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  • TGIF Tunes



    Here is this week's installment of TGIF Tunes. This week features Damien Rice (with the fabulous Lisa Hannigan) on Letterman back in 2006 performing "I Remember" from his album 9. Probably not going to be posting until the first of next week and no, I'm not getting' [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:02am EST

  • Giving Thanks

    This Thanksgiving as Americans reflect on the things they are thankful for, many will be counting among their blessings steady employment, good health, the safety of their family members and friends serving in the armed forces, and the very fact that they are able to sit down with their loved [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:37am EST

  • Quote of the Day

    "Recently, I voted against moving ahead on a health care reform proposal. This legislation, drafted behind closed doors with only Democrats involved, is a massive government takeover that will drive up the cost of health insurance and medical care. The legislation passed on a strictly partisan vote of 60 to" [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:34pm EST

  • TDIH: Another Year, Another Anniversary

    With every passing year, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy becomes a distant memory. For those who were in Dallas that November day, it remains a memory they cannot escape. New generations of Americans have been introduced to the myth of Camelot and the political legacy of young John [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:15pm EST

  • Senator Byrd's Milestone

    Yesterday was the 92nd birthday of Senator Robert C. Byrd (R-West Virginia), but his 92nd birthday came second to another great milestone in his life celebrated earlier in the week.

    On Wednesday, Senator Byrd became the longest serving member of the United States Congress in history. Byrd, who has [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:41pm EST

  • TGIF Tunes



    "I Taught Myself How to Grow Old" by Ryan Adams from Easy Tiger. [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:56am EST

  • Minnick's Balancing Act

    Over the weekend, Sisyphus of 43rd State Blues made some very good points regarding Congressman Walt Minnick and his dwindling Democratic base. Hopefully Sisyphus won't mind that I quote him extensively here, his points are more than worth repeating and succinctly illustrate the predicament Walt Minnick has created when' [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:06pm EST

  • Good Riddance, Bryan Fisher

    In the ongoing media frenzy and Fox News hysteria surrounding the tragedy at Fort Hood, a former Idaho nuisance is making himself known to the entire country by comments he has made via his American Family Association (AFA) radio show and blog. Bryan Fisher, former executive director of [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 3:51am EST

  • Walt Minnick (D-ID): Not Interested In Keeping His Seat?

    Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) sat down with the Moscow-Pullman Daily News for a story Sunday that contained some rather irritating quotes--quotes that spotlighted exactly why it is that progressive Democrats, Minnick's base, are frustrated with Minnick's voting record and may not support him for re-election.

    Apparently, the freshman [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:32pm EST

  • "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music"

    Tonight on the Pocatello campus of Idaho State University, the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music" will be shown at both 6 and 8pm in the Bengal Theater (inside the Pond Student Union Building). Admission to the film is free.



    I have featured music from [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:57am EST

  • Gold Gloves Awarded

    The Rawlings Gold Glove awards have been handed out and break down as follows (parentheses note the number of awards won by each player):

    National League:
    P: Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals (1st)
    C: Yadier Molina, St. Louis Cardinals (2nd)
    1B: Adrian Gonzalez, San Diego Padres (2nd)
    2B: [...]
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    Posted: November 12, 2009, 1:23pm EST

  • Quote of the Day

    "It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone."-- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy [...]
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    Posted: November 11, 2009, 11:33am EST

  • Wiesel on Tea Party Signage

    Elie Wiesel has had a rough few years. However, being attacked by a Holocaust denier in 2007 and losing $15.2 million in his foundation's assets to Bernie Madoff's ponzi scheme in 2009, hardly compares to the horrific months Wiesel survived at Auschwitz, Buna-Werke, and Buchenwald. Prior to Friday, it had [...]
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    Posted: November 09, 2009, 11:53am EST

  • Political Courage

    In the final minutes of what was an entire day of debate on the floor of the House of Representatives, the American people were given the opportunity to witness both political cowardice and courage.

