Hope you had a nice Memorial Day and I hope you thought about our soldiers past and present who give everything and come home to nothing.

While the VA has been told not to diagnose PTSD some of the most severe cases are untreated and our soldiers are committing suicide. Civilians are beginning to volunteer their personal time to help take care of the over 300,000 who have some form of PTSD. There are around 1,431 mental health professionals in uniform to treat the nation’s 1.4 Million active-duty military personnel.

Military foreclosures are up. Waaaay up. 217% up. Nothing like this has ever happened in America. Not after WWII, Vietnam or the Gulf War.

Hillary not only mentioned the “A” word once on Friday, but apparently uses it often. After the Indiana primary, on May 7, she told supporters at a Washington hotel:

"Sometimes you gotta calm people down a little bit. But if you look at successful presidential campaigns, my husband did not get the nomination until June of 1992. I remember tragically when Senator Kennedy won California near the end of that process."

And at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, on the same day, she referenced it again:

"You know, I remember very well what happened in the California primary in 1968 as, you know, Senator Kennedy won that primary."

On March 6th she used the word "assassinated." And last Friday she said it again.

Bill Clinton and Terry McAuliffe hit the airwaves to do damage control and BLAMED the whole thing on…wait for it…OBAMA? It’s completely ROVIAN.

This is the most shameless campaign I’ve ever seen. The absolute height of desperation and arrogance has to be invoking assasination in order to justify staying in a primary when the ONLY way for her to win is if something “catasrophic” happens.

Hillary said that Bill didn’t get the nomination until June and Bobby Kennedy was assasinated in June. I don’t know what she’s implying but Bill Clinton had the nomination locked up in April of 92 and Bobby Kennedy had just began running for President a few weeks ahead of his hideous death in the kitchen of The Ambassador Hotel.

Over at Hillary’s favorite Cable Network Fox News one of their little talking freaks said she’d like to see Obama taken out. She said it after calling him Osama and then correcting herself, but then said she’d like to take both of them out if she could. Listen for yourself BELOW

KKKarl Rove has received a Congressional Subpoena. He has been ordered to appear June 10th. Don’t hold your breath. I wonder if Congress will claim their right to invoke inherent contempt and have the Sergeant at Arms go get the little troll. Just incase you forgot what a mess Gonzo made at The Department of Justice with the Purge of the Prosecutors there’s a FLASHBACK link below to remind you of the crap they tried to pull. A scheme they devised to fire accomplished REPUBLICAN appointees so they could CRONY up the Department of Justice State by State.

And a little article in the St. Paul City Pages called Moles Wanted indicates the FBI is recruiting people to INFILTRATE Democratic groups ahead of The Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. Why can’t they do anything without spying, lying, cheating and stealing? Maybe because THEY ARE THE MOST CORRUPT GOVERNMENT we’ve had.

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HOMEWORK

CLINTON CAMP BLAMES OBAMA FOR ASSASSINATION REMARK
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-talk/20...rfk_flap_b.html

Howard Wolfson on Face the Nation – TiVo - McAuliffe is "absolutely right" that Clinton didn't want to apologize to Obama for the remark and said: "I think it was unfortunate to attack Senator Clinton's remarks without knowing fully what she had said.

Chuck Todd and Pat Buchanan attribute remarks to fatigue and say Hillary showed much regret.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24796922#24796922

Bill Clinton had the nomination wrapped up in April 1992
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...757C0A964958260

EVERYONE BUT BOBBY IS FUMING
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05252008/news/...cked_112469.htm

Maureen Dowd
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/opinion/25dowd.html

Bobby Kennedy began running for President in March 1968, 3 months later he was assassinated. Hillary mentioned assassination in MARCH to Time Magazine
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/05...fk_comment.html

Time Magazine March 6
No I really can't. I think people have short memories. Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June, also in California. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual. We will see how it unfolds as we go forward over the next three to four months.
http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1719900,00.html

Olbermann references numerous times in Hillary's campaign history that she eluded to "misfortunes" during campaigns.
http://www.truthout.org/article/clinton-yo...tical-nightmare

Fox News contributor "accidentally" refers to Obama as Osama – and says both should be assassinated? Listen for yourself…
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/25/fox-ne...sinating-obama/

THE GOP

GOP Spends Memorial Day explaining why they oppose the GI Bill
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/opinion/26mon1.html

Soldier suffering from PTSD kills his brother and then himself
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/ne...t_id=1003804988

Military foreclosures are up by 217%
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109

DOD IG to investigate Propaganda operation out of the Pentagon
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/washington/24generals.html

ROVE

Stephanopoulos questions Rove's involvement in prosecuting Don Siegelman – Rove said he heard about it the first time while reading a newspaper!?!?

Watch…
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/25/rove-s...man-non-denial/

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZDPDG3...ED3UoAD90QUE681

FLASHBACK - Background on the Purge of the Prosecutors
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...MNGR3OGLI71.DTL

MCCAIN

McCain cancels Phoenix fundraiser – lack of ticket sales and threats of protesters (way to go 1480 KPHX / Phoenix!)
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/mobile/...19/daily77.html

Bob Barr's nomination may put McCain flaws in the spotlight…
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/25/bob-ba...rty-nomination/

Rod Parsley rejects McCain after McCain rejects Parsley
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local...24/parsley.html

SIDEBAR

FBI recruiting informants to keep an eye on protest groups during the GOP convention
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/26/f...ion-protestors/

http://articles.citypages.com/2008-05-21/news/moles-wanted/

Barr is the Repubs' worst nightmare, and I'm sure he'll have plenty of tricks up his sleeve. Not only would he oppose the "war" in Iraq and potential military action agaiinst Iran, but he'd also oppose the PATRIOT Act and the Bush expansion of executive authority. Although he's better known for his role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton, he was also a vocal opponent of programs like Echelon and Carnivore. He gives the more libertarian wing of the Republican party a place to go and distance themselves from the neocons (drawing the 25% who aren't voting for McCain now and maybe more).

