode" and get plastered to get to sleep. It seems a variation of "If this is Tuesday it must be Belgium". They tip well and I won't "name names" but they should get out and scope out of wonderful cities. The
Twin Cities aren't "Vegas" but that is a positive.
(Backup greg@presslord.com )
First off, If in the Twin Cites enjoy our great cities and be sure to check out the remarkable cleanup and rebuild of the I35W bridge after the the tragic August 01, 2008 collapse. The new bridge is said to be 98% complete and should be open in September. I've chronicled the progress at my http://thedailydigital.com/ The work was obviously rushed but the last I heard the project has had under a dozen all minor injuries with over a half a million work hours. This is incredibly good for a major construction project like this. This project "sets the market" for getting something done fast while keeping workers safe. It's a great side story for the convention. Again, check out my http://thedailydigital.com/ I have all the email updates and many interesting stories on the bridge rebuild posted there. Enough for a story on this remarkable rise from tragedy.
One the "insider" scoop I turned on the TV this morning. I taped the last day of the Dem Convention from C-Span. They had the tedious C-Span political call-in on and they reported that a local lefty blog reported that our Governor Palenty is probably not the candidate because he will be doing his weekly radio show today. Palenty said that on the KSTP-TV dinnertime news last night (If I have my sources straight, that's what I usually watch). That is what the media uses for information nowadays.
I have no idea who John McCain will pick. I think that Palenty is a long shot but he goes way back with McCain, back to the earlier campaigns. That's been covered by the local news extensively over the years. That the advantage of being local. I've been "on the ground" here my entire life.
We have maybe half a dozen airports here that can handle corporate jets (they will get a workout next week but they have handled the Super Bowl and baseball All Star Game in the past). Tim Palenty can be at the announce site in an hour via private jet. John McCain is just crafty enough to make the announcement a surprise. I'm rooting for Tim Palenty but it's a long shot.
Last night I was at the bar where Jessie Ventura claims he met his wife while working as a bouncer and breaking up a fight in the women's bathroom. If you really care research it. They are "hot to trot" for Republican Convention business but they are "way off Broadway".
It's a mostly cop and blue collar bar but that makes it interesting. The 2005 bar smoking ban hurt business but they have good "barely legal" accommodations for smokers. (another story angle if your in town, email me). Basically the "scoop" is that the advanced and lobbyist types are arriving in town. I was talking with a bartender at a major Minneapolis hotel and they said that a lot of these advanced types ordered multiple "Irish Car Bombs". It seems that they are basically in "game mode" and get plastered to get to sleep. It seems a variation of "If this is Tuesday it must be Belgium". They tip well and I won't "name names" but they should get out and scope out of wonderful cities. The
Twin Cities aren't "Vegas" but that is a positive.
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