    Though it may have been predetermined by a series of compromises, in the final minutes [...]
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    Posted: November 08, 2009, 2:02am EST

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    Just a few observations on the health care debate in the House specifically and a few others in general:
    I never thought I'd live to see the day the Republican Party would be so adamantly supportive and defensive of Medicare. Perhaps they need a history lesson.
    They should replace' [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2009, 3:37pm EST

  • It's Time

    Over at Daily Kos, mcjoan has recently commented on Congressman Jim Cooper (D-Tennessee) and his unwillingness to vote for strong, progressive health care reform. Cooper, mcjoan's "favorite anti-healthcare reform Blue Dog" Democrat, has a rough weekend ahead of him as the House is scheduled to vote on health care' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 8:08pm EST

  • TGIF Tunes



    It's been a long week and not out of the ordinary for long weeks, I found myself listening to a great deal of Seven Mary Three. Here is "Without You Feels" from their 2004 album Dis/Location.' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 4:06am EST

  • What Really Brought Down Mayor Chase?

    As a follow-up to yesterday's post about the defeat of Mayor Chase here in Pocatello, let me address something about Chase's failed race that makes it unique and not necessarily a sign of the times, political or otherwise.

    Adam Graham took the defeat of Mayor Roger Chase as [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 2:22pm EST

  • Another Season's Baseball Awards

    Now that the Yankees have won their 27th franchise World Series and the baseball season has come to a sad close, it's time to start thinking about the awards. Sure, CC Sabathia was the American League Championship Series MVP, Ryan Howard his counterpart in the NLCS, and now Hideki' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 3:11am EST

  • Pocatello's Mayor Chase

    As d2 said yesterday, "[Mayor Roger] Chase is to Pocatello what Bieter has been to Boise - a progressive wonk's dream: good for business, better for quality of life issues." Not only is Roger Chase those things, he's an all around nice guy and one that has served this [...]
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    Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:01pm EST

  • Quote of the Day

    "We think of strangers as stronger and better than we are."-- John Steinbeck, East of Eden
    [...]
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    Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:11pm EST

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    There should be warning signs on the outskirts of the ISU campus. Today's Idaho State Journal has news of the firing of embattled engineering professor Habib Sadid plastered across the front page. Despite a faculty grievances board finding in favor of Sadid, President Arthur Vailas has chosen to dismiss Sadid' [...]
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    Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:36pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    Annie Lennox with "Why" from her 1992 album Diva. [...]
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    Posted: October 30, 2009, 8:08pm EDT

  • Quote of the Week

    ..."[T]ime and again we've been reminded of the difficulty of building a nation in which we're all free to live and love as we see fit. But the cause endured and the struggle continued, waged by the family of Matthew Shepard, by the family of James Byrd, by folks who" [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 7:36pm EDT

  • Minnick's Stimulus Hypocrisy

    We have all seen the images of Bobby Jindal, the sitting governor of the great state of Louisiana, traveling around his state awarding stimulus funds as if he were writing those giant checks on his own personal bank account. The media has pounced on those very images of Jindal [...]
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    Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:36pm EDT

  • Thirty-one White Men Condoning Rape



    I noticed Kevin Richert's defense of Senators Crapo & Risch in regard to the Franken Amendment and not only wanted to call bullshit, but also thought how unfortunate that yet another white man is willing to join the fray, the fray that would rather side with big' [...]
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    Posted: October 27, 2009, 12:38pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "I anticipate 15 (percent) of the population still refusing* to buy coverage. Incidentally, that is essentially the same percentage who refuse to purchase auto insurance even though it is mandated by law."-- JFAC Co-Chairman Sen. Dean Cameron (R-Rupert), who owns and operates an insurance agency of his own, told this [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 7:21pm EDT

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    Happy United Nations Day! Today is the anniversary of the 1945 ratification of the United Nations Charter and therefore United Nations Day (celebrated since 1948).

    While I was looking up the game time for tonight's American League Championship Series Game 6, I noticed that TV Guide has [...]
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    Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:54pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes

    The way we access music today would be a mystery to those accustomed to the way music was accessed fifteen, ten, even five years ago. It is actually quite amazing how quickly the way we go about listening to music has changed.