Barr would by no means make a good president, but he can at least be an agent of change for the Republican party, and that's probably what he's seeking to be. Good luck to him.

But will Bob Barr be on the tv? Hope so. Perhaps he and Ron Paul can really get McCain mad. I have a feeling we haven't really seen McCain blow his top yet.

I would buy tickets to see a Mcrazy melt down!!! Boy that's good TV...

That'd be great to see. Neither the Conservatives nor the Libertarians like McCain. He hasn't got a chance.

Any bets that it'll be when he debates Obama?

At the debate, melting down, spitting, pounding his fist, calling Obama names, end of story, heee heee!!!!

* Point of Clarification *

Please chg "eluded" to alluded for correct meaning.

Luv Ya

Thank you Randi, as an American/Canadian, 63 White (Catholic) Female, and a voter in both countries, I have my husband listening to you and Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz - and we love you and the others.
We listen on Buffalo 1520 am and I listen sometimes on line whenever I can.

As my late father was an born in Scranton Pa., served in WWII in Middle East where he met my Islamic Egyptain mother, in Cairo (where I was born & raised until 2 yrs.) and our family resided in Berwick, Pa., and Philadelphia, I am so feeling like a 17 yr old in the revoluntionary grips in me. As this historical election in USA.

In my time I was willing to see a Female President, but with the right Female. But, after several months, now I am supporting Senator Obama.

But, when I hear that people won't vote for Senator Obama, when the economy is terrible. And, that Senator Clinton, has taken the road of no return, is such a sad thing for someone who could have been the first Female President, but her cause has deminished.

I truly wish that those who are Clintons supporters real think of what they are saying and willing to do in the continous distruction of the USA.

Where as the Obama supporters will vote for Clinton - just shows on which side of the coin is truly taking this election more serious.

"THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ------NOT THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA"

Love all of you

McSame plans on reducing the amount of nuclear weapons. The same way Bush reduced the number of Tomahawks, fighter aircraft, men, American law, International law.... so he just might be telling the truth. You just have to understand where the statement is comming from, to comprehend the meaning of it all.

Hey Randi, I am a founder...... I do listen!

Well, Miss Rhodes, alot of people online want to play virtual shrink diagnosing people as passive aggressive or BiPolar being in mania episodes or maybe they claim others have histories of all kinds of behaviors when these wannabe shrinks never have met their patients in real life.

Here's the deal. These old school, Theory X managers who create liabilities and then try to cover those liabilities up won't react without old school management practices. That means you have to swear at them very loudly, jump right up on the conference table during the meeting, stomp your feet, yelling with a very red face in a psuedo rage while your own spittle covers their face like they were getting a verbal fragging. They only react to words like "motherfucker", "loser", "idiot" and the best term "worthless piece of shit". Some of them have been known to go catatonic, instantly fall asleep as in narcolepsy or the worst of them will commit an instant career ending suicide by saying "I'm sorry". Most of it is just old school management practicing incorporating bully tactics threatening security needs so threatening one's life would go right along with that program, the ultimate threat to security.

Now Bush Gene pool may be limited but it and its cronies are really "Blue Blood" bankers from back east. Supporting Nazis as the Third Reich was built up or holding hands with Arabs are just the kinds of things blue blood bankers from back east do in a model of extremist capitalization, follow the money. The addiction is really to personal wealth. Now some Barons from the old days were really good people that took care of the common man. But the new robber barons don't care if the labor class starves to death. And they don't really care if global neighbors will starve to death either. The Blue bloods will only react when starving neighbors threaten their extremist capitalist ways like new terrorist states being born out of poverty, starvation, disease and accompanying unrest. When the cannot milk anymore last dollars out of the lessor classes then the will reduce profits for the next cycle. They only take care of their own so bailing out mega-banks and not protecting working class from losing their homes is right up their alley.

We just were feared into submission I think. They are not really bigoted, they are just arrogant. We are not worthy even to haul their garbage away, pick up feces left by their dogs or don't even think about marrying their daughters. You may be able to marry their sons if you know your place in life as a submissive wife. Actually it is a form of slavery for wives while affairs are to be accepted and not talked about even to best friends. The wives must learn to accept that verbal or physical abuse is to be tolerated because after all, the wife deserves it, right ?
So ya know, if they want to play old school Theory X management style which incorporates Cowboy Diplomacy, then that is the game to be played. Arrogance and ignorance, the so what attitude, are part of the defensive game. Have to practice the Cheney smirk while saying "Go fuck yourself" or "You stupid little insignificant bastard, I make the rules, not you". It's kind of fun once you get used to it and higher ordered beings can use it as a form of anger management directing one's anger at the target in adult fashion. It's a way to say, "Hey you incompentent obsolete Executive, it's your fault, not mine".

In the meanwhile, enjoy the mass sheeple suicide. They were warned for years not to drink the Kool-Aid.

McCain's bullshit is that he pretends to hate the Blue Bloods but by hooking up with his trophy wife, he married into wealth.

Here is some homework for you Miss Rhodes, in the interest of fairness in media.

I am tired of babysitting now, some 1572 days in a row, no wonder I am nasty.

Bell Well

"Poof"

http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20080..._for_Obama.html

"Luv Ya"

Love is spelled with an "o" and an "e" without the "u". Love is elusive.