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An Occasional Note on the Campaigns No. 14

Friday, 3 October 2008, 2:50 pm | Rosalea Barker

Silly me! When McCain said he wasn’t going to be at the first Presidential Debate, my first thought was that it would give Obama a chance to invite the minor party candidates onto the platform with him so we, the voters, could hear some alternative ... More >>

A ground-level view of a bank takeover

Monday, 29 September 2008, 2:27 pm | Rosalea Barker

The bank I wrote about last week was the victim of a takeover robbery on Thursday night. Not by masked gunmen demanding the money out of customers’ wallets, but by barefaced Feds demanding customers’ deposits: Washington Mutual was taken over ... More >>

Stateside: Three little things

Thursday, 25 September 2008, 9:05 pm | Rosalea Barker

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of ... More >>

Stateside: Forget the blah, blah, blah

Tuesday, 23 September 2008, 12:15 am | Rosalea Barker

In what must be one of the most bizarre moments of my life, on Wednesday I was asked by someone standing in line ahead of me at the bank if I was there to withdraw money. “Jeez, what kind of idiot is this guy?” I wondered, thinking he must be intending ... More >>

Post-DNC: Election Protection

Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 4:53 pm | Rosalea Barker

The most important event I went to during either convention was the press conference held at the Denver Press Club to discuss “threats to our electoral infrastructure”. Included in the materials I picked up at the press conference was a DVD of Stealing ... More >>

Post-RNC: Interview with Wendy Binion

Monday, 15 September 2008, 4:55 pm | Rosalea Barker

On the train back to Portland from St. Paul, I got talking to a slight young woman with an elastic bandage wrapped around her arm and learned that she had been arrested in St. Paul during the Republican National Convention. Below is the transcript of ... More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 4, Part Two

Saturday, 6 September 2008, 9:53 pm | Rosalea Barker

So that was it, poppets! The most noticeable contrast with the Democratic National Convention was between the flags given out to Obama supporters and the chants of USA! USA! by the Republicans in lieu of flag-waving. When chanted, USA has the same ... More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 4, Part One

Saturday, 6 September 2008, 9:45 pm | Rosalea Barker

I was pretty much all conventioned-out by the time Day 4 rolled around and only ventured into the Xcel Center when John McCain was about to speak. His speech is here . I’m just posting pix and video. More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 3, Part Two

Friday, 5 September 2008, 1:03 pm | Rosalea Barker

The 8-9pm hour was supposed to conclude with live music by Gretchen Wilson, John Rich and Cowboy Troy, and I must say I was disappointed not to see the G-girl when they just moved right along with the next speakers. More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 3, Part One

Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:41 am | Rosalea Barker

Okay, so here’s how the later hours of Day 3 of the Republican National Convention went down from inside the Xcel Center. More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 2, Part Two

Thursday, 4 September 2008, 1:15 pm | Rosalea Barker

I spent Tuesday morning at the Mall of America—the country’s largest Temple of Mammon aside from the State of Delaware, which is home to tax breaks for the credit and financial services companies that have ruined the U.S. economy and also home ... More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 2, Part One

Thursday, 4 September 2008, 12:54 am | Rosalea Barker

Day Two began with a morning conference call for the media, giving the vague outline of who would be speaking when on Tuesday night; the schedule didn’t get emailed until after 6pm, by which time the evening’s proceedings had already started. However, ... More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 1, Part Two

Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 2:50 pm | Rosalea Barker

Inside the Xcel Convention Center, Scoop’s view is not as good as at Denver, as there’s no way to see even the backside of who is on stage. On the big screen is the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Mike Duncan, calling the convention ... More >>

Stateside: Republican National Convention: Day 0

Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 9:52 am | Rosalea Barker

My coach from Denver at the comfort stop in Ogallala, Nebraska, which is near Lake McConaughy. It’s a popular recreational area, as can be seen by the RV (which was towing a car) and the motor boat pulled up for gas. Super unleaded is $3.95 a gallon. More >>

Republican National Convention, Day 1, Part One

Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 12:01 am | Rosalea Barker

With me on the bus from Denver were a number of freelance journalists covering the conventions for various independent outlets. One of them writes for TheUptake.org , which also hosts streaming video of protest actions. Another was an Irishman, normally ... More >>

Stateside: DNC Convention Day 4 Part 1

Saturday, 30 August 2008, 5:19 pm | Rosalea Barker

The “writing press” were allotted seats high up at INVESCO Field—known to locals as Mile High Stadium—directly opposite the stage, but Scoop was also allotted what’s known as a rotating floor pass. The floor of the stadium is where the delegates were ... More >>

Stateside: DNC Convention Day 4 Part 2

Saturday, 30 August 2008, 5:17 pm | Rosalea Barker

Here are some photos from the floor of Mile High Stadium, Denver, where Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech on August 28, 2008. More >>

Stateside: Democratic Convention Day 3, Part One

Friday, 29 August 2008, 10:26 am | Rosalea Barker

On Wednesday at 3 pm, the first item of business at the convention was that Hillary Clinton’s name would be placed in nomination along with Barack Obama’s for consideration to be the Democratic candidate for President in 2008. Clinton had spoken to convention ... More >>

Stateside: Democratic Convention Day 3, Part Two

Friday, 29 August 2008, 10:14 am | Rosalea Barker

As I headed towards the security perimeter of the Pepsi Center, I was surprised to see a phalange of riot police controlling the gap in the security fence that functioned as an exit. “If you want to leave this way, you’d better be quick,” one said. ... More >>

Democratic Convention Day 2, Part Two

Thursday, 28 August 2008, 9:51 am | Rosalea Barker

The proceedings at the Pepsi Center began at 3pm, and the first speaker to the podium was Ted Sorenson , Special Counsel, advisor and speechwriter to President John F. Kennedy. In the first line of his speech he very politely calls the Bush Administration ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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