    I tend to purchase most of my [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 1:42pm EDT

  • Hitchcock on ISU Governance

    ISU administration showing complete disregard for faculty
    By Leonard Hitchcock

    Idaho State University Provost Gary Olson now writes a regular column for the ISJ. In his columns, he has told us much about research activities in various academic departments. What Dr. Olson has not yet told us — [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 3:22pm EDT

  • Five Children Will Die Today

    A study released today by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to make children and their families a political priority in this country, says that five children in the United States die per day from child abuse or neglect.

    The report [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2009, 2:46pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "AT ABOUT THIS POINT the weak-hearted reader usually sits down in the road, removes his shoes and weeps that he 'is a bad linguist' or that he or she can't possibly learn all those languages. One has to divide the readers who want to be experts from those who do'" [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:56pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    A song that was made available on iTunes this week, here's Ron Pope's live version of "A Drop In the Ocean". [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2009, 4:47am EDT

  • Yesterday's Cynicism, Today's Insurance Industry Reality

    Insurance, n. An ingenious modern game of chance in which the player is permitted to enjoy the comfortable conviction that he is beating the man who keeps the table.

    INSURANCE AGENT: My dear sir, that is a fine house--pray let me insure it.
    HOUSE OWNER: With pleasure. Please make [...]
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    Posted: October 14, 2009, 11:43am EDT

  • Tuesday Tunes

    Tuesdays are traditionally the day when new music is released for public consumption (minus the recent Sunday release of Pearl Jam's phenomenal new album Backspacer) and I thoroughly enjoy sampling the new releases and picking up an album or two every few weeks. Yes, every few weeks. I've been purchasing' [...]
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    Posted: October 13, 2009, 2:55pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "Does he have the respect of the people in Washington, D.C. to get the job done? I question Craig's morality."

    -- Dennis Curtis, Burley City Councilman, Comment made during Tuesday night's council meeting regarding Cassia County's retention of the services of former Senator Larry Craig's consulting firm in an effort [...]

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    Posted: October 08, 2009, 11:27am EDT

  • Still Away

    With all the talk about Senator Kennedy's seat and a quick replacement in time for the vote on health care reform, news today about an ambulance ride brings up a question the Democratic leadership doesn't seem to be taking too seriously (at least not publicly)--what to do if [...]
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    Posted: September 22, 2009, 4:06pm EDT

  • The Deafening Roar

    In a world full of chaos
    Shut out this deafening roar
    For just one minute more
    -- Howie Day, "Undressed"
    A year ago today I had spinal surgery. I suspect at some point in my life I will look at this day and what it represents as something I [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 2:56pm EDT

  • Longest Night

    Longest Night
    by Howie Day

    Is it dark, where you are?
    Can you count the stars where you are?
    Do you feel like you are a thousand miles from home?

    Are you lost, where you are?
    Can you find your way when you're so far?
    Do you fear,' [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 2:53pm EDT

  • Wingnut Roundup

    "You Fib!!"-- Conservative Corner, Times-News"What I saw at the Tea Party" -- Eniko Jordan, Idaho State Journal"We can no longer be the silent majority" -- Richard Larsen, Idaho State Journal"Team Dave Tries Brainwashing Public" -- Boise Guardian"All Four of Idaho's Federal Representatives Cosponsor Audit the" [...]
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    Posted: September 16, 2009, 1:25pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "Ignoring danger is like having a picnic on a railroad track."


