tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:23:59 +0000Sharing the bits and pieces I find interesting as I surf the web. civil comments welcomehttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/itsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)Blogger562125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-6600930760375868789Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:21:00 +00002009-11-22T10:23:59.379-06:00: Radiation detected at Three Mile Island; public OK - - Air America: ""MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) — A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk.About 150 employees were sent home after the radiation was detected Saturday afternoon.""Well, isn't that special?http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/radiation-detected-at-three-mile-island.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-6947426147367037689Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:00 +00002009-11-22T10:15:19.859-06:00US soldier jailed six months for abusing fellow troops | Raw Story:From the report at Raw Story, "A US soldier who abused fellow troops in Iraq and then lied about it was on Saturday sentenced to six months in jail, fined almost 6,000 dollars and demoted, the American military said."I can hear the protestations of some who would prefer that this news not be made public, claiming it smears the http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/us-soldier-jailed-six-months-for.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-1888470410275625257Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-11-22T09:26:20.289-06:00Worst person segment for November 19.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economyhttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/keith-olbermanns.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-2909478389318937837Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:52:00 +00002009-11-22T09:09:41.245-06:00Something happened to all the formatting of ad placements and such in the templates I was using on Blogger.  Rather than spend the weekend reading through the FAQ files, and the inevitable irrelevant postings in forums, to discover a way to fix what happened I thought I'd try a fresh start with a new look.http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/experimenting-with-different-templates.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-6388756055358139889Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:59:00 +00002009-11-20T05:59:14.900-06:00Gen. Petraeus delivers address at Officer Candidate School's graduation - News - Ledger-Enquirer.comReading the article reveals what makes it newsworthy  " He is the only known soldier on record with one eye to have completed Ranger School, a feat he accomplished in 2005.“I’m not aware of any other one-eyed Ranger school graduates,” Petraeus said. “Or of any one-eyed OCS graduates.”"http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/gen-petraeus-delivers-address-at.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-4465482345696701017Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:03:00 +00002009-11-19T09:04:48.354-06:00Bridal shop owner found guilty, gets 30 days probation - News - Ledger-Enquirer.comAccording to the story, quoting here ..." Bridal shop owner and West Point, Ga., city councilwoman Judy Wilkinson was found guilty Wednesday of violating a city ordinance by serving a champagne cocktail to customers at her Columbus business Formal Elegance.Recorder’s Court Judge Michael Cielinski sentenced http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/bridal-shop-owner-found-guilty-gets-30.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-1503114980216085122Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:56:00 +00002009-11-18T09:56:44.587-06:00Will Palin's Book Kill Her Political Career? (VIDEO) - Inside Story w/ Ana Marie Cox - Air AmericaHere's the video:Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economyhttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/will-palins-book-kill-her-political.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-3124723729532427778Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:22:00 +00002009-11-18T06:30:40.716-06:00militarypoliticsRaw Story offers this news this morning, Poll: Majority in US now see Afghan war as not worth fighting | Raw Story: "Support for the US mission in Afghanistan has slipped to a new low, with 44 percent of Americans now saying the war there has been worth the cost, according to a recently released poll.Amid mounting divisiveness over what was once one of President Barack Obama's top foreign policy http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/poll-majority-in-us-now-see-afghan-war.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-4540545124610587672Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:13:00 +00002009-11-18T06:31:37.254-06:00church/state seperationpoliticsC Street House No Longer Tax Exempt | TPMMuckraker:Quoting the report on TPM ... "Residents of the C Street Christian fellowship house will no longer benefit from a loophole that had allowed the house's owners to avoid paying property taxes.Previously, the house -- despite being home to numerous lawmakers -- had been tax exempt, because it was classified as a church. That arrangement had allowed http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/c-street-house-no-longer-tax-exempt.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-7065420418749017792Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:20:00 +00002009-11-17T20:22:25.070-06:00Just haven't been in the mood of late.http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-havent-gone-away.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-1601573470800073316Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:54:00 +00002009-11-13T14:54:59.344-06:00Taxpayer Dollars Are Funding The Taliban (AUDIO) - Live in Washington w/ Jack Rice - Air America"By Dan Pashman American contractors are paying off Afghan warlords and the Taliban to ensure safe passage through the most dangerous areas of the country, according to a report in The Nation magazine developed with support from The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute. Jack Rice talks to Aram http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/taxpayer-dollars-are-funding-taliban.