McCain voted twice against an amendment offered by Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2005 and 2006 to set up an independent commission to look into the government’s actions regarding Katrina.

Steve Bates, The Yellow Doggerel Democrat, has a great post that needs reading. It really talks about the big picture. I applaud him.

The Washington Post reports
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is likely to suspend her presidential campaign on Saturday and endorse Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, according to informed sources.
The New York Times reports
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will endorse Senator Barack Obama on Saturday, bringing a close to her 17-month campaign for the White House, [...]

Hat tip to Robert Rouse for this. It was bad enough that Mrs. Clinton, once again, invoked the assassination of Robert Kennedy as a reason for her to continue campaigning. I have not weighed in on this before, because I actually don’t want to give Mrs. Clinton the time of day. There are enough people [...]

Yesterday, I spoke with my ex-husband about his upcoming trip to Israel with our son. They needed a car, they needed trip insurance, they need some hotels, and he needed my professional help. Yes, I’m a travel professional. Don’t try this at home. We talked about what kind of car he wanted to rent, and [...]

Yo, Dusty. The Cubs/Padres series begins tonight at 7:05 PM. Cubbies have won their last four, and are in first place in their division. I’m getting my broom ready for the sweep.
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My mother died in 1984 from ovarian cancer. The year was hellish on many levels. My mother and I had never been close; she was cold, a hypochondriac, paranoid, fearful. She self-medicated with pills and alcohol, and did not get the help she so desperately needed. There were circumstances that drove [...]

In May, 1908, the Chicago Cubs were riding high. They were the defending World Champions, having beaten the Detroit Tigers in 1907’s World Series 4 games to 0 - there was one tie, a game called on account of darkness. It has been 100 years of suffering for Chicago Cubs diehard fans, like myself. [...]

I recently joined J-Street, the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-Peace movement. J-Street was founded to create meaningful American leadership to bring a peaceful end to the Arab/Israeli and Palestinian/Israel conflicts.
J Street represents Americans, primarily but not exclusively Jewish, who support Israel and its desire for security as the Jewish homeland, as [...]

Tonight, I went to my regular sushi restaurant in Redondo Beach.  Two gentlemen were seated at the sushi bar to my left, and as we were all finishing up, we started chatting - they mentioned they were from out of town, in for a Communications Conference.  I asked who they worked for, and they said [...]

Documentary filmmaker Sandy Cioffi entered Nigeria legally on April 5, along with Tammi Simms, her producer; and photojournalists Cliff Worsham and Sean Porter. They were accompanied by Nigerian citizen Joel Bisina, who is the founder of a Warri-based NGO, Niger Delta Professionals for Development.
Cioffi is in Nigeria making a documentary film, Sweet Crude, [...]

In a campaign speech in 2004, former presidential candidate John Kerry described stop-loss as a “backdoor draft.” The new film, Stop-Loss, addresses this policy (the involuntary extension of a service member’s enlistment contract beyond the normal end of their term of service). The film is not anti-war; it is pro-soldier. This is an [...]

My cousin recently went to Israel for the first time. I call her my evil twin, which, oddly, is what she calls me. We constantly egg each other on to adorable levels of snarkiness and we laugh till we drool or have to run to the loo. She’s hilarious. During her trip, she got to [...]

Hat tip to Dusty for getting this information out.
The SDS is waking up after a 40 year nap. Pat Korte, a sophmore at The New School in Greenwich Village, is a co-founder of the newly revived group. He feels that the new incarnation of SDS benefits from hindsight: the original SDS was highly factionalized [...]

Not bad for a guy who used to be a postal worker in a Chicago suburb, eh? I love John Prine.
Crossposted at Journeys With Jood
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