    -- Eniko Jordan in today's Idaho State Journal on why the fear motivating teabagger protesting is a good thing. Riiiight.' [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 12:53pm EDT

  • Teabaggers In Pocatello's Optimist Park (Video & Final Thoughts)

    As I wrap up my coverage of the teabagger event that took place here over the weekend, I wanted to share one more video. This clip is again of Chris Stevens, the state coordinator for Campaign for Liberty, discussing the IRS and the Federal Reserve. This portion of the speech [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 7:06pm EDT

  • Teabaggers In Pocatello's Optimist Park (Video)

    As promised, the following is a short video clip taken at the teabagger event Saturday in Pocatello. The clip opens with praise of the late Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-Idaho) and a comparison of Chenoweth to our sitting congressman. The speaker, I believe, is Chris Stevens, the Idaho state coordinator [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 4:50pm EDT

  • Teabaggers In Pocatello's Optimist Park

    (*Editor's Note: Because the text of this post grew in ways I didn't expect it to, I have decided to post photos and possibly video separately. The photos appear below.)

    Yesterday a reported 300 people, according to the Idaho State Journal, gathered in Optimist Park in Pocatello [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 4:05pm EDT

  • Teabaggers In Pocatello's Optimist Park (Photos)











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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 4:02pm EDT

  • A Sunday Thought

    When I have ceased to break my wings
    Against the faultiness of things,
    And learned that compromises wait
    Behind each hardly opened gate,
    When I have looked Life in the eyes,
    Grown calm and very coldly wise,
    Life will have given me the Truth,
    And taken in exchange -- my [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 4:38am EDT

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    Drove by the TEA Party event here in Pocatello early this afternoon--quite a crowd. Pictures and video hopefully to come tomorrow.

    I've been thinking about the coming fall tv lineup (most of the premieres are this coming week or next) and I can't decide what shows I'll be tuning' [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 11:57pm EDT

  • Mad As Hell Doctors In Pocatello

    Time: 8:30 am
    Location: Northeast Corner of Holt Arena
    Idaho State University

    Mad as Hell Doctors will be in Pocatello tomorrow. They are a traveling group of physicians who support better health care, specifically single-payer health care, and they will be stopping off in [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 6:27pm EDT

  • That September Morning

    "Eight Septembers have come and gone. Nearly 3,000 days have passed -- almost one for each of those taken from us. But no turning of the seasons can diminish the pain and the loss of that day. No passage of time and no dark skies can ever dull the meaning" [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2009, 12:46pm EDT

  • tgif tunes

    a few hours early...



    "away from the sun" by 3 doors down [...]
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    Posted: September 10, 2009, 9:14pm EDT

  • Still Not Supporting A Public Option

    Whatever hopes I had for Congressman Minnick (D-ID) having a change of heart when Obama spoke in the congressional chamber this evening were short lived. Minnick sent out the following statement almost immediately following Obama's speech:

    “Tonight’s address was a positive step forward toward returning the health-care debate to' [...]

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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 7:26pm EDT

  • His Heroes Have Always Been... Conservatives?

    Tonight when President Obama addresses a Joint Session of Congress, legislators from every state in the union will have the opportunity to listen to the administration's plan for reforming health care. Members of Congress will have the opportunity to listen to the unadulterated truth, truth that has largely been missing [...]
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    Posted: September 09, 2009, 3:46pm EDT

  • No Monopoly On Misinformation

    Apparently the Idaho State Journal doesn't have a monopoly on the printing of misinformation in this state. The Magic Valley Times-News seems to print plenty of misinformed trash of their own.

    A snippet of a LTE by one Jon Baker of Twin Falls:

    "The Marxists are'" [...]
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    Posted: September 08, 2009, 12:16pm EDT

  • Hate, Lies, and the ISJ

    For some time now, the comments on the Idaho State Journal "blogs" have been filled with filth, hatred and outright lies.