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-3963777274431918382Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:29:00 +00002009-11-12T09:30:19.045-06:00The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cSean Hannity Uses Glenn Beck's Protest Footagewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisishttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/jon-stewart-puts-screws-to-fox.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-8254227367138018330Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-11-12T09:13:37.821-06:00Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economyhttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/rachel-maddow-on-senator-coburns-hold.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-4258411692042715073Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:45:00 +00002009-11-12T08:59:53.996-06:00veteranspoliticsCaregiver bill for veterans put on holdPosted using ShareThisThe lead quoted here "The Senate would have liked to honor veterans on Veteran's Day by passing a bill to improve veterans' benefits and health programs. Thanks to Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), the bill was put on hold.The bill is known as the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2009 (S. 1963). Omnibus bills typically http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/caregiver-bill-for-veterans-put-on-hold.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-1751060403048319025Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:48:00 +00002009-11-11T06:49:52.450-06:00http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/before-there-was-veterans-day.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-3698088509434606385Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:45:00 +00002009-11-09T07:53:58.550-06:00And I would hope other Democrats would learn from how Ms Maddow describes Creigh Deeds campaign.  This Democrat does not vote for Republican lite.http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/rachel-maddow-trumps-ed-gillespie-on.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-273232807716273712Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:05:00 +00002009-11-08T14:12:57.980-06:00Sharing an email from the Kucinich re-eletion committee   "Congressman Kucinich addresses vote on H.R. 3962While the political process in Washington suffers through its grotesque pantomime on health care, let us prepare our neighborhoods, our communities, our states for the eventual triumph of single payer health care.Download, print and circulate the petition among friends and neighbors.(http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/congressman-kucinich-addresses-vote-on.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-7984672562859895088Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:27:00 +00002009-11-07T13:28:30.782-06:00It's Saturday.  Watch a real cartoon http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/saturday-cartoon.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-1974643929708679999Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:18:00 +00002009-11-07T08:23:50.106-06:00This one is a favorite. Can we say "arm chair general"? Hearing of the JAG officer being taken down demonstrates how one needn't be speaking from a purely civilian status to be one.Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economyhttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/keith-olbermanns-worst-person.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-2626433190970325836Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:42:00 +00002009-11-07T08:52:31.117-06:00Thank the Lord you didn't get this MARTA bus driver  | ajc.comPosted using ShareThis,/p>"A MARTA driver was suspended for five days because passengers said LeRoy Matthews insisted that they hold hands while he led them in prayer."http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/thank-lord-you-didn-get-this-marta-bus.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-6826482853840594455Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:15:00 +00002009-11-06T21:19:51.954-06:00http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/daily-koss-markos-calls-out-chickenhawk.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-7936736512324745110Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:19:00 +00002009-11-06T16:19:51.681-06:00See Cartoons by Cartoon by Pat Bagley - Courtesy of Politicalcartoons.com - Email this CartoonAdmiration for great work by Roberthttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/cartoon-by-bagley.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-4958863536483871363Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19:00 +00002009-11-06T09:21:08.150-06:00Glenn Greenwald - Salon.comA quote to get you started ... &quotMuch of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?By Glenn Greenwald,&quot  You may have to register to read the rest of the article at Salon.  Normally I'd be all over the reporting and comments at the Houston Chronicle, but this morning I'm just not in the mood for all the http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/glenn-greenwald-saloncom.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-5444558252576420363Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-11-04T21:49:54.251-06:00And a question and answer period followedhttp://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/ellen-jonathan-safran-discuss-meat.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6636666965278119929.post-6771745891292567672Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:05:00 +00002009-11-04T18:05:58.527-06:00Everyone seems to be going on about it.  At first glance it would seem to me that in addition to the conventional reasons, expressed by media bobble heads, for the supposed Republican trouncing of the Democrats would be the same reason I almost stayed home. I didn't by the way.&nbsp In the last three elections I was promised over and over again by the Democrats in power that were they to take http://ramblinrobert.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesdays-election.htmlitsrobertsfault@gmail.com (Robert)0