    Long before Barack Obama was elected president, the far right wingnuts that congregate on the politics page of the ISJ especially were littering the site with their [...]
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    Posted: September 07, 2009, 7:02pm EDT

  • Another Baseball Sunday

    With less than a month of play left, it was an interesting week in baseball. Here's a round-up of some of the key trades and transactions:
    Jose Contreras traded from White Sox to the NL Wild Card chasing Rockies, adding to an earlier pick up of Jason Giambi after the' [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 10:50am EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    One of the better songs of the past fifteen years--here's the Gin Blossoms with "Follow You Down" (live). Runners-up this week include "Heaven" by Brett Dennen with the lovely Natalie Merchant, Andy Lange's "Not Sure Yet" which I noticed again this week on Leverage, and [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 4:27am EDT

  • Traficant's Style

    Former Congressman Jim Traficant (D-Ohio) was released from prison yesterday after serving seven years on charges of bribery and racketeering. A lot has changed in the political universe since Traficant entered prison. One thing hasn't changed: Traficant's style. Granted, you don't have the best clothing [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 8:05pm EDT

  • Deep Pockets

    The Hill's Rich List was published yesterday and Idaho's junior senator made the list. That's right, Jim Risch made the list of wealthiest members of congress with a reported $19.3m net worth. The short blurb accompanied by a large head shot of Risch notes land owned in Twin Falls' [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 11:57am EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "The greatest weariness comes from work not done."

    -- Eric Hoffer [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 1:01pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "Stupidity carried beyond a certain point becomes a public menace." -- Ezra Pound (In letter to Lascelles Abercrombie)
    [...]
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    Posted: September 01, 2009, 7:21pm EDT

  • What My Grandmother Taught Me

    "He convinced us that we could ace the next test, make the varsity team, win the next race--whether it was sailing or politics--and it was okay if we didn't, as long as we tried our best. He did it by letting us know that he believed in us, so we'" [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 9:01pm EDT

  • More on the Passing of Kennedy

    Statement of the Boston Red Sox:
    "On behalf of the entire Boston Red Sox organization, I express our deep sadness and profound grief at the news of the passing of Ted Kennedy," principal owner John W. Henry said. "For 47 years, he served the people of the Commonwealth and" [...]
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    Posted: August 30, 2009, 9:48am EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    The somewhat bizarre, yet incredibly talented Tori Amos performing the classic "Desperado" by the Eagles. [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 12:34pm EDT

  • The DSCC Remembers Kennedy

    [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2009, 12:40pm EDT

  • Goodnight, Uncle Teddy

    "Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world."
    --Edward M. Kennedy, eulogy of his brother Robert

    I was not alive [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 3:26pm EDT

  • The Angry Mob & Minnick

    The next seventy-two hours in Boise, Idaho are going to give Idahoans a front-row seat to the hatred and outright lying that is taking place in town halls across this country. Idahoans will have a good chance of seeing the same kind of rhetoric that Democratic members of congress have [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 2:15pm EDT

  • Daily

    There is an alarming bit of truth in something Gavin de Becker said in his book The Gift of Fear: "The hijacking of an American jet in Athens looms larger in our concern than the parent who kills a child, even though the one happens rarely, and the" [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 9:01pm EDT

  • Why I Support the Public Option

    Recently, Randy Stapilus of Ridenbaugh Press had the following to say about the health care system in this country: "A gun is being pointed at your head, and mine, and everyone else’s, right now. They want your money or your life - if not today, then eventually." I, like [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 3:23pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    for A.R.
    ". . . the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds [and hearts] which hardly any later friend can obtain." -- Mary Shelley
    Happy Birthday!
    [...]
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    Posted: August 19, 2009, 3:07am EDT

  • The PAHR Act & Historical Record Access

    With news today that former President George W. Bush's presidential library will in fact be located at Southern Methodist University, despite angling on the part of Baylor University for it, there has to be a certain amount of intrigue out there as to what Bush will make public. There [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 2:39pm EDT

  • Disadvantageous Disenrollment

    [Update: The Idaho State Journal ran a story on 8/19/09 noting that Idaho State University has been recognized as a "military-friendly" institution of higher education. It will be interesting to see if ISU retains this label after this disenrollment policy becomes effective.]

    It comes as no surprise to [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2009, 10:11am EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    Gary Eller about listening to "health scare" commentary on conservative talk radio:
    "It is the overwhelming consensus of these pundits that if Obama pushes through his health care proposal that we are all destined for a gulag somewhere in Siberia. There are times when listening to these seemingly endless" [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2009, 11:01pm EDT

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    Hopefully this weekend will bring a succession of posts I have been working on for some time. If this does in fact happen and I have a rapid-fire posting schedule, I will create a head post with links to everything that follows (for reading convenience). Should I not accomplish this [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2009, 3:21pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    "Arizona" from Kings of Leon [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 3:43am EDT

  • 24 Years

    Proof that politics hasn't really changed much in twenty-four years...


    (Credit: "Staff memo." Series VII: Staff Files. Richard H. Stallings Collection, 1985-1992. Idaho State University Department of Special Collections, Pocatello, Idaho.)' [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 8:34pm EDT

  • Controlled Chaos?

    [Editor's Note: Things have been rather chaotic here this week due to the impending loss of my health insurance if I am not enrolled in school somewhere. Yes folks, we really do have a health care crisis in this country and contrary to the beliefs of Congressman Minnick, creating [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 1:20pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "I think I had my maximum impact the way I had it. I couldn't have done more as a man, or in some position. You know I don't know what else I could have done. I was perfectly happy where I was. And I think I just had a wonderful" [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 8:24pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    "I think I had my maximum impact the way I had it. I couldn't have done more as a man, or in some position. You know I don't know what else I could have done. I was perfectly happy where I was. And I think I just had a wonderful" [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 8:24pm EDT

  • Wingnut Roundup

    "Is it too late?" ... Local wingnut Dr. Craig Bosley wants to talk about our "republic" and the Founding Fathers. Don't they all?"All this seems so un-American" ... Bosley's partner in crime Richard Larsen, writing for the Idaho State Journal, brings up Nazi Germany in his first sentence.' [...]
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    Posted: August 10, 2009, 6:42pm EDT

  • Smorgasbord Saturday

    A little politics, a little history, and a whole lot of baseball in today's smorgasbord...

    First off, there has been some superb Minnick/health care reform coverage in the blogosphere of late and though I hope to write about it soon, here are two links in the meantime: Ridenbaugh [...]
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    Posted: August 08, 2009, 3:20pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    "Hands Down"--A song I can't get out of my head. Dashboard Confessional's first track on their 2003 album A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar.' [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 6:28am EDT

  • Voting Records & Public Discourse

    Those of you who have been following the happenings here at The Political Game this week may have noticed that the lengthy comment thread previously attached to the post "Another Look at Minnick's Record" has been closed and removed. Because I generally do not delete comments unless they are [...]
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    Posted: August 06, 2009, 11:53am EDT

  • Another Look at Minnick's Record

    [Editor's Note: Comments on this post have been closed. Explanation to follow.]

    Open Congress lists Rep. Mike Castle (R-Delaware) as the member of Congress that Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) most often votes with. An interesting comparison given that Rep. Castle votes with his party, the Republican party, 85%' [...]
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    Posted: August 03, 2009, 7:35pm EDT

  • The Baucus Way or No Way

    Let's just say for the sake of conversation that Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) would in fact vote with the Democratic party when it counted, what would those votes be? Human rights? Protecting the middle and lower classes? Health care?

    Apparently health care isn't one of those essential votes Minnick [...]
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    Posted: August 03, 2009, 12:36pm EDT

  • Not So Arbitrary

    It's always a bittersweet moment when I hear of a blogger retiring from his/her blog. I say bittersweet because as a blogger I understand the time and attention a blog requires and I'm sure it must be a very free feeling when you give up a blog and move on' [...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 5:28pm EDT

  • Wingnut Roundup

    "Definitions" ...Tom Young, a birther, defines various types of citizenship on his Times-News blog;"How to Finance the U.S.S.A." ...the second most insane op-ed writer for the Idaho State Journal;"Obama looking to create health care crisis" ...Richard Larsen, first place wingnut writing for the Idaho State Journal;"[...]
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    Posted: August 02, 2009, 5:12pm EDT

  • Another Friday Night

    I believe in the press they call this taking out the trash or the Friday news dump. I'm going to take a couple days off from the blog and wanted to post a few things before I do. Apparently I posted 41 times in July. 42 times in 31 days' [...]
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    Posted: August 01, 2009, 11:24pm EDT

  • 2009 Trade Deadline

    Major League Baseball's trade deadline passed this afternoon and the big name we've been hearing about for weeks didn't budge. That's right, the Blue Jays held onto their ace Roy Halladay and at least one of the teams that had attempted to broker a trade for him, the Phillies, managed [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 7:51pm EDT

  • Still Endangered

    The Boise Police Department held a lunchtime press conference regarding the Robert Manwill case and its status. The staff at the Idaho Statesman have kept a running account of the day's happenings related to the case and Treasured Valley has a news roundup from local media and blogs [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 1:11pm EDT

  • TGIF Tunes



    Vertical Horizon's "Forever" from Go. (Runners-up this week are Ha-Ash with "Already Home" and Seven Mary Three's "Water's Edge." In fact, these three songs are pretty much the only ones I've listened to all week.)' [...]
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    Posted: July 31, 2009, 3:14am EDT

  • Medicare, Health Care, & Minnick

    On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed into law one of the most progressive and needed pieces of legislation of the modern era. The bill offered an essential government insurance program to the nation's elderly. In the Truman Library, flanked by President Truman himself, Johnson signed into law' [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2009, 12:49pm EDT

  • Endangered

    When Robert Manwill went missing Friday night, he was an eight-year-old boy in danger. Today, after several days of non-stop searching, the Idaho Statesman has revealed the circumstances that put this eight-year-old boy in danger long before he went missing.

    Something about this story wasn't right from the' [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:06pm EDT

  • Quote of the Day

    Perhaps the only work of Austen I've ever really liked:
    "There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second'" [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2009, 2:10am EDT

  • IDP Recruitment Committee Formed

    Idaho Democrats form candidate recruitment committee for 2010

    BOISE – Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Keith Roark today announced the formation of a special candidate recruitment committee for the 2010 elections, with a goal of recruiting top-notch Democratic candidates for all statewide and federal [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 11:52am EDT

  • A Live Birther

    The Twin Falls Times-News, hardly a haven of liberal thought, has sponsored a series of blogs for nearly a year. Initially, three blogs were created offering three distinct styles and ideologies, one for progressives, one for conservatives, and one for moderates, albeit moderate conservatives. As time has [...]
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    Posted: July 27, 2009, 9:53pm EDT

  • Cooperstown

    Tomorrow Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown. Posthumously, Joe "Flash" Gordon will be inducted as well. If I remember the details correctly, Jim Rice is being inducted in his final year of eligibility, twenty years following his retirement with [...]
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    Posted: July 25, 2009, 8:22pm EDT

  • Patriot Extremist To Speak In Twin Falls

    Today's edition of the Twin Falls Times-News offers two more letters to the editor noting an all-day constitutional seminar to be held tomorrow, Saturday the 25th, at the Herrett Center in Twin Falls. The title of the first of the two letters reveals little ("Educate ourselves on Constitution Day"), [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 11:04am EDT

  • TDIH: ADA

    July 24, 2009 Statement from Former President George H.W. Bush on the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act ____________
    “I congratulate President Obama for taking some time today to remember the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is no place in our society for prejudice of [...]
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    Posted: July 24, 2009, 11:01am EDT

  • Perfection

    It's only happened eighteen times in the entire history of major league baseball, sixteen in the modern era, and it happened today on a mound in Chicago.



    Congratulations to Mark Buehrle, the Chicago White Sox pitcher who threw the perfect game today, and congrats to his teammates [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 6:48pm EDT

  • Questions for Idahoans and Congressman Minnick

    Can someone honestly say to me that we don't have a problem with hate in this state? News this afternoon of a ruling in the case of Michael Bullard and Richard Armstrong reminded me again that being recognizably different in any way can be a very horrific thing when intolerant' [...]
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    Posted: July 23, 2009, 1:20pm EDT
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